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Mary (Wilder) Fairbanks (1675 - 1718)

Mary Fairbanks formerly Wilder aka Fairbank
Born in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Wife of — married 1692 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 43 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

The daughter of Thomas WILDER and Mary WHEELER

Her gravestone reads: "Here Lies The Body of Mary Fairbank The Wife of Jabez Fairbank Dessced February 21 Day in Year 1718. Died in the 43 Year of Her Age."

Her husband's gravestone reads: "Mrs. Mary his first wife died in March 1718 Aged 42 years."

Burial: 22 FEB 1718 Old Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester, Mass,

Burial

Burial:
Place: Old Burial Field, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts[1]

Sources

  1. Source: #S0298 Page: Fairbank Graves - Epitaphs in Lancaster Prior to 1850 - The Old Burial Field Source: Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records & Epitaphs of Lancaster MA 1643 to 1858 by Henry S. Nourse, A.M 1890 Grave No. 137 In Memory of Lieut Jabaz
  • Lorenzo S. Fairbanks. "Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897. Boston: 1897. p. 50-53.
  • Abijah P. Marvin. History of Lancaster.
  • C.A.Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. NEHGS. Boston. 1992: p.256
  • Henry S. Nourse. "Epitaphs in Lancaster Prior to 1850 - The Old Burial Field" from The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1640 to 1850. 1890
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 May 2019), memorial page for Mary Houghton Wilder Fairbank (21 Feb 1676–21 Feb 1718), Find A Grave: Memorial #6238426, citing Old Settlers Burial Yard, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by JYC (contributor 49399057) .
  • Source: S0298 Title: Massachusetts, Lancaster: Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records & Epitaphs of La ncaster MA 1643 to 1858 Author: Henry S. Nourse, A. M. Publication: 1890 Abbreviation: Massachusetts, Lancaster: Birth, Marriage and Deat Data

Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897, at page 51, entry #32 (Boston, MA: pub. by the author [American Printing & Engraving Co.], 1897).

Research note by Gillby Weldon (Weldon-647): It may seem strange that one of her sons was named after her husband, Jabez, but none of the daughters were named after her. However, there was a Mary Fairbank who married Ephraim Brown in Lancaster on 9 February 1719. His birth was about 1697, so hers would probably be about that time also. But the Lancaster VR lists no Mary Fairbank born about that time. So it is likely that Mary is one of the many people born in Lancaster during the indian disturbances who didn't get listed in the VR. Now it turns out that the 1719 mentioned above was just after this profile's Mary, wife of Jabez, died. Within a year, Jabez and his 3 grown children got married. Two of the children married into the same Brown family as Mary, and these three families all moved to Stow. When we combine all these facts, it seems highly likely that the wife of Ephraim Brown was also a child of Jabez Fairbanks.





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Wilder-1424 and Wilder-45 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, birth off by exactly two years but gravestone results in birth calculation of 1675. Same spouse Fairbank (see bio of -1424). Please merge in the orphan profile
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Wilder-490 and Wilder-45 appear to represent the same person because: same father. Mothers on both profiles are awaiting merge into correct last name of Wheeler. (She was not a Houghton). No other info on -45, while -490 has sources. Please merge.
posted by S (Hill) Willson

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