G2G: Is Richard Fairebanks of Boston, Lincolnshire the same as the PGM Immigrant?

Question

In his Great Migration series, Anderson said that Richard Fairbanks arrived in New England in 1633, possibly on the ship, Griffin (per Savage). Anderson says that Richard's origins were unknown, and his wife Elizabeth's last name at birth is also unknown.

But.. There was a Richard Fairebanks in Boston, Lincolnshire, who married an Elizabeth Daulton there in 1618, and (possibly) this same Richard Fairbanks had quite a few children who were baptized there between 1618-1633. I was unable to find further children of Richard Fairbanks after 1633 in Lincolnshire. (see research notes in profile for sources)

The timing of Richard Fairbank's disappearance from Lincolnshire records (at least that I have found), coupled with Richard Fairbanks' migration to New England in 1633, makes me wonder if it is the same couple who came to New England...?

Comments

Out of curiosity, are there theories on the given name  Vnicee?

I would assume these two men perhaps being the same person is something that the Anderson project would have looked at. Is it anywhere addressed?

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Anderson didn't seem to look very hard at the Lincolnshire records, possibly because he thought they couldn't be the same person. I did not find that name (or anything similar) recur at all in Lincolnshire records. But Lydia was definitely a daughter to a Richard Fairbanks, and Anderson says that "nothing in the career of Richard Fairbanks suggests that he had a daughter Lydia". Could it be true that Edward Bate's wife was actually Richard's daughter Lydia, as some sources have noted as a possibility...?

Edited to add:

Anderson did not mention another possible Richard Fairbanks - that I gleaned anyway.

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I saw a suggestion on Geni that maybe Vnicee was intended to be Eunice... I'm not sure if that was the case or not

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Eunice was my first thought since I doubted Venice was in much use in Lincolnshire at the time. Would be nice to have England Project person familiar with given names in this period weigh in on it.

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It looks like its probably Unice.  Just a thought, I wonder if there’s a married Eunice unknown in the area at the right time? Since its a fairly unusual name?

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I was unable to find any further records for Eunice/Unice/Vnicee using a variety of spellings in Lincolnshire on FindMyPast, FamilySearch or FreeReg. There may or may not be a record that is transcribed.