Mary (Brown) Fairbanks (1686)

Born 18 Jun 1686 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph (Fairbanks) Fairbank Sr. — married 21 Apr 1718 in Lancaster, MA

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Mary Brown, daughter of Boaz Brown and Abiel Unknown, was born 18 June 1686 in Stow.^[1][2]

She likely died young.^[3]

Research Notes

Incorrect Husband/Children Attached

A birth record is attached, so Boaz and Abiel did have a daugter Mary born in 1686 BUT the spouse/children are wrong as Mary Fairbanks is NOT named in the will of her grandfather "Boaz Brown, sometime of Stow ... now an inhabitant of in Dedham", dated 14 October 1715, proved 8 May 1724, which listed the following family members: three grandchildren: Deliverance Brown, Mercy Heald and Ephraim Brown, surviving children of his son Boaz, dec'd; Amos and Edward, children of son Edward, dec'd; granddaughters Mercy Wetherbee and Mary Brown, daughters of dec'd son Edward; grandson Nathan Stearns; his three surviving children: Thomas Brown, Mary Stearns and Mercy Everet. His son Thomas and his brother Thomas were to be co-executors, but by 29 November 1721, his brother Thomas was dead so he appointed Mr. William Wilson to act in Thomas' stead.^[4]

Also a "recent" NEHGR article cited above states tha Boaz Jr.'s daughter Mary probably died young.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #6812817 ($), Browne Mary Brown born on 18 Jun 1686, child of Boaz Brown & Abiel, in Stow, Massachusetts, USA.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #80043676 ($), Mary Browne born on 18 Jun 1686, child of Boaz Browne & Abiel Browne, in Stow, Massachusetts, USA.
3. ↑ Brown, Keith F. "The Wives of Boaz Brown, Sr., of Concord, Stow, and Dedham, Massachusetts." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, Vol. 140, Oct 1986, p. 317. AmericanAncestors.org($).
4. ↑ "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871". New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. AmericanAncestors.org($): #2967:1-9

• Fairbanks, L. S. 1897. Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897. Boston: The American Printing and Engraving Company. 882 p. Burns-5616 20:48, 19 February 2017 (EST)
• Lancaster, MA Vital Records
• Stow, MA Vital Records