Ebenezer Fairchild (abt. 1730 - 1806)

Born about 1730 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gobel) Fairchild — married [date unknown] in New Jersey

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1806 at about age 76 in Howards Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer D. Fairchild was born about 1730 in Connecticut. Birth year an estimate based on daughter's age; could be much earlier or a little later. He is the son of Caleb Fairchild and Anne Sherwood^[1] who were communicants of the 1st Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey.^[2]

Ebenezer Fairchild married Salome Gobil in 1750. (The name is variously spelled—Goble, Gobel, etc.)^[2][3]

16 May 1754 He buys 50 acres of land in Morristown, New Jersey for 72 pounds.^[4]

Ebenezer apparently became a member of the Baptist Church in 1756. (The name of Gobel appears among the list of the original 11 members of the Baptist Church, but not that of Fairchild.)^[2]

Ebenezer Fairchild and his family were a part of the “Jersey Settlement" the migration and settlement of a large number of families from New Jersey to Rowan County, North Carolina. It took place during the middle of the Eighteenth Century. ^[2] On 28 December 1757, Ebenezer FAIRCHILD traveled from North Carolina back to New Jersey. He arrived there in mid-January 1758. He was part of the New Jersey settlement of Rowan County, North Carolina. He traveled with Rev. John Gano and his family for 800 miles while he was preaching and traveling among the Yadkin Valley. The first surviving entry of Fairchild's journal of this trip is dated 21 Oct 1757. ^[5]Tidbits of information gleaned from the printed portion of Ebenezer Fairchilds journal. He smoked a pipe. On one occasion they were kept awake until after 10 o'clock by fiddling and dancing men. He also mentions himself "drinking a dram" and buying cider at times along the journey. The Diary was reported lost in 1928 by the Ashville Citizen-Times.^[6]

23 May 1761 Ebenezer Fairchild of Newtown, New Jersey buys 8 acres of unappropriated land in the eastern division of New Jersey.^[4]

On 23 August 1771, the Baptist Church at Morristown, New Jersey sent a letter to the Baptist Church in Rowan County, North Carolina. This letter has been said in the Frost Book to confirm that the Ebenezer FAIRCHILD of Morristown, New Jersey was the same that settled in Rowan County, North Carolina.^[2] In this letter it states Ebenezer Fairchild had been baptized in a regular way, but after Errors was Laid under Suspension, And is now Removed from us without a Regular Dispensation has Sent us a Letter Dated September 28, 1770, wherein he seems to make very humble Confession of his Sins and Grievance to the Church and Desires Forgiveness for it which, as he Confesses, was Drinking too hard, Loose Living, and also not keeping his Place in the Church. The Church did take him at his word that he was reformed.^[4] It seems the Fairchild family relocated to Rowan County, North Carolina prior to this 1771 date.

On 24 November 1772, Ebenezer FAIRCHILD was one of ten charter members of the Dutchmans Creek Baptist Church in Rowan County (Now Davie), North Carolina. He was later appointed to keep the minutes. This church's name changed to Eatons Baptist Church. In 1962, the minutes of these churches were said to be available at the library of Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ^[2] Wilkes County, North Carolina formed in 1777 from Rowan County so further records are in Wilkes county, until Ashe County, North Carolina was formed in 1799 from Wilkes County.

His father Caleb Fairchild left a will dated 4 Oct 1773 in Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey. Ebenezer is left 10 pounds.^[1]

A land grant dated 24 Sep 1779 in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Ebenezer Fairchilds. 150 acres on the Long Branch the waters of Lewis Fork beginning on the E bank of said branch.^[7] A second grand issued on the same 1779 date was for 150 acres on the Lewis Fork beginning at a Whike Oak. ^[8] Another grant was issued 9 Jul 1794 for 200 acres on Howard's Creek. This grant had been applied for by Ebenezer Fairchild 27 Oct 1789. ^[9]

North Carolina Appalachian Stream not far from where Ebenezer settled. This land has never been logged so it likely looks like what the early settlers would have witnessed.

1780, Ebenezer Fairchild was engaged in the battle of King's Mountain. He does not appear on known rolls. His discharge paper was signed by a neighbor Captain William Jackson. "This is to certify Ebenezer Fairchild a privet in Capt. William Jacksons company in Col. Cleveland's regiment of North Carolina militia had served a tower in the Kings Mountain Expedition and is hear by discharged from the service of the same given by my hand at a camp bear Abiall Cobbs this 10th of November 1780." ^[2] Ebenezer Fairchild was added to the list of the Kings Mountain Men in January 1965.^[10]

Ebenezer FAIRCHILD moved prior to the revolution from Dutchman Creek area to the Lewis Fork settlement in what is now Wilkes County, North Carolina. He moved again about 1783 when he acquired a 200 acre farm in what is now Watauga County, North Carolina. He lived there until his death and the farm was inherited by his youngest son, Cyrus FAIRCHILD.^[2] He was listed on the North Carolina Census in the Brown's District of Wilkes, County in 1787.^[11]

Between 1790 and 1800 Ebenezer Fairchild and Mary Fairchild are listed as members of the Three Forks Baptist Church. In Aug 1793 Ebenezer was sent as a part of a delegation to the assembly at Eaton's Meeting House in Duchman Creek. ^[12]

Ebenezer married Mary before 1790.^[2]

• In the 1800 Census Abineser Fairchilds was living in Morgan Precinct, Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. He was over 45 and his wife was over 45. No others were in the home, but several other Faichilds listed in the County.^[13]

Ebenezer D. Fairchild died 5 Feb 1806 in Howards Creek, Ashe County (now Watauga County), North Carolina.^[14]

Children

1. Salome (Ross) Steinseiffer
2. Abuid Fairchild
3. Abijah Fairchild
4. Abigail Fairchild
5. Meheteble Fairchild
6. Sarah Fairchild Frost
7. Cyrus FAIRCHILD

Research Notes

The middle initial D was attached to this profile. I have yet to see a document that gives any suggestion of a middle name.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} New Jersey, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991, Morris County, page 363, digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8796/images/007637503_00363?pId=2148181
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Notes Taken from: Wright W. Frost, "The Frosts and Related Families of Bedford County, Tennessee," (Knoxville, Tennessee : Kingsford Press, 1962), online at The Internet Archive : accessed 17 May 2019. [Specifically the section on the Fairchild family, p. 52 - 58]
3. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, text only s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/396070:7836?tid=4518949&pid=682770465&queryId=bd63e683b0d9e12a034af94121c86e4a&_phsrc=PKB22&_phstart=successSource
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "A HISTORY OF WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA with Sketches of Prominent Families," by JOHN PRESTON ARTHUR, page 94 digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," InternetArchive.com. https://archive.org/details/historyofwatauga00art/page/70/mode/2up?q=Ebenezer+Fairchild
5. ↑ "A HISTORY OF WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA with Sketches of Prominent Families," by JOHN PRESTON ARTHUR, page 89 digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," InternetArchive.com. https://archive.org/details/historyofwatauga00art/page/70/mode/2up?q=Ebenezer+Fairchild
6. ↑ "Ebenezer Fairchild One of Earliest Settlers in Blowing Rock Country." Ashville Citizen-Times, Rupert Gulliet, 15 Jul 1928, page 32, digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/image/198159881/?terms=Ebenezer%20Fairchild&match=1
7. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Wilkes, 24 Sep 1779, digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/63745:60621?tid=4518949&pid=682770465&queryId=51d692d24de4a482fada6e3dce13d4e2&_phsrc=PKB24&_phstart=successSource
8. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Wilkes County, digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Ancestry.com.https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/63730:60621?tid=4518949&pid=682770465&queryId=51d692d24de4a482fada6e3dce13d4e2&_phsrc=PKB24&_phstart=successSource
9. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, Wilkes County, digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/86488:60621?tid=4518949&pid=682770465&queryId=51d692d24de4a482fada6e3dce13d4e2&_phsrc=PKB24&_phstart=successSource
10. ↑ Wright W. Frost, "A Supplement to the Frosts and Related Families of Bedford County, Tennessee," (Knoxville, Tennessee : Published by Author, 1972), online at The Internet Archive : accessed 17 May 2019. [P. 350 has small paragraph on addition of Ebenezer Fairchild to Kings Mountain men on January 1965, mentions "report on file" and Kings Mountain Museum.]
11. ↑ North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890, text only s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17442440:3566?tid=4518949&pid=682770465&queryId=51d692d24de4a482fada6e3dce13d4e2&_phsrc=PKB24&_phstart=successSource
12. ↑ "A HISTORY OF WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA with Sketches of Prominent Families," by JOHN PRESTON ARTHUR, page 72 digital image s.v. "Ebenezer Fairchild," InternetArchive.com. https://archive.org/details/historyofwatauga00art/page/70/mode/2up?q=Ebenezer+Fairchild
13. ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census, Page 78, Morgan, Ashe County, digital image s.v. "Abineser Fairchilds," Ancestry.com. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/308452:7590?tid=4518949&pid=682770465&queryId=51d692d24de4a482fada6e3dce13d4e2&_phsrc=PKB24&_phstart=successSource
14. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 June 2018), memorial page for Ebenezer Fairchild (1730–1806), Find A Grave Memorial no. 139,520,447, citing Hayes Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by JAC (contributor 47211768).

• 1784-1787 Census: "North Carolina, U.S., State Census, 1784-1787"
  Original data: Register, Alvaretta K. State Census of North Carolina, 1784-1787. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3005 #12662 (accessed 13 February 2024)
  Ebenezer Fairchild in Wilkes.

See Also

1. The Names and Families of Fairchild

1. Andrew and Rebecca Burdett, Our Northern Roots: New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Beyond, Webpage on Ebenezer Fairchild, website published 2002 - 2017 : accessed 18 May 2019. [Note: death location of Ebenezer is incorrectly stated as New Jersey. He actually died in North Carolina.]

Acknowledgments

1. WikiTree profile Fairchild-273 created through the import of Mulkerin Family History Site.ged on Dec 15, 2011 by Samantha Mulkerin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Samantha and others.
2. WikiTree profile Fairchild-320 created through the import of Upload.GED on Jun 11, 2012 by Stanley Trimble. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Stanley and others.
3. [Murphy-26503 | Lukas Patrick Murphy