Pvt.
James
Fairbank
Born in Augusta, Oneida, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nahum Fairbank
and Lucinda (Houghton) Fairbank
Brother of
Bina Fairbank, Ira Fairbank, Achsah (Fairbank) Whipple, John (Fairbank) Fairbanks, Samuel Fairbank, Nancy (Fairbank) Brown, Louisa Fairbank and Betsey (Fairbank) Crafts
Husband of
Margery (Potter) Fairbanks
— married
3 Jan 1813 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy (Fairbanks) Blount, Samuel Chauncy Fairbanks, Orrin Chester Fairbanks, Lucinda (Fairbanks) Wilkins, Eliza (Fairbanks) Moore and George Henry Fairbanks
Died
at age 74
in Geauga, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jun 2020
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Pvt. James Fairbank served for New York in the War of 1812
Service started: Jun 18, 1812
Unit(s):
Service ended: Feb 18, 1815
Service started: Jun 18, 1812
Unit(s):
Service ended: Feb 18, 1815
Biography
James was born in 1791. He is the son of Nahum Fairbank and Lucinda Houghton.
Private James Fairbank is listed as a soldier in Capt. Elisha Camp's 6th Artillery Company of BGen. Jacob Brown's New York State Militia. He and this unit were engaged in the successful First Battle of Sackets Harbor, 19 Jul 1812 during the War of 1812. His signature can be seen with other unit members on this site [1].
Sources
- Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897 (Boston, MA: pub. by the author [American Printing & Engraving Co.], 1897)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Lisa Betts
:
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gys Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a570618 [compare], Ancestry member gys
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~0.78%
Emil Hanson :
23andMe
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Categories: Battle of Sacket's Harbor | War of 1812 | New York, War of 1812