Elias Fairbanks (1783 - 1860)

Born 18 Dec 1783 in Winthrop, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rhoda Phillips (Neal) Fairbanks — married 2 Mar 1809 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1860 at age 76 in Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Elias Fairbanks was born at Winthrop, Maine (then in Massachusetts), on 18 Dec 1783. The transcription of his birth record made by the Winthrop town clerk does not give his parents' names,^[1] but another record (probably a baptismal record, with the date 19 Dec 1783) gives their names as Joseph and Sibbel Fairbanks.^[2] His marriage record, which gives his place of birth, says that he was 26 years old in 1809.^[3] Another record of the marriage also says he was born at Winthrop on 18 Dec 1783.^[4]

Marriage

On 30 Jan 1809, the town clerk of Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), certified "that an intention of marriage between Mr. Elias Fairbanks of Livermore and [[Miss Rhoda Phillips Neal of Gardner hath been entered with me fourteen days prior to the Date hereof and has been published in Livermore as the Law Directs."^[5] The marriage of Elias Fairbanks of Hallowell, Maine, Rhoda Neal of Litchfield, Maine, on on 2 Mar 1809 is recorded in the Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 database, without giving a location.^[3] Another record of the marriage says that it occurred on that date at Manchester, Maine (then part of Hallowell, Massachusetts).^[4]

Death

No record has been found of the death of Elias Fairbanks. A modern stone at the Fairbanks Cemetery in West Gardiner, Maine, is inscribed with the dates 1784-1860.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription of birth record of Elias Fairbanks by Winthrop town clerk, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Estes, 1860-Farrington, 1867 > image 2031 of 4805; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta.
2. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch, Elias Fairbanks, 19 Dec 1783; citing WINTHROP, KENNEBEC, MAINE; FHL microfilm 12,299
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Transcription of marriage record of Elias Fairbanks and Rhoda Neal, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records prior to 1892 > Estes-Farnsworth, 1850 > image 2275 of 4079; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch, [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FJ-1RW Elias Fairbanks and Rhoda Neal, 02 Mar 1809; citing Manchester, Kennebec, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 11,545.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; "Livermore Vital Records, 1762-1810," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, image 302 of 718
6. ↑ Photo of gravestone of the Fairbanks family (Find A Grave: Memorial #59163546)

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