Elijah Fairbanks (1788 - 1868)

Born 29 May 1788 in Bellingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 2 Oct 1868 at age 80 in Caryville, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elijah Fairbanks was born on 29 May 1788 in Bellingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, son of Joseph Fairbanks and his wife Mary. ^[1]

He married Nancy Adams in Bellingham on March 29, 1811. ^[1]

Elijah and Nancy had the following children born in Bellingham: ^[1]

1. Rufus Fairbanks, b. Oct. 8, 1813.
2. Edwin Fairbanks, b. July 12, 1816.
3. William Fairbanks, b. June 10, 1818.
4. George Fairbanks, b. Dec. 29, 1819.
5. Joseph Fairbanks, b. Nov. 25, 1823.
6. Calvin Fairbanks, b. Oct. 25, 1825.
7. Jemima Adams Fairbanks, b. Apr. 9, 1829.
8. Jemima Adams Fairbanks, b. April 9, 1829.

Elijah died on 2 Oct 1868 in Caryville, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts aged 80. ^[1]

He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77270849/elijah-fairbanks: accessed 01 November 2022), memorial page for Elijah Fairbanks (29 May 1788–2 Oct 1868), Find A Grave: Memorial #77270849, citing Evergreen Cemetery, West Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Earl Munday (contributor 46874433) .

• Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles. The Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897 (The American Printing & Engraving Company, 1897); p. 305-6

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7VM-N5N : 2 March 2021), Elijah Fairbank, 05 Oct 1868; citing Bellingham, Massachusetts, v 212 p 232, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,192.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4S-YST : 11 March 2018), Elijah Fairbanks, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,953.

• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCG-N7L : 22 February 2021), Elijah Fairbanks, 1865.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-XSJB : 18 October 2022), Elijah Fairbanks, 29 May 1788; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009658.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNK-SXV : 25 May 2022), Elijah Fairbank, 25 Sep 1811; citing Marriage, Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009586.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSH-X78 : 22 December 2020), Elijah Fairbanks, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHB-NR5 : 18 February 2021), Elijah Fairbanks, 1860.

• Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904);
  • p. 34 "Fairbanks"
    • "Calvin, s. Elijah and Nancy, Oct. 25, 1825."
    • "Edwin, s. Elijah and Nancy, July 12, 1816."
    • "Elijah, s. Joseph and Mary, May 29, 1788."
    • "George, s. Elijah and Nancy, Dec. 29, 1819."
    • "Jemima Adams, d. Elijah and Nancy, Apr. 9, 1829."
    • "Joseph, s. Elijah and Nancy, Nov. 25, 1823."
    • "Nancy Metcalf, d. Elijah and Nancy, Jan. 8, 1835."
    • "Rufus, s. Elijah and Nancy, Oct. 8, 1813."
    • "William, s. Elijah and Nancy, June 10, 1818."
  • p. 107 "Elijah and Nancey Adams, int. Mar. 29, 1811."