Born in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jabez Fairbanks
and Meriam (Davis) Fairbanks
Sister of
Abigail (Fairbanks) Boynton, Hannah (Fairbanks) Hawood, Alpheus Fairbanks, Sally (Fairbanks) Bass, Elizabeth (Fairbanks) May, Jabez Fairbanks, Thankful (Fairbanks) Keyes, Davis Fairbanks and Patience (Fairbanks) Sawyer
Wife of
Joshua Reed
— married
22 Mar 1784 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
William Reed and Betsy Reed
Died
at age 82
in Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Meriam was born on August 1, 1762 to Jabez Fairbanks and Meriam Davis in Lancaster, Massachusetts [1]
Meriam married Joshua Reed on March 2, 1784 in Princeton [2]
After her children had grown and left home, Joshua and Miriam moved from Sterling to Shutesbury where their son William lived with his family. It is most likely Miriam who is the 70-79 year old woman in the household of William Reed in the 1840 Census. [3]
She passed away on December 19, 1844 in Shutesbury, Massachusetts [4] and is buried in the West Cemetery in Shutesbury. [5]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKP-3Q4 : 15 January 2020), Meriam Fairbank, 1762.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH47-KP8 : 10 November 2020), Miriam Fairbanks in entry for Joshua Reed, 22 Mar 1784; citing Marriage, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009442.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY3-P5M : 30 September 2021), Wm Reed, Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 84, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7BC-SM1 : 16 December 2020), Merriam Reed, 1844.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129671822/miriam-persis-reed : accessed 25 December 2020), memorial page for Miriam Persis Fairbanks Reed (31 Aug 1762–19 Dec 1844), Find a Grave Memorial no. 129671822, citing West Cemetery, Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
- 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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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Meriam by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Meriam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Meriam by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Meriam:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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Fairbanks-1681 and Fairbanks-891 appear to represent the same person because: All pertinent dates as well as husband match
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