Zacheus Fairbanks (1759 - 1845)

Born 1759 in Framingham, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Brinley) Fairbank — married 3 Mar 1779 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Martha (Gates) Fairbanks — married Mar 1787 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1845 at about age 86 in Antrim, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA

Biography

Zacheus was a private in Captain Micajah Gleason's company which marched on the Lexington alarm of 19 April 1775.^[1]

ZACCHEUS FAIRBANKS lived here nearly fifty years. His mother and the house she occupied were swept away by a hurricane. The house was carried forty rods. Portions of her clothing were torn off and carried five miles. Yet she survived and lived to he nearly one hundred years old. He came here from Framingham, Mass., and bought of Samuel Caldwell the Luke Vose place, as now known, in 1798. He was several years licensed to keep a hotel and sell liquor, which was not a disreputable busi- ness at that day. In 1835, being then an old man, he moved into a house built for the purpose by his son Woodbury, between Caleb Roach's and Thomas Flint's, where he died Jan. 6, 1845, aged eighty-six. He married, first, Mary Brinley, March 3, 1779, who lived but a few years; married, second, Martha Gates. The latter died May 21, 1853, aged eighty-six. There were fourteen children, two of them by the first wife; the five last being born in Antrim, the others in Framingham: —

1. Nancy, [m. 1st, a Mr. Bannister of Framingham ; 2d, a Mr,

Easty.]

2. Thomas, [b. June 17, 1783 ; m. Mary Laws of Acton, Mass.,

lived in Natick, Mass. ; had a large family ; d. about 1870.]

3. Mary, [known as " Polly," b. April 23, 1787 ; m. Solomon

Rhodes, Oct. 22, 1807 ; d. Aug. 23, 1867. No children.]

4. Katherine, [b. March 20, 1789; m. Robert, son of James

Duncan, Aug. 29, 1811 ; d. about 1847.]

5. Capt. Dexter, [b. Dec. 19, 1790 ; went into the war of 1812 ;

after his return sunk into consumption and d. at age of 27.]

6. Samuel, [b. Jan. 11, 1793 ; d. unm., aged 32.]

7. Clarissa, [b. Oct. 4, 1794 ; m. Nathaniel Nichols of Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 20, 1814 ; d. in 1842.]

8. Charles, [b. Sept. 15, 1796 ; was out two years in the war of 1812 ; afterwards m. Maria Parker of Bradford, Mass. ; was long in business in that place ; has sons in trade in Haverhill, Mass., and there he is now living.]

9. Curtis, [b. Nov. 13, 1798 ; d. of spotted fever in 1812.]

10. Peter Woodbury, [always called simply " Woodbury," b. in Antrim, Oct. 31, 1800 ; m. Miriam Wilcox, Aug. 23, 1825 ; built the Caleb Roach house, where he lived many years, but in later life he moved to Lowell, Mass., and d. there in 1870. Children : —

Mary, (b. Jan. 20, 1827 ; d. March 4, 1834.)

Kate, (b. Feb. 20. 1830 ; m. Harrison Flint of Danbmy, Conn.)

Frances, (b. April 20, 1833 ; m. John M. Godown of Fort Wayne, Ind.)

Clark, (b. July 31, 1834 ; unm. ; has long been editor of the " Free Press," Fort Wayne, Ind.)

George D., (b. Feb. 13, 1840 ; m. 1st, Lucy Putnam of Lowell, Mass. ; m. 2d, Nannie Miner of Alexandria, Va. Is a mer- chant in Springfield, Mass.)]

11. Susan, [b. June 25, 1802 ; d. in childhood.]

12. LuciNDA, [b. March 30, 1804 ; m. Josiah Duncan, Dec. 28,

1826.]

13. William E., [b. April 17, 1806 ; m. Hannah Coburn of Dracut, Mass. ; moved to Cranston, R. I., and d. there.]

14. Abigail Morris, [b. June 16, 1808 ; m. W. W. Coburn of Deering ; lived and d. in that town. Her death occurred in March, 1853.] [1]^[2]

Sources

[1] W. R. (Warren Robert) Cochrane. History of the town of Antrim, New Hampshire, from its earliest settlement to June 27, 1877, with a brief genealogical record of all the Antrim families.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren Muster Rolls of the Participating Companies of American Militia and Minute-Men in The Battle of April 19, 1775 Eastern National Park & Monument Association (1995) p.20
2. ↑ Entered by Marguerite Janiszyn.

Acknowledgments

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