Stephen Fairchild (1723 - 1811)

Born 1 Mar 1723 in Kent Twp., Litchfield County, Connecticut Colony, British America

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Died 15 Jan 1811 at age 87 in Middletown, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Stephen Fairchild was born 1 March 1723 in Kent, Connecticut. ^[1] His birth has also been given as 1 March 1724 in Stratford, Connecticut. ^[2]He passed away 15 January 1811 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. ^[2]

"For many years this Stephen was confused with Stephen born 1725 Stratford, son of Samuel and Dinah, and who married Lavinia Beardsley. Only 2 and 1/2 years separate their births. Some of this Stephen's children have been given to the other Stephen, for example, Agur.

Stephen Fairchild's name appears in the Stratford land records, for in 1749 and in 1751 his mother gave him land. Most of his brothers either sold or quit-claimed to Stephen their share in the land and buildings. Stephen kept the homestead in the parish or Stratfield, with part of the land being in Stratford and part in Fairfield, until his mother died in 1753. In 1757 he sold most of his land, and in 1758 he is found in Kent, CT. for the sale of the remaining Stratford land.

Donald Lines Jacobus says that Stephen may have gone to Kent since his sister, Ruth, had already moved there. Stephen registered the birthdates of the family with the town clerk in Kent. So far as is known, all of Stephen's children grew to adulthood. The names of Ezra, Abraham, Levi, Stephen, Agur and Samuel appear on Kent land records."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006; original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 March 2019), memorial page for Stephen Fairchild, Sr (1 Mar 1724–15 Jan 1811), Find A Grave: Memorial #32636052, citing Steadwell Cemetery, Middletown Center, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Peggy Fairchild (contributor 46838132) .
3. ↑ Early Fairchilds in North America and their Descendants Compiled by Jean Fairchild Gilmore Publication Date 1991. page 39.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) vol. 2, page 330
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Acknowledgements

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