Robert
Fairchild
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Fairchild
and Martha (Allen) Fairchild
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Esther (Brooks) Fairchild
— married
9 Feb 1796 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 60
in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2017
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Biography
His death notice reads, "At Stratford, very suddenly, on the 11 inst. Hon. Robert Fairchild, aged 60 years 6 months. Judge Fairchild has been long known to the citizens of Connecticut, as one of our most active and distinguished public men. He was formerly Marshall of the District; was one of the framers of the Constitution; and subsequently Chief Judge of the County Court in Fairfield County. He has frequently been a member of both Houses of our Legislature and was at one session, President of the Senate."[1]
His inventory was completed on 21 September 1835 in Stratford.[2]
In 1836, his estate distribution was set out to Maria Fairchild (eldest daughter), Robert George Fairchild (eldest son), Emeline Fairchild, Julia Fairchild, Frederick Fairchild, Cornelia Fairchild, and Henry Fairchild.[3]
Burial
- Old Congregational Burying Ground, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
- ↑ Patriot and Democrat, Saturday, July 25, 1835, Hartford, CT, Vol 1 Issue 21. GenealogyBank.com
- ↑ “Probate records v. 9-10 1834-1840”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-Y6ZY : 7 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627136, image 106, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1834-1836, Pages 161.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 9-10 1834-1840”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-Y6C6 : 7 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627136, image 143-145, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1834-1836, Pages 235-240.
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Fairfield, Page 39.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #20847395
From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:
- Connecticut Town Birth Records (Barbour Collection), 1775
- Early Connecticut Marriages, 1796
- Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1835
- Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1835
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