Benjamin Fairchild (1808 - 1887)

Born 1808 in Brant, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Westbrook) Fairchild — married 1830 (to 1887) in Brant, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1887 at about age 79 in Vergennes Township, Kent, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Benjamin was born in 1808, the son of Isaac & Lucy (Kilbourne) Fairchild. He married Mary Ann Westbrook, and they had nine children. They settled at Vergennes Township, Kent Co., Michigan.^[1]

In the 1850 Census of Vergennes Benjamin Fairchild Sr. was listed as a farmer 42 with his wife Mary 37 both born in Canada with their children Rebecca 17, Benjamin Jr. 12 both born in Canada, William 9, Edward 7, Julia 5, Elvira 3 all born in Michigan.^[2]

In the 1870 Census of Vergennes Benjamin Fairchild was listed as a farmer 63 with his wife Mary 57 both born in Canada with their children Francis 29, Elena 25, Elvira 23, Asahel 17 and Mary E. 13 all born in Michigan.^[3]

In the 1880 Census of Vergennes Benjamin Fairchild was listed as a farmer born in Canada 72 with his wife Mary born in Canada 69 and children Francis W. 40 and Julia E. 35, both born in Michigan.^[4]

Benjamin died 24 Mar 1887 in Vergennes Twp, Kent, Michigan.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Ontario Pioneers Genealogies Benjamin Fairchild of Townsend Township, Norfolk County, Compiled by R. Robert Mutrie April 2021.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8F-VB2 : 22 December 2020), Benjamin Fairchild, Vergennes Township, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHH1-GXD : 2 January 2021), Benjamin Fairchild, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSV-3NN : 19 February 2021), Benjamin Fairchild, Vergennes, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 57C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,587.
5. ↑ "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3XR-7X6 : 18 February 2021), Benjamin Fairchild, 24 Mar 1887; citing p 119 rn 2493, Vergennes Twp, Kent, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,363,633.

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