Fairchild family
Encyclopedia
The Fairchild family has long roots in New England
, United States
. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England
in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut
, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony
.
Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670) was married to Emma Seabrook. Their children included:
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It was founded by Puritans in 1639....
, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony
New Haven Colony
The New Haven Colony was an English colonial venture in present-day Connecticut in North America from 1637 to 1662.- Quinnipiac Colony :A Puritan minister named John Davenport led his flock from exile in the Netherlands back to England and finally to America in the spring of 1637...
.
Genealogy
Note: While this is the genealogy of one particular branch of the Fairchild family, it by no means contains the entirety of the Fairchild family bloodline or history.Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670) was married to Emma Seabrook. Their children included:
- Thomas, who married Sarah Preston.
- Their son, Alexander, who married Deborah Beardsley.
- Their son, Abraham, who married Rachel Scribner.
- Their son, John, who married Abigale Wakeman.
- Their son, David, who married Charlotte Guyer.
- Their son, Eli, who married Grade Diamond Sturges.
- Samuel (1640–1704), who married Mary Wheeler in 1665.
- Their son, Robert (b. 1681)
- Their son, Samuel (1683–1761), who married Ruth Beach. 2nd wife was Dinah Burwell (1694–1769)
- Oliver Fairchild (1724–1815), who married Sarah Turner
- Sueton Fairchild (b. c. 1756) who married Lucy Hubble
- Jairus C. FairchildJairus C. FairchildJairus Cassius Fairchild was an American politician and businessman.Born in Granville, New York, he moved to Hudson, Ohio, where he was a merchant. Later he would move to Franklin Mills, Ohio for a brief time where he operated a tannery before relocating to Cleveland around 1834...
(1801–1862), who was the first mayor of MadisonMadison, WisconsinMadison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
, WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
and married Sally Blair- CassiusCassius FairchildCassius Fairchild was a Wisconsin businessman, politician, and military officer. Born in Franklin Mills, Ohio , Fairchild was educated mostly in Ohio. His father was Jairus C. Fairchild, who was the first Treasurer of Wisconsin and the first Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. His brother was Lucius...
(1829–1868), who served in the Wisconsin State AssemblyWisconsin State AssemblyThe Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....
and died of wounds received in the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. - Lucius FairchildLucius FairchildLucius Fairchild was an American politician, army general, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and as U.S. Minister to Spain.-Military career:...
(1831–1896), Governor of WisconsinGovernor of WisconsinThe Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state...
, He married Frances Bull (b. 1846). Their children included:- Mary
- Sarah
- Caryl
- Lucia
- Charlotte
- Charles (1838–1910) who married Elizabeth Nelson (1845–1924). Their children included:
- Lucia (1870–1924), a painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
who was active in the Cornish, New HampshireCornish, New HampshireCornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2010 census. Cornish has three covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.-History:...
arts colony. She married Henry Brown FullerHenry Brown FullerHenry Brown Fuller was an American painter of classical and allegorical works. He was the son of painter George Fuller. He married fellow artist Lucia Fairchild in 1893 and had two children, Charles and Clara. From 1897 onwards, he and his family were members of the Cornish Art Colony in...
. - BlairBlair FairchildBlair Fairchild was an American composer and diplomat. Along with Charles Wakefield Cadman, Charles Sanford Skilton, Arthur Nevin, and Arthur Farwell, among others, he is sometimes grouped among the Indianists, although he had only a marginal association with their work.Fairchild was a native of...
(1877–1933), a composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
- Lucia (1870–1924), a painter
- Cassius
- Jairus C. Fairchild
- Sueton Fairchild (b. c. 1756) who married Lucy Hubble
- Stephen Fairchild (1726–1802), who married Lavinia Beardsley.
- Oliver Fairchild (1724–1815), who married Sarah Turner
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- Edward (1685–1747), the son of Samuel and Mary Wheeler, who married Elizabeth Blakeman.
- Their son, Moses Fairchild (1723–1787), who married Susanna Bosworth in 1745
- Their son, Daniel Fairchild (1762–1831), who married Mary Buttolph in 1784
- Their son, Grandison FairchildGrandison FairchildGrandison Fairchild was an American reformer and active in the founding of Oberlin College.He was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts and died in Brownhelm, Ohio....
(1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813. Their children included:- JamesJames FairchildJames Harris Fairchild was an American educator.Harris was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1817. His father was Grandison Fairchild. Soon after his birth his parents moved to Brownhelm, Lorain County, Ohio, and settled on a farm about ten miles from the present site of Oberlin...
, who was President of Oberlin CollegeOberlin CollegeOberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
. - HenryHenry FairchildEdward Henry Fairchild was an American educator.Fairchild was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His father was Grandison Fairchild. When he was a child his family moved to northeast Ohio....
, who was President of Berea CollegeBerea CollegeBerea College is a liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky , founded in 1855. Current full-time enrollment is 1,514 students...
. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt. Their children include- Their son Charles GrandisonCharles FairchildCharles Grandison Fairchild was an American educator.Fairchild was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the son of Edward Henry Fairchild.After serving in the Union cavalry during the Civil War, Fairchild graduated from Oberlin College...
, who was President of Rollins CollegeRollins CollegeRollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean. Their children included:- Bertha Frances
- Julia Willard
- Eugene
- Paul Dean
- Walter
- Helen Adelaide
- Ralph Plumb
- Ruth
- Clarissa White
- Their son Charles Grandison
- Edward Henry Fairchild
- Arthur Babbitt Fairchild married Isabel Amanda Pratt. Their children Included:
- Fred Rogers FairchildFred Rogers FairchildFred Rogers Fairchild was an American economist and educator. Fairchild was born in Crete, Nebraska. His father was Arthur Babbitt Fairchild, a descendant of Thomas Fairchild who settled in New England in 1639. He was a brother of Henry Pratt Fairchild, a sociologist and educator. Fairchild...
- Henry Pratt FairchildHenry Pratt FairchildHenry Pratt Fairchild was a distinguished American sociologist. He was a sociologist who was actively involved in many of the controversial issues of his time. He wrote about race relations, abortion and contraception, and immigration...
- Fred Rogers Fairchild
- Julia Maria, wife of Charles Hall
- Eugene Plumb
- Arthur Babbitt Fairchild married Isabel Amanda Pratt. Their children Included:
- GeorgeGeorge FairchildGeorge Thompson Fairchild was an American educator and university president.Fairchild was the son of Grandison Fairchild...
, who was President of Kansas State UniversityKansas State UniversityKansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted.- Their son DavidDavid FairchildDavid Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, pistachios, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering...
, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone....
. Their children include:- Alexander Graham BellGraham FairchildAlexander Graham Bell Fairchild was an American entomologist, and a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut....
, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman. Their children include:- Alice
- David
- Alexander
- Barbara Lathrop
- Nancy Bell
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Their son David
- James
- Their son, Grandison Fairchild
- Their son, Daniel Fairchild (1762–1831), who married Mary Buttolph in 1784
- Their son, Moses Fairchild (1723–1787), who married Susanna Bosworth in 1745
- Jonathan (1692–1772), the son of Samuel and Mary Wheeler
- Edward (1685–1747), the son of Samuel and Mary Wheeler, who married Elizabeth Blakeman.
Other Descendants
Other descendants of Thomas Fairchild include:- Julian Douglas Fairchild
- Muir Stephen Fairchild
- Zechariah Fairchild b. December 14, 1651 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. June 22, 1703 Fairfield Co Connecticut