Portrait of a Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot
Jonathan Fairbanks
Lineage
Jonathan VI, Daniel V, Jonathan IV, Jonathan III, George II, Jonathan I
Jonathan Fairbank (#A038414 DAR) (Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, #147, page 184) was born March 29, 1755 in Holliston, Middlesex Co., MA. He served at age 20 for six days as a Private in the Lexington Alarm Roles under Captain Staples Chamberlain and Colonel Samuel Bullard. His records are at MA s1, vol 421, p 112.
More information about the “Holliston Company,” which Jonathan was an early member, can be found at https://macivilwarmonuments.com/2021/04/06/holliston/
Jonathan lived for a time in Northborough, MA, where he married his first wife, Hannah Morse of Northborough, Feb. 28, 1781. She died Dec 7, 1783 at age 20 years at the time or shortly after her second child was born.
Finally, Jonathan settled in Sudbury prior to 1783. He married his second wife, Bridget Parmenter of Sudbury, December 3, 1784. Jonathan owned and occupied one of the most substantial homesteads in the southwest part of town. Jonathan lived in a house built in the 1600s, and the house still stands today.
Jonathan’s and his second wife had ten children. She died September 29, 1828 at age 64 years. Jonathan died February 28, 1840, in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. at age 85. He is buried in the Revolutionary Cemetery in the historic Sudbury town center.
A portrait of Jonathan Fairbank (1755 - 1840) is now in the Fairbanks House Collections in Dedham, MA. He would have been the fifth generation from the original settler Jonathan Fairbanks ( c. 1594 -1668).
Jonathan Fairbank, previously a Private in the Revolutionary War Lexington Alarm.
Jonathan’s descendants are active in preserving his lineage and our nation’s history.
Debbie Fairbank Hurtig, fourth great granddaughter, placing a flag at the foot of Jonathan Fairbank’s headstone in the Revolutionary Cemetery in historic Sudbury Town Center.
It is up to each of us to preserve the histories of our families and our nation. If we can’t save our heritage in artifacts as precious as a Revolutionary War era picture, we can tell the stories of the lives of those who came before us and what their lives meant to the development of this nation. By sharing those stories, we can reflect on how we can apply our forfather’s dedication to our families and country today.
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