Fairchild family

For the nineteenth-century children's book by Mary Martha Sherwood, see The History of the Fairchild Family.

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.

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. Fairchild (1801–1862), who was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin and married Sally Blair
          • Cassius (1829–1868), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and died of wounds received in the American Civil War.
          • Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Governor of Wisconsin, 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 painter who was active in the Cornish, New Hampshire arts colony. She married Henry Brown Fuller.
            • Blair (1877–1933), a composer
    • Stephen Fairchild (1726–1802), who married Lavinia Beardsley.
  • 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 Fairchild (1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813. Their children included:
          • James, who was President of Oberlin College.
          • Henry, who was President of Berea College. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt. Their children include
            • Their son Charles Grandison, who was President of Rollins College. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean. Their children included:
              • Bertha Frances
              • Julia Willard
              • Eugene
              • Paul Dean
              • Walter
              • Helen Adelaide
              • Ralph Plumb
              • Ruth
              • Clarissa White
          • Edward Henry Fairchild
            • Arthur Babbitt Fairchild married Isabel Amanda Pratt. Their children Included:
              • Fred Rogers Fairchild
              • Henry Pratt Fairchild
            • Julia Maria, wife of Charles Hall
            • Eugene Plumb
          • George, who was President of Kansas State University. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted.
            • Their son David, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. Their children include:
              • Alexander Graham Bell, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman. Their children include:
                • Alice
                • David
                  • Alexander
              • Barbara Lathrop
              • Nancy Bell
  • Jonathan (1692–1772), the son of Samuel and Mary Wheeler

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

Sources

• Fairchild Family History
• Walter Gilbert Genealogy
• Fairchild Family 1608 - 1988