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 (1872-1924), a painter
        
        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 Fairchild, 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 Nov.3,1681 Marriage to Hannah Beach Fairfield Co Connecticut descendants of Zachariah Fairchild and Hanna Beach are as follows

  1. Mehitable Fairchild 1682 – 1684
  2. Hannah Fairchild 1685 – 1706
  3. David Fairchild 1688 – 1741
  4. Agur Fairchild 1691 – 1712
  5. Caleb Fairchild B. Sept.10,1693 Stratford,CT–d.May 1,1777 Hanover, Morris, New Jersey,US marriage to Anne(Sherwood) Trowbridge.
  6. James Fairchild 1695 – 1761
  7. Mary Fairchild 1698 – 1726
  8. Zachariah Fairchild 1701 – 1777
  9. Abiel Fairchild 1703 – 1785

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