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George Fairbanks
- Preferred Name: George Fairbanks[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
- Gender: M
- Burial: 3 MAR 1577 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7047 LONG: E1.9393 with note: Date doesn't match date of death. Standardized Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Family record
- FSID: MNFY-T3Z
- Birth: 1528 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England at LATI: N3.7047 LONG: E1.9393 with note: Standardized Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Death: 29 MAR 1610 in Sowerby St George, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N4.2265 LONG: E1.3416 with note: Standardized Sowerby, Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Theresa S. KiIanskiThe English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham in MOSG Vol. 7 No 3 August 1983
Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan. "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his family in the West Riding of Yorkshire, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (NEHGS, Boston, Mass.) July 2012, Vol. 166, Pages 165-187
Torrey, Clarence Almon, "The English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts" The American Genealogist TAG 37:68 (1961)
Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, ed. Melinde Lutz Sanborn (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2004) Part 3 The Ancestry of Henry Clay Bartlett 3:129
GEORGE FAIRBANK was born about 1530 of Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, to Gilbert Fairbank (1500-1578) and and ***Unknown first wife*** (Not Jenette)
George married first in Halifax on 10 May 1551, "Sibbell Wad" [Sibyl Wad], who died in childbirth and was buried at Halifax, Yorkshire on 21 May 1573 with her child.[1] He married secondly, 15 Feb 1573/4, Jenet (or Johanna) (Mawd) Brodlye (or Broadley) the widow of John Broadley. No record of his estate has been found, but he was living in 1599 as was his wife Jenet.[2]
He was most likely the George Fairbank who was buried in Halifax on 29 March 1610.[1]
Children by his first wife, (all but Dorothy baptized at Halifax):[2]
1. Genet, bapt. 26 Apr 1552, d. young
2. John, b. 1554?,[2], b. say 1560; m. (1) ____ ____, (2) Isabella Staincluffe, (3) Ellen Parker[1]
3. Genet (again), bapt. 28 Jul 1556, m. Matthew Broadley
4. Maria (Mary), bapt. 18 May 1558, m. Richard Saltonstall
5. Dorothy, b. 1560?; bur. 24 May 1562
6. George, bp. Halifax 2 Aug 1562; m. (1) Isabel Bannister, (2) Susan Bentley, (3) Hester Denton.[1]
7. Robert, bapt. 08 Dec 1566
8. Susan, bapt. 05 Jun 1569, m. William Wade
9. A child who died with its mother, b. May 1573, bur. 21 May 1573
Child by second wife:[2]
1. Abram, bapt. 22 Jan 1575/6, bur. 23 Apr 1576
=== !Yorkshire Hist 2 C Vol 111 Eng Yorkshir ===
!Yorkshire Hist 2 C Vol 111 Eng Yorkshire 4 17
=== Land transfers in 1526 and 1550 name Gi ===
Land transfers in 1526 and 1550 name Gilbert, as son of John. In 1569, 11th. Elizabeth, he would not pay the stipend of the minister or curate of the chapel. His death bed will names wife and surviving children. Will proved April 16, 1578. 1526, 19th. Henry VIII, John Fairbanke surrendered Brigbottham &c to the use of Gilbert Fairebanke, son of aforesaid John Fairebank and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, rendering therfor yearly 48s. 9d. 1550, 5th. Edward VI. John Fairebanke and Gilbert Fairbanke, son and heir of said John, surrender one messuage, one garden and the moiety of one barn, and one croft called Laithecroft, and two closes of land and meadow called Overholme and Netherholme. 1569, 11th. Elizabeth. Gilbert Fairebank would not pay the stipend of the minister or curate of the Chapel. For this he was fined 12d.
=== Anc of John Barber White, Pioneer of MA; ===
Anc of John Barber White, Pioneer of MA; NH Gen Vol #6 ch 54; 1-4 Halifax Par Reg. Archive Record - SLC, UT
=== INFORMATION: All of the information abo ===
INFORMATION: All of the information about George, and his family, was obtained form the following; REFERENCE: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, No. 146, Vol. 37, No. 2, April 1961. 'The English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts, by Clarence Almon Torry (F.A.S.G.).
Preferred Parents:
Father: Gilbert Fairbanke, b. 6 MAY 1505 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England d. 3 MAR 1577 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
Mother: Jenet Mawd, b. ABT 1510 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1579
Family 1: Johanna Jenet Mawde, b. BEF 1533 in of Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. NOV 1612 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England
- m. 15 FEB 1573 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Family 2: Sibbell Wade, b. 15 FEB 1532 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 21 MAY 1573 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- m. 10 MAY 1551 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
- Jenet Fairbanks, b. 26 APR 1552 in Warley, Yorkshire, England d. 28 DEC 1591 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Sources:
- Title: George Fayrbanke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJHP-QZW : 13 March 2020), George Fayrbanke, 1573.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJHP-QZW;
- Title: Georgii Fairbanke in entry for Henry Fairbanke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMF3-4MR : 4 February 2023), Georgii Fairbanke in entry for Henry Fairbanke, 1549.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMF3-4MR;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
- Title: George Fearbanke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVH9-JHZ : 13 March 2020), George Fearbanke, 1551.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVH9-JHZ;
- Title: George Fayrbanke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVHM-PZT : 13 March 2020), George Fayrbanke, 1573.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVHM-PZT;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Georgi Fayrebanke in entry for Georgi Fayrebanke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQTW-NX6 : 4 February 2023), Georgi Fayrebanke in entry for Georgi Fayrebanke, 1562.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQTW-NX6;
- Title: George Fearbanke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Author: "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJHG-F9V : 13 March 2020), George Fearbanke, 1551.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJHG-F9V;
- Title: England, Select Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9850/records/1434802;
- Title: Georgii Fayrbanke in entry for Maria Fayrbanke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQTW-HZJ : 4 February 2023), Georgii Fayrbanke in entry for Maria Fayrbanke, 1558.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQTW-HZJ;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Geneanet Community Trees Index
Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/jcsorensen?n=fairbanks&oc=&p=george+gilbert;
- Title: Georgii Fayrbanke in entry for Genet Fayrbanke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMFS-G8J : 4 February 2023), Georgii Fayrbanke in entry for Genet Fayrbanke, 1556.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMFS-G8J;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
- Title: Georgii Fairbanke in entry for Genet Fairbanke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Author: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGYQ-2VS : 4 February 2023), Georgii Fairbanke in entry for Genet Fairbanke, 1552.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGYQ-2VS;
Note: This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.
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