Fairchild family

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The Fairchild family is an old New England family, descended from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut.

[edit] Genealogy

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) Parents of Stephen Fairchild (1726-1802)who married Lavinia Beardsley.
  - Oliver Fairchild (1724-1815), who married Sarah Turner
    - Sueton Fairchild (b. c. 1756) who married Lucy Hubble
      - Jairus Cassius (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).
        
        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
- 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
        
        Arthur Babbitt 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