Jonathan Fairbanks

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Jonathan Fairbanks (1594 – December 5, 1668[1]) was born in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He first built the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts which is today the oldest house in North America. He had "long stood off from the church upon some scruples about public profession of faith and the covenant, yet after divers loving conferences..., he made such a declaration of his faith and conversion to God and profession of subjection to the ordinances of Christ in the church that he was readily and gladly received by the whole church."[2]

As was common at the time Jonathan used several spellings of his surname: Fairbanke, Fairebanke, Fayerbanke, and on his will Fairbanck.[3] His sons and grandsons began spelling the name Fairbank or Fairbanks.

He is an ancestor of Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush[4]. Other political descendants include William Howard Taft[5], Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks[6] and the father and son Governors of Vermont Erastus Fairbanks and Horace Fairbanks[7]. He was also an ancestor of Emily Dickinson[8] and Margaret Mead[9]. He is also the ancestor of singer/actress, Nola Fairbanks [10], actor Matthew Modine [11] and American pioneer, prospector and entrepreneur, Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks [12]

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  1. ^ The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed
  2. ^ Lockridge, Kenneth (1985). A New England Town. New York: WW Norton & Company, 31. ISBN 0-393-95459-5. 
  3. ^ "Nathaniel Kellogg Fairbank, his antecedents and descendents", a monograph by Helen de Freitas
  4. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan (b. 1595) to his son Jonathan (b. 1628) to his son Jeremiah (b. 1674) to his daughter Mary who married Richard Bush and together had Timothy Bush (b. 1728). The lineage continues with Timothy's son Timothy Bush, Jr. (b. 1761) to his son Obadiah Newcomb Bush(b. 1791) to his son James Smith Bush (b. 1825) to his son Samuel P. Bush (b. 1863) to his son Senator Prescott Bush to his son President George H. W. Bush who is George W. Bush's father.
  5. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan (b. 1595) to his son George (b. 1619) to his daughter Mary who married Joseph Daniels and together they had a son Eleazer (b. 1681). It continues through his son David to his daughter Cloe who married Seth Davenport and together had a child Anna. Anna married William Torrey whose son Samuel had a daughter Louisa. Louisa married Alphonso Taft and together they had President William Howard Taft.
  6. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son Jonas to his son Jabez to his son Joshua to his son Luther to his son Luther to his son Loriston Monroe who was the father of Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks.
  7. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son John to his son Joseph to his son Joseph to his son Ebenezer to his son Joseph to his son Governor Erastus Fairbanks to his son Governor Horace Fairbanks.
  8. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son George to his son Eliesur to his son Eliesur to his son Eleazer to his daughter Sarah who married Jude Fay to their daughter Betsey who married Joel Norcross to their daughter Emily who married Edward Dickinson and their child was Emily Dickinson.
  9. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son George to his son Eliesur to his daughter Martha who married Ebenezer Leland, and together they had a child Caleb whose daughter Hannah married John Ware. Their son Orlando had a daughter Emily who married James Pecker Fogg, who had a son James Leland Fogg. He married Elizabeth Bogart Lockwood and they had a daughter Emily Fogg who married Edward Sherwood Mead. Together their child was Margaret Mead.
  10. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son Jonas to his son Jabez to his son Joseph to his son Joseph to his son Joseph VII to his son David to his son Ralph Jacobus to his daughter Zella Vonola who married Alexander Revard Modine, who had a daughter Nola Josephine Modine who is also known as Nola Fairbanks.
  11. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son Jonas to his son Jabez to his son Joseph to his son Joseph to his son Joseph VII to his son David to his son Ralph Jacobus to his daughter Zella Vonola who married Alexander Revard Modine, who had a son, Mark Alexander who had a son who is Matthew Modine.
  12. ^ Lineage as follows: Jonathan to his son Jonas to his son Jabez to his son Joseph to his son Joseph to his son Joseph VII to his son David to his son Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks.