Family:Jabez Fairbanks and Mary Wilder (1)

Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2] Bef 1694 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesBased on birth of eldest known child
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References
  1. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963).

    "by 1694; by 1693"
    [Note: Torrey's cited sources are given belowS3,S4,S5,S6,S7,S8,S9. There is no known marriage record, the marriage variously estimated based son Joseph who d. 1772 in 79th year, i.e., age 78 so born about 1694 (but often reported as 1693), and it is assumed Mary was his mother (i.e., disregarding the vague and suspicious Lancaster entry belowS2).]

  2. Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    p. 452.

    Jabez Fairbank and Mary Wilder, dau. of Thomas, } between 1707 & 1712.
    [Note: this is in a section described as "from sundry sources supposed reliable".]

  3.   Houghton, William A. History of the town of Berlin, Worcester County, Mass: from 1784 to 1895. (Worcester, Mass.: F.S. Blanchard & Co., printers, 1895)
    p. 338.

    Jonas Fairbanks, one of the first proprietors of Lancaster, had a s. Jabez, b. 1670, noted "as an Indian fighter and a terror to their tribes, settled on the homestead of his father in South Lancaster, had a s., Jabez b. 1694.
    [Note: no mention of his wives or other children in this source.]

  4.   Merriam, Ellen M. (Ellen Maria Lowe), and John Lowe Family Circle. The ancestors of the John Lowe family circle and their descendants. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1981)
    p. 102.

    Children of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott: "Jabez, b. Jan. 8, 1671; m. 1st, ---; m. 2d, May 25, 1719, Elizabeth Whitcomb."

  5.   Prescott, William. The Prescott memorial, or, A genealogical memoir of the Prescott families in America: in two parts. (Boston: Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1870)
    p. 46.

    Children of Jonas Fairbanks and Lydia Prescott: "Jabez, b. Jan. 8, 1671; m. 1st, ---; m. 2d, May 25, 1719, Elizabeth Whitcomb."

  6.   Alexander, Lura F. Genealogy, descendants of William and Dorcas Fallass of Boston, Massachusetts ..: both male and female lines, brought down several generations, male lines bearing the family name, are complete to date : other ancestors of William Albert Fallas, designated as allied families : some Hollands, the McLarens and other ancestors of Sarah Lucinda McLaren : the Brewer family, some descendants of John and Dorcas Brewer of Boston. (Kansas City, Mo.: L.F. Alexander, 1929)
    p. 139.

    Capt. Jabez Fairbanks [#147], s/o Jonas Fairbanks [#146] and Lydia Prescott, b. Lancaster 8 Nov 1670, d. 2 Mar 1758, m. (1) 1695 [sic, but birth of first child given as 1693?] Mary Wilder, m. (2) Elizabeth Whitcomb.

  7.   White, Almira Larkin. White family quarterly. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978)
    Vol. 3, p. 107, 119.

    Jabez Fairbank [#48], s/o Jonas Fairbank and Lydia Prescott, b. Lancaster 8 Feb 1670, m. (1) "about 1692" Mary, d/o Thomas Wilder and Mary Houghton, m. (2) Lancaster 25 Mar 1719 Elizabeth, d/o Jonathan and Hannah Whitcomb.

  8.   Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles. Genealogy of the Fairbanks family in America, 1633-1897. (Boston: Printed for the author by the American Printing and Engraving Company, 1897)
    p. 51.

    Jabez Fairbanks m. (1) [first child "born in 1693"] Mary, d/o Thomas Wilder and Mary Houghton.

  9.   Bullard, Edgar John. Bullard and allied families: the American ancestors of George Newton Bullard and Mary Elizabeth Bullard. (Detroit, Mich.: E.J. Bullard, 1930)
    p. 261.

    Children of Thomas and Mary Wilder: "Mary, b. abt. 1675; d. Feb. 21, 1718, 'in her 43rd year;' m. abt. 1693, Jabez Fairbanks."