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The seven children of Benjamin Fairchild, Sr., Number 44 of the Orcutt genealogy, of the fourth generation of the American Fairchilds, and his wife, Melissa (Hall) Fairchild, were probably all born in the Province of New York. They would be of the fifth generation of the American Fairchilds and were named as follows:
PETER FAIRCHILD, 1st, known in Ontario as the Reverend Peter Fairchild, pastor of the Old Boston Baptist Church, and one of its founders.
MARY FAIRCHILD, who married John Meyers.
BENJAMIN FAIRCHILD, JR., the Indian captive and later the Indian interpreter and Lieutenant for the Canadian Government. See record in this chapter.
JOSHUA FAIRCHILD, JR., see the following pages of this chapter.
RUTH FAIRCHILD, married Daniel Springer. They were the first settlers in Delaware, Middlesex County, Ontario. See the following pages of this chapter.
DEBORAH FAIRCHILD, married Mordecia Sayles. See following pages of this chapter.
ISAAC FAIRCHILD, (1769-1859), the first settler in Brant County, Ontario, married Lucy Kilbourne, whose parents settled in Delaware Twp.,Middlesex County, Ontario, about the time that Daniel Springer and Ruth (Fairchild) Springer, settled there. See last part of this chapter and Chapter XVII of this genealogy. He was the great grandfather of the compiler of this genealogy.
