7. ISAAC FAIRCHILD, (1769-1859), of the fifth generation, evidently the youngest child of Benjamin Fairchild, Sr., Number 44 of the Orcutt genealogy, and his wife Melissa Fairchild, was born in Dutchess County, N.Y., according to the obituary printed in the Brantford Expositor in Brantford, Ontario, April 10, 1884, announcing the death of his second child, Timothy Marsh Fairchild (1799-1884). He was the first settler in Brant County, Ontario, and probably the first settler in Western Ontario, having established the first trading post with the Mohawk Indians, first at Port Credit on the north shore of Lake Ontario, northeast from where Hamilton is now located, and later on Fairchild Creek in Brant County, not far from Brantford, and a few miles from where his brother, the Reverend Peter Fairchild settled a few years later. See the copy of the above mentioned obituary in the following chapter of this genealogy.
Isaac Fairchild married Lucy Kilbourne of the family of Kilbournes, of Delaware Township, Middlesex County, Ontario. He was one of the white men present at the time of the assault on Chief Joseph Brant by his son, Isaac Brant, which resulted in the death of Isaac Brant as reported by Stone in his Life of Joseph Brant. It appears certain that he was not only a witness to this affray, but also was one of the white men who endeavored to separate father and son.
The following item was furnished by Mr. Miller of London, Ontario:
The Kilbourn genealogy, which I was attempting to locate, and on which I based my hopes of determining the ancestry of Lucy Kilbourn, turned up eventually, but still only in part. Of the pages available, only four children of Joseph Kilbourn are dealt with, but from the evidence there can be no doubt that this is the family of which Lucy Kilbourn was a member. I have extracted below, a few of the pertinent details from the surviving pages of this very rare genealogy:
According to the narrative of Aaron Kilbourn, his father Joseph Kilbourn, died at Delaware, Ontario, in 1817, aged 72 years, which means he was born about 1745.
The four children listed were:
Susannah, b. in Litchfield, Conn., July 4, 1766.
Timothy, b. in Litchfield, Conn., June 11, 1768; died at Delaware, Ontario.
Elizabeth, b. in Litchfield, June 4, 1770; died in childhood.
Aaron, b. in Litchfield, Jan. 30, 1773.
