Sir William Fairfax, Knt. of Steeton, high sheriff of Yorkshire 26 and 31 Henry VIII., who m. Isabel, only dau. of Thomas Thwayne, Esq. of Denton, and dying 1557, left, with five daus., as many sons, viz., i. Thomas (Sir), Knt. of Denton, ancestor of the Lords Fairfax of Cameron (see Burke's Peerage and Baronetage); ii. Francis, iii. Edward, iv. Henry, whose eldest son was Gabriel Fairfax, Esq. of Stretehouse; v. Gabriel, the youngest son.
