8. Benjamin Fairbanks, of Dedham, Mass. John II, Jonathan I. Born in Dedham, 17: 12: 1661 [February 17, 1661/62]; died there Dec. 5, 1694. The homestead was divided between his brother Joseph and himself by an amicable agreement, in accordance with the wishes of their father expressed in his will, and he lived in his part of the old house. … The estate was divided between Mary and Benjamin by a decree of the Court of Probate, 'Dated in Boston the Thirtyeth day of June In the Tenth year of Her Majties Reign Anoq. Domini, 1711,' See Suffolk P. R., Lib. 17, Fol. 273. He married Mary _____, who, after his death, married Samuel Gates, of Mashamughet (now Pomfret), in the Colony of Connecticut, whither she went with her children. See assignment of her dower in the estate of Benjamin Fairbanks, Suffolk Probate Records, Lib. 17, fols. 441, 442.