ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston
OCCUPATION: Innkeeper ("[blank] Fairbanks" licensed to sell wine & strong water in Boston, 12 March 1637/8, 4 November 1646 [MBCR 1:221, 2:173]). Postmaster ("For preventing the miscarriage of letters; & it is ordered, that notice be given that Rich[a]rd Fairbanks his house in Boston is the place appointed for all letters which are brought from beyond the sea, or are to be sent thither, are to be brought unto; & he is to take care that they be delivered or sent according to their directions; & he is allowed for every such letter a 1d., & must answer all miscarriages through his own neglect in this kind; provided that no man shall be compelled to bring his letters thither, except he please" [MBCR 1:281]).
BIRTH: By about 1608 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: After 29 January 1654/5 [SLR 2:105-06] and before 15 April 1667 [SLR 5:190-92], and probably closer to the former date.
MARRIAGE: By 1633 Elizabeth _____; in October 1633 "Elizabeth Fairebancke the wife of our brother Richard Fairebancke" was admitted to Boston church [BChR 16]; not seen after the birth of her second child in 1639.
