Mary FAIRBANKS

[1502] [1504]

Feb 1621 - 4 Jun 1684

  • BIRTH: Feb 1621, Shelf,Halifax,Yorkshire,England
  • CHRISTENING: 23 Feb 1621, Shelf,Halifax,Yorkshire,England [1497]
  • DEATH: 4 Jun 1684, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [1498] [1499]
Father: Jonathan FAIRBANKS
Mother: Grace SMITH

Family 1 : Michael METCALF
  • MARRIAGE: 2 Apr 1644, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [5739]
  1.  Michael METCALF
  2.  Mary METCALF
  3.  Sarah METCALF
  4.  Jonathan METCALF
  5.  Eliazer METCALF
Family 2 : Christopher SMITH
  • MARRIAGE: 2 Aug 1654, Dedham, Suffolk, MA [5712]
  1. +John SMITH


                                           _George FAIRBANKS ___+
                       _George FAIRBANKS _|
                      |                   |_Sibyl WADE _________
 _Jonathan FAIRBANKS _|
|                     |                    _Richard FARRER _____
|                     |_Mary FARRER ______|
|                                         |_Margaret BLACKBURN _
|
|--Mary FAIRBANKS 
|
|                                          _____________________
|                      ___________________|
|                     |                   |_____________________
|_Grace SMITH ________|
                      |                    _____________________
                      |___________________|
                                          |_____________________


[1501] Ancestry of Zipporah Smith from a GEDCOM at RootsWeb by Helen S. Ullmann, CG, FASG [hsullman@comcast.net].

"Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America"
Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles
Boston, MA; 1897; p31
"Mary, born Apr. 18, 1622; died "10:3:1676 or 4:4:1684". She married
Michael Metcalf, "2 of the 2 mo., 1644", who was born in England,
Aug. 29, 1620, and died "the 25 of the 1 mo. 1654". She married
2ndly, "the 2 of the 6 mo. 1654", Christopher Smith."

"The Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith"
Judith Miner Hine Luedemann
Connecticut Nutmegger, v23, pp68-76 (1990)
"Christopher Smith, born probably in England and no later than 1633 (if ae 21 in 1654);
died 7th 9m 1676 in Dedham, Mass.; married 2 6m 1654 Mary Fairbanks, born ca 1620 in
England daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and his wife Grace (Lee?); she was the widow of
Michael Metcalf (Michael, Leonard) whom she had married 2 2dm 1644 in Dedham, born 29
August 1620 at St. Benedict's, Norwich, Co. Norfolk, England; died 24 December 1654 at
Dedham, leaving five children..."

"Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Pope, Charles Henry
Boston, MA; 1900
"FAIRBANK, FAIRBANCK, FAIRBANKS, FAIRBANCKE... Mary adm. chh. 11 (10) 1640 ,
(m. 1, Michael Metcalf, 2, Christopher Smith)..."
"SMITH, Christopher, Dedham, propr. 1640, adm. chh. Oct. 1642, frm. May 10, 1643.
He m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Fairbank and widow of Michael Metcalf. Ch. John
b. 19 (9) 1655. He d. 7 (9) 1676. His widow d. 4 (4) 1684. Her will dated 30 May,
prob. 3 July, 1684, beq. to son John Smith; to ch. Michael, Hannah, Melatia, and
Eleazer Metcalf, and Sarah and Robert Wares; brother John Fairbank."

"Colonial Families of the United States of America"
Mackenzie, George Norbury
Baltimore, MD; 1912; v2, p256

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"METCALFE, Michael2 (1620-1654) & Mary FAIRBANKS, m/2 Christopher SMITH 1654; 2 Apr 1654; Dedham"
"SMITH, Christopher (-1676) & Mary (FAIRBANKS) METCALF (1622-1684), w Michael; 2 Aug 1654; Dedham"

[1502] [S100] "Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith"

  • PAGE: 68-69
  • NOTE:

    [1503] This analyzes the evidence, showing that her name was not Martha. Thewill of her father Jona

[1504] [S108] New England Historical and Genealogical Register

  • PAGE: 19 (1865):32-33

[1497] [S112] Fairbanks Family

  • PAGE: 7

[1498] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

  • PAGE: 20

[1499] [S101] Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Records

  • PAGE: 6:464; 9:189
  • NOTE:

    [1500] Docket #1360. Mary's will dated 30 May 1684 and proved 3 July 1684,named sons Michael Metcalfe and John Smith, then daughters, Sarah, wifeof Robert Wares, and Hannah and Melatia Metcalfe, then sons Jonathan andEbenezer Metcalfe, then daughter Mary Wares' two sons, John and Ebenezer.Son Jonathan, executor, swore to the inventory on 31 July 1684.

[5739] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

  • PAGE: 126

[5712] [S105] The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage inthe Town of Dedham

  • PAGE: 127

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