William Fairbanks
Abt 1744 - 1828 (~ 84 years)-
Name William Fairbanks Born Abt 1744 Prudence Island, Newport Co., RI 
[1] Gender Male Died 13 Jul 1828 Perth, Fulton Co., NY [1] Person ID I14970 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Family Priscilla Remington, b. 23 Apr 1741, Newport Co., RI , d. 14 Dec 1832, Perth, Fulton Co., NY (Age 91 years) Married 5 Sep 1766 Portsmouth, RI [1, 2] Notes - William & "Prescilla" were married by Thomas Sherman, Justice.
Children 1. Mary Fairbanks, b. 24 Oct 1767, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI , d. 1840, Fulton Co., NY (Age 72 years)2. Jeremiah Fairbanks, b. 9 Dec 1769, RI , d. 5 Mar 1811, Perth, Fulton Co., NY (Age 41 years)3. Remington Fairbanks, b. 16 Apr 1773, Newport Co., RI , d. Friendship, Allegany Co., NY 4. Ruth Fairbanks, b. 10 May 1774, RI 5. Sarah "Sally" Fairbanks, b. 25 Apr 1776, RI , d. Aft 1 Jun 1860, Brownville, Jefferson Co., NY (Age > 84 years)6. Jonathan Fairbanks, b. 22 May 1778, RI , d. 7 Jun 1854, Perth, Fulton Co., NY (Age 76 years)7. Elizabeth Fairbanks, b. 24 Feb 1781, RI , d. 24 Dec 1784, RI (Age 3 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F05789 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - William Fairbanks served in the Revolutionary War in 1777 as a Private in Capt. Samuel Weber's Company.
William & Priscilla and their family moved from RI to Montgomery Co., NY in the early 1800s (info from Arlene Fairbanks Dutton at Rootsweb).
I assume that William was from the Fairbanks family on Prudence Island. The 1760 Town Tax listed Benjamin & Nathaniel Fairbanks, one of whom may have been the father of William. According to a family tree at Rootsweb's Worldconnect, William was a son of Benjamin & Rebecca Fairbanks, and Nathaniel was a brother of Benjamin, thus William's uncle; they were both sons of Jeremiah Fairbanks. This needs more research to confirm.
The publication "The Fairbanks Family in America" by Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks (Boston: 1897) says that William was possibly a grandson of Jeremiah Fairbanks of Bristol, RI. (this source at Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton, MA)
Prudence Island was raided by British troops several times in 1775 and 1776. The families and their livestock were evacuated to Warwick or Bristol. Most of the houses and other structures were burned; few of the families returned.
- William Fairbanks served in the Revolutionary War in 1777 as a Private in Capt. Samuel Weber's Company.
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