Tenth Generation

968. Jonathan Fairbanks^{638,639,1158,1927,1928,1929} was born before 1600 in England.¹⁹²⁸ He signed a will on 1 Jun 1668.^639,1157 WILL OF JONATHAN FAIREBANKE, 1668.

In the yeare of our Lord one thousand sixe hundred sixty and eight, the first day of the fourth month, com'only called June; I Jonathan ffarbanke of dedham in the Countie of Suffolke Senioe, Being sicke and weake, And expecting that the day of my desolution is drawing neere doe in the name and feare of God ordaine and make this my Last will & Testamt for the disposeing and settling of the things of this life, with which the Lord hath at prsent Intrusted me in manner & forme as followeth; viz first I commit my soule to God that gaue it, Trusting in the alone Righteousnes & mediation of Jesus Christ my Redemer & aduocate, & my body to the earth whence it was taken, to be after my decease Desently buried therein in christian buriall at the discretion of my Executor. In prims I giue & bequeath vnto grace my Deere & well beloved wife, All and Every prt & prcell of my whole moueable Estate whatsoeuer as well within dores as without, namely all my household stuffe, of all & Euery sort & kinde as allso all my cattell of all kinds all my corne cartes ploughs workeing tooles & vtensils of husbandrye all debts due to me & whatsoeuer Ells come within the denomination of moueable Estate & all this I giue and Bequeath to my said wife, to despose of when And to whom shee shall at any time see meete. And more I giue to grace my said wife an Annuitie of Eight pounds pr Annm to be paid to her or her assignee to her vse yearely & euery yeare, in two equall prts. * * Ite I giue & bequeath to George (ffarbanke my secon)d sonne & to his heyers for euer, sixteene pounds the one halfe whereof shall be payed to him within the space of one ((???)) yeare next ensueing after the decease of my said wife; And whereas I haue allready giuen and doe herby confirme to my said sonne George all that my prt in the generall deuident (dividend?) already laid out thro Meadfield & some workinge tooles & such like small things, my will & my mind is, That the said percell of lande and those tooles and other small thing soe giuen shall be all indifferently & Equally aprized and if they shall together amount to the value of eight pounds then it shall be accounted for his first payment. * * * And I giue & bequeath to my daughter Mary the wife of Christopher Smith the sume of sixteene pounds, which sixteene pounds I giue to my said daughter in prticuler, And distinct from her husbans Estate & to be allwayes at her dispose, this sixteen pounds to be payed in two equall (sum'es ?) of Eight pounds. * * * Item More I giue to my said daughter Mary Three pounds to purchase her a suite of aparrell to be paid within the space of three months next after my decease. Item I giue and bequeath to Jonas ffarbanke my third sonne & his heyers for euer the like sume of sixtene pounds to be allso payed in two equal sumes. * * * Item I giue & bequeath to Jonathan ffarebanke my yongest sonne & to his heighers the like sume of sixteene pounds, to be paid allso in two Equal Sumes. * * * Item I giue and bequeath to Sarah the Eldest daughter of my sonne John ffarebanks one young beast betwixt one and two yeares of age, & more three pounds to be payed by my Executor when she shall attaine lawfull age, the young beast before mentioned I Reserue out of the cattell bequeathed to Grace my wife; Item I giue & bequeath to my sonne in lawe Ralph Daye ffoyrty shillings to be payed within six monthes after my wives decease;

Item. I giue & bequeath to each of the foure Children of the said Ralph which he had by my daughter Susan his late wife the sum'e of ffourtie shillings to be payd them seuerally as they shall attaine lawfull age pruided all my other Legacies to my three sonnes & my daughter be first payed in manner as is aboue Expressed; Item my mind & my will is that all these my legacies aboue bequeathed, the specie or kind of payment whereof is not named shall be all payed in current Contrey payment at price then Currant In ded (ham I giue & bequeath) To John ffarebanke my Eldest sonne all my houses & lands whatsouer, not being foremerly aboue (mentioned? togeth)er with all my common Rightes & towne pruiliges whatsoeuer, to haue posses & injoy the same ((???)) & his heyers ((???) to) enter vpon all my lands forthwith after my decease; and all my houses and yardes at the end of foure mo'nthes n(ext followin)g the same; Item I doe nominate apoint and ordayne John Fairebancke my afforesaid Eldest Sonne, To be my sole Executor to whom I committ all nessary trust & power Requisite for the due and full prformeance & Execution of this my last will as it belongs or is necessary for an Executor to doe in all & euery prt as is aboue expressed; Item I allso name & intreate my very loueing friends Eleazer Lusher & Petter Woodward Sene to be ouerseers to the performance of this my present will & to be assisting to my aboue named Executor therin as themselues shall see cause, & I doe hereby reueoke & make null & voide all other or former wills whatsouer by me formerly made; & doe auouch & decleare this prsent wrighting, as is aboue herein entered, to be & contayne my true onely & last will & testemant.

In wittnss whereof I the said Jonathan ffarebanke Sene haue herevnto subscribed my hand & affixed my seale the day & yeare first aboue written.

This a true copy of the will of Jonathan Fayerbank senyore.
as attest Daniell ffisher.
Wiliam Avery. He died on 5 Dec 1668 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^{639,1158,1928} His estate was probated on 26 Jan 1669.⁶³⁹ He was an ancestor of President George Herbert Walker Bush. He was an ancestor of President George Walker Bush. Jonathan Fairbanks and Grace Lee were married.^{638,639,1158,1928,1929}

969. Grace Lee^{638,1928,1929} died on 28 Dec 1673 or 19 May 1676 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^{1158,1928,1930} Dedham VRs have 28th: 10 mo. 1673. Children were:

i.
John Fairbanks^{639,1158,1928} signed a will on 10 Nov 1684.^639,1931 WILL OF JOHN FAIRBANCK.
Suffolk Probate Records, Lib. 6, Fol. 487. Proved 19 Feb. 1684 (O. S.)
The tenth day of novemb.r one Thousand Six hundred Eighty & four.

BEE IT KNOWN that I, John Faierbancks of Dedham do make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following, being sound in my understanding and of a disposing minde, For which I bless God, and knowing the uncertainty of this life, and being by many awfull intimations minded of my great change, shall therefore, God assisting me, endeavour to set my house in order. And First I comit, bequeath and resigne my Soule unto the hands of Almighty God, my Creator, being hopefully assured, believing that I shall receive the full pardon and free remission of all my Sins and be saved by the precious Death and merits of Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, and my body to the earth from whence it was taken, to be Decently and in Christian manner interred after my Decease, by my Executor and Overseers or Supervisors hereafter mentioned, and after my debts and funerall charges be paid, my mind and will as touching such worldly things over which the Lord have me steward, is that they be empowered as followeth,--viz.

IMPRIMIS. I give and bequeath to my eldest son John Fairbanks all my rights within the Town of Wrentham, conteining thirteen Cow commons with some Sheep commons, with all that do or shall belong of right to them in any manner or kind whatsoever within the Town of Wrentham or adjoyning to that Township, to wit, my rights in that last Indian purchase bought of Philip Sagamore, all which I value at Forty pounds. More I give and bequeath to my eldest son John Fairbanks ten pounds which is to be understood because he is my eldest Son, and therefore my mind and will is that he s John Fairbanks shall receive of my Estate or from my Executor ten pounds more than either Joseph Fairbancks, my second son, or Benjamin ffairbancks, my youngest Son: And further my minde and will is that after my debts and Legacies and other charges be paid, that my son John Fairbanks shall receive of my Sons Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks in currant Country payment to make up that Fourty pounds by me given in Wrentham equal with my other two Sons, namely Joseph & Benjamin Fairbanks, and my mind and will is that Joseph and Benjamin ffairbanks shall pay or cause to be paid to my Son John Fairbanks or his heires in Dedham ten pounds in currant Country payment pr yeare beging the next yeare after my decease and so to continue forth on in ye insuing yeares to pay untill he sd John Fairbanks shall have received both his ten pounds above expressed, and to make him equall with his Bretheren as above is expressed, and alike my mind is that if my Sons Joseph & Benjamin ffairbanke can pay their Brother John ffairbanke more than ten pounds pr yeare they shall do well, but my mind in expressing ten pounds pr yeare is that they shall not be driven to more.

Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah ffaierbanks Sixty pounds, and my mind and will is that she shall have her first choice in the movables of the house to the value of twenty pounds, and then she my said daughter to receive ffourty pounds more of her Brothers (to wit) Joseph and Benjamin ffairbanks within the space of Six yeares after the day of my decease in currant Country payment, my mind is that my daughter Hannah Fairbank do receive Six pounds thirteen Shilling four pence pr yeare in the yeares as above expressed, to be paid by Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks.

Item. I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Mary Sawyer the Sum of ffifteen pounds to be paid by my Sons Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks in currant Country payment, and my mind is that She my sd Grand child shall receive the first ffive pounds when she shall attain to the age of one & twenty yeares, and so forth on in the next ensuing years five pounds pr yeare untill she have received her ffifteen pounds. And if She my sd Grand Child shall dye before she attain to the age of twenty and one years then this ffifteen pounds to return to my Children surviving to be equally divided.

It. I give and bequeath unto Joseph Fairbanks my second Son and unto Benjamin Fairbanks my youngest Son all my houses barns Orchards Lands meadows common rights goods movables cattell debts and whatsoever is not already given and legally disposed of, they paying all debts & Legacies and charges whatsoever, to be in all honest respects divided equally betwixt them my Sons Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks. And forasmuch as my Son Joseph Fairbanks have already received one of my dwelling houses and Land to it notwithstanding if he shall see fit to choose the house of which I am now possest of and shall resigne that situation that he is possest of by a deed of gift from me his Father to my Son Benjamin upon equall terms as he shall receive the other house, then my mind is that he have his choice of the houses, and that the whole of my remaining Estate be divided betwixt them sd Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks as above sd.

It. I do hereby make ordein and constitute my loveing Son Joseph Fairbanks my sole Executor to do and performe this my last will in all the parts thereof above expressed: I do also desire and choose my trusty and well beloved friends Thomas Medcalfe and James Thorpe Senior my Overseers or Supervisors to assist my Executor by joyning with him to help by counsell and advice that all might be carried on peaceably, and I do hereby declare that my mind is that my Executor and my other Children be ready to be advised by my Overseers.

IN WITNESS that this is my last will I have set to my hand & affixed my Seale the day & year abovewritten.

JOHN FAIRBANCK |SEAL|
In presenc of
THOMAS MEDCALFE
JAMES THORPE
MEM. It is to be understood that the division betwixt Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks is to be equall. He died on 13 Nov 1684.^639,1928
ii.
Susan Fairbanks^{639,1157,1158,1929} was baptized on 23 Dec 1627 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England.¹⁹²⁹ She died on 8 Jul 1659 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^1157,1929
iii.
George Fairbanks^639,1158 died on 10 Jan 1682/83.^{639,1928,1932} He drowned.
iv.
Mary Fairbanks^{639,1158,1928} was born on 18 Apr 1622 in England.¹⁹²⁸ She died on 10 May 1676 or 4 Jun 1684.¹⁹²⁸
484
v.
Jonas Fairbanks.
vi.
Jonathan Fairbanks^{639,1157,1158} died on 28 Jan 1711/12.¹¹⁵⁷

	i.	John Fairbanks^{639,1158,1928} signed a will on 10 Nov 1684.^639,1931 WILL OF JOHN FAIRBANCK. Suffolk Probate Records, Lib. 6, Fol. 487. Proved 19 Feb. 1684 (O. S.) The tenth day of novemb.r one Thousand Six hundred Eighty & four. BEE IT KNOWN that I, John Faierbancks of Dedham do make this my last will and Testament in manner and forme following, being sound in my understanding and of a disposing minde, For which I bless God, and knowing the uncertainty of this life, and being by many awfull intimations minded of my great change, shall therefore, God assisting me, endeavour to set my house in order. And First I comit, bequeath and resigne my Soule unto the hands of Almighty God, my Creator, being hopefully assured, believing that I shall receive the full pardon and free remission of all my Sins and be saved by the precious Death and merits of Jesus Christ, my Redeemer, and my body to the earth from whence it was taken, to be Decently and in Christian manner interred after my Decease, by my Executor and Overseers or Supervisors hereafter mentioned, and after my debts and funerall charges be paid, my mind and will as touching such worldly things over which the Lord have me steward, is that they be empowered as followeth,--viz. IMPRIMIS. I give and bequeath to my eldest son John Fairbanks all my rights within the Town of Wrentham, conteining thirteen Cow commons with some Sheep commons, with all that do or shall belong of right to them in any manner or kind whatsoever within the Town of Wrentham or adjoyning to that Township, to wit, my rights in that last Indian purchase bought of Philip Sagamore, all which I value at Forty pounds. More I give and bequeath to my eldest son John Fairbanks ten pounds which is to be understood because he is my eldest Son, and therefore my mind and will is that he s John Fairbanks shall receive of my Estate or from my Executor ten pounds more than either Joseph Fairbancks, my second son, or Benjamin ffairbancks, my youngest Son: And further my minde and will is that after my debts and Legacies and other charges be paid, that my son John Fairbanks shall receive of my Sons Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks in currant Country payment to make up that Fourty pounds by me given in Wrentham equal with my other two Sons, namely Joseph & Benjamin Fairbanks, and my mind and will is that Joseph and Benjamin ffairbanks shall pay or cause to be paid to my Son John Fairbanks or his heires in Dedham ten pounds in currant Country payment pr yeare beging the next yeare after my decease and so to continue forth on in ye insuing yeares to pay untill he sd John Fairbanks shall have received both his ten pounds above expressed, and to make him equall with his Bretheren as above is expressed, and alike my mind is that if my Sons Joseph & Benjamin ffairbanke can pay their Brother John ffairbanke more than ten pounds pr yeare they shall do well, but my mind in expressing ten pounds pr yeare is that they shall not be driven to more. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah ffaierbanks Sixty pounds, and my mind and will is that she shall have her first choice in the movables of the house to the value of twenty pounds, and then she my said daughter to receive ffourty pounds more of her Brothers (to wit) Joseph and Benjamin ffairbanks within the space of Six yeares after the day of my decease in currant Country payment, my mind is that my daughter Hannah Fairbank do receive Six pounds thirteen Shilling four pence pr yeare in the yeares as above expressed, to be paid by Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks. Item. I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Mary Sawyer the Sum of ffifteen pounds to be paid by my Sons Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks in currant Country payment, and my mind is that She my sd Grand child shall receive the first ffive pounds when she shall attain to the age of one & twenty yeares, and so forth on in the next ensuing years five pounds pr yeare untill she have received her ffifteen pounds. And if She my sd Grand Child shall dye before she attain to the age of twenty and one years then this ffifteen pounds to return to my Children surviving to be equally divided. It. I give and bequeath unto Joseph Fairbanks my second Son and unto Benjamin Fairbanks my youngest Son all my houses barns Orchards Lands meadows common rights goods movables cattell debts and whatsoever is not already given and legally disposed of, they paying all debts & Legacies and charges whatsoever, to be in all honest respects divided equally betwixt them my Sons Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks. And forasmuch as my Son Joseph Fairbanks have already received one of my dwelling houses and Land to it notwithstanding if he shall see fit to choose the house of which I am now possest of and shall resigne that situation that he is possest of by a deed of gift from me his Father to my Son Benjamin upon equall terms as he shall receive the other house, then my mind is that he have his choice of the houses, and that the whole of my remaining Estate be divided betwixt them sd Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks as above sd. It. I do hereby make ordein and constitute my loveing Son Joseph Fairbanks my sole Executor to do and performe this my last will in all the parts thereof above expressed: I do also desire and choose my trusty and well beloved friends Thomas Medcalfe and James Thorpe Senior my Overseers or Supervisors to assist my Executor by joyning with him to help by counsell and advice that all might be carried on peaceably, and I do hereby declare that my mind is that my Executor and my other Children be ready to be advised by my Overseers. IN WITNESS that this is my last will I have set to my hand & affixed my Seale the day & year abovewritten. JOHN FAIRBANCK \|SEAL\| In presenc of THOMAS MEDCALFE JAMES THORPE MEM. It is to be understood that the division betwixt Joseph and Benjamin Fairbanks is to be equall. He died on 13 Nov 1684.^639,1928
	ii.	Susan Fairbanks^{639,1157,1158,1929} was baptized on 23 Dec 1627 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England.¹⁹²⁹ She died on 8 Jul 1659 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^1157,1929
	iii.	George Fairbanks^639,1158 died on 10 Jan 1682/83.^{639,1928,1932} He drowned.
	iv.	Mary Fairbanks^{639,1158,1928} was born on 18 Apr 1622 in England.¹⁹²⁸ She died on 10 May 1676 or 4 Jun 1684.¹⁹²⁸
484	v.	Jonas Fairbanks.
	vi.	Jonathan Fairbanks^{639,1157,1158} died on 28 Jan 1711/12.¹¹⁵⁷