Thomas FAIRCHILD

1614 - 1670  (56 years)

• Name	Thomas FAIRCHILD
  Birth	1614	England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Merchant, Deputy, Commissioner, War Committee
  Reference Number	*
  _UID	10BE6E7B17740A4EB773EE8EFB95007848F1
  Death	14 Dec 1670	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I1807	SteveParker
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas FAIRCHILD,   b. Abt 1588, Wendy, Cambridge, England
  Mother	Sarah HOLTON
  Marriage	1613	Wendy, Cambridge, England   [1]
  _UID	2DAF874929BF59459E15B5A795CA4EFFED81
  Family ID	F717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Faith Emma SEABROOK,   b. Abt 1618, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England d. 23 Oct 1653, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1638	England
  _UID	B5A32FB5F0045D458F53B1B80AD857348A28
  Children	1. Samuel FAIRCHILD,   b. 31 Aug 1640, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 28 Feb 1704, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 63 years)   2. Sarah FAIRCHILD,   b. 19 Feb 1642, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. Bef 1682, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age < 39 years)   3. John FAIRCHILD,   b. 1 May 1644, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 27 Mar 1686, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 41 years)   4. Thomas FAIRCHILD,   b. 21 Feb 1645, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 27 Mar 1686/1687, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 42 years)   5. Dinah FAIRCHILD,   b. 14 Jul 1648, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 1703, , Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 54 years)   6. Zechariah FAIRCHILD,   b. 14 Dec 1651, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 23 Jun 1703, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 51 years)   7. Emma FAIRCHILD,   b. 23 Oct 1653, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States d. 25 Feb 1733, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F412	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Katharine CRAIG
  Marriage	22 Dec 1662	Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  _UID	16AF18FD235B36478F6B682B3B24C53EC4BE
  Children	1. Joseph FAIRCHILD,   b. 18 Apr 1664, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States d. 25 Jul 1713, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 49 years)   2. John FAIRCHILD,   b. 8 Jun 1666, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States   3. Pricilla FAIRCHILD,   b. 20 Apr 1669, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In England the name of Fairchild is of ancient origin. On the family crest there are three crescents, which signify three prisoners taken in the Holy Land, and three birds, martlets, indicating three pilgrimages to the Holy Land by some one by the name of Fairchild, or Fairbairn, as it is in Scotland, whence the family is said originally to have passed into England. The pilgrimages and captives, of course, refer back to the Crusaders. Thomas Fairchild, the first of the name in this country, came from England and settled in Stratford, Fairfield Co., the year 1639. Was a representative man of his day; is said to have been the first magistrate in the town. Thomas "ffayrechilde" was a merchant, an original and prominent settler of Stratford. He was Deputy (Stratford) to Conn. Leg., Apr. 1646, Sept. 1654, May and Oct. 1655, Oct. 1658, May and Oct 1659, May 1660, May and Oct 1664, Oct 1665, May and Oct. 1666, May 1667; Commissioner for Stratford, 1664, 1666-70; War committee for Stratford, Oct. 1654. He married first, Faith Seabroo, dau. of Robert. Stratford deeds, 1670, mention land that sons Thomas and Samuel Fairchild had by gift of grandfather Robert Seabrook. His will dated 7 Dec. 1670; lists wife Katharine; son Samuel (his ferry land); son Zechariah; dau. Dinah; son Thomas; dau. Emm. Inv. 10 Jan. 1671. His will made no provision for children by Katharine (Col. Red.) His widow married 2nd at Stratford, 8 Nov. 1675, Sergt. Jeremiah Judson. Zechariah Fairchild had land by gift from brethren Samuel and Thomas Fairchild and Jehiel Preston, (husband of Sarah Fairchild), and mother Mrs. Katharine Judson. (Stratford Deeds).

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index. Thomas Fairchild; Male; Birth: About 1588 Of, Wendy, Cambridge, England; Spouse: Sarah Holton; Marriage: 1613; Film Number: 170781 Page Number: 148 Reference number: 3632 Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church Search performed using PAF Insight on 19 May 2006