The Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony.
Note: While this is the genealogy of one particular branch of the Fairchild family, it by no means contains the entirety of the Fairchild family bloodline or history.
Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670) was married to Emma Seabrook. Their children included:
Thomas, who married Sarah Preston.
Their son, Alexander, who married Deborah Beardsley.
Their son, Abraham, who married Rachel Scribner.
Their son, John, who married Abigale Wakeman.
Their son, David, who married Charlotte Guyer.
Their son, Eli, who married Grade Diamond Sturges.
Samuel (1640–1704), who married Mary Wheeler in 1665.
Their son, Robert (b. 1681)
Their son, Samuel (1683–1761), who married Ruth Beach. 2nd wife was Dinah Burwell (1694–1769)
Oliver Fairchild (1724–1815), who married Sarah Turner
Sueton Fairchild (b. c. 1756) who married Lucy Hubble
Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), who was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin and married Sally Blair
Cassius (1829–1868), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and died of wounds received in the American Civil War.
Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Governor of Wisconsin, He married Frances Bull (b. 1846). Their children included:
Mary
Sarah
Caryl
Lucia
Charlotte
Charles (1838–1910) who married Elizabeth Nelson (1845–1924). Their children included:
Lucia (1872-1924), a painter
Blair (1877–1933), a composer
Stephen Fairchild (1726–1802), who married Lavinia Beardsley.
Edward (1685–1747), the son of Samuel and Mary Wheeler, who married Elizabeth Blakeman.
Their son, Moses Fairchild (1723–1787), who married Susanna Bosworth in 1745
Their son, Daniel Fairchild (1762–1831), who married Mary Buttolph in 1784
Their son, Grandison Fairchild (1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813. Their children included:
James, who was President of Oberlin College.
Henry, who was President of Berea College. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt. Their children include
Their son Charles Grandison, who was President of Rollins College. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean. Their children included:
Bertha Frances
Julia Willard
Eugene
Paul Dean
Walter
Helen Adelaide
Ralph Plumb
Ruth
Clarissa White
Edward Henry Fairchild
Arthur Babbitt Fairchild married Isabel Amanda Pratt. Their children Included:
Fred Rogers Fairchild
Henry Pratt Fairchild
Julia Maria, wife of Charles Hall
Eugene Plumb
George, who was President of Kansas State University. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted.
Their son David, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham Bell. Their children include:
Alexander Graham Fairchild, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman. Their children include:
Alice
David
Alexander
Barbara Lathrop
Nancy Bell
Jonathan (1692–1772), the son of Samuel and Mary Wheeler
Other descendants of Thomas Fairchild include:
Muir Stephen Fairchild
