John Fairfield III1 
b. 2 June 1669, d. before 5 December 1718
John Fairfield III|b. 2 Jun 1669\nd. b 5 Dec 1718|p9376.htm|John Fairfield II|b. 27 Jun 1641\nd. b 20 Nov 1672|p9378.htm|Sarah Geare|b. s 1645\nd. 20 Jan 1715/16|p9379.htm|John Fairfield|b. c 1610\nd. 20 Dec 1646|p9391.htm|Elizabeth (—?—) (Fairfield-Palfrey)|d. b Dec 1649|p9392.htm|William Geare|d. 13 Nov 1672|p9381.htm|Tryphena (—?—) (Geare)|b. s 1602\nd. a May 1674|p9382.htm|
5th great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
7th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
John Fairfield III was born on 2 June 1669 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of John Fairfield II and Sarah Geare.2 He married Elizabeth Batson, daughter of John Batson and Elizabeth Sanders, on 18 April 1693 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.3,4 He died before 5 December 1718 when his widow married Dependence Littlefield.1
John Fairfield III was on the Quebec expedition under Sir William Phipps in 1690, "where his feet froze."1 The Quebec expedition was launched near the beginning of King William's War (1690-1697), the first of a series of colonial conflicts between France and England for supremacy in North America. The war in America began by a series of Indian massacres instigated by Frontenac, the governor of Canada. It was then decided to send a land force against Montreal by way of Lake Champlain, and a naval expedition against Quebec. Sir William Phipps of Maine commanded the naval force. He had thirty or more vessels and two thousand men. However, he was a weak commander, and upon reaching Quebec and finding it well-fortified, he ordered the fleet back to Boston without striking an effective blow.
John Fairfield is called "woover of Ipswich" in one record in 1692. On 22 February 1693/94, John Fairfield and wife Elizabeth sold land to John Lamson, Sr. The next day, 1 March 1693/94, he acknowledged a deed which he and his sister Elizabeth had made to Martha and William Quarles for "land in Wenham and Ipswich," on 12 December 1692. In the latter deed, he is described as "of Muddy River" (now Brookline). On 12 March 1693/94 he deeded to William Fairfield "about sixty acres of upland and meadow in Wenham," inherited by his father John from John, thus apparently winding up his interests in Wenham and Ipswich. In November 1694 he rode post from New Castle to Boston on Thomas Dearborne's horse, impressed for 8 shillings. In 1695 John Fairfield was taxed in New Castle, New Hampshire, where his wife's family had important holdings. In 1703 he "Confirmed a deed in Essex County which was originally signed in 1693/4."1
John Fairfield III and Elizabeth Fairfield probably had children other than John. Sarah Fairfield of Wells, York County, Maine, who was in court 3 July 1722, may have been a daughter.5 Another possible child is Stephen who was listed with John (IV) as a resident of Wells in 1726.1
John Fairfield III was on the Quebec expedition under Sir William Phipps in 1690, "where his feet froze."1 The Quebec expedition was launched near the beginning of King William's War (1690-1697), the first of a series of colonial conflicts between France and England for supremacy in North America. The war in America began by a series of Indian massacres instigated by Frontenac, the governor of Canada. It was then decided to send a land force against Montreal by way of Lake Champlain, and a naval expedition against Quebec. Sir William Phipps of Maine commanded the naval force. He had thirty or more vessels and two thousand men. However, he was a weak commander, and upon reaching Quebec and finding it well-fortified, he ordered the fleet back to Boston without striking an effective blow.
John Fairfield is called "woover of Ipswich" in one record in 1692. On 22 February 1693/94, John Fairfield and wife Elizabeth sold land to John Lamson, Sr. The next day, 1 March 1693/94, he acknowledged a deed which he and his sister Elizabeth had made to Martha and William Quarles for "land in Wenham and Ipswich," on 12 December 1692. In the latter deed, he is described as "of Muddy River" (now Brookline). On 12 March 1693/94 he deeded to William Fairfield "about sixty acres of upland and meadow in Wenham," inherited by his father John from John, thus apparently winding up his interests in Wenham and Ipswich. In November 1694 he rode post from New Castle to Boston on Thomas Dearborne's horse, impressed for 8 shillings. In 1695 John Fairfield was taxed in New Castle, New Hampshire, where his wife's family had important holdings. In 1703 he "Confirmed a deed in Essex County which was originally signed in 1693/4."1
John Fairfield III and Elizabeth Fairfield probably had children other than John. Sarah Fairfield of Wells, York County, Maine, who was in court 3 July 1722, may have been a daughter.5 Another possible child is Stephen who was listed with John (IV) as a resident of Wells in 1726.1
Child of John Fairfield III and Elizabeth Batson
- Capt. John Fairfield IV+ 1 b. 17 Mar 1706
Citations
- [S867] Wynn Cowan Fairfield, Descendants of John Fairfield of Wenham (New York: n.pub., 1953), 15.
- [S867] Wynn Cowan Fairfield, Descendants of Fairfield, 10.
- [S185] William S. Appleton, ed., Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Boston Births, 1700-1800, 2 volumes in 1 (Boston: The Registry Department of the City of Boston, 1883 and 1894; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 209.
- [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928), 82.
- [S869] Charles Thornton Libby, GDMNH, 227.
