'Fairfax02'
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Families covered: Fairfax of Cameron, Fairfax of Denton, Fairfax of Tolston (Toulston), Fairfax in Virginia
| Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, Sheriff of Yorkshire (d 31.10.1558) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1518) Isabel Thwaits (dau of Thomas Thwaits or Thwayts of Denton Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton and Nunappleton, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b 1521, d 28.01.1599-1600, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Gale (d 02.01.1595-6, dau of George Gale of Acomb Grange, widow of John Rokesby of Sandall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (b 1560, d 02.05.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1582) Ellen Aske (d 23.08.1620, dau of Robert Aske of Aughton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord of Cameron (b 29.03.1584, d 13.03.1647-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1607) Mary Sheffield (bur 04.06.1619, dau of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord of Cameron (b 17.01.1611-2, d 12.11.1671, C-I-C of Parliamentary army) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.06.1637) Anne Vere (d 16.10.1665, dau of Horatio de Vere, Lord Tilbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Fairfax (b 13.07.1638, d 20.10.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.09.1657) George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (b 30.01.1627-8, dsp 16.04.1687) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth Fairfax (bpt 06.04.1640, d 1642) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Ellen Fairfax (b 10.02.1611-2, d 17.03.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Selby of Twizell | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Fairfax (b 13.12.1612, d 04.05.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Widdrington of Cheesburn Grange (b c1600, d 13.05.1614, Speaker of the House of Commons) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Fairfax (b 04.02.1613-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.03.1646) Sir William Craven of Lenchwick (d 12.10.1655) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Mary Fairfax (b 04.05.1616, bur 21.12.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.05.1638) Henry Arthington of Arthington | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Dorothy Fairfax (b 04.06.1617, d 07.06.1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Hutton (bpt 05.04.1613, d 08.04.1648) | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Charles (b 22.03.1614-5, d Marston Moor 07.07.1644), John (b 31.05.1619, d 07.06.1619), Ursula (b 29.09.1609, d 06.07.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.10.1646) Rhoda Chapman (b c1616, bur 11.10.1686, dau of Thomas Chapman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| j. | Ursula Fairfax (b 02.1647-8, d 25.07.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1669) William Cartwright of Aynho (b 1634, d 17.04.1676) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Henry Fairfax of Oglethorpe (b 14.01.1587-8, d 06.04.1665, minister, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.09.1623) Katherine Dukenfield (d 24.12.1623, dau of Richard Dukenfield of Dukenfield) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.02.1626) Mary Cholmley (b 04.02.1603, d 08.01.1650, dau of Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Fairfax (b 07.03.1627-8, d 28.04.1640) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Fairfax, 4th Lord of Cameron (b 20.12.1631, bur 16.04.1688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Barwick (d 14.02.1683-4, dau of Sir Robert Barwick of Toulston by Ursula, dau of Walter Strickland of Boynton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Fairfax, 5th Lord of Cameron (b 16.04.1657, d 06.01.1709-10) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1685) Catherine Colepeper (d before 23.06.1719, dau of Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Lord of Thoresway) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Fairfax of Greenway Court (Virginia, 6th Lord of Cameron (b 1690, d unm 12.03.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Fairfax of Leeds Castle, 7th Lord of Cameron (b 1707, d 15.07.1793) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (25.04.1741) Martha Collins (d 17.09.1743, dau of Anthony Collins of Baddow) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | son (b c1743, d 1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.07.1749) Dorothy Best (d 21.05.1750, dau of Mawdistley Best of Boxley) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Fairfax (dsp 30.03.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.11.1725) David Wilkins (minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Frances Fairfax (b 1703, d 13.12.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Denny Martin, later Fairfax of Leeds Castle | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue (d unm) - Henry Colepeper (d 14.10.1734), Katherine (b 1695, d 04.08.1716), Mary (b 1705, d 09.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Henry Fairfax of Tolston (or Toulston) (b 20.04.1659, d 1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.09.1684) Anne Harrison (dau of Richard Harrison of South Cave) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Fairfax of Tolston (bpt 15.09.1685, d unm 22.11.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Fairfax, Governor of the Bahamas (bpt 30.10.1691, d 03.09.1757, to Virginia in USA, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.03.1723) Sarah Walker (d 18.01.1731, dau of Major Thomas Walker) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George William Fairfax of Tolston (b 1724, dsp 03.04.1787) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.12.1748) Sarah Cary (d 02.11.1711, dau of Col. Wilson Cary of Ceelys, Virginia) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Fairfax (d unm 26.06.1746) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Nancy Fairfax (b c1728, d 14.03.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.07.1743) Lawrence Washington (d 26.07.1752, brother of President George W.) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. George Lee of Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sarah Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Carlyle of Alexandria, Virginia (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (28.10.1731) Deborah Gedney (dau of Col. Bartholomew Gedney) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord of Cameron (b 1737, d 08.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1759) Elizabeth Cary (d 1788, dau of Col. Wilson Cary of Ceelys, Virginia) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Fairfax (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Fairfax, 9th Lord of Cameron (b 1762, d 21.04.1846) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.1795) Mary Aylett (dsp 30.04.1796) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.02.1798) Louisa Washington (dsp 28.04.1798, dau of Warner Washington) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (31.12.1800) Margaret Herbert (d 07.03.1858, dau of William Herbert) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Ferdinando Fairfax of Shannon Hill (b 1766, d 24.09.1820) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1795) Elizabeth Blair Cary (d 19.01.1822, dau of Col. Wilson Miles Cary of Ceelys) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Elizabeth Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. David Griffith | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane / Jenny Dennison | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Anne Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Catlett | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | William Henry Fairfax (d unm Quebec 1759) | ||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Hannah Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Warner Washington (b 22.09.1722) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Dorothy Fairfax (bpt 16.05.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) Henry Chapman of Thirsk | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 13.03.1687, d infant), Richard (bpt 31.07.1690, bur 29.10.1690), Brian in Wetherby (a 1730), Barwick (b 1695, d 1700), John (b 1699, d infant), Anne (bpt 11.07.1693, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Dorothy Fairfax (b 30.12.1655, d 14.01.1744/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Robert Stapleton of Wighill (dsp 1675) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Bennet Sherard (d 1711) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Frances Fairfax (b 02.04.1663, bur 22.07.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.10.1686) Nicholas Rymer (minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Anne Fairfax (bpt 27.04.1670, d 03.06.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.09.1690) Ralph Carr of Cocken | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - Bryan (b 02.04.1665, d 14.10.1666), Barwick of Tadcaster (b 18.09.1667, d before 01.07.1734), Mary (b 29.07.1653, bur 07.05.1654), Ursula (b 03.05.1661, d 1668), Mary (bpt 08.10.1673, d unm 24.09.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Bryan Fairfax (b 06.10.1633, d 20.09.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1675) Charlotte Cary (d 14.11.1709, dau of Sir Edmund Cary) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | 5 sons | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Ellen Fairfax (b 09.03.1628-9, d 20.07.1630) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Charles Fairfax of Minsington or Mensington, Governor of Hull (b 05.03.1595-6, d 22.12.1673, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Brerehay (bur 21.10.1657, dau of John Brerehay of Scow Hall & Menston) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Dugdale, Yorkshire, 1666, 'Fairfax of Mensington'). | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Fairfax 'of Menston' (b c1628, a 04.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Eleanor Hinchcliffe (dau of James Hinchcliffe of Kirkstall Abby) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Eleanor Fairfax (b 06-7.1666) | ||||||||||||||
| It appears that Thomas also married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Carleill (b c1638, d 1728, dau of Robert Carleill of Kingston-upon-Hull) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Eleanor Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Smithson of Moulton | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Charles (d young), William (d unm), Bryan (d infant), John (b 1634-5, a 1666), Henry (b 1634-5, a 1666), Ferdinando of London (d unm, grocer), Peregrine (b 1643-4, a 1666), Charles (b 1644-5, a 1666), Mary, Dorothy, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Dorothy Fairfax (b 13.07.1590, d 09.03.1655-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.02.1608) Sir William Constable of Flamborough, Bart (dsp 15.06.1655) | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Anne Fairfax (b 08.10.1600, d 19.08.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 10.1621) George Wentworth of Wolley (b c1600, d 18.10.1660) | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - Charles (b 08.04.1586, d infant), Henry (b 08.04.1586, d infant), William (b 10.05.1593, d unm Frankenthal 13.10.1621), Thomas (b 04.08.1594, d unm 04.07.1621), John (b 29.10.1597, d unm Frankenthal 13.10.1621), Peregrine (b 31.05.1599, d unm Mouslach 09.1621), Mary (b 16.05.1588, d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Ursula Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st Bart of Belasyse | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Mallory | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Christian Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Aske | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Ferdinand, Sir Charles (d Ostend, Colonel), Edward of Newhall, Anne, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Henry Fairfax (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Aske (dau of Robert Aske of Aughton) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - Gabriel of Street House, Francis | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Gabriel Fairfax of Steeton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Aske (dau of Robert Aske of Aughton) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Anne (Agnes) Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Henry Everyngham of Byrkyn (Everingham of Birkin) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Edmond Eltoft of Farnhill (b c1517, d 1587) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Mary Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Rockley of Rockley | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Ursula Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Raff Vavasour (d before 05.1611, son of Sir William of Haselwood) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Brydget Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cotton Gargrave (son/heir of Sir Thomas of Kynsley) | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Suzan Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Christhopher Carruthers | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Burgh of Hill | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Robert Bullock | |||||||||||||||
| 9.+ | other issue - Francis (dsp), Edward (d young) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Fairfax), TSP (Fairfax) with a little input from Visitation (Yorkshire, 1563-4, Fairfax)
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