Grace Smith

Abt 1599 - 1673  (74 years)

• Name	Grace Smith
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1599	Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  Residence	1617 (Age 18)	Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  At the time of her marriage, Grace was living in Warley.
  Immigration	1633 (Age 34)  [4, 5, 6]
  Jonathan and Grace came to New England with their children settleing in Dedham, Massachusetts where he built a home that is still standing. It is known as the "Fairbanks House".
  Joseph (2012) gives their emigration year as 1636.
  	The Fairbanks House The Fairbanks House in Dedham, MA is the oldest known wood structure still standing in North America. Built circa 1637 for Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks and their six children, it was home to eight generations of the Fairbanks family over the course of 268 years. The Fairbanks House is now a historic house museum and on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Death	28 Dec 1673	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [4, 7]
  	Her death date was recorded as 28 (10) 1673.
  Person ID	I225	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	31 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Samuel Smith,   b. 22 Apr 1565, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  Mother	Grace Gawkroger,   b. 9 Mar 1566, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  Marriage	25 Jan 1592	Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 9 months - She : 25 years and 10 months.
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jonathan Fayrbank,   b. Abt 1595, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 5 Dec 1668, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)  [1, 8]
  Marriage	20 May 1617	Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England   [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 18 years and 5 months - He : ~ 22 years and 5 months.
  Children	1. John Fairebanks,   c. 15 Feb 1618, Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 13 Nov 1684, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 66 years) + 2. Capt. George Fairbanks,   c. 28 Nov 1619, Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Jan 1682, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 62 years) + 3. Mary Fairbanks,   c. 3 Feb 1621/22, Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Mar 1676, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 54 years)   4. Jonas Fairebanks,   c. 6 Mar 1624/25, Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Feb 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 50 years)   5. Susan Fairebanks,   c. 23 Dec 1627, Thornton in Craven, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 8 Jul 1659, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 31 years)   6. Jonathan Fairebanks,   b. Abt 1629, Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England d. 28 Jan 1711/12, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Name: Crane (1907) gives her last name as Lee, but is in error. [4]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1599 - Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Residence - 1617 - Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Marriage - 20 May 1617 - Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Child - John Fairebanks - 15 Feb 1618 - Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Child - Capt. George Fairbanks - 28 Nov 1619 - Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Child - Mary Fairbanks - 3 Feb 1621/22 - Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Child - Jonas Fairebanks - 6 Mar 1624/25 - Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Child - Susan Fairebanks - 23 Dec 1627 - Thornton in Craven, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Child - Jonathan Fairebanks - Abt 1629 - Warley, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England Death - 28 Dec 1673 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1203] Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and and James Swan Landberg. "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts, and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 116, July 2012). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source. [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S1202] Fairbanks, Hiram Francis. "Fairbanks Marriages in the Parish of Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England From 1538 to 1624" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LXX, April 190v). [S804] MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966). [S1070] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Fairbanks , (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/fairbank.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998). [S1436] Torrey, Clarence Almon. "The English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume XXXVII, 1961). [S1222] Torrey, Clarence Almon. "Francis Chickering of Dedham, Massachusetts", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume XVII, number 2, October 1940).