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From Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement by A. E. Owen
Noah Fairchild married Elizabeth, daughter of Donald McCall, before he came to the settlement. As a U. E. Loyalist he drew Lot 13, 5th Concession of Charlotteville, upon which he settled. By his first marriage he had one son, Nathaniel; and five daughters - Jemima, Elsie, Rebecca, Mary and Elizabeth. After the pioneer mother died, Mr. Fairchild married Mary Nevill, by whom he had one son, Noah; and five daughters - Deborah, Mahala, Phoebe, Esther and Anseletta. Noah Fairchild died in 1833, in his 61st year. His wife Elizabeth died in 1806 in her 25th year; and his wife Mary, in 1856, in her 67th year.
Nathaniel Fairchild, eldest son of Noah, married Anna Palmerston, and settled on the homestead, where he raised a family. His son Henry married into the Tinbrook family, and settled in the township. One daughter, Elizabeth, settled in Michigan; and another, Hetty, married into the Townsend Fairchild family. There was a daughter Jane, and another, Sarah, in the family. The father died in 1847, in his 44th year; and the mother died the following year, in her 41st year.
Jemima Fairchild, eldest daughter of Noah, married John Brown of Middleton. Her children are enumerated in the Brown family genealogy.
Elsie Fairchild, second daughter of Noah, married Francis L. Walsh. Her children are enumerated in the Walsh family genealogy.
Rebecca Fairchild, third daughter of Noah, married David Hutchinson, and settled in Malahide. She is a widow, and has reacher her 93rd year. Her children are enumerated with the Hutchinsons.
Mary and Elizabeth Fairchild, youngest daughters of Noah, by his first wife, were twin sisters. The former married James Haze, as his second wife, and died childless; and the latter married Cornelius Corless, and settled in Townsend. Subsequently she married Peter Beal. She had two daughters - Rebecca and Mahala; the first of whom married in the Hazleton family, and the second one married Richard Churchill, and settled in Boston.
Noah Fairchild, only son of Noah by his second wife, married Sarah Palmerston, and settled on the homestead. He had two daughters, both of whom died young. Mr. Fairchild died in 1839 in his 29th year. His widow subsequently married Jacob McCall.
Deborah Fairchild, eldest daughter of the original Noah, by his second wife, married John Blainey, and died in 1840, in her 31st year.
Mahala Fairchild, the second daughter, died single in 1834, in her 20th year.
Phoebe Fairchild, the third daughter, died single in 1837, in her 21st year.
Esther Fairchild, the fourth daughter, settled in the Western States.
Anseletta Fairchild, youngest daughter of the original Noah, married Alanson Wood.
The Fairchild family, of Charlotteville, are the descendants of Abiel Fairchild, of New Jersey. In the New Jersey family was a daughter, Rebecca, who married a Smith, and settled in that State. Subsequently, she was left a widow and came to Long Point, and lived with her brother Noah until her death, which occurred in 1847, in her 77th year. Noah Fairchild's family were victims of the dread destroyer of human life - consumption.
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Rainham Builders
Abt 1733 - 1833 (~ 100 years)