George Fairbank and Sybil Wade

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George Fairbank was the son of Gilbert Fairebanke and Jennet —.

George married first Sybil Wade 10 May 1551 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Sybil was the daughter of Gilbert Waide. Sybil died in childbirth and was buried 21 May 1573 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (see NEHGR 166:176).

George married second Johanna Mawd (m. 1st) John Broadley 30 May 1552 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England) 15 Feb 1573/4 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

George was probably the George Fairbank buried 29 March 1610 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (see NEHGR 166:177). His wife (presumably Johanna) 26 Nov 1612 (see TAG 37:67).

George and Sybil’s children are:

1	Genet Fairbank, baptized 26 Apr 1552 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
2	Genet Fairbank, baptized 28 Jul 1556 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, married Matthew Broadley 25 Jul 1575 (see TAG 37:68). Husband: Matthew Broadley.
3	Maria Fairbank, baptized 18 May 1558 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, married Richard Saltonstall 15 Jan 1580 (see TAG 37:68). Husband: Richard Saltonstall, of Northowram, Halifax.
4	Dorothy Fairbank, buried 24 May 1562 (see TAG 37:68).
5	John Fairbank, married 1) — — (possibly Margaret Symmes 28 Apr 1578 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England - see NEHGR 166:177), 2) Isabella Staincliffe 6 Aug 1593 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 3) Ellen Parker 28 Aug 1598 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, buried 7 Aug 1625 in Thornton in Craven, Yorkshire, England (see NEHGR 166:177), will dated 4 Aug 1625 and proved 3 Nov 1625 (see NEHGR 166:178), yeoman. Wife 1: — —, possibly Margaret Symmes. Wife 2: Isabella Staincliffe, bur. 9 Jul 1597 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England - see NEHGR 166:177. Wife 3: Ellen Parker, bur. 18 Oct 1643 in Colne, Lancashire, England - see NEHGR 166:177.
6	George Fairbank, baptized 2 Aug 1562 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, married 1) Isabel Bannister 29 Jul 1582 in St. John the Baptist church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 2) Susan Bentley (marriage license in 1599 - see NEHGR 166:180), and 3) Hester Denton 18 Jun 1607 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (see NEHGR 166:180), buried 21 Mar 1619/20 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (see NEHGR 166:180), will dated 14 Mar 1619/20 and proved 8 Feb 1620/1 (see NEHGR 166:180). Wife 1: Isabel Bannister, dau. of Henry Bannister - see NEHGR 166:172. Wife 2: Susan Bentley, bur. 14 Aug 1606 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England - see NEHGR 166:180. Wife 3: Hester Denton, estate adm. 15 Jan 1644 - see NEHGR 166:180.
7	Robert Fairbank, baptized 8 Dec 1566 in St. John the Baptist church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
8	Susan Fairbank, baptized 5 Jun 1569 in St. John the Baptist church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, married William Wade 7 Feb 1590 in St. John the Baptist church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Husband: William Wade.
9	(child) Fairbank, gender unknown, died at or soon after birth with mother Sibyl, buried 21 May 1573 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (see TAG 37:67).

George and Johanna’s child is:

10	Abram Fairbank, baptized 22 Jan 1575/6 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, buried 23 Apr 1576 (see TAG 37:68).

Summary of Sources

West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D53/1/5; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/5. Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.
Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Ancestry.com. Lancashire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Ancestry.com. Yorkshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Ann Weikel (ed.), The Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield from October 1550 to September 1552, Wakefield Court Rolls Series of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, vol. 7, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1989, pgs. 78-79, as cited in Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 166, Jul 2012, pgs. 165-186.

Records related to George and Sybil (Wade) Fairbank but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 166, Jul 2012, pgs. 165-186.
Torrey, Clarence Almon, "The English Ancestry of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, vol. 37, Apr 1961, pgs. 65-72.

Source Materials

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Halifax, St John the Baptist:

Baptismal record of Robert Fayrbanke — Baptism
Robert Fayrbanke
8 Dec 1566

Baptismal record of Susane Fairbanke — Baptism
Susane Fairbanke
5 Jun 1569

Marriage record of George Fairbank and Isabell Bannister — Marriage
George Fairbank
and Isabell Bannister
29 Jul 1582
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Marriage record of William Wade and Suzanne Fairbank — Marriage
Wm. Wade and
Suzanne Fairbank
7 Feb 1590

Marriage record of John Fairbanck and Isabella Staincliff — Marriage
John Fairbanck and
Isabella Staincliffe
6 Aug 1593

Source: West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D53/1/5; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/5. Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.

England Select Births and Christenings

Name:    Genet Fairbanke
Gender:    Female
Baptism Date:    26 Apr 1552
Baptism Place:    Halifax,York,England
Father:    Georgii Fairbanke
FHL Film Number:    496813, 528766

Name:    Maria Fayrbanke
Gender:    Female
Baptism Date:    18 May 1558
Baptism Place:    Halifax,York,England
Father:    Georgii Fayrbanke
FHL Film Number:    496813, 528766

Name:    Robert Fayrebanke
Gender:    Male
Baptism Date:    8 Dec 1566
Baptism Place:    Halifax,York,England
Father:    Georgi Fayrebanke
FHL Film Number:    496813, 528766

Name:    Susane Fayrbanke
Gender:    Female
Baptism Date:    5 Jun 1569
Baptism Place:    Halifax,York,England
Father:    Georg. Fayrbanke
FHL Film Number:    496813, 528766

Name:    Abram Fayrbanke
Gender:    Male
Baptism Date:    22 Jan 1576
Baptism Place:    Halifax,York,England
Father:    George Fayrbanke
FHL Film Number:    496813, 528766

Source: Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

England Select Marriages

Name:    George Fearbanke
Gender:    Male
Marriage Date:    10 May 1551
Marriage Place:    Halifax, York, England
Spouse:    Sibbell Wad
FHL Film Number:    496813

Name:    John Fairbanck
Gender:    Male
Marriage Date:    6 Aug 1593
Marriage Place:    Halifax, York, England
Spouse:    Isabell Staincliffe
FHL Film Number:    496813

Source: Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Yorkshire, England Extracted Church of England Parish Records

Text:    George Fearbanke Sibbell Wad
            10 May 1551
Book:    Marriages 1538--1593. (Marriage)
Collection:    Yorkshire: Halifax - Registers of Marriages and Burials, 1538-1593

Text:    Johes Brodley Johanna Mawd
            30 May 1552
Book:    Marriages 1538--1593. (Marriage)
Collection:    Yorkshire: Halifax - Registers of Marriages and Burials, 1538-1593

Text:    Genet filia Georgii Fayrbanke de Sourby
            28 Jul 1556
Book:    [Book I.] Baptisms, 1538-1593. 1538 [1 (Baptism)
Collection:    Yorkshire: Halifax - Registers of Baptisms, 1538-1593

Text:    Georgi fili Georgi Fayrebanke de Sourbi
            02 Aug 1562
Book:    [Book I.] Baptisms, 1538-1593. 1538 [1 (Baptism)
Collection:    Yorkshire: Halifax - Registers of Baptisms, 1538-1593

Text:    George Fayrbanke et Jenet Brodlye
            15 Feb 1573
Book:    Marriages 1538--1593. (Marriage)
Collection:    Yorkshire: Halifax - Registers of Marriages and Burials, 1538-1593

Source: Ancestry.com. Yorkshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.

Lancashire, England Extracted Church of England Parish Records

Text:    John ffairbanke
            Ellen Parker
            28 Aug 1598
Book:    Weddings. (Marriage)
Collection:    Lancashire: Burnley - Parish Register, 1562-1653

Source: Ancestry.com. Lancashire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

The Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield from October 1550 to September 1552

14 April 1551 [Sowerby] John Fairbanke and Gilbert Fairbanke the son and heir of John...surrendered unto the lord's hands one messuage, one garden and half of one barn and one croft called Lathecroft, 2 closes of land and meadow called Overholme and Netherholme and a wood called Le Sprynge with appurtenances estimated at 5 acres now in the tenure of Humphrey Fairebank: to the use of George Fairbank, son of Gilbert, and Sibyl Wade, daughter of Gilbert Waide...

14 April 1551 [Sowerby] Gilbert Fairbanke...surrendered unto the lord's hands all and every one of those messuagees, lands, meadows, closes, tenements and rents and customs with appurtenances in Soureby estimated at 18 1/2 acres: to the use of George Fairbank, son and heir of Gilbert, and the lawfully procreated heirs of the bodies of George and Sibyl Waide, daughter of Gilbert Waide...

Source: Ann Weikel (ed.), The Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield from October 1550 to September 1552, Wakefield Court Rolls Series of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, vol. 7, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1989, pgs. 78-79, as cited in Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 166, Jul 2012, pgs. 165-186.