Ichabod Fairman

Brief Life History of Ichabod

When Ichabod Fairman was born on 30 June 1746, in Bedford, Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, Richard Fairman, was 26 and his mother, Jane Botsford, was 29. He married Rebecca Glover on 17 November 1766, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 25 February 1821, in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ichabod Fairman
1746–1821
Rebecca Glover
1745–1819
Marriage: 17 November 1766
Lucy Fairman
1768–1784
Zerah Fairman
1769–1789
James Beach Fairman
1772–1850
Severus Fairman
1774–1847
Mary Fairman
1776–1878
Betsey Fairman
1778–1845
Benjamin Glover Fairman
1780–1850
Sarah Fairman
1782–1818
Charles C Fairman
1785–1862
Maria Antoinette Fairman
1793–1879

Sources (6)

  • Ichabod Fairman, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Juabud Fairman in entry for Polly Fairman, "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955"
  • Ichabod Fairman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English fair(e) ‘fair, beautiful; light in color’ + man, meaning ‘handsome man’.

English: variant of Farman .

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, notably Feuerman (see Feuer ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Ichabod Fairman Living in Stockbridge, MA

Also in 1810, Jacob Konkapot sold land on Main Street to Dr. Oliver Partridge for fifteen dollars, which was described as: A certain tract of land lying in Stockbridge aforesaid bounded Southerly on a …

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