JONATHAN FAIRBROTHER

1750 19th February. Married MARGARET TURKEY at Thorpe-le-Soken.

1787 13th February. Burial of wife in Kirby-le-Soken churchyard.

1800 or 1812. Burial at Kirby-le-Soken.

 

CHILDREN of Jonathan and Margaret:

 

SAMUEL FAIRBROTHER 1755 Baptised on the 28th September at Kirby-le-Soken.

1770 1st June. Burial in Kirby-le-Soken.

 

JONATHAN FAIRBROTHER 1757 Baptised on the 20th of March at Kirby-le-Soken.

Burial in Kirby-le-Soken.

 

MARGARET FAIRBROTHER 1759 Baptised on the 18th of March at Kirby-le-Soken.

1780 24th February. Married Thomas Gray at Kirby-le-Soken.

Children: John Gray 1782, William Gray 1784, Mary Gray 1787, Mary Gray 1789, Sarah Gray 1792, Ann Gray 1794, Martha Gray 1798, Susan Gray 1800, Elizabeth Gray 1803.

 

ANN FAIRBROTHER 1760 Baptised on the 21st of September at Kirby-le-Soken.

1762 14th March. Burial in Kirby-le-Soken.

 

JOHN FAIRBROTHER 1762 Baptised on the 6th of June at Kirby-le-Soken.

1762 26th June. Burial in Kirby-le-Soken.

 

ELIZABETH FAIRBROTHER 1763 Baptised on the 24th of July at Kirby-le-Soken.

 

JOHN FAIRBROTHER 1765 Baptised on the 2nd of June at Kirby-le-Soken.

1791 9th December. Married Ann Brown in Kirby-le-Soken.

Children: John Fairbrother 1794, "no name" Fairbrother 1797.

 

MARY FAIRBROTHER 1767 Baptised on the 10th of May at Kirby-le-Soken.

1788 2nd October. Married John Starling at Kirby-le-Soken.

Children: John Starling 1789, William Starling 1791, Thomas Starling 1795, Henry Starling 1799, Ann Starling 1804.

 

JOSEPH FAIRBROTHER 1770 Baptised on the 18th of March at Kirby-le-Soken.

1799 24th December. Married Elizabeth Root at Kirby-le-Soken. Both of Walton-on-the-Naze.

1839 23rd of February. Burial of wife in Walton-on-the-Naze.

1849 Death in the Tendring district.

Children: Mary Fairbrother 1801, Sarah Ann Fairbrother 1804, Margaret Fairbrother 1806, Martin Fairbrother 1808, Susanna Fairbrother 1812.

 

WILLIAM FAIRBROTHER 1772 Baptised on the 27th of August at Kirby-le-Soken.

1807 22nd December. Married Mary Jones in Kirby-le-Soken.

Children: Mary Fairbrother 1808, Joseph Fairbrother 1811.

 

JAMES FAIRBROTHER.

1798 Married Sarah Smith at Beaumont-cum-Moze.

Children: Ann Fairbrother 1800, Sarah Ann Fairbrother 1802.

 

HENRY FAIRBROTHER 1778 Baptised on the 8th of February at Kirby-le-Soken.

 

 

THERE IS FURTHER RESEARCH TO DO - There may have been other children born to Jonathan and Margaret before Samuel in 1755.

 

Jonathan Fairbrother witnessed a marriage between John Stiles and Martha Blowers at Kirby in 1771. They may have been related.

 

The baptism for Jonathan has not turned up anywhere as yet. In some of the surrounding parishes there are other Fairbrothers about Jonathan's age who may have been siblings or relatives.

 

Joseph Fairbrother and Sarah - no marriage found.

Children:

Sarah bap. 1753 at Beaumont - marr. Bartholomew Smith and had children. Joseph was wittness.

Judith bap. 1757 at Beaumont - marr. William Scowen and had children.

Elizabeth bap. 1759 at Beaumont - had a child, Sarah, marr. Homan Garnham, had more children.

 

Francis Fairbrother and Mary Buxton married in 1748 at Beaumont cum Moze.

Children:

Mary bap. 1750.

Francis bap. 1752.

 

John Fairbrother and Susan - no marriage found.

Child:

Joseph bap. 1767 at Weeley and married there.

 

At Ramsey, in 1775, a Mary Fairbrother married James Sherman. Witness: Elizabeth Fairbrother.