Career
Around 1636 Fairbanks built the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts which is today the oldest surviving wood framed house in North America. Jonathan Fairbanks arrived in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with his family in 1633. Fairbanks" wife"s name was Grace Lee.
The Fairbanks family remained in Boston about three years, before settling in Dedham, as one of the earliest settler families.
Jonathan Fairbanks died in Dedham, December 5, 1668. Grace Fairbanks died 28th 10 Missouri
1673, or 19: 3: 1676. Fairbanks was buried in the Old Village Cemetery.
As was common at the time Jonathan used several spellings of his surname: Fairbanke, Fairebanke, Fayerbanke, and on his will Fairbanck.
The spelling Fairbanks carried on for 15 generations.
