Some descendants

Generation No. 1

1.  JOSEPH11 FAIRBANKS  (EBENEZER10, ELEAZER9, ELEAZER8, GEORGE7, JONATHAN6, JOHN5, GEORGE4, GILBERT3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)1,2,3,4 was born November 01, 1763 in Sherborn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, of Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts5,6,7,8,9, and died September 27, 1846 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont10,11,12.  He married PHEBE PADDOCK13,13,14 October 21, 179015,16,17,18,19, daughter of JAMES PADDOCK and ANN.  She was born September 06, 1760 of Holland, Massachusetts20,21, and died May 05, 1853 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont22,23. April 1815, to St. Johnsbury from Brimfield24,25,26,27,28

Children of JOSEPH FAIRBANKS and PHEBE PADDOCK are:
2. i. DEACON ERASTUS12 FAIRBANKS, b. October 28, 1792, Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. November 20, 1886, Vermont.
3. ii. JOSEPH PADDOCK FAIRBANKS, b. November 26, 1806, of Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. May 15, 1855.
4. iii. THADDEUS S. FAIRBANKS, b. January 17, 1796, Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. 1886, St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
 

Generation No. 2

2.  DEACON ERASTUS12 FAIRBANKS (JOSEPH11, EBENEZER10, ELEAZER9, ELEAZER8, GEORGE7, JONATHAN6, JOHN5, GEORGE4, GILBERT3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)29,30,31 was born October 28, 1792 in Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts32,33,34,35,36, and died November 20, 1886 in Vermont37,38,39.  He married LOIS CROSSMAN40,40,41 May 30, 181542,43,44,45,46.  Erastus FAIRBANKS, was born on October 28, 1792 and died on November 20, 1864. He was a son of Joseph Fairbanks who had removed to St. Johnsbury in 1815; his mother being Phebe Paddock Fairbanks (sister of Judge Ephraim Paddock) and brother to Thaddeus and Joseph P. Fairbanks.
His early life was one of great struggle til 1830 when he established a manufacturing business with his brother Thaddeus producing stoves, plows, forks, machines and finally scales. Four years later he was a senior partner of the firm E & T Fairbanks & Co. This company eventually became a major producer of scales of all sizes distributed throughout the world.
He became a trusted leader in politics and in 1852 he was made Governor of Vermont, and again in 1860. Further evidence of the degree of trust is that the State of Vermont placed $1,000,000 at his disposal relying entirely on his judgment as to it appropriation towards the Civil War causes. (Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT)
 1842, founded St. Johnsbury Academy with brother Thaddeus.
Liberal benefactor of many religious and charitable enterprises.

Children of ERASTUS FAIRBANKS and LOIS CROSSMAN are:
 i. JANE13 FAIRBANKS77,77,78, b. December 03, 1816; m. JEWETT84,84,85.
 ii. JULIA FAIRBANKS86,86,87, b. June 09, 1824; m. PADDOCK93,93,94.
 iii. SARAH FAIRBANKS95,95,96, b. June 30, 1830; m. STONE102,102,103.
 iv. EMILY FAIRBANKS104,104,105, b. March 04, 1833; m. REVEREND C. L. GOODALL111,111,112.
 v. ELLEN FAIRBANKS118,118,119, b. July 27, 1836; d. May 28, 1843.
 vi. GEORGE FAIRBANKS130,130,131, b. January 21, 1819; d. April 20, 1843.
 vii. HORACE FAIRBANKS142,142,143, b. March 21, 1820; m. MARY E. TAYLOR149,149,150, August 09, 1840. Horace FAIRBANKS was born 21 March, 1820 and was a son of Erastus. He was the president of the corporation of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., also President of the First National Bank of St. Johnsbury, VT. He was Governor of Vermont in 1876-1878. In 1870 he presented to the town the public library and art gallery known as "The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum" containing 10,000 volumes and carefully selected works of art. He was a trustee of the University of Vermont and Andover Seminary. (Gazetteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, VT)
 viii. CHARLES FAIRBANKS169,169,170, b. December 08, 1821; m. LAURA A. WOODWARD176,176,177, January 02, 1850. Resided Paris, Nice, Leamington, England.
 ix. COLONEL FRANKLIN FAIRBANKS186,186,187, b. June 18, 1828; m. FRANCES A. CLAPP193,193,194, December 08, 1852. Town offices: Speaker of House - Vermont, Sunday school work.
 

3.  JOSEPH PADDOCK12 FAIRBANKS (JOSEPH11, EBENEZER10, ELEAZER9, ELEAZER8, GEORGE7, JONATHAN6, JOHN5, GEORGE4, GILBERT3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)203,204,205 was born November 26, 1806 in of Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts206,207,208,209,210, and died May 15, 1855211,212,213,214,215.  He married ALMIRA TAYLOR216,216,217 June 11, 1835218,219,220.  Property almost wholly bequethed to benevolent & educational objects.

Children of JOSEPH FAIRBANKS and ALMIRA TAYLOR are:
 i. REVEREND EDWARD T.13 FAIRBANKS226,226,227, b. May 12, 1836228,229,230,231,232; m. EMMA C. TAPLIN233,233,234, July 09, 1862235,236,237,237,238. Minister - South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury.
 ii. WILLIAM PADDOCK FAIRBANKS244,245,245,246, b. July 27, 1840; d. Aft. 1861, of South Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; m. REBECCA PIKE253,254,255, April 18, 1861. Military service: Civil War
 

4.  THADDEUS S.12 FAIRBANKS (JOSEPH11, EBENEZER10, ELEAZER9, ELEAZER8, GEORGE7, JONATHAN6, JOHN5, GEORGE4, GILBERT3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1)264,265,266 was born January 17, 1796 in Brimfield, Worcester Co., Massachusetts267,268,269,270,271, and died 1886 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont272,273,274.  He married LUCY P. BARKER275,275,276 January 17, 1820277,278,279,280,281.
Invented the platform scale which revolutionized weighing methods that had been in use since the beginning of recorded history.  Because of the Fairbanks family's philanthropic bent, the ity of St. Johnsbury with a distinctly 19th century industrial feel has a strong cultural and architectural imprint.
Opening in 1891, the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium attests to the families inquisitiveness about all things scientific.  The red brick building in the squat Romanesque style of H.H. Richardson houses eclectic collections of Vermont plants and animals and an intimate 50 seat planetarium.  At Main and Prospect streets.  (Fodor's New England 1997)]
Thaddeus FAIRBANKS, was born on 17 January 1796 and from early on in life his mechanical genius was evident. He had many patents for cook stoves, plows, and his most famous was the platform scale, patented in 1831. He received 43 patents in his lifetime, the last at
age 91. The Emperor of Austria knighted him and he received many foreign awards but his only ambition was that he be accepted by God. St. Johnsbury Academy owes its fine buildings, for the most part, to his devotion to public benevolence. He died on 12 April 1886.
Burial: St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Mt. Pleasant Cemetary.
1826, received patent on cast iron plow, refrigerator.
1831, received patent on platform scale - business began to specialize in these.
1842, founded St. Johnsbury Academy with brother Erastus.
Founded St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, and Fairbanks Museum and Rotary Planetarium.
Knighted by Emperor of Austria, the Bey of Tunis, and King of Siam.

Children of THADDEUS FAIRBANKS and LUCY BARKER are:
 i. CHARLOTTE13 FAIRBANKS327,327,328, b. June 01, 1837; m. REVEREND GEORGE N. WEBBER334,334,335.
 ii. REVEREND HENRY FAIRBANKS341,341,341,342, b. May 06, 1830; m. ANNIE S. NOYES348,348,349, April 30, 1862. Presented brick building to Young Men's Christian Association of St. Johnsbury.  Occupation: Dartmouth Professor, minister. Chairman state Y.M.C.A.