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On going to England to secure his title and perhaps somc property with it, Rev. Bryan Fairfax met with much trouble, delay, and mortification. The Earl of Buchan, Gen'l Washing- ton's friend, addressed a letter of religious sympathy and con- dolence to him, to which he thus responds : "I have the happiness to say with the Psalmist, in respect of God's dealings toward me, 'I know that of very faithfulness thou hast caused me to bc troubled.' I. have also seen and published a sermon of his, in which the evangelical plan of salvation is most distinctly and happily set forth." (Bishop Meade's "Old Families and Churches of Virginia," p. 259.)
The Rev. Bryan Fairfax succeeded Rev. David Griffith in 1790. He was ordained deacon in 1786 by Bishop Seabury. Mr. Bryan Fairfax had been a vestryman of the parish and delegate to the Virginia Conventions for some time before this. Whether it was that his healthi was delicate from the first, or whatever was the cause, he wished an assistant in the parish, and the vestry passed an order allowing him to invite the Rev. Mason Locke Weems,
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or any one else whom he might choose, to aet as such. Mr. Fair- fax made a very different selection and ealled the Rev. Bernard Page, giving him all the emoluments of the parish. Mr. Page was very decidedly of the then rising evangelical school in the Church of England, and a very zealous preacher of its doetrincs. I doubt not but that Mr. Fairfax sympathized with the principles of that school. In a sermon of his which I (Meade) have pub- . lished, he sets forth the doctrine of salvation by graec through faith in Christ in such a way as was not common in that day. In the year 1792, he resigns his charge in a letter, stating his reasons, which is not entered on the records, though the most flattering letter of the vestry, regretting their loss of him, is. I am not aware how long he lived after this. His residenee during the latter part of his life was a plaec ealled "Mount Eagle," a short distance beyond the Hunting Creek Bridge. I have stated that he endeavored to dissuade his friend and neighbor, General George Washington, from the war with England. The General, in his letter to him, deals most gently and respectfully with him. The Rev. Mr. Fairfax acted with such prudence, if he did not sec eause to change his sentiments, as not to forfeit the friendship of Washington and of the patriots in Fairfax parish, but was, as. we have seen, chosen to be their minister. He has left behind him many worthy adherents to our church, though some few have varied from it. At the resignation of Mr. Fairfax, Rev. Thomas Davis was chosen to succeed him. (Bishop Mcade's "Old Churches and Families of Virginia.")
Rev. Bryan Fairfax and his wife, Elizabeth Cary, had issue :
I. William Fairfax, d. infant.
II. Thomas Fairfax, ninth Lord Fairfax.
III. Ferdinando Fairfax, of Shannon Hill, Jefferson Co., Va. Married his first cousin, Elizabeth Blair Cary.
EIGHTH GENERATION.
VIII. Thomas Fairfax8 (Bryan7, William", Henry", Henry', Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), ninth Lord Fairfax, of Belvoir and Vaueluse, Fairfax Co., b. 1762. He spent his life in superintend- ing his paternal estates on the Potomac. He owned upward of forty thousand aeres in Fairfax Co., and lived the life of a country gentleman. He died at Vaucluse, April 21, 1846. Married
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three times; first, Mary Aylett (s. p.) ; second, Laura Washing- ton, his cousin; third, Margaret Herbert, who d. 1858. He had following issue :
I. Albert Fairfax", b. April 15, 1802. Married Caroline Eliza Snowden.
II. Henry Fairfaxº, b. May 4, 1804; d. 1847. Married (1827) Anne Caroline Herbert.
III. Dr. Orlando Fairfax", b. 1806. Married his cousin, Mary Randolph Cary.
IV. Reginald Fairfax", d. unmarried 1862, C. S. Navy.
V. Eugenia Fairfax". Married Mr. Hyde. Issue :
I. Edward Herbert Hyde1º, Atlanta, Ga.
II. Reginald Fairfax Hyde10, Springfield, Mass.
III. Margaret Hyde10, now (1905) Mrs. Neville Whiting, of Marshall, Va.
VI. Eugenia Fairfax. Married, first, a Mr. Mason, had issue :
I. Ethelbert Mason1º, Alexandria, Va.
II. Edgar Mason1º, Alexandria, Va.
VII. Aurelia Fairfaxº. Married Mr. Irwin. Issue :
I. Dr. Fairfax Irwin10, U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
II. Daughter Irwin10. Married Captain Howngan, U. S. Navy.
VIII. Monima Fairfax". Married Archibald Cary. Issue in Cary Genealogy, Chapter IV.
VIII. Ferdinando Fairfax8 (Bryan™, William", Henry5. Henry4, Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), of Shannon Hill, Jefferson Co., Va., b. 1766. Heir to his unele George William Fairfax. He dissipated his fortune in visionary sehemes and was continually engaged in lawsuits with squatters on his estate. He married his first cousin, Elizabeth Blair Cary, daughter of Col. Wilson Miles Cary, of "Ceelys," and died at Mount Eagle, Fairfax Co., Va., September 24, 1820. His widow died at Shannon Hill, January 19, 1822. They had issue :
I. George William Fairfax", b. at Shannon Hill, Nov. 5, 1797. Married Isabella, daughter of Major W. Gibbs MeNeill, of New York; d. leaving issue :
I. Donald MeNeill Fairfax1º, U. S. N. The only Fairfax who took the side of the North during the Civil War. II. Edwin Fairfax10.
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III. Martha Fairfax10.
IV. Isabella Fairfax10.
II. Wilson Miles Cary Fairfaxº, b. at Shannon Hill, Dec. 1, 1798. He married his cousin Lucy Griffeth. They had issue :
I. Wilson Miles Cary Fairfax1º, d. singlc.
II. Llewellyn Fairfax1º, drowned in Potomac.
III. Frederick Fairfax10. Married Miss Cooke.
IV. Emily Fairfax10. Married Rt. Rev. Dr. Whittle, Bishop of Virginia.
V. Anne Fairfax1º, single.
VI. Alice Fairfax1º, d.
III. Farinda Fairfax9, b. at Shannon Hill, Va. Married Perin Washington; d. at Cameron, Jefferson Co., Va. Issue :
I. Farinda Fairfax10. Married, first, Mr. Payne; second, Dr. Barton.
IV. Mary Fairfaxº, d. single.
V. Sally Fairfaxº, d. infant.
VI. Ferdinando Fairfax9, b. at Shannon Hill, Jan. 9, 1803, settled in King George Co., Va. Married, first, Mary, daughter of Barley Jett; second, a daughter of James Jett, a doctor of medicine, now living at Sherwood, Tepton Co., Tenn. Issue :
I. William Henry Fairfax1º, surgeon C. S. A. Married (his cousin ) Eleanor Griffith.
II. Ferdinando Fairfax10.
III. Emeline Fairfax10.
IV. Ella Fairfax10.
V. Eva Fairfax10.
VI. Mithe Fairfax10.
VII. Ethel Fairfax10.
VIII. Ada Fairfax10.
VII. Christiana Fairfaxº. Married Tho. Ragland and left one daughter :
I. Virginia Ragland10. Married (her cousin) Commodore Donald McNeill Fairfax, U. S. N.
VIII. William Henry Fairfaxº, d. single.
IX. Louisa Fairfaxº, d. infant.
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X. Thomas Fairfax".
XI. Archibald Blair Fairfax", Lieutenant U. S. N., Com- mander C. S. N .; d. Jan. 3, 1867, and buried in Balti- more.
NINTH GENERATION.
IX. Albert Fairfax" (Thomas8, Bryan", William", Henry5, Henry+, Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. April 15, 1802. Married Caroline Eliza, daughter of Riehard Snowden, of Oakland, Prince George Co., Va .; d. before his father, May 9, 1835. He had issue :
I. Charles Snowden Fairfax10, tenth Lord Fairfax, b. at Vaueluse, Va., Mareh 8, 1829; went to California in 1851. Married Ada, second daughter of Mr. Joseph S. Benham, a distinguished lawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio. He held the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court of California ; d. in Baltimore, Md., April 7, 1869, child- less, and was sueeeeded by his brother, John Contee Fairfax.
II. John Contee Fairfax1º, b. at Vaueluse, Sept. 30, 1830. Married (Oet. 8, 1857) Mary Kirby, daughter of Col. Edward Kirby, U. S. Army.
IX. Henry Fairfaxº (Thomas8, Bryan", William", Henry", Henry,+, Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), of Ashgrove, Fairfax Co., Va., b. May 4, 1804; educated at West Point Academy. Married (1827) Anne Caroline Herbert; d. in Mexiean War, August 14, 1847, Captain U. S. A. They had issue :
I. Raymond Fairfax10, b. July 19, 1828. Married Anna Burford, and lives in Lynchburg, Va.
II. Dr. Albert Fairfax10, b. June 4, 1836; single; d. Alexandria, Va., 1888.
III. Herbert C. Fairfax10.
IV. Henry Fairfax10.
IX. Dr. Orlando Fairfaxº (Thomas8, Bryan™, Williamº, Henry5, Henry+, Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), of Alexandria, Va., b. 1806. Married (1829) his eousin Mary Randolph, daughter of Wilson Jefferson Cary. Dr. Fairfax was a leading physician in Alexandria, and lived in Richmond, where he died in 1882. They had issue :
I. Virginia Fairfax10, b. March 14, 1832; d. Oct. 22, 1832.
II. Edith Fairfax10, b. Nov. 23, 1833; d. Oct. 1839.
III. Orlando Cary Fairfax10, b. Feb. 13, 1836.
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IV. Monimia Fairfax1º, b. Dee. 27, 1837. Married (1866) Hon. George Davis, of Wilmington, N. C., Attorney General to the Confederate States. Issue :
I. Mary Fairfax Davis11. Married Mr. Fairfax Gouverneur, son Fairfax Gouverneur.
II. Cary Davis11. Married Donald Maekal, of Wilmington, N. C. Issue :
I. Monimia Fairfax Maekal12.
V. Jane Cary Fairfax10, living in Washington, D. C. To her I am indebted for much of this Fairfax genealogy. VI. Randolph Fairfax10, b. Nov. 23, 1842, a gallant young hero; fell at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., C. S. A., Dee. 15, 1862. He was a very rare and unusually gifted youth, about whom Rev. Philip Slaughter wrote an interesting monograph.
VIII.
VII. Ethelbert Fairfax10, b. Jan. 20, 1845; Lieutenant C. S. A., and wounded at battle of Bentonville, N. C., 1865. Mary Edith Fairfax10. Married Dr. Jaquelin Ambler Moneure, of U. S. Quarantine Service, Ship Island, via Biloxi, Miss. (See Volume I, Chapters VI, VII, and Moneure Chapter, this volume.)
TENTH GENERATION.
X. John Contee Fairfax10 (Albert", Thomas8, Bryan7, William“, Henry5, Henry+, Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), eleventh Baron, b. at Vaucluse, Fairfax Co., Va., September 30, 1830. Married (October 8, 1857) Mary Kirby, daughter of Col. Edward Kirby. U. S. Army. He was an M. D. Toward the elose of the Civil War he purchased Northampton, an estate of eight hundred aeres, Prince George Co., Md., where his widow, the Baroness Fairfax, still resides, and where the present Lord Fairfax, his brother, and all his sisters, save the Hon. Caroline Snowden Fairfax, were born. They had issue :
I. Hon. Caroline Snowden Fairfax11, who resides at the Brexton, Baltimore, Md.
II. Hon. Josephine Fairfax11. Married Mr. Tunstall Smith, of Baltimore, Md. Issue :
I. Louise Smith12.
II. Josephine Smith12.
III. Albert Fairfax11, succeeded as twelfth Lord Fairfax. He resides in London, England.
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IV. Charles Edmund Fairfax11, lives in New York.
V. Hon. Mary Cecelia Fairfax11.
VI. Frances Fairfax11. Married Mr. Edward Lownde Rhett, about 1903, both of New York.
ELEVENTH GENERATION.
XI. Albert Kirby Fairfax11 (John1º, Albert", Thomas8, Bryan7, William", Henry5, Henry4, Henry3, Thomas2, Thomas1), b. June 23, 1870, twelfth Baron Fairfax, of Cameron, and not yet thirty- five years of age; has sinee his father's death taken an active interest in the management of Northampton, his mother's home in Maryland. The magnificent estate of Northern Neck, Va., inherited by Thomas Fairfax, sixth Baron, from his mother, Catherine Culpepper, and which would have acerued to the present Lord Fairfax by right of entail if that right had been preserved, was confiscated by Washington during the Revolution and a prince- ly fortune lost to the Fairfax house. The young Lord, who is unmarried, is a most unassuming and polished gentleman. His residence for some time past has been in London, where he is assistant manager of the International Banking Corporation. His preliminary training in banking was with Brown Bros., New York City.
To be an American gentleman and citizen who unites all the rights and priviliges of American citizenship with equal rights to sit with the peers of Scotland at the foot of the throne of Great Britain above the woolsack and to bear the ancient and honored title of Baron Fairfax of Cameron, peer of Scotland, sueh is the exceedingly unique position occupied by Albert Kirby Fairfax, American gentleman and twelfth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, who visited his home in the United States in January 1905.
To have a right to vote for President of the United States, and yet for generations to have had your family uninterruptedly called at the roll call of the Scotland peers, assembling for election to Parliament at Holyrood Castle, this is not a usual state of affairs, and naturally invests the owner of these peculiar privileges and his family with an unusual degree of interest on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, but especially in Maryland, where Northampton, the Fairfax estate, is situated, and in Baltimore, where two of his sisters reside.
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PROMINENT FAMILIES.
Among prominent families to which Lord Fairfax's family is related, are the Ridgelys, Warfields, Snowdens, Kirbys, Carys, Thomases, Herberts, Marvins, Fields, Stevensons, Williamses and others. Northampton, in Prince George Co., Md., is a charm- ing old estate of eight hundred acres. The house, some two hundred years old, is of framc, about one hundred and twenty- five feet front, and such portion as is the original architecture is put together without nails. The drawing room, library and dining room, all with high chimney pieces and wide open fireplaces, facc the front; and in the rear, according to the fashion of that time, are bedrooms with high Gothic windows and other rooms now used as pantries. The place is well wooded and about the residence are elm and willow trees, also flowering magnolia trees, and white fringe trecs trailing their delicate blossoms. There are stately poplar trces also, and in a grove is a well of olden days, with a well-house built over it.
While Northampton was acquired by the Fairfax family by purchase, it has none the less been in the possession of ancestors of the family through a feminine line for generations.
Lieutenant Thomas Sprigg, b. 1630; d. 1704. He was of Calvert and Prince George Co., and was granted by Lord Baltimore a tract of one thousand acres of land called Northampton. He was a man of official honors, and he married Elinor Nuttall. Their son, Lieut. Col. Thomas Sprigg, married one Margaret. Their daughter, Elinor Sprigg, married Henry Wright; and their daugh- ter, in turn, Mary Wright, married Thomas Snowden. Maj. Thomas Snowden, son of the last named pair, married Annie Ridgely, and they in turn had a son, Richard Snowden, who mar- ried Eliza Warfield, daughter of Dr. Charles Alexander Warfield, of Peggy Stewart's fame. A daughter was born to them, Caroline Eliza Snowden, who married Hon. Albert Fairfax, of Vaucluse, Fairfax Co., Va., father of John Contee Fairfax, eleventh Baron Fairfax, who purchased Northampton, whose widow still resides there, and whose son is the present Lord Fairfax.
Included in the connection are, Mrs. Burton Harrison, of New York; Mr. Clarence Cary, of New York; Mr. Fairfax Harrison, of Washington, D. C .; Mr. Francis Burton Harrison, of Wash- ington, D. C .; Mr. Archibald Cary Harrison, of New York; Mrs.
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Neville Whiting, of Virginia; Col. Arthur Herbert; Messrs. Her- bert and Harrison Whiting; Mrs. Fairfax Harrison; Sergeant John Carlyle Fairfax, of Fort Ethan Allen, Vt .; Mrs. Courtland H. Smith, of Hampton Farm, Alexandria, Va .; Miss Nora Her- bert, of Alexandria ; Mrs. William Pinkney Whyte, Jr .; Mrs. H. Warren Buekler; Mrs .. William Kennedy Boone; Mrs. Charles Marshall ; Mr. Arthur Percy Fairfax; Mr. John Brune Cary ; Mr. Wilson M. Cary; Miss Gwendolen Cary; Mr. R. E. Lee Marshall ; Mr. Charles A. Marshall; Mr. H. Snowden Marshall ; Dr. Harry T. Marshall, all of Baltimore, and Mrs. Markham Marshall, of New York.
COLLATERAL BRANCHES.
Issue of the late Hon. Henry Fairfax, second son of ninth Baron, b. 1804; d. 1847. Married (1827) Anna Caroline, daughter of the Hon. John Carlyle Herbert, of Maryland.
Raymond, b. 1829; is a eivil engineer; was Major Confederate Army 1861-5. Married (1865) Anna, daughter of Sylvester L. Burford, Esq., of Amherst Co., Va., U. S. A., and has living issue : Ronald Randolph, of Roanoke, Va., U. S. A., b. 1870. Married (1901) Annie Ridge, daughter of Charles Early, Esq., Washington, D. C., U. S. A. Guy Perey, b. 1872. Henry Raymond, b. 1875. Isabella Christian. Ada Raymond.
Herbert Carlyle, b. 1838, was captain Confederate Army 1862-5. Married (1861) Jane Davis, daughter of Dr. Frederick Baker, and has issue living : Eugenia Chalmers. Caroline Herbert. Henry Maleolm, b. 1849, educated at the Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Va.
Grandson of the late George William Fairfax, Esq., eldest son of the late Hon. Ferdinando Fairfax (infra).
Issue (by first marriage) of the late Rear Admiral Donald Mae- Neill Fairfax, b. 1821; d. 1894. Married, first (1854), Virginia Cary ; d. 1878, daughter of Thomas Ragland, Esq., of Virginia; second (1879), Josephine (now of Hagerstown, Md., U. S. A.), daughter of the late Rear Admiral A. H. Foote, U. S. Navy. William MacNeill Fairfax, b. 1858. Residences, Washington, U. S. A .; Hagerstown, Md., U. S. A.
Grandehildren of the late Hon. Ferdinando Fairfax, second son of eighth Baron, b. 1766; d. -. Married Elizabeth Blair,
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d. 1822, daughter of Col. Wilson Miles Cary, of "Ceelys," Eliza- betli City Co., Va., U. S. Army.
Issue of the late Wilson Miles Cary Fairfax, Esq., b. 1798; d. 1860. Married (1882) Lucy Anne, who d. 1861, daughter of David Griffith, Esq., of Virginia, U. S. A. Frederick Fairfax, b. 1835, formerly a member of U. S. Coast Survey. Married (1868) Mary Alden, daughter of the late Lieut. Com. John Aquila Cooke, U. S. Navy, and has issue living: Lilian Vere. Gwendolin Owner, residence, 235 Second Street, South, Capitol Hill, Washington, U. S. A. Annie Fairfax, residenee, Richmond, Va., U. S. A. Issue of the late Ferdinando Fairfax, Esq., M. D., b. 1803; d. 1873. Married, first (1831) Mary Anne, who d. 1848, daughter of Bailey Jett, Esq., of Westmoreland Co., Va .; second (1855), Mary Jane, who d. 1864, daughter of James Jett, Esq.
William Henry Fairfax, M. D., b. 1834, was surgeon in Con- federate Army; is Treasurer of Westmoreland Co., Va. Married (1867) Eleanor, daughter of Edward Colville Griffith, Esq., of Westmoreland Co., Va., and has issue living: Frederick Griffith, b. 1867, residence, Montrose, Westmoreland Co., Va., U. S. A. Emma Fairfax. Married (1870) James Chandler, Esq., and has issue living: Juliette Critcher, b. 1873. Ella Louisa. Married (18-) Captain Edmund Wharton. Evangeline May, Mary Jett, and Ethel Blair, all of whom are married. Ada Susan. Mar- ried (1892) Allen Monroe Chandler, Esq., residence, Montrose, Westmoreland Co., Va., U. S. A.
Issue of the late Commodore Archibald Blair Fairfax, b. 1809; d. 1867. Married first (1832) Sarah Carlyle, who d. 1850, daughter of the Hon. John Carlyle Herbert, of Maryland, U. S. A .; second (1852) Eliza Mary, daughter of the Rev. Oliver Norris, of Alexandria, Va.
Llewellyn Cary, b. 1855. Married (1890) Priscilla Hall, daughter of the late Reginald Wright, Esq., M. D., of Baltimore, U. S. A. Arthur Perey, b. 1857. Married (1882) Naney Hunter, daughter of Hon. John Blair IIoge, of Virginia, U. S. A., resi- dence, Baltimore, Md., U. S. A.
Grandehildren of the late Com. Archibald Blair Fairfax (ante).
Issue of the late Archibald Carlyle Fairfax, b. 1843; d. 1879. Married (1873) Virginia Caroline (who married second, 1892,
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Henry Byrd Lewis, Esq., of Cleve Manor, and Towkc's Port, Con- way, King George Co., Va., U. S. A.), daughter of the late William H. Redwood, Esq., of Baltimore, U. S. A.
John Carlyle, b. 1874, is in U. S. A. Infantry. William Red- wood, b. 1876, residence, Fredericksburg, Va., U. S. A.
THE LINDSAYS OF AMERICA.
FIRST GENERATION.
I. Thomas Lindsay1, of Mount Pleasant, b. as recorded, Novem- ber 13, 1750, the youngest son of Robert and Susanna Lindsay, of "The Mount," was also a gentleman of the old school, courtcous and dignified in manner, of fine and pleasing features, tall of stature, not stout, of quick yet stately step, punctilious in religious affairs, a vestryman of his church, and one of the highest respeetcd eitizens of Fairfax Co., Va. He inherited liis homestead from his father, upon which he lived comfortably the life of the southern planter. The plantation was a few miles from historic old Falls Church and next to "The Mount," and, tradition says, one of the prettiest in the neighborhood. He married a young widow of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Martha, née Seott, whom all her children loved devotedly, her eharaeter was so gentle and winning. She was a firm yet affectionate mother, an excellent housewife and gracious hostess, and truly religious. Her aets of charity were many; a tale of distress ever found her a sympathetic listener and helpcr. Thomas Lindsay d. September 14, 1830, his disease being paralysis; Mrs. Lindsay d. September 21, 1831; she was b. November 6, 1757. They had issue :
I. Robert Lindsay2, b. May 26, 1779; killed by lightning, with some friends, while bathing in the Potomac River, July 17, 1805.
II. Samuel Lindsay2, b. Nov. 2, 1781.
III. David Lindsay2, b. May 25, 1784. Parker.
Married Miss Lucy
IV. Naney Lindsay2, b. Aug. 5, 1786. Married Braddoek Richmond, a member of Congress from Rhode Island; d. Dec. 10, 1810, Washington, leaving one son :
I. Thomas Lindsay Richmond3, studied for the pulpit; d. before ordination.
Rev. Henry Fairfax of Bolton Miss Cholmey, Percy, England. Sir Thomas Fairfax lst Viscount = Fairfax of Emley, 1629.
Henry Fairfax of Calvert Co., Md., 1647. =
John Fairfax of Charles = Mary, daughter of Edward Scott of Baltimore. Miss Blancett, Ist wife == William Fairfax of Prince William Co., Ve., Obt. Oct. 4, 1793 = 2nd wife, Elizabeth Buckner, of Virg ia.
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ada Fairfax = Richard Calvert
Anne Fairfax = William Warder
Johnathan Fairfax = Sarah Wright, | Benedicter Fairfax of Charles Co., Md, Ob. c. 1807. Oct., 1787.
lat wife Anne Mills == Hezeki. Fairfax = 2nd wife Marga) of Va,
George Calvert
wester, Richard, Walter, John.
Peter.
4 daughters.
ist Wife -
2nd Wife, = Henry Fairfax == Ang. 5, 1824 - 3rd Wife. of
Sarah Carter.
Sophie Scott.
Leesylvania, Prince Wm. Co., Va. b. Dec. 27, 1774; d. Oct. 6, 1847. -
Elizabeth, deu. of He Fairfax Co., Va., b. March 15
Mary Jane, dau. of :
John Walter Fairfax b. June 30, 1828.
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of - ikham, Loudoun Co., Va., b. MI 5
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2
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4 Mary Elizabeth Fairfax = Lieut. Charles G. Ayr
Henry Fairfax Oakhill, Loudoun Co., Va.
Hamilton Rogers Fairfax of New York.
Eleanor Cecilia Van Rensselaer of New York.
John Walter Fairfax of New York
of U. S. Army.
Lindsay Fairfax = GI
of
Edith E. Van Ransseiner Fairfax. b. 1888.
Fairfax Ayres. Emily Ayres.
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Henry Byrd Lewis, Esq., of Cleve Manor, and Towke's Port, Con- way, King George Co., Va., U. S. A.), daughter of the late William H. Redwood, Esq., of Baltimore, U. S. A.
John Carlyle, b. 1874, is in U. S. A. Infantry. William Red- wood, b. 1876, residence, Fredericksburg, Va., U. S. A.
THE LINDSAYS OF AMERICA.
FIRST GENERATION.
I. Thomas Lindsay1, of Mount Pleasant, b. as recorded, Novem- ber 13, 1750, the youngest son of Robert and Susanna Lindsay, of "The Mount," was also a gentleman of the old school, courteous and dignified in manner, of fine and pleasing features, tall of stature, not stout, of quick yet stately step, punctilious in religious affairs, a vestryman of his church, and one of the highest respected citizens of Fairfax Co., Va. He inherited his homestead from his father, upon whichi he lived comfortably the life of the southern planter. The plantation was a few miles from historic old Falls Church and next to "The Mount," and, tradition says, one of the prettiest in the neighborhood. He married a young widow of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Martha, née Scott, whom all her children loved devotedly, her character was so gentle and winning. She was a firm yet affectionate mother, an excellent housewife and gracious hostess, and truly religious. Her acts of charity were many; a tale of distress ever found her a sympathetic listener and helper. Thomas Lindsay d. September 14, 1830, his disease being paralysis; Mrs. Lindsay d. September 21, 1831; she was b. November 6, 1757. They had issue :
I. Robert Lindsay2, b. May 26, 1779; killed by lightning, with some friends, while bathing in the Potomac River, July 17, 1805.
II. Samuel Lindsay2, b. Nov. 2, 1781.
III. David Lindsay2, b. May 25, 1784. Parker.
Married Miss Lucy
IV. Nancy Lindsay2, b. Aug. 5, 1786. Married Braddock Richmond, a member of Congress from Rhode Island ; d. Dec. 10, 1810, Washington, leaving one son :
I. Thomas Lindsay Richmond3, studied for the pulpit; d. before ordination.
CHART OF THE FAIRFAX AND ROBERTSON FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA
Bet, Hmary Fairies of Boltot: Miss Chalmey, Terey, England. Sir Thomas Filrias Irt Fuarwat Fairfax nf Emley, 14tv
Henry Fairfax af Calvert Co., Md., 1647.
John Tuirias of Charing = Mary, daughter of Edward South of Balthours.
Kada Fairfax = Richard Cuivart
Jekasthan Fairfax = Barnk Wright, | Bogudicter Pourfax Oh & 1407.
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