Emma Seabrook

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name
Emma Seabrook
aka
[Emma Fairchild]
sex
female
access
public
summary
First wife of Thomas Fairchild, merchant and first settler of Stratford, Connecticut, and probably the mother of Samuel Fairchild, born in 1640, among their seven children. Probably a daughter of Robert Seabrook of Stratford, from whom her son Samuel had land; her first name, Emma or Faith, is uncertain. She died between 1653 and 1662. The family's descent from her, through Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett, is only possible.
died
date
between 1653 and 1662
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
note
After the birth of her daughter Emma in October 1653 and before her husband's second marriage in December 1662 (Gilmore; Jacobus has "died after 23 Oct 1653").
father
id
robert-seabrook-d1650
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-orcutt-1886-history-stratford]
research
research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
note
Her son Samuel's lands, recorded in 1674, included land "received by gift from his grandfather Seabrook" (Gilmore, from the Stratford land records); Robert Seabrook is the only Seabrook of early Stratford, and Orcutt makes Thomas Fairchild's first wife his daughter.

First wife of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford and mother of Samuel Fairchild. That she was a Seabrook is shown by her son Samuel's land record of 1674, which counts land "received by gift from his grandfather Seabrook" (source). Her first name is less certain: "Various researchers offer the names of Emma or Faith as the wife of Thomas." Jacobus, in Families of Old Fairfield, has "Emma born by 1620, married by 1639 and died after 23 Oct 1653, her husband probably being Thomas Fairchild," and her youngest daughter was named Emma. Orcutt says Thomas married her, "so said," in England (source).

Her sisters married at Stratford and New Haven: Mary married William Preston of New Haven, and then Thomas Kimberly; another sister, Alice or Sarah, married Thomas Sherwood. So the Prestons were her children's cousins, and two of her daughters married Prestons: Sarah married Jehiel Preston, "her cousin," and Emma married Hackaliah Preston, a grandson of Robert Seabrook. Her children: Samuel (1640), Sarah (1641/2), John (1644), Thomas (1645), Dinah (1648), Zechariah (1651) and Emma (1653).

The family's descent from her rests on the identification of Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett with Jonathan, born at Norwalk in 1744, which is only possible (see Jonathan Fairchild).

Research: Notable connections of Frances Fairchild Holbrook: the Fairchild branch and the families that married in.

Open questions

  • Her first name (Emma or Faith), and where and when she married. Neither name is in the Tring parish register, where a Robert Seabrooke's children were baptized from 1599.
  1. ---
  2. name: Emma Seabrook
  3. aka: [Emma Fairchild]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. First wife of Thomas Fairchild, merchant and first settler of Stratford, Connecticut, and probably
  8. the mother of Samuel Fairchild, born in 1640, among their seven children. Probably a daughter of
  9. Robert Seabrook of Stratford, from whom her son Samuel had land; her first name, Emma or Faith, is
  10. uncertain. She died between 1653 and 1662. The family's descent from her, through Jonathan
  11. Fairchild of East Jewett, is only possible.
  12. died:
  13. date: between 1653 and 1662
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds]
  17. note: After the birth of her daughter Emma in October 1653 and before her husband's second marriage in December 1662 (Gilmore; Jacobus has "died after 23 Oct 1653").
  18. father:
  19. id: robert-seabrook-d1650
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds, book-orcutt-1886-history-stratford]
  23. research: research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
  24. note: Her son Samuel's lands, recorded in 1674, included land "received by gift from his grandfather Seabrook" (Gilmore, from the Stratford land records); Robert Seabrook is the only Seabrook of early Stratford, and Orcutt makes Thomas Fairchild's first wife his daughter.
  25. ---
  27. First wife of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford and mother of Samuel Fairchild. That she was a Seabrook is
  28. shown by her son Samuel's land record of 1674, which counts land "received by gift from his grandfather
  29. Seabrook" ([source](/files/sources/book-gilmore-1991-early-fairchilds/)). Her first name is less certain:
  30. "Various researchers offer the names of Emma or Faith as the wife of Thomas." Jacobus, in *Families of Old
  31. Fairfield*, has "Emma born by 1620, married by 1639 and died after 23 Oct 1653, her husband probably being
  32. Thomas Fairchild," and her youngest daughter was named Emma. Orcutt says Thomas married her, "so said," in
  33. England ([source](/files/sources/book-orcutt-1886-history-stratford/)).
  35. Her sisters married at Stratford and New Haven: Mary married William Preston of New Haven, and then Thomas
  36. Kimberly; another sister, Alice or Sarah, married Thomas Sherwood. So the Prestons were her children's
  37. cousins, and two of her daughters married Prestons: Sarah married Jehiel Preston, "her cousin," and Emma
  38. married Hackaliah Preston, a grandson of Robert Seabrook. Her children: Samuel (1640), Sarah (1641/2), John
  39. (1644), Thomas (1645), Dinah (1648), Zechariah (1651) and Emma (1653).
  41. The family's descent from her rests on the identification of Jonathan Fairchild of East Jewett with
  42. Jonathan, born at Norwalk in 1744, which is only possible (see Jonathan Fairchild).
  44. Research: `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md`.
  46. ## Open questions
  48. - Her first name (Emma or Faith), and where and when she married. Neither name is in the Tring parish
  49. register, where a Robert Seabrooke's children were baptized from 1599.
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