William Fairman1

M, #1871
Last Edited: 4 Apr 2012

Notes

  • Note*: Dilg writes: "Thomas's father was William Fairman from Hertford (Hartford). The Friends' records, deposited in Devonshire House, London (Genealogical Society of Pa., Vol. VIII, p. 306) show that he had two sons, Robert and Thomas, both Friends. A third son, Francis, came to America by 1701. He knew the Indian language, as we learn from the Penn-Logan correspondence (Vol. I, p. 70). No exact dates are available for the father or the three sons as far as births are concerned. Robert, a brewer, remained in England where he lived and died in the Parish of St. Olave's, Southwark, County of Surrey. He was probably born between 1655-1660, married Mary Wilkins twelfth month, third day, 1680, and died before 1718. He was a purchaser at an early date of a number of tracts of land and became entwined with his brother Thomas, the surveyor, in many land deals..."1
  • Note: The Penn-Logan correspondence cited by Dilg is available on Google books, in Memoirs of the Historical Soc. of Pennsylvania, Vo. IX, p. 70:
    William Penn to James Logan, dated Kensington, 4th 11th mo 1701: "...Francis Fairman can manage such an affair well enough, and speaks that Indian pretty well, whose brother Robert was with me t'other day."

Citations

  1. [S131] Dilg, L. Paul, "The Man Who Set Our Boundaries; The Life, Family, Character and Work of Thomas Fairman, Quaker and Surveyor", Old York Road Historical Bulletin Vol 38 (1977, p. 3-15: p. 5.   Dilg--Fairman.pdf