134–135. James Fairchild was born in Stratford, Connecticut, on Wednesday, February 12, 1695/6, and died in Stratford in 1761. Abigail Beardsley was baptized in Stratford on Sunday, March 31, 1700. They were married on Wednesday, April 3, 1723. She took the name Abigail Fairchild. He is the son of Zechariah and Hannah (Beach) Fairchild. She is the daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Jackson) Beardsley. They had six children:
| i. | Hannah Fairchild was born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, on July 31, 1726, and died in Connecticut on July 19, 1746. | |
| ii. | Zechariah Fairchild was born in Stratford on April 1, 1728. | |
| iii. | Rebecca Fairchild was born in Stratford on September 9, 1729. | |
| iv. | Abigail Fairchild was born in Stratford on July 7, 1734. | |
| v. | Mehitabel Fairchild [#67]: She was born in Stratford on July 24, 1734. | |
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James Fairchild was born
in Stratford
on March 28, 1739, and died
in Hudson, Columbia County, New York,
in 1816.
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His will was dated May 23, 1759; a codicil was added on February 12, 1761; and
it was proved April 9, 1761.