James Fairfax

Abt 1665 - Bef 1740  (< 75 years)

• Name	James Fairfax
  Birth	Abt 1665
  Gender	Male
  Will - Witnessed	23 Jun 1718	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that James Fairfax, Richard Booll, Thomas Gascoyne & Thomas James witnessed the will of Robert Andrews.
  Land deeded to	1738	tract N109, north side of entrance to Nassawadox Creek, Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	George Nicholas Turner deeded this tract to James Fairfax for the latter's life.
  Reference Identifier	#N'hamp
  Record ID	56241
  Will	11 Jan 1739/40	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	In his will James Fairfax gave to godson Fairfax Smith 6 silver spoons and silver shoe buckle. Loving wife Elizabeth resid. legatee and extrx. Witt: Thomas Marshall, Edward Turner, Thomas James.
  Death	Bef 12 Feb 1739/40	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	It was on this date that his will was proved.
  Origins
  Person ID	I56241	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Hewitt,   b. Abt 1665, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  Other Partners: ╚═George (of John, tailor) Smith,   b. Abt 1664, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 2 Mar 1702/03, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 39 years)  m. Abt 1685
  Marriage	Abt 1703	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F18083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Marshall,   b. Aft 1715, Northampton Co, Virginia d. 1752, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 35 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Col. George Dashiell, I,   b. 31 Jan 1690, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 7 Nov 1748, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age 58 years)  m. 10 Sep 1740
  Marriage	Abt 1735  [5]
  	Whitelaw suspects James may have married Margaret Turner, widow of Edward Turner d. 1729. Edward's son, George Nicholas Turner deeded in 1738 to James Fairfax, land at N109 for his lifetime. (Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore, p. 518).
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F17680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 214 (will of Robert Andrews), 497. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 518 (tract N109), 572. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 304 (will of James Fairfax, wife Elizabeth), 497. [S925] Judy Marshall Stell, Stell, Judy to Miles, Emails, 2006-2009, 925. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 199 (The John Marshall Family of N'hamp Co), 726.