Jonathan Fairbanks

Jonathan Fairbanks (1594 – December 5, 1668) was an English colonist born in Heptonstall, Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

[2] Jonathan Fairbanks arrived in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with his family in 1633.

The family purchased 12 acres of land, and in 1641, master carpenters began constructing their home.

"[4] Fairbanks became a member of the First Church in Dedham, which espoused a Reformed theology (Calvinist) in the seventeenth century.

As was common at the time Jonathan used several spellings of his surname: Fairbanke, Fairebanke, Fayerbanke, and on his will Fairbanck.

Fairbanks House , ca. 1641, is considered the oldest surviving timber-frame house in North America
Coat of Arms of Jonathan Fairbanks
Old Village Cemetery, the final resting place of Fairbanks