322–323. Samuel Fairchild was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, in 1683. Ruth Beach died in Connecticut on January 30, 1722. They were married in Connecticut on Wednesday, January 3, 1705. She took the name Ruth Fairchild. He is the son of Samuel and Mary (Wheeler) Fairchild. She is the daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Peck) Beach. They had seven children:
| i. | Anna Fairchild was born in Connecticut on October 12, 1706, and died on February 9, 1722. | |
| ii. | Mary Fairchild was born in Connecticut in 1708. | |
| iii. | Samuel Fairchild was born in Connecticut on February 3, 1710. | |
| iv. | Ephraim Fairchild was born in Connecticut on August 28, 1713. | |
| v. | Abigail Fairchild [#161]: She was born on December 15, 1715, and died in Connecticut before 1790. | |
| vi. | Eunice Fairchild was born in Connecticut on May 20, 1718, and died on April 21, 1721. | |
| vii. | Benjamin Fairchild was born in Connecticut in March, 1721. |
His second marriage was to Dinah Burwell on Thursday, January 24, 1723. She took the name Dinah Fairchild. They had six children:
| i. | Oliver Fairchild was baptized in Connecticut in June, 1724. | |
| ii. | Stephen Fairchild was baptized in Connecticut in September, 1726. | |
| iii. | Peter Fairchild was baptized in Connecticut in 1729. | |
| iv. | Andrew Fairchild was baptized in Connecticut in 1729. | |
| v. | Josiah Fairchild was baptized in Connecticut in August, 1732. | |
| vi. |
Charles Fairchild was baptized
in Connecticut
in March, 1736.
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