NOTE: First Families is a collection of genealogical information taken from various sources that were periodically submitted to the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in First Families is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the information to verify its accuracy. FAIR: Robert Fair b. 1824 in Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland, d. Aug 1901: came to NB in 1828 with his parents: first settled on the Kingston peninsula in Kings County, then moved to Fairville, Lancaster Parish, Saint John County in 1852: he married and had six sons and three daughters: Sons: 1) S. Robert Fair: went to Butte, Montana: 2) G.F. Fair: went to Caribou, ME: 3) Lester Fair: went to Caribou, ME: 4) William Fair: went to Plaster Rock, Gordon Parish, Victoria County: 5) Austin C. Fair: settled at Fairville, NB: 6) Ernest B. Fair: Daughters: 1) Jennie Fair: 2) Ada Fair: 3) Hanafa Fair. Sources: MC80/358 Collections of New Brunswick Historical Society, Vol 1, No. 16, page 38: see also RS184 New Brunswick Museum Vertical files, Fair family: microfilm F11082, 1 page. FAIRCHILD: James Morgan Fairchild b. 9 Mar 1766, died 5 Dec 1807, s/o Gershom and Abigail? Fairchild: came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist: settled at Sussex Vale, Kings County: m. 5 Dec 1790 Elizabeth Regan b. 23 Sep 1773, d. 3 Mar 1849, d/o Jeremiah Regan and Mary (Cameron) Leggett: after the death of James his wife and children moved to Saint John where she opened a school: Children: 1) Mary/Polly Stevens Fairchild b. 26 Oct 1792, d. 25 Sep 1835, married Mr. Whiting: 2) Caroline Fairchild b. 8 May 1794, d. 1877, m. 15 Mar 1812 James Wood: had issue: 3) Ann Spicer Fairchild born 30 Mar 1796, d. 19 Apr 1865, m. 31 Dec 1821 Benjamin Church Chaloner b. c1790: 4) George Morgan Fairchild b. 25 Apr 1798, d. 20 Dec 1798: 5) James Regan Fairchild born 9 Apr 1803, died 20 Feb 1804: 6) Eliza Regan Fairchild b. 15 Mar 1805, d. 5 Nov 1830, m. 13 Dec 1828 Benjamin Smith. Sources: MC80/1 Grace Aiton’s The story of Sussex and vicinity, page 35: see MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 87 to 88: see D.R. Jack’s Loyalist families of New Brunswick on microfilm F355, Vol II, page 41, and Vol III, pages 244-245. FAIRCLOUGH: John Fairclough b. 1790, died 26 Jul 1818 on passage from Jamaica to Saint John: m. on 5 Nov 1814 Annabella McPherson d/o Charles McPherson: settled in Saint John. Source: D.R. Jack’s Loyalist families of New Brunswick on microfilm F355, Vol III, page 24: the widow Annabella (McPherson) Fairclough m. (2nd) 31 May 1820 Ambrose S. Perkins (Capt.) b. - , died 3 May 1881 in Saint John: had issue. FAIRLAMB: Samuel Fairlamb was probably born in Chester, Pennsylvania, married Hannah Richardson d/o Francis Richardson: came to NB in 1783 as Loyalists and settled at Beaver Harbour, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte County: Only children mentioned: 1) John R. Fairlamb: 2) Samuel Fairlamb. Sources: MC80/1720 Theodore C. Holmes’ Loyalists to Canada: the 1783 settlement of Quakers and others at Passamaquoddy, page 54: see also MC2657 NBGS Newsletter Issue #13, September 1982: Sharon M. Debeau’s Charlotte County Loyalists, page 9. FAIRLEY: James Fairley born c1780 in Edinburgh, Scotland but moved to County Tyrone, Ireland as a young boy: he died 7 Apr 1846 in Boiestown, NB: he was the s/o Mr. Fairley and Mary Jane Williams: married 1 May 1815 in Belfast, Ireland, Sarah Christianna Scott b. 1791: came to NB in July 1820 and settled in Fairley, Ludlow Parish, Northumberland County: Children: 1) William Fairley b. 16 Apr 1816 in Ireland, died unmarried 25 Feb 1839 in Boiestown, NB: 2) James E. Fairley born 1818 in Ireland, died 1907, m. 17 Jul 1844 Rebecca Ann Long born 1824, died 19 Jul 1892: settled in or near Boiestown, NB and had eleven children: 3) John Fairley b. 29 Apr 1822 in Ireland, d. 21 Sep 1881, m. 23 Dec 1872 to his cousin, Sarah A. Hughes born 19 Mar 1841, d. 11 May 1905 d/o Warren Hughes and Sarah Scott: they had three children: 4) Scott Fairley born 13 Apr 1824, died unmarried 22 Oct 1893 at Blackville: 5) Sarah Fairley born 1826, d. 1869: 6) Margaret Fairley born in 1828, married 8 Nov 1855 Kenneth Cameron born 1825, d. 25 Aug 1886: had no issue: 7) Justus Fairley b. 9 Nov 1829, died 26 Sep 1915, married Margaret Emma Saunders born Mar 1836, d. 30 Nov 1891, d/o Alexander Saunders: had four children: 8) Mary Ann Fairley born in Apr 1835, died 6 Oct 1835. Sources: MC80/1180 Betty Saunders’ Fairley family history: see MC80/2752 Faye E. Griffin’s Humble beginnings: the life and times of Paul Clement Bruce his ancestors and descendants, pgs 119-121, 193-258: see MC80/2820 Faye & Bill Griffin’s Descendants of unknown Fairley and Mary Jane Williams b. 1700’s, 119 pages. FAIRLEY: John Fairley born in Ireland, d. before 1851, s/o Mr. Fairley and Mary Jane Williams: m. Margaret Jane/Janet McKnight b. 1785 in Ireland: came to NB 1835: settled in Averys Portage, Stanley Parish, Northumberland County: Children born in Ireland: 1) William M. Fairley born 1810, d. 23 Dec 1881, m. 27 Aug 1844 Jane Bell born 1821, died 28 Feb, 1895, d/o George Bell an officer in the Black Watch: they had nine children: 2) Joseph Fairley born 1814 in County Tyrone, d. 1895, m. 18 Aug 1859 Jane (Craig) Doak born 1832 at Averys Portage, died 1895, d/o William Craig and Mary Coy and widow of William M. Doak: settled at Averys Portage: had six children: 3) Margaret C. Fairley b. 1820, d. 1835 in Ireland: 4) John Fairley b. c1822, d. unmarried: 5) Robert Fairley b. 1828 in Ireland, married (1st) his first cousin, Elizabeth Fairley b. 28 Jun 1831, d/o William Fairley and Mary Bell: had no children: m. (2nd) 17 Jul 1872 Grace Palmer: had no issue: 6) David Fairley b. 1829, d. 18 Jan 1882, married 28 Jul 1859 Bethany Ann Norrad born 6 Jan 1836, d. 27 Oct 1913, d/o Robert Norrad and Margaret McKiel: had seven children. Sources: MC80/1365 Elizabeth Saunders’ Fairley family history 1844-1973: see MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick lineages, pages 195-196: also see the York County census: see MC80/2752 Faye E. Griffin’s Humble beginnings: the life and times of Paul Clement Bruce his ancestors and descendants, pages 119-121, 193-258: see MC80/2820 Faye & Bill Griffin’s Descendants of unknown Fairley and Mary Jane Williams b. 1700’s, 119 pages. FAIRLEY: William Fairley born c1786 in County Tyrone, Ireland: he came from Belfast, Ireland to NB in July 1820 and settled at Fairley, Ludlow Parish, Northumberland County: he married 21 Dec 1830 in Halifax, NS, Mary Bell born 20 Jul 1815 in Halifax, d/o George Bell and Elizabeth Humphreys: Children: 1) Elizabeth Fairley b. 28 Jun 1831, married her first cousin, Robert Fairley b. 1828 Ireland, s/o John Fairley and Margaret Jane MacKnight: no issue: 2) Mary Jane Fairley b. 15 Jul 1833 at Boiestown, d. 16 May 1919, m. John Long b. 1826, d. 6 Oct 1876: had two children: 3) Allan Jabez Fairley b. 26 Oct 1836, d. 6 Mar 1924, married his first cousin, Catherine Eve Fairley born 10 Jul 1847, d. 20 Apr 1927, d/o William Fairley and Jane Bell: had eight children: 4) George Henry Fairley born 25 Dec 1836 at Boiestown, d. 1909, m. 10 Sep 1873 Margaret Long b. 1851, d. 15 May 1926: had ten children: 5) Mary Ann Matilda Fairley born 24 May 1838, d. 17 Dec 1925, m. 20 Jul 1865 William Forbes: had four children: 6) William Ernest Fairley b. 6 Jul 1840, d. 6 Jul 1890, m. 2 Oct 1879 Grace MacLeod b. 1839: had no issue: 7) Sarah Adelade Fairley born 16 Aug 1842, d. 12 Feb 1912, m. 18 Jul 1872 Charles W. Green born 2 Jan 1839, d. 25 Feb 1909, s/o Maxwell Green and Sarah Robinson: had six children: 8) Margaret Maria Fairley born 1 Aug 1844 or 18 Aug 1849, d. 8 Jan 1929, m. 24 Jul 1874 her first cousin, Robert E. or Henry Fairley b. 1845, d. 27 Apr 1925, s/o William Fairley and Jane Bell: had one child: 9) Catherine Melissa Fairley b. 10 Aug 1848, d. 26 Jul 1939 Timmons, ON: m. Joseph Green s/o Maxwell Green and Sarah Robinson: four children: 10) James Douglas Fairley born 25 Jun 1852, d. 23 Oct 1941, m. 4 Feb 1880 Annie Jane Fairley born 25 Jun 1859, died 5 Nov 1937, d/o William Fairley and Jane Bell: 11) Caroline Christine Minerva Fairley born on 1 Feb 1855, d. 1 Feb 1953, m. 17 Apr 1883 Alexander David Bruce born 12 Jul 1851 at Hayesville, York County, NB, died 7 Mar 1935 at Taxis River, York County, s/o David Bruce and Mary Ann McGraw: they had six children: 12) John Armour Fairley born 5 Dec 1859, died unmarried on 17 Jan 1944. Sources: MC80/2752 Faye E. Griffin’s Humble beginnings: the life and times of Paul Clement Bruce his ancestors and descendants, pages 119 to 121, 193 to 258: see also MC80/1180 Betty Saunders’ Fairley family history: see also MC80/2820 Faye & Bill Griffin’s Descendants of unknown Fairley and Mary Jane Williams b.