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- May 22, 2025 Glimpse into "Made to Last Forever" and Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project
- May 1, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever, England, and Fairbanks in the Lexington Alarms 1775
- Apr 3, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever and Fairbanks House with Patriots from the Revolutionary War
- Jan 20, 2025 Changing Times for the Fairbanks and Fairbanks Patriot Project
- Mar 26, 2024 Fairbanks Before and During the American Revolution
- Feb 26, 2024 The Fairbanks Family Role Assuring Safety of their Family, Towns and Colony
- Jan 31, 2024 Time Travel as a Family This Year: 122nd National Fairbanks Reunion and More
- Sep 14, 2023 The First People of Massachusetts: The Indigenous People the Fairbanks and Prescotts Encountered
- Aug 11, 2023 The American Fairbanks Family over 376 years: The 121st National Reunion
- Jul 2, 2023 The Characteristics of a Yorkshire Man, An Insight to the Character of Jonathan Fairbanks
- Jun 8, 2023 Keeping the Fairbanks Family Together for over 400 Years
- Apr 27, 2023 Superstitions and Beliefs the Fairbanks Family Brought to Dedham from England in 1600s
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part I
- Feb 25, 2022 Love in the 17th Century for the Fairbanks and Prescott Families
- Oct 3, 2021 Colonial Superstitions: The Fairbanks House and More
- Sep 13, 2021 Dedham, Massachusetts Town Records for Jonathan Fairbanks: Part I 1636-1641
- Aug 3, 2021 Inventory of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1668: Part II
- Jul 13, 2021 Inventory of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham 1668, Part I
- Jun 14, 2021 The Burial of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts 1668
- May 19, 2021 The Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham Massachusetts 1668
- Apr 12, 2021 Jonathan Fairbanks and the Merchant: 1653-1658
- Mar 19, 2021 Sumptuary Law of 1651 Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Fairbanks Family
- Feb 15, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and Hammersmith Iron Works, Saugus Massachusetts 1651-1652: Part II
- Jan 16, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and the First Successful Ironworks in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Part I
- Dec 13, 2020 Indentured Servants, Apprentices, and Others Who Were Part of the Fairbanks Family
- Nov 16, 2020 It Takes a Village: Jonathan Fairbanks’s Role in Development of Early Dedham, Massachusetts Part II
- Oct 12, 2020 It Takes a Village Fairbanks Role in Development of Early Dedham, Massachusetts Part I
- Sep 16, 2020 The Fairbanks Role in Creating the Ditch or Mother Brook at Dedham, Massachusetts
- Aug 15, 2020 Fairbanks Family Going to Church in 17th Century New England
- Jul 27, 2020 The Fairbanks Family and Membership in the First Church at Dedham, Massachusetts 1638
- Jun 29, 2020 Church Under a Tree: The Founding of the First Church in Dedham, Massachusetts
- Jun 18, 2020 Building The 1637 Fairbanks House: The Oldest Timber-Frame House in North America
- May 6, 2020 Jonathan Fairbanks and the Founding of Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1635/36
- Apr 13, 2020 The Fairbanks and Prescotts, Friends and Neighbors who came to the New World in the Seventeenth Century
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- May 22, 2025 Glimpse into "Made to Last Forever" and Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project
- May 1, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever, England, and Fairbanks in the Lexington Alarms 1775
- Dec 17, 2024 Fairbanks Christmas in 1600 and 1700s: Banning of Christmas and Christmas at Valley Forge
- Oct 4, 2023 Timeline of Jonathan Fairbanks Family: England to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Aug 11, 2023 The American Fairbanks Family over 376 years: The 121st National Reunion
- Jul 2, 2023 The Characteristics of a Yorkshire Man, An Insight to the Character of Jonathan Fairbanks
- May 19, 2023 The England Tour of the 1600s: The Home of John Prescott, Shevington, Standish, Wigan
- Apr 27, 2023 Superstitions and Beliefs the Fairbanks Family Brought to Dedham from England in 1600s
- Mar 9, 2023 The English Kings and Protectorate of Jonathan Fairbanks' Time: Their Accomplishments at Hampton Palace Outside of London
- Feb 1, 2023 Tour of England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbank Family: Kendal/Ings/Staveley, Westmoreland
- Dec 27, 2022 The Will of John Fairbank, Father of Jonathan, the Emigrant, and Its Impact
- Dec 15, 2022 Tour of 1600s England with Focus on the Fairbanks Family: Thornton-in-Craven
- Dec 1, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks Family: Area Surrounding Sowerby, West Yorkshire
- Oct 31, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks: The Family Lands in the Sowerby Area
- Sep 27, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focus on Fairbanks in Halifax Continued
- Aug 29, 2022 The Paths to Fairbanks and Prescott History in England
- Jul 18, 2022 Datestone of Middle Hague Farmhouse in Thornton in Craven: The Fairbank/s Connection
- Jun 26, 2022 Mystery of the When and Where the Fairbanks Family Sailed From in England to Get to New England.
- May 23, 2022 Fairbanks Ancestors and their Locations in Northern England Starting the 15th Century
- Apr 21, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks and Prescott Families: Part I
- Feb 25, 2022 Love in the 17th Century for the Fairbanks and Prescott Families
- Jan 6, 2022 New Years and Old Superstitions in Early Colonial New England
- Dec 3, 2021 Christmas was Banned in New England 1659. What would the Fairbanks Family do?
- Oct 3, 2021 Colonial Superstitions: The Fairbanks House and More
- Jan 16, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and the First Successful Ironworks in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Part I
- Dec 13, 2020 Indentured Servants, Apprentices, and Others Who Were Part of the Fairbanks Family
- Apr 13, 2020 The Fairbanks and Prescotts, Friends and Neighbors who came to the New World in the Seventeenth Century
- Sep 9, 2019 Why did the Fairbanks and the Prescott Families leave England? Part II
- Jul 14, 2019 Why did the Fairbanks and Prescott’s Emigrate to New England? Part I
- Jun 13, 2019 The Gibbet at Halifax, England, an icon for Fairbanks and Prescotts in the 1600's
- May 2, 2019 Gardens, Markets, and Fairs of 17th Century Britain
- Apr 4, 2019 Always Take Your Best Friend
- Mar 19, 2019 John Prescott's Travels in Early 1600s
- Jan 1, 2019 Seventeenth Century West Riding, Yorkshire, England of Fairbanks and Prescott
- Dec 25, 2018 Walking the British Paths of our Forefathers Jonathan Fairbanks and John Prescott
- Dec 2, 2018 St. John Church, Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire England
- Nov 6, 2018 John and Mary (Gawkrogers-Platts) Prescott in Northern England
- Nov 6, 2018 Fairbanks from Northern England
- Oct 1, 2018 Welcome To This Website
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- May 22, 2025 Glimpse into "Made to Last Forever" and Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project
- May 1, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever, England, and Fairbanks in the Lexington Alarms 1775
- Apr 3, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever and Fairbanks House with Patriots from the Revolutionary War
- Feb 25, 2025 Fairbanks Love Story, Revolutionary War Patriot Project, and Indentured Servant
- Jan 20, 2025 Changing Times for the Fairbanks and Fairbanks Patriot Project
- Dec 17, 2024 Fairbanks Christmas in 1600 and 1700s: Banning of Christmas and Christmas at Valley Forge
- Oct 17, 2024 Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project: Descendant Patriots by Other Surnames & Glimpse into the Book: "Made to Last Forever"
- Mar 26, 2024 Fairbanks Before and During the American Revolution
- Feb 26, 2024 The Fairbanks Family Role Assuring Safety of their Family, Towns and Colony
- Jan 31, 2024 Time Travel as a Family This Year: 122nd National Fairbanks Reunion and More
- Nov 3, 2023 Grace Fairbanks' Gardens
- Oct 4, 2023 Timeline of Jonathan Fairbanks Family: England to Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Sep 14, 2023 The First People of Massachusetts: The Indigenous People the Fairbanks and Prescotts Encountered
- Aug 11, 2023 The American Fairbanks Family over 376 years: The 121st National Reunion
- Jul 2, 2023 The Characteristics of a Yorkshire Man, An Insight to the Character of Jonathan Fairbanks
- Jun 8, 2023 Keeping the Fairbanks Family Together for over 400 Years
- May 19, 2023 The England Tour of the 1600s: The Home of John Prescott, Shevington, Standish, Wigan
- Apr 27, 2023 Superstitions and Beliefs the Fairbanks Family Brought to Dedham from England in 1600s
- Mar 9, 2023 The English Kings and Protectorate of Jonathan Fairbanks' Time: Their Accomplishments at Hampton Palace Outside of London
- Feb 1, 2023 Tour of England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbank Family: Kendal/Ings/Staveley, Westmoreland
- Dec 27, 2022 The Will of John Fairbank, Father of Jonathan, the Emigrant, and Its Impact
- Dec 15, 2022 Tour of 1600s England with Focus on the Fairbanks Family: Thornton-in-Craven
- Dec 1, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks Family: Area Surrounding Sowerby, West Yorkshire
- Oct 31, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks: The Family Lands in the Sowerby Area
- Sep 27, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focus on Fairbanks in Halifax Continued
- Aug 29, 2022 The Paths to Fairbanks and Prescott History in England
- Jul 18, 2022 Datestone of Middle Hague Farmhouse in Thornton in Craven: The Fairbank/s Connection
- Jun 26, 2022 Mystery of the When and Where the Fairbanks Family Sailed From in England to Get to New England.
- May 23, 2022 Fairbanks Ancestors and their Locations in Northern England Starting the 15th Century
- Apr 21, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks and Prescott Families: Part I
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part I
- Feb 25, 2022 Love in the 17th Century for the Fairbanks and Prescott Families
- Jan 6, 2022 New Years and Old Superstitions in Early Colonial New England
- Dec 3, 2021 Christmas was Banned in New England 1659. What would the Fairbanks Family do?
- Oct 3, 2021 Colonial Superstitions: The Fairbanks House and More
- Sep 13, 2021 Dedham, Massachusetts Town Records for Jonathan Fairbanks: Part I 1636-1641
- Aug 3, 2021 Inventory of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1668: Part II
- Jul 13, 2021 Inventory of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham 1668, Part I
- Jun 14, 2021 The Burial of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts 1668
- May 19, 2021 The Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham Massachusetts 1668
- Apr 12, 2021 Jonathan Fairbanks and the Merchant: 1653-1658
- Mar 19, 2021 Sumptuary Law of 1651 Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Fairbanks Family
- Feb 15, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and Hammersmith Iron Works, Saugus Massachusetts 1651-1652: Part II
- Jan 16, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and the First Successful Ironworks in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Part I
- Dec 13, 2020 Indentured Servants, Apprentices, and Others Who Were Part of the Fairbanks Family
- Nov 16, 2020 It Takes a Village: Jonathan Fairbanks’s Role in Development of Early Dedham, Massachusetts Part II
- Oct 12, 2020 It Takes a Village Fairbanks Role in Development of Early Dedham, Massachusetts Part I
- Sep 16, 2020 The Fairbanks Role in Creating the Ditch or Mother Brook at Dedham, Massachusetts
- Aug 15, 2020 Fairbanks Family Going to Church in 17th Century New England
- Jul 27, 2020 The Fairbanks Family and Membership in the First Church at Dedham, Massachusetts 1638
- Jun 29, 2020 Church Under a Tree: The Founding of the First Church in Dedham, Massachusetts
- Jun 18, 2020 Building The 1637 Fairbanks House: The Oldest Timber-Frame House in North America
- May 6, 2020 Jonathan Fairbanks and the Founding of Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1635/36
- Apr 17, 2020 Fairbanks and Prescott Come to Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Apr 13, 2020 The Fairbanks and Prescotts, Friends and Neighbors who came to the New World in the Seventeenth Century
- Dec 26, 2019 What the Fairbanks and Prescott Families Would Take and Leave Behind: Packing for a New Life in the 17th Century New World, Part II
- Oct 16, 2019 Join the Fairbanks and Prescott Family E Reunions
- Sep 24, 2019 Packing for a New Life in the 17th Century New World, Part I
- Sep 9, 2019 Why did the Fairbanks and the Prescott Families leave England? Part II
- Jul 14, 2019 Why did the Fairbanks and Prescott’s Emigrate to New England? Part I
- Apr 4, 2019 Always Take Your Best Friend
- Mar 19, 2019 John Prescott's Travels in Early 1600s
- Jan 1, 2019 Seventeenth Century West Riding, Yorkshire, England of Fairbanks and Prescott
- Dec 25, 2018 Walking the British Paths of our Forefathers Jonathan Fairbanks and John Prescott
- Dec 2, 2018 St. John Church, Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire England
- Nov 6, 2018 Fairbanks from Northern England
- Oct 1, 2018 Welcome To This Website
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- Mar 26, 2024 Fairbanks Before and During the American Revolution
- Jan 31, 2024 Time Travel as a Family This Year: 122nd National Fairbanks Reunion and More
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Mar 19, 2021 Sumptuary Law of 1651 Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Fairbanks Family
- Feb 15, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and Hammersmith Iron Works, Saugus Massachusetts 1651-1652: Part II
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- Apr 17, 2020 Fairbanks and Prescott Come to Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Nov 6, 2018 John and Mary (Gawkrogers-Platts) Prescott in Northern England
- Nov 6, 2018 Fairbanks from Northern England
- Oct 1, 2018 Welcome To This Website
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- May 22, 2025 Glimpse into "Made to Last Forever" and Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project
- Feb 25, 2025 Fairbanks Love Story, Revolutionary War Patriot Project, and Indentured Servant
- Jan 20, 2025 Changing Times for the Fairbanks and Fairbanks Patriot Project
- Dec 17, 2024 Fairbanks Christmas in 1600 and 1700s: Banning of Christmas and Christmas at Valley Forge
- Nov 3, 2023 Grace Fairbanks' Gardens
- Jun 8, 2023 Keeping the Fairbanks Family Together for over 400 Years
- Apr 27, 2023 Superstitions and Beliefs the Fairbanks Family Brought to Dedham from England in 1600s
- Mar 9, 2023 The English Kings and Protectorate of Jonathan Fairbanks' Time: Their Accomplishments at Hampton Palace Outside of London
- Dec 15, 2022 Tour of 1600s England with Focus on the Fairbanks Family: Thornton-in-Craven
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part I
- Feb 25, 2022 Love in the 17th Century for the Fairbanks and Prescott Families
- Jan 6, 2022 New Years and Old Superstitions in Early Colonial New England
- Dec 3, 2021 Christmas was Banned in New England 1659. What would the Fairbanks Family do?
- Nov 5, 2021 Puritan Days of Thanksgiving and Humiliation and the First Postmaster in the Colonies: Richard Fairbanks
- Oct 3, 2021 Colonial Superstitions: The Fairbanks House and More
- Aug 3, 2021 Inventory of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1668: Part II
- Jul 13, 2021 Inventory of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham 1668, Part I
- Jun 14, 2021 The Burial of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham, Massachusetts 1668
- May 19, 2021 The Last Will and Testament of Jonathan Fairbanks of Dedham Massachusetts 1668
- Apr 12, 2021 Jonathan Fairbanks and the Merchant: 1653-1658
- Mar 19, 2021 Sumptuary Law of 1651 Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Fairbanks Family
- Feb 15, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and Hammersmith Iron Works, Saugus Massachusetts 1651-1652: Part II
- Jan 16, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and the First Successful Ironworks in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Part I
- Dec 13, 2020 Indentured Servants, Apprentices, and Others Who Were Part of the Fairbanks Family
- Nov 16, 2020 It Takes a Village: Jonathan Fairbanks’s Role in Development of Early Dedham, Massachusetts Part II
- Oct 12, 2020 It Takes a Village Fairbanks Role in Development of Early Dedham, Massachusetts Part I
- Sep 16, 2020 The Fairbanks Role in Creating the Ditch or Mother Brook at Dedham, Massachusetts
- Aug 15, 2020 Fairbanks Family Going to Church in 17th Century New England
- Jul 27, 2020 The Fairbanks Family and Membership in the First Church at Dedham, Massachusetts 1638
- Jun 29, 2020 Church Under a Tree: The Founding of the First Church in Dedham, Massachusetts
- Jun 18, 2020 Building The 1637 Fairbanks House: The Oldest Timber-Frame House in North America
- May 2, 2019 Gardens, Markets, and Fairs of 17th Century Britain
Natick 1
- Sep 14, 2023 The First People of Massachusetts: The Indigenous People the Fairbanks and Prescotts Encountered
New England 13
Patriots 5
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- Feb 26, 2024 The Fairbanks Family Role Assuring Safety of their Family, Towns and Colony
- May 19, 2023 The England Tour of the 1600s: The Home of John Prescott, Shevington, Standish, Wigan
- Feb 1, 2023 Tour of England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbank Family: Kendal/Ings/Staveley, Westmoreland
- Dec 1, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks Family: Area Surrounding Sowerby, West Yorkshire
- Oct 31, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks: The Family Lands in the Sowerby Area
- Sep 27, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focus on Fairbanks in Halifax Continued
- Aug 29, 2022 The Paths to Fairbanks and Prescott History in England
- Apr 21, 2022 Touring England of the 1600s: Focusing on the Fairbanks and Prescott Families: Part I
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Feb 25, 2022 Love in the 17th Century for the Fairbanks and Prescott Families
- Jan 6, 2022 New Years and Old Superstitions in Early Colonial New England
- Oct 3, 2021 Colonial Superstitions: The Fairbanks House and More
- Jan 16, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and the First Successful Ironworks in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Part I
- Apr 17, 2020 Fairbanks and Prescott Come to Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Apr 13, 2020 The Fairbanks and Prescotts, Friends and Neighbors who came to the New World in the Seventeenth Century
- Dec 26, 2019 What the Fairbanks and Prescott Families Would Take and Leave Behind: Packing for a New Life in the 17th Century New World, Part II
- Oct 16, 2019 Join the Fairbanks and Prescott Family E Reunions
- Sep 24, 2019 Packing for a New Life in the 17th Century New World, Part I
- Sep 9, 2019 Why did the Fairbanks and the Prescott Families leave England? Part II
- Jul 14, 2019 Why did the Fairbanks and Prescott’s Emigrate to New England? Part I
- Apr 4, 2019 Always Take Your Best Friend
- Mar 19, 2019 John Prescott's Travels in Early 1600s
- Jan 1, 2019 Seventeenth Century West Riding, Yorkshire, England of Fairbanks and Prescott
- Dec 25, 2018 Walking the British Paths of our Forefathers Jonathan Fairbanks and John Prescott
- Dec 2, 2018 St. John Church, Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire England
- Nov 6, 2018 John and Mary (Gawkrogers-Platts) Prescott in Northern England
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- May 22, 2025 Glimpse into "Made to Last Forever" and Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project
- May 1, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever, England, and Fairbanks in the Lexington Alarms 1775
- Apr 3, 2025 Glimpse into Made to Last Forever and Fairbanks House with Patriots from the Revolutionary War
- Jan 20, 2025 Changing Times for the Fairbanks and Fairbanks Patriot Project
- Dec 17, 2024 Fairbanks Christmas in 1600 and 1700s: Banning of Christmas and Christmas at Valley Forge
- Oct 17, 2024 Fairbanks Revolutionary War Patriot Project: Descendant Patriots by Other Surnames & Glimpse into the Book: "Made to Last Forever"
- Mar 26, 2024 Fairbanks Before and During the American Revolution
- Feb 26, 2024 The Fairbanks Family Role Assuring Safety of their Family, Towns and Colony
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Dec 1, 2017 Deacon Thomas Fairbanks, Revolutionary War Patriot
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- Mar 26, 2024 Fairbanks Before and During the American Revolution
- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Oct 3, 2021 Colonial Superstitions: The Fairbanks House and More
- Mar 19, 2021 Sumptuary Law of 1651 Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Fairbanks Family
- Feb 15, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and Hammersmith Iron Works, Saugus Massachusetts 1651-1652: Part II
- Jan 16, 2021 The Fairbanks Family and the First Successful Ironworks in the Massachusetts Bay Colony: Part I
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- Mar 11, 2022 Tour of Dedham, MA & Surrounding Areas Focusing On The Original Fairbanks Family: Part II
- Dec 1, 2017 Deacon Thomas Fairbanks, Revolutionary War Patriot
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Watertown 3
- Feb 26, 2024 The Fairbanks Family Role Assuring Safety of their Family, Towns and Colony
- Apr 17, 2020 Fairbanks and Prescott Come to Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Sep 24, 2019 Packing for a New Life in the 17th Century New World, Part I