Capt. George Fairbanks was christened on 28 November 1619 in Shelf, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.1,2,3 He was the son of Jonathan Fairebanke and Grace Smith.1,4,2 Capt. George Fairbanks emigrated with Jonathan Fairebanke and Grace Smith in 1633 from Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England.4,5,2 On 26 August 1646 George, at age 26, married Mary Adams, daughter of Henry Adams and Edith Squire, in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.1,2 Or on 26 October 1646 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, George married Mary Adams, daughter of Henry Adams and Edith Squire.6,4 Capt. George Fairbanks became a freeman about 1651 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.4 He moved in 1657 to Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, He was one of the early settlers in Sherborn, in that part which later became East Medway, then Millis.4 He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston.4,2 On 1 June 1668 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Capt. George Fairbanks was mentioned in the will of Jonathan Fairebanke.1,7 George drowned on 10 January 1682 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 62.4,1,2
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Children of Capt. George Fairbanks and Mary Adams

Mary Fairbanks+6,8,1,4,2 George Fairbanks+6,9,1,4,2 Samuel Fairbanks6,1,4,2 Eliezer Fairbanks+6,1,4,2 Jonas Fairbanks6,1,4,2 Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks+4,1,2 Margaret Fairbanks+1,4,2 Berry Fairbanks10

George Fairbanks was the first settler of Sherborn,MA. He drowned 10 Jan 1682 in Medway,and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.George He was an esteemed citizen, a selectman, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. "Captain George Fairbanks, son of Jonathan Fairbanks, came from England with his parents, and resided at Dedham until 1657, when he removed to the south part of the new town of Sherborn, afterwards the town of Medway, and now Millis. He was the first settler in the vicinity, and he became a prominent and highly esteemed citizen. He was selectman of Sherborn, and belonged to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. The homestead passed down through four George Fairbanks in succession, then two Silas Fairbanks, and went out of the hands of the family about 1820. His was the famous stone house on the northern border of Bogistow Pond, in the eastern part of the town, now in Millis. That which has been more recently known as the Fairbanks farm was the southern part of his large landed estate. The stone house was originally the garrison house built by the residents of Bogistow farms as a place of refuge from the Indians. It was 65 by 70 feet long, two stories high, made of flat stones laid in clay mortar, with a double row of portholes on all sides, and was lined with heavy oak plank. The stones have all been carried away, and there is no trace of the house. In 1662 George Fairbanks signed the first petition for the incorporation of the town of Sherborn. He signed also the second and successful petition in 1674, and he had land granted in Sherborn. He was selectman four years, and on the committee to engage the first minister. He was a man of sterling character. His descendants are widely scattered throughout this country, Canada and Nova Scotia. He married, October 26, 1646, Mary Adams, of Dedham, who died August 11, 1711, at Mendon, probably at the home of her son-in-law, William Holbrook."[9]