page 599 Wm. FAIRBANK was born in 1758, being the youngest son of Jonathan FAIRBANK. He was a farmer and occupied the farm now owned and occupied by James W. ROBBINS. He was a man of ability and prominence in the town. Often being chosen to offices of trust and responsibility by his fellow townsmen. During the last years of his life he received a pension from the government. He died in W. Boylston in 1840 age 81 years.