William Fairfield
Born: Oct. 14, 1662
Loc: MA
Died: 18 Dec 1742
Loc: Wenham, Essex Co., MA
Bur: Fairfield Burial Ground, Wenham,
Essex Co., MA
Gravestone Photo
Father: Walter Fairfield
Mother: Sarah Skipper
Spouse: Esther Gott
Children: Benjamin/Josiah/William/Skipper/John/Sarah/Tabitha
Deacon of the first Church Married 2nd: Rebecca
Represented Wenham in the General Court at Boston from 1732
until his death in 1742. In 1741 he was Speaker of the House of Representatives
Fairfield Burial Ground
Deacon William Fairfield mentioned the burying ground in a deed dated 1732 and definitely described the boundaries in a will made just before his death in 1742
Source:  Wenham in Pictures and Prose
File #: 9198
Name: William Fairefeild; Fairfeild; Fairfield; Faierfield; Farfeild
File Date: 03 Jan 1743
Residence: Wenham
Occupation: yeoman
Type: testate
Source: Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1638-1840

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