Benjamin (Fairweather) Fayerweather (abt. 1670 - 1725)

Born about 1670 in Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Sherwood) Nouquier — married about 1705 in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Oct 1725 at about age 55 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Benjamin Fairweather was born about 1670 and was the son of John Fairweather of Boston (John was the son of Thomas Fairweather) and his first wife Sarah Turner daughter of Robert Turner.

He married Sarah Sherwood in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1702. ^[1]

From early Stratfield church records Benjamin Fayerwether & Sarah Sherwood, dau of Matthew Katherine - Mar 20, 1693 Sarah - Dec 28, 1696 Andrew - feb 15, 1698/99 John - Dec 28, 1703 Penelope - Feb 18, 1705/06 Jedediah - Dec 28, 1700 Joseph - Nov 4, 1707 Thomas - Oct 17, 1709 Walter - Dec 7, 1711; died Dec 26, 1717 Mary - Jan 13, 1715/16 Sarah - Sept 22 Benjamin - Oct 1, 1717, a twin James - 1721; died

He died on 6 October 1725 in Fairfield, Connecticut. ^[2]

His will is dated 20 August 1725 and proved on 2 November 1725 in Fairfield, Connecticut. ^[3] His inventory was taken on 26 February 1725/26.^[4]

His estate was distributed and recorded at Fairfield.^[5]

The part of the estate that was given to his widow for her natural life was dated 6 October 1744 and recorded at Fairfield.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. ↑ Death: "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934"
   Ancestry Record 2557 #1331212 (accessed 19 February 2022)
   Lieut Benj Fayerweather death in Connecticut.
3. ↑ Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2Z8 : 27 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 478, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 1-5.
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKKN  : 24 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 297 & 305, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1721-1750, Page 86-87 & 102-103.
6. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKJZ : 26 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 396-397, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1721-1750, Page 279-280.

• Early Stratfield Church Records [1]
• Donald Lines Jacobus. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume 1. Genealogical Publishing Com, 1930. p 189. [2]
• Find A Grave: Memorial #20782005
• Beckford, William Hale. Leading Business Men of Fairfield County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887)

• Page 19: "In 1717, the old church having become too small to accommodate the congregation, a new "meeting-house" was erected under the charge of five leading citizens: Major John Burr, Captain David Sherman, Lieutenant Richard Hubbell, Jr., Samuel Sherwood, and Mr. Benjamin Fayerweather."