Lieut.
Benjamin
Fayerweather
aka Fairweather
Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Brother of
Katherine (Wheeler) Hubbell [half], Abiah (Wheeler) Cornell [half], Andrew Wheeler [half], Jedediah Wheeler [half], John Fayerweather, Penelope (Fairweather) Hubbell, Joseph (Fairweather) Fayerweather, Thomas Fairweather, Walter (Fayerweather) Fairweather, Sarah (Fayerweather) Morris, Mary (Fayerweather) Holburton and James Fayerweather
Husband of
Elizabeth (Beach) Fairweather
— married
7 Jan 1741 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Charity (Fayerweather) Gregory, Katharine Fairweather, Elizabeth Fairweather and Nathaniel Fayerweather
Died
at age 73
in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Mar 2017
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Biography
Lieut. Benjamin Fayerweather served with Civil Service, Connecticut during the American Revolution.
Benjamin Fayerweather is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A207953.
- Twin. The brother died within half an hour of birth.
- Baptized 6 Oct 1717 at Stratfield, CT
- Married Elizabeth Beach, 7 Jan 1742 at Fairfield, CT
His will is dated 4 February 1791 and proved on 27 June 1791 in Fairfield.[1]
His inventory was completed on 18 August 1791.[2]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 24-25, 1787-1798”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-BF3J : 14 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627289, image 249-250, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 24, 1787-1792, Pages 446-449.
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 24-25, 1787-1798”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-BX1T : 14 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627289, image 264, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 24, 1787-1792, Pages 476-477.
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 Mar 2018), "Record of Fayerweather, Benjamin", Ancestor # A207953.
- findagrave.com
- Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) vol. 1, page 198
- Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1904) Book 6, Page 34: Fairfield.
- Benjamin Fayerweather & Elizabeth Beach, Jan. 7, 1742.
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