George William Fairfax
BIRTH
Jan 2, 1724
New Providence, Bahamas
DEATH
April 3, 1787
Bath, England
FAMILY
FATHER:
William Fairfax
(1691-1757)
MOTHER:
Sarah Walker Fairfax
(1700-1730)
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Fairfax, George William
(1724-1787)
George William Fairfax was a Virginia planter, member of the House of Burgesses, and close associate of George Washington. He and his wife Sally left Belvoir for Britain in 1773; sympathetic to the Crown, they never returned after the Revolution began.
HOMES:
MARKER
Belvoir Marker
202 Belvoir Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
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BROTHER
Thomas Fairfax
(1726-1746)
BROTHER
Bryan Fairfax
(1736-1802)
SISTER
Anne Fairfax
(?-1665)
SISTER
Anne Fairfax Washington Lee
(1728-1761)
BROTHER
William Henry Fairfax
(1739-1759)
SISTER
Sarah Fairfax Carlyle
(1730-1761)
SISTER
Hannah Fairfax
(1767-1828)
WIFE
Sarah Walker Fairfax
(1700-1730)
WIFE
Sally Cary Fairfax
(1735-1811)
Sarah Walker Fairfax
(1700-1730)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Virginia Capitol Building | E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Carlyle House Historic Park | 121 N Fairfax St, Alexandria, VA 22314 | MUSEUM | ||
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum | 105 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA | MUSEUM | ||
Raleigh Tavern | E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Greenway Court Marker | 12582 Lord Fairfax Hwy, Boyce, VA 22620 | MARKER | ||
Belvoir Marker | 202 Belvoir Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 | MARKER |
DIED:
Bath, England
Apr 3, 1787
George William Fairfax was born on Jan 2, 1724 in New Providence, Bahamas. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies George William Fairfax with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. George William Fairfax died on Apr 3, 1787 in Bath, England. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.