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Sarah Walker Fairfax

BIRTH

1700

Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

DEATH

January 21, 1730

Marblehead, Massachusetts

FAMILY

MOTHER:

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Sarah Fairfax Carlyle

(1730-1761)

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Fairfax, Sarah Walker

(1700-1730)

Sarah Walker Fairfax was the first wife of William Fairfax, the cousin and Virginia land agent of Lord Fairfax. Born in the Bahamas, she became the mother of several members of the Belvoir Fairfax family before dying in Massachusetts in 1730.

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BROTHER

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William Fairfax

(1691-1757)

HUSBAND

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William Fairfax

(1691-1757)

HUSBAND

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George William Fairfax

(1724-1787)

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George William Fairfax

(1724-1787)

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Anne Fairfax Washington Lee

(1728-1761)

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Sarah Fairfax Carlyle

(1730-1761)

Places
Image
Address
GPS
Site
Belvoir Marker
202 Belvoir Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
MARKER

DIED:

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Jan 21, 1730

The exact date and place of Sarah Walker Fairfax’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. 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.

No distinct public profession or office for Sarah Walker Fairfax is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Sarah Walker Fairfax died on Jan 21, 1730 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

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