Sarah Walker Fairfax
(1700-1730)
BIRTH
1700
PLACE
Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
NAME
Sarah Walker
DEATH
January 18, 1731
PLACE
Marblehead, Massachusetts
FAMILY
BROTHER
William Fairfax
(1691-1757)
HUSBAND
William Fairfax
(1691-1757)
CHILDREN
George William Fairfax
(1724-1787)
CHILDREN
Anne Fairfax Washington
(1728-1761)
CHILDREN
Sarah Fairfax Carlyle
(1730-1761)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Sarah Walker Fairfax was the daughter of Thomas Walker, a Bahamas official, and William Fairfax’s first wife. Their children were George William Fairfax, Anne Fairfax Washington, and Sarah Fairfax Carlyle, of Virginia’s Belvoir circle. Sarah died in Massachusetts before William moved to Virginia. Accounts give January 1730 or 1731, perhaps reflecting calendar conventions; the day varies. Claims of mixed ancestry remain disputed and unproven.
EARLY LIFE
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.
CAREER
DEATH
Sarah Walker Fairfax was the daughter of Thomas Walker, a Bahamas official, and William Fairfax’s first wife. Their children were George William Fairfax, Anne Fairfax Washington, and Sarah Fairfax Carlyle, of Virginia’s Belvoir circle. Accounts give January 1730 or 1731, perhaps reflecting calendar conventions; the day varies. Sarah Walker Fairfax died on Jan 21, 1730 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
MARKER
Belvoir Marker
202 Belvoir Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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