William Henry Fairfax
BIRTH
1739
unknown
DEATH
Fairfax County, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER:
William Fairfax
(1691-1757)
MOTHER:
Deborah Clarke Fairfax
(1708-1747)
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Fairfax, William Henry
(1739-1759)
William Henry Fairfax was a son of William Fairfax of Belvoir and a half brother of George William Fairfax. He belonged to the influential Fairfax family of northern Virginia but died young, before the coming of the American Revolution.
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BROTHER
Thomas Fairfax
(1726-1746)
SISTER
Anne Fairfax
(?-1665)
SISTER
Sarah Fairfax Carlyle
(1730-1761)
BROTHER
Bryan Fairfax
(1736-1802)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Belvoir Marker | 202 Belvoir Rd, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 | MARKER |
DIED:
Fairfax County, Virginia
The exact date and place of William Henry 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 William Henry 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. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.