Mary Fairfax
Female, #38706, (before 12 Mar 1705 - before 22 Sep 1739)
| Parent* | Thomas Fairfax Fifth Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1657 - 6 Jan 1710) | |
| Parent* | Catherine Culpeper (1670 - May 1719) | |
Mary Fairfax|b. before 12 Mar 1705\nd. before 22 Sep 1739|p38706.htm|Thomas Fairfax Fifth Lord Fairfax of Cameron|b. 1657\nd. 6 Jan 1710|p8949.htm|Catherine Culpeper|b. 1670\nd. May 1719|p8948.htm|Henry Fairfax Fourth Lord Fairfax of Cameron|b. 30 Dec 1631\nd. 13 Apr 1688|p37615.htm|Frances Barwick|b. say 1631\nd. 14 Feb 1684|p37616.htm|Thomas Lord Culpeper 2nd Baron of Thoresway|b. before 21 Mar 1635\nd. 27 Jan 1689|p8478.htm|Margaretta van Hesse|b. 12 Jan 1635\nd. before 12 May 1710|p8947.htm| | ||
| Birth* | before 12 Mar 1705 | Mary was born at Leeds Castle, Leeds, co. Kent, England, before 12 Mar 1705. |
| Baptism | 12 Mar 1705 | She was baptized at Broomfield, co. Kent, England, on 12 Mar 1705. |
| She was the daughter of Thomas Fairfax Fifth Lord Fairfax of Cameron and Catherine Culpeper. | ||
| Death* | before 22 Sep 1739 | She died before 22 Sep 1739. |
| Burial* | 22 Sep 1739 | Her body was interred on 22 Sep 1739 at Broomfield, co. Kent, England. |
| Biography* | She was baptised in Bromfield, March 12, 1704/5, as 'Mary, daughter of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, and the Lady Catherine his wife,' and was there buried also, September 22, 1739, as 'the Hon. Mary Fairfax, daughter of the Right Hon. Thomas Lord Fairfax.' There is an obituary notice in Gentleman's Magazine, 1739, p. 496. Named in her mother's will for a fortune of £2,000, she left the following will of her own: . Canterbury Consistory 6: 1138. Will dated September 14, 1739. Proved October 23, 1739. . Mary Fairfax, daur. of the late Right Hon. Lard F. of Leeds Castle, co. Kent. To be bur. in parish church of Bromfield in the burial place of my family. £5 to poor of Bromfield; to my brother the Honourable (sic) Thomas Lord F. £900, he paying £8 yearly to my old servant Ann Burr (for her long and faithful service) for life; to my brother the Hon. Robert F.£900; to my sister the Hon. Mrs. Wilkins & to Rev. Dr. Wilkins each a £10 ring; to my sister the Hon. Mrs. Martin & her husband Denny M. £10 each for mourning; to my nephew & godson Denny Martin £100 to place him in the world; to my dearest & best friend & kinswoman Mrs. Mary Sherrard, sister to the Earl of Harborough, £50; to my eldest neices Mrs. Frances & Sibby Martin £5 each, etc; to my servant Ann Burr, clothes; to my brother, the Hon. Robert F., diamond girdle, etc., arrears of interest due to me from my brother, the Right Hon. Lord F., & rest of personal estate, & he to be exor. Witns. Francis Muriell, Edward Harrison. Proved by Hon. Robert F., bro. & exor. (Source: Fairfax Harrison, "The Proprietors of the Northern Neck"). |
| Charts | Descendants of William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell, from 1509: 7 generations The Culpepers of Hollingbourne, from 1539 to present? (Possibly extinct) |
| Last Edited | 1 Apr 2000 |