Fairfax family c1200 Steeton Walton Bolton Percy

[scruffypup]

Hi

Hubbys family connect with the Fairfax family through Christopher Yeates marriage to Ellen Fairfax, I found a lot of info on Wharfegen but there are some serious differences on sites such as Ancestry and Rootsweb, can anyone tell me if the following info is correct if not what is the correct info

William Fairfax c1225-1245

Thomas Fairfax c1266, son of William Fairfax

Brian Fairfax c1318, Yorkshire son of Thomas Fairfax and daughter Surtees.

Thomas Fairfax c1370, Yorkshire son of Thomas Fairfax and daughter Malbys

Richard Fairfax c1401, Steeton, son of Thomas Fairfax and Margaret de Etton

Sir Guy Fairfax c1438, Steeton, son of Richard Fairfax and Eustacia Carthorpe

William Fairfax c1467, Steeton, Bolton Percy, son of Guy Fairfax and Isabella Ryther

Sir William Fairfax, knt. c1493, Steeton, Bolton Percy son of William Fairfax and Elizabeth Manners

Sir Thomas Fairfax c1520, Steeton, Bolton Percy son of William Fairfax, knt. and Isabella Thwaites;

Edward Fairfax, Esq. c1563, Newhall, Timble [Little], Otley son of Thomas Fairfax and Dorothy Gale

Ellen Fairfax was christened 12 May 1605, St. Michael's Church, Fewston daughter of Edward Fairfax, esq. and Dorothy Laycock

Julie

[Icicle]

Not sure if this is any help to you, but,  years ago I was doing some research on Sir Thomas Fairfax - General during the English Civil War (1640s)

When I was in the reference library in York they had a book called, I think,  The Pedigree of Yorkshire Families. It consisted of loads of family trees of all the notable families, the Fairfaxes included.

I didn't take much notice of it at the time as my research was not genealogical (unlike now I just remembered all these amazing fold out family trees.

[scruffypup]

Hi Icicle

We have a large reference section in Harrogate, I had a look on the computers and nothing specific shows up available for the Fairfax family to borrow so I'll go back and have a look in the reference section see if I can find the book you mentioned there might be a copy here, I'll take some paper and a pen along with me, some of the books in there are just too large and fragile to photocopy.

Thanks
Julie

[Icicle]

Hi

Just to make sure I was not having a 'senior moment' I checked on Google.

The book is called A Pedigree of the County Families of Yorkshire. Author is Joseph Foster.  The Fairfaxes are in volume 1. It was published in 1874  .

Good luck with your search

[scruffypup]

Hi Icicle

Thanks for the title of the book, will keep a look out for it, we have some Burke's Peerage books from c1880 so it's probably under lock and key in the same cupboard, I'm refering to the library just incase you thought I had a stash of rare books at home.

Regards
Julie

[JillJ]

There is a pedigree of Fairfax of Walton on the "Visitations of the North, Part 4" which you can download here:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030149a/northern/surtees146text.pdf

In Part 3 are:

Fairfax of Gilling
Fairfax of Steeton
Fairfax of Walton and Gilling
 
http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030149a/northern/surtees133text.pdf

Also there are  biographies of Sir Guy Fairfax (d. 1495) and others in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography which you can access here if you have a Library Card and your Library subscribes:

http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/index.html

Hope this helps.

Jill

[scruffypup]

Hi Jill

Having problems getting the links to work, virgin media being a pain again will try again later.  Think I need to go on the Oxford website direct from my local library so will put the link on my memory stick for when I next go in.

Thanks for the links and the info

Regards
Julie

[scruffypup]

I was checking the open books website and found the following books to read online with some excellent info on the Fairfax family, so I'll post the links here incase anbody else studying the Fairfax family comes across this topic.

Lays and Leaves of the Forrest by Thomas Parkinson
http://www.archive.org/details/laysleavesoffore00parkiala

Geneological Notes of the Thomas Family of Maryland by Lawrence Buckley Thomas
http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalnote00thom

Regards
Julie

[mahorn]

this message is for Icicle, I happened upon an old post of yours. I'm hoping you are still using this forum.
I am from NY but my family comes from Sligo. The parish crosses the Leitrim border. It's the parish of Killerry and Killenummery. I spend all of March there as well as June, July and August.
What is your connection to the area. I am quite familiar with the area and would be happy to help you if I can.
MaryAnn Horn
family names from the area are Mulrooney, Collins, Gallagher