Crouch with me in the shoes of Jabez Fairbanks. It is 1676, and he is five years old. His father, his uncle, and his oldest brother lie...

The story of Jabez Fairbanks begins with his father, Jonas, who like Jabez was both a cause and a victim of the violence that remained...

As a goodwife and a Puritan mother, Lydia Prescott Fairbanks’s life centered on teaching daily lessons to her seven children. Lessons in...

Let’s sit in the saddle with Jonathan Fairbanks, named for the father who brought our family here to establish this New World, now very...

James Travis may have endured the most harrowing experience of any ancestor who survived King Philip’s War. Or maybe he didn’t. Not...

A placeholder here for the story of Asa Travis, poor, angry farmer turned revolutionary who leaves farm and family to serve at Lexington...

It's starting to get a little crowded in here! A placeholder. When Lydia appears in the office, she's in mourning. Easy to notice because...