Fairchild family

The Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony.

Notable members
Among the notable members of the family are:
 * Blair Fairchild (1877–1933), a composer
 * Cassius Fairchild (1829–1868), who served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and died of wounds received in the American Civil War.
 * Charles Grandison Fairchild, who was President of Rollins College. Charles married Adelaide Frances Dean.
 * David Fairchild, who was a distinguished American botanist. David married Marian Hubbard Bell, a daughter of Alexander Graham Bell
 * Edward Henry Fairchild
 * Edward T. Fairchild, 15th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
 * Fred Rogers Fairchild
 * George Fairchild, who was President of Kansas State University. George was married to Charlotte Pearl Halsted
 * Alexander Graham Fairchild, who was known as Graham or Sandy. Graham married Elva Whitman
 * Grandison Fairchild (1792–1890), who married Nancy Harris in 1813
 * Henry Fairchild, who was President of Berea College. Henry was married to Maria Ball Babbitt
 * Henry Pratt Fairchild
 * Jairus C. Fairchild (1801–1862), who was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and married Sally Blair
 * James Fairchild, who was President of Oberlin College
 * Lucia Fairchild Fuller (1872-1924), a painter, married Henry Brown Fuller
 * Lucius Fairchild (1831–1896), Governor of Wisconsin, He married Frances Bull (b. 1846)
 * Thomas E. Fairchild, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and later chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Other descendants
Other descendants of Thomas Fairchild include:
 * Muir Stephen Fairchild