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     Brian Fairfax was born on 6 October 1633. He was the son of Henry Fairfax and Lady Mary Cholmondeley.
     Brian died on 20 September 1711 aged 77.

     Charles Fairfax was born illegitimate circa 1567. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton).
     Charles died in 1603/4. He was killed in battle. He was a renowned Continental soldier..

     Charles Fairfax was born on 22 March 1614/15. He was the son of Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron and Mary Sheffield.
     Charles died on 7 July 1644 at Marston Moor, Yorkshire, aged 29.

     
     The Gen-Medieval mailing list had a query from Christopher T. Smithson:
I am researching a Fairfax lineage that one of the descendants Eleanor Fairfax (b. 31 Jan 1631 in Menston) marries a George Smithson of Moulton, Yorkshire, England in 1653. Eleanor was the daughter of Col. Charles Fairfax of Menston born in Denton on 5 Mar 1597. He married Mary Breary daughter of John Breary of Scow Hall & Menston. Eleanor was a sister of Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
Col. Charles Fairfax was the son of Sir Robert Fairfax of Denton and Non Appleton born at Bilbro in 1560 and died 2 May 1640. He married Ellen Aske daughter of Robert Aske of Aughton and Elizabeth Dawnay, daughter of Sir John Dawnay. She died 28 Aug 1620.
Sir Robert Fairfax's father is Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton & Nun Appleton (b. 1521; knighted in 1579 and died 28 Jan 1599. He married Dorothy Gale Rokely, widow who died 20 Jan 1596. She was a daughter of George Gale of York and Mary, daughter of Lord of Kendel.
Sir Thomas' parents were Sir William Fairfax of Steeton and Isabel Thwaits.
According to the information in Plantagenet Ancestry by Doug Richardson he has Ellen Aske marrying Gabriel Fairfax. Also I am showing an extra generation before getting to William and Isabel. Also I have Elizabeth Dawnay as Ellen Aske's mother.
My question is which is correct?. Charles Fairfax (of Menston) was born on 5 March 1595/96. He was the seventh son (1595//6 or 1596/7?). He was uncle to the illegitimate Edward & Charles, and brother to Ferdinando. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske.
     Charles Fairfax (of Menston) married Mary Brerehay (?). They had 14 children. A daughter Eleanor born 31 Jan 1631 in Menston married George Smithson of Moulton on 20 Jan 1653.
     In his book Analecta Fairfaxiana, Charles Fairfax of Menston records (The Fairfax Correspondence, i, 314) a conversation he had in 1640 with 'my dear father, the first Thomas, Lord Fairfax... not many months before his death... He, walking in his great parlour at Denton I only then present, did seem much perplexed and troubled in his mind. But after a few hours broke out with these or the like expressions: 'Charles, I am thinking what will become of my family when I am gone. I have added a title to the heir male of my house, and shall leave a competent estate to support it. Ferdinando will keep it, and leave it to his son. But such is Tom's pride (led much by his wife) that he, not contented to live in our rank, will destroy his house'.
     He was Governor of Hull.
     Charles died on 22 December 1673 aged 77.

     Christian Fairfax was born circa 1571. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) and Dorothy Gale (Rokeby).
     Christian Fairfax married John Aske.
     Christian died before 1 July 1619 at Bishophill. She was buried on 1 July 1619 at Bishophill, Yorkshire. Christiana Aske.

     Dorothy Fairfax was born on 4 June 1617. She was the daughter of Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron and Mary Sheffield. Dorothy Fairfax married Richard Hutton as his second wife. Their other children were Sir Thomas, Richard, Matthew & Dorothy. His first wife was Ursula Sheffield, daughter of Sir Edmund Sheffield, son of 1st Earl of Mulgrave.
     Dorothy died on 7 June 1687 aged 70.

     Dorothy Fairfax was born on 13 July 1590. She married Sir William Constable of Flamborough, Bart who died without issue 15 June 1655. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske.
     Dorothy died on 9 March 1655/56 aged 65.

     Edward Fairfax was born illegitimate circa 1568. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton).
     Edward Fairfax married Dorothy Laycock.
     Edward died in 1635.

     Edward Fairfax was born in 1611. He was the son of Edward Fairfax and Dorothy Laycock.

     Edward Fairfax was the son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.

     Eleanor Fairfax (Pickering) was the daughter of William Fairfax and Elisabeth Manners.

     Eleanor Fairfax (Wilstrop) was born. She was wife to Mules Wylstrope who had issue Guy Wylstrope. She was the daughter of Sir Guy Fairfax and Isabella Ryther.

     Elizabeth Fairfax was born and died in infancy. She was the daughter of Thomas Fairfax 3rd Baron and Ann Vere.

     Elizabeth Fairfax was born in 1606. She was the daughter of Edward Fairfax and Dorothy Laycock.

     Ellen Fairfax was born circa 1600. She was the daughter of Edward Fairfax and Dorothy Laycock.

     
     Ellen Fairfax married John Vavasour, son of Sir William Vavasour and Elizabeth Calverley. She was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Fairfax.

     Ellen Fairfax was born on 9 March 1628/29. She was the daughter of Henry Fairfax and Lady Mary Cholmondeley.
     Ellen died on 20 July 1630 aged 1.

     Ferdinando Fairfax was born and died young. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) and Dorothy Gale (Rokeby).

     
     Ferdinando, 2nd Lord Fairfax was General of the Northern Forces for the Parliament ... [other sources state that he was the father of Thomas not the brother - check]. He suffered a defeat at the otherwise successful Battle of Marston Moor though he was the first to send news of the victory to both Hull and London.
     Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron married Mary Sheffield. They had six daughters and two sons. Mary was the daughter of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave. He was born on 29 March 1584 at Yorkshire. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske. He was educated at the Netherlands. In military matters.
Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron was a member of the English parliament for Boroughbridge during the six parliaments which met between 1614 and 1629 and also during the Short Parliament of 1640 between 1614 and 1640.
     In May 1640 he succeeded his father as Lord Fairfax, but being a Scottish peer he sat in the English House of Commons as one of the representatives of Yorkshire during the Long Parliament from 1640 until his death; he took the side of the parliament, but held moderate views and desired to maintain the peace.
In the first Scottish war Fairfax had commanded a regiment in the king's army; then on the outbreak of the Civil War in 1642 he became commander of the parliamentary forces in Yorkshire, with Newcastle as his opponent. Hostilities began after the repudiation of a treaty of neutrality entered into by Fairfax with the Royalists.
At first Fairfax met with no success. He was driven from York, where he was besieging the Royalists, to Selby; then in 1643 to Leeds; and after beating off an attack at that place he was totally defeated on 30 June 1643 at the Battle of Adwalton Moor. He escaped to Hull, which he successfully defended against Newcastle from 2 September until 11 October 1643, and by means of a brilliant sally caused the siege to be raised.
Fairfax was victorious at Selby on 11 April 1644, and joining the Scots, besieged York, after which he was present at the Battle of Marston Moor (2 July 1644), where he commanded the infantry and was routed. He was subsequently, in July 1644, made Governor of York and charged with the further reduction of the county. In December 1644 he took the town of Pontefract, but failed to secure the castle.
Fairfax resigned his command on the passing of the Self-denying Ordinance, but remained a member of the Committee for the Government of Yorkshire, and was appointed, on 24 July 1645, steward of the manor of Pontefract.
During his command in Yorkshire, Fairfax engaged in a paper war with Newcastle, and wrote The Answer of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, to a Declaration of William, Earl of Newcastle (1642; printed in Rushworth, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 139); he also published A Letter from . . . Lord Fairfax to . . . Robert, Earl of Essex (1643), describing the victorious sally at Hull.
     Ferdinando Fairfax 2nd Baron married Rhoda Chapman on 16 October 1646.
     Ferdinando died on 14 March 1647/48 at Denton, Yorkshire, aged 63. In 1647 he had retired to the family home at Denton where he died of septicaemia caused by a foot infection the following year. He was buried at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire.
     His will was proved on 11 October 1649. Will of The Right Honorable, Sir Ferdinando Fairfax or Lord Fairfax of Cameron of Denton, Yorkshire.

     Francis Fairfax was the son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.

     Gabriel Fairfax lived at Steeton, Yorkshire. He was born say 1525 at Yorkshire. See Fairfax of Steeton & Newton Kyme. He was the son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.

     Guy Fairfax was born in 1519 at Steeton, Yorkshire. He was the son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.
     Guy died in 1545. He was declared insane by 1584. He was Lieutenant and died without issue.

     Guy Fairfax was born. He was the fourth son and died without issue. He was the son of Sir Guy Fairfax and Isabella Ryther.

     Guy Fairfax was born. See Dugdale for issue of their son Guy, etc. He was the son of Thomas Fairfax and Cecily Manners.

     Sir Guy Fairfax was born before 1440 at Walton, Yorkshire. He was the son of Richard Fairfax and Eustachia Carthorpe.
     Guy Fairfax, Sir, b. 1454, d. 1495, Yorkshire, Margaret Isabel Ryther, b. 1446, Rither, (daughter of Sir William and Isabella (Gasciogne) Ryther).
     Sir Guy Fairfax married Isabella Ryther, daughter of Sir William Ryther and Elizabeth Gascoigne, at Yorkshire.
     He built Steeton Castle in 1470. Guy was appointed Judge of the Court of the King’s Bench on 29 September 1478. He was Recorder of York 1460-77, Attorney General, Judge of the King's Bench 1478, a Yorkist, built Steeton Hall c. 1477. .
During the War of the Roses he was an enthusiastic supporter of the House of York. Having escaped with his life on Towton Field, he eventually obtained permission to bear the white rose on the shoulder of the lion in his coat-of-arms. He attained a high position in the law in the reign of Edward IV. He was recorder of York, Chief Justice of Lancaster, in 1463 a King's Serjeant, and in 1477 he was a judge of the King's Bench. His marriage with Isabella Ryther, granddaughter of the famous Chief Justice Gascoigne, had probably, observes Sir Clement Markham, some bearing on his success at the Bar ....
     Guy died in 1495 at Steeton, Yorkshire. He was buried in 1495 at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire. He was buried in the quire with his wife.

     Henry Fairfax was born say 1525. He was the son of Sir William Fairfax and Isabel Thwaites.
     Henry Fairfax made a will dated 29 April 1599.
     Henry died circa 1599 at Bilbrough, Yorkshire. Had issue, see Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire.
     His will was proved on 31 January 1599/0 at the Prerogative Court of York.

     Henry Fairfax was born and died young. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (of Denton) and Dorothy Gale (Rokeby).

     Henry Fairfax was born on 14 January 1588. He was the fourth son. He was the son of Sir Thomas Fairfax (1st Baron) and Ellen Aske.
     Henry studied at Trinity College, Cambridge University, from 1606. Henry Fairfax, BA from Trinity College, Cambridge 1606, Fellow 1608, incorporated as MA 9 July 1611 (4th son of Thomas Lord Fairfax) rector of Ashton under Lyne 1619, and of Newton Kyme, Yks 1633-46, canon of York 1645-55, rector of Bolton Percy 1646-60; died at Olgelthorp Yks, 6 April 1665, father of Brian 1651. Henry was in Holy Orders and was the Rector of Bolton Percy. He inherited Oglethorpe near Tadcaster; Fellow if Trinity College, Cambridge, 17 Sep 1608. He was Rector of Ashton-under-Lyne in 1627, and then of Newton Kyme and of Bolton Percy, 1646-60.
     Henry Fairfax married secondly Lady Mary Cholmondeley on 4 February 1626 at Yorkshire.
     Henry died on 6 April 1665 at Oglethorp, Yorkshire, aged 77.

     Henry Fairfax was born in 1619. He was the son of Edward Fairfax and Dorothy Laycock.

     Henry Fairfax 4th Baron Fairfax was born on 30 December 1631 at Oglethorpe, Yorkshire. Henry succeeded his cousin, Thomas, and was the 4th Lord Fairfax.
19. Henry Fairfax, Hon, b. 20 Apr 1659, Bolton Percy, d. 1708, Toulston, Yorkshire, m. 27 Sep 1684, Anne Harrison, b. South Cave, d. Aug 1733, (daughter of Richard Harrison). Henry inherited his mother’s estate at Tolston. He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1691. He was the son of Henry Fairfax and Lady Mary Cholmondeley.
     Henry Fairfax 4th Baron Fairfax married Frances Barwick circa 1652 at Yorkshire.
     Henry died on 13 April 1688 aged 56.