Joseph Fairbanks was from Massachusetts. He was one of the
representatives in the first House of Assembly, summoned in 1758. Mr.
Fairbanks left no children. His nephew, the late Rufus Fairbanks, became
heir to all his property in Halifax, which at the time of his death was
very considerable. Mr. Rufus Fairbanks was for many years one of the
magistrates of Halifax; he married a daughter of Charles Prescott,
sister to the Hon. Charles Prescott, of the firm of Fairbanks & McNab;
of Hon. Charles R. Fairbanks, many years a Member of Assembly for
Halifax and Judge of Admiralty and Master of the Rolls, and of Samuel P.
Fairbanks, formerly Member for Queens County, with other children.
Benjamin and Joseph Gerrish were both from New England. The former was a
member of His Majesty's Council, appointed in 1768, and Agent for Indian
Affairs in 1760. The latter was many years Naval Storekeeper at Halifax.
He was also a Member of Council. His appointment to the Board bears date
August 16th, 1759, from which he was suspended in 1762 for
non-attendance. He died at Halifax in 1774. Mr. Joseph Gerrish built a
residence in the north suburbs, south of the Dockyard, between Lockman
and Water Streets, and had a fruit garden, the old stone wall of which
remained on the east side of Lockman Street until about 1835. One of
these gentlemen carried on business for some years in company with Mr.
Gray, who was connected with him by marriage. Mr. Gray was father of the
late Rev. Dr. Benjamin Gerrish Gray, minister of St. George's, and
afterwards Rector of Trinity, St. John, New Brunswick, who was succeeded
by his son, the Rev. Dr. William Gray, lately deceased. He was also
ancestor of Mr. Charles Gray, British Consul at Virginia. The Hon. John
Gray, of St. John, New Brunswick, and Benjamin Gerrish Gray, Esq.,
barrister at law, of Halifax, are their descendants; one the son of Mr.
Charles Gray, the other of Dr. William Gray. A Mr. John Gray came out
with Governor Cornwallis in 1749 as a Deputy Secretary; probably Mr.
Gray who was in partnership with Gerrish was the same person.
Major Leonard Lochman, (spelt wrongfully Lockman) was a German doctor
and practised his profession in early life. He came out with the
settlers in 1749 and resided in the north suburbs, where he built a
residence for himself and had a large garden. This old house was lately
pulled down. It stood on the upper side of Lockman Street and was built
with a hipped or gamble roof. He received the rank of Major in the army
for services performed to the British Government. He died at Halifax,
and was buried under the little old Dutch Church, in Brunswick Street,
where his escutcheon and monument with armorial bearings are still to be
seen. The street between Brunswick Street and the water, which was laid
out between the German lots, was named Lockman Street in compliment to
the Major, who was for many years a leading man in Dutchtown. It is not
known whether he left any descendants in the province.
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