The Influence of the Fairfax Family

William Fairfax:

• fought in Spain for Queen Anne;

• was a member of the Royal Navy;

• served as Governor of New Providence, Bahama Islands,

• served as an agent to manage, the Northern Neck Proprietary;

• was a Vestryman of Pohick Church;

• elected ...

The Fairfax Family

Belvoir was the home of William Fairfax from 1741 until his death in 1757. William Fairfax hand seven children, four by his marriage to Sarah Walker: Sarah, Ann, Thomas and George William. After Sarah Walker Fairfax's death in 1731, William ...

The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery

The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery is located on this ridge top overlooking the Occoquan Bay. The Lees established the cemetery with the death of Henry Lee II on August 15, 1787. His wife Lucy Lee, the only other member ...