T Fairbank was reported in GAWP5, with an example at Old Sturbridge Village and a birch complex molder with flat chamfers.

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This plow is 9" long and the fence is 10". The thumbscrews are not original. The gentle round body chamfers are unusual and similar to those found on R Marsh planes. Note the decorative depth stop.

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T Fairbank individuals were uncommon ca 1800 with most found in Massachusetts; three in Worcester Co., several in Hampden Co., one in Suffolk, Co. and one in Norfolk, Co. There were also two in NY and one in MD. Several were yeomen / farmers, one a physician, one a gent, but none are yet known to have been in a woodworking trade.

 

A later craftsman, Thaddeus, was idenified as a millwright and wagonmaker. He was b in Brimfield in 1796 and d in St. Johnsbury, VT in 1886. He moved to VT ca 1815. His father Joseph was identified as a mechanic / carpenter. Thaddeus seems late for the plow plane.