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- [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 9 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012.
Samuel was born in 1763 in Orange County, North Carolina, the tenth child of Richard Fawcett (4-6) and Elizabeth Brown. On 11 January 1786 he married Elizabeth Durham in Orange County. Elizabeth was bora about 1770, the daughter of Thomas Durham and Susannah Gates. Her younger sister, Rebecca, married Samuel's brother, Richard (5-17). Samuel and Elizabeth had six children. Mary (Polly) (6-14), Thomas Durham (6-15), Susan (6-16), Sarah (6-17), Nancy (6-18) and John Patterson (6-19). Samuel died in May 1847 as confirmed by his will and an obituary in the Hillsborough Recorder. Elizabeth died 11 March 1860. She was living in the home of her son, John P. (6-19) in the 1860 census of Orange County. Her son, Thomas D. (6-15) inventoried her estate 22 May 1860.
- [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr., 14 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2012.
Nancy was born in 1816 in Orange County, North Carolina, the fifth child of Samuel Fausett (5-16) and Elizabeth Durham. She married George A. Faucette on 1 December 1840. She died 25 May 1843 in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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