Orlando Bagley (abt. 1620 - abt. 1663)

Born about 1620 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Husband of Sarah (Colby) Bagley — married 6 Mar 1653 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1663 at about age 43 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Multiple Potential Birth/Death dates

• From many merges, his birth is somewhere between 1620 and 1628. The 1620 date is more likely with an immigration of 1642, which would make him 22.

• His death is listed as 1663-1670^[1]

Biography

ORLANDO BAGLEY, the pioneer ancestor of the Bagley family of Worcester, Massachusetts, was born in England, as near as can be ascertained, between 1624 and 1630. He came to America some time before 1653, as it is recorded that he was married at that time in Salisbury, probably of that part of the town which is now Amesbury, Massachusetts.

He removed to Boston soon afterward, as some of his children were born there. He was made a freeman in 1667, admitted to the church. He married Sarah Colby, the daughter of Anthony Colby — the first Colby to come to America — by whom he had five children, the second child named Orlando.”

Orlando's wife Sarah died in Boston (perhaps from complications from childbirth of her daughter Sarah in 1663). He is believed to have died around 1663 as well. Afterward, their kids ended up in Amesbury where Sarah's family lived at the time; it's possible that Orlando lived long enough to take them there.

Potential Father

James Savage informes us: "BAGLEY, JOHN, wh. had, I suppose, been one of Lyon Gardiner's men at Saybrook in 1637, should be found at Watertown 1643, but Bond in his all embracing vol. has not appoint. him a place there. One John, perhaps a s. was a soldier, and James was ano. of Gallop╒s comp. to Quebec, 1690. ORLANDO, Salisbury, m. 6 Mar. 1654, Sarah, d. of Anthony Colby, had Orlando, b. at Boston, 18 Feb. 1659; and perhaps other ch. ORLANDO, Amesbury, S. prob. of the preced. took o. of fidel. 20 Dec. 1677, freem. 1690, m. 22 Dec. 1681, Sarah Sargent, perhaps d. of William of the same, had Sarah, b. 27 Feb. 1683; John, 21 Jan. 1685; Jacob, 13 Dec. 1687, and Orlando, next day; and Judith, 13 Nov. 1690. SAMUEL, Weymouth, by w. Mary had Samuel, b. 7 Sept. 1658; and perhaps more. SAMUEL, Weymouth, s. of the preced. m. Mary, d. of Shadrach Thayer, of Braintree, had James, bapt. 8 July 1688; Sarah, 17 May 1696; Abigail, 1 Oct. 1699; and Mary, 5 July 1702."^[2]

John Bagley was a founding settler of Saye-Brook Colony 1636-1637.^[3] Sarah Bagley, the daughter of Orlando I., married John Mack I, and settled in Lyme, which was originally part of the Saybrook Colony and later, more specifically East Saybrook, being on the east side of the Great River. Assuming the Mack farm was in North Lyme, where Mack Creek is found on modern maps, It might not have been the same land as John Bagley lived on because the early Saybrook Colony that lay on the east side of the river was in the southern part of Lyme.^[4] But, regardless, if any family lived in Lyme, that might be what attracted them away from Salisbury and Concord and planted them in Lyme. More research is called for.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
2. ↑ A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, Volume #1, Pgs 92 - 101. Also found here
3. ↑ Saybrook Colony Founders, Old Saybrook Historical Society. History of Old Saybrook.
4. ↑ Map of Connecticut Colony showing the Saybrook Settlement

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society), "ii SAR Wikipedia,AH, b. say 1635; m. Salisbury 6 March 1653 Orlando Bagley.

• Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield historical Society, 1915) Vol 1 p. 311. "Sarah, and Orlando Bagly, Mar. 6 1653 CTR [court records, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]"

• Bagley Genealogy", in Perley, Sidney, ed. The Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian), Vol V, p. 65, May 1901. "Orlando Bagley. He lived in Boston, 1658-1663; and was subsequently of Salisbury, probably of that part of the town which is now Amesbury. He married Sarah Colby March 6, 1653-4, in Salisbury; and she died in Boston 18: 3: 1663. He probably died soon after." Lists children and descendants. First immigrant of the Bagley family.

• https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3011492

• Wm Sterling of Haverhill, MA & of Lyme, CT & his descendendts

• Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury & John Sargent Pillsbury by Mary Lovering Holmanm 1938

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)

• MA Marriages 1633-1850" (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Film # 1761394 and 0859998).

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)

• MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record.

• MA Census, 1790-1890

• Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699". p87.

• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) Page 43

Research Notes

This Orlando Bagley, the immigrant, wouldn't have been known as Orlando Sr. because he died before his son Orlando reached adulthood. The son Orlando was known as Orlando Sr., after HIS son Orlando reached adulthood.

Also, this Orlando Bagley was no longer alive during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s, so he was not the constable who arrested Susannah Martin. It was his son Orlando Sr.