Isaac Bailey (1681 - 1711)

Born 2 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Saxton) Dewey — married 4 Jun 1702 in Stonington, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1711 at age 29 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

He was born 2 Oct 1681 in Newbury, Massachusetts Colony before his parents moved the family to Stonington, Connecticut Colony, where his siblings, Joseph and Mary, were baptized.^[1]

There he married Mercy Saxton, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Hannah (Dennison) Saxton of Boston.^[2]

He was admitted to the church at Stonington, Conn., July 11, 1703; dismissed to the church of Lebanon, Conn., June 9, 1707.

He died August 23, 1711, at Lebanon. His widow married William Dewey. [later hand has written in the book b. Jan 1692, son of Josiah 2nd, b Dec 24,1666.]

Odd: Barbour collection, Lebanon, p 8, citing I:30: [Bailey], Isaac, [s. Isaac & Mercy], b. Feb. 14, 1707/8; d. Aug. 23, 1711. [Same death as father?]

The following inscription appears on his gravestone in Lebanon, Conn.:

"Here lies ye body of that most

Ingenious & worthy gentleman

Mr. Isaac Bayley - ye husband

of Mrs. Mercy Bayley - He was a

Member of ye University in

Cambridge in New England

& slept in Jesus - Aug. 23

A. Domini, 1711 in ye 30 year of his age."

Children:

• Joseph, born July 25, 1703; died September 3, 1765
• Mercy (or Mary) born 1705; married John Ticknor, May 14, 1724
• Isaac, born ....; married Abigail Hunt, April 14, 1730
• Saxton, born .... 1708; d. 1743;

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vita Records, Newbury - Volume 1, p, 34: Baily, Isaac, s. James, Oct. 2, 1681.
2. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), Stonington, p. 11, citing 1:89: "Bailey, Isaac, of Roxbury, m. Marcy Saxton, of Stonington, June 4, 1702, by Rev. James Noyes"

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Connecticut, 1674-1874 (T.H. Davis & Co., Norwich, Conn., 1875) Page 215

• Death Record - "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLM7-87BN : 11 April 2017), Isaac Bayley, Death 1711, New London, New London, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,312,154.

Notes

• HR Bailey, Bailey Genealogy 1899, p. 166, #40

See Also:

• Johnson, Norvan L., Hardin Clay Roots # 1 - Profile of Isaac Bailey (b 22 Oct 1681; d 23 Aug 1711)