John Bailey (abt. 1797 - 1878)

Born about 1797 in Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Bailey — married 1823 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Eleanor Perkins — married 28 Feb 1848 in Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 16 May 1878 at about age 81 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Bailey was born in 1797 in Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia as the first child of William Bailey and Ann Archer. He had one sibling, namely: William Henry. He died on 16 May 1878^[1] in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. When he was 26, he married Elizabeth Smith in 1823 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. When he was 51, he married Eleanor Perkins,daughter of William Perkins and Louisa Lucy Holland, in 1848^[2] in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.

Burial: John Bailey was buried^[3][4][5] on Bailey's Family Cemetery on "The Glen" - St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.

Inscription

In Memory of John Bailey
Died 16th May 1878
Aged 84 Years
I bow before thee in the dust
And through my Saviour's blood alone
Look for mercy at thy thrown
I leave the world without a tear
Save for the friends I love so dear.

• Siblings: William Henry Bailey (1798-1865), George Bailey Cox (1805-1820).

John was the eldest of the two sons of William Bailey and Ann Archer and was born at Windsor in 1797. It has been said that John was the first white settler on the MacDonald. He had apparently swum across the Hawkesbury in search of land most suitable for a farm. He had very few tools when he began; an axe and a hoe. He could not write, but he was a smart, hard-working, good man. He was approx. 6' 3", with long arms and legs. In the first early days before the arrival of his family, John would make his campfire at night, and then retire quietly some distance away to a drain in which was a hollow log, in which he slept to avoid spears thrown by the aborigines. Each morning he would emerge from the log and count and pull out the spears sticking in the ground around the ashes of the campfire. Trouble ceased with the aborigines when he was forced to shoot one of them. John cleared the land by day and kept his long-barreled muzzle-loading gun ever handy. After clearing some land and erecting a bark hut, John brought his family and his aged parents to live with him as soon as he could.

John Bailey and Elizabeth Smith had the following children:

1. Mary Ann Bailey was born on 26 Nov 1824 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 27 Oct 1898 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She married William Sternbeck on 26 Mar 1844 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
2. Elizabeth Bailey was born on 01 Nov 1825 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 26 Aug 1883 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia. She married Daniel Jurd on 07 Mar 1844 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
3. Margaret Bailey was born on 28 Jan 1829 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 28 Apr 1888 in Barraba, New South Wales, Australia.
4. John Bailey was born on 01 Jan 1832 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 25 May 1877 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. He married Eleanor (Ellen) Preston on 26 Jun 1854 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
5. Thomas Bailey was born on 06 Aug 1834 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 10 Sep 1907 in Yarramalong, New South Wales, Australia. He married Frances Eliza Fletcher on 05 Sep 1853 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
6. Joseph Bailey was born on 01 Jan 1839 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 30 Nov 1844 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.

John Bailey and Eleanor Perkins had the following children:

1. Francis Bailey was born on 31 Dec 1849 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 11 Jun 1926 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Ann Thompson on 17 Dec 1867 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
2. Margaret BAILEY was born on 30 Aug 1850 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died in Pitt Town, New South Wales, Australia.
3. William Bailey was born on 28 Jul 1851 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 28 Dec 1917 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Mary Ann Fernance on 07 Dec 1874 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
4. Louisa Bailey was born on 27 Oct 1853 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 16 Dec 1888 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She married Joseph Pearson Thompson on 22 Oct 1872 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
5. Matthew Bailey was born on 15 Feb 1855 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 02 Nov 1925 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Hannah Fernance on 05 Jun 1876 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
6. Edward Archer Bailey was born on 05 Jul 1858 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 29 Dec 1921 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Susannah Thompson on 18 Mar 1879 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
7. Anne Elizabeth Bailey was born on 22 Dec 1860 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 28 Aug 1929 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She married William Jurd on 19 Sep 1881 in Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.
8. Albert Julius Bailey was born on 21 Feb 1863 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 19 Oct 1936 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. He married Sarah Jane Akhurst on 29 Jan 1884 in Moruya, New South Wales, Australia.
9. Jonathon John Bailey was born on 06 Apr 1865 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 01 Jun 1921 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Isabella Mary Akhurst on 01 Jun 1886 in Patricks Plain, New South Wales, Australia.
10. Rebecca (Rachel) Jane Bailey was born on 15 Feb 1866 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 07 Nov 1941 in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia. She married Ephraim Walker on 27 Oct 1886 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
11. Clara Themily Bailey was born on 09 Oct 1869 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 19 Mar 1909 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia. She married Harold John Slack on 02 Nov 1887 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
12. Eleanor Esther Bailey was born on 31 Jul 1871 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 28 Feb 1930 in Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia. She married John Arthur Thompson on 02 Nov 1887 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
13. Newman Prosper Bailey was born on 21 Jan 1874 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 04 Feb 1938 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Dinah Julia Fernance on 22 Mar 1893 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
14. Sarah Ismena Bailey was born on 06 May 1878 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 12 Jul 1952 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She married George Robert Jurd on 12 Apr 1900 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.

Source

• New South Wales Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
• Australian Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave
• {http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/ Hawkesbury on the Net]

1. ↑ Death: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Registration Number: 6826/1878
   • Date of Death: 16 May 1878
   • Name: BAILEY JOHN
   • Father's Given Name(s): WILLIAM
   • Mother's Given Name(s): ANN
   • District: MCDONALD RIVER
2. ↑ Marriage: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Registration Number: 253/1848 V1848253
   • Date of Marriage: 1848
   • Groom's Family Name: BAILEY
   • Groom's Given Name(s): JOHN
   • Bride's Family Name(s): PERKINS
   • Bride's Given Name(s): ELEANOR
   • District: MV (Church of England, Macdonald and Colo River)
3. ↑ Burial: Find A Grave ID: 155450510 for John Bailey Born: 1797, Died: 16 May 1878
4. ↑ Burial: Australian Cemeteries Index ID: 7686681 for John Bailey Born: 1797, Died: 16 May 1878
5. ↑ Burial: Hawkesbury on the net, Bailey's Family Cemetery on "The Glen",

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John T Bailey

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