Charity (Bailey) Adams (1781 - 1808)

Born 7 Aug 1781 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Israel Adams Jr. — married 30 Jul 1800 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1808 at age 26 in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Charity Bailey was born on 7 August 1781 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusette, United States as the seventh of eight children to John Bailey (1741-1826) and Charity Dodge (1745-1812).^[1]

Siblings

1. Salome Bailey born 26 October 1769 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. She died on 3 November 1824 in Ipswich Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2. Thomas Bailey born 7 April 1771 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. He died on 1 December 1804 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
3. Anna Bailey born 10 January 1773 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
4. Mary Bailey born 30 October 1774 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. She died on 18 October 1775 in Rowley Essex, Massachusetts.
5. John Bailey, Jr. born 17 January 1777 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 2 September 1778 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
6. Joseph Bailey born 25 July 1779 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 9 August 1839 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
7. Polly Bailey born 16 October 1785. Died 6 October 1859. Perhaps married Silas Crane.

Marriage and Family

Charity Bailey married Israel Adams, Jr. (1780-1865) on 30 July 1800 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.^{[2] [3]}

Children of the Adams-Bailey Marriage

All children (except the oldest, born in Rowley, MA) were born in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. ^[4]

1. Charity Adams was born on 9 February 1801. She married 1) Seth Franklin Currier on 5 February 1829 in New Hampshire, United States and 2) John Palfrey. Charity died on 11 June 1853 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
2. Israel Adams, III was born on 4 December 1802. He married 1) Sally Cross (1806-1832) and 2) Lois Lillie (1791-1880). Israel died in about 1870 probably in New York, United States.
3. Elizabeth Adams was born on 17 August 1804. She married Deacon Timothy Morse (1795-1847) on 28 December 1825. Elizabeth died on 5 June 1877 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
4. Thomas Bailey Adams was born on 27 May 1806. He married Mary Ann Perry, aka Pressey variation, on 2 April 1835. Thomas died on 30 June 1890 in Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. ^[5]
5. George W. Adams was born on 4 December 1807. He died on the same day in Henniker, New Hampshire. His mother died in the following January, about 2 months later.

Death and Burial

Charity died on 23 January 1808 in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. ^[6]She was buried in New Hampshire.^[7]

Sources

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Name, birth, parentage.
• Family Search | Charity Bailey
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. Names, marriage, place.
• New Hampshire Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949. Name, death, burial.
• New Hampshire Death and Disinterment Records 1754-1947. Name and death.
• Adams, Andrew Napoleon. A Genealogical History of Robert Adams of Newbury, Mass. (Published by Tuttle Company Publishers, Rutland, Vermont, 1900, 564 pages.)| Page 160
• Hollis R. Bailey, Bailey genealogy : James John, and Thomas, and their descendants, p. 28, Person #293.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Bailey, HR, Pp.27-28
2. ↑ MA Marr Rec
3. ↑ Vital Rec Rowley Mass Marr
4. ↑ Cogswell, LW p. 443 for lists of children of 1st and 2nd wives. There are discrepancies in the list of his children with the second wife; however the author does caution that the information on the Adams family is incomplete.
5. ↑ Cogswell, LW, p. 443, gives list of Thomas Adams' children.
6. ↑ NH Death Rec
7. ↑ Haven't yet located cemetery.

Acknowledgment

• Al Adams created Bailey-4514 through the import of Adams.ged on Jun 7, 2013.
• Darlene Scott Kerr, 4th great granddaughter, added bio, sources 18 June 2014.