John Bailey IV (1730 - 1810)

Born 30 Oct 1730 in Hanover, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Randall) Bailey — married 1750 in Hanover, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1810 at age 79 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Bailey Name Study.

Colonel John Bailey IV served with 2nd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Bailey IV is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A004675.

John Bailey

Birth

Date: 30 OCT 1730

Place: Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Marriage

Date: 11 APR 1724

Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

He was Moderator for the Town of Hanover, and also was a selectman from 1768 - 1771. He was connected to Joseph House in Shipbuilding.

He served in the Army in the Revolutionary War, Commanding 2nd Massachusetts Regiment of 23rd Continental Regiment Massachusetts Line. Engagements : Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Saratoga and Monmouth. ^{[1] [2][3] [4] [5]}

Towards the close of his life, he kept a Tavern.

He married Ruth Randall on October 18, 1750 in Pembroke Massachusetts.Bailey-11646 Their children Bailey-11646

1. John Bailey 1751-1823 m1 Ruth Ellis m2 Mary Hill m3 Tabitha Olney
2. Major Luther Bailey 1752-1820 m. Silvester Little
3. Ruth Bailey 1754-1839 m. William Stockbridge
4. Lucinda Bailey 1757- m. James Lincoln
5. Sage Bailey 1759-1810 m. Dr. Gad Hitchcock
6. Calvin Bailey 1761-1835 m. Sarah Jacobs
7. Lebbeus Bailey 1763-1827 m. Sallie Sylvester
8. Elizabeth Bailey 1767-1844 m1 Rev. Ebenzer Dawes m2 Jonathan Lewis m3 Venerable Dr. Williams
9. Drusilla Bailey (twin) 1773-infancy
10. Elathear Bailey (twin) 1773-infancy

Its noted that he enslaved a Black man (given to him along with real estate, by his father) named Dick that died January 20, 1786. Dick married Daphne, an enslaved woman of Colonel Barker that died March 10, 1779.

Note

Vital Record of Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Page 7.

John Bayle's son John was Born the 30th Day of October 1730.

Recorded pr William Witherel Town Clerk.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
4. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
5. ↑ Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-11-10), "Record of John Bailey", Ancestor # A004675.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 2, p. 453

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 158

• Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).; [1]

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, DC, 1893); p. 23, p. 81

• The Litchfield Family in America 1630-1900 Wilford J Litchfield

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Massachusetts_Regiment

• http://saratoganygenweb.com/batlba.htm

BURIAL Hanover Center Cemetery Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA Maintained by: goose Originally Created by: James Bianco Added: 13 Feb 2015

• Find A Grave: Memorial #142548954

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Allen-Patterson & Allied Families.GED on 26 October 2010.

* WikiTree profile Bayle-3 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.