Hodijah Baylies (1756 - 1843)

Born 17 Sep 1756 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Lincoln) Baylies — married 23 Jun 1784 in Hingham, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1843 at age 86 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Major Hodijah Baylies served with 16th Massachusetts Regiment (1780), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Hodijah Baylies is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A007658.

Hodijah Baylies is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 111129
Rank: Major

Hodijah Baylies of Taunton was an officer during the Revolutionary War, serving as a Lieutenant in Col. Henry Jackson's regiment in 1777 and as aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln and as Lt. of a company of grenadiers in Col. Jackson's regiment in 1778 and as a Major, serving as aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln in 1779. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Hodijah Baylies was born in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, and christened on 19 Sept 1756, son of Nicholas and Elisabeth/Elizabeth Baylies. ^{[4] [5]}

He died 26 April 1843 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts. ^[6]

Probate 1843 Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. ^[7]

Hodijah married Elizabeth Lincoln on 23 Jun 1784 in Hingham, Massachusetts. ^[8]

Child: William Baylies. Child: Edmund Baylies. Child: Amelia Baylies. Child: Benjamim Beny Lincoln Baylies.

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, page 524. [[1]]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-11-14), "Record of Hodijah Baylies", Ancestor # A007658.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time
4. ↑ Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2G-XXH : 10 February 2018), Hodijah Baylies, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0874034 IT 2.
6. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1919) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 65
7. ↑ Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts
8. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.53

• Emery, Samuel Hopkins. History of Taunton, Massachusetts: From Its Settlement to the Present Time (D. Mason & Co., Taunton, Mass., 1893); p. 455, 484

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 1, p. 835
  • "BAYLIES, HODIJAH, Taunton. Lieutenant, Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 1, 1777, to Nov. 1, 1777; reported re signed Nov. 1, 1777; appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln; also, Lieut. Hodijah Baylies' co. of grenadiers, Col. Jackson's regt. ; pay roll for Feb., 1778, dated Guelph, Pa. ; also, pay roll for June, 1778, dated Providence; also, Major, serving as aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Dec. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; enlistment, during war."

• Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1916); p. 31 "Hodijah, s. of Nicholas and Elizabeth, bp. Sept. 19, 1756."