Richard Bailey (1675 - 1748)

Born 30 Sep 1675 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Webster) Bailey — married 21 Feb 1706 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 19 Nov 1748 at age 73 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Richard Bailey was born in Bradford (area later, in 1726, to become known as East Bradford, then in 1850 as Groveland) on 30 September 1675,^[1] the eldest son and second of Joseph Bailey and Abigail Trumble's eight children. He was baptized in Rowley, Massachusetts 28 November 1675,^[2] it being another 7 years before the First Church of Bradford was established.

Richard was a yeoman and lived in the East Parish of Bradford MA where he was a selectman for more than twenty five years and Deacon and Elder in the Church.^[3] He was often referred to as "Elder Richard Bailey" or "Deacon Richard Bailey". Some of his children spelled their name "Bayley" and others "Bailey". He signed his own last name as "Baley" on the settlement papers of his father's estate on 9 March 1713.^[4][5]

Marriage

He married Joanna Webster 21 February 1706 in Bradford,^[6] and in 1709 Richard and Joanna were admitted to full communion in the First Church, Bradford.^[7]

Richard was appointed Deacon at his father's death. In 1718, he was appointed to the office of ruling Elder. When the new East parish was created in Bradford in 1726, Richard was number two on the list of original members of the East Bradford church (7 June 1727), and he was also made Deacon there.^[8]

Richard and Joanna had the following children, all born in Bradford:

• Jonathan, b. 9 Dec. 1706; m. Rebecca Hardy, 25 Sept. 1733; d. aft. 1798
• Nathan, b. 13 Dec. 1708; m. Mary Palmer, 18 Oct. 1732; d. 18 Jan. 1775
• Abigail, b. 7 April 1711; m. John Day, 1 June 1731; d. 5 Oct. 1799
• Richard, b. abt. 1713; d. abt. 1715
• Joseph, b. 28 Jan. 1714; m. Elizabeth Boynton, 19 Jan. 1735; d. 3 Sept. 1792
• Richard, b. 9 May 1717; m. Rachel Page, 18 Aug. 1741; d. 1815
• Ebenezer, b. 16 April 1719; m. Sarah Palmer, 3 April 1740; d. 17 Nov. 1815
• Amos, b. 27 Jan. 1720/21; m. Sarah Cottle, 1 April 1745; d. 19 June 1800, and
• Joanna, b. 9 March 1727; d. 31 May 1814 (unmarried).

As described in the following reference,^[9] Richard had in 1725, along with his half first cousin and direct East Bradford neighbour Caleb Hopkinson, Jr., purchased a 150 acre tract of land in Haverhill. He divided this land among his three youngest sons, Richard, Ebenezer and Amos, who each built similar houses and settled there, around 1740. This land was then officially inherited by all Elder Richard's children upon his death in 1748, so it was necessary for the other siblings to formalize ownership by Richard Jr. and Ebenezer of their portions. So on 21 Nov. 1748, Richard Jr. and his brother Ebenezer each received a deed to their respective portions of this land, neighbouring on a third section occupied by brother Amos. The above reference includes a complete transcription of the deed to Ebenezer. It is interesting to note that in the above-mentioned Deed, Richard's three oldest children signed their names "Bailey", while the four youngest signed "Bayley".^[10]

Death

"Deacon Richard BAILEY d. 19 Nov 1748 in his 73rd year."^[11]

Burial

Riverview Cemetery, Groveland, Essex County, Massachusetts^[12]

Inscription: "Here lies buried the body of Deacon Richard Bailey who died Novr 19 1748 in the 73 year of his age"

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 19
2. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849" (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 18
3. ↑ The Bailey Family, by Jeanne Bailey Ransom, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1991] | Page 41 | Available at FamilySearch.org
4. ↑ Massachusetts Probate Records, Essex County, Film #004482183| Image #112
5. ↑ Ransome, Jeanne Bailey, (1991) The Bailey family: a history and genealogy ... Ann Arbor, MI: J. B. Ransom, (Page 35) Available at FamilySearch.org
6. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 180
7. ↑ Memorial History of Bradford, Massachusetts| "Page 38"
8. ↑ Groveland Church Record Extracts
9. ↑ Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill| Page 54, Deed of Land in Haverhill to Ebenezer Bailey
10. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Volume 97| Pages 303-304
11. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 294
12. ↑ FindAGrave, Memorial #59039937, Deacon Richard Bailey. Created by Bob Brien, September 22, 2010.

See Also:

• Extracts from the old Parish and Church Records of the Congregational Church in Groveland.
• Family Search | Elder Richard Bailey
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill,| Page 77
• Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury: compiled for Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury (N.p.: n.p., 1938)| Volume 2, Pg. 857
• The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts, 1897-) Volume 5|Page 84, Person Nbr. 30
• Groveland Inscriptions, Ancient Burial Ground, The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. X, 1906, Salem, Mass.| Page 2

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jodie Beeson for creating WikiTree profile Bailey-5600 through the import of Beeson_Lemmer Family Tree.ged on Oct 27, 2013.