Abigail (Bailey) Day (1711 - 1799)

Born 7 Apr 1711 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Day — married 1 Jun 1731 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1799 at age 88 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail was born 7 April 1711 in Bradford, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Richard Bailey and his wife Joanna Webster. ^{[1] [2]}

Marriage

Abigail was married to John Day on 1 June 1731 in Bradford, Massachusetts. ^{[1] [3]} They had the following children:

• Abigail Day (1733-1821)
• John Day (1736-)
• Mehitable Day (1737-1802)
• Joanna Day (1741-1800)
• John Day (1744-1839)

John and Abigail settled on a tract of land in the West part of the town [Bradford, MA], next to Andover, and on the road leading from Haverhill to Boston.

As described in the following reference,^[4] Abigail's father (Elder Richard of Bradford), had in 1725, along with his Bradford neighbour Caleb Hopkinson, 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 officially inherited ,however, by all Elder Richard's children, including Abigail, upon his death in 1748, so it became 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, and includes the mark for Abigail Day beside the signature of her husband.

SIgnature of John Day and Mark for Abigail

Abigail died 5 October 1799 in Bradford, Massachusetts at age 88. ^{[1] [5][6][7]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Early Vital Records of Massachusetts to about 1850, Wheat Ridge, CO, USA: Search Research Publishing Corporation, 1998, Bradford, p. 14, 200, 308.
2. ↑ Morrison; pg. 45.
3. ↑ Morrison; pg. 45.
4. ↑ 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
5. ↑ Morrison; pg. 45.
6. ↑ Sidney Perley, editor, The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts: n.p., n.d.), Vol. V: 4. Rec. Date: 26 Mar 2015. Cit. Date: 27 Mar 2015| Gravestone Inscription, Page 42
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37890838 for Abigail Bailey Day

See Also:

• Family Search | Abigail 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 85
• Morrison, Leonard A., and Stephen P. Sharples. History of the Kimball Family in America 1634 - 1897 (Published by Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, 734 pages.)| Page 45
• John C. Webster, Some of the Descendants of John Webster of Ipswich, Massachusetts (Chicago, 1912),| page 13