Benjamin Bailey (1747 - 1822)

Born 17 May 1747 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy Bailey — married 26 Jan 1775 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1822 at age 75 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren.

Benjamin was born in 1747 to parent Benjamin Bailey and Ruth (Tilden) Bailey. He was Christened May 17, 1747, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. ^[1] He passed away in 1822.

His will mentions the following relatives:^[2]

• Mercy, wife
• Mercy Clapp, daughter
• Henry Otis, grandson
• Benjamin Otis, grandson
• Mary Doane, granddaughter
• Cotton, son [executor]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-QHV : 14 January 2020), Benjamin Baily in entry for Benjamin Baily, 1747.
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9069/images/007050974_00164

• Benjamin Bailey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
• Benjamin Bailay in entry for Franklin Bailay, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Ruthe Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Lucy Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Benjamin Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Baily, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Polly Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Cotton Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Judson Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Mercy Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
• Benjamin Bailey in entry for Ruthe Bailey, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-M5W : accessed 11 February 2022), Benja Bailey, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 132, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.