John Bailey (1698 - 1787)

Born 1 Jul 1698 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Crosby) Bailey — married 17 Jan 1723 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1787 at age 88 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John Bailey was born in 1698, the son of Jonathan Bailey and Hannah Walker.^[1]

He was married 17 Jan. 1722/23 at Rowley, MA to Elizabeth Crosby.^[2] They had eight children born at Rowley, MA:

1. Infant, stillborn, 17 Jul. 1723
2. Jonathan, b. 28 July 1724; d. 21 Aug. 1724
3. Elizabeth, b. 15 Aug. 1725; d. 8 Sep. 1725
4. Hannah, (baptized as Elizabeth), b. 1 Jan. 1726/27; m. Jabez Norcross, 27 Mar. 1771
5. Jedediah, b. 31 Oct. 1729; m1. Martha (Thurston} Thurlow, 1 June 1756; m2. Abigail (Walker) Ruggles, 10 May 1792; d. 26 Mar. 1806
6. John, b. 8 Aug. 1732; m. Mary Holman, 4 Nov. 1756
7. Jonathan (2nd), b. 1 June 1735; d. 1755
8. Elizabeth (2nd), b. 4 June 1738; m. Page Norcross, 15 Feb. 1763.

John Bailey died 1 June 1787, at Lunenburg, MA, at age 88.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 16
2. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 244
3. ↑ Town Records, Lunenburg, MA| Death, John Bailey

See Also:

• Family Search | John Bailey
• Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1887-1933)"| Person 10-27, Page 8
• The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts, Volume 5, 1901| Person 39, Page 85
• Hollis R. Bailey, Bailey genealogy : James John, and Thomas, and their descendants, p. 12, Person #34.