Nathan Bailey (1778 - 1861)

Born 2 Aug 1778 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sybil (Moors) Bailey — married 16 Oct 1808 in Vermont

Died 20 Aug 1861 at age 83 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Nathan Bailey was born in 1778 in Weare, New Hampshire, the son of Daniel Bailey and Sarah Mudgett.^[1]

He married Sibil/Sybil Moors, daughter of John Moors and Hannah Sawmill Moors, 16 October 1808.^[2] The couple had nine children (of surname Bailey):

1. Sophronia (Sally), b. 8 Nov. 1809; d. 10 Sep. 1810
2. Maria, b. 7 Apr. 1811; m. Elias Blair, Jr., 20 May 1830; d. 22 Nov. 1846
3. Emily, b. 29 June 1812; m1. John Collins Gale, 28 Jan. 1834; m2. Richard Pevere, Jr., 15 Nov. 1840; d. 2 Apr. 1892
4. Ebenezer, b. 2 May 1814; m. Rebecca Bellows, 20 Nov. 1838; d. 24 Aug. 1886
5. John Harrison, b. 19 Dec. 1815; m. Mary Ann Bellows, 19 Dec. 1839; d. 16 Jan. 1851
6. Hannah, b. 18 Apr. 1817; m. Royal Makepeace Cutler, 28 Mar. 1837; d. 5 Aug. 1898
7. Sarah Ann, b. 13 Oct. 1818; m. Flavius Josephus Mower, 16 Jan. 1842; d. 18 Feb. 1881
8. Susan, b. 12 Sep. 1820; m. Alonzo Bellows, 12 Mar. 1845; d. 22 Dec. 1877, and
9. Daniel Gale, b. 29 July 1823; m. Malona Maxfield, 8 Feb. 1844; d. 20 Nov. 1905.

Nathan was a farmer. It appears he and his wife were probably living in the home of his brother, Haynes Bailey, at Fletcher, VT when the 1810 census was taken. He was living at Fletcher, VT when the 1820^[3] and 1830^[4] censuses were taken. By 1830 Nathan and his family had moved into his father’s brick home which he inherited with his father’s farm when Daniel Bailey died in 1832. In his will, Daniel made a bequest of half of his homestead to his maiden daughter, Sally, during her lifetime and the other half was left to her brother, Nathan, he to inherit the entire home at Sally’s demise.

Nathan lost his wife Sibyl when she died 23 Feb. 1840, in Fletcher, VT, at age 56. As a widower, Nathan was living at Fletcher, VT when the 1840 census^[5] was taken. Listed as age 72 with his maiden sister, Sally, age 60, Nathan was living next door to their brother Haynes Bailey’s widow Lemira Bailey at Fletcher, VT when the 1850^[6] census was taken. Nathan owned real estate valued at $600 at that time. Nathan Bailey, age 81, and his sister, Sally Bailey, age 70, were living together at Fletcher, VT when the 1860 census^[7] was taken. Nathan’s real estate was valued at $1,200, but no value was assessed for personal property in 1860.

Nathan passed away in Fletcher, Vermont in 1861 at 83 years of age.^[8] He was buried at the Bailey Cemetery. His headstone, broken at the base, reads: "Nathan Bailey, Esq. died Aug 20, 1861 ae 83 yrs."

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire Birth Records, Weare| Birth, Nathan Bailey
2. ↑ A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, by Alfred Poor, 1858, Reprinted in 1986 by Parker River Researchers,| Page 106, top left-hand column
3. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 36, Line 50| 1820 US Census, "Nathan Bailey"
4. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 41, Line 9| 1830 US Census, "Nathan Bailey"
5. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 312, Line 9| 1840 US Census, "Nathan Bailey"
6. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, House Nbr. 174, Line 38| 1850 US Census, "Nathan Baily, Age 72"
7. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, State of Vermont, Franklin County, Fletcher, Page 1, Line 38| 1860 US Census, "Nathan Bailey, Age 81"
8. ↑ Vermont Death Records, Fletcher| Death, Nathan Bailey

See Also:

• Family Search | Nathan Bailey
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, by Alfred Poor, 1858, Reprinted in 1986 by Parker River Researchers,| Page 106, top left-hand column
• The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| Page 722
• "A Genealogical Study of Some Families who came to Fletcher, VT before 1850 and of a few of their Descendants 1781-1981," Editor: Eleanor Wheeler Ballway; Principal Researchers: Vera Spaulding Sweet and Charles Eli Tinker.
• "Burials in the Bailey Cemetery of Fletcher, Vermont, 1805-1883 (with Genealogical Annotations)." Compiled by Chris H Bailey.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Ann Carmel for creating Bailey-5309 on 30 Sep 13.
• Many thanks to Chris H. Bailey, Accredited Genealogist, Eustis, Florida, for the "Descendants of Daniel Bailey", dated November 2019