Mercy (Burbank) Bailey (1715 - 1801)

Born 18 Jan 1715 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jeremiah Bayley-Bailey — married 19 Mar 1741 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1801 at age 86 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mercy was born about 1715. She is the daughter of Ebenezer Burbank and Sarah Hardy.

Town records (see link below), show the marriage (no date) and the following children:

1. Joanna Bayley. b. Feb. 21, 1741-2
2. Benjamin Bayley. b. Oct 16, 1747
3. Mercy Bayley. b. July 16, 1750; d. Dec. 31, 1754
4. Joseph Bayley. b. March 7, 1753? 1754?
5. David Bayley. b. April 18, 1756. d. March 2, 1762

Same records note that her husband, Jeremiah Bailey, died Nov. 27, 1802.

The Bailey Genealogy gives their date of marriage as Sept 3, 1741, but only lists two of their five children.

Burial

Mercy aka Marcy Burbank Birth 1717 Death 28 Feb 1801 (aged 83-84) Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Second West Parish Cemetery. Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Memorial ID 52184679. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Haverhill Deaths)" ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #52184679

GENERAL:

• Burbank Sedgley, George. Genealogy of the Burbank Family and the Families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley (Sedgeley), and Welch. Farmington, ME: The Knowlton & McLeary Company, 1928. Page 21, Entry 10. Ebenezer (3) Burbank.
• Bailey, Hollis R. Bailey. Genealogy: James, John, and Thomas, and their descendants. Somerville, MA: The Citizen Company, 1899. Pages 15, Entry 41 Jeremiah Bailey.

RECORD OF MARRIAGE, CHILDREN'S BIRTHS, AND DEATH OF HUSBAND

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-7Y2G?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-DP8%3A353349401%2C353527301%2C1006036901 : 29 November 2018), Essex > Haverhill > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1724-1827 > image 66 of 250; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.