Mehitable (French) Bailey (1756 - 1817)

Born 18 Aug 1756 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died 25 Jul 1817 at age 60 in Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Mehitable French was born in 1756, the daughter of William French and Tabitha Pierce.^[1][2]

Mehitable married Job Bailey, of Bradford, MA, in about 1775. They settled on Job's father's homestead in East Bradford, where they remained, right next door to his father, when the first census was taken in 1790. After about 20 years in Bradford, the family moved to Londonderry, NH for about 7 years, then finally to Wilton, NH, where they were recorded when the 1810, 1820 and 1830 censuses were taken.

The first two children appeared on the birth records of Bradford, and other children are also known from census records to have been born in Massachusetts:

1. Job, b. 12 Oct. 1776 (VR Pg. 14); m1. Jane Darrah, 4 Mar. 1801; m2. Mary Dows; d. 13 Apr. 1850
2. Spencer, b. 6 Apr. 1778 (VR Pg. 14); d. abt. 1796
3. dau., b. 1782
4. Betsey, b. abt. 1787 (per 1855 census); m. John Haskell, 5 June 1811; d. 8 May 1875
5. William, b. 1790; m. Martha Goldsmith, and
6. Mehitable, b. abt. 1790 (per 1850 census); m1. John Goldsmith, 21 Jan. 1837; m2. Theodore Barnard, 1 June 1846; d. 26 Dec. 1850.

Note

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

French, John M, Lieut. William French and his Descendants, NEHGR v44 (Oct 1890), pp367-372| Page 370

Hazen, Henry A, History of Billerica, with Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: A Williams, 1883. LDS Film#0901880#2| Page 57.

Sources

• Source: S571 Author: Elizabeth __________ Title: French and Allied Families Abbreviation: French and Allied Families Publication: RootsWeb/2 Aug 2008 Text: Title: Pierce Genealogy CONT Author: Frederic Beech Pierce with Frederick Clifton Pierce CONT Publication: Worcester: Press of Chas. Hamilton, 311 Main St., Boston, Mass.,1882 CONT ------ CONT Title: History of Billerica - 1653-1883 CONT Author: Rev. Henry A Hazen, A.M. CONT Publication: A. Williams and Co. 1883 Note: Author provides very detailed notes and sources. CONT http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bstill&id=I2093 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births, Billerica| Birth, Mehitable French
2. ↑ Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1908)| Page 84

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile French-2078 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.