Hannah (Hovey) Bailey (1788 - 1877)

Born 4 Mar 1788 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Clark Bailey — married 6 Sep 1815 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Died 19 Apr 1877 at age 89 in Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Hannah Hovey was born in 1788, the daughter of Levi Hovey and Miriam George. Her exact birth date is calculated from her age at death, on her tombstone i.e. 89 years, 1 month, 15 days. Hannah's grandfather was a Baptist preacher from Newton, New Hampshire, (originally from Connecticut) who had started preaching occasionally in Weare in 1766, moving permanently to Weare in April of 1768.^[1]

In 1815. Hannah married Clark Bailey, also of Weare.^[2]

Hannah and Clark had seven children, all born in Weare:

1. Benjamin Franklin, b. 31 July 1816; m. Catherine Ann Black, 27 Nov. 1842
2. James Monroe, b. 1819; d. 1843 (unm.)
3. Levi Hovey, b. 9 March 1821; m. Eliza Ann Johnson, 5 Sept. 1848; d. 9 Aug. 1873
4. Samuel Clark, b. 1823; d. 1840
5. George Evans, b. 11 Nov. 1824; m. Eliza Jane Moore, 3 July 1851; d. 19 Sept. 1899
6. Sarah Buzzell, b. 16 Sept. 1827; m. Stephen Kimball Fifield, 26 Dec. 1844; d. 5 Feb. 1883, and
7. Amos Wood, b. 4 Aug. 1829; m. Mary Cook Swart, 27 March 1855; d. 1876

The family appeared on the 1820^[3] and 1830^[4] censuses for Weare. And on the list of Weare taxpayers for 1810, 1820 and 1830.^[5]

Her husband took his own life in 1830.^[6] In the ensuing decades, Hannah lived with various children, initially in New Hampshire then Ohio. She was recorded in 1850^[7] at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Levi and Eliza Bailey, at Dunbarton, NH, then in 1860^[8] at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, George and Eliza Bailey, in Jefferson Township, Richland County, OH. She was again with George and Eliza on the 1870 census^[9] Peru Township, Morrow County, OH.

Hannah passed away in 1877, age 89, and was interred in Graceland Cemetery in Webster City, Iowa.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| Page 141
2. ↑ A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill| Page 105
3. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Weare, Page 749, Last Line| 1820 US Census, "Clark Bailey"
4. ↑ 1830 United State Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Weare, Page 398, Line 2| 1830 US Census, "Clark Bailey"
5. ↑ The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| (1810) Page 411, | (1820) Page 424 and | (1830) Page 429
6. ↑ The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| Page 606
7. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Merrimack County, Dunbarton, House Nbr. 161, Line 6| 1850 US Census, "Hannah Baily, Age 61"
8. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, State of Ohio, RIchland County, Jefferson, Page 62, Line 6| 1860 US Census, "Hannah Bailey, Age 70"
9. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, State of Ohio, Morrow County, Peru, Page 6, Line 10 | 1870 US Census, "Hannah Bailey, Age 81"]
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100780368 for Hannah Bailey

See Also:

• Family Search | Hannah Hovey
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill| Page 105

Acknowledgments

• Many thanks to Chris H. Bailey, Accredited Genealogist, Eustis, Florida, for the "Descendants of Samuel Bailey", dated November 2019.