Jerusha (Pierce) Bailey (1681 - 1758)

Born 13 Feb 1681 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

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Died 6 Apr 1758 at age 77 in Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jerusha Pierce was born February 13, 1681 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, the daughter of Benjamin Pierce and Martha Adams (Possibly a descendant of John Adams, who came to Plymouth in the Fortune in 1621.) ^{[1] [2]}

Jerusha married Joseph Bailey (1679 - 1747) about 1703. (Bailey family surname may include the following variations: Bailey, Baily, Bailie, Balie, Bayley, Baylie). Children were:

• Joseph Bailey (1704 – 1782)
• Martha Bailey (b. abt. 1707) ^[3]
• Ruth (Bailey) Edson (1709 - 1743)^[4]
• Benjamin Bailey (b. abt. 1712)^[5]
• Ebenezer Bailey (1714 - 1772)^[6]
• Seth Bailey (1717 - 1746)^[7]
• Caleb Bailey (1720 - 1738)^[8]
• Adams Bailey (1722 - 1798)^[9]
• Jerusha Bailey (b. 1725)
• Joshua Bailey (1727 - 1727)^[10]

Jerushah (Pierce) Bailey died April 6, 1758 and was buried at the Old Graveyard in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, she was 77 years old. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-X84 : 5 November 2017), Jerusha Pearce, 13 Feb 1681; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,512.
2. ↑ Town of Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Established 1633. Vital Record To Year 1850, V1, p292. Perce (Pearce, Peirce, Peirse, Pierce) - birth, Jerush, daughter of Benjamen, 13 February 1681, (Pierce, d. Benjamin, C.R.2.) [church record, Second Church of Scituate, now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell.]
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-4N9 : 10 February 2018), Martha Baylie, 01 Apr 1707; citing Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-N5G : 10 February 2018), Ruth Baylie, 04 Dec 1709; citing SCITUATE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-QHZ : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Baylie, 28 Feb 1712; citing SCITUATE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-PFH : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Baily, 20 Jul 1714; citing SCITUATE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-F2D : 10 February 2018), Seth Baily, 17 Sep 1717; citing SCITUATE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NQ-X7M : 10 February 2018), Caleb Baily, 13 Aug 1720; citing SCITUATE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-VMF : 10 February 2018), Adams Baily, 24 Nov 1722; citing SCITUATE, PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N7-CL8 : 10 February 2018), Joseph Bayley in entry for Joshua Bayley, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0014791, 0496902 IT 1.
11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 April 2018), memorial page for Jerushah Peirce Bailey (13 Feb 1681–6 Apr 1758), Find A Grave Memorial no. 64971065, citing Old Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Barbara Corley for creating WikiTree profile Adams-11867 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on May 12, 2013.

• WikiTree profile Perce-4 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X.