Sarah (White) Bailey (abt. 1650 - abt. 1698)

Born about 1650 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Bayley — married 25 Jan 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died about 1698 at about age 48 in Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah is "probably" the daughter of Gowen and Elizabeth White.^[1] She was born ca 1654 at Scituate.

She married John Bailey on January 25, 1672 at Scituate.^[1] and they had nine children who were born there. ^[2]

Children

1. John- b. 5 Nov. 1673 Scituate, m. 19 Feb. 1700 Scituate, Abigail Clapp (b. 1 Oct. 1679 Scituate, d. 2 Mar. 1753 Hanover), d. June 1752 Hanover, MA
2. Sarah- b. Oct. 1675 Scituate
3. Mary- b. Dec. 1677 Scituate, m. 1 Jan 1701 Scituate, James Perry (b. 12 Mar. 1673/4 Scituate)
4. Joseph- b. Oct. 1679 Scituate, m.c.1703 Jerusha Peirce (b. 13 Feb. 1681 Scituate), d. 2 Oct. 1747 Scituate
5. Benjamin- b. Apr. 1682 Scituate, m.1. 30 June 1710 Marlboro, Deborah Howe (b. 6 July 1688 Marlboro, d. 7 Mar. 1718 Marlboro), 2. 18 Dec. 1718 Marlboro, Elizabeth Howe (b. 13 Oct. 1697 Marlboro, d. 16 Apr. 1776 Berlin, MA), d. 1726 Lancaster, MA
6. William- b. Feb. 1684/5 Scituate, m.1. 27 Jan. 1714 Scituate, Judith Booth (b. 27 Sept. 1691 Scituate, d. 12 Aug. 1736 Scituate), 2. 24 Dec. 1741 Scituate, Abigail Clapp (b. 16 May 1699 Scituate, m.2. David Little, d. 5 Feb. 1775 Scituate), d. 11 Aug. 1745 Scituate, bur. Groveland Cem., North Scituate
7. Elizabeth- m. July 1706 Scituate, William Barrell (b. 28 Mar., bpt. 22 Apr. 1683 Scituate, d.c.1752), d. before Feb. 1723/4
8. Hannah- b. Jan. 1687/8 Scituate, m. 24 Dec. 1716 Scituate, James Briggs Jr. (b. 2 Feb. 1687 Scituate, m.2. Margaret Stetson, d.s.p.), d.s.p. 21 Feb. 1717 Scituate, bur. Groveland Cem.
9. Samuel- b. Aug. 1690 Scituate, m. 28 Aug. 1711 Taunton, Elizabeth Caswell (b. 16 June 1691 Taunton)

Sarah died by 1699, the date of John Bailey's second marriage.

Research Notes

From: "richardbonset" <rbrobbins@intergate.com> Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] Sarah White and John Bailey Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:34:34 -0500

Sarah and John Bailey lived in Scituate. She was the 'probable' daughter of Gowen White and wife, Elizabeth. The Bailey Genealogy cited below: "Bailey Genealogy, James, John, and Thomas and Their Decendants", in 3 Parts, Edited by H. R. Bailey, Somerville, MA, The Citizen Co., 1899, Part Three, "Thomas Bayley of Weymouth", Compiled by W. H. Reed, 1899, p.314 - "Thomas Of Weymouth Branch, Third Generation, #6 - John Bailey, born Weymouth (no date) indicates he was recipient of the gift of a large farm in Scituate, that he married Sarah, daughter of Gowen and Elizabeth (Ward) White, and that she was mother of all 9 of his children. There is no death date for Sarah, but he married 2d Ruth Clothier on 9 December 1699. The date of birth of his last child is not given but follow intervals of 2-3 years from 1673 to 1690. The last child, then, was probably born about 1692 or 3. John died in Scituate in 1718. I descend from 3d child, Mary, who was born in Dec 1677, married James Perry, 1 Jan 1701, and lived in Rehoboth, Bristol County, MA. The following is the result of several years of research in the White/Bailey/Perry families:

GOWEN WHITE AND WIFE, ELIZABETH (?WARD)

C.A. Torrey, “New England Marriages Prior to 1700”, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore: Page 805 – White, Gowin/Gawen (-1665,1664), Scituate & Elizabeth [Ward]? (1597?- ); 15 Oct 1638; Scituate.

Vital Records of Scituate, MA to 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1976: Page 324 – Marriages – White, Goeing and Elizabeth, “servant to Mr. Hatherlye”, Oct 15, 1638, GR.1 Page 341 – Marriages – Negroes, Etc. – Elizabeth “servant to Mr. Hatherlye” and Goeing White. Note: She is listed in this category solely because a last name was not known. All other entries here identify persons as Negroes.

Samuel Deane, “History of Scituate, MA”, Boston, 1831. Family Sketches – pp.382-3: "Gowen White, (Planter), a Conihasset partner in 1646." “He married Elizabeth Ward of Plymouth 1638”. Further in the article is mention of “Sarah, who may have been his daughter, married John Bailey 1672”. Deane notes that Gowen purchased the farm of William Richards who had moved to Weymouth. He further notes that there is no record of this White family, but notes that Joseph and Timothy White were his sons and heirs.

The Mayflower Descendant, MA Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Vol. XVI, 1914, p.126 “Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories” – [Gowen White Inventory] “…taken 8 December, 1664,”…“exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the third of march 1664 on the oaths of Timothy and Joseph White.” Not much to be inventoried and valued only at £4.

The American Genealogist (TAG), No.4, Apr 1941; Article by G. Andrews Moriarty of Ogunquit, ME entitled “The Parentage of William White of Dartmouth, Massachusetts”, pp. 193-206. On pp.198-9: Gowen White of Scituate. This section identifies his wife as Elizabeth Ward, both of them servants of Mr. Hatherley. Sarah is listed as a “probable” daughter of this couple. An Addendum to the article is Table D, which identifies sons Timothy and Joseph, their children, a daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas Pinse, Jr, 18 Sep 1662 and daughter Sarah (probably).

I find no proof that the maiden name of Elizabeth was indeed Ward. Above she has been identified “of Plymouth”. In a Bailey Family genealogy she is identified as the Elizabeth Ward, 38, servant who came with the family of Thomas Josselyn in the “Increase” of London, which arrived in July of 1635. That family settled in Hingham. It may be she was to be a servant to Mr. Hatherly and not of the Josselyn family. Mr. Hatherly made several trips to and from England, but the records show no servants accompanied him. (See C.E. Banks, “The Planters of the Commonwealth, 1620—1640”, Genealogical, Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1991 [Orig. publ. Boston, 1930]

Richard B. Robbins, Onset, MA, Member MA Society of Mayflower Descendants, Ret. Assistant and researcher for the Historian General of the General Society at Plymouth.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Moriarty Jr., G. Andrews. "The Parentage of William White." The American Genealogist, Volume 17. New Haven, CT. April, 1941. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription. Page 198.
2. ↑ Bailey, Hollis. Bailey Genealogy : James John, and Thomas, and their Descendants : In Three Parts. Somerville, MA: Self-Published, 1899. Page 315.

• The Bailey Family in Massachusetts and Maine- Charles Sinnett, Brainerd, MN, 1922