Daniel Bayless, II

JOHANNAH LAKE AND DANIEL BAYLESS, (JR).

Daniel, (Jr.) was born on or about the 15th. day of December,

1716 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He departed this

life on or about 1800 in Washington County, Tennessee. On

or about the 13th. day of January, 1736 he married Johannah

Lake in Middlesex, New Jersey.

The name Lake was originally Leeck. John Lake II was a son

of Jan Leech, a dutch emigrant born about 1618 in Holland,

Neth. He died around 1696 in Long Island, New York. Jan

Leech married Ann Spicer who was born in Kent, England

Ann Spicer was a daughter of Thomas Spicer who was born

about 1590 and died around 1658.

Thomas Spicer married Ann Grant, a daughter of Henry Grant

of England. Henry Grant was born about 1530 and died around

1598. Henry married Alice Bristone who died on or about 1st.

January, 1605.

The mother of Johanna Lake Bayless was Nellyte "Nellie"

Clasesse, a daughter of Gertrude Willekins who was born in

Hamburg, Germany and Barent Claessen (dutch) born in the

Nedtherlands in Amersfoort. Barent and Gertrude were

married in Europe and traveled to America with two children

ages four and seven.

Daniel Bayless was the eldest son of Sarah and Daniel

Bayless, (Sr). of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

(Note, the compiler uses the (Jr) and Sr) to differentiate

between the father and his son.

In 1795 Daniel Bayless owned one hundred acres of land

on Cherokee Creek in Washington County, Tennessee.

In 1796 Daniel Bayless (Jr) owned land near the Brown

Settlement.

In 1798 Daniel Bayless was appointed to serve as constable

in his district.

Reuben Bayless, son of Johannah Lake and Daniel Bayless

owned land in Washington County, Tennessee per Land

Grant #541, Vol. 1, pg. 550, and Washington Co. court minutes

volume one, pg. 557, he was a large land owner. Reuben

first purchased two hundred acres on Brown Branch near the

Nolichucky River. He also had 311 acres in Carter County,

and five hundred more acres in Washington Co. Tenn. Part

of this land was in a mountainous cove which contained

deposits of iron, maganese and zinc. According to court

records, he was a slave owner. He was the father of

(1) George Lucas Bayless 1796Va. - 1857 Ala.

(2) Daniel Lucas Bayless and (3) John Lucas Bayless

were twins. They were born 23-12-1780. Daniel Lucas

died 14-2-1867 in TN. John Lucas died in the 1850's in

Ala.

(4) Mary Bayles 1782-1863Albany N.Y.

(5) Reuben Lucas Bayless ca1784-1824Ala.

(6) Rebecca Bayless 12 Oct. 1793 - 18-8-1862 Tenn.

(7) Ann Bayless born ca 179_and died in Carter Co. TN.

(8) Margaret Bayless (ca1795- )moved to Monroe Co.

TN before 1840 having married ca 1820 to James White.

(9) Luthy Bayless (ca1797- )She probably married in

Tennessee to Peter Hunt.

Parthenia Bayless Bagwell, wife of Flurney O. Bagwell

of Union Parish, La. in the 1850's and 60's was the

daughter of number one, George Lucas Bayless.

This information has been taken from:

Washington County, TN court minutes Vol. 1 pg. 557

The Baylis Family of Va. by Blum, pgs. 16-19 (1958)

Our Baylis Family from Long Island and New Jersey

of Tennessee & Ala. by O'Connell. 1985

The Bayles Family of Long Island and New York by

Green Bayless of Houston, Texas in 1944. See page

25 and 26. (Ref. 40) his info. was furnished by Mrs.

Mary Ross Headman. Mrs. Headman states that at

each stop in his migrations Daniel left powers of attorney

telling where he was going. She also furnished a tracing

of his signature, spelled Daniel Bayles. Most of his

descendants seem to have spelled it Bayless. The date

of births of the children are from a family bible record.

This book was written in 1944 before researchers had

access to copy machines.

The family bible was owned by C. H. David, N. Los

Robies, Pasadena, California.

Washington County Tennessee Deed Bk. Vol. 1, pg. 550

Cherokee Baptist Church Cemetery in Washington Co. TN.

Tennessee Cousins by Ray Worth.

Early Tennessee Baptists (1769-1832) by O. W. Taylor

From the above records I glean that the children of

Johannah Lake and Daniel Bayless (Jr) were all born in

New Jersey.

The dates and birth of the children are from

a family Bible record furnished by Mrs. Mary

Hoss Headman. (See page 25-26 The Bayles

Families of Long Island & New Jersey by

Howard Green Bayles.

DANIEL BAYLES

(Descended from Daniel, John and John Bayless)

Born 15 December 1716 died in 1800.

Res. New Jersey to Cecil Co. M_?. between 1757

and 1762. To Louden Co. VA. before 1775. To

Washington Co. TN. 1778-9.

Occupation: Surveyor

Married: 13 January 1736 to Johannah Lake, dau.

of John and Martina Lake.

CHILDREN

1. Daniel born 13 Oct. 1737 died 1822. md. Mary Burrows

2. Phoebe born 25 Oct. 1739

3. Martina born 10 Dec. 1741

4. Abigail born 10 Dec. 1744

5. John born 26 Nov. 1744 md. Ann Price

6. Elias born 30 Mar. 1748 md. Mary

7. Samuel born 11 Apr. 1751 died 1725 md. Mary Nodding

or Wadding.

8. REUBEN born 21 June 1754 died 3 Nov. 1826

md. Margaret born 13 Jun. 1757 died 1 Mar. 1828.

9. Hezekiah born 16 Apr. 1757 died after 1832. Md.

5 Mar. 1778 to Jane Evans.

Ancestors of Parthenia Bayless Bagwell

JOHANNAH LAKE AND DANIEL BAYLESS, (JR).

Daniel, (Jr.) was born on or about the 15th. day of December,

1716 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He departed this

life on or about 1800 in Washington County, Tennessee. On

or about the 13th. day of January, 1736 he married Johannah

Lake in Middlesex, New Jersey.

The name Lake was originally Leeck. John Lake II was a son

of Jan Leech, a dutch emigrant born about 1618 in Holland,

Neth. He died around 1696 in Long Island, New York. Jan

Leech married Ann Spicer who was born in Kent, England

Ann Spicer was a daughter of Thomas Spicer who was born

about 1590 and died around 1658.

Thomas Spicer married Ann Grant, a daughter of Henry Grant

of England. Henry Grant was born about 1530 and died around

1598. Henry married Alice Bristone who died on or about 1st.

January, 1605.

The mother of Johanna Lake Bayless was Nellyte "Nellie"

Clasesse, a daughter of Gertrude Willekins who was born in

Hamburg, Germany and Barent Claessen (dutch) born in the

Nedtherlands in Amersfoort. Barent and Gertrude were

married in Europe and traveled to America with two children

ages four and seven.

Daniel Bayless was the eldest son of Sarah and Daniel

Bayless, (Sr). of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

(Note, the compiler uses the (Jr) and Sr) to differentiate

between the father and his son.

In 1795 Daniel Bayless owned one hundred acres of land

on Cherokee Creek in Washington County, Tennessee.

In 1796 Daniel Bayless (Jr) owned land near the Brown

Settlement.

In 1798 Daniel Bayless was appointed to serve as constable

in his district.

Reuben Bayless, son of Johannah Lake and Daniel Bayless

owned land in Washington County, Tennessee per Land

Grant #541, Vol. 1, pg. 550, and Washington Co. court minutes

volume one, pg. 557, he was a large land owner. Reuben

first purchased two hundred acres on Brown Branch near the

Nolichucky River. He also had 311 acres in Carter County,

and five hundred more acres in Washington Co. Tenn. Part

of this land was in a mountainous cove which contained

deposits of iron, maganese and zinc. According to court

records, he was a slave owner. He was the father of

(1) George Lucas Bayless 1796Va. - 1857 Ala.

(2) Daniel Lucas Bayless and (3) John Lucas Bayless

were twins. They were born 23-12-1780. Daniel Lucas

died 14-2-1867 in TN. John Lucas died in the 1850's in

Ala.

(4) Mary Bayles 1782-1863Albany N.Y.

(5) Reuben Lucas Bayless ca1784-1824Ala.

(6) Rebecca Bayless 12 Oct. 1793 - 18-8-1862 Tenn.

(7) Ann Bayless born ca 179_and died in Carter Co. TN.

(8) Margaret Bayless (ca1795- )moved to Monroe Co.

TN before 1840 having married ca 1820 to James White.

(9) Luthy Bayless (ca1797- )She probably married in

Tennessee to Peter Hunt.

Parthenia Bayless Bagwell, wife of Flurney O. Bagwell

of Union Parish, La. in the 1850's and 60's was the

daughter of number one, George Lucas Bayless.

This information has been taken from:

Washington County, TN court minutes Vol. 1 pg. 557

The Baylis Family of Va. by Blum, pgs. 16-19 (1958)

Our Baylis Family from Long Island and New Jersey

of Tennessee & Ala. by O'Connell. 1985

The Bayles Family of Long Island and New York by

Green Bayless of Houston, Texas in 1944. See page

25 and 26. (Ref. 40) his info. was furnished by Mrs.

Mary Ross Headman. Mrs. Headman states that at

each stop in his migrations Daniel left powers of attorney

telling where he was going. She also furnished a tracing

of his signature, spelled Daniel Bayles. Most of his

descendants seem to have spelled it Bayless. The date

of births of the children are from a family bible record.

This book was written in 1944 before researchers had

access to copy machines.

The family bible was owned by C. H. David, N. Los

Robies, Pasadena, California.

Washington County Tennessee Deed Bk. Vol. 1, pg. 550

Cherokee Baptist Church Cemetery in Washington Co. TN.

Tennessee Cousins by Ray Worth.

Early Tennessee Baptists (1769-1832) by O. W. Taylor

From the above records I glean that the children of

Johannah Lake and Daniel Bayless (Jr) were all born in

New Jersey.

THE ANCESTORS OF PARTHENIA BAYLESS

BAGWELL OF UNION PARISH, LOUISIANA.

We learn from the will of Thomas Spicer that his

daughter Anne Spicer married John Lake. This

will is dated 30 September, 1658 and was proven

on the 4th. day of November, 1658. His wife was

named Michal.

Anne Lake Spicer was living in 1709. John Lake

probably died before August, 1696 leaving no will.

The Gravesend NY records mention Anne, the widow

of John Lake, with her eldest son John; of trans-

actions between John and his brother Daniel; of trans-

actions between Anne and her son-in-law Nicholas

Stilwell; of the marriage of Margaret Lake & William

Goulding, Apr. 2, 1676; besides mentions of Wm. &

Elizabeth Lake, other children of John and Ann

(Spicer) Lake. From this information I glean our

ancestor to be:

JOHN LAKE of Gravesend, New Jersey, the eldest

son of Ann Spicer and John Lake. He married Neeltje

Claessen. He is named in the assessment roll of

Gravesend in 1683. In 1700 he was a Captain of

Militia. In 1694 he bought a house with forty acres on

Hogg's Neck in Gravesend. In 1714 he was an elder in

the Gravesend Dutch Reformed Church. His will was

proven in May, 1799 and a wife Mayke is mentioned.

Children:

1. Jan born 16 Apr. 1688

2. Daniel born 25 Apr. 1696

3. Thomas

4. Nicholas

5. Mary

JOHN LAKE (son of John, and grandson of John Lake).

He was baptised 16 April, 1688. All records indicate

that he is the same John Lake as the John Lake of New

Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey whose will was dated

February 20, 1752, and proven 6 May, 1754. He mentioned

his wife Martinah, his son Richard, son John who was

deceased leaving a daughter Hannah, and daughters,

Nailee, Hannah and Sarah. The executors named are the

son Richard and Daniel Bayley, Jr.

John Lake lived in Hunderton Co. According to his will

dated 24 Sept. 1751 he was a brother-in-law to Daniel

Bayley. (Sic: Daniel Bayles/Bayless).

John Lake md. Feb. 1649 to Ann Spicer was a son

of Richard Lake who was born about 1600 in England.

THOMAS SPICER OF GRAVESEND

According to "First Settlers in Newton Twp., N.J.

pp 293-300 Thomas Spicer resided on Manhattan

Island; was one of the first settlers of Gravesend in

1643;& as a patentee grantedplantation lots Feb.

20, 1646. He lied in the plains in Flatlands, 17th.

Dec. 1646. In 1654 he purchased Lot No. 20.

In 1657 he is mentioned as having nine morgens?

of land in tillage.

His will is dated 30 Sept. 1658; proved 4 Nov. 1658,

and recorded in the Gravesend records. It is probable

that Thomas Spicer of Newport was the same as

Thomas Spicer of Rhode Island. According to the

Spicer Genealogy written by Susan Spicer Meech and

Miss Susan Billings Meech page 10, Thomas Spicer

of Long Island probably came from Wales.

Thomas Spicer (1591-1658) was a son of Nicholas

Spicer (1545-1607) of Barfreston, K, England and

Martha Grant (1560- ) of Bythrone, K. England.

Martha Grant Spicer was the daughter of Ann____

born (1528- ) of Bythorne, K., England and

Mr. ______Grant born about 1524 and was also of

Bythorne, K. England.

For more information on these families, there is a

Genealogy of the Lake Family written by Adams

and Risley, having been printed in 1915.

All Corrections and additions will be appreciated and

duly noted.

THE ANCESTORS OF PARTHENIA BAYLESS BAGWELL

(a resident of Union Parish, La. when the 1850 and 1860

census was taken.)

Parthenia was the daughter of George L. Bayless

George L. Bayless was a son of Reuben Bayless

Reuben Bayless was a son of Daniel Bayless (Jr)

In this sketch I am going to tell you about Daniel Bayles

a son of John Bayles and a grandson of John Bayles.

ABOUT DANIEL BAYLESS

He was born ca 1683 in Jamaica, Long Island and died

about 1752 in Kingston, New Jersey. He moved from

Jamaica to New Jersey, soon after 1708.

He appeared in the records of Jamaica between 1706-8.

In 1712 he was called to jury service in Burlington Co.NJ.

June 15, 1715 he was No. 1 jurman at the Court of Quarter

sessions, held at Hopewell.

Hunterdon Co. Minute Book, 1-16, Listed as a creditor of]

the Higgins Estate, of Somerset Co. N.J. Arch. 23-224

March, 1715-16. Among the Justices present at the Court

of quar. Sessions. H. Co. Min. Bk. l-22 (M.H.H.

March 1715-16 Suit brought by SARAH BAILEY against

Thos. Sunderland. H. Co. Min. Bk I-10 (M.H.H.

Page 17 of the book by Howard Green Bayles reads

"This confirms that Daniel's first wife was SARAH LUDLUM.)

In the files of the N.Y. Gazette, issue of Nov. 25, 1751,

reprinted in the N.J. Archives 19-116 we find Daniel Balay

aged 68 years, was married to Elizabeth Waters, aged 78.

Also in the N.J. Archives 19-137 was an extract of a

letter from Kingston In N.J. Mar. 10, 1752.

"Mr. Parker, in your paper Numb. 462, we had an account

of Marriage of Daniel Baley and Elizabeth Waters, sol. on

the 10th. day of Nov. last, in this town, which couple have

ever since lived in the happy enjoyment of each other, for the

most Part until the 9th. of this month; when by consent of both

parties, in the Presence of a Number of Spectators, after

having given Security never to be burthensom to each other,

as likewise for their Loyalty while absent, parted, never to meet

again in the State of Matrimony.-What the Cause was we know

not; but some who pretend to know, say, they had not courted

long enough."

It is interesting that he married so soon after the death

of Sarah Ludlum Bayless. The church did not allow an

unmarried man to employ a female servant and that there

are many jobs around the farm and home that were per-

formed as women. As a married man, he could employ as

many women as he pleased.

SARAH LUDLUM was born about 1690, the daughter

of WILLIAM LUDLUM of Huntington. Sarah and Daniel

Bayless were the parents of:

1. DANIEL BAYLES born 15 Dec. 1716; died 1800. He

was the husband of JOHANNAH LAKE.

2. Samuel Bayles born 1721 died 1802; married Mary

Story.

3. John Bayles born 26 Apr. 1727; died 1784; married

Susannah Burtis.

Daniel appears on the Brunswick tax rolls for 1748 and

1750, but not on those for Dec. 1752. It seems safe to

assume he died soon after losing his bride.

The Ancestors of Parthenia Bayless Bagwell, a

daughter of George L. Bayless, son of

Reuben Bayless, a son of

Johannah Lake & Daniel Bayless, a son of

Sarah Ludlum & Daniel Bayless, a son of

Ruth Rusco and John Bayles, a son of

Rebecca Stillwell and John Bayless (Sr)

ABOUT JOHN BAYLES

John Bayles seems to have been much less

adventurous than his father. In 1661 he was still

in Southold, as he signed a petition to Connecticut

in Jamaica. By May of 1664, he was made a

Freeman of Connecticut in Jamaica. Less than

a year later he married RUTH RUSCO in Jamaica.

His name appears often in the records as fence

inspector, tax payer, recipient of allotments of

land and in various purchases and sales of

property. He was a delegate to the Governor, Tax

Assessor and contributor to the Minister's salary.

Both John Bayles and his descendant, Bayless

Bagwell were Masons.

ABOUT RUTH RUSCO

Ruth Rusco was born ca 1645 in Jamaica long

Island, New York, a daughter of Esther Hurst

who married William Rusco ca 1636 in Boston, Mass.

William Rusco was born ca 1594, a son of Ian Rusco

of Essex Billcracary, England. He traveled to

Boston in 1638 on the ship "Increase."

Ruth Rusco married on the 12th. day of March, 1665

to John Bayles.

Children: Samuel born 1667 died after 1732. Md.

Rebecca __and Hannah Goulder.

John Bayles born 11 Apr. 1671 born 11 Apr. 1671

died 1719; will dated 26 May 1719. Proven 3 Dec.

1719-20.

Elias Bayless born 24 Jan. 1679. Will Jan. 9, 1762;

proven 14 Apr. 1762. He married Hannah Smith in

1709 and Mercy about 1727.

DANIEL BAYLES born 1683 died 1752 married

SARAH LUDLUM and Elizabeth Waters.

Sarah Bayles married John Lake. On Sept. 24, 1751

John Lake of Amwell, Hunterdon Co. N.J. made a will

in which he referred to his wife Sarah and names as

executors his wife and his brother-in-law, Daniel

Baley (Bailis) This can be no other than Daniel Bayles

as the next will is that of John Lake of New Brunswick

dated 20 Feb. 1752 naming his wife Martinah & appt.

executors his son Richard Lake and Daniel Bayley

Jr. (sic Bayles) who married Joanna Lake.

REBECCA STILL and JOHN BAYLES

He was born about 1617 in Norwich, London, England,

and departed this life on or about the 18th. day of Oct.

16782 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. He married

Rebecca Stillwell about 1641. She is reputed to be a

daughter of John Stillwell.

(Reference: The Bayles Family of Long Island by Howard

Green Bayless printed in 1944.)

John Bayless Sr. was bound to William Wells in Conn.

to pay his passage on the ship "Truelove" in 1635 from

St. Peters of Mancrofts, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

(Reference: Immmigrant Ancestors - A list of immigrants

to America before 1750. Edited by Frederick Adams Virkus.

From the will of John Bayles dated 18 October, 1682

and proven on the 15th. day of Jan. 1683. (Reference N.Y.

County Wills, Liber 1-2, pg. 451-2. The children are listed

corresponding with the order given in the document, with

the exception that the sons were always named first.

It is interesting to note that child number two and child

number eleven share the name Rebecca. This was not

uncommon when a child had died. Other sources of info.

are from the New York Historical Society Collection, 1892,

pg. 122., Original Lists of Persons of Quality by Hotten, pgs.

85-786, and Compendium of Genealogy, Virkus.

The children of Rebecca and John Bayles (Sr)

1. JOHN (1642-1696) md. RUTH RUSCO

2. Rebecca (ca1643-1661)

3. Elias (ca1645-ca 1674 after 1699.)

4. Elizabeth (ca1646-after 1699) md. James 31-12-1664

5. Thomas (ca1647-ca1689) md. ca1685 to Elizabeth Cardell.

6. Jonathan (ca1650-1684) md. Elizabeth Cardwell ca1685

7. Mary (ca1654-1733) md. George Hewlett in 1680.

8. Demares (ca1656-after 1682) md. Nathanial Lyns 1689.

9. Abigail (ca1658-after 1682) md. Daniel Smith

10. Ruth (ca 1660- )

11. Rebecca (ca1662-1694) md. Richard Moore 11 Jan.1694.

THE NEW JERSEY LAND GRANT

On 12 March, 1664, King Charles II of England gave his brother,

the Duke of York, all lands lying between the Connecticut

River and Delaware Bay. The Duke of York gave to Lord John

Berkeley and Sir Geo. Carteret the portion of his grant lying

between the Delaware & Hudson Rivers, namely, New Jersey.

On 06 Sep. 1664, a group of Long Islanders, consisting of

John Bayles, and others petitioned Gov. Nicholls for permission

to buy the land. The Governor granted their petitionm where-

upon they opened negotiations with a group of Staten Island

Indians and bought from them all the waterfront lying between

the mouths of the Raritan and Passaic Rivers (about 17 miles)

and extending twice as far inland, a total of about 370,000 acres.

For a deed to this enormous tract they gave two guns, two iron

kettles, 10 bars of lead, 20 handfuls of gunpowder and 240 yards

of coarse cloth. This deed from the Indians was dated 28 Oct. 1664.

A few weeks later, on Dec. 1, was ratified by Gov. Nicholls.

The records states that: "Immediately thereafter, JOHN BAYLES

and his associated entered upon, planted and improved said

property.

John Bayles accepted the grant of land offered him, sold it and

returned to Long Island, as he reappears promptly in the records

of Jamaica. The John Bayles who took partin this venture was the

father of John Bayles who married Ruth Rusco.

This is the only time, so far as we can learn, that great wealth

ever came to any member of the Bayles family. On the whole

they were respectable citizens and land owners.

The compiler has written this sketch to the best of her ability.

Corrections and additions are always welcome and will be

duly noted.

Parthenia Bayless wife of FLurney Bagwell of Union Parish,La.

daughter of George L. Lucas

son of Reuben Bayless

son of Daniel Bayless & Johannah Lake

daughter of John Lake II son of

Anne Spicer and John Lake

(Reference page 8, The Lake Family by Adams and Risley

printed in 1915.)

John Lake of Gravesend

Gravesend was settled in 1643 by a company of Englishmen

under the leadership of Lady Deborah Moody. She was the

widow of Sir Henry Moody and came over to Massachusetts

about 1640. She became a follower of the teachings of Roger

Williams. To avoid persecution of the Massachuisetts

authorities moved with some of her followers to New Amsterdam.

John Tilton was said to have been one of those who went to

Gravesend with her. Lady Moody found other Englishmen at

New Amsterdam who joined her in the in the Gravesend enterprise.

The first town patent for Gravesend was granted by Governor

Kieft, 10 Dec. 1645, to Lady Moody, Sir Henry Moody, her sonn,

John Tilton, etc. and their thirty nine associates. Among these

associates were JOHN LAKE, William Goulding, and THOMAS

SPICER, all names familiar in Lake Code County. Whether JOHN

LAKE and THOMAS SPICER came from New England with Lady

Moody or whether they joined her in New Amsterdam, has not

been determined with certainty. THOMAS SPICER was at Newport,

Rhode Island as July 16, 1638, the date of his signing the compact.

JOHN LAKE was his SON-IN-LAW. It is unknown to the compiler

whether he married Anne Spicer until after the settlement of

Gravesend. There were several families of Lakes in Massachusetts,

notably those of Thomas and John of Bostton, brothers of SIR

EDWARD LAKE of England, who were related to the best families

of the Colony, and who were themselves of high social position

both in England & America. John Lake of Gravesend may have

been related to them or to other New England Lakes; but his origin

has not been proven.

DANIEL BAYLESS

Born: 15 December, 1716 -- Hunterton County, New Jersey

Died: 1800, Washington County, Tennessee

Married: 13 January, 1736 to Joanna Lake, daughter of John and Martina Lake

Daniel Bayless was about 42 years of age when he decided to move from New Jersey to some place in the South. The writer is eternally grateful to him and Joanna Lake Bayless for making this decision. There were nine children,(10) all of whom were evidently born in New Jersey with the possible exception of Hezekiah. We are not sure whether all of the children left New Jersey but there are records of each of the sons in Tennessee some years later. We are not sure about the three daughters.(11)

The youngest son, Hezekiah, was the first Bayless "settler" from this line in Alabama.(12)

Daniel Bayless moved from New Jersey to Cecil County, Maryland sometime between 1757-62. By 1771 he had moved to Loudon County, Virginia. It is said that each time he moved he would leave power-of-attorney with a friend until he could establish another residence. His occupation is given as surveyor but, like most people of that era, he probably was proficient in many trades.(13) (14)

In 1780-81 he, along with other settlers, started the long trek to Washington County, Tennessee, then North Carolina. This territory became part of Tennessee in 1796. Deed records at Jonesboro, Tennessee reveal that Daniel and three of his sons, Samuel, Reuban, and Hezekiah, were granted lands in Washington County as early as 1784.(15)

Daniel Bayless was pastor of the Cherokee Baptist Church which was organized in 1783 (16) and was the first Baptist Church in the Tennessee Territory. We are not sure when his pastorate began but he served until his death in 1800. His son, John, succeeded him as pastor and served until his death in 1823. (17) It is assumed that all of these earlier members of the Bayless family are buried in the Cemetery of the Cherokee Baptist Church (five miles south of Jonesboro), although the inscriptions on the earlier markers are illegible and no census is available. There are dozens of Bayless markers that can be read and this cemetery is an interesting place to visit.

Reuban, the fifth son of Daniel and Joanna Lake, is our direct ancestor.

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Daniel Bayless Jr lived in Appalachia, in Tennessee.Daniel Bayles, the son of Daniel and Sarah Bayles, was born December 15, 1716 at Maidenhead, Hunterdon, New Jersey, and died in 1800 in Washington County, Tennessee. He moved from New Jersey to Cecil County, Maryland between 1757 and 1762, to Louden County, Virginia before 1775, and to Washington County Tennessee in 1778-1779. He was a surveyor. On January 13, 1736 he married Joanna Lake, the daughter of John and Martina Lake. They had 9 children: Daniel, Phoebe, Martina, Abigail, John, Elias, Samuel, Reuben, and Hezekiah. A copy of his signature was found indicating he spelled his name Bayles, but most of his descendants spell the family name Bayless.
"Daniel Bayless moved from New Jersey to Cecil County, Maryland sometime between 1757-62.
Daniel Bailey (Bayles) of Cecil Co MD from James Frier of Cecil Co., MD and wife Jean, Deed, Book 9 Page 458, May 10, 1762 300 acres of land patented to Henry Hollingsworth
Daniel Bayles of Cecil Co., MD from Robert Muir of Cecil Co., MD, Bill of Sale, Book 10 page 43, August 13, 1764, personal property of Robert Muir including household, farming and riding equipment
Daniel Bayles and wife to John McCoy, Deed, Book 10 page 95, 1764, 60 acres, part of patent of Henry Hollingsworth
Daniel Bayles of Cecil Co., MD to John Hull of Cecil Co., MD Deed, Book 11 Page 226, March 9 1768 1.25 acre tract in Cecil Co., MD
Daniel Bayles of Cecil Co., MD to John Bayles of Middlesex Co., NJ, Deed, Book 11 page 525, April 16, 1770 240 acres of Henry Hollingsworth patent.
By 1771 he moved to Loudon County, Virginia. It is said that each time he moved he would leave power-of-attorney with a friend until he could establish another residence. His occupation is given as surveyor but, like most people of that era, he probably was proficient in many trades.
Index to tithables and slave owners of Loudoun Co., VANOTE: Prior to 1770 no parish was named in the recordsDaniel Bayles, Cameron Parish, 1772. 1773, 1775, 1778Hezekiah Bayles, Cameron Parish, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778John Bayles, 1761, 1762, 1769, 1771 to 1778 Cameron ParishReuben Bayles, Cameron Parish, 1772 to 1774Samuel Bayles, Cameron Parish, 1774 to 1778 Cameron Parish
"In 1780-81 he, along with other settlers, started the long trek to Washington County, Tennessee, then North Carolina. This territory became part of Tennessee in 1796. Deed records at Jonesboro, Tennessee reveal that Daniel and three of his sons, Samuel, Reuban, and Hezekiah, were granted lands in Washington County as early as 1784.
"Daniel Bayless was pastor of the Cherokee Baptist Church which was organized in 1783 and was the first Baptist Church in the Tennessee Territory. We are not sure when his pastorate began but he served until his death in 1800. His son John succeeded him as pastor and served until his death in 1823. It is assumed that all of these earlier members of the Bayless family are buried in the Cemetery of the Cherokee Baptist Church (five miles south of Jonesboro), although the inscriptions on the earlier markers are illegible and no census is available. There are dozens of Bayless markers that can be read and this cemetery is an interesting place to visit. "
Birth place also found as Jamaica, Queens, Long Island.Also found Death Place - Jonesboro, Washington County, TennesseeChildren listed on his Find A Grave Memorial:

Daniel Bayless John Bayless Samuel Gilbert Bayless Reuben Bayless Hezekiah Bayles

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