James Bailey, of Rowley

JAMES OF ROWLEY BRANCH.

FIRST GENERATION.

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JAMES BAILEY, born about 1612, in England, came to Rowley in the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1640.

He married Lydia . He died in Rowley August g, 1677. She died in Rowley April 29, 1704.

James Bailey was a brother of Richard Bailey, who came to New England in 1638 in the ship " Bevis." It is not known from what part of England James and Richard came. An account of Richard and his descendants was published by Alfred Poor of Salem, Mass., in 1858, in a book entitled, " Historical and Genealogical Researches in the Merrimack Valley."

Richard Bailey in his will dated in 1648, a copy of which is printed in the Sixth Annual Report of the Bailey-Bayley Family Association, mentions his brother, James, and his nephew, John.

It appears from the town records of Rowley that James Bailey acquired, by allotment and purchase, considerable real estate, and was a citizen in good standing. He held various town offices, including the office of Overseer of the Poor, and also that of Selectman for several years. His house stood on the east side of what is now called Pleasant street in the village of Rowley, on land now owned by Mr. Charles H. Todd.

The record of the original grant is as follows : " To James Baley one house lott containing an Acre and an halfe lying on the north side of Edward Sawyer's house lott."

CHILDREN.

• 2 John, born December 2, 1642. (Sec page 4.)
• 3 Lydia, born September, 1644. (Sec page 4.)
• 4 Jonathan, born September, 1646; died March, 1665.
• 5 Damaris, born November 17, 1648. (See page 5.)
• 6 James, born November 15, 1650. (See page 5.)
• 7 Thomas, born June i, 1653 ; no issue.
• 8 Samuel, born June 10, 1655 ; died September, 1657.
• 9 Samuel, born November 6, 1658 ; no issue.

Bailey genealogy : James John, and Thomas, and their descendants : in three parts (1899)

Author: Bailey, Gertrude E; Ellsworth, Abbie F; Reed, William H; Bailey, Hollis R. (Hollis Russell), 1852-1934 Subject: Bailey family Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: 1862608 Digitizing sponsor: Boston Public Library Book contributor: Boston Public Library Collection: bostonpubliclibrary; americana

This 1984 reprint edition is printed under the auspices of Parker River Researchers, P.O. Box 86, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950.

http://archive.org/details/baileygenealogyj00bail

History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical ..., Volume 2, Part 1, page 1131 edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd

• Wife Lydia & eight children

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