Rev. James Bailey

James Bailey

• Born 12 Sep 1650 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Died 18 Jun 1707 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Son of John Bailey Jr. and Eleanor Emery

Family

Married

1. 17 Sep 1672 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts to Mary Carr. She was the daughter of George and Elisabeth Carr of Salisbury, Mass.
2. after 1688 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to Mary Lamb, widow of Thomas Swan. She was the daughter of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury and Dorothy Harbottle.

Children with 1st wife:

1. Mary, born July 5, 1673; died August 10, 1673
2. John, born 1675; was of Killingworth.
3. James, born 1678; died October 24, 1715.
4. Isaac, born October 22, 1681; died August 23, 1711.
5. Sarah, born September 3, 1683; died 1683
6. Joshua, born 1685; married Elisabeth Johnson April 25, 1715; was of Haverhill.

Torrey gives a marriage date of "by 1665" for first marriage of Mary Lamb & Thomas Swann. Swann died in 1688, so her second marriage was probably after his death.[4]

biography

From FamilySearch.org "Memories" "Life Sketch of the Reverend James Bailey " Contributed By: georgialynnlewis1 · 26 December 2015 ·

James was born in September 1650 in Newbury, Massachusetts. His parents were John Bailey and Eleanor Emery. He was a middle child and had 4 sisters and 5 brothers.

James graduated at Harvard College in 1669. He was a physician and clergyman.

James married Mary Carr in September 1672. They were the parents of 9 children; Mary 1673, James 1675, John 1676, John 1678, Samuel 1679, Isaac 1681, Sarah 1683, Joshua 1685, and Sarah 1686. Sarah 1683 died when she was just 22 days old.

James was a preacher in Salem Village (now Danvers) in 1671 at the age of 22. He became as prominent as a Reverend and preached throughout Massachusetts, even in Boston. He was a preacher in Salem a few years leading to the 'witchcraft delusion', serving from 1673 to 1681. "His Ministry at Salem Village 'was the cause of much dissension and which indirectly added to the bitterness of the witchcraft persecution'". He took the oath of a Freeman in May 1673. He called himself "of Newbury" and had his children baptized there, while at the same time he was the preacher at Salem.

In 1682, James moved to Killingsworth, Connecticut, where he remained 10 years. Also in 1682 James Father in Law died and James was involved in settling his estate. James also served as a minister at Killingsworth. While he was in Connecticut, his wife, Mary died in 1688. James married again, his second wife being Mary Swan.

In the 1680's, James studied medicine and about 1692 he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In Roxbury he was both clergyman and physician. In the 1690's Bailey relatives were involved with the "witchcraft delusion". James youngest sister in law, Ann Carr, had visited the Bailey's when she was young and that is where she met her husband Thomas Putnam. Both Ann and Thomas were very prominent in the witchcraft trials especially the persecution of Mrs. Bradbury, whom they accused of bewitching their daughter. Mrs. Bradbury was also accused of bewitching Mary Carr's brother John. Two of Mary's brothers testified against Mrs. Bradbury, but Mary's brother, William, testified that her brother John became "meloncholy and at times insane" after his attachment to a young lady was broken up by their father.

James died in Roxbury in June 1707, and was listed as a physician at the time of his death. His estate was settled in December 1710. His second wife, Mary Swan, survived him and was a widow for 10 years. She died in October 1717.

Information from

• Ruth M. White 1978, via Larry E. White June 1999.
• "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury" by David Hoyt, * "History of the Putnam Family" by Eben Putnam,
• "The Pioneers of Massachusetts" by Charles Pope, and
• "Bailey-Bayley Genealogies" from the Essex Antiquarian, Salem, Massachusetts, 1901. Compiled by G. Lewis, October 2003.

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RECORD:

1. Sidney Perley, Editor, Essex Antiquarian (The), Reprint 1988, Anundusen Publishing CO., Decorah, Ia., Vol. V pg. 123-4. "born in Newbury Sept 12, 1650. He graduated at Harvard college in 1669; and was a physician and clergyman, preaching in Salem village (now Danvers) from 1673 to 1681. He called himself of Newbury, and had children baptized there while he was preaching at the village. In 1682 he removed to Killingworth, COnn., where he remained ten years. He then studied medicine, and settle in ROxbury, Mass., where he was both clergy man and physican. He married, first, Marr Carr of Salisbury Sept 17, 1672; and she died in Killingworth, Conn., Oct. 28, 1688. He married, second, Mary ___; and died at ROxbury, Mass., June 18, 1707. SHe survived him, and died Oct. 23, 1717. CHildren listed: Mary, James, John, John, Samuel, Isaac, Sarah and Joshua."

2. Hollis R. Bailey, Bailey Genealogy: James, John and Thomas and Their Descendants, 1899.

3. Judith E. Burns, Revised Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery, of Newbury, Ma., Transcript 1982 - ??. "m. 17 Sep. 1672 Mary Carr b. 29 Dec. 1652 Newbury, Essex, Ma. d. 28 Oct 1688 Killingsworth, Middlesex, Ct. daughter of George Carr and possibly Eliz. Oliver Hoyt; m. 2) Mary ___ d. 23 Oct 1717. He d. 18 Jun 1707 ROxbury, Essex, Ma. Physician. CHildren listed all of 1st marriage: Mary, Sarah, JOhn, Isaac, James, John, Samuel, Sarah, and Joshua."

James BAILEY 1 was born 1642 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He married Mary LAMB on 1697 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Mary LAMB, daughter of Thomas Lamb and Dorothy Harbitle, 1, 2 was christened 29 Sep 1644 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 1702 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary married James BAILEY on 1697 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; she was Thomas Swan's widow.

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg526.htm#8610
• 1. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-), 2:1155, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 A549.
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 14 2017, 23:22:18 UTC

1. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (online database); Boston, MA: NEHGS: "James (1650-1707) & 1/wf Mary CARR (1652-1688); 17 Sep 1672; Newbury/ Salem/ Killingworth, CT {LBDF&P 4:138; Sibley's Harv. Grad. 2:298, 5:29; Davis: Anc. of Phoebe Tilton 181; McIntire Anc. 304; Bailey (1899) 160; Fulton Anc. 462; Essex Ant. 5:124; Sv. 1:94, 142, 338; Bailey (1932) (ms) 13; Carr (1894) 24; Chesbrough 515; TAG 12:42, 45}"
2. ↑ Rowley Vital Records, Volume - Births, p. 16 in Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (online database), Boston, MA, NEHGS: "Bailey... James (Baley), s. James and Lydiah, 15: 11m [Jan]: 1650[/1]"
3. ↑ From HR Bailey, Bailey Genealogy (1899), p. 160-161, #9
4. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey, compiler, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD version) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001). "SWAN, Thomas (-1688) & Mary [LAMB] (1644-1717), m/2 Rev. James BAILEY; by 1665; Boston/Roxbury/Cambridge {Sibley's Harv. Grad. 3:440, 4:295, 410; Charlestown 918; Bailey (1932) (ms) 13; Sv. 3:48}"

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