Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 85

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876

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(III) Joseph (2). second son and fifth child of Deacon Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull) Bailey, was born February 13, 1683, in Bradford, and lived in

the West parish of Newbury. He is described as a yeoman, and sold his house and land in Byfield parish in 1761. It is probable that he then removed to Lunenburg. He was married January 17. 1723, to Elizabeth Crosby, and they were the parents of the following children, all born in Rowley: Jonathan (died young), Elizabeth (died young), Anna, Jedediah, John, Jonathan and Elizabeth.

(IV) Joseph (3), eldest child of Joseph (2) and Abigail (Webster) Bailey, was born January 13, 17II, in Newbury, and lived in that town, where he died November 14, 1748. He was married March 15, 1733, to Martha Boynton, of Rowley, who sur- vived him, and was married September 27, 1769, to Timothy Morss. Joseph Bailey's children were: Sarah, Nathan. Richard, Martha, Asa, Abigail and Elizabeth.

(V) Asa, third son and fifth child of Joseph (3) and Martha (Boynton) Bailey, was born about 1743, in Newbury, and removed thence after 1766, to Haverhill, New Hampshire, where he resided for a time and settled in Landaff, an adjoining town, after the Revolutionary war. He was married in Haverhill, April 15, 1767, to Abigail Abbott, dangh- ter of James (2) and Sarah (Bancroft) Ahbott (see Abbott. IV). He served in several enlistments as a Revolutionary soldier. He was in Colonel Bedell's regiment in the expedition against Canada in 1776, the return of his services being made in May, 1777. He was in Captain Young's company, of Colonel Bedell's regiment, joined the Continental army under General Washington, in which he re- ceived a compensation of one cent per mile, with bounty and their emoluments. his total pay amount- ing to four pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence. His bounty and blankets amount to two dollars and fifteen cents. His first enlistment was January 21, 1775. and he was in service June 24 of that year. In March. 1776, the town of Haverhill voted him ten shillings for warning and conveying out of town a child of Susannah Hadley. In 1778 he was on a committee of safety for that town. He resided for many years in Landaff, where he cleared a farm in the wilderness, and where he had a large family of children born, including Phineas, Asa, fabez, Amos and Patience. The mother of these children died in Landaff, and he subsequently removed to Pennsyl- vania. where he acquired a large amount of land and was again married and had a family of five sons and daughters born to him. He died at an advanced age in Pennsylvania about 1825.

(VI) Jabez, third son of Asa Bailey, was born in Landaff, January 21. 1781, died in Lisbon. New Hampshire, October 23. 1855. was a farmer, and also worked at shoemaking. He was a resident at +lifferent times of Ryegate. Vermont. and Bath and Lisbon. New Hampshire. Ile was a member of the Methodist Church for years, but some time before his death he joined the Congregational Church. In politics he was a Whig till the organization of the Republican party, and from that time supported the candidates of that party. He was killed by a fall from his wagon, at the age of seventy-four years and ten months. He married. August 20, 181I, Martha Ifunt. born January 27, 1700, died March 6, 1867, in Franconia, New Hampshire. Their chil- dren were: Nancy A., John W., Betsy C., William G., Jackson. Israel Carlton. Lydia A .. Amos, Jonas MI., and Powers Grant.

(VII) Israel Carlton, sixth child and fourth son of Jabez and Martha (Hunt) Bailey, born in Bath, New Hampshire, December 4, 1820, acquired his

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education in the public schools and at Newbury Academy, attending the latter institution two years. When he was ten years old his father removed to Ryegate, and there Israel C. resided till he reached his majority. He then lived in Bath. New Hamp- shire, and after his marriage lived at Lisbon. For some years after leaving school he taught in the common schools of Vermont and New Hampshire, and then went to Boston, where he was employed in the Massachusetts General Hospital for a year. After farming a while in Bath he sold his property there and removed to Lisbon, where he bought a farm upon which he lived for twenty years. Dis- posing of his property there in 1860, he removed to Concord, where he has since resided. During the sixties he canvassed several years and traveled through portions of New England, and also of the middle western states and Florida. His occupation in Concord has been house painting, and he con- tinued to work at his trade until 1003, being then eighty-four years old, and still able to climb a ladder and do as good a day's work as any of his men. He is a Republican. At the age of eighteen years hé became a member of the Methodist Church, and from then till now has been a faithful and con- sistent member of that church. He was superin- tendent of the Sunday-school for more than twenty years, and has been class leader for nearly forty years: and though desiring to resign in later years, on account of age, his resignation has never been accepted by his church. Israel C. Bailey married (first), December 30, 1847, Jane S. Hunt, born in Bath, New Hampshire, April 16, 1820, died in Con- cord. May 2. 1871, daughter of Daniel and Charlotte ( Long) Hunt, of Bath. They were the parents of five children: Hinman Chester, a child not named : Mary Etta: Solon Irving; and Marshall Henry. He married (second), March 16, 1890, Marie E., widow of William Hunt, of Concord.

(VIII) Hinman Chester, eldest child of Israel C. and Jane S. (Hunt) Bailey, was born in Lisbon, February 5, 1840. and attended the public schools of Concord until he was fourteen years of age. He then spent the two following years in a dry goods store. Then learning photography, he embarked in that business in Concord, where he soon had the largest and finest gallery in the state, to which he added a photograph stock depot, employing in the two departments ten or twelve people and carrying on a profitable business until 1892, when on account of failing health he was obliged to dispose of the entire plant.

In 1803. he accepted the offer of the position of assistant in the astronomical observatory at Are- quipa, Peru, established in 1889 by Harvard College, and placed in charge of Mr. Bailey's brother, Solon I. Bailey, associate professor of astronomy at Harvard. Here Mr. Bailey remained three years, having entire charge of the work during a portion of the time while Professor Bailey was absent in the United States. During that time a revolution broke out, and General Ramos Pacheco, commander of the insurgent forces, after visiting Arequipa in disguise, and narrowly escaping capture, made his way to the observatory, where Mr. Bailey was alone, and asked to he fed and concealed until he could escape to his army. The request was granted, and the general remained in hiding about two days, and then safely made his way into his own lines. Three weeks later he captured Arequipa. and on the day following the capitulation of the city, the general and his entire staff, attired in uniforms of white and gold, paid

the observatory a visit and thanked Mr. Bailey for his friendly act, which the general, now the head of the Peruvian army, never forgot, often attesting his friendship for Mr. Bailey by many kindly acts. During the revolution Mr. Bailey was sometimes very near the forces when engaged in battle and had ample opportunity to observe them. In 1896 lie re- turned to the United States and remained three years, during which time he kept an art store in Concord, and visited the principal towns in New England, where he gave a highly instructive lecture entitled, "Three Years Under the Southern Cross." illustrated by stereopticon views. In 1899 he was offered and accepted the place of manager in charge of the observatory at Arequipa, and at once returned to Peru. At Arequipa he was welcomed as an old friend by all grades of citizens. Here he had charge of the observatory until 1902. In those years he was often the guest of the best people of the city, and entertained the president and cabinet at his resi- dence. After filling the directorate three years, he resigned and accepted the position of cashier of the Inca Gold Mining Company, at Tirapata, two hun- dred and fifty miles north of Arequipa, where he lived two and a half years in a very wild country. While there he made two journeys across the high Andes, and visited the rivers Huacamayo, Madre de Dios, and Tavera, and unexplored territories in the valley east of the Andes. He has many photographs and other souvenirs of those mountain and forest solitudes, and many vivid recollections of the years he spent there. Returning to New Hampshire in 1904. Mr. Bailey engaged in the real estate and in- vestment business.

Mr. Bailey is a Republican. For more than forty years he has been a member of Baker Memorial Church. He is a member of Blazing Star Lodge, No. IT, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; also of White Mountain Lodge, No. 5. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand; is a past grand patriarch of the New Hampshire grand encampment, and in 1893 was elected representative to the sovereign grand lodge, but resigned to go to Peru. He is a past chief patriarch of Penacook Encampment, No. 3. and past commandant of Canton Wildey, No. I. of Concord, past grand patriarch of the grand encampment of the state, and was colonel of the Patriarchs Militant, department of New Hampshire.

He married, May 1, 1870, May A. Robey, born April 11. 1850. at Pittsfield. daughter of Jeremiah and Mary A. Robey. They have one child, Winni- fred. born October 29, 1872. She is the wife of Frank L. Lane, and they have two children, Chester and Pauline.

(III) Deacon John, seventh child and third son of Joseph and Abigail (Trumbull) Bailey, was born November 26, 1601, in Bradford, and lived there until 1713, when he removed to Haverhill, again moving in1 1735 to Methuen. He was a yeoman, and also a bricklayer, and was a deacon of the North Church of Methuen (now Salem). New Hampshire. He was living in Methuen in 1763. He was married about 1712 to Susanna Tenney, and they had chil- dren : Samuel, Sarah, Hannah, John. Joshua, Susanna (died young ), Jonathan, Moses and Susanna.

(IV) John (2), second son and fourth child of Deacon John (1) and Susanna (Tenney) Bailey, was born February 18. 1721. in Haverhill, and was reared in Methuen, where he made his home until 1770, removing then to North Salem, New Hamp-

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shire. He was a cordwainer and yeoman. He was married (first ) to Elizabeth Corliss, of Salem, and (second) to his cousin, Mary (Foster), widow of James Hastings. The first wife died in 1787, aged sixty-six years, and the second lived to be a cen-' tenarian. His children, born in Methuen, were: John Moores, Elizabeth, David, Dudley. Samuel, Priscilla (died young), Priscilla and Rachel Whit- tier. The two youngest daughters married and set- tled in Alexandria, New Hampshire.

(V) David, third child and second son of Jolın (2) and Elizabeth (Corliss) Bailey, was born March 10, 1752. in Methuen, and is said by family tradition to have lived in Bath cr Hopkinton, New Hampshire, widely remote localities. He was killed by a fall from a wagon. He married Sally Amy, and had children, the names of only two of whom seem to have been preserved, namely : John and Nancy.

(VI) John Bailey was for a time a resident of Alexandria, New Hampshire. and was married twice, though the names of his wives are not re- corded. The vital records of the state do not men- tion any of his children, but the family preserves a knowledge of one.

(VII) John William, son of John Bailey, was born in Alexandria. Having learned the black- smith's trade he began to follow it as a journeyman, in Lyman, this state, but shortly afterwards went to Bath. From the latter place he removed to Haver- hill Corner, where he carried on a prosperous blacksmithing business for a period of twenty-fifive years, and he is now living in retirement at Woods- ville. He married Eleanor Locke, who was born in Lyman and died at Haverhill Corner, January 18, 1895. She bore him four children: Clarence L., Roy ( who died in childhood ), Harriet and Blanche. (VIII) Clarence Lovering. eldest child of John W. and Eleanor (Locke) Bailey, was born in Ly- man, November 23, 1869. He began his education in the Haverhill public schools, and concluded his studies at the academy in that town, after which he served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade under the direction of his father. In 1891 he with- drew from the elder Bailey's employ, and going to Woodsville established himself in the blacksmithing and wood-working business, which he has ever since conducted energetically and with profitable results. As an earnest supporter of the Republican party Mr. Bailey evinces a profound interest in local public affairs, in which he has participated officially, having served as supervisor for six years. He is past noble grand of Moosanlock Lodge, No. 25, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and also belongs to Lodge No. 618, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Berlin.

He married Mary Spooner, who was born in Benton, December 14, 1870, daughter of Alonzo and Mary (Bennett) Spooner. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have three children: Harold, born August 12, 1897 : Eleanor, born October 5. 1808; and Arthur, born October 8, 1902.

(Second Family.)

There were several ancestors of this BAILEY name among the pioneers of New Eng- land, and their descendants are very numerous throughout the United States. The name was actively identified with the formative period in New Hampshire's history, and it is still connected in a worthy way with the social, moral and ma- terial progress of the commonwealth. There are niany other lines than the one herein traced.

(I) John Bailey was a resident of Salisbury. Massachusetts, whither he came from Chippenham. in Wiltshire, England, sailing in the ship "Angel Gabriel," which left England in April. 1635. He was cast away at Pemaquid (now Bristol. Maine), in the great storm of August 15, 1635. He was not accompanied by his wife, and his son John was the only one of his children to come. He was a weaver by trade, and was living in Salisbury in 1640, re- moving thence to Newbury in the spring of 1651. He died there November 2, 1651, being called "Old John Bailey." In his will he mentioned, "My brother John Emery, Junior. of Newbury, over- secr" His homestead in Salisbury he bequeathed to his son John. His children born in England were: John, Robert, and two daughters who were living in England when he made his will.

(II) John (2), eldest child of John (1) Bailey. was born in 1613, in England, and was a weaver in carly lif: ; after settling in New England he became a husbandman. He remained in Salisbury until 1643, when he moved to Newbury and there passed the remainder of his life. He was a selectman in 1664, and was a freeman in 1669. In that year and the following his wife was engaged in the practice of milwifery. He died in March. 1691. He mar- ried, about 1640. Eleanor Emery, and she remained his widow until her death, which occurred previous to September 23, 1700, when administration was granted upon her estate. Their children were: Rebecca, John, Sarah, Joseph, James, Joshua (died young ). Isaac, Joshua, Rachael and Judith.

(III ) Isaac, fifth son and seventh child of John (2) and Eleanor (Emery) Bailey, was born July 22, 1654, in Newbury, and was a yeoman, residing in that town. He was called of Salisbury in 1695. and may have removed to that town. He died April 26, 1740, in his eighty-sixth year, and devised his homestead to his grandson, David Bailey. He mar- ried (first), June 13, 1683. Sarah Emery, daughter of John and Mary (Webster) Emery. She died April 1, 1694, and he married (second), September 5. 1700, Rebecca Bartlett, whom he survived just seventeen years. She died April 26, 1723. His children, born in Newbury, were: Isaac, Joshua, David. Judith and Sarah.

(IV) Joshua, second son and child of Isaac and Sarah (Emery) Bailey, was born October 30. 1685. in Newbury, and lived in that town, where he was a yeoman and maltster. He married, February 4. 1706. Sarah Coffin, of Newbury, who survived him and died his widow. November 27. 1768, at the age of eighty-three years. He died October 6, 1762. lacking a few days of being seventy-seven years old. His children were: Stephen, Joshua. Abner, Enoch. Sarah, Judith. Abigail, Jacob and John, beside two that were stillborn.

(V) John (3), youngest child of Joshua and Sarah (Coffin) Bailey, was born May 4, 1729, in Newbury, and inherited the homestead of his father in that town. He was a cooper and yeoman. He married, November 9, 1752, Anne Chase, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Morse) Chase. (Sve Chase. VID). He died between October 22 and November 25, 1771, the respective dates of making and probating his will. His widow was still living in 1785. Their children, born in Newbury, were: Daniel, John ( died young ), Susanna, Anna, Judith, John, Abigail and Abner.

(VD) John (4), third son and sixth child of Jolmn (3) and Anne ( Chase) Bailey, was hurn De- cember 28. 1765, in Newbury, and married Mary

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Currier, born October 19, 1767. Their children were: John, James, Friend, Elmira, Mary, Nancy, Jacob, Sarah and Dolly.

(VII) James, second son and child of John (4) and Mary (Currier) Bailey, was born May 10, 1790. He was a carpenter and resided in Franklin, New Hampshire. He married Sarah Davis, and their children were: James Monroe, John, Cyrus and Sarah.

( VIII) Cyrus, third son and child of James and Sarah (Davis) Bailey, was born December 17, 1822. In 1848 he removed to Franklin, where he was engaged in doing carpenter work till his death, January 28, 1898. He was an industrious man, a well balanced citizen, and a respected inember of Meridian Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of Franklin. He married. November 25, 1847, at Kennebunk, Maine, Charlotte Wiggins, born in Bridgewater, New Hampshire, October 31, 1827, daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Fellows) Wig- gins. She survived her husband. One child, James, was born of this union.

(IX) James, only child of Cyrus and Charlotte (Wiggins) Bailey, was born in East Andover, Au- gust 14, 1853, and died in Franklin, May 29, 188S. He was educated in the common schools, the high school of Franklin, and at Andover Academy. He began his life's labor as a mechanic in Walter Aikins Bradall's mill at Franklin. He was em- ployed as a general repairer in the various mills of that place until about the time of his death, which occurred when he was only thirty-five years old. He was an ingenious and skillful mechanic, and his removal was a loss to the industrial interests of Franklin. He was a member of Franklin Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Knights of Pythias, of Franklin. He married. February 2, 1879, Hannah McGloughlin, born in Manchester, England, October 28, 1859, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Davenport) McGloughlin, who removed to Rochester, New Hampshire, with their family of seven children, in 1861. Two chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bailey: Charlotte WV., February 21, 1880, a graduate of the Franklin high school, now the wife of Herbert G. Horne, a mittsician of Nashua. Chester C., June 16, 1887, now in the employ of the National Despatch-Great Eastern Line. Boston, Massachusetts.

There can be no doubt that the line

BAILEY herein traced is of the same stock as the Baileys who settled in Newbury, Vermont, and Littleton, New Hampshire, scions of good old New England stock.

(I) A most rigid search has failed to discover any record of the birthplace or parentage of Cyrus Bailey, who was a pioneer settler in Peacham, Ver- mont, where most of his life was passed. He was born November 2, 1748, and died in Littleton, May 29. 1822. There can be little doubt that his birth occurred in or near Newbury, Massachusetts, whence came nearly all the settlers of the section where he lived and died. His wife was Abigail (Wicks) Bedell, a widow.

(II) William, son of Cyrus and Abigail Bailey, was born November 28, 1775, in Bath, New Hamp- shire, and resided in that vicinity for several years. He died in Brompton, Province of Quebec, February 27. 1833. His wife Sukie, daughter of James and Susanna ( Merrill) Williams, was born September 2, 1787, in Methuen, Massachusetts.

(III) Jonathan Lewis, son of William and

Sukie (Williams) Bailey, was born November 8, 1808, in Peacham, Vermont, and resided in Littleton, New Hampshire, from 1844 to 1853. He was a suc- cessful farmer, and died in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, January 8, 1894. He was an active promoter of Republican principles. He was married March 6, 1838, to Mary, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Rich- ardson) Quimby. She was born March 27, 1816, in Lisbon, New Hampshire, and died January 16. 1892, in West Concord, Vermont. Their children, beside the first which died in infancy, were: Mary Eliza- beth (died young), James Henry, Mary Elizabeth, William H., Joseph Quimby, and Susan D.

(IV) James Henry, third child of Jonathan L. and Mary (Quimby) Bailey. was born in Littleton, May 20, 1844, and was educated in the schools of Concord and Waterford, Vermont. In 1860, at the age of sixteen, he went to Littleton, New Hamp- shire, and the next year became a clerk in the gen- eral merchandise store of his uncle, William Bailey, and was employed there two and a half years. He then went to Danville, Vermont, where he followed a like vocation one year. then to Wells River, for four years, then to Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he was a clerk for the Sturdevant Manufacturing Company, six years. In 1874 he removed to Little- ton, and was employed as a bookkeeper by C. & C. F. Eastman, merchants, eight years. He then be- came a partner with George A. Edson and Henry A. Eaton, and as Edson, Bailey & Eaton they bought out C. & C. F. Eastman, and continued the business four years. Mr. Eaton then retired and the two remaining partners, as Edson & Bailey, carried on the business for twenty-four years, until September, 1906, when Mr. Bailey sold his interest to H. A. Edson, son of George A. Edson, and Harvey C. Kinne, and retired from active business life. Indus- try and good management have made Mr. Bailey's life a success and he lias accumulated a very com- fortable fortune. In 1895 he became a stockholder and director in the Littleton National Bank and the Littleton Savings Bank, and is still holding those positions. In politics he is a Democrat, and as such was elected to the board of selectmen in 1883-86-90- 91, commissioner of the Littleton Village District, 1891-95-96-97. town treasurer about one year; and since 1907 has served as commissioner of the water and light company, and has been a justice of the peace about thirty years. In 1905 he represented Littleton in the general court. He is a member of Burns Lodge, No. 66, Free and Accepted Masons; St. An- drews Royal Arch Chapter, No. 1; Hiram Council, No. 12, Royal and Select Masters; St. Gerard Com- mandery, Knights Templar, Lodge of Perfection, Lancaster ; Washington Council, Princes of Jerusa- lem ; Littleton Chapter, Rose Croix ; and Edward A. Raymond Consistory. thirty-second degree, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret. He is also a member of Cooshockee Club, of Littleton. In religious faith he is a Unitarian.

He married, November 16, 1881, in Lyman, Mary Maroa Clough, who was born in Lyman, January 3. 1853, daughter of James and Mary (Eaton) Clough, of Lyman. She is an attendant of the Methodist Church.

The name of Bailey is of ancient

BAILEY Scotch origin and at least two other forms of spelling it, viz .: Baley and are to be found on both sides of the

Bayley

Atlantic.

Captain John Bailey, a Scotch mariner, was for

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many years master of the "Lady of the Lake." a vessel hailing from a port of Ireland. He was the father of four sons: Robert, John, William, and James.

James, son of Robert Bailey, was born at Wig- town, Scotland, in 1824. Having no inclination to follow the sea, he sought employment on shore and became a cattle herder on a Scotch estate. Ile led a quiet, religions life and was a devout Presbyterian. His death occurred in Scotland, April 21, 1891. In 1852 he married Margaret Crawford. who died in 1898. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom are living: Hugh, Mary, Thomas W., James and John. The others were: Robert and William.

Thomas ( Wilmand) Bailey, son of James and Margaret ( Crawford) Bailey, was born in Wigtown. Scotland, February 20, 1864. His earlier years were interspersed between the salmon-fishing industry and following the sea, and for a period of four years he was employed as a sailor on ships plying between Liverpool and New York. Arriving at Boston in IS87, with the determination to settle permanently in the United States, he went to South Weare, New Hampshire, where he turned his atten- tion to agriculture, and he shortly afterwards set- tled in New Boston upon a farm of one hundred acres, which came into the possession of his wife. In addition to general farming he devotes consider- able attention to the dairying industry, and is meet- ing with success. Mr. Bailey is a naturalized citi- zen. Politically he acts with the Republican party, and has served with credit as highway surveyor. In his religious faith he is a Presbyterian.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 85

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 876

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876