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B15115ba 

2nd-13th; 

1894-1911 

2005206 


REYNOLDS    H(£rOR|CAr 
GENEALOGY   COLLECT^ 


3  1833  01723  1975 


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PROCIiBDINQS 


THE  SECOND  ANNUAL  GATHERING 


Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association 


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Andover,  Mass.,   Aui^ust   16, 


1894-  '^'1 


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PROCEEDINGS. 


TiiK  Soi-ond  Annual  ( iai  hi'iiiiu  of  tlu'  IJailcy-IJayU'V  Family  As- 
sociation was    lield  at   Aiitl(i\  cr,  Mass.,  Auiiusl    10,  1S!)1;   ilic    llrsl 
liavini;-  bi'cn  lic-ld  at   Caiiohir  Lakt',  X.  II.,  .\ii<^iist    ITi,  1M»;;.      'I'lir 
exercises   were    conducted    j^inerally    acc-<jrdiu<;'    to    tlu'    tdllow  iu'.;- 
prograninie  which  liad  been  eiiculated  |iriiir  to  the  ineitinij,. 
OKI)  1:1;   oi'    i:\  i:i;(  isi:s. 
AT    10.:;i)    A.    M. 
1.      OjK'iiiiiL!;  Prayer  hy  the  ('ha[)lain  of  tlu'  day. 
'2.      Address  of  weK'onif  hy  the  Pri'sident,  .loiis    .\.    Itvii.KV. 

;}.      JM\isi(;,  Nieliols'  llonu-  ()rrhestra  of  Haverhill,  .Mass. 

4.  Pejiort  of  tlie  Secietary,  .Ioiin   'l\    \)\\\\:\  . 

5.  Report  of  the 'rreasur(!r,  .Iamis    IJ.    1!\iii;v 

6.  Ekn-tion  of  Oilii'ei-s  and  (Nmimittt'es  for  the  tnsiiiiijj.  \far. 

7.  New  IJusiness. 
S.     Sinj^int,'. 

I II  w  1:1;. 
AKTKKXooN    i:.\  i;i;  i:i:(isi:. — l.oH    i'.    m. 
9.      iMusie,  Nichols'  Home  Oicheslra. 

10.  Original  Poem. 

11.  >injiin!j;. 

PJ.      Pi'cilation,  Miss    Pi;ai:i.   Mi;i;i;ii.i.,   Salem,  N.    H. 

l;;.      A(hli-ess,  Pi:v.    A.    F.    Uaii.kv,    liradfor<l,  Mass. 

14.      .Music. 
1.').      Pcmarks   by   lln-    President  of    the   ilay,    Uoi.i  is    \l.    I'.\ii.i;v> 

F-^i,>rii;i:,  ( 'anil)rid<4c,  and  others. 
Ki.      SinniiMj,-,  "Aidd   Lan<;  Syne.'" 

In  accordance  uilh  llie  |)i(i<i-raiMne  themeetini:-  was  called  loor- 
iler  in  diri'  time  l»y  liu-  President  of  the  day.  Mollis  II.  Pailey, 
Ksij.,  and  prayer  s\  ;is  oi't'ered  l-y    the  Ile\.  \'incent   .Moses  <if    \Vesl 


si;(  i;k  i  \ii\  s    ki:im»ki-. 


Xc'wbui-}',  Mass.  'IMif  Addrc's.s  «»f  Wi'lcoinc  was  tlicn  liivcn  hy 
.loliii  .Alfred  Uaik'y  which  follows  this  icpoit  t»t  |in)cccdiiii;s. 

The  Xicliols  Iluiiu'  Ori'lK'stra,  whii-li  is  coiiiiidsimI  cntiii'ly  of  lU-- 
sceiidaiits  of  the  IJaiiey  Family,  very  kindly  vohintei'rcd  their  ser- 
vices and  their  several  seleetioiis  were  well  rendered  and  iiiiicli 
enjoyed  and  theii'  kindness  highly  ai)|)reeia(ed. 

The  Seeretai'v  then  made  the  reportof  the  last  year's  uatherini^, 
whi(  h  u  as  the  iirst  previously  lield,  as  follows  : 

About  a  year  a^o  we  met  as  a  reunion  of  tin-  llailey  Family, 
Avlucli  was  mostly  of  the  descendants  of  Kichard  UaiU-y  of  K'ow- 
ley,  ^lass.,  the  gathering  being  held  at  (."anobie  Lake,  N.  II. 

Although  that  iirst  meeting  was  an  informal  t>ne,  yel  there  was 
a  good  atten(bvnce  and  much  intei'est  was  manifested  in  it.  We 
realized  a  jjU-asant  surprise  both  in  the  number,  the  j)ersons,  and 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  meeting. 

Three  Stall's  of  New  England  were  represented,  ."Maine,  Neu' 
Hampshire  and  Massachusetts.  Wi-  were  ind(d)tt'il  for  thegathei- 
ing  to  the  courage  aiul  enterpiise  of  .Mr.  John  Alfii'd  iSailey  of 
Lt)well,  and  we  were  eual)led  to  liold  the  reunion  wliere  we  ilid, 
through  tlie  generosity  of  the  pr(»|>iietor  of  grounds,  .Mr.  Abel 
Dow. 

It  was  exceedingly  interesting  to  meet  so  many  of  similar  name 
and  of  kindred  blood  and  having  the  nn>st  cordial  sytn|»athy  with 
ea(di  other. 

The  novelty  of  our  Iirst  meeting  pi'rlia]»s,  we  cannot  ex- 
pect will  be  c(mtiniiously  repeated,  yet  there  will  always  l<e  as  w c 
nu'ct  onward,  matters  of   interest  assoc-iated  with  sutdi   gatherings. 

Aftei-  the  exchange  of  many  introductions,  salutations  and  con- 
gratulati(Mis  and  inti-resting  conversations  of  our  respective  pedi- 
gree, the  nu'eting  was  called  to  order  at  'J. In  e.  m.,  by  Mr.  John 
.\lfred  IJailey  of  F(twell,  Mass.,  who  must  l)e  regarded  as  the  father 
of  this  nu)vemenl. 

I'rayei-  was  then  offered  by  the  IJev.  ^'incent  .Moses  of  \\'es| 
N'ewbur\',  Mass.  Then  '>.Vnu'rii-a"  was  sung,  led  by  Fben  II. 
Hailev,   Fs(j.,  of  iJoston,  Mass. 

.\  permanent  oruani/at  ion  was  then  effected  by  the  electimi  ot 
tdlirei's  foi-  one   \i'  ir. 


rm;    ii.\i  i. i:\-iia  v  i.i:v    i'amii.v    assoi  ia  i  ion, 


'I'lic  folio  will  14  otlirci's  \vri\'  clc'clctl: 

President,       -loliN    Al.KlM.H    i>All.i:v   ot'    f.owell,    .M;lss. 

\'ice  I'lisicU'iit,  —  l»i:\.  Ar<a  sirs  l'\  ISaii.iov  of  l>i;i<lfor(l,  .Mass. 

Si'iMctai  y,  — .loiiN    T.    r>Aii.i;v  of  Soiiu'iville,  .Mass. 

TreasiiriT,  -  .1  A\i  i:s    IJ.    IIaii.i^v  ()f  Law  I'ciice,  Mass. 

.\  Coiiimittee  of  Ari'aiiueiiieiils  of  ii\c  in  uddilion  to  tlic  offici  rs, 
to  wit:  l{i;\'.  \'i\(i;ni'  .Mosi;s  of  West  Ni'wlnii'y,  .Mass.;  lloi.i.is 
1{.  I!\li.i:v,  Ks(,).  of  ( '.uiiltridne,  .Mass.;  .Mi;s.  .Mil. ion  Im.i.sw  tUMll 
of  llowley  ;  ()i;iN  1).  I)\ii.i;v  of  Lakepoil,  X.  1!.;  I.i  riii:ii  r).\ii.i:v 
IJooi.u.s  of  I'at  ten,  .Maine. 

.\  collertioii  was  then  solicited  by  a  ( 'oininittce  from  llic  asseiii- 
lil\'  and  l)lank  cards  were  dist  lilmted  to  secure  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  1  hose  pi'eseiil. 

Tlu'iH'    weic    found    to    )»e    about     two    hundred    in  -  ultciidance. 

^ome  interestinu;  exercises  were  then  had. 

.Miss  I'l-arl  .Merrill  of  Salem,  X.  II.,  yave  a  pleasino-  ri'citatioii, 
and  IJi'V.  A.  V.  j>ailey  of  IJradford,  Mass.,  oa\ f  a  very  instructive 
and  inti'i-estinji;  address,  t'lnlu-acinti;  in  a  condensed  form  the  his- 
tory of  tlu'  ancestry  of  our  family.  .\  name  for  our  oruani/.ation 
was  then  (dioseii,  whicdi  was  that  by  whiidi  we  are  always  to  In- 
known,.  "Tin:    Uaii.i;  v-l)A  V  1.1;  V    Family   .Vssoi  i.\ tion." 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  Mr.  Aln-l  Dow  for  <fcn('i-ously 
opeiiiiiLrhis  ^'rounds  for  our  use  witliout  charLje  ;  and  a  vote  of 
thanks  was  also  oiveii  to  .Mr.  John  Alfred  Ilailey  i'or  his  etforts  in 
callini'-  the  niCH'tini^  and  to  the  Kev.  A.  V.  Hailey  for  liis  addiess. 

rpoii  invitation  of  S.  (Jilmaii  llailey  of  Andovei',  ^Alass.,  ti>  meet 
in  Shady  Side  Urovi' at  lla^uelt's  Toiid  for  our  ne.xt  annual  i;ath- 
('rin<4,  it  was  vote<l  to  accept  the  inxitation  and  to  hold  tlu  annual 
meeting  tlii're. 

Si-ned,  JOIIX    T.    II.MLKV,    Srrrrhoy. 

.\ft('r  ri'adiiiii-  this  rc|>ort  wlii<  h  was  accepleil,  the  report  of  tlie 
'I'rtasurcr,  James  IJ.  Hailey  was^iveii  show  ini;-  that  the  expenses 
of  till'  former  meetiiie-  and  other  incidentals  had  Ihm'Ii  met  and  a 
small  Italance  of  <-ash  i-em,iine(l  in  the  treasury. 

Then  was  held  the  eleclicui  of  otlicers  and  the  following  weri- 
elected    for   1  he  clisuiliu-   N'ear. 


i:i  i;i  rioN    tu'  ofi'ki.ks. 


VrcsUhnt^    \\\.\.  i\i(;(  SITS    F.    Ivvil.i:v  of   Unidfofd,    A[;iss. 
Yir.Li    I'nsiili  iits^  ll(i[.i.is    K.    Hvii.iiv    of   Cuinbiiduc,    .Muss.;     .1. 
\Vai;i;i;.\  I5aii,i:v  of  Soincrv  ilU',  Afiiss. 

7'/vv/,s7c/V7-,  ,1  AM  i:s    \\.    r)Aii.i;v    of    Lawrence,    .Mass. 

('oiinnittii' of  Arrini(/(iii(iiti<^  .]it\\s  A  i.i'i;i;i)  l>\ii.i;v  of  f.owell, 
.Alass.;  |{i;\.  \'i.V(  i;\t  .Mosks  of  Wi'st  Xewliui  y,  ."Mass.;  Okuin  D. 
n.vii.KV  of  Lakeport,  X.  II.;  ]\Iks.  A.  K.  1  )oi,iii:ai;  of  .Mcdfonl, 
.Alass.;  Alits.  .Mii.roN  Ki.i.sw oitrii  of  Ifoulev,  .Mass.  The  i'rcsi- 
(lent,  Vice  i'l-esideiits,  Secfetary  aii<l  Treasurer,  were  also  made 
iiK'iiibers    of   this  (Joimiiittee. 

^Vs  new  business,  a  connnittee  on  gxMieahigy  was  (diosen,  consist- 
iiiU"  of  the  foHouing  persons: 

I{e\.  A.  F.  r)ailey  of  Bradford,  ]Mass.,  for  llie  IJicdiai'd  IJailey 
Ui'ancdi. 

Ilollis  \\.  Haih-y,  Ks(].  of  Cambridge,  ]Mass.,  foi' the  .lames  BaiU'\' 
liranch. 

.Mrs.  .Milton  Kllsworth  of  Kowley,  Mass.,  for  the  John  Hailey 
I^ranch. 

"^riie  foreiKxm  e.xercises  (dosed  witli  a  recitation  by  .Aliss  I 'earl 
]Merrill  of  Salem,  X.  11.,  and  tlie  singing  of  "America"  Ity  the 
wlnde  gathering. 

"^riie  afternoon  exercises  consisted  of  music,  recitations  by  .Miss 
.Merrill,  the  singing  of  an  appropi'iate  hymn,  a<bi])ted  foi"  the  occa- 
sion and  tlie  reading  of  an  oi-iuinal  poem  for  the  author,  Kev.  .\. 
V.  Hailey,  by  ^Miss  Lois  A.  C'arleloii  of  Plaistow,  X.  IL,  an  address 
by  tlie  orator  of  tlie  day,  IJev.  \.  F.  P)ailey  of  Bradford,  remarks 
by  .1.  ^Varren  Hailey,  Esq.,  and  an  address  l)y  the  President  of 
the  day,  Ilollis    If.    I>ailey,  Esq.  of   C"and)ridge. 

The  poem  was  written  and  tlie  hymn  was  adapted  for  the  occa- 
sion by  tlie  K'l'V.  .V.  F.   I)ailey. 

The  hymn,  poem,  oration  and  address  are  appeiideiL 

The  ser\  ices  «dosed  with  singing  '-.Vuhl  Lang  Syne.'" 


'iiii.    i;  aim;  v-it.v  ^  i.i;  V    I'amii.v    assixiaiimn. 


Address  of  John  Alfred  Bailey, 


•i:i;sii)i:.\  1'  ui'    iiir;   associ  a  i  lov. 


I)!,-!)  I II  i:i;s,  Sis!'i;iis  a\I)  1''i;ii:mis:  —  It  is  with  imicli  idcisiiic 
lii;it  I  luiik  into  tlic  iii;iii V  iiitcllin'ciit,  (•oiiiitciianct's  lictdic  iiic,  ii|)(Hi 
this  t Ik'  si'roiiil  aiiiiiial  natlu'i'inii-  ot'  tlic  HailrN'  l-'amiU,  and  imti' 
thai  ivind  I'roNidciirc  has  ]i(iiiiittc(l  so  many  of  lis  to  rcasscnihlc 
touTlhcr. 

i)Ut  tiiis  pleasure  is  ininulcd  w  itli  a  tiiii;'t'  of  sadness,  u  lien  we 
call  to  mind,  that,  the  t^rim  reaper,  Di-ath,  has  heeii  anions;  us,  and 
cut  (low  n  some  of  tlii'  l»i-i<j!;h(i'st,  ami  l)esi  of  our  niimher. 

In  the  l)ustle  and  excitement  which  is  inseparably  eonnect<.'d 
with  the  striifi,'i;le  for  our  daily  bread,  an  occasion  like  this,  when 
we  can  meet  toixctlier,  and  t^^rasp  the  hand  of  brotherly  friendship, 
and  know  thai  the  words  of  kindly  «j;i-eet  iiii;'  c(niK'  from  the  lieait, 
such  a  <lay  is  like  an  oasis  in  the  desert,  to  the  weary  tra\tder,  and 
tends  to  raise  us  nearer  the  ideal  of  true  manhood  and  womanhood. 

The  thanks  of  this  body  are  due  to  our  host  for  tin-  da}',  Mr. 
S.  (iilrnan  lUiiley,  for  the  use  of  his  lovely  ^rove,  and  the  many 
acls  of  courtesy  from  himself  and  family. 

It,  perha|)s,  ina\'  not  l)e  ueiierally  know  n,  tha*^  within  a  ritle  shot 
from  this  place,  is  what  has  bi-en  known  in  the  Kt'cords  of  old 
Andover,  as  the  Uaik-y  District,  whiidi  was  almost  entirely  owned 
by  memliers  of  our  family,  and  that  the  Uaileys  were  e\'eii  then  de- 
termined to  make  themsidves  a  naiin',  was  e\  ince«l  by  the  lai^e 
number  of   (diildi-eii  sent  to  the  district  sidiool. 

Aiiotln'i-  fact  should  not  escape  our  notice,  tlu-  l^ailey  uiils  ha\(' 
lieeii  sought  foi-  in  marriaut'  l'\  some  of  the  <list inu'iii>lie(l  names 
in  .\meri(Mn  llistoiy,  and  thus  the  history  of  the  I'liiled  Slates  is 
in>eparal)le    fnmi  that  of  the   liailey   I'amily. 

Ibit    I  am  icmiiided    that  there  is  coii>iderable    business  to   ciune 


witliin  tlu'  limits  of  tlir  nioniiiiH;  session,  and  I  will  not  o('cu|(V  tlic 
tinu'  in  icitcratino-  what  you  aln-ad}'  kiunv  so  well. 

I  tliank  you  all  for  tlu'  honoi-  confeniMl  upon  nu',  in  (.'KH'lin<4  nic 
as  your  I'l-csidcnt  for  tlic  yeai-  lS9o-J,  and  Irust  yon  will  ui\«'  to 
my  succH'ssor  in  otlice  tin.'  samt'  friendly  sui)i)ort  w  liicli  has  liecn 
accoidc'd  to  nu'. 

In  c'om-lnsion,  allow  me,  on  l)ehalf  of  the  Association,  to  extend 
to  all  present  a  most  eordial  weleonu'  to  our  ixereises. 


HYMN. 


AK.vi'TKn   i\\    i:K\  .   A.    I'.   \;  >iii,i:v 


in.KST  r,K  THE  TIK. 

'I'lnic.    hinttis. 

Illcst  be  tliu  tie  that  hinds 

In  hiiiu'st  love  <mr  souls  ; 
'I'lie  iCrmwsliii)  of  kiinhed  l)lu(i(l 

( )ur  uiiiou  ever  hlllll^. 

Wv  share  tlic  IJailey  name, 

( )iir  trilmte^  to  it  luiiij;  ; 
Our  tears,  cnir  1ii»im',-..  oiir  aims  arc  one 

W'l'.  Jons  in  ciimniim  sinj;. 

We  share  our  mutual  \vol>. 

( )ur  mul  ual  l)ur<lens  Iti'ar; 
Au<i  iil'tiMi  for  caili  nilici-  tldws 

'I'lic  .-yni)iatiiiu^  ti'ar. 

Wlien  we  assuudcr  part, 
"I'w  ill  ^i\i'  Us  iiiuai'd  ]iaiii  : 

Vcl   \\f  shall  siill  l>r  joined  in  heart. 
And  lui|ie  1(1  lucel  auain. 


Ol!I(;i\.VI.    I'OKM. 


ORIGINAL   POEM. 

iiv   iti;\-.   A.   V.    i!.vii.i;v,   vkk  im!i:siih:\t. 

v\iv:i\\cK. 

•'Hiclianl  IJailoy,"  says  Dr.  Toor,  "wlio  dii'd  sdiuctimc  Itctut'i'ii 
1<)47  and  lOT)!),  owm-d  an  t'stati'  iii  Kow  Icy,  Massacliusctts,  and 
was  (inc  ot"  the  coTiipany  that  set  up  the  first  clotli  mill  in  Amer- 
ica, wliich  was  in  Ifoulcy,  wiici-c  tlio  mills  stand  that  arc  owimmI 
by  iMr.  Dnnimci-  at  the  present  time.  There  is  a  tradition  in  the 
family  to  the  present  (hiy  that  he  canu'  from  Voikshirc,  Knglaml, 
(later  investigation  slu)ws  tliat  he  came  from  //<a/ip.s/(irf,) 
sometime  about  IGHU  or  1();{5,  and  Joshua  C'otlin  says  Kiehard 
IJaiiey  came  with  IJiehard  Dummer,  in  the  ship  IJevis,  ont'  hun- 
dred and  fifty  tons,  IJobert  Batten,  Cajtt.,  in  April,  l(j;iS,  when  he 
was  fifteen  years  old.  It  is  said  he  was  a  very  pious  peison,  and  in 
a  storm,  wlien  coming  to  America,  the  company  wouhl  call  ujion  him 
to  pray  for  their  safely.  His  wife's  name  was  Ednah  llolsliad, 
by  wliom  he  liad  one  <diild  wliom  they  called  .loseph. 


TO  OUR   AXrESTOR,   lUCHAKn   liAILEV 

As  one  i)ure  (hnj)  out  of  the  ocean's  mass, 
Caujilit  by  mystic  hands  as  tin;  l)rcc/.cs  jiass; 
As  dfw  a))iicars  uji  the  dessert's  strand, 
The  air  to  cool  and  irii^ate  tlie  hiiitl, 
Its  mission  l)riel',  luit  lasliiij;  in  its  powers, — 
A  i)reseMt  momeiii  ruliii^i  luliiie  liours  — 
So  was  thy  lite,  lioni  u  lu  res(H'"er  it  rose. 
In  lUitoii's  Isle,  vain  seeking  its  repose. 


lu 


I' 111':    I!  aim:  v-r.A^  i.i:v    I'wiii.v    assoi  i  a  iiov. 


\  lioy  t  liy.-clf.  yet  inauly  were  tliy  aims, 

In  staiulinj;-  liuiiililc.  iiolilc  in  thy  claims; 

Of  tlnisc  tiiou  wfit,  whose  stiTii  and  martyr  lives, 

At  naajiht  set  despots,  edicts  and  their  jiyves. 

And  hy  their  protests,  so  controlled  its  helm, 

As  to  lilac-  ti-eedom  in  the  IJritish  realm. 

A  youth  wert  thoii,  yet  <;eiitle  wast  thou  hred. 

Thy  .soul  a  soil,  uood,  honest,  richly  fed. 

'I'liut.  took  to  \  irtue  as  to  the  manor  hoin, 

NMiich.  hy  relijiitiu,  never  was  forlorn: 

And  when  its  sun  lirst  struck  thy  openinj.^  life. 

Then  "(irst  tlie  hlade,  the  ear.  the  ctun."'  was  life. 

Sweet  youth  thus  early  did  thy  name  a])i)ear 
\Vith  those  who  knew  no  slavish  fear — 
.\  roll  of  fame,  transcending'  all  of  earth, — 
'i'lie  recoril  of  a  holy  iMUisciencc-liirth. 

And  ^vith  sundere<l  ties  thy  face  is  turned, 
^Vhere  scttini;-  suns  in  hurnislied  i;huy  hums. 
And  savant'  forms  in  man  and  nature  reijiii. 
To  lind  a  freeihun,  tho'  if  were  with  pain. 
Thy  «-oiidiict,  thus,  thy  i  haraeter  re\  tal.>. 
And  sluidy  make,  in  I'v'iy  iti'in's-scals 

When  in  the  (dutch  of  fempest's  duel  hands 

Thy  hreath.  like  Christ's,  set  free  I  he  rudder-hands, 

And  calmed  hy  lu-aveii,  through  prayer.  c;irth"s  tumult  wild 

Thyself  a  simple.  lo>  al-hearted  child. 

Thou  early  ])assed,  so  hrief  was  thy  career; 

A  nameless  <;rave  thou  hast  no  need  to  fear. 

An  son  unwortliy  now  will  siii<f  thy  ja-aise; 

A  higher  sonji'  futurity  shall  raise, 

^Vhen  thy  life-work  new  heaven  and  I'arth  i>roclaim 

Its  harvest,  sure,  to  re-instate  th>    name. 


I'.iit  tho'  thy  life  was  all  too  hrief, 

'I'cl  life's  end  met,  'tis  not  all  yrief ; 

A  Joseiih  tilled  (uir  liiehard's  jilace. 

And  ei<;ht-ft)ld  hranches  s])read  the  race 

Of  Ki(diard.      ^'et  anoiher  was 

.\  Xewjiort  llichard.      We  can't  jiause 


<»i!i(i{vvr.   i'oi:\i. 


11 


Orr  .I;iMics,  Kiia.s  and  llciii>; 

N'lir  o'er  live  .l(iliii>.  a  iii  taini  v  ; 

And  three  Sams,  and  'I'lieoph  ilii>, 

l"'<nir  'rii<hiiases  and  Vielndas. 

I!<'n  jaiiiih,  ( •  uidu,  Joseidi,  so, 

And  imknowii  Itnlieils.  iwo,  us  (tii  we  <;ii. 

Witli  .Idiias  iiiaUes  the  uhtde  we  know. 


'I'he  dilfriiij;'  ways  of  sixdliiii;  liailey, 
AVi'  meet  witli.  as  we  udtiee,  dail>'; 
And  witli  sn  littU-  <d'  aeeord, 
We  say,  "tlie  s(  lidol-Miariiis  aren't  ahi'oad 
I''(>r  (d'  these  ways,  as  sonict  are  tidlinj;' 
'I'liere  arc  thirty-live  ways  of  siiellin^'. 
And  if  tlii.s  doiTt  iniuh  <;fiiius  show, 
>Ve'vi'  lost  its  ealliiij;  here  Ixdow  ; 
Tims  wi;  liavt'  Hiiiley  with  tlie  "i", 
And  also  IJayley  with  the  "y", 
And  while  all  are  of  the  same  feather, 
i  have  seen  them  spidl-ed  withont  either: 
Hut  what  may  he  the  cogitation, 
■'i'is  tlie  same  tune  with  vaiiatioii. 


In  tifty-live  of  roUiiii;'  yeai-s 

(Mir  name  in  twenty-live  aiijiears. 

These,  the  aiieestial  stars  whieh  shone 

In  thosi'  sti'rn  skies  and  wint  i  y  /oni' : 

These  the  nanus  id'  that   IJailey  hand, 

AVho  lirst  pressi'd  this  \ew  Kn>^laiid  strand, 

And  whose  descendants,  Inrn  wonld  we. 

To  tlion^hts  of  them,  onr  ancestry, 

To  huild  fore'ei-  some  heacon  now. 

Whose  li«iht  shall  shin<'  the  future  thioii^h. 

That  we  may  trace  each  fam'lN   tree. 

\Vhi(  h  shall  com  a  in  our  liisioi  \  . 

Tlii'ii  let  each  one  look  iiack  and  trai'f 

The  honored  pathway  ot  their  ra<'e, — 

That  race  a<lvai'ci<l  hy  other  name. 

And  other  naiiu's  its  honors  i  laim. 

Thus  cousins,  all.  we  iiu'ct  and  own 

.\  coininon  lieii>liip  in  1  he  t  luoiie. 


1-2 


Tin;    iiAn.i;v-i!Avi.i:v   famif.v    association:. 


IJiiidiuH  nil,  wild  tlie  Hiiilcy  name 
Or  blood —  for  'tis  with  us  the  saiue — 
We  tare  not  how  their  stations  lie^ 
JJindiiij;  in  kinship's  mystic  tie 
'The  common  name  and  common  bliKxl, 
'I'iie  haihiuf^er  ot   varied  ;;()od. 

As  streams  oft  seek  some  central  laki', 

And  there  a-common  aspect  take, 

There  diff'rin<;-  ijualities  made  one, 

And  one,  as  their  complexions  run;  — 

Thonj;h  eoniing  from  the  fountains,  whence 

They  sweej)  a  wide  circumference; 

So  we  of  various  JJailey  hlood, 

Here  aie  (uie  ag-^rcffalive  flood, 

And  represent  th'  whole  family 

From  lake  to  ^ulf.  from  shore  to  sea. 

How  then,  sIkhiIcI  this  re-union  hind 
Hi  sacred  ties  our  iH)mnion-k)nd  ; 
Witli  what  (iiiick'nin<;-  insiiiralion 
liift  each  to  the  hi<;hest  station; 
Till  whate'er  vhtues  man  may  claim, 
May  he  found  in  the  IJailey  name? 
And  thus  in  deed  as  in  name  t'  be 
A  citidel  of  imrity. 
Its  ri<;lit  hand,  a  defensive  tower, 
Hs  lelt  hath  vict'ry's  laurel  liower, 
Stronj;  to  defend  the  rij;hteous  cause, 
And  to  seek  ])cace  by  sacred  laws; 
And  by  this  thus  unite  the  clans 
In  each  virtue  of  th'  Puritans. 

Thus  with  no  superstitious  mind, 
Ourselves  and  others  to  remind 
Of  wliat  we  are  and  whence  we  came. 
And  what's  emliraced  within  the  name. 


How  ju'oper  this,  h()W  just  and  ri^ht. 
To  ki'cp  I  he  aiuH'slry  in  si<;litl 
How   ill  tlu'  .Sci  ijit  iires  do  we  read 
(M  much  ^enealo;;ic,  said; 
How  caieful  they  in  liistiny, 
To  know  their  utmost  jK^linree; 


I 


DKiciN  VI.   i-(ii:Nr. 


I'.i 


Wv  liail  with  ulail^diiic  licails  and  init' 
'I'liis  cljoit  l)in(liii<;-  ll^  uiu'w  — 
\\'liilc'  lii'avc'ii  itself  iiisiiiifs  vlu'  tlunif, 
.\s  by  a  iioly  apotlirj;!!!. 

Xttw  are  all  records  kcpi  with  laic. 

])y  Icjiislal  ion  'tis  a  strict  altaii  : 

AN'hile  vaults  and  locks  tir.is  doiihly  ^iian 

What  liiiths,  deaths,  mariia^i's  alt'ord. 

\>y  curious  art  iu  (  hisciicd  stone 

Are  seem  in  eenieteiic^  aloni': 

While  <;enins  on  the  painter's  part. 

And  hnsy  i)hoto>iraidiic  art 

Are  used  liy  us  with  varying  late 

Ourselves  thus  to  iierjict  naie. 

And  lackini;  these  our  lather's  tame, 
Scarce  dimly  left  their  wmthy  name; 
N'or  can  we  trace   the  dilft'riiiL;  \\a.vs 
Their  widi'  jiosterity  disi)la.\s. 


"I'is  wise  and  widl  as  we  to-day, 
With  {^eneolo^ic  scrutiny. 
Shall  trace  our  se\cial  iiedi^rees. 
And  on  (Uir  wreatiis  of  loyal  claim, 
inscrihe  th'  anci'stral  liailev  name. 


14  IHK   u.\ii.i:v-i:.\vr.Kv   i'.\Afii,Y   associatiox. 


Address  of  Rev.  A.  F.  Bailey, 


VKK  rnKsrt)i:NT  of  thk  assxX  iation. 


Hiiving  or<j;aiiize(]  an  Assoi-iatioii  to  cinhfacc  all  of  the  IJailc}- 
IJayk'V  name,  we  become  interested  in  e\ei y  tirm<4  whiili  iclates 
to  tlie  etymokitiv  of  the  word,  its  apjdieation  to  thint^s  and  to  per- 
sons, the  individuals  who  at  different  times  liave  brought  lioiior  to 
it,  and  tlie  time  wlien  and  tlie  ])erst)ns  by  wliorn  it  was  borne  to 
and  i)lanted  on  our  shores,  as  well  as  every  oiu^  in  our  broad  land, 
who  Ijears  tliat  name  or  who  with  a  ehan<j;e  of  name  liolds  consan- 
guineous i-elation  thereto, 

Bailey,  as  a  W(»rd,  is  <lerived  throui^h  the  French  IJailie  from 
the  middle-age,  Latin  liallium,  which  is  a  corinption  of  the  Latin 
Vallum,  a  rampart.  The  Bailey  was  tlie  whole  space  enclosed 
within  the  external  walls  of  a  castle,  with  the  exception  <tf  that 
covered  b}'  the  Keep.  This  space  was  variously  dispos:a  ot,  and 
of  course  differed  greatly  in  extetit.  Sometimes  it  consisted  of 
several  courts,  which  were  divided  from  each  other  by  embattled 
walls,  so  as  to  form  a  series  of  foitilications.  WHien  those  courts 
were  two  in  number,  they  were  known  by  the  outer  and  inniT 
]^ailey.  The  entrance  to  the  Bailey  was  generally  by  a  draw-bridge 
over  the  ditcli,  and  through  a  strong  machicolated  and  embattled 
gate.  The  Bailey  was  <)ftci\  of  great  extents  c  )ntaining  the  bar- 
racks of  the  soldiers,  lodgings  for  the  workmen  and  artitici'rs, 
maga/iiies,  wells  and  chapels,  and  sometimes  even  a  monastry.  In 
the  towns  the  IJailcy  had  a  wider  signilication,  and  the  name  was 
often  retained  after  the  castle  or  'dvecp"  luul  hmg  disappeared. 
(  Kncycdopi'dia.) 

In  a  correspondence  with  tlu'  author  of  the  w(dl  known  poem, 
"Festus,"  .Air.  Bhili|)  .las.  Bailey  of  Lomlon  and  a  native  of  Xot- 
linghamshir",     savs,— "The   name,   as  you   probalily   know,    is  of 


AODitKss   or   i;kv.    a.   r.    iiaukv, 


If) 


Kclto-Uritish  (irin'in,  and  siniiilii's  a  kc'cj)  or  tower,  or  mural  t'orti- 
liratioii  as  llic  iiaiiu's  of  S.  l\'U'r's  Ic  Uaili-y,  (orin-tlie-  l>aik'y,)ot' 
Oxford;  Tlio  Old  and  New  IJailcy,  London;  Tiic  liailcy's  l)Mr- 
liani  ;  Tlu'  naik-y  Tower,  ll<i\\tli  Hill,  Dulilin  ;  and  other  places 
siittieiently  show. 

.My  father's  fanidv  appi-ars  to  lia\-e  Iteeii  i  ndi^-enons,  oni'  may 
say,  at  Nottinyham,  as  tln-re  are  traces  of  it  to  he  found  in  his '\\u- 
iials  of  Nolls'"  for  sevei-al  i-enturii's." 

So  far  the  aitplieation  of  names  to  thin<j,-.s.  How  the}'  became 
applied  to  persons  is  at  best  a  matter  of  conjecture.  It  \\a>  of 
course  in  the  same  way  that  other  names  were  fornie(|  by  oui' 
English  ancestors.  Says  a  writer  on  the  oriu'in  of  names,  "Our 
English  ancestors  had  for  persmial  names  (Munpoiind  w<n-ds,  as 
noble  Wolf  (Etlielwolf)  ''Wolf  of  War"  and  so  forth,  ami  these 
names  certainly  testify  to  a  somewhat  primitive  and  tierce  stage 
of  society.  Then  came  imu-e  vidgai'  nicknames  ;ui<l  personal 
descriptions,  as  "Long,"  'd'.rown,"  "White,"  "IMack,"  and  why 
not  "(ireen,"  "Little,"  "Small,"  and  so  forth.  Oilier  names  are 
directly  di-rived  from  tlie  occupation  or  craft,  us  (Smith,  l-'owler, 
Sadler)  of  tlie  man  to  whom  they  wvvi.'  given,  ami  yet  otlu^-  names 
are  derived  frcnn  places.  Tin-  noble  and  landowniu-  was  called 
"of",  such  ami  sueli  a  place  (the  (ieianan  \'on,  and  I''rench  "<lc,") 
while  the  humbler  man  was  not  called  "of,"  but  "at"  such  a 
jilace,  as  the  names  of  "Attewell,"  Atwood,  At  water,  or  more  by 
the  local  name  without  the  particle.  If  wo  add  to  these  i)atrony- 
mics  formed  by  the  addition  of  "son,"  and  terms  derived  from 
lUblical  characters,  we  have  almost  exhausted  the  sources  of  jnod- 
ern  English  and  European  names."  And  if  to  these  we  may  add 
that  of  ottice,  and  recogni/e  the  word  "bailiff,"  as  ]»ossible  liav- 
ing  an  oHicial  relation  to  the  "Uailcy,"  as  a  keeper  or  governor 
<»r  .superintendent  of  the  same,  our  conjecture  I'cspt'cting  the  ap- 
jilication  of  the  name  to  a  person  or  pel  sons  seems,  altogi'ther 
natural  and  reasonable. 

At  any  rate  it  had  aneirly  rise  and  l»ecame  a  wide  spread  name 
if  never  a  name  of  nott'  in  the  Ibit  ish  nation  and  also  upon  the 
continent.  And  though  it  did  n<it  in  any  instance  ac(piiie  fame 
by  any  |)olitical  considerations,   except  iierha[.s  in    the   instance  of 


Hi 


I  111':    I! Aii.i; v-i;.\  vi,i:v    I'amii.v    assix  ia  ri(»\, 


Jean  Sylvaiii  Iki'iU'V,  tin-  l''iciicli  asl  roiioiiu-r  and  orator,  who  look 
so  |)roniini-iit  a  par)  in  llu-  l-'iH-nch  lU'Volution,  iIkmc  wcri'  (|nitc  a 
niUiibiT  wlio  atlaiiu'tl  inm-h  literary  and  t'Cflcsiastii-al  cxcilli'nct' 
ami  t'anu'.  'I'iicre  uas  "Natlianaid  or  Xallian  IJailcy  an  cmiiuMit 
I^'n^lish  pliiiolouist  and  l('\icot;ia|ilu'r  wIiusl-  J^ti/inolnf/icdl  J\nt/lls/i 
J >i(iliini(ri/,  jiuljli.slu'd,  ai»|)arcntl y  in  ITlil,  was  a  i;ii'at  iin|»ro\('- 
nunt  on  ])i(.'\ioiis  voi-abnlaries,  and  really  torincd  the  l)asis  of 
.l(dinsoirs  u,reat  work." 

''Sanuiel  IJaili'}',  who  was  horn  at  Sliefliidd  in  1701,  was  an  ahh- 
writer  on  ])hiloso|drieal  and  literary  subjects,  and  eontrihutt-d  a 
most  valnahle  treaties  on  nu'iital  seience. 

.Joanna  llailliethe  Scottish  poet  and  drainati.stac(|uircdnuich  note. 

Dr.  .Matthew  liaillie,  anatomist  and  jihysician,  who  came  of  a 
iiii^hly  gifted  family,  —his  father  a  idei-<4'yman,  the  Ke\.  .lames 
l>aillie,  was  jtrofesseor  of  di\inity  in  the  university  of  (Jlasgow.  - 
'Hie  Doctor  attained  Jiin'li  distinction  in  his  |)r((fessi()n  at  O.xtord 
and  at   London. 

Jt<dK'rt  IJaillie  was  at  tlie  idose  of  tlie  last  century,  the  princi- 
pal of  (ilasgow  L'niversity,  a  rresbyteriaii  clergyman  of  h-arninji; 
and  ability. 

Kdwavd  Hodges  Hailey  was  a  distinguisjied   sculptor. 

Francis  Haiiey  was  an  Kiiiilish  astronomer,  and  was  c(d(dirated 
for  his  malhematicai  knowledge,  and  while  amassing  a  large  tor- 
tuiiL'  as  a  stockbroker  in  London,  by  his  patieiu-e  and  methodical 
characteristics,  was  enabled  to  effect  in  the  last  twenty  years  ot 
his  career,  a  greater  nundter  of  researches  than  most  other  phil- 
osoi)hers  have  acconi])lished  in  a  lifetime.      He  was  born  in   1  /  <  1. 

We  could  refer  to  others,  who,  in  England  and  the  Hritish  Isles 
and  on  the  Contiiu'iil,  and  also  in  this  country,  have  ai-(|iiired  an 
honorable  and  v\v\\  distinguished  eminenc«'.  Ibit  the  limit--  ot 
(Mir  address  deny  us  the  ])ri\ilege. 

Of  those  who  came  in  the  early  days  of  our  country  and 
and  I'specially  of  New  England,  the  most  we  I'an  say  of  most,  it 
not  all  of  lliem,  is,  ihey  wen-  w  oithy  if  not  coiispicious  (•haiarters  ; 
men  and  women  of  good  tdiaracter,  and  goixl  sense,  it  not  distin- 
guished for  literary  ac(|uisil  i<ui.  .\nd  yet  there  was  one  who 
was  distiniiuished. 


Aiiin;i:>s   ui-    i;i:\-.     \.    i\    i;\ii.i:\. 


•  loll  II  Hailcy  -wlinsc  1 1, ill  10  is  s|  ic|  Ic,  I  w  it  li  -T'  hut  in.t  uilh-f  "  was 
a('..ii-ivo;niuiial  minimi, t,  i...iii  ii.mi-  niackhiini,  I,aiu-asliiif,  I^n^-- 
''""''  '"'■''•  ■-'♦^  ''■''  ••  •'"'■  w.is  iiii,|ucsii,,iial,|y  an  ai.lf  man;'  sav> 
Spraoiic  in  lii.s  annals  ..f  ihr  Anin-ican  |,ul|)ii.  ||r  was  ..iTcnd, 
111  case'  h,.  slnmi,!  c.miI'.hih  I(.  the  Kstal.lislicd  clninli,  a  .hike's 
<'li;i|»iaiiicy,  Willi  a  <lcaiiciy  and  a  liisli(,|,iii,  wIkmu'x ci-  a  vacancN' 
•■''"'"'''  "'•'•I"-,  I'l'l  he  icjcct.'d  llic<,rt\r.  II,.  uasluicr  impri.-.nird 
"II  arc(Minl  ot'  his  CoiiLii-cuat  imial  priiu-i  pics,  ii..*  wit  lisrandinu-  his 
incproachahlc  chai-aclcr.  ".N,.  r.lcasc  was  -laiilrd  until  he  inoni- 
ist'd  to  Icax,.  the  coiinliy,  which  he  <lid  in  i(is  |,  acc..iii|,anifd  \,\ 
his  yoiiiiLici-  hrothcr  'I'lioinas.  w  ho  also  was  a  minister.  At  tirsl 
lie  resided  ill  i;o,st()li.  Siil.se(|iienlly  he  settled  in  W'aterlowii  as 
pastor.  Thoiiias  I.ecame  his  assistant.  His  hiother  died  and  he 
ifinoM'd  to  Boston,  where  he  was  invite(|  to  assist  Ifev.  Air.  .\llen, 
l»as(or  ot"  the  first  cliiiiadi.  Here  he  remained  to  the  idose  of  his 
life,  in   KIDT  at  the  a^c  of   .'):!. 

Na\iiio-  thus  made  mention  of  the  time  of  the  coniiiiL!,-  of 
two  ot  these  wonhies  it  may  ite  a  matter  of  interest  to  slate  w  hen 
they  each  came  and  the  places  w  hei-e  they  sctlleil. 

The  first  to  arri\  e  on  our  inhospitalile  shores  was  IJichard  of 
Rowley,  .John  of  Salisluiry  ,ind  IJ.di.Mi,  or  one  .d'  the  two  h'ol.eits 
ot  whose  place  of  set  t  lenient  We  know  iiothin-'.  'i'hev  came  id:;."*. 
Another  Ij.dicrl  id'  whose  place  cd'  .set  t  lemeiil  we  know  iiothiiiL;-,  - 
in  that  icspect  tlu'  name  seems  iinfortmiate,  (■.iine  in  l(;:;s;. 
'i'homas.— -the  fii-st  Thomas  we  may  call  him,  -came  in  Ki.'Kl,  ami  - 
setlled  in  Weynioiith.  (iuido  settled  in  S.ileiii  in  JOIl'.  One  of 
the  Samuels  came  in  Kif:!,  and  seltle(l  in  New  Haven.  i.yiiii  l.e- 
eanie  the  home  of 'i'heoph  ilus  in  Ki  f;"i.  In  Kilti  the  second  Thomas 
came  to  .^HIfo|■d.  .lonas  set  t  led  in  Scarl.oiiMiLih  in  KiriO.  Thomas 
the  ihir<l  was  in  \ew  London  l)i;V_'.  H.irtiord,  Conn.,  had  second 
•lohn  in  !(;;")(;.  ,in<l  I-di.is  in  Xewloii,  I,.  I.,  the  same  \-ear.  In  JiiiiO 
.lo^eph  also  was  in  l.oiiu-  Island,  at  1 1  iint  iniiton.  In  Ititij  anoilier 
Sainiud  settled  in  \\'e\  month;  X  ichol.is  in  >aco,  l(i(i;;.  .lames  of 
K'ou  ley  (or  l.'r.idford),  iC.ii.;,  aued  o|.  .Sccoml  I ,' i(  hard  set  I  leil  in 
Newport  Kiyn,  ami  luniamin  in  lioston  IdT-'i;  while  .lolin,  whom 
1  \\A\v  noticed,  came  to  Hoston  His:;  ,,r  I,  with  his  l.rolher 
Thomas,  w  ho  vcti  led   in   W.alei  tow  n. 


IS 


llIK     l;  AII,i;V-|l  A  \  I.I    \       FAMILY      ASS(M|\1|(.\, 


'I'o  these,  lu'iliaps,  oimlit  to  l)c  .1(1. led  aiioilicr  ,|(,liii,  the  son  ..f 
.lolm  (»f  Salislniiy,  w  liu  (•anic  willi  liis  falluT  in   HV.i^t. 

Siuli,  rxctliiTii,  ('(.iiNiiis,  l-'rii'iuls,  is  a  liricf  sketch  from  various 
rei-or.ls  1  have  heeii  able  to  i^athei-  and  iiresent.  If  I  ha\c  not 
been  peniiitted  the  pleasiiijj,  task  of  ^ivinii'  V«)ii  for  \  our  aneestrv, 
the  peiM-less  statesman,  tlie  honored   jurist,  the  dist  in<;uislied  eeeh'- 

siastic,  tin.,    renowned    rtd'ormer,  tlie    \alorous   eaittain, mi-n    wlio 

stand  out  in  histoiy  as  its,  or  amoni;'  its,  dist  iii<;iiishe.l  (diarae1er>, 
I  ha\e  u;i\en  you  those  whose  lionest  names  it  is  our  dut\-  and 
pious  priv  ileye  lo  honor,  and  w  hose  reputations  are  wcntiiN',  if  not 
a  place  in  some  it'now  ned  Alilu-y,  certainly  in  (he  fond  recollec- 
tions and  holy  memories  of  tlu'ir  numerous  descendants,  their  now 
\\!de-s|)read  sons  and  daut^hters. 

If  none  of  them  ruse  in  life  to  the  towering-  hei<j,hts  of  a  Wash- 
ington, a  Fianklin,  a  Sammd  Adams,  a  Warren  or  an  Ivlwards, 
they  iielj)  furnish  tiie  ricdi,  priiducti\i'  soil  out  .d  \\hi(di  rose  those 
and  similar  names  of  historic  importance,  thems(d\('s  ehxpu'iit h' 
rt'])resentati\  e  of  the  tdiaractiM'  of  their  constituents. 

The  mighty  oak,  the  stattdy  and  graceful  (dm,  the  lofty  idiie  ami 
the  luxurious  maple,  stand  forth  in  )>rominence  and  ulor\-  amoiiu' 
vegetative  growths,  but  they  wi're  not  able  to  lift  their  proud 
erowns  heavenward,  Jiad  thi're  not  bi-en  a  pi-oductive  base  out  of 
whicli  they  grew ,  by  w  hi(di  tlu'yaii'  supported,  and  from  whi(li 
they  deri\e  their  constant  nourislnnont. 

The  familiar  wdrds  of  the  poet  rise  naturally  to  ones  mind: — 

■"Full  many  a  nciii  of  luucst  ra\   serene, 
'I'hc  daik,  uiil'al  InniU'd  cunus  of  ocean  hear: 
Full  mans  a  flowci'  is  Ixun  lo  lilusli  unseen. 
.\ntl  waste  its    swei'incss  en  llie  <lescri  air."' 

I  rejt)iee  greatly  in  being  able  to  be  pii'sent  with  \i>u  and  enjox- 
this  very  enjoyable  reuniim.  It  seems  as  if  the  \crv  spirits  of  our 
venerable  and  worthy  ancesti-y  were  w  ith  us.  .\nd  sure  I  am,  that 
higher.  Divine  and  Ibdy  Spirit,  w  li(»-guided  them  in  their  h.i/.ard- 
oiis  and  laborious  entei-prise  of  st'eking  and  making  a  home  on 
these  rough  and  sa\agi' shores,  is  with  us,  tludr  desci-ndants  to-d.iw 
as  heie,  with  loyal-lo\  ing  hearts  we  lay  our  respective  tributes  on 
the  urns  of  their  nu-niories  and    solemid\'   covenant  t«>g('ther   to  be 


Ill'   i;i:\'.    A.    I'.    i:.\ii.i:v. 


19 


true  to    (lie  iiohlc    |)iiiici|ilcs  and  \  iitiics   tlii-y  iiiaiiitaini'<l   and  I'.x- 
liiliilc(l.      V\)v 

<  )iii' l)lla^t  i>  not  llial  \sr  dtiliici'  (iiir  liiit  li, 
l''niin  loins  iMit  lironcil  and  ink  is  ot'  llii'  rartli  ; 
liiil  li'iLilirr  tar  our  piouil  iiicti-nsioiis  li'ad. 
To  nolilc  llioii^lit  and  liardy  \iitiu-"s  (k-i'ds, — 
'I'ln'  liasal  loclis  on  wliidi  oiii'  nation  stands, 
And  of  our  coiiiit  i\  "s  weal.  I  lie  talisman;  — 
Of  tliosc,  wliosc  lolty  tliou;^iiis  and  woitliy  livrs 
.Mak(i  for  its  tin-  hi-rita^c  ot  liic  skies, 
Wild  led  tlu-  way  wIkmc  iiowcr  is  sure  to  he — 
'I'lie  lasting  Idi-ssinL;  of  the  just  and  free. 
'I'lius  while  we  iieie  iicrpeluale  tlu;  iianie, 
And  by  our  a  'ts  its  worthy  di'eds  iiioelaiiii, 
"{'will,  in  all   things,  our  ^nat  endeavor  l)e. 
To  transmit  its  virtues  to  posterity. 
Tims  shall  the  Xame  we  honor  here  to-day 
lie  liidved  with  nnmy  a  fad(dess  destiny. 


'20  Till':    UA  ii,i:v-iiAi  i.i;\     iwmii.v    assim  i  a  ikiv. 


Address  of  Hollis  Russell  Bailey, 


i'i;i>iiti:N  r  ok    iiii':    i>av 


Liidii-s  hL  (,',////( //iri<  : — It  is  mtt,  as  I  iiiidcrstaiKl  it,  my  duty  t(» 
t\.\\  to  (.-(Hiu-  liL'l'oit'  you  with  any  cart't'iilly  iircparcd  adilii'ss,  ImiI 
i-atliei-  witli  iuisluirK'<l  |»hi-asi'  to  i'X]ircss  as  Kcst  1  may  some  ot  the 
tli<iii!j,lits  a|)i)ro|)riatt'  to  tliis  liour  and  sim^rstcd  by  this  orrasion. 
Fortune  favois  us  m  tiiis,  our  sccoml  family  reunion.  Tlu'  skies 
smile  upon  us;  the  hiin-ze  is  tiMupeii'd  with  a  pheasant  coolness, 
and  all  nature  is  in  tune  and  persuades  to  harmony  and  udoil  will. 
We  are  gathered  to-day  on  tlu'  soil  of  Old  .\mlover,  almost  in 
sight  of  tlie  sjtot  where  the  tirst  settler  in  the  town  of  the  name  of 
Uailey  made  his  home.  1  desii-e  to  speak  Inielly  of  the  lirst  set- 
tlers ill  Amh)ver  of  tlie  name  of  IJailey.  The  tirst  was  Samuc  I 
I'.ailey,  tl»e  son  of  .lames  llailey  of  l>ra<lfor(l,  Afass.,  a  descendant 
of  James  IJailey,  one  of  the  liist  settlers  of  Kowley,  .Mass.  Samuel 
was  llie  oldest  of  twcdve  (diildren.  He  was  hoin  I'ehiiiary  -JO, 
1705,  in  that  |iart  of  iJiadfoid  which  afterwards  liei-anu-  (iroNc- 
hiud.  He  <lied  in  .Vndover  m  ITSl.  l-'idnuary  "J,  I  T'is,  he  mar- 
ried as  his  tirst  wife  .Mary  IJolf  in  Bradford.  In  IT:):;,  when  his 
oldest  child,  Samuel,  was  about  live  years  (dd  and  his  younu<M- 
(diild,  .Alarah,  was  ahoul  three  years  old  he  ol.taini'd  a  i:,rant  of 
■2''){)  acri-s  of  laml  in  tin-  I'xtreme  north-west  part  of  tin-  t  >w  ii  ot 
Andovei-,  on  tl.i'  .Meiiimaid<  Kiver,  and  \vv\  soon  huill  a  lioir-e 
ihei'e  and'lteraine  a  citi/A'U  of  the  tow  n. 

His  brother  Joseph  llailey  about  the  same  time  settled  (do-e 
by  him  in  the  town  of  Tewksbury,  then  just  lu'ini;-  incorporated. 
TIm-  exact  location  of  Sammd's  tirst  house,  wlTudi  was  .Und/thss 
small  and  of  rude  const  met  i(Hi,  is  not  known.  The  house  he  tin.dly 
livi'.l  in  was  sitiiate.l  near  the  road  or  lane  from  'l\'W  ksbuiy  to  the 


ai)IM:i;ss   or   ii  )I.i.in    i:i  -.si:!,!.    i;\iii;v. 


•il 


U-n-y    across    the    .>fcrriinack    IcadiiiLi,-   to     Draciit.      His    daiiuhtcr, 
.Maiali,  mairic<l  .laiiu's    l\  iti  icdu'c  ot'  'rcwkshiii-y  and  his  son,  Sani- 
lU'l,  .liinior,  nian-icd  Hannah  Kiltri<luc,  the  (hilc  of  thr  latter  niai- 
riayc  hcin<4'  .lanuaiy   --,   ITjVJ.      Sannul    llaih'y,  .1  nnior,  had  fi^ht 
(liihlrcn,  seven    ot'    w  hoin  <j,ie\\    np  and  ui'ic    niarried    an<l    h'tt   nii- 
nu'idiis  (U'sccndants.      Sonu'  of   the    |n'e>ent  residents  ot    Andover 
ai-e  of    tliis  l)|-an(di  of   the  family.      At    the    opcniiiL;  <>f  the  l{e\oln- 
lionaiv  war  Sannnd    llailey,  Jr.,  was  a  iniMnhiT  of  <nie  of   tlie  An- 
dover companies  of  minute  nu'ii,  and    w  hi'n  the  news  came  <m    the 
early  morning  of    April   !'.»,  177:"),  that    the  British  wi-rc    marcdiin-- 
to  Le\inij,t<<n,   he  hniried,    with    his   company,  to   assist    in   dri\in;_!,' 
hack  the   tMiemy.      The    t  hoiiulit  of  his  aued    parents,  and    his  u  ite 
and  ciuht  chihircn,  tlu'  (ddi'st  a  hoy  (d'   sevcnteiMi,  did  not  serve  to 
kiH']i  him  from  risking  his  life  in  his  country's  seivii'c. 

His  scrvit-e  at  the  Lexington  alarm,  as  the  records  show,  was 
with  ('apt.  Joshua  Holt's  Company  from  Andover,  and  was  as  a 
pri\ate,  and  lasletl  for  only  one  and  a  halt  days. 

JHit  as  soon  as  he  liad  had  time-  to  return  home  and  (h)  a  e.jnsid- 
erahle    part  of   his   spring  planting-,  he  enlisted    a<i:iin,  on    May  li  ( , 
177;"),  with    Captain   Tyler's  ( afterwards  Captain    Furhush's)  com- 
[)any    from    Amiover,  an<l   joined    the    Continental    force's   at    Cam- 
hrid^-e,    under    C(d<.nel     Ihid-v.       He    was    killed    in    the    battle   of 
ihtnki'r    Hill,  and    his    nanu'    appears    upon    the    l.ron/.e   tal«let>    re- 
cently erected  hy  the  City  of   Uo.ton,  <hi  the   Wolerly  slope  of  the 
hill    at    Charlestown,    when'    the    Hritish    ma<h'    their    repeated    as- 
saults   upon    the    American    redouht.      It    has   always   iu-en    under- 
siood    ann.nu   the    des.-en. hints    of    Samuel    T.ailey,    Jr.,  that  at    the 
time  of  his  dc^ath  he  held  the  rank  of  Lieutenant,  and  his  (hiUi^dUer, 
Hannah    I'.ailey    Nei  dham,  fre<piently   stati'd    to  her   children    and 
-rand    .diildrcn,    that    he    held    thai  ..llice    when    he    was    killed    at 
Ihiid^er    Hill.       It     iv    rcp<,rte.l    that     when     h.'    received    his    death 
wound  in   Ihe  halllc.  his  la-1    words  were,  -Take  my  p..w.U'r-h<.rn,   1 
aiuadea.l    man."       Il   is  a  matter  of    history    that    the    Continental 
forces  were   coiupcdled  to    retreat    hecause   their   ammunition    -ave 
,.ut  :    and  so    we    liml  that  even    in    .lealh  the  hut    thouuht  of   Sam- 
ii,d   i5ailcy,  Jr.,   was    to    render  to    the    nt  most  t  he  -ervice    he    owed 
his  count  i\  . 


Tin:   i;aii.i;v-hai  i.KV    kamii.v    assoiiaiiox 


Till'  si'tt Icmciit  of  the  westerly  ;ui(l  iiortliwesteil y  pivi't  of  Aiido- 
ver,  iilousj;"  tlie  .MenMiii;iek  river,  followed  elose  iijioii  tlu'  cessation 
of  Iii(Ii;iii  hofstililies,  and  the  retireineiit  of  the  Indians,  ahoiit  17"i;), 
Iteyond  Lake  Winnepesaiikee.  Andover  had  now  eeased  lo  he 
one  of  the  fnuitiei-  towns,  and  the  settlement  of  Dracnt  and  W'l'st 
llavei-hill,  (now  Metlnu-n,)  ga\e  new  settU-is  assnranee  of  se- 
enrity. 

In  IT'JO,  Nathan  llailey  (a  son  of  Kiidiard  Uaih'y,  a  brother  of 
James  of  Kowh'V, )  houL;ht  lands  in  West  Ando\er,  on  tiiu  .Merri- 
maek,  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  IJiver  IJoad,  a  few  miles  iij)  the 
i-i\er,  from  the  present  site  of  the  idly  of  Lawri'iiei'.  It  was  not  un- 
til about  IToU  that  he  ac-tnally  built  a  house  and  became  a  ri-sident 
of  Andover. 

Nathan  Hailey  was  born  in  that  part  (»f  Bradford  wiiicdi  is  now 
(irovelaiid,  on  the  liith  of  Di-ei'inber,  170S.  He  married  in  ll'.)-, 
Mary  Palmer.  lie  left  three  s(nis  and  two  daughters.  His  son, 
Moses  IJailey,  (born  January  IG,  1744,)  succeed  his  father  on 
the  homestead  in  Amlover.  He  married  Elizid>eth  Moo|ar  and  had 
luinierous  descendants.  He  died  in  184o,  aged  99  years. 
-  Many  of  the  present  Andovi-r  Uaileys  are  of  this  branch  of  the 
family.  The  genealogical  (diarl  exhibiti-d  on  the  walls  of  yonder 
building  will  gi\  e  yon  the  names  of,  or  eiialde  you  to  place  many 
of  tlie  present  generation.  It  is  tlie  hope  of  tlu- Committee  on  (ieii- 
eategy,  whom  you  have  to-day  appointed,  that,  with  your  co-oper- 
ation, these  charts  may  be  brought  down  to  the  present  day  and 
made  more  complete. 

Ill  closing  let  me,  on  your  ludialf,  express  to  our   host,  .Mr.  Sain- 
,uel  (Oilman  Uailey  of   Andover,    the   owner  (d'   this  beautiful  grove 
where    we  to-day   have   our  gathering,  our  lu-arty   thanks   for  his 
very  kind  hospitality. 


TAiii.i':   i)K  to\  I  i:\Ts. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 


Kr|)(irl  (if  John  T.  liailcy,  Sccrctiiry,         .          .          .  -            :5-(l 

Address  of  John  Alfrc'(l  r>;iih'y,  rieshU'iit,             -          -  -       7    S 

Adapted  Hymn,  by  \ic\ .  A.  V.  lla'dcy,  N'ici'  Pi'csident,  -                S 

Oiiiiinal  I'ooni.  \>y  \iv\ .  A.  F.  IJaiU-y,  Vice  Piesident,  -      9   1:{ 

A.hli-ess  of  IJev.  A.  F.  I5aih'y,  Vice  Tresident,           -  -        14    1(1 

A.hlress  of  lloUis  It.   IJailey,   President  of  the   Day,      -  -   "^O    lili 


ACCOUNT 


OK 


THE   THIRD   ANNUAL  GATHERING 


Ul'    TlIK 


Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association, 


IIKLD    AT 


Groveland,  Hass.,  August  15th, 


189 


SOMKinil.l.K,  MASS., 

I'RKSS   Oi    .•-UMKUVllJ.K   ClTl/.b.N,   NfcW.sl'AI-lK   A.M.  ■)nH   l'lilMKH> 

Al-lill-,  IC'JO- 

P 


i\ 


vi 


BAILEY  FAMI12Y. 


ARMS:  Az.,  nine  estoiles,  three,  three,  two  and 
one,  arg.     CREST:  a  morning  star,  ppr. 


Account  of  the  Third  Annual  Gathering 


OF    Ttll". 


BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION, 

Held  at  (Jroveland,  flass.,  August   15th,   1895. 

BUSINESS  MEETiNQ. 

TiiK  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  J.  Warren  l^ailey,  Esq., 
of  Somerville,  Mass.,  President  of  the  Day,  at  10.30  a.  m.,  in 
the  Congregational  church. 

After  an  opening  i)rayer  by  the  Rev.  Vincent  Moses  of 
West  Newbury,  Mass  ,  J.  Wairen  Bailey,  President  of  the  Day, 
spoke  as  follows  : — 

It  is  perhaps  fitting  that,  as  the  one  who  has  been  called 
upon  to  preside  over  our  deliberations  to-day,  I  should  extend  to 
this  cotnpany  a  cortlial  greeting  and  a  hearty  welcome.  This  is 
the  third  annual  gathering  of  the  Hailey  l^'aniily,  and  it  is  a 
source  of  great  satisfaction  to  see  the  large  number  that  ha\e 
arrived  here  this  nKjrning.  Two  years  ago  a  little  company 
gathered  together  beside  Canobie  Lake  in  New  IIami)shire  and 
organized  this  association;  a  year  ago  we  assembled  in  And  over. 
Those  who  founded  this  organization,  those  who  have  taken  in- 
terest in  our  ancestry,  those  win;  have  labored  to  secure  all  the 
information  that  could  be  had  in  regard  to  the  Baileys,  are  en- 
titled to  credit  and  praise.  Many  look  back  with  pride  upon  their 
ancestors,  and  if  there  is  any  one  family  which  has  the  right  to 
do  this  it  seems  to  me  it  is  the  IJailey  Family.  It  is  a  name  which 
down  to  the  present  time  has  been'  honored.  It  has  been  a 
noble  name.  Those  who  have  claim  to  it,  coming  d(nvn  to  the 
present  time,  have  been  honorable  men  and  women,  and  we  feel 
justified  in  looking  upon  it  with  pride  and    honor. 


4  TKHASUKIiK  S    KEI'OKT. 

Of  course  you  are  aware  that  little  else  is  expected  of  me 
here  to-day  exce])t  to  extend  greeting  and  to  introduce  those 
who  have  taken  sufficient  interest  in  our  affairs  to  provide  us 
with  entertainment  tu-day.  As  I  look  over  this  company  this 
morning  I  am  reminded  that  while  we  look  back  with  pride, 
while  we  remember  our  ancestry  with  a  degree  of  pleasure  in- 
dependent of  any  other  consideration,  it  is  our  duty  to  maintain 
such  a  standard  that  those  who  are  to  follow  us  shall  have  the 
same  opportunity  to  look  back  and  say  that  their  ancestors  of 
the  nineteenth  century  were  men  and  women  to  be  honored. 

I  wish  I  could  find  words  fit  to  speak  to  you  of  him  whom 
you  elected  a  year  ago  as  president  of  this  association,  who  has 
gone  to  his  reward. 

As  has  been  alluded  to  in  the  prayer  of  our  brother,  he  took 
great  interest  and  pride  in  this  association.  Not  only  did  he 
look  with  honor  upon  the  name,  but  also  did  he  honor  the  name 
of  Hailey,  and  we  can  look  back  thinking  of  him  as  it  were  as 
the  link  that  binds  us  to-day  with  those  who  centuries  ago 
passed  over  to  the  other  shore.  It  is  on  account  of  his  de- 
cease that   I  preside  here  to-day. 

The  first  thing  on  the  programme  is  the  report  of  the 
secretary.  Permitme  .say  that  for  some  unexplained  reason 
he  has  not  yet  arrived.  We  have,  however,  some  of  the 
secretary's  printed  reports  of  our  meeting  of  a  year  ago  and 
if  no  objection  is  made  they  will  be  submitted  to  }'ou  as  iiis 
report. 

l^y  vote  of  the  associatit)n,  the  president  appointed  i'led- 
crick  Bailey,  John  A.  ]3ailey,  and  Orin  I).  Bailey  as  a  committee 
to  nominate  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 


REPORT  OF  TRl'lASURICR  JAMi:S  R.  BAILEY. 

L.ADIES    AND    GeNTI.KMKX    OF    THE    ASSOCI  .\T1()N  : 

In  presenting  my  rej^ort  to  you  this  morning,  which  is  a 
brief  one,  I  would  say  that  had  we  had  a  larger  sale  of  those 
printed  reports  of  last  year's  meeting  we  should  have  had  a 
nice  balance  in  the  treasur}-.  I  would  like  to  have  the  sale 
continue,  so  that  we  may  use  the  money  for  the  purposes  of  the 


THE    BAII.EY-RAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  5 

association.  And  I  wish  to  state  here  in  the  outset  there  is  a 
small  deficit  owin^^  to  the  small  number  of  those  Rei)orts  thus 
far  sold.  Furthermore,  I  wish  to  say  that  the  affairs  of  the 
associatit)n  have  been  conducted  in  an  exceedingly  prudent  and 
economical  manner.  Mvery  ofificer  of  the  asst)ciation  has  gen- 
erously paid  his  or  her  own  personal  expenses,  such  as  car-fares 
and  the  like.  This  has  made  a  great  difference  in  the  financial 
condition  of  the  association.  'I'here  are  other  matters  1  might 
speak  of.  We  have  had  much  kindness  shown  us.  The  pro. 
prietors  of  this  chuich  have  given  us  the  use  <;f  the  church  to- 
day and  the  use  of  the  organ,  and  the  officers  of  the  street 
railway  company  have  given  us  the  use  of  their  grounds  to-day. 
One  thing  more.  There  is  a  bill  for  printing  that  has  not 
been  paid,  although  the  money  has  been  advanced  by  one  of 
the  officers  and  paid  to  the  printer.  The  exact  amount  is 
^30.00.  We  have  in  the  treasury  $9.47,  so  that  our  net  deficit 
is  ^20.53.  A  report  in  detail  will  appear  at  the  proper  time,  so 
that  you  will  know  just  how  every  dollar  has  been  spent.  All 
money  received  by  the  treasurer  is  deposited  in  a  bank  in  the 
name  of  the  association,  ('i'he  treasurer  here  submitted  a  state- 
ment in  detail  of  receipts  and  disbursements,  showing  $24  95 
received,  S&25.47  paid  out  and  balance  of  $9.47  on  hand.) 

I  trust  we  may  sell  quite  a  number  of  copies  of  the  printed 
report  of  last  year's  meeting  so  as  to  relieve  the  treasury.  The 
report  contains  much  useful  information  as  to  our  last  meeting. 
Orders  will  be  taken  during  the  day  either  by  myself  or  any  of 
the  other  officers. 

Voted  that  the  report  of  the  treasurer  be  accepted  and  placed 
on  file. 

The  President.  The  next  business  is  the  important  matter 
of  adopting  our  constitution  as  prepared  by  the  executive  com- 
mittee.    Mr.  liollis  R.  Bailey  will  rej^ort  for  the  committee. 


RKPORT  OF  ITOIJJS  R.  BAILICV. 
Mr.   President  :  —  It  seemed  to  your  executive  committee 
that  the  interest  of  the  different  members  of  this  association  in 
its  work  would  be  greater  and  that  the  business  would  be  con- 


6  REPORT    OF    MOLLIS    R.    BAILi:V. 

ducted  witli  greater  ease  and  smoothness  if  a  constitution 
stating  the  basis  and  the  purposes  of  the  organization  were 
prepared  and  submitted  and,  if  found  satisfactory,  adopted. 
We  all  know  in  a  general  way  why  we  have  come  together  here 
to-day.  It  has  been  one  reason  with  one  and  another  reason  with 
another,  but  certainly  each  one  has  come  here  with  some  motive, 
and  if  these  different  motives  are  staled  on  i)aper,  we  shall  work 
with  more  interest  and  vigor.  The  executive  committee  have 
prepared  a  constitution,  whicii  I  will  read  at  length. 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


CONSTITUTION  OF  THE   BAILEY=BAYLEY 
FAHILV  ASSOCIATION. 

Being  fully  persuaded : 

1.  That  what  we  arc  pliysically,  mentally  and  morally 
comes  to  us  in  a  considerable  degree  from  our  ancestors  as  an 
inheritance  for  good  or  for  evil. 

2.  That  it  is  our  duty  to  study  the  lives  of  our  ancestors 
and  search  out  and  perpetuate  the  story  of  their  noble  deeds. 

3.  That  an  honest  and  intelligent  family  pritle  furnishes 
one  of  the  strongest  incentives  to  noble  li\hig. 

4.  That  true  love  of  family  leads  to  that  larger  [)ati"iotism 
which  embraces  not  merely  country,  but  all  mankind. 

We  have  formed  this  association  that  we  may  work  to- 
gether, 

First,  to  learn  all  that  we  can  of  our  ancestors. 

Second,  to  keep  alive  the  memory  of  those  of  them  who 
lived  nobly. 

Third,  by  working  together  and  by  meeting  together  to 
stimulate  an  honest  and  intelligent  family  pride,  and 

Fourth,  to  help  one  another  by  example  and  precept  to  be 
true  and  loyal  members,  not  simply  of  our  own  Hailey  family, 
but  of  that  greater  family  which  embraces  the  whole  human  race. 

For  the  government  of  the  affairs  of  the  association  we 
adojit  the  following  constitution  and  by-laws  :  — 

Art.  I.  The  name  of  this  association  shall  be  the  "  Hailey- 
Bayley  Family  Association." 

Art.  2.  The  officers  of  the  association  shall  consist  of  a 
president  and  one  or  more  vice-presidents,  a  secretary,  a  treas- 
urer, and  an  executive  committee,  consisting  of  the  above- 
named  officers,  ex-ojficio,  and  of  five  additional  members. 

Art.  3.  All  said  olficers  shall  be  chosen  annually,  but  shall 
continue  in  office  until  their  successors  are  elected. 

Art.  4.  The  president  shall,  when  able  to  do  so,  preside  at 
all  meetings  of  the  executive  committee  and  of  the  association. 


8  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE    ASSOCIATION. 

Art.  5.  In  the  absence  or  inability  to  act  of  the  president, 
one  of  tlie  vice-jiresidents  shall  act  in  his  stead,  and  if  more 
than  one  vice-president  is  present  at  an)'-  meeting,  the  senior 
vice-president  shall  act  unless  otherwise  agreed. 

Art.  6.  The  treasurer  shall  have  charge  of  and  be  respon- 
sible for  the  funds  of  the  association,  but  shall  not  be  author- 
ized to  incur  any  expense  except  with  the  api)roval  of  the  exec- 
utive committee. 

Art.  7.  The  secretary  shall  have  charge  of  the  records  ami 
correspondence  of  the  association. 

Art.  8.  The  executive  committee  shall  ha\e  full  power  to 
regulate  and  govern  all  the  affairs  of  the  association,  and  the 
committee  is  authorized  to  fill  any  vacancies  in  its  membership 
or  among  the  officers  of  _the  association. 

Art.  9.  Meetings  of  the  executive  committee  shall  be  called 
by  the  secretary  at  the  request  of  the  president  or  any  three 
members  of  the  executive  committee,  and  reasonable  notice 
shall  be  sent  to  all  members  of  the  committee.  Three  members 
at  least  shall  be  required  to  ct)nstitute  a  quorum. 

Art.  10.  All  persons  above  the  age  of  fifteen  years  of  good 
moral  character  of  the  15ailey  name  (however  spelled),  or  of  the 
Bailey  blood,  and  the  husbands  and  wives  of  such  persons  shall 
be  eligible  for  membership,  and  as  wide  a  membership  as  possi- 
ble is  desired.  In  case  of  any  doubt  as  to  the  eligibility  of  a 
proposed  member  the  executive  committee  shall  ha\e  full  power 
to  determine  the  same. 

Art  II.  The  executive  conmiittee  shall  have  full  power 
to  expel  any  member  for  reasons  which  seem  to  the  committee 
sufficient. 

Art.  12.  That  there  may  be  a  certainty  of  funds  sufficient 
to  pay  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  association,  each  member 
of  the  association  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  annually  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  eents,  the  same  to  be  paid  in  the  case  of  new  mem- 
bers at  the  time  of  their  joining  the  association. 

Art.  13.  Any  person  eligible  for  membership  may  join  the 
association  by  paying  the  initiation  fee  and  sending  to  the  sec- 
retary, in  writing,  his  or  her  name  and  address. 

Art.  14.     The  executive  committee,  reserving  to  itself  the 


THK    BAILEV-HAVLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  9 

control  of  all  expenditures,  may  appoint  suitable  persons  to 
have  charge  of  work  on  family  history  and  genealogy. 

Art.  15.  This  constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  at 
any  meeting  of  the  association  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  those 
present,  notice  of  the  changes  proposed  having  been  inserteil  in 
the  call  for  the  meeting. 

Art.  16.     We  adopt  as  the  motto  of  the  association  :  — 


In  reganl  to  a  motto  for  the  association,  it  has  been  sug- 
gested that,  in-as-much  as  it  is  a  matter  in  which  we  are  all  inter- 
estetl,  instead  of  adopting  one  at  this  meeting,  we  request  all  the 
members  of  the  association  to  make  any  suggestions  they  desire 
on  this  point  during  the  coming  year  to  the  secretary  of  the 
association,  and  then  the  executive  committee  can  consider  all 
these  suggestions  and  make  a  report  at  the  next  gathering.  It 
is  very  desirable  that  we  select  a  motto  that  is  full  of  signifi- 
cance. 

I  wish  to  say  a  few  words  about  the  constitution  which  I 
have  just  read. 

First,  as  to  the  preamble.  In  this  day  when  the  interest  in 
family  matters  is  on  the  increase,  when  societies  are  being 
formed  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  Sons  of  the  Revolution, 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution,  the  Hunker  Mill  Society  and  all 
these  various  patriotic  societies,  more  and  more  each  person  m 
the  community  who  has  arrived  at  years  of  discretion  has  his 
attention  called  to  his  ancestry,  and  more  and  more  begins  to 
say  to  himself,  "Who  were  my  ancestors  .'  Where  did  they  live.> 
What  did  they  do .?  Am  I  doing  in  my  time  and  generation 
what  they  would  have  a  right  to  expect  of  me  ?  Am  I  keeping 
up  to  the  standard  they  established  V 

There  is  one  point  in  the  latter  portion  of  the  constitution 
on  which  the  executive  committee  were  not  entirely  agreed,  and 
that  is  in  regard  to  the  charge  of  a  membership  fee.  Some  ot 
us  were  of  the  opinion  that  a  greater  interest  would  be  felt  by 
the  different  members  if  there  were  a  small  membenshii)  fee 
which  would  help  tiie  committee  to  meet  the  necessary  ex- 
penses.    The  treasurer  has  stated  to  you  somewhat  the  needs 


10  REPORT    OF    MOLLIS    R.    BAILEV. 

of  the  association  in  that  respect.  Perhaps  I  might  acid  a  word 
as  to  what  money  is  necessary  in  order  to  bring  about  such  a 
gathering  as  this. 

It  requires  first,  the  printmg  and  distribution  of  a  circuhar 
to  inform  people  that  there  is  to  be  a  gathering.  That  means 
an  expense  of  about  $15.  'l"he  programmes  cost  $7  or  $8.  If  the 
committees  on  genealogy  are  to  do  good  work,  they  should  have 
at  least  ^50  yearly.  They  desire  to  have  printed  a  request  for 
information  which  may  be  widely  circulated  through  the  coun- 
try to  get  information  which,  when  classified  and  arranged,  will 
enable  us  to  tell  where  the  different  members  of  the  association 
belong.  I  presume  most  of  you  here  to-day  come  from  this 
part  of  the  State  and  are  the  descendants  of  Richard  and  James 
Bailey  of  Rowley  and  John  J^ailey  of  Newbury.  There  has 
been  considerable  work  done  in  looking  up  the  descendants  of 
Richard  Bailey,  but  very  considerable  work  still  remains  to  be 
done.  There  is  a  fair  question  whether  there  should  be  a  mem- 
bership fee  or  whether  we  shoukl  rely  on  x'oluntary  contribu- 
tions. I  do  not  suppose  the  sum  of  twcnty-fixe  cents  here  men- 
tioned will  be  sufficient  to  raise  all  the  money  necessary.  If  we 
are  to  print  a  report  of  to-day's  proceedings,  it  will  cost  at  least 
|5ioo  and  the  members  of  the  association  must  subscribe  freely 
for  copies  of  that  report  if  we  are  to  get  sufficient  money  to 
pay  for  it.  The  sale  of  copies  of  last  year's  report  lias  produced 
so  far  J540.  This  was  enough  to  pay  for  the  expense  ol  print- 
ing, but  not  enough  to  pay  for  distribution.  It  will  be  for  you 
to  say  which  way  you  prefer,  whether  the  constitution  shall  read 
as  prepared,  "annual  dues  of  twenty-five  cents,"  or  whether  that 
shall  iDe  stricken  out  and  we  shall  rely  on  voluntary  contribu- 
tions. I  must  say  I  am  in  doubt  and  think  it  should  be  left  to 
the  meeting. 

As  the  constitution  was  first  framed,  it  was  thought  suffi- 
cient that  we-should  include  those  of  the  liailey  name  and  blood 
whether  spelling  the  name  Bailey  or  Bayley.  When  I  examined 
the  records  to  learn  about  my  ancestor,  James  Bailey,  I  found 
we  had  not  got  our  constitution  broad  enough.  I  lound  the 
name  of  James  Bailey  sometimes  spelled  Bailey,  more  frequently 
Baly,    occasionally  Bali,    a  few   times  Bayle,  sometimes  Balie, 


THE    BAILEY-HAVLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  II 

sometimes  Bally.  It  was  all  the  same  man,  you  understand,  and 
I  suppose  we  may  properly  spell  our  name  in  whichever  of  these 
ways  we  prefer.  It  seems,  therefore,  best  to  widen  the  range  of 
membership  so  as  not  to  cut  out  any  one  of  the  Bailey  name, 
however  spelled.  Still  further  there  is  a  question  as  to  the 
husbands  and  wives  of  those  of  the  Bailey  blood.  It  seems 
right  and  proper  that  the  membership  shall  be  broad  enough 
to  include  them. 

I  think  your  committee  was  cjuite  agreed  on  all  cjuestions 
except  the  membership  fee,  and  I  hope  that  will  be  ])ul  to  a 
\^ote. 

The  President — You  have  heard  the  rei)ort  of  the  com- 
mittee.    What  is  )'our  opinion.' 

\Vm.  W.  Bade)'  of  Nashua,  N.  H. — It  seems  to  me  suffi- 
cient money  must  be  provided.  It  seems  io  me  that  an  annuid 
fee  of  !^i  from  all  adult  male  members  of  the  association  would 
be  best,  but  if  the  committee  are  agreed  perhaps  it  is  well 
enough  to  let  it  stand  as  it  is.  It  is  certain  that  ample  funds 
ought  to  be  providcLJ.  I  move  that  the  report  of  the  committee 
be  accepted  and  the  constitution  reported  by  them  be  adopted 
in  full. 

The  President — Mr.  \V.  W.  Bailey  moves  that  tiie  report  of 
the  committee  be  acce[)ted,  and  the  constitution  be  adopteil  as 
read  by  the  committee.  If  any  desire  to  make  remarks,  now  is 
the. opportunity.  No  one  need  feel  embarrassment  in  making 
free  comment. 

J.  A.  Bailey — Mr.  President,  it  seems  to  me  we  are  mak- 
ing a  mistake  in  limiting  the  sum  to  25  cents.  It  seems  to 
to  me  that  any  one  desirous  of  giving  more  than  25  cents  should 
be  allowed  to  do  so. 

H.  R.  liailey— I  would  say  just  one  word  further,  that  it 
will  be  necessary,  in  addition  to  the  25  cents,  to  ask  those  mem- 
bers of  the  association  who  can  afford  to  give  ^5,  more  or  less, 
to  contribute  either  at  this  gathering,  or  by  sending  to  the 
secretary,  to  help  on  our  work.  We  desire  to  have  a  large 
membershii),  and  do  not  desire  to  keep  out  any  one  by  making 
the  membership  tliilicult. 


12  OFFICERS    OF    THE    ASSOCIATION. 

The  constitution  as  prepared  by  the  committee  was 
adopted  by  a  unanimous  vote. 

The  President- -The  next  business  appears  to  be  the 
election  of  officers.  The  committee  reports  the  followinj^" 
list  of  officers  : 

President — Hollis  R.  Bailkv  of  Cambridge. 

Vice  Presidents — J.  Wakkkx  Bailf.v  of  Somerville, 
George  O.  Shattuck  of  lioston. 

Secretary — John  T.   Bailey  of  Somerville. 

Treasurer — James  R.  Bailev  of  Lawrence. 

Executive  Committee — John  Alfred  B.mlev  of  Lowell, 
ICben  H.  Bailev  of  Boston,  W.  H.  Reed  of  South  Wey- 
mouth, Mrs.  Milton  PZllsworth  of  Rowley,  1)k.  Stei'Hen  (i. 
Bailev  of  Lowell. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Vincent  Moses,  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee was  accepted  and  adopted  and  the  above  named  officers 
declared  elected. 

J.  A.  Bailey — I  presume  the  choice  of  the  place  for  the 
next  meeting  will  be  left  in  the  hands  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee. We  have  had  the  offer  of  a  grove  by  one  of  the  members. 
If  anyone  has  a  preference  as  to  place  ot  meeting,  it  would  be 
well  to  listen  to  suggestions.  The  committee  will  be  glad  to 
receive  suggestions  t)n  the  subject  at  any  time. 

II.  R.  liailey — I  understand  that  the  treasurer  purposes  to 
have  headquarters  in  the  grove,  where  any  persons  desirous  ot 
joining  the  association  may  do  so  by  paying  their  fee  of  twenty- 
five  cents  and  existing  members  can  pay  their  annual  dues. 

The  President — I  am  glad  to  add  my  word  to  the  sugges- 
tion of  Mr.  Bailey.  We  all  know  how  easy  it  is  to  neglect  mat- 
ters. A  year  ago  I  thought  I  should  like  a  report  of  the  meet- 
ing. I  knew  when  they  were  issued,  but  neglected  for  a  long 
time  to  secure  copies.  I  would  not  be  without  the  reports.  I 
throw  this  out  as  a  suggestion.  It  is  imi)ortant  and  I  know  you 
will  all  be  glad  to  have  a  copy  of  the  annual  report. 

The  business  meeting  closed  at  1 1.30  a.  m. 

There  were  (as  counted  by  the  ushers)  273  persons  pres- 
ent. 


TIIK    UAII.KY-liAYLEY    lAMll.Y    ASSOCIATION.  I3 


LITERARY  EXERCISES. 

At  11.30  A.  M.  the  literary  exercises  were  commenced  with 
music  by  l^ben  H.  IJailey  of  15oston. 

The  President—  The  next  number  is  an  address  with  reso- 
lutions in  memory  of  our  late  president,  Rev.  Augustus  h\ 
Hailey,  by  Mr.  John  Alfred  Ikiiley  of  Lowell. 


ADDRESS  OF  JOHN  ALFRIU)  HAILEV. 

Mr.  Pkksident,  Relatives  and  Friends: — At  our  re- 
union one  year  ago  it  was  allotted  to  me  to  perform  the  pleasing 
task  of  welcoming  to  our  family  gathering  in  God's  own  temple, 
all  who  were  pleased  to  join  with  us,  and  to  day  I  am  selected, 
in  this  building  consecrated  to  our  Creator's  use,  to  eulogize 
one  of  his  most  faithful  and  earnest  servants,  our  late  i)resident. 
Rev.  Augustus  Franklin  Hailey. 

Mr.  IJailey  was  born  in  West  Newbury,  Mass.,  Oct.  12,  18 19, 
and  died  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  May  22,  1895,  having  more  than 
reached  the  age  of  three  score  years  and  ten. 

iTe  was  a  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation  from 
Richard  l^ailey,  wh(;came  from  Yorkshire,  l''ngland,  to  America 
in  1C38,  and  settled  in  Rowley,  Mass. 

His  ancestors  in  each  generation  were  : 
1st.     Richard  Bailey,  b.  about  1623, 

lulnah  Holstead. 
2d.       Dea.  Joseph  Bailey,  b.  about  1648, 

"Abigail  Trumbull. 
3d.      Joseph  Bailey,  Jr.,  b.  1683,  \V.  Newbury, 

Abigail  Webster. 
4th.     Samuel  Jkiiley,  b.  1725,  W.  Newbury, 

Ann  Noyes. 
5th.     Maj.  Samuel  Bailey,  b.  1765,  W.  Newbury, 

Hannah  Chase. 
61  h.     Col.  Uriah  Bailey,  b.  1792,  W.  Newbury, 
Julia  Ciage. 


M  ADDKKSS    OI-    JOIIX    ALFRED    HAlLliS-. 

His  early  education  was  received  at  the  public  schools  and 
two  academies,  one  of  which  was  the  Bradford  Academy,  only 
a  few  steps  from  his  late  residence. 

His  uncommon  strength  of  character  and  power  of  mind 
was  early  evinced  by  his  completing  a  college  course  by  him- 
self, aided  by  private  tutors. 

The  story  of  his  religious  and  political  life  is  most  concisely 
told  by  Rev.  F.  M.  l':stes,  in  a  recent  number  of  "Zion's  Her- 
ald," and  I  cannot  do  better  than  read  the  article  entire  : 

"He  was  converted  at  the  age  of  21,  and  joined  the  Con- 
gregational church.  He  studied  law,  but  not  long  after  his  con- 
version was  called  to  the  ministry,  and  turned  his  attention  in 
that  direction.  Meanwhile  he  became  a  Methodist.  He  joined 
the  New  England  Conference  in  1850  and  received  successive 
appointments  down  to  1868,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Troy  Conference,  where  he  was  in  constant  service  for  17  years. 
In  1885  he  became  supernumerary  and  removed  to  Bradford, 
where  he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  a  very  strong  character,  an  able  man.  He 
was  decided,  positive,  firm,  yet  full  of  love  and  the  tenderest 
sympathy.  He  gained  special  distinction  as  a  debater,  for 
which  his  natural  characteristics  peculiarly  fitted  him.  His 
fiery  enthusiasm  and  vivid  imagination,  coupled  with  his  exten- 
sive learning,  made  him  an  intense  and  uncommonly  interest- 
ing speaker.  He  was  a  man  of  profound  convictions  and  he 
had  also  the  moral  courage  which  enabled  him,  when  he  discov- 
ered the  right,  to  stand  for  it  though  it  cost  him  his  life.  In 
one  of  his  best  appointments  he  took  decided  ground  on  some 
great  question  that  was  then  agitating  the  public  mind,  with 
the  result  that  many  of  his  leading  members  forsook  him. 
Some  of  his  ofificial  board  came  to  him  and  said  :  "  If  you  will 
refrain  from  speaking  on  that  subject  for  a  few  Sundays,  this 
feeling  will  all  blow  over.  "  "  Well,  "  said  Mr.  Bailey,  "  I  shall 
not  keep  still,  for  I  am  right,  and  I  will  stand  for  the  right 
though  I  die  for  it.  "  And  so  he  fought  on,  cutting  his  way 
through  the  deep  forests  of  doubt  and  skepticism  with  the  keen 
a.xe  of  gospel  truth.  He  was  one  of  the  leading  orators  of  our 
church    during  the  antislavery  struggle.     His  voice   gave   no 


THE    UAIl.EV-ItAYLKY    IWMILY    ASSOCIATION.  1 5 

uncertain  sound  on  this  question,  for,  like  William  Lloyd  (jar- 
rison,  he  believed  slavery  was  not  only  the  calamity,  but  the 
crime  of  the  South,  lie  was  also  a  very  strong  advocate  of 
temperance.  Early  in  his  public  life  he  received  the  name  of 
"  St.  Paul,  "  which  was  y;iven  him  because  of  his  j^ositivcness 
and  his  leadership  in  these  great  struggles.  Two  doctrines  he 
specially  magnifietl,  the  pre-millennial  coming  of  Christ,  and 
the  doctrine  of  Christian  perfection.  Nearly  all  the  old  mem- 
bers of  the  New  luigland  Conference  will  doubtless  recall  that 
memorable  debate  on  the  j^re-millennial  coming  of  Christ  before 
the  Preachers'  meeting  in  Boston  during  the  year  '62  or  '63,  in 
which  Mr.  Pailey  and  Dr.  Geo.  M.  Steele  were  the  disputants. 
Mr.  Bailey  took  what  was  then  the  unpopular  side  of  the  cjues- 
tion.  There  was  one  member  of  the  Conference  who  had 
agreed  to  stand  by  him,  but  when  the  time  came  he  was  silent. 
At  the  close  Dr.  Haven,  who  was  then  l^ditor  of  Zion's  Herald, 
encouraged  him  with  his  support,  but  aside  from  him  he  had, 
so  far  as  he  knew,  no  following.  He  preached  holiness,  but  his 
life  was  his  best  e.\emi)lification  of  it.  /x>00o/200 

He  spent  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life  in  Bradford.  Dur- 
ing four  or  five  of  these  years  he  preached  at  Sandown,  N.  11., 
about  eleven  miles  distant,  walking  each  way,  but  Mrs.  Bailey's 
failing  health  compelled  him  to  give  up  this  work.  During  the 
last  four  or  live  years  he  has  been  quite  a  regular  attendant  at 
the  Methodist  church  in  this  place,  and  has  been  of  incalcula- 
ble service.  He  has  often  su])plied  the  pulpit  in  the  absence  of 
the  pastor,  and  has  officiated  in  many  communion  services.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  trustee. 

About  a  year  ago  his  health  began  to  fail,  since  which  time 
he  has  suffei;ed  a  steady  decline.  He  took  his  bed  about  two 
weeks  before  his  death,  and  failed  rapidly  until  the  end  came  in 
great  triumph.  His  family  were  near  him  during  his  last  days. 
He  leavesa  widow,  a  daughter,  Mrs.  l-Hias  Huntington  liottum  of 
Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  two  .sons-  -James  Prentiss  Bailey, 
general  secretary  of  the  V.  M.  C.  A.,  at  Kockford,  111.,  and 
John  Tewksbury  Bailey  of  Boston.  Remember  these  bereaved 
ones  at  the  throne  of  grace."  P'-  M-  PST  P.S. 


l6  KKSOI.UTIONS. 

My  own  acquaintance  with  Rev.  Mr.  Bailey  began  with  our 
first  reunidn  at  Canobie  Lake,  N.  H.,  two  years  ago,  and  to  his 
wide  acquaintance  and  intense  interest  in  all  matters  relating  to 
the  Bailey  family  is  due  much  of  the  success  which  has  attended 
our  gatherings  thus  far. 

He  early  in  life  turned  his  attention  to  the  genealogy  of 
the  branch  of  the  Bailey  family  to  which  he  belonged,  and  by 
means  of  a  wide  correspondence  coupled  with  many  personal 
visits  made  on  foot  to  persons  of  the  Bailey  name  and  blood,  he 
became  possessed  of  a  vast  fund  of  information  of  this  de- 
scription, and  he  was  always  ready  to  impart  it  to  others  and  to 
aid  those  who  were  desirous  of  tracing  their  ancestry. 

This  association  has  suffered  a  severe  loss  in  the  death  of 
our  late  president,  and  his  commanding  presence,  frank,  open 
countenance  and  genial  grasp  of  the  hand  will  long  be  remem- 
bered by  all  who  had  the  privilege  of  his  acquaintance. 

In  conclusion,  allow  mc  to  ask  all  to  emulate  this  strong 
Christian  character  and  strive  to  become  what  he  truly  was, 
"An  honest  man,  the  noblest  work  of  God." 


RESOLUTIONS. 

Rev.  Augustus  h'ranklin  Bailey,  born  at  West  Newbury, 
Mass.,  Oct.  12,  1819,  died  at  Bradford,  Mass.,  May  22,  1895. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  he  held  the  office  of  president  of 
the  Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association. 

By  the  death  of  Mr.  Bailey  the  association  is  deprived  of 
one  of  its  most  able  and  devoted  officers,  and  each  of  its  mem- 
bers loses  a  personal  friend. 

Hi^  high  character,  his  simple,  manly  dignity,  his  Christian 
fortitude,  won  for  him  the  respect  of  all  those  whose  privilege 
it  was  to  know  him. 

He  was  deeply  interested  in  this  association  and  worked 
with  zeal  and  distinguished  ability  to  further  its  objects. 

He  has  gone  from  among.us,  but  we  shall  cherish  his  mem- 
ory and  find  in  it  inspiration  for  high  thinking  and  noble  living. 

We  desire  to  express  to  his  family  the  sympathy  which  we 
all  feel  for  them  in  these  their  hours  of  grief. 


■niii  i!Aii.1':v-iiavi,i:y  i  a.miia'  association.  17 

It  was  then  voted  :  That  the  fore^oiiif;  resolutions  be 
adopted  and  made  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  association  and 
that  a  copy  thereof  be  sent  to  the  family  of  Rev.  Augustus  F. 
l^ailey. 

The  President — If  Mr.   Khcn   II.    Hailey  is  prepared,  we  will 
vary  the  pi-ogramme  and  sing  the  iiynm  numbered  four. 

HLI-ST    Blv    Till-:   Tllv. 
Tunc,    Di'iiniii. 

niest  be  lliL'  tic  tluit  binds 

In  houfst  love  our  souls  ; 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  blood 

Our  uni(,)n  e\er  holds. 

We  share  the  Bailey  name, 

Our  tributes  to  it  bring; 
Our  fears,  our  hojjes,  our  aims  are  one  ; 

We  jo\s  in  coninion  sing. 

We  share  our  mutual  woes, 

Our  mutual  burdens  bear ; 
And  often  for  each  other  flows 

The  sym])athizing  tear. 

When  \\e  asunder  part, 

'T  will  gi\e  us  inward  pain  ; 
Vet  we  shall  still  be  joined  in  heart, 

And  h()])e  to  meet  again. 

The  President — At  our  annual  meeting  a  year  ago  a  com- 
mittee on  genealogy  was  appointed,  consisting  of  three  mem- 
bers, viz.,  our  late  president.  Rev.  .\ugustus  I'".  Bailey,  lloUis  R. 
Hailey  of  Cambridge,  and  Airs.  Milton  bdlsvvorth  of  Row- 
ley.     IMrs.  I-'.llsworth  will  make  the  tirst  report. 


•y  KKTOKT    0|-    MRS.    MILTON     KI.I.SWOK Til. 

RKPORT  OF  MRS.   MII/J'ON    1<:LLS\V0RT1  1. 

Since  the  last  meetiriL;-  of  the  liiiiley-Hayley  as.sociation  I 
have  been  studying  into  the  genealogy  of  the  Jcjhn  Bailey  family 
of  Salisbury. 

I  tiiul  that  John  Hailey  of  Salisbury,  afterwards  of  New- 
bury, came  from  l-^ngland  in  1635.  He  was  a  weaver  of  CW\\>- 
penham,  luigland.  His  name  ajjpears  in  the  first  division  of 
land  in  Colchester,  now  l^ast  Salisbury,  1639.  V\^e  hnd  him  in 
Newbury  in  1650  and  a  record  of  his  death  165 1.  History  has 
it  that  he  left  a  wife,  son  Robert  and  two  dau!j,hters  in  iliudand 
A  son,  John,  and  daughter,  Johanna,  came  to  America  with  him. 
Johanna  married  \V.  AI.  Huntington  ami  we  may  presume  that 
most  of  the  Huntingtons  of  Amesbury  and  vicinity  were  Bai- 
leys on  the  maternal  side.  John  Hailey,  Jr.'s,  and  VVm.  Hunt- 
ington's names  occur  in  the  first  settlement  i>f  the  town  of 
Amesbury. 

I  found  but  very  little  of  tlie  Hailey  name  on  the  records  of 
Amesbury.  In  visiting  Salisbury  Point  1  had  a  tine  view  of 
Hailey's  Hill,  said  to  be  the  place  where  John  i5;iilcy,  Sr., 
built  his  log  cabin.  He  was  a  fisherman,  having  the  sole  right 
of  fishing  in  the  I'owow  granted  to  him,  providing  a  certain 
portion  be  given  to  the  town.  Now  the  starting  point  of  this 
interesting  family  is  John,  Jr.  I  le  has  10  children  recortled  on 
the  Newbury  records.  I  copied  e\erything  1  could  find  from 
these  records,  and  by  corresponding  with  descendants  of  this 
family,  I  have  made  a  beginning  of  the  genealog)'  of  the  John 
liailey  family.  Possibly  there  are  errors  and  if  s(;  I  should  be 
pleased  to  have  any  one  here  set  ihem  right.  There  is  a  great 
deal  more  to  be  collected  by  searching  New  Hamj).->liire  and 
Vermont  recDrds. 

1  have  not  been  able  to  connect  all  that  1  have  gathered, 
but  hope  to  at  some  future  time. 

The  President — It  is  certainly  very  interesting  to  know  of 
the  facts  Mrs.  ICllsworlh  has  brought  to  us.  We  will  now  listen 
to  the  report  of  llollis  K.  Haik}-,  who  reports  for  the  James 
Hadey  branch  of  the  famil)'. 


Tlir.    i;Al[.in'-llAVI.F.V     I'AMII.V    ASSOCIA'IION.  IQ 

Rl':i'()RT  OF  IIOLIJS   R.    HAIl.i:V. 

Before  saying-  anything  about  the  James   Hailey  branch,  to 
which   J   belong,    I   wish  to  say  just  a  \V(jrcl    in     regartl   to  the 
Richard  J^ailey  branch,  wliich  was  under  the  charge  ol  our  hite 
president,  Rev.  Augustus  \\  Jiaile)-.      It  may  not  be  known  to 
you  that  there  is  here  present  a  gentleman    who  tleser\es  the 
thanks  ot  all  ol  you.      1    lefcr  to   Mr.   /Xhrctl    I'oore  ol    Salem, 
who  spent  the  prime  of  his  life    in    collecting,    putting    upon 
pa|)er  and  having  printed  an    acconnt  of    I  lie  descendants    of 
Richard  J^ailey.     That  book   is  in   print  and    I    desire  to  show 
)'ou  a  copy  of  it,   because  those  ol    )'ou   who    belong    to    that 
branch    ought    each    to    own    a    cop)',  and    I    would    say  that 
copies    may   be  had  b)'  applying  to  the    author,   Aifretl    I'oore 
of    Salem,  or  to  any    oHiccr    ol     this    association.      That    book 
contains  some  torty  or  tilt)-  pages  of  the  genealogy  ol   Richard 
Hailey.      It  comes  down    to  the  time    it    was  published,  about 
1857.     Since  that    time  of  course  there  is  much  to  be  added. 
It  is  my  hope  that  this  work  may  be  continued  by   Mr.  I'oore 
and  that  we  may    receive  the  benertt  of    his    labors,      lie    has 
already  collected   much   which  is  not  in  print  which  with  the 
aid  of  the  association   he  ma)'  be  able  to  jjrint.     There  are,  as 
Mr,   I'oore  tells  us,  some  five  or  si.\  thousand   descendants  of 
Richard  Bailey,     lie  has  undertaken  to  give  the  descendants 
both  of  the  male  and  of  the  female  members    of    the    family. 
The  price  of  the  book  is  )^5.oo.     That  may  at  first  seem  large, 
but  I  venture  to  say  it  does  not  give  Mr.  I'oore  five  cents  jjcr 
hour  for  the  time  he  has  spent  npon  the  book.     On   I'age  53 
is   a  picture   of  the  home    of    Joseph    Bailey,   the  only  son    ol 
Richard   Bailey,  the    first    settler.       It  was    said    by  Mr.  John 
Alfred   Bailey  of  Lowell  that   it   was  not  known   who  tlie  first 
wife  of  Joseph  was.     1    am    informed    by   Air.    I'oore    that   he 
has  recently  ascertained  that  her  name  was  Al)igail  Trumbull. 
On  the  page  following  K\e  have  a  fac  simile  of  a  i.\cQ(\  executed 
by  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Joseph   Bailey.      It   is  interesting 
to  know  that  those  sons  and  daughters  spelled  their  names  in 
three  different  ways. 

Noiv  a  word  abont  John   Bailey  of  Scituate.     There  was  no 


20  KKrOKT    ol-     HoI.l.lS    K.     IIA 1 1. 1".V. 

member  of  your  association  appointed  to  work  upon  tliat 
brancli  of  the  family,  but  ou  my  way  here  to-chi)-  1  met  a 
member  of  the  association  who  has  furnished  some  interesting; 
information.  lie  has  handed  me  these  charts,  which  will  he 
exhibited  at  the  grove.  They  are  charts  showing  some  ol  the 
descendants  of  John  of  Scituate,  antl  the)'  will  l)e  tacketl  up  at 
the  grove  where  you  can   see  them. 

Mr.  George  Edson  l^ailey  of  Mansfield,  Mass.,  is  the  gen- 
tleman I  refer  to.  He  is  a  direct  descendant  c^f  John  of  Scitu- 
ate, who  settled  at  Scituate  about  1670,  and  from  whom  ha\e 
descended  many  of  tlie  Plymouth  County  l>aileys.  Mr.  (ieorge 
lulson  Bailey,  besides  the  charts,  has  also  brought  a  cane  which 
was  owned  and  used  by  John  of  .Scituate. 

Now,  a  word  about  the  James  Hailey  branch,  to  which  1 
have  given  more  especial  attention.  There  is  not  \er)'  nuich 
to  be  learned  in  regard  to  the  fust  settler,  James,  ami  yet  we 
have  found  some  things  which  are  of  interest.  1  ha\  e  here  in 
my  hand  a  printed  report  of  the  town  of  Rowley,  publisheil  in 
1894,  edited  by  Mr.  IModgett,  a  man  interested  in  all  matters  of 
town  history,  and  a  man  who  is  especially  entitled  to  (nir  thanks 
because  he  has  made  accessible  the  early  genealogy  of  the  James 
l^ailey  branch.  The  first  volume  of  the  Rowley  town  records  we 
have  here  in  print,  and  from  that  we  learn  that  James  l^ailey  of 
Rowley  was  a  settler  in  Rowley  as  early  as  1648  or  1649.  It  was 
said  by  the  Rev.  Augustus  V.  I^ailey  a  year  ago  that  James 
Bailey  was  a  settler  before  1650,  but  these  records  make  cer- 
tain that  James  was  a  settler  as  early  as  1O48. 

It  is  a  matter  of  record  that  Richard  Bailey,  the  brother  of 
James,  came  to  this  c(Hmtry  at  the  age  of  fifteen  in  the  )ear 
163S  or  1639  At  that  age  you  can  understand  that  he  was  not 
a  man  with  a  large  amount  of  capital  to  invest.  I  have  had  the 
pleasure  of  seeing  a  printed  copy  of  the  record  kept  in  London 
of  the  names  of  the  passengers  on  board  the  ship  on  which 
Richard  came.  Among  the  passengers,  besides  Richard  Bailey 
aged  fifteen,  we  tind  Samuel  Poore,  aged  eighteen,  Daniel 
Poore,  aged  fourteen,  and  Richanl  Dummer,  aged  four.  It  ap- 
pears from  this  record  that  Richard  Bailey,  Sanuiel  Poore  and 
•Daniel  I'oore  were  entitled  servants,  that  is  to  say,  thcyj^ame  in 


TIIK    l!.MI.h;V-l!AVr.KV    lAMlI.V    ASSOCIATION.  21 

the  employ  of  other  older  aiul  more  wealthy  people  who  came 
on  that  ship.  That  i.-,  the  way  New  ICiiglaiul  was  settled. 
Since  Richard  came  as  an  employee,  it  is  probable  that  his 
brother  James  was  not  a  j^erson  of  very  great  means.  It  is  cer- 
tain, however,  that  he  was  a  i)erson  of  good  repute  in  the  town, 
because  we  find  that  before  he  died  he  took  by  deed  other  prop- 
erty besides  that  which  was  allotted  to  him,  that  he  stood  abo\e 
the  average  in  the  amount  of  taxes  he  was  obliged  to  pay,  and 
that  for  one  year  he  held  the  office  of  Overseer  of  the  Poor. 
v\ll  this  shows  that  he  was  a  person  of  some  little  wealth  and 
a  person  of  inlluence  in  that  connnunity.  And,  furthermore, 
we  find  his  son  marrying  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Mighill, 
a  deacon  of  the  church  and  a  ])romiiieiit  citizen.  I  ha\e  not 
yet  been  able  to  ascertain  from  what  part  of  hJigland  James 
]^ailey  came.  Terhaps  my  friend  Mr.  I'oore  knows,  antl  we 
may  be  able  another  yeai"  to  tell  )ou  something  as  to  where 
James  and  Richard  Bailey  came  from. 

In  regard  to  the  descendants  of  James,  it  would  take  all 
day  to  tell  )ou  much  about  them.  There  are  one  or  two  1  wish 
to  speak  of.  John  Jiailey  was  born  in  1642  and  lived  to  be 
nearly  fifty  years  of  age.  He  was  a  resident  of  Rowley.  The 
spot  in  Rowley  where  he  and  his  father,  James  Bailey,  li\'cd  is 
known,  and  can  be  pointetl  out  b)'  mend^ers  of  the  famil)-  living 
there  to-da)'.  The  house  where  some  of  the  children  of  John 
lived  is  still  standing,  and  must  have  been  built  about  16S0.  I 
have  here  a  ijhotograph  of  that  house.  We  had  hoped  to  have 
quite  a  number  of  copies  for  sale  here  to-day,  but  we  have  only 
a  si)ecimen  copy.  The  treasurer  will  take  orders  to-day,  price 
fifty  cents.  1  saw  the  house  last  June.  The  rear  is  to  the 
street  and  the  front  to  the  south  to  get  the  sun.  John  liailey 
was  of  fighting  blood  and  perished  in  the  expedition  against 
Canada  in  Kkjo  under  (ieneral  rhipi)s. 

A  year  ago  to-day  1  spcjke  a  few  words  in  regard  to  Samuel 
liailey,  Jr.,  of  Ando\er,  tlial  earliest  sou  of  libert)',  who 
hastened  to  do  what  he  might  to  aid  in  the  establishment  ol 
the  inde{)endence  of  this  country,  and  who  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  ]5unker  llill.  1  desire  to  sa)'  just  a  word  in  regard  to 
his  second  cousin,  or  his  first  cousin   once  removed.      I    reter  to 


22  KKI'OKT    Ol-    MOLLIS    R.    i;AM,i:\. 

Jacob  Kailey  of  Rowley.  The  history  of  Jacob  liailey  has 
been  written,  and  1  suppose  it  is  accessible  to  most  of  you. 
It  can  be  found  in  the  Hoston  Public  Library.  It  was  printe^l 
in  the  year  1853  under  the  title  "The  b'rontier  Missionary: 
A  IVIenioir  of  the  Life  of  Rev.  Jacob  l^ailey,"  by  William  S.  ikirt- 
lett. 

Jacob  was  the  oldest  son  of  Deacon  Lavid  lUiley  and  one 
of  seven  children,  and  the  memorial  states  that  they  were 
extremely  poor.  That  the  family  was  of  j^ood  repute  is  attested 
by  the  fact  that  Da\  id  Jbiley  was  a  deacon.  iJavid  15ailey's 
occupation  was  that  of  farming,  and  his  son  Jacob  spent  his 
early  years  upon  the  farm  with  no  incentive  to  seek  any  different 
employment,  except  as  a  thirst  for  knowled<i;e  inherited  irom 
his  mother  or  from  some  ancestor  of  the  IJaile)-  branch  may 
have  impelled  him  to  a  more  intellectual  life.  JCven  in  his  early 
days  he  was  different  from  the  other  bo)'s  about  him.  lie 
stayed  up  nights  to  read  and  study  when  the  other  boys  went 
to  bed,  and  finally  he  attracted  the  attention  of  the  minister  in 
Rowley,  who  offered  to  take  him  in  charge  and  fit  him  for 
college.  With  the  assistance  of  the  minister  he  was  able  to  i)re- 
pare  himself  to  enter  Harvard  College,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1755.  He  met  with  members  of  the  church  of  l^igland 
in  l^oston  and  at  Portsmouth  and  found  the  worship  of  that 
church  acceptable  to  him  and  finally  was  persuaded  to  take 
orders  in  the  Church  of  Lngland.  In  1670  we  find  him  on 
his  voyage  to  London,  where  he  recei\'ed  orders  in  the  Church 
of  ICngland,  and  then  returned  to  this  country  as  a  mission- 
ary at  a  frontier  settlement  in  Maine.  There  he  worked  and 
labored  for  many  years  with  a  little  congregation  half-star\'ed 
most  of  the  time,  until  finally  at  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  the 
Revolutionary  War,  with  the  aid  of  his  parishioners,  he  had 
secured  the  erection  of  a  small  chapel  and  a  parsonage.  I 
do  not  know  whether  he  had  a  horse  or  not.  He  had  a  cow. 
He  took  great  pride  in  his  garden.  He  received  his  support 
chiefiy  from  the  stipend  allowed  by  the  Missionary  Society 
in  London.  Living  as  he  did  in  constant  communication  with 
England,  it  is  natural  that  we  should  find  him  a  staunch  Tory. 
Having  the   true    Hailey  grit,   he  was    not   to    be    driven    from 


Till':  iiAii.i'.v-i;.\\i.i:v   i  .\mii,\-   associa  i  ion.  23 

uiial  hu  .supposed  to  be  rij^lu  ;  and  pisl  as  Saimicl  Hailcy,  Jr., 
(Jii  tlic  one  side,  was  ready  to  tight  lor  treedoin,  so  Jaeob  Hai- 
lcy on  the  other  was  ready  to  lay  tlown  his  lite  rather  than 
take  any  oath  to  su|)p(jrt  the  kevolutionary  eause.  As  a  last 
resort,  after  having  endured  all  manner  of  abuse  and  perse- 
cution, he  fled  to  Xo\'a  Sc(;tia,  where  he  s])ent  the  last  )ears 
of  his  life.  I'hat  memorial  of  Jacob  J5aile)'  contains  the  early 
history  of  the  i'!pi.scopal  church  in  tliis  countr)'.  Above  all,  it 
shows  the  unflinching"  zeal  of  a  niend)er  of  the  Bailey  family, 
wiio,  for  what  he  supposed  to  be  1  ight,  was  willing  t(;  undergo 
any  trials.  As  we  look  at  it  now,  we  think  he  was  wrong, 
but  it  is  a  Hailey  characteristic  that  whether  a  thing  is  right  oi' 
wrong,  if  a   15ailey   believes  it  is  right,  he  will   stick  to  it. 

'I'he  {'resident- W'e  are  very  fortunate  in  ha\ing  with  us 
to-day  the  lion.  W.  II.  licc(\  of  .South  Weymouth,  who  has 
s[)ent  much  time  in  studying  the  history  of  the  Baile)'  family. 
Mr.  Reed  is  connecteel  with  the  Historical  .Society  of  Wey- 
mouth and  will  be.  able  to  give  us  some  valuable  intormation. 
1  have  the  pleasure  ot   presenting  Mr.  Reed. 


ADi)Ri:ss  OF  \v.  11.  ri<:i;d,  i:s(j. 

I'AKT    I. 
JOll.X    IJ.MI.KV    Ol''    .SALlSlilKV,   MASS.,   .\X1)  IIIS   l)i:SCi:.\  DA  NTS. 

On  the  15th  day  of  August,  1635,  New  luigland  was  vis- 
ited b)'  a  tremendous  storm  or  hurricane,  says  Morton.  It  be- 
gan in  the  mtjrning,  a  little  before  da),  and  grew  not  by  degrees, 
but  came  with  great  violence  in  the  beginning,  iu  the  great 
amazement  of  many.  Jt  blew  ck)\vn  sundr)'  luni.ses,  and  un- 
covered divers  others  ;  divers  \essels  were  lost  at  sea  and  many 
m(;rc  were  in  extreme  danger.  Among  the  many  shipwrecks 
that  took  place  in  that  great  storm,  there  is  one  that  deserxes 
more  than  a  passing  notice. 

A  vessel  from  England,  having  on  board  emigrants  for  .\ew 
I^ngland,  and  jjrobably  bound  for  Salem  Harbor,  or  I]).-,wich 
Hay,  was  off  the   New    laigland   coast  and  was  driven   b)-  the 


24  ADDKl'.SS    01'     W.    K.    KI:KI). 

wild  fury  of  this  great  storm  on  to  the  inhospitable  siiores  of 
l'emaquid,.(no\v  Ikistol,  Maine,)  and  among  those  shi])\vreckeil 
emigrants  were  John  Bailey,  Sr.,  and  his  two  children,  John 
Bailey,  Jr.,  and  daughter,  Johanna.  John  Bailey  was  a  weaver 
from  Chippenham,  in  Wiltshire  County,  England.  Tradition 
says  that  ni  the  winter  of  1634-5  t^""-'  Newbury  settlers  en- 
camped on  the  hills  at  the  mouth  of  the  Ijxswich  River,  and  the 
records  say  that  during  that  year  many  ships  l^rought  emigrants 
from  luigland  to  the  i'rovinces,  and  among  those  that  came 
were  John  and  Robert  Pike,  John  l^mery,  John  liailey,  Sr., 
John  liailey,  Jr.,  and  others,  in  the  )'ear  1637,  when  Newbuiy 
had  been  settled  two  )ears  in  the  \icinity  of  j'arker  Kiver,  the 
venturesome  and  wandering  spirit  of  John  Hailey  induced  him 
to  plunge  farther  into  the  wilderness  and  establish  a  home 
beyond  the  Merrimack,  where  he  built  his  log  cai)in  and  settled 
in  solitude  antl  began  to  culti\'ate  the  soil! 

In  the  year  1640  in  consecpience  of  the  change  of  affairs 
in  the  Mother  Country,  emigration  to  New  ICngland  ceased.  It 
was  estimated  at  the  time  that  about  4000  families,  consisting  of 
21,000  souls,  had  arrived  in  298  ships  and  settled  in  this  New 
World.  In  the  year  1639  began  the  settlement  of  ICast  Salis- 
bury, in  1638  called  Merrimack,  in  1639  called  Colchester  and  in 
1640  incorporated  under  the  name  of  Salisbury.  On  the  Col- 
chester records  can  be  found  a  list  of  those  who  received  the 
early  land  grants  in  the  first  division  and  among  those  names  is 
John  Bailey,  Sr.  lie  was  a  fisherman,  having  the  sole  right  of 
fishing  in  the  Powow  River,  granted  him  on  condition  that  a 
certam  proportion  of  the  fish  taken  be  given  to  the  town. 

The  history  of  Newbury  says,  "John  Bailey,  Sr.,  of  Salis- 
bury, afterwards  of  Newbury,  was  fined  iwe  pounds  for  buying 
lands  of  the  Indians  without  leave  of  the  court,  with  condition, 
if  he  yield  up  the  land,  the  same  to  be  remitted."  'ihe  idea 
that  the  JCnglish  obtained  the  lands  of  the  Indians  by  wrong 
or  without  an  equivalent  musi  be  recei\ed  with  great  limitation. 
In  most  cases,  says  lloyt,  the  first  settled  towns  were  purchased 
of  the  sachems  residing  at  the  places  selected  by  the  English. 
In  many  old  towns  deeds  given  by  them  are  now  e.xtant,  con- 
taining considerations  for  the  lands  sold,   though  generall)-  of 


THE    liAlLEV-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  25 

little  value.  To  prevent  injiustice  the  purchasers  were  restricted 
by  government.  In  Massachusetts  none  were  allowed  to  take 
deeds  of  the  Indians,  excepting- under  certain  conditions;  and 
Plymouth  Colony  put  similar  checks  upon  their  people. 

John  Bailey,  Sr.,  left  a  wife,  a  son  Robert  and  two  or  more 
daughters  in  England.  His  wife's  name  is  supposed  to  have 
been  Elizabeth  Knight,  but  she  never  came  to  New  luigland. 
John  l^ailey,  Sr.,  died  in  November,  1651.  His  will  was  i)roved 
April  13,  1652.  He  gave  his  son  John  his  home  at  Salisbury,  he 
gave  his  daughter  Johanna,  wife  of  Wm.  Huntington,  and  her 
husband,  his  home  and  lands  which  he  bought  of  Valentine 
Rowell,  west  of  the  Towow  River,  and  he  gave  his  widow  six 
[jounds  if  she  came  over  to  Newbury  land. 

A  very  interesting  and  well  prepared  paper,  by  Alfred  Hailey, 
I'^sq.,  of  Salisbury,  iMass.,  and  reati  by  him  before  the  Salisbury 
Improvement  Association  at  their  first  out  door  meeting  in  June, 
1895,  says:  "No  history  of  a  town  is  complete  without  a  well 
authenticated  beginning.  We  therefore  have  pushed  our  re- 
searches far  back  into  the  dim  starting  jjoint  of  the  town's  exis- 
tence, and  to  the  very  hrst  dawnings  of  its  history.  And  our 
opinion,  which  was  fully  given  in  a  former  paper,  is  that,  on 
yonder  hillside  in  1637,  John  Bayley  built  the  first  house  within 
the  limits  of  our  town,  and  that  from  him  the  hill  took  its  name, 
'  Bayley's  Hill, '  and  has  been  so  known  through  the  centuries 
to  the  present  time  ;  and  furthermore,  that  the  boundaries  and 
extent  of  his  original  tract  of  land  are  still  well  defined  and 
traceable. 

"If  you  wdl  take  your  stand  at  the  northwest  corner  of 
Charles  Alexander's  land  and  note  the  direction  of  the  fences 
running  from  that  point,  the  one  on  the  northerly  side  running 
easterly  towards  the  I'owow  River  and  the  other  running 
southerly  towards  the  INIerrimac  River,  and  by  extending  these 
lines  until  you  reach  the  rivers,  )'ou  will  have  witiiin  that  en- 
closure the  entire  tract  of  about  50  acres,  which  was  the  home- 
stead of  the  first  settler,  John  Bayley,  and  this  tract  of  land, 
triangular  in  shape,  as  )'ou  can  readily  see  aiul  verify,  ga\e 
color  and  direction  to  all  contiguous  estates,  both   to  the  north- 


26  ADDRESS    OF    W.    li.    KF.ED. 

ward  and  westward,  as  all  lots  both  to  the  north  and   west  were 
laid  out  parallel  to  l^ayley's  lot. 

"I  am  of  the  opinion  that  these  contiguous  lots  on  both  sides 
of  Bayley's  were  laid  out  and  some  of  them  occupied  prior  to 
the  layout  of  house  lots  at  the  green  in  Salisbury,  and  were,  no 
doubt,  among  the  lots  in  the   first  divisions  of  land    in    1639. 

"Among  the  archives  of  the  State  is  a  record  of  the  names 
of  37  persons  '  Yt  have  hjts  and  perportions  granted  for  the 
town  of  Colchester  in  the  first  division.'  And  there  seems  to 
be  no  good  reason  to  doubt  that  some  of  the  perportions  in  the 
first  division  were  those  of  actual  settlers  on  Hayley's  Hill  ad 
vicinity. 

"To  the  northward  and  adjoining  Bayley's  lands  was  (icr- 
hard  Haddon's  lot  of  about  40  acres,  and  this  was  1  laddon's  land 
on  which  we  are  assembled  and  around  the  site  of  his  hearth- 
stone we  are  now  congregated.  The  next  lot  northerly  was 
Thomas  Macy's,  then  the  eight  rod  highwa}',  which  we  have 
heretofore  describetl;  farther  on,  the  lots  of  Anthony  Saddler, 
Richard  Currier  and  others,  while  to  the  westward  of  J5ay ley's 
and  extending  far  up  into  Pleasant  Valley,  were  the  lots  of  John 
Weed,  \Vm.  Huntington,  Willie  Partridge,  John  I'^ver,  Christo- 
pher liatt,  and  others,  all  these  lots  taking  their  direction  in 
parallel  lines  to  Hayley's  original  layout." 

John  (2)  Jr.,  John   ist. 

Was  born  in  16 13  in  Chippenham,  Wiltshire  County,  ICng- 
land.  tic  came  to  New  lingland  with  his  father  in  1635  ;  mar- 
ried Eleanor  l^mery  of  Newbury,  Mass.  He  did  not  join  the 
settlement  at  Colchester  at  the  time  his  father  went  there,  but 
the  first  list  found  on  the  Salisbury  records  contains  68  names 
of  those  who  received  the  early  land  grants,  and  among  those 
names  is  that  of  John  liailey,  Jr.  The  grants  to  single  men 
were  that  they  inhabit  before  May  6,  1640.  In  the  year  1655, 
John  Bailey,  Jr.,  and  his  brother-in-law,  William  Huntington, 
"who  married  Johanna  Bailey,"  were  the  first  inhabitants  of 
the  new  town  of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  and  received  40  acres  of  land 
each  beyond  the  pond  bordering  on  Back  River. 

He  died  and  his  wife  died 


Till'     l!.\IIj:V-l!AVLr.V    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  2/ 

ClllI.DKllN. 

Rebecca,  born  1641  ;  married  Isaac  Bruwii, 

August  22,  1661. 
John,  born  May  iS,  1643. 
Sarah,  born  August  17,  1644;  married  David  Cheney,  Oct. 

8,  1665. 
Joseph,  born  April  4,  1648  ;  married  Priscilla 
"^  James,  born   Sept.  12,    1650;  married   Mary  C'arr,   Sept.  17, 

1672. 
•-.,-.    Isaac,  born   July   22,  1654;  marricil  Sarah   ]-"mery,  June  13, 

1683. 
Joshua,  born  ;  died  April  7th. 

Joshua,  born  April  20,  1659. 
Rachel,  born  Oct,  19,  1662;  married  Samuel  Toor,  Vch.  16, 

1679. 
Judith,  born  August  13,  1C6S  ;  died  in  166S. 

Jamks  (3),  John  (2)  Jr.,  John   isr. 

Horn  Sept.  12,  1650,  at  Newbury,  Mass.  Was  the  son  of 
John  Jkiiley,  Jr.,  of  Salisbur)',  Mass.  lie  gi"aduatctl  at  Har- 
vard Ct)llege  in  1669,  was  minister  at  Salem  X'illage,  (now  J)an- 
vers),  from  1671  to  1680.  Married  Sept.  17,  1672,  Mary  Carr. 
He  wei>t  to  Killingworth,  Conn.,  in  1682,  and  left  before  1694. 
He  died  at  Roxbury,  Jan.  18,  1706-7.  Was  a  physician  there. 
His  wife,  Mary,  died  at  Killingworth,  Conn.,  Oct.  28,  1688. 
He  married  for  his  second  wife  one  named  Mary,  and  she 
died  Oct.  23,  1717.      His  children  were: 

Mary,  born  July  5,  1673  ;  died  August  10,  1673. 

John,  born  1675. 

James,  born  1678;  married  h^izabeth  Ruggles. 

Isaac,  born  Oct.  22,  1681  ;  Harvard  1701. 

Sarah,  born  Sej^t.  3,  1O83  ;  died  Sept.  25,  1683. 

Joshua,  born  1685  ;  married  i'".li/.abeth  Johnson. 

In  1750  the  remaining  son^,  John  Bailey  of  Killingworth, 
Conn.,  and  Joshua  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  [letitioned  the  general 
court  of  Connecticut. 

Sibley's  Harvard  (Jraduates,  vol.  2,  pp.  291-299. 


28  address  of  w  .  ii.  reed. 

James  (4),  James  (3),  John  (2)  Jr.,  John  ist. 

Son  of  James  and  Alary  (Can)  Ikiley.  liorn  167S  at  Salem 
Village  (now  Danvers)  ;  was  a  saddler,  and  lived  in  Ro.xbury,  and 
known  as  Left.  Bailey.  He  married  about  1696-7  I'lizabeth 
Ruggles,  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  Ruggles.  He  died  Oct.  24, 
171 5,  in  Roxbury. 

Children  (taken  from  the  Roxbury  records). 

James,  born  March  22,  1698  ;  married  Sarah  ;  settled  in 
Weymouth,  Mass. 

Mary,  born  August  8,  1699;  died  Dec.  14,  1700, 

Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  29,  1702;  married  }(thn  Hennet  and 
removed  to  Lancaster,  Mass. 

Samuel,  born  Feb.  i,  1705;  remained  on  old  homestead  in 
Roxbury. 

Mary,  born  March  16,  1706  ;  died  June,  1707. 

Anna,  born  Jan.  7,  1708  ;  married  John  Prentice;  removed 
to  Lancaster,  Mass. 

Hulda,  born  July  10,  1710;  died  July  3,  171 1. 

Joshua,  born  August  26,  1713;  probably  died  before  1733, 
as  his  name  is  not  mentioned  in  settlement  of  the  es- 
tate. 

Elizabeth  Bailey  (the  mother)  died  1733. 

The  following  items  appear  upon  the  Roxbury  church 
records:  "Admitted  to  full  communion  Oct.  1697,  James  Bailey, 
Sr.  Dismissed  from  the  church  in  Salem,  and  recommend- 
ed to  this  church,  same  date,  James  liailey,  Jr." 

James  (5),  James  (4),  James  (3),  John  (2)  Jr.,  John  ist. 

The  son  of  James  and  IClizabeth  (Ruggles)   Bailey;  was  born 
in  Roxbury,  Mass.,   March    22,    1698;  he  graduated  at  Harvard 

College  in    1719;  married  Sarah ,  for  as  we  find  on  the 

records  of  the  First  Church,  in  Andover,  Mass.,  (now  North 
Andover),  under  date  of  I'^eb.  26,  172 1-2,  Mr.  James  Bailey, 
school  master,  and  Sarah  Bailey,  wife  of  Mr.  James  Bailey,  re- 
moved  to  Weymouth.     After   his  graduation    at    Harvard    he 


THE    nAir.F.V-nAYLF.V    FAMILY    ASSOfM  ATION.  29 

lived  in  Andovcr,  where  he  tau<;hl  school,  and  was  probably 
studying  theology  at  the  saine  time,  lie  was  ordained  first 
pastoiof  the  Second  Congregational  Church  of  Weymouth,  Sept. 
26,  1723,  and  he  died  August  22,  1766,  in  the  69th  year  of  his 
age,  and  the  43d  year  ol  his  pastorate,  and  was  buried  in 
the  old  burying  ground  on  IMeasant  Street,  South  Weymouth. 
Mis  wife  dietl  in  Boston,  and  was  probably  buried  on  Boston 
Common,  T(jnib  No.  14.  lie  served  his  first  and  only  pastor- 
ate in  Weymouth,  and  received  as  a  salary  seventy-si.x  pounds 
a  year,  and  a  settlement  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  pounds. 
He  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  people,  and  was  held  in  high  es- 
timation by  the  neighboring  parishes.  His  labors  in  the  second 
precinct  of  Weymouth  were  greatly  blessed,  as  the  records  of 
the  church  will  show,  for  in  1737  to  1740  there  was  a  great 
revival  ot  religion  throughout  New  l^ngland,  and  at  this  time 
great  numbers  united  themselves  to  the  church,  and  testified 
by  their  conduct  through  life,  the  genuineness  of  their  profes- 
sion, and  the  Second  Church  of  Weymouth  was  not  exempt,  for 
we  find  on  its  records  of  April,  1742,  no  less  than  45  adult  per- 
sons who  were  taken  into  the  church  on  one  Sabbath  day  and 
received  full  communion. 

The  following  inscription  will  be  found  on  his  gravestone  : — 

Sic  Transit  Gloria  Mundi, 
here  lies  interred  ye  remains  of  ye  Rev.  James  Bailey,  horn  at  Roxbury, 
took  his  first  degree  at  Harvard  College,  1719,  ordained  first  pastor  of 
the  Second  Church  of  Christ  iu  Weymouth,  Sept.  26,  1723.  After  a 
lingering  indisposition  departed  this  life  August  22d,  1766,  in  ye  69th 
year  of  his  age,  in  ye  firm  and  supporting  belief  of  those  doctrines  of 
grace  which  he  had  for  ye  space  of  43  years  preached  publicly  and  from 
house  to  house. 

The  sweet  remembrance  of  ye  just 
Shall  flourish  when  tliey  sleep  in  dust. 

CiiiLDRKx  OF  Rev.  James  and  Sarah  Baii.ey. 
James,  born  in  Andover  Jan.   15,  1722,  1  have  no  record  of. 


30  ADDKKSS    OF    W.    II.    KEl.D. 

Sarah,  born  in    Weymouth   April   27,1724  ;  died    April    7, 

Joshua,    born    in  Weymouth   Nov.  24,  1726;  married    first 
Mary  l^lanchard,  Sept.  3,  1747,  second,  l^lizaheth   Hol- 
brook,  August  10,  1762,  and  removed  to  Woolwich,  Me. 
Thomas,  born  in  Weymouth  Oct.   10,  1728.     Me  removed 
to  Boston,  married,  and  had  a  large  family,     lie  was 
deacon  of  a  church  in  Hoston. 
Samuel,  born  in  Weymouth  March  27,  1730.     He  was  ad- 
mitted to  his  father's  church  Feb.  3,  1753.     He  prob- 
ably removed  to  Boston. 
Nathaniel,   born    in    Weymouth   Dec.   27,   1731-2;   married 
first,  Tamar  White,  Oct.  3    1754,  second,    widow    Deb- 
orah  Pratt,  Nov.  1,1789. 
Daniel,  born  in  Wevmouth   April    i,   1734;  died   loth  May 

following. 
Sarah,  born   in  Weymouth  June    15,    1735;    married    John 

Pratt  of  W^ey mouth  Oct  17,  1756. 
John,  born  in  W^eymouth  P'eb.  2,   1737;  removed   to  Wool- 
wich, Me. 
Daniel  and  Mary  (twins)  born  Oct.  17,  1742;  Mary,  mar- 
ried Josiah  Pratt  of  Weymouth,  Aug.  20,  1759. 
Benjamin,  born  in  Weymouth    Dec.    1,    1745  ;   died    Oct. 

22,  1764,  aged  19  years. 
I  want  to  say  a  word  here,  in  connection  with  Minister 
Bailey,  that  some  fifteen  years  ago  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Porter  of 
Bangor,  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  and  Genealogical 
Society,  wrote  a  short  account  of  Minister  Bailey's  family, 
which  was  published  in  the  Weymouth  (jazette.  He  suggested 
the  idea  that  some  one  ought  to  take  up  the  remains  of  the  old 
minister  and  place  them  in  some  incorporated  cemetery,  where 
the  monuments  could  be  protected  and  cared  for,  as  he  married 
and  buried  the  jieoplc  of  South  Weymouth  for  almost  fifty 
years.  Acting  under  Mr.  Porter's  suggestion,  and  with  the  co- 
operation of  some  of  the  descendants  of  Minister  liailey,  we 
caused  in  the  summer  of  i<S90  the  remains  of  the  family, 
together  with  the  headstones,  which  had  been  somewhat  shat- 
tered by  the  hand  of  the  vandal,  carefully  and  tenderly  to  be  re- 


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moved  to  Highland  Ceinctcry,  and  there  placed  in  the  Deacon 
Xathaniel  Bailey  (son  to  Minister  Hailey)  lot,  after  they  had 
been  buried  124  years. 

A  few  rods  north  of  Ten  River  Bridge,  on  Pleasant  Street, 
South  Weymouth,  on  a  little  sandy  knoll,  unprotected  and  un- 
cared  for,  is  probably  the  most  ancient  burying-place  in  South 
Weymouth.  It  was  here  that  I  found  the  remains  of  Minister 
Bailey,  but  the  hand  of  the  vandal  had  been  there,  for  lying  on 
the  ground  were  several  moss-covered  gravestones  that  had  been 
shattered  and  broken,  and  the  inscriptions  on  sonie  of  those 
stones  were  for  men  of  high  military  rank. 

N.vriiANiEL  (6),   Jami:s,   (5),  (4).  (J),  John  (2).  }n.,  John   ist. 

Deacon  Nathaniel  Bailey,  son  of  Rev.  James  and  Sarah 
Bailey,  was  born  in  Weymouth,  Dec.  27,  1731.  He  was  the 
most  important  man  of  his  day  in  the  South  i'arish  of  Wey- 
mouth. He  was  early  in  public  life,  as  the  records  of  the  town 
of  Weymouth  will  show,  and  no  man  in  town  was  more  highly 
esteemed  and  trusted. 

He  was  a  soldier  in  the  l-'rench  war,  1755,  at  Crown  Point, 
with  rank  of  ensign,  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Samuel 
Thaxter  and  afterwards  held  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  State 
Militia.  He  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  church,  where 
he  held  tVie  office  of  deacon.  He  was  engaged  in  all  of  the  im- 
portant work  of  the  town  during  the  struggle  for  independence, 
and  to  no  one  was  the  town  more  indebted  for  its  success  in 
that  eventful  period  than  to  him.  He  was  an  ardent  patriot 
during  the  Revolutionary  War,  working  for  the  best  interests 
of  the  colonies.  His  advice  and  counsel  were  often  called  for 
in  state  as  well  as  in  town  affairs.  He  was  elected  delegate 
from  Weymouth  to  the  first  Provincial  Congress  of  Deputies 
in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  liay  in  New  ICngland,  con- 
vened at  Salem  on  Friday,  the  seventh  day  of  Oct.,  1774  Also 
the  second  Provincial  Congress  convened  at  Cambridge  on 
Wednesday,  the  first  day  of  j-ebruary,  1775  'lucsday,  Peb.  7, 
1775,  ordered  that  Mr.  P"isher,  Dr.  Church,  Mr.  liailey.  Dr. 
Warren  and  Col.  Thomas  be  a  committee  to  take  into  consider- 
ation the  account  of  the  late  delegates  from  this  province  who 


32  AnOKKSS    Ol      W.    II.    REi:i). 

attended  the  Continental  Congress,  and  report  what  they  be 
allowed  for  their  expenses  and  tor  their  time  while  absent  on 
the  business  of  the  iVovince,  and  also  to  devise  some  melh.ul 
how  the  money  shall  be  procured  to  discharge  the  same. 

In  Provincial  Congress,  Watertovvn,  Aj^ril  30,  1775,  ordered 
that  Dr.  Taylor,  Mr.  Bailey,  Mr.  Lothrop,  Mr.  Holmes  and 
Col.  Farley  be  a  committee  to  consider  what  stejxs  are  neces- 
sary to  be  taken  for  a.ssisling  the  poor  of  Bostcm  in  moving  out 
with  their  effects,  to  bring  in  a  resolve  for  that  i)urpose  and  to 
sit  forthwith. 

Thursday,  May  18,  1775,  ordered  that  Capt.  Brown,  Mr. 
l^ailey  and  Mr.  15aker  be  a  committee  to  sort  and  count  votes 
for  a  committee  of  safety. 

At  the  Third  Provincial  Congress  of  the  Cohjiiy  of  Mass- 
achusetts Iby,  begun  and  held  at  the  meeting  house  in  Water- 
town,  May  31,  1775,  it  was  ordered  that  Deacon  Bailey,  Capt. 
Holmes  and  Col.  Thompson  be  a  committee  to  draw  up  a  re- 
solve, recommending  to  the  town  of  ICastham  to  chose  a  new 
member  to  represent  them  in  this  Congress. 

Friday,  June  2,  1775,  ordered  that  Deacon  Bailey  and 
eleven  others  be  a  ccmimittee  to  take  into  consideration  the 
situation  and  circumstances  of  the  seaport  towns  in  this  colony, 
which  are  exposed  to  the  ravages  of  the  enemy,  and  to  sit 
.  forthwith  and  report  as  soon  as  may  be.  Monday,  June  19, 
1775,  Deacon  I^ailey  and  others  were  api)ointed  a  committee  to 
inquire  of  the  committee  of  supplies  how  far  they  have  proceed- 
ed to  supply  the  soldiers  with  blankets,  etc.,  and  make  report. 
Thursday,  June  22,  1775,  ordered  that  Mr.  Paul  Revere's 
account  be  committed  to  Col.  Farley,  Mr.  Hall  and  Mr.  Bailey. 
Wednesday,  July  5,  1775,  ordered  that  Dr.  Church,  Col. 
Bowers  and  Mr.  Bailey  be  a  committee  to  confer  with  General 
Washington  on  the  subject  of  furnishing  his  table  and  know 
what  he  expects  relative  thereto,  and  that  they  sit  forthwith. 
Friday,  July  7,  1775,  ordered  that  Deacon  Bailey,  Major 
Brooks,  Mr.  Baker,  Col.  Grout,  and  Dr.  Taylor  be  a  committee 
to  consider  a  resolve  of  the  committee  of  safety,  recommending 
to  this  Congress  the  seizing  of  the  crown  officers.  Orderetl 
that  Col.  Robinson,  Major  Brooks  and  Deacon  liailey  be  a  com- 


THE    liAII.KY-liAVI.KV    I'AMILV    ASSOCIATION.  33 

mittce  to  procure  a  steward  for  His  Kxcellency,  General  Wash- 
in«,^ton.  Saturday,  July  8,  1775,  ordered  that  Col.  Robinson, 
INIajor  Ikooks  and  Deacon  Hailey  be  a  committee  to  make  in- 
quiry forthwith  for  some  ingenious,  acti\e  and  faithful  man,  to 
be  reconmiended  to  General  Washington  as  a  steward  ;  likewise, 
to  procure  and  recommend  to  him  some  cai)able  woman  suitable 
to  act  in  the  place  of  a  housekeeper,  and  one  or  more  good  fe- 
male servants. 

lie  married  for   his  first  wife,  Oct.    3,    1754,  Tamar  White, 
and  had  children: 

Lydia,  born  y\ug.  i,  1755;  married  John  Thomas,   Jr.,    Dec. 

4.  1774- 
Tamar,  born  Dec.  13,   1756;  married   Josiah    Thayer,    May 

II,  1786,  and  removed  to  Sterling,  Mass. 

Samuel,  born  June  14,  1758;  died  March    16,  1839;   major  in 

State    Militia;    married    l':iizabeth    lilancher,    Nov.    17, 

1785- 

Sarah,  born  July  12,  1763  ;  died  July  24,  1787,  aged  24  years. 

Mary,    born    Jan.  26,    1765  ;    married    Nath.    Richards,    Jr., 

August  14,.  1784. 
Charlotte,  born   Sejit.    23,    1767  ;  married  James   Richards, 

2d.,  Oct.  2,  17S8. 
Nathaniel,  born  Oct.  4,  1769. 
L^lizabeth,  born  July   19,   1772;  married  Josiah  l^lanchard,  ' 

June  27,  1793. 
Mrs.  Tamar  (White)  ]^ailey,  wife  of  Nathaniel,  died  June 
20,  1789,  aged  58  years,  lie  married  Widow  Deborah  i'ratt  for 
his  second  wife  Nov.  i,  1789,  and  she  died  August  31,  1830, 
aged  68  years,  and  he  died  Dec.  17,  1812,  aged  Si  years,  and 
was  buried  in  Highland  Cemetery,  South  Weymouth. 

The  following  inscription  will  be  found  on  his  gravestone  : 

Erected 

in  iiieinory  of 

Nathi  Bayley,  Ivsq., 

Who  died  Dec.  17th,  1812. 

Aged  81  years. 


34  ADDKKSS    OF    W.     II.    REKl). 

Calmly  his  fainting  head  he  lay 
On  his  dear  Saviour's  breabt; 
•  His  Maker  called  his  eoul  away, 

^ud  laid  hid  llesh  to  rest. 

Widow  Deborah  Pratt,  Deacon  Bailey's  second  wife,  was  a 
lovely  Christian  woman.  She  made  the  Holy  Bible  her  daily 
study,  and  its  teachings  a  guide  through  life.  She  was  already 
a  member  of  the  l^ailey  family,  for  her  first  husband  was 
John  Pratt,  Jr.,  grandson  of  Minister  Jiailey  and  nephew  of 
Deacon  Nathaniel.  John  Pratt,  Jr.,  died,  and  Deacon  Na- 
thaniel's wife  died,  and  he  wanted  the  widow.  Deacon 
Nathaniel  had  a  large  farm,  with  its  endless  cares,  he  was 
away  from  home  quite  often,  on  town  or  state  matters,  his 
children  were  married  and  gone,  and  he  wantetl  some  one  to 
take  charge  of  his  household  affairs,  and,  unlike  the  great 
IMymouth  warrior,  he  did  not  propose  to  send  John  Alden, 
or  any  other  man  to  intercede  for  him,  for  she  was  a  rare 
flower,  not  born  to  blush  unseen,  and  Deacon  Bailey  knew  it,  so 
he  went  himself  and  won  her,  and  l)rought  her  back  once  more 
into  the  Bailey  fold. 

His  old  colonial  house  is  still  standing  on  Main  Street, 
South  Weymouth,  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  which  bears  his  name. 
Deacon  Bailey's  Hill,  and  afterwards  his  son.  Major  Bailey's 
Hill.  The  original' house  of  Deacon  Bailey  was  a  large  s(.|uare 
house  one  and  a  half  stories  high,  but  in  the  year  1808,  four 
years  before  he  died,  he  employed  Mr.  Benjamin  Loutl  as  car- 
penter, and  had  it  carried  up  another  story,  with  a  hip  roof,  at 
an  expense  of  $6yo.  The  old  30-foot  L  is  still  standing  on  the 
north  side  of  the  house,  and  in  the  attic  of  this  old  L  was  packed 
away  for  75  years  more  than  a  cord  of  the  most  valuable  his- 
torical papers,  all  the  sermons  and  papers  of  his  father,  Rev 
James,  also  all  of  his  own  private  papers  that  had  accumulated 
during  his  long  term  of  public  life,  all  his  correspondence  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  War,  his  military  commissions,  and  also 
the  military  commissions  of  his  son,  Major  liailey.  These  were 
all  destroyed  50  years  ago  to  get  them  out  of  the  way,  so  that 
I  find  very  little  (jutside  of  the  town  and  state  records  of  which 
to  make  mention,  and  among  those  papers  was  probably  de- 
stroyed the  unrecorded  deed  of  the  first  piece  of  land  purchased 


Tin-:    ISAlLIi'i'-liAVLKV    I'AMll  Y    AS.S(  )CI  AI  ION.  35 

ill  1723  by  the  21.1  precinct  of  Wcymoutli  for  .Minister  liiilcy's 
IMceting  Hoiise  to  stand  on,  as  no  deed  of  tlie  property  has 
ever  been  foimd. 

Samu):l  (7),  Nathaniel  (6),  Jamks  (5),  (4),  (3),  John  (2)  Jr., 

John  (i). 

Major  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  and  Tamar 
(White)  j^ailey,  born  in  Weymouth,  June  14,  i75cS,  married 
I'^lizabeth  l^lancher,  Nov.  17,  1785.  He  was  a  soldier  m  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  was  stationed  at  Castle  Island,  lioston 
Harbor,  for  some  time  after  the  war.  J  le  was  also  captain  of  a 
horse  company,  or  lii^ht  troop  of  horse,  (organized  in  Wey- 
mouth in  1798,  and  disbanded  in  1810.  He  held  the  rank  of 
major  in  the  State  Militia,  and  was  also  dee[)ly  interested  in 
education  and  our  public  school  system.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  church,  with  which  he  became  united  in  Auj.,aist, 
1790.  lie  was  a  just  and  ui)rii;ht  man,  belovetl  and  respected 
in  military  as  well  as  in  home  circles. 

CllILDKl-.N. 

Samuel  1'.,  born  August  3,  1788;  married  Thais  Loud,  Sept. 

1S12. 
Capt.  Nathaniel,  born  No\'.  30,  1789;  died  in   South    .'\mer- 

ica,  captain  of  a  ship,  June,  1820 
Sally,  born  Oct.  22,  1793  ;  died  {■"eb.  27,  1817,  aj;ed  23  year.s. 
Hebbe,  born   Dec.    29,    1797;  married    John    h".    ra)'son   of 

Chelsea,  1827. 
Mary    P.,    born    .August    7,    1806;  married    Josiah  Torrey, 

Weymouth,  June,  1839. 
Major  Samuel,  died  March  16,  1839,    aged  81  years,  and  his 
wife  died  Nov.  8,  1843,  aged  85  years,  and   they  were  buried   in 
Highland   Cemetery,    South    \\'e}-mcHitli.     The   widow   received 
a  pension  from  the  U.  S.  (iovernment. 

Sa.mi'kl    p.   (8),    Sam'l   (7),    N.xTu'i.   (6),  Ja.\ii;s    (5),    (4),    (3), 
John  (2)  Jk.,  John    ist. 

Capt.  Samuel  P.  Haile)',  son  of  Maj(jr  .Samuel  and  bilizabeth 
(Hlancher)  Hailey,  was  born  in  Weymouth  August  3,  178S.      He 


36  APDRKSS    Ol     W.    II.    KF.KD. 

was  married  to  Thais  Loud,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Loud,  Esq., 
September,  j8i2,  and  at  that  time  there  was  an  English  ship  of 
war  cruising  along  the  coast  committing  petty  depredations. 
On  a  Sunday  morning  he  and  liis  young  bride  were  attend- 
ing church,  and  during  the  service  a  messenger  came  to  the 
church  to  warn  the  inhabitants  of  Weymouth  that  the  liritish 
were  about  to  land  at  Cohasset.  Capt.  Derby,  captain  of  the 
Artdlery  Company,  jumped  up  on  to  one  of  the  pews  and  ordered 
out  the  Artillery  Comi)any  at  once,  and  then  the  militia  were 
ordered  out  and  there  was  great  tumult  and  the  meeting  was 
dismissed.  They  had  to  take  two  days'  rations  and  start  forth- 
with, and  Capt.  liailey  had  to  lea\e  his  young  bride  and  go  with 
the  rest.  He  was  elected  the  first  captain  of  the  Franklin 
Guards,  a  military  company  of  Weymouth  organ izetl  in  1822, 
and  he  received  his  commission  i'V-b.  26,  1822.  They  held  their 
first  muster  on  Richard's  Plain,  so  called,  in  Weymouth.  The 
company  was  disbanded  about  the  )'ear  1834. 

ClIILDKKX. 

Eliza  Ann,  born  August  16,  1S14;  married  Oliver  B.  Siiaw, 

August,  1836. 
Nathaniel,  born  April  26,  1816;  married  Lucy  H.  Tirrell, 

November,  i(S40. 
George,  born  April  13,  1818;  married  Beulah   Hates,  Nov. 

20,  1845. 
Maria,  born  May  29,  1820;  married  James  Tirrell,  May  11, 

1843. 
James,  born  March  7,  1822;  married  Mary  Sanborn,  June, 

1848. 
Sally,  born    Nov.    18,   1824;    married    David    G.   Webster, 

March,  1850. 
Augusta  M.,  born  June  14,  1831  ;  died  Feb.  24,  1834. 
He  died  Feb.  20,  1847,  aged  53  years.     His  wife  died  Dec. 
7,  1858,  aged  70  years,  and  they  were  buried  in  Highland  Ceme- 
tery, South  Weymouth. 


i'iil:  I!.\ii.kv-havi.i:y  i  amilv  association.  t^j 

Nath'l  (9),  Saml'kl  p.  (8),  Samuel  (7),  Nath'l  (6),  Jamks  (5), 
(4).  (3).  John  (2),  Jr.,  John  (i). 

Son  of  Capt.  Samuel  P.  and  'Ihais  (Loud)  IJailcy  was  born 
in  Weymouth,  April  26,  1816.  He  marrietl  Lucy  \\.  Tirrell, 
November,  1840.  He  was  a  prominent  manufacturer  of  boots 
and  shoes  for  many  years. 

CllILDKKN. 

James  H.,   born   March,    1841,  married   I'riscilla  P.   Shaw, 

IMay  15,  1867. 
Augusta  M.,  born  March,  1846,  died  January  31,  1895. 
Fred  L.,  born  July  16,  1861. 
William,  born  Oct.  4,  1865,  died  Jannary  4,  1869. 
His  wife,  Lucy,  died  April  [4,  1895. 

Jamks  H.  (10),  Nath'l  (9),  Samuel  P.  (8),  Samuel  (7),  Nath'l 
(6),  Jame.s  (5),  (4),  (3),  JoiLN  (2)  Jr.,  John  (1). 

James  H.,  the  son  of  Nath'l  and  Lucy  (Tirrell)  Ikiiley,  born 
in  Weymouth,  March,  1841  ;  married  Priscilla  B.  Shaw,  May  15, 
1867. 

Children. 

James  H.  Jr.,  born  August  23,  1874. 
Rosalie,  died  young. 
J'Vank  J.,  died  young. 
Ro.salie,  born  March  10,  1879. 
Helen,  born  August  2^,,  1888. 

I'ART    il 

rev.    JOHN     HAILEV    OF    WATERTOWN,    MASS.,     AND    HIS     BROTHER 

THONLXS. 

In  the  year  1662,  says  Neal,  the  spirit  of  the  church  ran 
very  high  in  iCngland  against  the  Presbyterians  and  Indepen- 
dents. The  bishops  would  come  to  no  terms  with  them,  but 
by  an  act  of  uniformity  which  took  i)lace   un  St.    i^artholomew's 


3^  /VDDRKSS    OF    W.    II.    REKD. 

day,  about  two  thousand  ministers  were  turned  out  of  their 
benefices  without  the  least  provision  for  themselves  or  families. 
They  were  afterwards  banished  five  miles  out  of  every  cor- 
pt)ration  in  ICngland,  and  several  at  last  dietl  in  prison  for  e.\- 
ercising  their  ministry  in  private,  eontrary  to  law,  for  it  was 
made  a  crime  to  attend  a  dissenting  place  of  worship.  A  single 
justice  of  the  peace  might  convict  without  a  jury,  and  might, 
for  the  third  offence,  pass  sentence  of  transportation  beyond 
the  seas  for  seven  years.  With  refined  cruelty  it  was  pro- 
vided that  the  offender  should  not  be  transported  to  New  l{ng- 
land,  where  he  was  likely  to  find  symi)athizing  friends.  If  he 
returned  to  his  own  country  before  the  e.\])iralion  of  his  teim  of 
exile,  he  was  liable  to  capital  punishment.  The  jails  were 
therefore  soon  crowded  with  dissenters,  ami  among  the  suffer- 
ers were  some  ol  whose  genius  ami  virtue  any  Christian  society 
might  well  be  proud. 

But  some  of  them  being  willing  to  get  out  of  the  storm,  re- 
moved to  New  luigland.     Among  these  were  : 

Rev.    James    Allen,    who  settled  at    Boston,  Pastor    JMrst 
Church. 

Rev.  John  Bailey,  who  settled  at  W'atertown,   Pastor    I'^irst 
Church. 

Rev.  Thomas  Bailey,  who  settled  at  Watertown. 
These  "spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives  in  this  country. 

One  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the  earl)'  di\'ines  was 
Rev.  John  Bailey,  whose  name  is  spelled  with  "i"  but  not  with 
"e."  }Ie  was  a  Congregational  minister,  born  P'cb.  24,  1643-4, 
near  Blackburn  in  Lancashire,  l^igland.  "He  was  unquestion- 
ably an  able  man,"  says  Sprague  in  his  annals  of  the  American 
pulpit.  Me  was  offered,  in  case  he  should  conform  to  the  Es- 
tablished Church,  a  duke's  chaplaincy,  with  a  deanery  and  a 
bishopric  whenever  a  vacancy  should  occur,  but  he  rejected  the 
offer.  He  was  imprisoned  twice  on  account  of  his  Congrega- 
tional principles,  notwithstanding  his  irreproachable  character. 
He  was  granted  no  release  until  he  jtromised  to  leave  the  coun- 
try, which  he  did  in  1684,  accomj^anied  by  his  younger  brother, 
Thomas,  who  was  also  a  minister.  He  came  to  l^oston  and  re- 
sided there  for  a  time  and   in    1686  was   ordained   as  the   fourth 


THE    I'.Air.KV-l!A\'I.I':V    FAMILV    ASSOCIATION.  39 

pastor  of  the  l-'irst  Church  of  Watcrtuwn,  Mass.,  and  his 
brother,  Thomas,  became  his  assistant.  Thomas  ched  ye  2ist 
of  January,  1688,  a^^ed  35  years,  and  was  buried  in  W'atertown, 
after  which  John  removed  back  to  l^oston,  where  he  was  in- 
vited to  assi.st  Rev.  James  Allen,  pastor  of  the  First  Church. 
Here  he  remained  to  the  close  of  his  life,  Dec.  12,  1697,  aged 
53  years.  His  wife's  name  was  Susanna,  and  by  the  records  of 
the  iMrst  Church  of  J3oston,  they  had  a  son  John,  born  Jan. 
17,  1697,  and  died  the  nth  of  March  following.  And  the 
same  records  give  the  marriage  of  Peter  Thacher  of  Milton 
and  Susanna  liailey  of  Boston,  by  Rev.  Samuel  W'illard,  Dec. 
25,  1699. 

The  Mas.sachusetts  Gazetteer  says,  "The  First  Church  of 
VVatertown  (now  Unitarian)  was  organized  in  1630,  and  the  first 
minister  was  l\.ev.  George  Phillips.  He  was  followed  by  the 
Rev.  John  Sherman,  who  was  settled  in  1664,  and  the  Rev. 
John  liailey,  ordained  in  1686." 

Ri:v.  John  Bailkv. 

This  useful  minister  (;f  the  gospel  in  Ireland  and  New 
Fngland  was  born  P'eb.  25,  1643-4,  »^^^r  l^lackburn  in  Lanca- 
shire. His  pious  mother  dedicated  him,  even  before  he  was 
born,  to  the  service  of  (iod.  "PVom  a  child  he  knew  the  Hoi)' 
Scriptures  and  was  by  them  made  wise  unto  salvation  through 
faith  which  is  in  Christ  Jesus."  He  gave  evidence  ot  his 
gracious  state  by  his  habitual  fear  of  God  and  the  jMactice  ot 
daily  prayer.  This  was  attended  with  one  very  remarkable  and 
happy  effect.  His  father  was  a  wicked  man  and  his  mother 
took  her  son,  while  he  was  yet  a  child,  and  calling  the  family 
together,  caused  him  to  pray  for  them.  His  father,  hearing 
how  the  child  [)rayed  with  the  family,  was  so  struck  with  con- 
viction that  it  proved  the  beginning  of  his  conversion  to  (}od. 
This  pious  ycnith  at  the  age  of  22  entered  on  the  work  of  the 
ministry  at  Chester  and  continuetl  in  the  distant  lands  to  which 
he  was  called,  faithful  unto  the  end.  (Copy  from  the  book  en- 
titled "Mothers  of  the  Wise  and  Good"  by  Jabez  Burns,  D.D., 
author  of  Pulpit,  Cyclopedia,  Christians'  Daily  Potion,  Christian 
Philosophy,  etc.) 


40  ADDKI.SS    OF    W.    II.    KEI'.D. 

Wii.L  OF  John  Bailkv. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen,  ye  12th  of  October,  Anno 
Donino  1697,  I,  John  l^ailcy  of  Boston,  in  New  PZngland,  clerk, 
bequeath  unto  his  cousins,  John  Bailey  and  Thomas  Bailey, 
sons  of  my  brother  Thomas  Bailey,  ten  pounds  apiece.  My 
brother  Henry  Bailey,  near  Blackburn  in  Lancashire  in  Eng- 
land, five  pounds.  And  my  will  is  that  if  my  brother  Henry 
l^ailey  brings  up  any  of  his  sons  in  ye  work  and  office  of  the 
ministry,  such  son  to  have  all  my  Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew 
books,  together  with  all  my  communion  and  exposition  on  any 
part  of  the  Scriptures  ;  if  not,  to  my  wife  at  her  disposal.  To 
my  sister  Lydia  liailey  in  Kngland,  ten  pounds  ;  all  ye  rest  to 
my  wife,  Susanna  Bailey,  she  to  be  executrix ;  request  my 
friend  Peter  Sargent,  Esq.,  to  be  overseer  to  assist  my  executrix 
as  ye  matter  shall  rec|uire,  touching  my  brother  and  sister  in 
England. 

The  following  inscriptions  were  copied  from  old  moss- 
covered  gravestones  in  the  old  burial  place,  Watertown,  Mass.: 

Here  lyes  the  precious  dust  of  Thouias  Bailey. 
A  paiuful  preacher.  A  most  desirable  ueighbor. 

An  eniiueut  liver.  A  pleasant  companion. 

A  tender  husband.  A  common  good. 

A  careful  father.  A  cheerful  doer. 

A  brother  for  adversity.  A  patient  sufferer. 

A  faithful  friend.  Lived  much  in  little  time. 

A  good  copy  for  all  survivors. 
Aged  35  years. 
He  slept  in  Jesus  ye  21st   of  January,  1688. 

Pious  Lydia  made  and  given  by  God 
As  a  most  meet  help  unto  John  Bailey, 
Minister  of  the  Gospel. 
Good  betimes — Best  at  last. 
Lived  by  faith-— Died  in  grace- 
Went  off  singing — I<eft  us  weeping. 
Walked  with  God  till  translated  in  ye  39th  year  of  her  age, 
April  16,  1691. 
Read  her  epitaph  in  Prov.  xxxi.  10,  11,  12,  28,  29,  30,  31. 


riir:  ii.\ii.i:v-i!.\vi.i:v  I'Wmii.v  associaiion.  41 


I'AKr  111. 
t.riDo    i;aii.I':\ 


(iiiido  Hailcy  iiKived  i'roni  Salem  to  IJrid^cwatcr,  Mass., 
ami  was  amon^  the  first  settlers  of  tiie  town.  1  le  took  the  oath 
of  fidelity  there  in  1657,  and  he  purehased  John  Irish's  propri- 
etary right  or  share  in  1651),  and  was  ealletl  of  Hridgewater. 
He  first  lived  in  West  Hridi;e\\atei',  near  (looilman  Lathrop's 
and  the  Haj.;gy  meadow,  but  afterwards  appeared  in  South 
Hridgewater,  near  where  the  late  Zeehariah  Whitman  after- 
wards li\-ed.  lie  sold  his  plaee  in  West  Hridgewater  to  his 
nephew,  Manasseh  Marston  of  Salem,  in  KXjd,  the  seleetmen 
eonsenting  to  it,  to  whom  he  lixjm  age  antl  infirmity  had  i)ie- 
viously  applied  for  assistance,  the  said  Marst(.n  to  maintain  him 
and  his  daughtei-  Mar)',  lie  had  in  1687  con\e)'etl  his  whole 
estate,  "excepting  what  he  had  before  gis'en  to  the  rest  ol  his 
children,"  to  his  son  Guido,  who  died  soon  aflei',  and  the  pr()[)- 
erty  came  back  again  to  the  father,  (iiiido,  Sr.,  tlied  about  I70!j. 
1  [is  wife's  name  was  Ruth.  The)'  had  children,  Guido,  Maiy, 
Ruth  and  l^li/abeth.  Guido,  jr.,  died  about  lOijo,  and  l'd)ene/ei' 
I  lill  settled  his  estate.  Mary  hrsl  married  a  Randall  and  second 
married  Isaac  Leonard  about  1701  ;  slie  eoiu'eyed  20  acres  ol 
land  to  her  cousin  Marston,  1697,  who  was  to  take  care  ol  her, 
and  he  conveyed  it  to  Leonard  in  1702.  Ruth  marrieil  Idxiie- 
zer  Hill  in  1684.  b'dizabeth  married  James  Harris  in  KjiJj  ;  her 
father  gave  her  his  estate  and  farm  in  West  Hriiige water  by 
Lathrop's.  In  1703  the  town  directed  tlie  selectmen  to  take 
care  of  the  widow  Hailey  and  kee|)  her  in  possession  ol  her  just 
right  in  her  late  husband's  estate  as  far  as  may  be.  This  lam- 
ily  name  has  been  extinct  for  almost  two  centuries. 

The  President  -We  shall  now  have  the  pleasure  ol  listen- 
ing to  singing  by  Mrs.  I'd)en  H.  Hailey  of  Hoston. 

Mrs.  Hailey  sang  two  songs,  one  entitled  "Little  i\hirgaret," 
the  words  of  which  were  written  by  ICmily  I'earson  liailey  and 
the  music  for  which  was  comjjosed  by  Lben  11.   Haile)-. 

'J"he  President— Before  commencing  the  next  number,  I 
wish  to  say  in  behalf  of  the  association  that  we  lender  our  sin 
cere  thanks  to  the  organi/^ation  in  whose  house    of  worship  we 


42  ADDRKSS    OF    RKV.    VIXCKNT    MOSKS. 

arc  meeting  to-day.      It  is  j^ivcn  to  us  free   and   it   is  certainly  a 
x'cry  great  kindness  on  their  part. 

Now  we  shall  have  the  pleasure  of  listening,  as  the  closing 
number,  to  a  recitation  by  I\Irs.  (irace  Norwood  Hailey  of  Bos- 
ton. Mrs.  Bailey's  selection  was  "The  Set  of  'I'urquoise"  by 
Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich. 

At  the  close  of  the  recitation  a  j)hotograph  was  taken  of 
those  present,  after  which  the  meeting  adjourned  to  the  grove 
nearby,  and  until  about  3  o'clock  spent  the  time  in  lunching, 
inspecting  the  family  charts,  wiiich  were  posted  in  conspicuous 
places,  etc. 

ArTKKNOO.x   i:.\i':i<cisi;.s. 

About  3  v.  M.,  the  president  called  the  association  to  order 
in  the  dancing  pavilion,  saying,  "It  is  my  pleasure  to  introduce 
to  you  as  the  ne.xt  speaker  Rev.  Vincent  Moses  of  West 
Newbury." 


ADDRKSS  OF   REV.  VINCl-NT  MOSK.S. 

I  will  first  read  a  short  letter  that  I  received  last  evening, 
for  this  letter  will  show  something  of  what  this  association  is 
doing.  The  letter  is  from  Mrs.  A.  K.  Prescott,  Helena,  Mon- 
tana. Observe  the  distance  from  which  this  letter  comes. 
Now  see  what  she  says,  it  is  addressed  to  me: — "Dear  Sir: 
Am  in  receipt  of  notice  of  the  gathering  of  the  Bailey  family 
at  Ciroveland."  This  was  written  August  8th  and  I  received  it 
only  yesterday,  August  14th.  "I  am  a  lineal  descendant  of  the 
liaileys  of  Newbury,  Mass.  It  was  my  great-grandfather,  J;icob 
Bailey,  who  settled  the  town  of  Newbury,  Vermont.  I  am  not 
satisfied  with  my  knowledge  of  the  early  settlers  in  America 
of  that  name  and  I  will  ask  you  to  put  me  in  communication 
with  some  one  who  can  furnish  me  with  that  information  and 
oblige."  I  do  not  know  why  she  wrote  to  me,  but  the  reason  I 
assign  is  this.  I  am  on  the  circular  that  was  sent  out  as  resid- 
inic  in  West  Newburv.  West  Newbury,  on  that  circular,  I 
suppose,  stands  next  to  Newbury,  and  so  I  suppose  she  thought 


THE  liAir.r.v-n.wi.Kv   kamii.\    association.  43 

she  was  writing;  as  near  as  possible  lo  old  Newbur)-.  Now 
I  wish  to  know  whom  1  can  hand  ihis  letter  for  reply  to 
her.  Her  <;reat-granclfather  was  Jacob  iJailey,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Newbury,  X'erniont.  It  was  through  him,  I  sup- 
pose, that  the  name  of  Newbury  was  i^iven  to  that  new  town 
in  V'ermont. 

I  was  asked  to  say  something;  about  the  Baileys  in  West 
Newbury.  What  1  may  say  ma)-  not  be  very  intelli.i;ible  to 
those  who  are  not  familiar  with  the  town  of  West  Newbury, 
but  we  presume  part  of  the  persons  jjresent  know  something;- 
of  West  Newbur).  For  se\eral  )ears  there  have  been  nt)l  a 
lew  Baileys  in  the  parish  and  later  in  the  town  of  West  New- 
bury. There  are  between  four  and  five  thousand  voters  at 
present  in  the  town  of  West  Newbury.  On  the  votinj,^  list 
there  are  eleven  Baileys.  The  present  treasurer  of  our  town  is 
a  J^ailey.  Last  year  the  treasurer  and  collector  was  a  Baile)-. 
Bast  selectmen  are  found  amon^-  the  Bailey.-,  al  present  in  West 
Newbur)-.  ( )ne  of  our  Baileys  was  for  two  years  our  post- 
master. 

In  West  Newbur)' we  claim  the  Rev.  Augustus  I'.  Baile), 
of  whom  you  ha\'e  heard  this  morninj^-.  lie  was  a  natiw  of 
West  Newbury  and  lived  there  until  he  was  a  younj;  man,  so 
we  take  pride  in  him,  and  wish  it  to  be  understood  that  he  is  of 
our  West  Newbury  stock.  At  present  there  are  nine  or  ten 
first  cousins  of  Rev.  Au<.(ustus  \'.  Bailey  in  West  Newbur)-,  all 
on  the  Bailey  side.  His  mother's  family  was  not  from  West 
Newbury. 

I  have  said  a  word  in  regard  to  the  Baileys  at  j^jresent  in 
West  Newbury.  I  have  seen  a  map  of  West  Newbury  of  65 
years  ago.  That  map  i;"i\'es  all  the  families  in  the  town,  the 
streets,  the  houses  and  owners,  but  not  the  names  of  the 
streets.  On  this  map  of  65  )'ears  a<^o  1  fouml  13  Jiaile)' 
families,  and  amoni.^  those  names  I  found  a  colonel  anil  a  major. 
I  found  the  lar.^est  business  among  the  Jiailey  names.  As 
to  the  location  of  these  13  Bailey  families  in  West  Newbur)- 
65  years  ago,  eight  of  the  thirteen  were  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town  on  the  main  road  just  east  of  here,  eight  of  them  in  this 
west    part    of    the    town,    ami     we    suj)pose    that     these    eight 


44  AnnKi:s>  oi'   kk\".   \'in(:i:nt    moses. 

families  were  all  descendants  from  one  Bailey  famil)-.  The 
other  five  families  were  located  at  the  training-  field.  So  the)- 
were  in  two  groups. 

Now  I  will  go  back  lOO  years  before  that,  having  seen  a 
map  of  West  Xewbury  of  the  )'ear  of  1729,  101  years  earlier 
than  this  map  of  1S30.  This  map  also  gives  the  houses  in  the 
town  and  the  names  of  the  families  and  the  streets.  There 
are  names  also  of  some  lanes  on  this  old  nia[).  'I'he  roads  in 
general  were  not  named.  iVccording  to  this  old  map  of  16O 
)'ears  agcj,  there  was  a  John  Bailey  living  by  the  Merrimac  River 
at  the  extreme  northeastern  corner  of  the  jiaiish,  just  opposite 
Deer  Island.  It  is  not  West  Newbur)'  now,  but  it  was  then. 
Whence  this  Jolin  Bade)'  came  and  whither  he  and  all  iiis  de- 
scendants went  I  kncnv  not.  There  was  a  Stepiien  Bailey  located 
on  what  I  sln)uld  now  say  was  the  Ma)()r  (iurne)'  place.  .'\n)- 
thing  more  of  this  Stephen  Bailey  I  do  not  know.  There  was 
an  Isaac  Ixiiley  famil)'  on  I'ipe  Stone  Mill,  near  what  is  now 
the  Moody  place,  and  the  first  house  on  the  ri\'er  side  of  the 
road  this  side  of  the  church.  I  do  ncjt  know  an)thing  more  of 
this  Isaac  Bailey.  'There  was  a  Josh  Bailey  at  the  training  llcld. 
just  back  of  where  Will  Merrill  now  lives,  and  that  street  is 
called  on  that  map  Bailey's  Lane.  It  is  the  street  wherf'  the 
car  stables  are  ncnv  situated  in  West  Newbury.  I  judge  that 
the  five  Bailc)'  families  of  the  1830  map  that  are  located  at  the 
training  field  are  the  descendants  of  this  Josh  Bailey  who  lived 
there  100  )'ears  before,  and  the  descendants  of  this  Bailey  and 
these  Bailey  families  are  still  foimd  in  West  Newbur)-.  'The 
fifth  and  last  Bailey  on  this  old  map  was  Joseph  Baile)',  who 
was  k)cated  a  little  off  from  the  main  road  where  Mr.  Stevens 
now  lives.  'That  was  the  hist  family  of  the  Richard  Bailey  line 
in  West  Newbury  and  the  only  family  of  that  line  on  this  old 
map  of  1729.  I  take  it  that  the  eight  Bailey  families  of  1830  in 
the  west  part  of  the  town  are  all  the  descendants  of  this  Joseph 
Bailey,  and  this  Joseph  J^ailey,  as  you  know  now,  was  the  son 
of  the  Joseph  Bailey  who  settletl  here  half  a  mile  below  on  the 
river  where,  until  this  spring,  an  old  barn  stood  that  was  said  to 
belong  to  Joseph  Bailey  in  West  Newbury,  and  by  the  appear- 
ance of  the  buikhni--  we  should  sav  that   it   might  ha\e.      It   is 


Tin      l!AII.F.V-l!AVI,F.\-    lAMir.V    ASSOCIATION. 


45 


not  tliere  now  ;  was  taken  down  this  spring-.  'Ihjs  was  not 
(irovcland  then,  it  was  Rowle)-.  .Since  then  it  was  I'ast  Hrad- 
ford. 

So,  as  you  have  already  been  told  this  I'orenoon  in  the 
church,  this  meeting,  in  which  are  piesent  so  many  of  the  de- 
scendants of  this  Jo.seph  IJailey,  is  almost  on  the  Hailey  farm. 

.\ow,  to  return  for  only  a  short  time  to  W'e.st  Newbury. 
We  say  there  arc  ele\'en  l^ailey  \'()ters  in  West  Newbury  now. 
I  suppose  there  are  50  i^ersons  who  bear  the  l^ailey  name  in 
West  Newbury  at  present.  If  we  strike  an  average  of  the 
iiaileys  at  the  different  periods  we  shall  find  an  average  of  43 
Baileys,  and  we  can  .say  there  has  been  an  average  of  45  Jiaileys 
in  West  Newbury  during  the  last  200  years.  In  these  two  cen- 
turies we  have  six  sets  of  Jiaileys,  which  wouKl  make  about  300 
different  Haileys  living  in  W  est  Newbury  from  the  beginning. 
21)0  years  ago.  Do  you  wonder  that  some  one  should  be  called 
ui)on  to  say  something  about  the  i^aileys  of  West  Newbur)  .' 
Where  is  there  another  town  that  can  ])roduce  as  good  a  record  ? 

Now  these  nearly  300  l^aileys  who  have  lived  in  West  New- 
bury have  held  a  fair  share  of  the  military  and  ci\  il  offices  and 
have  possessed  a  fair  share  of  the  business,  wealth  and  industry. 
They  have  formed  a  part  of  the  moral,  religious  and  respected 
people  of  the  town.  Many  and  long-lived  be  the  l^ailcys  in 
West  Newbury. 

The  President— I  do  not  hapj^en  to  know  what  the  next 
speaker  is  going  to  talk  about,  but  know  he  will  say  something 
interesting.  If  you  want  to  hnd  a  man  that  can  answer  any 
question  you  may  ask  in  the  line  of  electricity,  )'ou  will  ask  the 
speaker  I  am  going  to  introduce  to  you.  1  have  the  pleasure 
of  presenting  I'rofessoi-  Amos  K.  Dolbear  of  Tufts  College. 


46 

ADDRKSS  Ol-'  PROK.  A.   i:.   DOLBICAR. 

Some  wise  one,  I  don't  know  his  name,  said  in  substance 
that  if  one  wished  to  succeed  in  life  he  must  be,i;in  by  choosint;- 
his  ancestors.  If  one  be  well  born,  half  the  labor  is  already 
over.  In  the  world  ancestry  is  of  all  sorts,  but  there  arc 
abundant  traces  of  the  influences  of  "stock"  through  many 
New  ICngland  families.  Some  to-da)'  aie  able  to  trace  their 
lineage  far  back  of  tiie  landing  of  the  Pilgrim  fathers,  but 
the  aboriginal  stock  of  the  country  is  practically  exterminated. 
It  is  not  so  in  luigland.  A  certain  lord  thought  that  he  had 
not  been  treated  with  proi)ei'  deference  by  a  countryman 
and  haughtily  said  to  him,  "Are  you  aware  that  my  ancestors 
came  over  with  William  the  Conciueror  .'"  The  countr)nian  re- 
plied :  "If  they  did,  they  found  mine  here  when  they  came." 
And  all  through  Oreat  Britain  arc  to  be  found  ilescendants 
of  the  conquered  race,  as  well  as  the  conquering. 

The  earl)'  settlers  of  New  luigland  were  in  many  cases 
the  founders  of  families,  that  is  they  abounded  in  vitality. 
The  present  generation,  and  this  gathering"  in  particular, 
is  proof  of  this.  Vigor,  energy  and  endurance  have  persisted 
in  the  Bailey  family  beyond  the  third  and  the  fourth  gen- 
eration. They  were  so  busy  in  the  making  of  history  they  took 
but  little  pains  in  the  writing  of  it,  and  so  left  to  this  genera- 
tion the  delightful  task  of  hunting  up  relationships  and  com- 
piling genealogies. 

All  of  you  are  aware  what  great  discussions  have  been  go- 
ing on  in  recent  years  about  heredity.  It  was  formerly  thought 
and  believed  without  question  that  each  generation  started  with 
some  of  the  advantages  due  to  the  experioicc  of  its  prede- 
cessors, that  later  generations  had  more  ability  than  earlier 
ones.  It  is  now  seriously  questioned  whether  any  characteristic 
acquired  in  one's  lifetime  has  any  effect  whatever,  forms  part 
of  the  mental  m:ike-ui)  of  his  descendants  Ability  is  de- 
pendent upon  nature's  stock  and  not  on  effort.  If  such  a  view 
is  not  yet  proved  in  its  entirety,  it  is  certain  that  more  than  half 
of  the  biologists  of  the  world  are  persuaded  of  its  probability. 
It  means  that  what  tins  generation  has  in  the  way  of  advantage 


Till".  i;aii.i:v-I!Avm:v   iamii.y  associaiion.  47 

over  its  prctleccssors  is  in  the  mechanism  of  society,  not  in  inatc 
ability  to  do  any  particular  thin^^  better  than  they.  I'Or  e.\- 
aniple,  musical  ability  as  such  is  as  inate  and  as  <;real  in  an 
African  as  in  a  (ierman,  so  that  on  proper  opportunity  the 
former  will  become  as  skillful  as  the  latter,  as  has  been  shown 
over  and  over  a^i^ain.  If  Africa  i)roduces  no  music,  it  is  because 
between  our  music  and  the  African  there  are  hundreds  of  years 
of  nnentions  in  the  way  of  developed  scales,  perfected  instru- 
ments and  theory,  things  which  in  themselves  are  not  music, 
bu.  aids  to  it.  Now  the  sij^nificance  to  all  this  to  this  occasion 
lies  here.  Are  there  not  traceable  in  this  i;reat  Kailey  family 
to-day  the  characteristics  of  the  earlier  ones,  which  neither 
place  nor  opjiortunity  have  effaced  and  which  <;ive  character  to 
this  gathering-,  making  it  in  such  particulars  different  from  any 
other  body  assembled  in  a  similar  way,  and  will  msure  its 
continuance } 

It  has  had  its  eminent  members  in  all  the  years  and  in  many 
fields.  In  Appleton's  Hiograjjhical  Dictionary  I  noted  the 
names  of  22  Baileys  who  had  become  distinguished.  They 
belonged  in  law,  in  medicine,  in  art,  in  literature  and  m 
science. 

i-'rancis  Hailey  was  an  l£nglish  astronomer,  a  discoverer, 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  London  Astronomical  Society. 
Matthew  IJailie  was  an  eminent  i)hysician  and  employed  by 
the  royal  family.  Joanna  Hailie  was  a  Scotch  poet,  lulward 
Hailey  was  a  scul])tor  and  made  statues  of  many  eminent  men. 
Jacob  Whitman  Bailey  was  a  naturalist  ami  microscopist. 
He  gave  his  collection  of  4500  specimens  to  the  Boston  So- 
ciety of  Natural  History.  He  was  president  of  the  American 
-Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science  in  1S57.  Loring 
W.,  his  son,  is  chemist  and  get)logist  and  has  for  many  year.s 
been  on  the  geological  survey  of  Canada.  VV.  W.  Bailey  is 
a  botanist  and  professor  at  Ikcnvn  University.  Another  Bailey 
is  a  profes.sor  at  Cornell  University.  His  work  is  in  horti 
culture.  He  has  lately  made  some  most  important  discoveries 
in  the  application  of  electricity  to  growing  plants. 

A  stock  so  vigorous  as  to  found  large    families,  so    enter- 
prising as  to  be  willing  to  occupy   new  territory,  and  so  gifted 


48  ADDKI-.SS    Ol'     AI.l'Ki:i)    i;AII,KV 

as  to  furnish  foremost  men  in  all  the  worthy  fields  of  life 
has  the  world  before  it,  and  the  world  belon^^s  to  the  one  that 
can  take  it. 

The  i'resident — Mr.  Alfred  Bailey  of  Salisbur)',  there  has 
been  a  request  made  that  you  should  come  to  the  platfoim  and 
let  us  hear  a  few  words  from  you.  I  have  the  pleasure  of  in- 
troducing Mr.  Alfred  Bailey  of  Salisbury  Point. 


ADDKi:SS  OV  ALl-KED  BAILEY. 
John   1^a\lkv's  Ci:i.lak. 

John  Buyley,  one  of  the  earliest  ot  the  name  to  emigrate 
to  these  western  shores,  is  first  heartl  from  as  shipwrecked  at 
Pemaquid  (now  Bristol,  Me.)  in  1635.  lie  ne.xt  appears  at 
\ewbury,  Mass.,  and  in  1637  ^^^  '^'i*^'  ^''•^"'  '^  squatter  in  the 
woods  on  the  northern  bank  of  the  Merrimac  River.  His- 
torians tell  us  that  he  brought  his  son  John  with  him  ;  from  which 
we  are  led  to  infer  that  John,  Jr.,  was  then  a  boy  under  his 
father's  care  and  direction,  while,  in  fact,  John,  Jr.,  was  at  that 
time  22  years  old.  1  listoriansdo  not  tell  us  that  he  also  brought 
his  daughter  Joanna  with  him.  And  yet  Joanna  was  here  at  an 
early  date  and  married  William  Huntington,  probably  as  early 
as  1640,  and  became  the  ancestress  of  the  numerous  antl 
highly  respected  families  of  that  name  in  Amesbury  and 
\icinity. 

On  that  ele\-ated  plateau  of  land  at  the  easterly  side  of 
the  summit  of  liailey's  Hill  in  Amesbury  are  to-day  the  remains 
of  two  cellars.  The  one  in  the  rear  is  known  to  have  been  at  an 
early  date  the  home  of  Abraham  Morrill,  the  son  of  Abrahani 
the  emigrant  ;  but  of  the  other — the  unknown  cellar.'  Whose 
hands  fashioneil  it  in  the  long,  long  ago.'  Who  was  it  that 
selected  this  most  beautiful  spot  in  the  wide  world  for  a  home  ? 
We  say  it  was  a  stranger  from  the  Old  World,  shipwrecked  and 
persecuted,  seeking  rest  and  peace — John  Bayley.  What  a  beauti- 
ful location  was  this.  Before  him  was  the  ever-changing  beautitul 
river,  the  Merrimac  ;  to  the  left  the  winding  silver  thread  ot 
the  Powow  is  seen,  while  all  around  stretches  a  grand  panorama 


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of  torcsl;,  nieaduw,  vale  and  hill.  At  the  hilltop  old  ocean's 
breaking-  waves  at  the  nu)uth  of  the  river  are  distinctly  seen. 
Near  by  a  crystal  stream  of  water,  pure  and  sweet,  trickles 
from  the  hillside.  Many  years  ago  I  st(Jod  by  the  side 
of  this  ancient  cellar  in  company  with  the  venerable  Mr. 
David  Lowell,  who  was  born  in  1757.  He  was  born 
and  lived  his  whole  life  of  97  years  in  the  house  built 
by  his  father  and  situated  at  the  entrance  of  the  way  lead- 
ing to  the  hill.  I  asked  him  whose  cellar  it  was  and  who 
had  lived  there.  His  answer  was  that  there  had  been  no  house 
there  within  his  recollection,  neither  had  he  heard  his 
parents  say  who  had  lived  there.  This  cellar  was  a  favorite 
resort  of  the  boys  of  my  time.  In  its  centre  was  a  large  stone. 
l^y  the  side  of  this  stone  the  boys  built  their  fires  and  cooked 
their  chowders  or  fried  their  fish.  This  big  stone  has  long 
since  been  removed.  Later  in  life  we  lived  for  a  time  imme- 
diately under  the  hill  towards  the  Merrimac  from  this  cellar. 

I  do  not  claim  John  Jiiyley  as  my  ancestor,  but  I  have 
good  reason  to  believe  that  I  am  a  descendant  from  Richard 
l^ailey  of  Rowley.  My  father,  'Idiomas  liailey,  was  born  in 
Leering,  N.  H.,  in  17S9.  He  was  the  eldest  of  the  11  children 
of  Thomas  and  Anna  (Keniston)  Bailey.  I  have  heard  him 
tell  of  a  visit  he  made  when  quite  young  to  his  great-grand- 
])arents,  who  lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  how  the  old  couple 
"cootered  over  him"  as  he  expressed  it.  This  must  ha\e  been 
at  least  100  years  ago,  and  as  he  had  seen  and  known  his  grand- 
father, libenezer  Bailey  of  Haverhill,  it  is  quite  probable  that 
ICbenezer  had  seen  and  known  his  grandfather,  Jose[)h  of  Ikad- 
ford,  the  son  of  the  first  emigrant,  Richard.  So  a  few  lives 
form  a  connecting  link  and  bridge  the  chasm  between  the  early 
and  the  later  times.  And  so  it  devolves  ujjon  a  Bailey  of 
another  clan  to  join  together  the  fragments  of  the  misty  past, 
the  story  of  the  ages  hidden  within  the  bosom  of  the  old  cellar 
by  the  hillside  and  connect  it  with  the  first  settler,  John  Bayley. 
And  so  ancient  deeds,  the  layout  of  roadway.s,  the  little  brook, 
the  ancient  ferry,  all  tell  their  little  stories,  and  in  them  we 
believe  and  put  our  confidence.  In  1650  John  Bayley  removed 
to    Newbury.     His    son   John   and   family    were    there.      His 


50  ADDRESS    OF    ALFRED    15AILEY. 

daughter  Joanna  and  husband  and  children  had  removed  to 
Pleasant  Valley.  Mis  wife  and  other  children  had  not  crossed 
the  Atlantic  to  cheer  and  comfort  his  declining  years.  He  died 
in  Newbury  in  November,  1651.  Hy  his  will  he  gave  his  house 
in  Salisbury  to  his  son  John  during  his  lifetime,  then  to  his 
grandson,  John  (3).  John  (3)  died  in  1663,  and  so  did  not  come 
into  possession  of  his  grandfather's  estate  in  Salisbury.  .Some 
years  since  Mr.  Joseph  Merrill,  the  historian  of  Amesbury, 
came  to  my  place  with  a  copy  of  a  deed  of  four  acres  of  land 
sold  to  Kdward  Goodwin  by  John  liayley  (2)  in  1665  described  as 
as  follows,  viz  : — Southeasterly  by  the  river,  northeasterly  by 
a  little  run,  southwesterly  by  the  highway  and  northwesterly 
by  land  of  John  Bayley,  being  17  rods  in  width  from  the 
river.  The  little  brook  still  runs  as  of  yore  near  the  store 
of  Miss  Elizabeth  Trussed,  the  hue  at  the  northwest,  which 
was  then  by  the  other  land  of  John  Bailey  (2)  and  on  which  the 
old  cellar  is  still  intact  and  was  verified  by  Mr.  Merrill  and 
myself.  Mr.  Goodwin,  who  bought  the  four  acres,  established 
a  ferry  here  in  1669.  In  1670  the  highway  mentioned  in  Good- 
win's deed  was  legally  laid  out  and  located,  passing  through 
Bailey's  land  no  1-2  rods,  and  by  this  layout  we  are  enabled  to 
locate  the  entire  homestead  lot  of  John  l^ailey  of  about  50  acres, 
triangular  in  shape  and  running  to  the  Merrimac  Ri\er  on  the 
westerly'side  and  to  the  Powow  on  the  northerly  side.  And 
now,  having  located  without  a  doubt  the  lands  of  John  Bayley, 
we  will  attempt  to  prove  that  the  cellar  on  the  hillside  was 
none  other  than  his.  And  first  we  have  the  testimony  of  the 
venerable  David  Lowell  already  given,  "No  house  in  his  day." 
Skipper  Gideon  Lowell,  great-grandfather  of  David,  came  into 
possession  of  a  large  part  of  the  hill  property  prior  to  17 18, 
and  in  that  year  he  built  a  house  which  is  still  standing.  He 
came  from  Newbury  and  established  a  trading  station  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Lowow.  Had  he  built  a  house  also  on  the  hill, 
great-grandson  David  would  have  known  u(  it,  and  we  find  no 
evidence  that  any  of  the  children  of  John  Bayley  (2)  ever  lived 
in  Amesbury.  Later  on,  Capt.  W-'illiam  liayley,  a  descendant 
of  John,  came  from  Newbury  to  Amesbury  and  married  Anne 
Lowell,  a  granddaughter  of  Skii)per   Gideon.     He  was  a  ship- 


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51 


builder  of  note  and  has  many  descendants.  He  built  a  large 
and  imposing  mansion,  which  was  torn  down  more  than  50  years 
since.  A  few  years  later  the  late  Abner  L.  Bayley,  l'2sq.,  built 
a  house  upon  the  same  site.  He  was  a  descendant  of  William, 
the  shipbuilder.  lie  also  owned  the  hilltop  of  the  estate  of 
his  ancestor  John  (i).  This  hilltop  is  still  in  possession  of  his 
heirs. 

Our  theory  then  is  that  this  property  at  l^ayley's  Mill  was 
deserted  by  the  immediate  descendants  of  John  liayley,  and 
the  cabin  built  by  him  left  to  decay  and  ruin  until  its  very 
existence  had  passed  from  the  knowledge  and  memories  of  the 
living. 

"An  old-tiuie  cellar  open  to  the  sky, 
A  mere  depression  with  green,  grassy  slopes, 
A  location  of  beauty  on  the  hillside  high, 
Are  all  that's  left  of  former  toil  and  hopes." 


Among  the  persons  attending  the  gathering  was  I\Ir.  John 
\V.  Bailey,  who  was  born  in  Bradford,  N.  II.,  1814.  His  grand- 
father, John  N.  Bailey,  was  born  Nov.  3,  1728.  His  father, 
Cyrus  Bailey,  Nov.  22,  1783.  John  W.  liailey  moved  to  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  in  1842,  and  for  27  years  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
lioston  &  Maine  Railroad  Company. 


♦-^»^^ 


»^^*fc^* 


ACCOUNT 


OF 


THE  FOURTH  ANNUAL  GATHERING 


or    THE 


Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association, 


IIIiLD    AT 


Rowley,  Hass.,  August   19th, 


1896. 


SoMERViLLE    Citizen    Print. 
1897. 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 


FORENOON     EXERCISES. 

Motto  of  Association,              -             -            -  -            -         4 

lUisincss  Meeting,              .             .             .  .             .               ^ 

Officers  Elected.           -             -             -             -  -             -         6 

Address  of  William  f  I.  keed,        -              .  .             .                7 

Poem  by  Mrs.  l^lizabeth  S.  K.  Bailey,            .  .            .        g 


AFTERNOON    EXERCISES. 

Address  of  ilollis  R.  Jiailey,              -              -             -  -          10 

Notice  of  Albert  I'oor's  .Address,            -             -             -  11 

Poem  by  Mrs.  l^mily  P.  Hailey,         -              -             -  -          II 

Address  of  Albert  lulward  liailey,          -             -             -  13 

Original  Ode  by  Mr.s.  Mary  P.  Hailey,          -              -  -          16 

Account  of  Thomas  Payley,  Senior,  of  Weymouth, 

by  W^illiam  H.  Ri^ed,             .             .             -             .  17 

Will  of  Thomas  Hayley,  Senior,  of  Weymouth,       -  -         24 

Inventory  of  Instate  of  Thomas  Bayle/,  Senior  of  Weymouth,     26 

List  of  Members  of  l^ailey-Hayley  p-amily  Association,  27 


Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association 

Motto : 
Semper  Fidelis — Always  Faithful. 


Account  of  the  Fourth  Annual  Gathering 

oi"  Till-; 

BfllLEY-BflYLEY   FAMILY    flSSOCIflTION, 

Held  at  Rowley,  Mass.,  August   1 9th,  1896. 


BUSINESS    MEETING. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  Hollis  Russell  Bailey, 
Esq.,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  president  of  the  association,  at  1 1  45 
A.  M.,  in  the  Baptist  Church. 

The  opening  prayer  was  made  by  Rev.  David  M.  Locknow 
of  Rowley. 

In  the  absence  of  the  secretary,  John  T.  liailey  of  Somer- 
ville,  the  president  called  attention  to  the  printed  report  of  the 
last  annual  gathering. 

The  treasurer,  James  R.  liailey,  presented  his  report,  which 
was  accepted  and  placed  on  file.  This  repe)rt  showed  a  total 
expenditure  by  the  treasurer  during  the  year  of  about  $150,  of 
which  the  principal  items  were  for  printing  "Account  ot  Third 
Annual  Ciathering,"  printing  circulars  and  programs  and  for 
postage.  The  report  further  showed  an  indebtedness  of  the 
society  of  about  $43,  consisting  of  1^18.75  due  to  i:)rinter  and  $2$ 
due  to  one  of  the  officers  for  money  advanced. 

]^y  vote  of  the  association  the  president  api)ointed  \Vm.  W. 
Bailey,  James  R.  Bailey  and  Rev.  Vincent  Moses  as  a  committee 
to  nominate  officers  for  the  ensuing  )'ear. 

The  matter  of  a  motto  for  the  as.'-ociation  was  next  con- 
sidered, and  by  a  unanimous  vote  the  following  motto  was 
adopted : 

Semper  Fide/is — Always  Faithful. 


6  BUSINESS     MEETING. 

The  committee  appointed  to  nominate  officers  having"  re- 
ported, the  following  were  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year: 

President,  J.  Warren  Bailey  of  Somerville. 

Vice-Presidents,  Kben  11.  Bailey  of  Boston  and  John  T. 
Bailey  of  Somerville. 

Secretary,  Mollis  R.  Bailey  of  Cambridge. 

Treasurer,  James  R.  Bailey  of  Lawrence. 

I^xecutive  committee  :  The  above-named  officers,  ex-officio, 
together  with  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Dr.  Stephen  (i. 
Bailey  of  Lowell,  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth  of  Rowley,  \Vm.  II. 
Reed  of  South  Weymouth,  George  lulson  liailey  of  Mansfield, 
Albert  Edward  Bailey  of  Rowley  and  \Vm.  W.  Bailey  of 
Nashua,  N.  H. 

Brief  reports  were  made  by  members  of  committees  on 
genealogy,  including  Hollis  R.  Bailey  and  Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bai- 
ley, showing  considerable  progress  made  in  the  gathering  of 
genealogical  information.  The  forenoon  exercises  concluded 
with  a  brief  address  by  Wm.  H.  Reed  and  the  reading  of  an 
original  poem  contributed  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  h^nerson  Bailey 
of  Marietta,  Ohio. 


THK    15AILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  7 

ADDRESS  OF  WILLIAM  H.   REKD. 

I  received  an  invitation  from  v'our  committee  to  say  a  word 
here  to-day,  and  I  will  state  that  I  received  a  letter  from  Dr. 
J.  O.  Robinson  of  West  Newton,  Pa.,  with  the  best  wishes  for 
the  Bailey  Association  and  their  fourth  annual  reunion.  Dr. 
Robinson  is  in  his  8oth  year,  and  has  been  in  {)ractice  in  West 
Newton,  Pa.,  for  48  years.  His  mother  was  Achsah  Bailey, 
eldest  dau[;hter  of  Daniel  Bailey,  who  moved  from  Bridgewater, 
Mass.,  to  Bud's  Ferry  in  Pennsylvania  in  1794.  Dr.  Robinson 
is  the  last  one  living  of  the  family  and  he  has  sent  me  valuable 
data. 

I  received  a  letter  from  Hon.  John  Bailey  of  Wells  River, 
Vt.,  saying,  "Business  engagements  will  stand  in  the  way  of  my 
being  with  you  this  year,  but  am  in  hopes  to  be  with  you  next 
year." 

I  also  have  manuscript  of  the  descendants  of  Joseph  Bailey, 
son  of  John  Bailey  and  Sarah  White  of  Scituate,  through  Adams 
Bailey,  Daniel  Bailey,  Seth  Bailey,  Jr.,  and  Martin  Bailey,  some 
of  whom  moved  West  before  1800. 

It  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  and  one  of  the  UKist 
valuable  records  that  has  been  presented  to  this  association.  It 
was  compiled  by  Miss  Lucy  Dennison  Bailey  of  Marietta, 
Ohio,  and  she  spent  much  time  in  collecting  data  for  it.  Her 
work  shows  her  to  be  a  woman  of  more  than  ordinary  ability, 
well  up  in  historical,  genealogical  and  biographical  literature 
and  very  thorough  in  her  research.  Her  father  was  William 
Dennison  Bailey,  born  in  Constitution,  Ohio,  May  24,  1816, 
and  was  one  of  eleven  children  of  Seth  and  Polly  James  Bailey, 
who  settled  below  Marietta  about  the  beginning  of  this  century. 
He  graduated  at  Marietta  College  in  1843,  and  in  1850  married 
Elizabeth  S.  P^merson,  and  had  children,  IClki  I'^rances,  Lucy 
Dennison  (the  compiler  of  these  records),  William  limerson 
and  Charles  T^merson.  The  Emerson  family  represents  a  long 
line  of  ministers,  college  j)rofessors  and  teachers,  and  I  think 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  ICmerson  Bailey  will  keep  the  family  record 
good,  for  she  has  sent  us  to-day  a  "  Song  of  Greeting,"  which 
I  will  now  read  : 


A    SONG    OF    GREETING. 


GREETING  FROM  THE  BANKS  OF  "LA  BELLE  RIVIERE." 

All  hail  to  our  kin  of  the  true  Bailey  clan 

Who  will  gather  at  Groveland  to-day; 
Ohio,  the  gate  of  the  teeming  "Northwest," 

Would  her  heartiest  greetings  convey. 

John  Bailey  of  Scituate  scarce  would  have  dreamed. 

In  his  highest  aml)itions  for  fame. 
To  see  here  assembled  such  hosts  of  his  kin. 

To  keep  in  remembrance  the  name. 

The  Baileys  of  Rowley  and  Salisbury,  too. 

Would  be  more  than  amazed  at  the  sight; 
And  would  view  this  assembly,  so  goodly  and  true, 

With  feelings  of  pride  and  delight. 

Seth  Bailey  of  Easton,  the  sire  of  our  line, 

Came  West  in  his  twenty-first  year; 
He  was  pleased  with  the  country,  with  sweet  Polly  James, 

And  the  banks  of  "La  Belle  Riviere." 

All  honor  and  praise  to  the  pioneer  band 

Who  planted  their  homes  on  this  soil ; 
They  opened  the  gate  to  a  glorious  land. 

Through  danger  and  hardship  and  toil. 

And  the  pioneer  vyomen  who  stood  by  their  side 

In  the  time  of  such  peril  and  fear. 
To  them  is  befitting  a  tribute  of  song. 

As  we  meet  at  this  time  of  good  cheer. 

They  raised,  and  hatcheled,  and  spun  the  flax. 

And  they  plied  the  loom  as  well ; 
They  made  the  pants  and  the  linsey  shirts 

To  clothe  the  men  and  to  sell. 

A  pair  of  pants  bought  a  bushel  of  salt. 

That  was  worth  eight  dollars  in  gold ; 
For  the  good  man  travelled  a  hundred  miles 

For  his  salt  in  the  days  of  old. 

He  built  his  camp  fire  for  rest  and  sleep, 

And  to  keep  the  wolves  at  bay; 
While  his  quivering  horses  crept  to  his  side. 

Not  daring  to  wander  away. 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

With  an  anxious  heart  his  wife,  meantime, 

Took  up  liis  cares  with  her  own  ; 
She  cared  for  the  cliikhen,  she  nursed  the  sick, 
And  tended  the  farm  alone. 

Those  were  times  of  peril  tliat  tried  the  nerves 

And  the  strength  of  woman's  heart; 
In  tlie  strife  and  danger  she  faltered  not. 

But  courageously  bore  her  part. 

And  the  ever-increasing  millions 

Of  this  wonderful  "Northwest," 
For  the  comfort  and  cheer  they  have  given 

Will  arise  and  call  them  blest. 

Mrs.  Ki-izAiiKTH  S.  Emeuson-Bailev. 
Marietta,  Ohio,  August,  1896. 


10  ADDRESS    OF    HOLLIS    R.    HAILEV. 


AFTERNOON    EXERCISES. 

The  afternoon  exercises  began  with  an  organ  prelude  by 
Miss  Sarah  H.  Bailey  of  Mansfield,  Mass.,  a  descendant  of  John 
Bailey  of  Scituate. 

The  President  of  the  society  and  presiding  officer  of  the 
day,  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  spoke  as  follows  : 


ADDRESS  OF  MOLLIS  R.  BAILKY. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :--As  your  presiding  officer,  it  is  not 
expected  that  I  should  make  an  extended  address.  We  have 
come  to-day  to  this  old  town  of  Rowley  as  it  were  on  a  pious 
pilgrimage  to  the  home  of  our  ancestors,  the  brothers  Richard 
and  James  Bailey,  who  came  to  New  I^ngland,  the  one  in  1638 
and  the  other  about  1640. 

We  are  met  on  soil  which  is  rich  with  precious  memories. 
We  have  come  to  turn  the  pages  of  history  and  study  for  a 
brief  season  the  early  history  of  New  England.  We  have 
come  impelled  not  by  idle  curiosity,  but  seeking  in  these 
troublous  times  to  find  some  safe  light  to  guide  our  feet. 

W'hen,  as  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed  to  provide 
for  the  literary  entertainment  of  this  occasion,  I  considered  who 
should  be  asked  to  come  and  address  you,  it  seemed  to  me  fitting 
that  we  should  invite  my  old  friend  and  neighbor,  Albert  Poor, 
Esq.,  of  Andover. 

When  Richard  Bailey  came  from  luigland  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  colony  in  1638,  in  the  ship  Bevis,  there  came  with 
him  as  a  fellow  emigrant  one  Daniel  Poor.  The  gentleman  you 
will  now  have  the  pleasure  of  listening  to  is  a  hneal  descendant 
of  Daniel  Poor. 


THE    BAII.EV-BAILEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  II 

ADDRESS  OF  ALBERT    l^OOR,  l':SO. 

Mr.  Poor's  address  was  originally  jireparcd  to  be  delivered 
before  the  Poore  l'"aniily  Association  Sej)teniber  14,  1887.  As 
it  is  already  in  print  and  can  be  obtained  by  applying  to  I\Ir. 
Alfred  Poore  of  Salem,  Mass.,  it  is  omitted  here.  It  presents  an 
interesting  picture  of  the  early  years  of  the  Plymouth  ami 
Massachusetts  l^ay  colonies  and  contains  a  very  careful  and 
thoughtful  analysis  of  the  motives  which  governed  the  early 
settlers  in  their  civil  and  religious  matters. 


The  following  original  poem  written  by  Mrs.  P'.mily  P. 
Ikiiley  of  Rowley  was  read  by  Miss  Myrtis  Cerellia  Bailey  of 
Camden,  New  Jersey. 

ORIGINAL  I'OEM  BY  EMILY  PEARSON  BAILEY. 

As  men  sometimes  a  stream  will  trace 
Back  to  remote  and  simple  place, 
A  spring,  perhaps,  in  dewy  vale. 
So  trace  we  back  our  ancestry 
To  ancient  town  close  by  the  sea; 
And  Rowley  greeting  gives — All  hail. 

Utilitarian  our  days; 

We  hardly  pause  'mid  busy  ways 

To  take  our  breath  or  greet  a  friend. 

And  so  'tis  well  to  turn  aside. 

With  blood-born  friendship  tor  a  guide, 

And  meet  where  common  interests  blend. 

Within  the  shades  of  this  old  town. 

Whence  comes  our  name  through  long  years  down. 

And  old  friends  see  and  new  ones  make. 

And  each  again  in  friendly  grasp 

The  hands  of  other  Baileys  clasp 

And  dormant  interest  awake  ; 

On  this  auspicious  day  we  come 
Gladly  as  children  to  their  home. 
One  common  bond  unites  us  all — 
The  bond  of  blood,  the  bond  of  birth; 
Where'er  we  dwell  in  all  the  earth 
Who  bears  our  name  we  brother  call. 


>dT 


i/M  '. 


12  ORIGINAL    POE^r 

You  know  that  name.     As  countersign 
We  use  it  all  along  the   line 
To-day,  and  Bailey  is  the  word. 
Who  claims  that  name  is  welcome  here, 
We  pass  him  on  without  a  fear — 
No  traitor  he.     He  may  be  heard. 

And  gathered  as  a  family, 

It  is  a  titting  thing  that  we 

One  kith  and  kin  should  mention  here. 

Brothers  and  sisters,  when  they  meet. 

Will  freely  speak,  without  conceit, 

With  smile,  perchance,  perchance  with  tear, 

Of  Fortune's  favors  granted  each  ; 
And  so  may  we,  in  song  and  speech, 
Assembled  round  our  family  tree. 
Recall  some  things  the  fickle  dame 
Has  done  for  those  who  bear  our  name 
Of  humble  or  of  high  degree. 

Perhaps  our  titles  best  may  speak; 
They  are  in  English,  Latin,  Cireek, 
And  counted  are  o"erwhelming  quite. 
We  have  D.D.'s,  P.IM.'s,  M.D.'s., 
A  host  with  titles  such  as  these. 
Men  in  the  vanguard  for  the  right. 

We  have  composers,  artists,  too. 
Professors,  lawyers  not  a  few; 
Our  artisans  are  hard  to  beat. 
H.  J.'s  we  have — quaint  title  that  — 
To  them  we  freely  doff  the  hat; 
And  e'en  an  M.  C.  we  may  meet. 

Now  lest  you  think  that  I  but  boast, 

I  will  just  say  we  have  a  host 

In  our  broad  land  not  mentioned  here. 

Take  any  paper  that  you  may — 

Religious,  weekly  or  the  day — 

Some  Bailey's  name  will  there  appear. 


But  happy  hours  most  quickly  fly, 
Soon  each  to  each  will  say  "Good-bye" 
And  turn  to  near  or  distant  home. 
We  would  some  mem'ry  of  this  day 
May  gild,  as  with  a  sun-born  ray, 
Our  onward  paths  where'er  we  roam. 


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After  singing  by  Mrs.  I*2ben  H.  liailey  of  l^oston,  Mrs. 
Grace  Norwood  I^ailcy  of  l^oston  gave  a  recitation  of  "Grand- 
mother's Story  of  lUuiker  Hill"  by  O.  W.  Holmes. 

This  was  followed  by  an  address  by  Albert  ICdward  J^ailey 
of  Rowley,  one  of  the  descendants  of  James  Jiailey  of   Rowley. 


ADDRESS  Ol'   ALBb:RT  ICDWARD  HAnJ<:Y. 
The  IImlevs  in  Rowley. 

The  name  of  l^ailey  has  been  associated  with  the  name  of 
Rowley  since  the  first  settlement  of  the  town.  The  town  of 
Rowley,  Mass.,  was  founded  about  the  last  of  April,  in  the  year 
1639,  by  the  Rev.  lizekiel  Rogers  and  his  company,  consisting 
of  about  60  families.  Mr.  Rogers  arrived  in  Salem,  Mass.,  in 
the  autumn  of  1638,  with  about  20  families.  At  that  time 
Salem,  Charlestown,  15oston,  Medford,  Watertown,  Roxbury, 
Lynn  and  Dorchester,  together  with  Cambridge,  Ipswich,  New- 
bury, Weymouth,  Hingham,  Concord,  Dedham  and  liraintree, 
were  all  occupied.  He  and  his  band  were  strongly  urged  to 
settle  in  New  Haven,  but  he  feeling  his  responsibility  to  many 
persons  "of  quality  in  J-Jigland,  who  depended  on  him  to  choose 
a  fit  place  for  them,"  consulted  with  the  ministers  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  by  their  advice  he  and  his  i)eoi)le  concluded  to 
take  a  place  between  Newbury  and  Iixswich.  The  settlement 
was  first  known  as  "Rogers'  plantation,"  afterwards  as  Rowley, 
so  called  from  Rowley  in  Yorkshire,  England,  where  he  and 
some  of  his  people  had  lived.  The  act  of  incorpcjration  reads  as 
follows  :  "4th  day  of  the  7th  month  (September)  Ordered  that 
Mr.  Ezekiel  Rogers'  place  shall  bee  called  Rowley."  Mr. 
Rogers  was  a  man  of  great  note  in  I'Lngland,  for  his  zeal,  piety 
and  ability,  while  the  members  of  the  comi:)any  he  brought  with 
him  were  called  by  (jov.  Winthro}),  "(iodly  men,  ami  most  of 
them  of  good  estate."  These  people  it  appears  laboreil  together 
and  in  common  f(jr  five  yeais,  no  man  owning  any  land  indi- 
vidually until  after  they  had  cleared  up  the  land  on  both  sides  of 
the  brook  and  had  laid  out  the  first  streets.  Some  of  these 
streets  still  retain   their  old  names,  as  W'eathersfield  and  Ikad- 


14  ADDRESS    OF    ALBERT    EDWARD    I5AILEV 

fortl  Streets.  Kiln  Lane,  so  called  from  a  Malt  Kiln,  located  on 
it,  has  been  fhanged  to  Kilbourne  Street.  Holmes  Street  has 
become  a  part  of  Central  Street.  The  time  of  the  laying  out  of 
the  house  lots  is  unknown.  On  the  loth  of  the  nth  month, 
1643,  a  committee  was  appointed  by  the  town  to  make  survey 
and  to  register  the  lots  to  all  inhabitants  as  granted  and  laid  out. 
The  name  of  Bailey  does  not  appear  among  the  59  so  registered, 
but  Gage's  History  of  Rowley  says  :  "Soon  after  the  settlement 
was  commenced  in  1639  by  the  60  families  before  named,  others 
moved  into  town,  so  that  before  a  record  was  made  of  the  lots 
first  laid  out,  16  other  families  had  been  added  to  the  number, 
as  records  conclusively  show.'!  James  liailey's  name  appears 
among  these  16  families,  and  his  original  grant  as  recorded  reads 
as  follows  :  — 

"To  James  Baley  one  house  lott  containing  an  Acre  and  an 
halfe  lying  on  the  north  side  of  Jul  ward  Sawer's  house  lott." 
At  the  same  time  it  is  recorded  that  he  was  granted  two  acres 
of  salt  marsh,  one  acre  of  rough  marsh  and  four  and  one-half 
acres  of  upland.  Later  other  grants  and  purchases  are  recorded 
to  him. 

On  the  house  lot  granted  to  James  Bailey  was  the  site  of  the 
homestead  of  the  first  Bailey  granted  land  in  Rowley,  of  whom 
all  the  resident  Baileys  in  Rowley  are  direct  descendants.  The 
spot  is  rharked  to-day  by  a  placard  and  is  on  the  land  of  and 
near  the  dwelling  of  Mr.  Chas.  H.  Todd. 

James  Bailey  was  quite  prominent  in  town  affairs.  In  1653, 
'61  and  '64  as  overseer;  in  1654  and  '67  as  fence  viewer;  in 
1661,  '63  and  '64  as  judge  of  delinquents  for  not  coming  to  town 
meeting;  in  1665,  '66  and  '72  as  selectman.  In  1665  "James 
Bally  "  for  juryman  received  0-8-0  ;  in  1661  he  was  one  of  the 
overseers  for  "Nuberry"  fence;  in  1667  appc^nted  by  the  town 
as  one  of  the  committee  to  locate  ways  over  land  ;  in  1667  he 
served  on  the  jury  in  Ipswich.  There  is  one  place  where  I  am  not 
able  to  find  the  name  of  Bailey,  and  that  is  among  the  names  of 
those  who  received  a  bounty  for  killing  wolves.  The  Baileys  do 
not  seem  to  be  naturally  aggressive  or  of  a  fighting  disposition, 
but  when  called  upon  to  fight  for  their  freedom  from  op[)ression 
we  find  the  name  of  Bailey  as  prominent  as  other  old  names. 
John  Bailey,  son  oi  James,  died  June  i6th,  1690,  on  his  way  from 


THE    HAILEV-Ii.WLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  1 5 

Canada.  He  was  one  of  the  Rowley  men  in  the  expedition 
against  Quebec. 

Jonathan  Bailey  gave  up  his  life  Aug.  9th,  1757,  at  the 
massacre  after  the  surrender  of  l^'ort  William  Henry.  In  the 
trained  band  belonging  to  Capt.  John  Northend's  company,  May 
16,  175 1  (the  first  foot  company  of  Rowley),  are  the  names  of 
David  Bailey,  Jr.,  drummer,  and  William  l^ailey.  In  the  same 
year,  in  the  troops  of  horse,  is  the  name  of  Jedediah  Bailey. 
In  1759  Pierce  and  William  l^ailey  were  privates  under  Capt. 
Thomas  Poor  of  Andover. 

James  Bailey,  with  others  from  Rowley,  was  stationed  at 
Castle  William,  now  P'ort  Independence,  in  Boston  harbor. 

In  1760  John  and  Pierce  Bailey  were  among  the  men  en- 
listed for  His  Majesty's  service  for  the  total  reduction  of  Canada. 
In  the  same  year  Oliver  Bailey  died  at  Crown  Point  and  was 
under  Capt.  Nathaniel  Bailey,  formerly  of  this  town.  Under 
officers  unknown  was  John  Bailey,  Jr.  In  1775,  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, in  a  company  of  infantry,  appear  the  names  of  Amos  Bai- 
ley, sergeant,  Samuel  Bailey,  fifer,  John  and  PLzekiel  Bailey, 
l)rivates.  Abner,  William  and  Pierce  Bailey  were  in  Shay's 
rebellion. 

In  looking  over  the  church  record  I  find  that  David  Bailey 
was  appointed  deacon  of  the  First  church  h"eb.  18,  1761,  and 
served  until  his  death,  1769.  He  is  the  only  Bailey  that  was 
ever  deacon  in  Rowley.  He  must  have  been  a  musical  man,  as 
I  find  that  PLben  Hidden  charges  him  with  "serving  the  devil 
when  he  set  the  tune." 

The  Deacon  David  Bailey  house  is  still  standing  on  Weath- 
ersfield  Street.  As  near  as  can  be  ascertained,  it  was  built 
about  1680.  It  mu.st  have  been  enlarged  since  that  time,  for,  as 
I  remember  the  engraving  of  it  which  is  in  the  Rev.  Jacob  Bailey 
book,  it  was  about  one-half  the  present  size.  The  house  faces 
the  south,  as  was  the  custom  of  building  houses  at  that  time, 
with  the  back  of  the  house  toward  the  street.  His  gravestone, 
which  is  made  in  one  large  brick  (the  only  one  of  the  kind  now 
in  the  cemetery),  is  on  the  left  as  you  enter  the  gate  and  is  in- 
scribed as  follows  : 


i6  AnDRESS  01'  Ar.i!i:R'r  i:i)\vaki)  bailkv. 

"  In   Memory  of 
,  Dean.  Davitl   lliiiley 

who  died    iMay  12th. 
1769  in  62  years  of  his  age." 

In  looking  over  old  deeds  and  other  writings  I  find  that  our 
ancestors  as  a  rule  wrote  a  good  hand  and  were  not  obliged  to 
sign  their  names  with  a  mark. 

The  afternoon  e.xercises  closed  with  the  singing  by  all  pres- 
ent of  an  original  ode  composed  by  Mrs.  Mary  \\  Hailey  of 
Cambridge,  to  the  tune  of  "h'air  Harvard." 

This  day  we  are  gathered  old  ties  to  renew 

On  this  spot  in  our  history  dear, 
Where  the  brothers,  our  ancestois,  brought  the  t)ki  name 

Which  we  fondly  commemorate  here. 
Name  borne  by  our  forefathers,  dear  to  us  all! 

May  we  keep  it  unsullied  and  pure  ; 
A  heritage  sacred  from  over  the  sea 

To  be  cherished  while  life  sluill  endure. 

As  years  swiftly  passing  their  sad  ciianges  luring 

And  old  faces  give  place  to  the  new, 
May  our  children  be  worthy  of  those  who  have  gone. 

Be  as  loyal,  as  faithful,  as  true  ! 
Ai\d  now,  as  we  part,  let  us  tenderly  tiiink 

Of  our  friends  who  have  passed  on  before, 
Who  wait  for  us  yonder  to  welcome  us  home 

When  our  labors  and  sorrows  are  o'er. 

During  the  day  many  of  those  attending  the  gathering- 
found  oppt)rtunity  to  visit  the  spots  where  Richard  and  James 
Bailey,  the  first  settlers,  had  their  homes.  Also  the  house,  still 
standing,  which  was  the  home  of  Deacon  David  Hailey  and  the 
birthplace  of  his  son,  the  Rev.  Jacob  Hailey. 

All  the  above-mentioned  places  were  marked  with  tablets 
containing  suitable  inscriptions.  'Ihe  old  burying-ground  was 
also  visited  and  the  old  gravestones  marking  the  last  resting 
places  of  the  early  settlers,  James  J^ailey  (2),  1650 -171 5,  Nathan- 
iel Bailey  (3),  1675-1722,  David  J^ailey  (4),  1707-1769,  were 
viewed  with  much  interest. 

IIoLLis  R.  l^AiLEV,  Secretary. 


THE    BAILEV-ILWLKV    lAMlLV    ASSOCIATION.  1/ 

ACCOUNT  OF  THOMAS  BAIL]-:Y,  SENIOR,  OF  WFY- 

MOUTH. 
cv  WILLIAM  II.   ki:i:d. 

Rev.  Augustus  F.  Jiailey,  our  late  much  lamented  president 
of  the  BaileyT^ayley  Family  A.ssociation,  in  his  list  of  Ikiilcys 
that  came  early  to  New  England,  says  Thomas  Hailey  settled  in 
Weymouth  in  1630.  (See  address  in  Report  of  Second  Annual 
Gathering.)  Other  writers  have  also  spoken  of  him  as  of  Wey- 
mouth in  1630.  Sa\age  in  his  Genealogical  Dictionary  says, 
"Thomas  liailey  of  Weymouth  made  freeman  13th  of  May,  1640, 
with  wife,  Ruth,  had  children.  Christian  .  .  ."  Barry's  His- 
tory of  Hanover  says  that  Thomas  Bailey  was  of  Boston  in 
1643,  and  with  wife,  Ruth,  was  probably  of  Weymouth  in  1661, 
and  was  probably  father  of  John  l^ailey  of  Scituate.  liarry  also 
says  that  John  ist,  according  to  Dean's  History  of  Scituate, 
came  from  Weymouth  to  Scituate  in  1670  and  was  tenant  to 
Capt.  John  Williams  at  l-'arm  Neck.  Dean's  History  of  Scituate 
says  that  Capt.  John  Williams  left  his  farm  to  John  Bailey  (see 
his  will),  and  that  John  liailey  of  Scituate  in  1670  married  ist 
Sarah  White,  iHobably  of  Weymouth.  And  Savage  says  he 
does  not  know  who  the  father  of  John  of  Scituate  wa.s,  but  he 
was  probably  born  in  this  country. 

Now  Wessagusset  or  Weymouth  was  settled  as  early  as  1622, 
by  the  Weston  Colony  (so  called)  only  two  year.s  after  the  set- 
tlement of  Plymouth.  It  was  the  second  settlement  in  New 
England,  and  the  first  settlement  in  the  limits  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony,  but  the  Weston  Colony  disbanded  befcjre  the 
summer  of  1623,  going  in  different  directions.  They  made  no 
records  and  they  left  none.  In  the  fall  (;f  1623  the  Gorges  Com- 
pany came  and  settled  in  Wessagusset,  but  they  also  very  soon 
disbanded,  some  returning  to  England,  some  going  to  X'irginia, 
some  to  Plymouth,  while  a  few  remained  as  a  nucleus  of  the 
future  settlement.  P'or  an  interesting  account  of  these  succes- 
sive settlements  of  Weston  and  (iorges  see  "Three  Episodes  of 
Massachusetts  History,"  by  Charles  hVancis  Adams. 

In  the  year  1635  Rev.  Jo.seph  Hull  came  with  21  families 
consisting  of  about  100  persons  to  settle  in  Wes.sagusset.      They 


l8  ACCOUNT    OF    THOMAS    HAILEY,    SENIOK. 

came  from  Weymouth,  l^ngland.  On  the  second  day  of  Septem- 
ber, same  year,  the  town  was  by  the  government  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts I^ay  Colony  erected  into  a  plantation  equivalent,  prob- 
ably, to  an  act  of  incorporation  and  the  name  of  the  town 
changed  to  Weymouth.     (See  History  of  Weymouth.) 

Now  it  is  not  unlikely  that  Thomas  Bailey,  Senior,  may 
have  come  to  Weymouth  with  some  of  these  early  companies. 
Or  perhaps  he  may  have  come  from  Virginia,  but  at  just  what 
time  he  did  come  to  Weymouth  I  am  not  prepared  to  say.  In 
the  year  1636  we  find  a  list  of  16  names  of  those  that  received 
land  in  the  first  division  in  Weymouth  and  the  name  of  Thomas 
Bailey  is  not  on  that  list,  and  still,  some  of  the  land  received  in 
that  division  is  bounded  on  land  of  Thomas  liailey,  and  it  seems 
probable  that  he  was  in  Weymouth  and  i)re-empted  land  some 
years  prior  to  the  incorporation  of  the  town. 

The  following  records  of  the  town  showing  some  bounds 
of  the  early  land-holders  point  to  such  a  conclusion. 

The  land  of  William  Carpenter :  •'  Two  acres  in  the  west 
field  first  given  to  Thomas  Baylie,  the  strcete  on  the  east  the 
land  of  Thomas  Baylie  on  the  west  and  south,  by  John  Ilolester 
on  the  north  ;  ffower  acres  in  the  Mill  ffield  first  given  to 
Thomas  Baylie  bounded  on  the  ea.st  with  the  land  of  Mr.  Len- 
thall,  The  Highwaie  on  the  west,  Thomas  Bayley  land  on  the 
North,  John  Reeds  on  the  South." 

The  land  of  Masachel  Barnard  :  "in  1624  three  acres  in  the 
plain  first  given  to  Thomas  liaylie  ;  bounded  on  the  east  by  land 
of  Clement  Weaver,  on  the  west  and  south  with  the  land  of 
John  Ffussell,  and  Arthur  Warren  on  the  North." 

The  land  of  Walter  Cook :  "  ffower  acres  in  the  Western- 
neck  first  given  to  Thomas  Baylie  bounded  on  the  East  by  land 
of  Thomas  Holbroke,  on  the  west  with  the  land  of  John  Hol- 
broke,  Lach  Bicknell,  the  Highwaie  on  the  North  the  Commons 
on  the  South." 

The  land  of  Matthew  Bratt  :  -'Twenty  acers  in  Mill  ffield 
twelve  of  them  first  given  to  Edward  Bate  and  eyght  acres  to 
himself  all  of  it  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  land  of  John  Gill  on 
the  west  with  the  land  of  Richard  Walling  on  the  north  with 
the  Rocky  hill  on  the  south  with  the  land  of  Richard  Adams  and 
Thomas  Baylie." 


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The  land  of  John  Burrcll  :  "Three  acres  in  the  Rainjj^e  first 
granted  to  Nicliohis  Nt)rton  bounded  with  a  highwaie  on  the 
cast  the  land  of  Thomas  liaylie  on  the  west  the  land  of  Hugh 
Roe  on  the  North  and  tlie  land  of  Goodman  Hughes  on  the 
South." 

The  records  of  the  town  of  Weymouth  for  a  number  of 
years  after  the  incorporation  of  the  town  are  very  silent  in  re- 
gard to  the  births,  deaths  and  marriages  of  the  early  planters 
and  their  families,  for  during  the  early  years  of  the  town's  hi.s- 
tory,  the  records  were  kei)t  in  the  church,  and  in  1751  the  church 
was  destroyed  by  fire,  with  all  the  records.  This  makes  it  very 
hard  for  us  at  the  present  time  to  get  the  exact  dates  of  these 
early  people,  and  it  is  only  through  contemporaneous  writers 
that  we  have  been  able  to  place  many  of  the  early  families  of 
Weymouth. 

Thomas  Bailey,  Senior,  of  Weymouth,  in  1630,  was  certainly 
made  freeman  the  13th  day  of  May,  1640.  "In  1644  Thomas 
Dyer  sould  unto  Thomas  Baylie  the  21st  of  the  3d  month  his 
dwelling  house,  Barne,  and  Sellar,  his  garden  anil  yarde,  both 
of  them  containing  by  estimation,  on  quarter  of  an  acre  of  land 
being  more  or  lesse  bounded  on  the  east  with  the  land  of  Rob- 
ert Lovell  on  the  west  with  the  land  of  Mr.  Webb  on  the  North 
with  the  land  of  saied  Thomas  Dyer  and  on  the  south  a  high- 
waie." 

This  sale  of  real  estate  is  one  of  the  hrst  records  placed  on  the 
books  of  the  Town  of  Weymouth.  In  the  division  of  land  i'^eb- 
ruary,  1651-2,  he  received  Lot  No.  31,  and  in  the  first  division 
in  1663,  he  received  L(;t  No.  72  of  11  acres,  and  in  the  second 
division,  the  same  year  of  the  great  lots,  he  received  Lot  No.  62 
of  33  acres. 

His  wife  probably  was  not  living  at  the  date  of  his  will  in 
1681,  as  he  does  not  mention  her.  We  have  not  as  yet  been 
able  to  learn  her  name.     He  died  in  1681.     He  had  children  : 

John  (2)  married  Hannah. 

Thomas,  Jr.  (2),  married  Ruth  Porter. 

Samuel  (2)  married  Mary. 

Esther  (2)  married  John  King. 

John  King  in  his  will  speaks  of  his  wife,  Esther,  and  her 
father,  Thomas  Bayley. 


20  ACCOUNT    OF    THOMAS    BAILEY,    SENIOR. 

Children  of  John  King  and  Esther  Bayley  (2) : 

John,  born  April  12,  1659. 

2d  John,  born  Dec.  25,  1661. 

Esther,  born  Sept.  28,  1664. 

Patience,  born  Oct.  4,  166S. 

Thomas  Bailey,  Jr.  (2)  was  made  freeman  23d  day  of  May, 
1666.  He  married  Ruth,  daughter  of  Richard  Porter  of  Wey- 
mouth, Sept.  19,  1660.    She  was  born  in  Weymouth  Oct.  3,  1639. 

CHILDREN. 

Christian  (3),  born  Oct.  26,  1662  ;  married  Ebenezer  Whit- 
marsh  of  W^ey mouth  in  1682. 

Samuel  (3),  born  Feb.  21,  1666  ;  died  before  his  father. 

Mary  (3),  born  P\'b.  10,  1670. 

Sarah  (3),  born  Sept.  9,  1674;  married  Joseph  White  in 
1704. 

Ruth  (3),  married  Henry  Ward  of  Hingham  before  1691. 

Martha  (3),  living  at  death  of  her  father  in  1690. 

His  wife,  Ivuth  Porter  Bailey,  died  and  he  married  2nd 
W^idow  Hannah  (Rogers)  Pratt,  by  whon)  he  had  one  child, 
Thomas  (3),  born  April  24,  1687.  The  records  of  the  town  of 
Weymouth  give  the  name  of  this  son  as  John,  but  Thomas 
Bailey  (2),  Jr.,  died  in  1690  and  his  estate  was  divided  in  1691 
between  the  only  surviving  son,  T/iovias,  daughters.  Christian 
Whitmarsh,  Ruth  Ward,  Sarah  and  Martha.  His  widow,  Han- 
nah Rogers  Pratt  Bailey,  died  May  29,  172 1,  aged  77  years. 

Ruth  Bailey  (3)  and  Henry  Ward  had  children,  l':iizabeth, 
Henry,  Ruth,  Mary,  Rachel,  Lydia. 

Christian  Bailey  (3)  and  h'benezer  Whitmarsh  had  children: 

Ebenezer,  born  1683. 

Richard,  born  1685. 

Ebenezer,  2d,  born  1688. 

Ruth,  born  1691. 

Mary,  born  169 — . 

Thomas,  born  1702. 

Samuel  llailey  (3)  son  of  Thomas  (2)  probably  died  in  the 
expedition  against  Canada,  for  letters  of  administration  were 
granted  to  his  father  Jan.  29th,    1690-1.     We   find  the  following 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  21 

bill  :  "To  wages  due  from  ye  Country  in  the  expedition  against 
Canada  7-2  oo." 

Richard  Porter  in  his  will  in  1688  speaks  of  his  grandchild, 
Samuel  liailey,  and  gives  him  two  acres  of  land  on  King  Oak 
Hill  in   Weymouth. 

John  (2)  Bailey  made  freeman  23d  day  of  May,  1673.  Mar- 
ried Hannah. 

CHILDREN. 

John  (3)  of  Scituate,  born—  Married  ist,  Sarah  White; 
2d,  Ruth  Clothier. 

Thomas  (3),  born — .  Was  killed  in  King  Phillips'  War 
Sept.  18,  1675. 

Samuel  (2)  Bailey  married  Mary.     He  died  in  Feb.,  171 1. 

CllILDRKN. 

Samuel  (3)  born  Sept.  7,    1658. 

Mary  (3),  born  April  30,  i65i. 

James  (3),  born  I'eb  21,  1663. 

John  (3),  born  Dec    12,  i66S. 

Joseph  (3),  born  Dec.    18,  1672. 

John  (3)  Bailey  was  made  freeman  23d  day  May,  1677.  He 
removed  to  Scituate,  Mass ,  about  1670.  Married,  ist,  .Sarah 
White,  daughter  of  Gavvin  White  of  Scituate,  Jan.  25,  1672  ; 
married  2J,  Ruth  Clothier,  Dec.  9th,  1699. 

CHILDREN. 

John  (4),  born  Nov.  5th,  1673  ;  married  Abigail,  daughter 
of  Dea.  Samuel  Clap,  in  1700. 

Sarah  (4),  born  Oct.  1675. 

Mary  (4),  born  Dec,  1677;  married  James  Perry  Jan.  ist, 
1701. 

Joseph  (4),  born  Oct.  1679;  married  and  left  descendants 
in  Scituate. 

Benjamin  (4),  born  A|)ril,  1682,  moved  to  Marlboro,  Mas.s., 
about  1712,  married  and  left  descendants. 

William  (4),  born  Feb.,  1685  ;  married  Judith  Booth,  Jan., 
1714,  and  left  descendants  in   Scituate. 

Hannah  (4),  burn  Jan.,  1688  ;  married  James  liriggs,  Jr., 
Dec.  24,  17 1 6 


22  ACCOUNT    OF    THOMAS    BAILEY,    SENIOR. 

Samuel  (4),  born  Aug.  1690. 
'  ElizabeUi  (4),  married  William  Barrell  July,  1706.     He  died 
in  1718,  leaving  a  will.     He  was   the  progenitor   of  most  of  the 
Plymouth  County  Baileys. 

Gawin  White  of  Scituate  was  a  prominent  man  of  his  day 
and  a  large  land  holder.  He  was  probably  a  Weymouth  man 
and  son  of  Thomas  White  ist  of  Weymouth,  the  j)lantcr.  lie 
married  Elizabeth  Ward  of  Plymouth  Oct.  15th,  1638.  In 
1643  he  was  a  constable  in  Scituate  and  in  1644  he  was  pro- 
pounded to  be  made  freeman  in  Plymouth  Colony. 

April  30th,  165 1,  Joseph  Shaw  of  Weymouth  sold  to  Gawin 
White  of  New  Plymouth  45  acres  of  upland  and  eight  acres  of 
marsh.  Oct.  22,  165 1,  William  Richards  of  Weymouth  sold  to 
Gawin  White  of  New  Plymouth  45  acres  of  upland  and  six 
acres  of  marsh.  This  property  was  located  in  Marshheld  near 
the  home  of    Daniel  Webster. 

Gawin  White,  Joseph  Shaw,  William  Richards,  Nicholas 
Philips  and  others  from  Weymouth  were  in  Scituate  early  and 
trading  in  lands. 

Now  the  Massachusetts  Colony  records  mention  a  John 
Bailey  from  Weymouth,  made  freeman  the  23d  day  of  May, 
1677.  Dean's  History  of  Scituate  mentions  him.  Ijarry's  His- 
tory of  Hanover  mentions  him,  and  Savage  in  his  Genealogical 
Dictionary' mentions  him  ;  but  the  records  of  the  town  of  Wey- 
mouth are  silent  in  regard  to  him.  It  seems  certain  that  there 
was  a  Thomas  j^ailey,  brother,  probably,  to  the  above  John, 
who  was  killed  in  King  Philip's  war.  The  history  of  King 
Phillips'  war  is  too  well  known  to  be  repeated  here.  More  than 
a  dozen  towns  were  destroyed  ami  half  a  million  of  money,  ex- 
pended and  more  than  600  young  men  were  slain  or  died  in  the 
service.  Among  the  papers  i^reserved  in  the  archives  of  the  State 
House,  Boston  (Vol.  Ixviii)  will  be  found  a  list  of  about  30  men 
who  went  from  Weymouth  to  King  Philip's  war,  and  upon 
that  list  will  be  found  the  names  of  Jeremiah  Clothier  and 
Thomas  Bailey.  The  records  say  that  these  men  were  mostly 
young  men  full  of  great  promise. 

King  Philip  having  been  defeated  at  Swansey,  in  Pl3Mnouth 
Colony,  retreated  in  September,  1675,  to  the  Connecticut  River 
and   attacked   the    towns    of    Deerfield,  Hadley  and    Northfield_ 


THE    IJAILEV-liAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  23 

On  Sept.  18  Capt.  Thomas  Lothrop,  and  So  men  (most  of  them 
the  flower  of  Kssex  County),  with  18  teamsters  with  a  few 
wagons,  while  transporting  grain  from  Deerfiekl  to  Iladley,  were 
attacked  by  about  700  Indians  near  Hloody  River  and  Capt. 
Lothroj),  and  76  of  his  men,  were  slain.  They  were  all  buried 
in  one  grave.  Capt.  Samuel  Mosely  was  at  Deerfiekl  at  the 
time  with  his  company,  and  hearing  the  battle,  went  to  Capt. 
Lothrop's  assistance  and  defeated  the  Indians,  killing  96  and 
wounding  40  In  this  battle  Thomas  Ikiiley,  a  Weymouth  man 
who  was  in  Capt.  Lothrcjp's  company,  was  killed,  and  Richard 
Russ,  a  Weymouth  man  who  was  in  Capt.  IMosely's  company, 
was  severely  wounded.  In  1678  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 
Court  voted  Richard  Russ  of  Weymouth,  a  wounded  soldier,  40 
shillings  for  his  cure. 

In  183S  a  monument  was  completed  in  Deerfiekl  commemo- 
rating this  event.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  in  1835  with  great 
ceremony,  the  Hon.  lulward  k^^verett  delivering  the  address. 
The  monumeiit  is  si.x  feet  square  and  20  feet  in  height.  The 
inscription  on  this  monument  is  as  follows  : 

"On  this  ground  Capt.  Thomas  Lothrop  and  eighty-four 
men  under  his  command,  including  eighteen  teamsters  from 
Deerfiekl,  conveying  stores  from  that  town  to  Iladley,  were 
ambuscaded  by  about  700  Indians  and  the  captain  and  seventy- 
six  men  slain  Sept.  18,  1675  (old  style). 

"And  Sanguinetto  tells  you  where  the  dead  made  the  earth 
wet,  and  turned  the  unwdling  waters  red."* 

It  appears  from  the  foregoing  that  this  John  Bailey  who 
was  made  freeman  the  23d  day  of  May,  1677,  and  moved  to 
Scituate  in  1670,  and  Th(;mas  Bailey,  who  was  killed  in  King- 
Philip's  War,  were  sons  of  the  .John  Bailey  and  his  wife  Han- 
nah who  are  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Bailey,  Sr.  They 
were  brothers,  and  were  grand-children  of  Thomas  Bailey,  Sr. 
Savage  says,  "The  father  of  John  of  Scituate  was  probably  born 
in  this  country,"  and  I  think  he  is  correct.  At  exactly  what 
time  John,  the  father  of  John  of  Scituate  died,  I  know  not,  but 
Hannah  died  a  widow  in  1698. 
*Haywaid"s  Gazutcer. 


24  WILL    OF    THOMAS    BAILEV,    SENIOR. 

WILL  OF  THOMAS  BAYLEY,  SR.,   OF    WEYMOUTH, 

Dated   May  23,   1681.     Probated  Oct.  17,  1681. 

"I,  Thomas  Bayley,  Senr.  of  Weymouth  being  sick  and 
weak  of  body  and  having  a  competent  understanding  and 
memory  do  make  this  to  bee  my  last  will  and  testament,  iiereby 
revoking  and  annulling  any  will  or  wills  heretofore  by  me  made 
and  declared  either  by  word  or  writings  and  firstly  I  bequeath 
my  soul  to  Almighty  God  through  Jesus  Christ  and  after  my 
decease  my  body  to  be  decently  buried  according  to  the  discre- 
tion of  my  Executors,  and  for  the  settling  of  my  temporal  estate 
I  do  give  and  bequeath  the  same  in  manner  and  forms  following  : 
"First  I  will  that  all  those  debts  as  I  owe  in  right  to  any  per- 
son or  persons  to  bee  well  and  truly  paid  by  my  E.xecutor  in 
convenient  time  after  my  decease.  Then  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  eldest  and  beloved  son  John  Bailey  the  two  thirds  of 
all  my  rights,  title  and  interest  in  my  dwelling  house,  barns,  out 
housing,  Orchards,  arable  lands,  gocxis,  chattels  with  the  two 
third  of  the  appurtenances  unto  the  sd  housing  and  lands  be- 
longing together  with  the  two  thirds  of  all  my  Lotts  belonging 
or  in  any  wise  appertaining  To  have  and  to  hold  unto  the 
proper  use  and  behoofs  of  my  sd  son  John  his  heirs  Execrs.  and 
Admst.  and  every  of  them  forever.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  sd  son  John  two  thirds  of  all  my  movables  within  dore 
and  without  of  whatever  quantity  or  quality  soever  they  bee  And 
my  will  is  that  in  case  my  sd  son  John  decease  before  his  wife 
Hannah  then  what  movables  of  mine  is  remaining  and  extant 
by  inventory  at  my  sons  decease  .^hall  be  to  the  use  and  proper 
behoof  of  my  daughter  Esther  and  Thomas  Bayley  equally  to 
bee  divided  the  one  half  to  the  one  and  tlie  other  half  to  the 
other  to  be  to  them  and  their  children  according  to  their  dis- 
cretion. I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Thomas  Bayley  the 
other  third  of  all  my  right,  title,  and  interest  in  my  dwelling 
house,  barns  Orchards  arable  lands,  medows,  goods,  chattel  of 
what  quantity  or  quality  soever  it  bee  within  door  and  without 
together  with  the  one  third  of  all  my  lots  of  land  in  waymouth 
with  the  other  one  third  of  all  the  profits,  privileges  and    appur- 


THE    BAILEY-BAVLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  2$ 

tenances  unto  all  my  estate  before    mentioned    belonging   or  in 
any  wise  appertaining  To  have   and   to    hold    unto  my  said  son 
Thomas  ]%ley  his  heirs  Executors  Administrators   and  assigns 
and  every  of  them  forever.      I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daugh- 
ter Esther,  the  wife  of  John  King  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds  in 
good  pay  as  corn,  goods  and   cattle  to    bee    paid    to  her  or  her 
assigns  fifteen  pounds  thereof  to  bee  paid  by  my  son  John  Bay 
ley  or  his  Mxecutors  oi"  Administrators    five    pcjunds  to  be  ]xiid 
at  or  before  the  exi)iration  of  three  years  after  my  decease  ;  and 
I  will  that  the   other   five   pounds    be   paid    by  my  son   Thomas 
Bayley  in  like  specie    at    or  before  the    expu-ation    of  two  years 
after  my  decease  to  be  truly  paid    unto    my  daughter  Esther  or 
her  assigns;  And   I  give  and  bequeath    unto  all    my  grand  chil- 
dren each  ot   them  two  shillings  in  m(^ney  to  bee  paid  unto  each 
of  them  by  my  Executor  in    convenient    time  after  my  decease 
to  them  that  are  of  age  and  the  rest  to  bee  paid  as  they  come  of 
age.     And  in  case  my  two  sons  sliall    not    mutually  agree  upon 
the  division,  my  will  is  they  shall  each   of  them  choose  an  able, 
discreet  and  jirudcnt   man  which  two  men  so  chosen  with  them- 
selves shall  issue  and   determine   the    case  And  I  do  ordein  and 
appoint  my  son  Jchn  ]iuley  to  be  my  sole   Executor  of  this  my 
last  will  and  I'estamt.  and  do  charge  him  to   see  it  in   all  points 
fulfilled.      In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set   my  hand  and 
seal  the  23d  of  May  Anno  Domi    1681. 

the  marke  of 
Thomas  (H)  Hayley  Sen.  a  seal. 
Published  and  signed  and  sealed 
in  the  presence  of  us 
William   Molbrook  Sen. 
William  Chard. 


26         INVENTORY    OF    THK    ESTATE    OF    THOMAS    HAIEEV,  SR. 

A  TRUE  INVENTORY  OF  THE  ESTATE  OF  THOMAS 
BAYLEY,  LATE  OF  WEYMOUTH,  DECE.D  AP- 
PRIZED BY  US  WHOSE  NAMES  ARE  SUB- 
SCRIBED,  iithOCTOBR.  1681. 

mp.  Weareing  apparrell,  £4  Bed  and  Bedding,  ^^4:14,  ^^08:14:00 

1  Table  Cloth  6s,  one  iron  pot  4s,  one  brass  pot  4s  ^^00:14:00 
Iron  skillett  18 J,  one  copper  kettle  8s,  one  brass  ket- 
tle 2s  ii^oo.i  1:06 

2  chairs  4s  one  warming  pan  18J,  frying  pan  i8d  ^^00:07:00 
one  pr.  tongs  pot  hooks  and  trammels  8s,  [:)evvter  7s  ^^00:15:00 

2  cows  ^5,  four  yards  red  serge  at  6s.  p.  yd  1:4  ^06:05:06 
yeareling  calfe  20s,  two  musketts  C.  Sword  20i.  ;!^02:oo:oo 
halfe  a  dwelling  house  and  halfe  a  barne  i^22:io:oo 
25  acres  of  land  adjoyning  to  the  dwelhng  house  ^^62:10:00 

Parker's  Lott  50s,  Plight  acres  of  Land  in  weary 
land    ^20  ^22:10:00 

3  acres  of  Land  on  the  East  side  of  the  Salt  meadow  i^o5:oo:oo 
Salt  meadow  ^50,  three  acres  of  fresh    meadow 

near  Hart's  pond,  ^15  ^65:00:00 
a  part  of  Hart's  lot  £4,  a  great  lot  24  acres  ^30       ^34:00:00 

II  acres  of  land  in  the  first  division,  ^io;oo;oo 

33  acres  in  the  2d  division,  ^15:00:00 

2  acres  of  Land  in  the  pine  swamp  iJ^o8:oo;00 

one  Bible  4s,  Debts  due  ^^"25  ^25:04:00 

lumber  and  things  forgotten,  i^OO:iO:oo 

Stephen  French.     James  Lovell  Sum  ;^338:oi;o 

John  Bayley,  Execr  made  Oath,  before  Simon  Bradstreet- 
Govr  and  John  Hull  Esqr  Assist.  17th  October,  1681,  that  this 
is  a  just  and  true  Inventory  of  the  L^state  of  his  late  father, 
Thomas  Bayley,  deced  to  his  best  knowledge,  and  that  when 
more  appeares  to  adde  it 

attest  Isa.  Addington,  Clr. 


THK    BAII.KV-BAVLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS 


BflILEY=BflYLEY   FAMILY    flSSOCIflTION 


Appleton,  Mrs.  C.  F. 
Aycr,   Caroline  G. 
Bailey,  Abbic  N. 

"       Abbie  W. 

"       Alfred  L. 

"       Albert  K. 

"       Alice  G. 

"       Alpha  N. 
Alma 
Arthur  A. 
*    "       Rev.  Augustus  F. 

"        Ik^idbury  M. 

"       Buckley 

Mrs.  Buckley 

"       Catherine  J. 

"       Chandler 

"       Charles 

"       Charles  A. 

"       Ciiarles  K. 

"       Charles  1"\ 

"       Mrs.  Charles  l\ 

"       Charles  n. 

"       Charles  Sumner 

"       Charles  P. 

"       Charles  W. 

"       Mrs  Chas.  W. 

"       C.  Louise 

*  Decca»oi|. 


West  Newbury,  Mass. 

2224  Sixth  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Maiden,  Mass. 

Salem  Depot,  N.  II. 

49  Grove  St.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

Georgetown,  Mass. 

Orfordville,  N.  H. 

Andover,  Mass. 

42  Fairmont  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Bradford,  Mass. 

44  Grove  St.,  Rutland,  Vt. 

7  Ashford  St ,  Allston,  Mass. 

7  Ashford  St.,  Allston,  Mass. 

Box  82,  Rowley,  Mass. 

North  Troy,  Vt. 

Newport,  Vt. 

Becker  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Groveland,  Mass. 

296  Broadway,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

296  Broadway,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

29  Wilton  Ave.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

MerrimacjDort,  Mass. 

Alameda,  Cal. 

East  Saugus,  Mass. 

East  Saugus,  Mass. 

Box  86,  Andover,  Mass. 


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LIST    OF     MEMBERS. 


Bailey,  Charlotte  O. 
"       Christopher  T. 

David 

David  E. 

Dudley  P. 

Eben  A. 

Eben  H. 

Mrs.  Eben  H. 
"       Ebenezer  E. 

Edward 
"       E   H. 

Edward  M. 

Mrs.  Edward  M. 
"       Edward  VV. 
"      Mrs.  Edward  W. 

Elizabeth  S. 
"       Ella  A. 
"       Ellen  M. 
"       Ellen  J. 

ElvaJ. 
"       EInur  G. 

Elizabeth  Ann 
"       Eva  L. 

Er^ncis  E. 
"       Mrs.  Francis  E. 
"       Frederick 
"       Mrs.  Frederick 
*•       Frederic 

Fred 
"       F.  E. 
"       Frank  E. 
"       George  T. 
"       Mrs.  George  T. 
"       Geo.  Edson 

Mrs.  Geo.  W. 
"       G.  M. 
"       Geo.  Moody 
"      Geo.  O. 


3024  Prairie  Ave.,  Chicago^  111. 

South  Braintree,  Mass. 

Champaign,  111. 

North  Sutton,  N.  H. 

Iiverett,  Mass. 

Georgetown,  Mass. 

827  l^oylston  St.,  Boston. 

827  Boylston  St.,  Boston. 

Pitch  burg,  Mass. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

Streator,  111. 

62  Monument  St.,  W.  Medf'd.Mass. 

62  Monument  St.,  W.  ML-df'd,Mass. 

Lowell,  Mass. 

Lowell,  Mass. 

Marietta,  Ohio. 

3  Myrtle  St..  Lowell,  Mass. 

62  Temple  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Newburyport,  Mass. 

Bradford,  N.  H. 

Salem  Depot,  N.  H. 

Georgetown,  Mass. 

Salem  Depot,  N.  H. 

71  Allston  St.,  Cambridg'p't,  Mass. 

71  /\llsti)n  St.,  Cambridg'p't,  Mass. 

Box  3 1  4,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Bc).\  314,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Rowky,  Mass. 

Ayers  Village,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Box  755,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Maiden,  Mass. 

Maiden,  Mass. 

Mansfield,  Mass. 

Ayers  Village,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Lynn,  Mass. 

Skamokawa,  Washington. 


THK    HAILE^•-liAVI.E^•    I'.\MII.\'    ASSOC!  AI'ION.  29 

Bailey,  Hannah  R.  North  Andovcr,  Mass. 

Harry  B.  219  M  Merrimack  St. .Lowell, Mass. 

"       Mr.s.  Harry  B.  219  E.  Merrimack  St., Lowell,  Ma.ss. 

^Llttie  k.  Bo.\  755,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Hattie  A.  56  Arlin<;-ton  St.,  FLaverhill,  Mass. 

Harrison  Mtchburg,  Mass. 

H.  West  Newton,  Mass. 

Harriet  l\  West  Newbury,  ALass. 

Harriet  R.  Bo.\  5,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Helen  K.  Box  86,  Andover,  Mass. 

Helen  Louise  133  Austin  St.,  Cambridge,  ALiss. 

Helen  M.  Salem,  N.  H. 

"       Henry  B.  San  Mateo,  Florida. 

Mrs.  Heniy  B.  San  JVLiteo,  Florida. 

Henry  T.  North  Scituate,  Mass. 

Heaton  West  Newton,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Henry  Harrison  West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Hollis  R.  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Hollis  R.  Cambridge,  Mass 

"  .     Lsabella  A.  278  Methuen  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

James  A.,  Jr.  Arlington,  Mass. 

James  L.  71  Allston  St.,  Cambridg'p't,  Mass. 

"       James  M.  Prescott,  Wisconsin. 

James  R.  755  I<2ssex  st.,  Lawrence,  ALiss. 

Mrs.  James  R.  755  I'2sse.\  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Jennie  F.  West  Newton,  Mass. 

"       Jennie  W.  49  (irove  St.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

"       Jessie  H.  West  Newbury,  ALass. 

John  A.  -        Denver,  Colorado. 

"      John  Alfred  Lowell,  Ma.ss. 

"       John  B.  Lowell,  ALiss. 

"       John  Ci.  .Skamokawa,  Washington. 

"       John  Henry  21  Highland  St., Boston  Highlands. 

John  H.  B().\  213,  Lawience,  ALass. 

John  Louis  45  W^est  St.,  Ikiston,  Mass. 

John  M.  Salem  Depot.  X.  11. 

"       John  N.  Bo.\  216,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

John  Tyler  West  Newbury,  Alass. 


30 


I.l: 


(IF  mi:mui:ks. 


Bailey,  John  T. 
"       John  T.  B. 
'<       J.  T.-B. 
"       John  W. 
"       John  \V. 
"       Joseph 
"       Joseph  W. 
"       J.  Warren 
"       L.  A. 

Laura  A. 

Laura  A.  D. 
"       L.  M. 
"       Lawrence  E. 
"       Mrs.  Lawrence  1{. 
"       Lawrence  H. 
"       Lawrence  IL 
"      Levi 
"      Loren  K. 

Lucy  L. 
"       Lydia  1'. 

Mary  A. 

Mrs.  M.  A. 

Martha  G. 
"       Maranlha  L. 

Martha  L. 

Mary  B. 
"  Mary  E. 
"■  Mary  E. 
"      Minnie  G. 

M.  Josie, 

Grin  A. 

Nettie  J. 

Orrin  D. 

Oscar  S.  VV. 

Richard  S. 

Mrs.  Richard  S. 
"       Rufus 

Mrs.  Rufus 


12  Bradley  St.,  Somerville,  Mass. 

No.  Andover,  Mass. 

Lowell,  Mass. 

(jcorgetown,  Mass. 

Lee  Hill,  N.  H. 

Dansville,  Illinois. 

(jroveland,  ALiss. 

15  Dover  St.,  W.  Somerville,  Mass. 

Box  86,  Andover,  Mass. 

No.  Andover,  Mass. 

Lawrence,  Mass. 

Box  12,  Merriniacport,  Mass. 

No.  Sutton,  N.  H. 

No.  Sutton,  N.  II. 

West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Box  112,  Newburyport,  Mass. 

No.  Lyndboro,  N.  11. 

Salem  Depot,  N.  H. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

I^o.x  63,  Carlisle,  Mass. 

Lawrence,  Mass. 

28  Kingston  St.,  S.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Rowley,  ALass. 

19  Mechanic  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

19  Mechanic   St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Windham,  N.  H. 

Georgetown,  Mass. 

No.  Sutton,  N.  H. 

42  Eairmont  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Windham,  N.  II. 

Windham,  N.  H. 

Rowley,  IVIass. 

Lakeport,  N.  H. 

West  Newton,  Mass. 

Bo.x  15,  Merrimacport,  Mass. 

106  S.  Broadway,  Lawrence,   Mass. 


THK    r.AILl'.V-BAVI.KV    FAMILY    ASSOCIAlION. 


31 


Bailey,  Rufus  II, 

"       Samuel  VV. 

"       Samuel  G. 

"       S.  G. 

"       S.  G. 

"       S.  Gilman 

"       Stephen 

"       Mrs.  Stephen 

"       Dr.  Stephen  (j. 

"      S.  H. 

Stimson  H. 

"       Thomas  li. 

"      Thomas  II. 

"       Thomas  T. 

Thomas  Wendell 

"       Timothy  W 

"      Walter  E. 

"       William 

"       William  H. 

"       William  H. 

"       Wm.  Wallace 
Bayley,  Augustus  R. 
lulwin  A. 
I^rank  A. 

"       Fred  L. 
Bradford,  Hannah  1). 
Carleton,  Lois  A. 
Carleton,  Moses  H. 
Carlton,  Moses 
Carr,  E.  I. 
Carrovv,  Sarah  \^. 
Chadwick,  CJeo.  W. 
Chase,  Laura  B. 
Chase,  Marry  (j. 
Clapp,  Geo.  H. 
Cluff,  Jennie  B. 
Cluff,  Warren  A.  B. 
Cluff,  Warren  E. 


Canobie  Lake,  N.   II. 

West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Box  663,  iXndcjver,  Mass. 

Box  Oi,  Billerica  Centre,  Mass. 

Box  86,  So.  Andover,  Mass. 

Andover,  Mass. 

Salem,  N.  1-1. 

1 10  Sixth  St.,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Andover,  Mass. 

Hotel  Vine,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

7  Ashford  St.,  Allston,  Ma.ss. 

Shamokavva,  Wahkiakum  Co.  Wash. 

Melrose,  Mass, 

7  Ashford  St.,  Allston,  Mass. 

Andover,  Mass. 

Garland  Ave.,K.  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Manchester,  N.  H. 

-Shamokavva,  Wahkiakum  Co.  Wash. 

82  Grant  St.,  Waltham. 

Nashua,  N.  II. 

607  Main  St.,  Cambridgep't,  Mass. 

47  Court  St.,  Boston. 

133  Austin  St., Cambridgep't,  Mass. 

South  Weymouth,  Mass. 

Salem  Depot,  N.  H. 

Blaistow,  N.  H. 

Atkinson  Depot,  N.   II. 

Blaistow,  N.  II. 

West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Mctluien,  Mass. 

West  lioxford,  Mass. 

Oak  St.,  Danvers,  Mass. 

333  Shawmut  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Brookline,  Mass. 

19  Mechanic  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

19  Mechanic  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Haverhill,  Mass. 


32 


LIST  OF   mi:.m|{i:ks. 


Coffin,  Mrs.  (ieoroc  \. 
Crosby,  Mrs.  j.  H. 
Davenport,  it.  A. 
Davis,  Albert  A. 
Davi.s,  Mrs.  Annah  E., 

Dearborn,  Bertha  C. 
Dolbear,  Mrs.  A.  K. 
Diiston,  Charlotte  A. 
Duston,  Kbenezer 
Drew,  Ellen  A. 
Drew,  Marjorie 
Elkins,  Mrs.  M.  li. 
Ellsworth,  Milton 
Ellsworth,  Mrs.  Milton 
Ellsworth,  Winifretl 
Emerson,  Mrs.  Dean 
Emerson,  Eclson 
luiierson,  Mrs.  lulson 
Emerson,  Susan  11 
Ewart,  Sarah  J. 
Follett,  Mrs.  Martin  D. 
Goldsmith,  Chas.  ( ). 
(ioldsmith,  Clara  A. 
Goldsmith,  lulith 
MalHwell,  Hannah 
Ha.seltion,  Mrs.  VV.  J. 
Heron,  Eucinda  11 
Hopkinson,  Abbie  C. 
Howe,  Mrs.  Alonzo 
Howe,  Cynthia  E. 
Howe,  Mrs.  E.  W. 
Jaques,  Mrs.  Romulus 
Kimball,  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Kimball,  Gertrude  A. 
Kimball,  Josephine  H. 
Kimball,  Laburton 
Kimball,  Mrs.  William  B. 


Haverhill,  Mass. 

Warren  Ave,  Dorchester,  Mass. 
3.S8  Washington  St.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

B.  &  M.  k.  R,,  Eynn,  Mass. 

I^o.x  250,  Plea.sant  Valley, 

Amesbury,  Mass. 

Currier  Ave.,  Haverhill,  Ma.ss. 

'i'ufts  Collei^e,  Mass. 

Salem,  N.  11. 

Salem,  N.  11. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

107  Ciallia  St.,  Portsmouth,  Ohio. 

.\orth   Troy,  Vt. 

Rowley,  I\Iass. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

Methuen,  Mass. 

Salem,  N.  H. 

Salem,  N.  11. 

Salem,  N.  \l. 

284  Andover  St.,  Eawrence,  Mass. 

Marietta,  Ohio. 
Methuen,  Mass. 
Methuen,  Mass. 
Methuen,  Mass. 

North  Salem,  N.  H. 

Ayers  Village,  Haverhill,  Ma.s.s. 

iilack  River,  Alcona  Co  ,  Mich. 

Groveland,  Mass. 

Methuen,  Ma.ss. 

Box  232,  Methuen,  Mass. 

Merrimac,  Mass. 

West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Ayers  Village,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Ayers  Village,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Rowley,  Mass. 

Ayers  Village,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

A)ers  Village,  Haverhill,  Mass. 


riiK   i!AiLK\-nAvr.i:\    iami[.\'   associa  iion.  33 

King,  AT.  !•'.  Portland,  Maine. 

Lyon,  Arvcsta  li.  27S  Mcthiien  St.,  Lawrence,  Ma.s.s. 

Mar.shall,  Frank  "l  I.  4()  Chester  St.,\V.S()merv'ille,  ]\hiss. 

Mar.shall,  Laura  I'".  Brighton  Li.strict,  Boston,  iMa.s.s. 

Merrill,  I3aniel  Ho.\  67,  Salem,  j\.  11. 

Merrill,  l':iiza  Ann  Salem,  N.  II. 

Merrill,  llattie  I.  Salem,  N.  11. 

Merrill.  ICstherJ.  Salem,  N.  II. 

Merrill,  Leonard  M.  \\o\  67,  Salem,  N.  11. 

Merrill,  May  A.  Salem,  N.  11. 

Merrill,  Pearl  Salem,  N.  1 1. 

Merrill,  Varnum  A.  Hox  37,  Salem  Centre,  N.  11. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Melvena  P  349  Haverhill  St.,  Lawrence,  Ma.ss. 

Mills,  Annie  L.  1  lamp.stead,  N.  11. 

Mcses,  Mrs.  L.  J.  West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Muses,  Rev.  Vnicent  West  Newbury,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Adaline  C.  3  Chadwick  St.,  Bradford,  Mass. 

Nichols,  lulith  I^radford,  Mass. 

Nichols,  I'jiima  L.  Bradford,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Mora  P.  3  Chadwick  St.,  Ikadfoid,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Grace  J  3  Chadwick  St.,  Bradford,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Maude  PI.  Bradford,  Mass. 

Nichols,  O.sa  I).  BradfortI,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Mrs.  Osa  I).  Bradford,  Mass. 

Newcomb,  Mrs.  Ceorge  P".      90  Vtjrk  Sq.,  New  llaven.  Conn. 

Page,  Marion  R.  Canobic  Lake,  N.  H. 

Page,  M.  C.  Canobie  Lake,  N.  II. 

Page,  Mrs.  Moses  C.  Canobie  Lake,  N.  II. 

Pattee,  Mrs.  Allie  Salem,  N.  11. 

Perkins,  Mrs.  Chas.  25  I'ickman  St.,  .Salem,  Mas.s. 

Pevear,  Mrs.  P\  S.  ji  Ilenry  Ave.,  Lynn,  Mass. 

Poor,  J.  Bailey  Popsfield,  Mass. 

Poor,  Mrs.  J.  Baile)'  Tojjsfield,  Mas.s. 

Poore,  Alfred  .Salem,  Mass. 

Prescott,  Mrs.  A.  K.  404  Ilanison  Aye.,  Helena,  Mon. 

Rand,  Mr.s.  S.  M.  B.  G38  Dudley  St.,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

Reed,  Wm.  II.  ■  South  Weymouth,  Mass. 

Richardson,  Myra  A.  473  Haverhill  St.,  Lawrence,  Mass. 


^^  '-'-•^T    0|-     ME.\I1!1;KS. 

Robinson,  Mrs.  Frank  H.        48  Whitin^^  St.,  Lynn,  Mass 

^^''-^^^■^'  ^■-  ^'-  iJruwnfielcl.  Maine 

Ivo^icrs,  Luther  11  Patten,  Maine 

Kus.sel],  (ieo,  H.  ,9  VViltci  Ave.,  .Lcnvell.  Mass  . 

Sanborn,  J.  P.  I'laistovv,  N.  H 

Sanborn,  Mrs.  J.  J:  l^iaistow,  N.  H 

Sawyer,  Mrs.  Almira  VV.  K     iHS  Groveland  St.,  Haverhill   Mass 

Sawyer,  Annie  Jlampstead,  N.  H 

Sawyer,  Chas.  A.  .4  Portland  iilock,  Chicago   111 

Sawyer,  Clarence  L.  HanipsteacI,  N    II 

Shattuck,  C.  \V.  Winchester,  ALiss 

Shattuck,  Geo.  O.  35  Court  St.,  Jioston,  Mass 

Shattuck,  Jo.seph  Lawrence,  Mass 

Smith,  ]-Vank  A.  15  Whiting  St.,  Lynn.  Mass 

S'"'^^^'  ^^-  ^I-  Stoneham,  Ma.ss 

Spiller,  \Vm.  T.  Stoneham,  Mass 

.f-'"l''  :|^''^'^'f  ^^-  219  ]■:.  Merri.nac  St..  Lowell,  Mass 

':'   '  ^^';,     '■   ^  ■  -^^9  E.  Merrimac  St.,  Lowell,  Mass, 

Ualker,  Helen  E.  35  Union  St.,  Charlestown,  Mass 

Uason,  Alvah  Salem,  N.  H. 

VVason,  Mary  L.  Salem,  N.  H. 

Whaler,  Ralph  K  Salem,  N.  H. 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Fretl  O.            Salem,  N.  H 

Whitmarsb,  Mrs.  M.  K.            5   Waterlow  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass 

Wh.tmarsh,  Wm.  H,  5  Waterlow  St.,  Dorchester,  Mass' 

W  iswall,  Marion  VV.  40  Mt.  Pleasant  Ave.,  Ro.xbury   Mass 

Wildes,  A.  W.  (M.  D.)  -,99  Dudley  St.,  Ro.xbury,  Mass  " " ' 

\\  oodbury,  Chas.  T.  Methuen,  Mass. 

Willet,  John  N.  Hradford,  Mass. 

NoiK.  -  There  are  douhtle.s.s  .some  eno.s  ami  umi.s.sions  m  the  forepoinu 
h.st.  1  he  Secretary  will  be  glad  to  nrike  any  corrections  needed  if  members 
will  send  him  notice  of  the  same. 

11(11. 1. is   k.   |{.\ii.i.:\,  .Secretary, 

53  Slate   Street,   Hoston,   Mass. 


ACCOUNT 


OF 


THE    FIFTH   ANNUAL  GATHERING 


oi'    iiii': 


Bailey -Bayley  Family  Association 


iii:li)  at 


North  Scituate,  flass.,  September  6th 


1897 


So.MKK\iLLE  Citizen  Puess. 


MOTTO: 


Semper  Fidelis  —  Always  Faithful 


Account  of  the  Fifth  Annual  Gathering 


Ol'     J'lll 


BfllLEY^BflYLEY    FAMILY    flSSOCIflTION 

Held  at  North  Scitoate,  Mass.,  September  6th,  1897 


BUSINESS    MEETING. 

The  meeting  was  held  hi  Seasitle  Chai)el  near  the  beach  in 
that  part  of  North  Scituate,  forniL-ily  called  l-"arni  Neck,  close 
by  the  homestead  where  John  Hailcy  ol  Scituate  settled  in  1670. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  J.  Warren  Jkiiley,  I'^st|., 
President  ol  the  Association,  at  1  1  A    i\I. 

After  an  opening  prayer  by  Deacon  Thomas  T.  Hailey  of 
Melrose,  a  descemlant  of  John  iiailey  of  Scituate,  llie  President 
of  the  Association,  spoke  as  follows  :  -  - 

My  friend  and  membeis  of  the  Bailey-J^ayley  h^amil)'  Asso- 
ciation, we  have  gatheied  here  as  members  of  the  l^aile}'  Hayley 
Family  Association  for  our  iifth  annual  meeting  and  it  gi\cs  me 
pleasure,  as  your  presiding  olficer,  to  welcome  you  here  this 
beautiful  morning  in  this  spot  made  interesting  by  historic 
memories. 

The  Secretary  has  prepared  a  program  that  is  so  full  of 
matter  which  will  interest  )'oii,  that  I  shall  nui  be  recjuircd  to 
take  up  much  of  your  tiuii-  or  attention.  It  has  now  hccinne 
the  fashion,  i  ma)'  sa)'  the  WLll-iccogni/cd  diit\-,  of  thoM.-  wlio 
li\'e  at  the  present  tia)'  to  spend  their  tune  and  nione)'  in  jscer- 
taining  and  [jerpetuating  the  history  of  the  ancestijrs  wlio^e 
names  they  bear.  The  work  is  attended  with  muc  h  diiriculiy  and 


4  liUsiM'SS   .MKi:riN(i. 

many  of   us  arc  still    unable    to  tell    just    where    and    how  our 
.ancestors  lived. 

In  the  years  which  follow,  this  difficulty  will  grow  less, 
provided  this  Association  is  true  to  the  work  which  it  has 
undertaken. 

While  we  pursue  this  work  of  historical  research,  let  us  not 
forget  that  we  owe  another  duty  to  those  who  will  siu:ceed  us. 

\Vc  must  i)rorit  hy  the  lessons  of  the  past  and  hand  down 
unblemished  the  name  we  are  proud  to  bear. 

Let  us  keep  this  constantly  in  mind  so  that  those  who  fol- 
low us  in  the  twentieth  or  twenty-first  century,  as  they  look 
back,  may  be  able  to  .say  that  the  lidleys  who  lived  at  the  close 
ot  the  nineteenth  century  were  worthy  desceiulants  of  an  illus- 
trious family  and  handed  down  untarnished  the  name  of    Jktiley. 


REPORT   OF   TRKA.SURh:R   JAMl^S    R.    }]AlUiV. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Association  :  — 

Those  of  you  who  were  present  at  the  last  meeting  will 
recall  that  I  reported  a  deficit  of  some  twenty-five  dollars.  I  am 
happy  to  state  that  that  debt  is  wiped  out.  Our  E.vecutive 
Committee  and  Officers  have  spent  considerable  nic^ney  out  of 
their  own 'pockets  for  which  they  have  made  no  claim  upon  the 
Association  and  have  also  spent  much  valuable  tune  in  carrying 
on  the  work  of  the  Association,  As  the  Association  asks  only 
a  very  small  sum  each  year  in  the  way  of  annual  dues,  it  is  very 
desirable  that  those  who  can  afford  it  should  make  generous 
voluntary  contributions.  We  have  to  thank  one  member  of 
the  Association  for  a  donation  of  eight  dollars.  We  have  some 
printed  reports  of  the  past  meetings  still  unsold.  Members  are 
urged  to  purchase. 

Whatever  money  the  Association  has  at  any  time  is  kept 
deposited  in  a  bank  in  the  name  of  the  Association.  One  of  our 
members  has  been  banker  for  the  Association  and  has  advanced 
money  from  time  to  time  as  it  has  been  needed.  I  am  hapjjy  to 
say  he  has  now  been  repaid  in  full. 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year  from  initiation  fees,  annual 
dues,  contributions  and  the  sale  of  reports  amounted  to  ,Si  17  i6. 


I'llI'.     r.,\I(,KV-liAVI.i:\      lAMILV    ASSOCIATION.  5 

'1  he  total,  expeiuliturc  lor  uiiiitiii^-  notices,  pro-rains  ami 
repoits  aiul  for  postage  anti  sundry  expenses  was  $112.56. 

The  Secretary  iias  examined  the  Treasurer's  accounts  and 
the  vouchers  are  where  the)-  can  be  seen  at  any  time.  1  woulil 
sug-^^est  that  it  may  be  well  hereaUer  to   iia\e  a  reguhu-  autlilor. 

1  he    J'reasurer's  repoi  t  was  accepted. 

Rl^POR'l"  OF  TJlh:  Sl'XRhriARV,  IIORLIS  R.  l^AILl-A'. 

A  full  report  of  the  last  annual  meetim;  has  been  printed 
and  offered  for  sale  to  the  members. 

This  report  gives  also  a  list  of  the  mend^eis  of  the  Associa- 
tion. This  list  is  no  longer  complete  and  some  corrections  will 
te  necessary  when  it  is  again  printed.  There  has  been  a  healthy 
but  not  very  large  growth  ol  the  Association.  'I'lie  present 
membership  is  about  two  luuulreil.  It  ought  to  be  doiil)lcd.  I 
wish  to  re[)eat  the  statement  of  the  'treasurer,  that  the  .\ssocia- 
tion  needs  money  to  carr)'  on  its  work.  Hesitles  the  annual 
report,  we  ha\e  considerable  genealogical  material  which  ought 
to  be  printed.  1  hope  the  Association  will  be  able  to  raise  the 
money  needed  for  this  work.  Ihe  report  of  the  last  gathering 
contains  a  very  waluable  and  carefully  prepared  aiticle  b)' 
Mr.  William  II.  Reed  on  Tliom..,-,  Jiailc)',  who,  as  earl)'  as  1630, 
settled  on  the  south  side  oi  I^oston  liarbor  near  the  spot  occu- 
pied by  Thomas  Weston  in  1623,  first  kn(.)\\ii  as  Wchsagussel 
and  later  as  XW^yrnouth. 


On  motion  of  Henry '1\  liailc)'  and  vote  of  the  Association, 
the  Presitlent  appointed  the  lollowing  committee  to  nominate 
olficers  of  the  i\ssociatit)n  for  tlie  coming  )'ear  : 

Henry  T.  l^ailey  of  Scituate, 

Thomas  R.  Hailey  of  Hoston, 

And  Mrs.  Milton  I'dlsworth  of  Rowley. 

On  motion  of  William  W.  Hailc)-  of  Nashua,  it  was  voted 
that  an  auditor  be  aiUled  to  the  list  ot  ollicei.-i  tor  the  ensuing 
year. 

The    president    read    several  letters  from  persons  who  were 


6  liUSlNESS    MEKTIXG. 

unable  to  be  present.  Aniont;"  tliese  were  letters  from  1  lorace 
\V.  Bailey,  l"^sc|.,  of  Newbur)',  X'ernioiit,  Chester  T.  Sherman  of 
\\'ashin<i,ton,  1).  C.  and  Congressman  J.  \V.  Hailey  of  Texas. 

In  response  to  an  inc[uiry  by  Mr.  Thomas  Hailey,  the  Secre- 
tary announced  that  the  husl)anils  and  wives  ot  i)ersons  ot  the 
Bailey  blood  are  eligible  for  mend)eiship  in  the  Association  and 
are  invited  to  attend  the  •■atherini'S. 


THE     B.\lI,i:V-l!AVI.i:V     1•AM1I.^■    ASSOCIATION. 


LITERARY    EXERCISES. 

A    SON(;    C)l'     CRlUrriNO    FROM    OHIO. 

15v  I\Iks.   Hi.iz  \hi;tii    .S.   I^mi^kson   Haii.kv  oi"  MauuvTTa,  Ohio. 

[  Rciul  by  iMr.  Willi. iiu  II.  Rtctl  of  Soulh  WcyiiiDUlh.  | 

I  wish  to  t.'X])rL'ss  in  the  ha])pic.sl  words 

My  joy  in  this  Rioneor  meeting  ; 
Anil  how  I  aui  longing  with  heart  and  with  hand 

T(.)  join  in  the  general  greeting. 

On  the  Scitnate  headhuxls  to  stand  jnst  for  once 

Looking  down  on  the  prospect  l)elow, 
To  tlie  spot  where  our  forefathers  planted   their  homes 

More  than  six  generations  ago. 

To  look  on  the  harbor  whose  welcoming  light 

Smiles  out  so  inviting  and  free, 
Where  the  mossers  are  gathering  stores  from  the  rocks, 

And  the  hshermen  wealth  from  the  sea. 

'T  would  be  worth  half  a  life  time  to  have  such  a  view 
And  to  think  all  the  thoughts  it  would  bring  ; 

And  that  journey  to  Scituale,  had  I  but  wings, 
Would  be  such  a  wonderful   thing. 

But  I  stand  on  the  verge  of  the  border  land. 

On  the  shore  t)f  the  m)stical  river, 
Which  sooner  or  later  we  all  must  cross 

To  the  shore  of  the  great  Forever. 

The  vigor  and  strength  of  my  life  are  gone, 

My  hair  has  the  silvery  rime  ; 
My  future  in  calmness  I  leave  in  Ood's  han<l 

And  am  (juietly  waiting  Ilis  time. 

For  the  hus!>and  and  father  whose  name  we  bear, 

We  send  you  a  reverent  greeting  ; 
llow  (piick  was  his  hand  for  the  grasp  of  a  friend, 

llow  his  heart  would  have  thrilled  at  this   meeting. 

One  day  is  too  short  for  a  meeting  like  this. 

With  our  I'amily  Records  to  trace  ; 
On  the  F:;vergreeii  shore,  when  life's  hurry  is  o'er. 

Will  be  our  best  gathering  place. 


8  AODKKSS    01''     IIKNKV    T.    BAILEV. 

I'^ollowing  the  reading  of  the  i)()eni  there  was  singing  by  a 
quartet,  consisting  of  Henry  T.  Bailey,  I-Ved  T.  l^ailey,  Sarah 
T.  Bailey  and  lainna  V.  Bailey,  all  tlescendants  of  John  Bailey 
of  Scituate. 


ADDKI'.SS    Oh'    in<:NRY   T.    ]^A1IJ-:V. 

Henry  T.  Bailey  of  Scituate,  a  descendant  of  John  Ikiiley 
of  Scituate,  spoke  in  a  very  entertaining  way  about  some  of  the 
llaileys  oi  Scituate.  He  acconi])lished  the  very  difficult  task  of 
presenting  genealogical  facts,  usually  as  dry  as  dust,  in  a  manner 
which  commanded  the  attention  of  his  entire  audience.  He  is 
State  Supervisor  of  drawing  for  Massachusetts,  holding  the 
office  of  Agent  for  the  State  ]5oard  of  lulucation.  The  most  of 
his  address,  he  said,  was  what  he  had  been  told  by  his  Aunt 
Sarah. 

He  spoke  in  part  as  follows  .  — ■ 

"John  Bailey  of  Scituate,"  so  called,  came  there  from  Wey- 
mouth as  a  tenant  farmer  of  Capt.  John  Williams'  I-'arm  Neck, 
1670.  Nearly  all  the  Baileys  of  Scituate  are  descended  from 
John's  grandson,  Caleb,  born  in  1720.  Great-grandfather  Caleb 
had  six  children. 

The  first  was  Israel,  whose  daughter  Asenath  was  the 
mother  of  Christopher  Tilden  of  l^oston,  and  'i'homas,  formerly 
selectman  of  Scituate,  whose  twin  brother  Sewell  was  the  father 
of  Thomas  F.  Bailey,  selectman  and  represesentative  to  the 
Legislature. 

The  second  was  Caleb,  grandfather  of  Winchell  of  Boston, 
Ann  Mary,  matron  of  an  asylum  in  New  York  State  somewhere, 
and  James  and  Charles,  who  owned  the  restaurant  on  Lincoln 
Street,  Jk)Ston,  so  popular  with  the  railroad  men.  This  Caleb 
had  12  children,  one  of  whom,  Deborah,  marrietl  Martin  Merritt, 
whose  daughter  Abbey  was  the  mother  of  the  N(jrth  Scituate 
Cla{)ps.  Her  sons  were  fathers  of  Walter  Merritt,  formerly 
constable,  and  Billings  Merritt,  contractor  and  builder  in  this 
village.  Another  of  Caleb's  daughters  is  ]'"d\ira,  in  her  86th 
year,  the  mother  of  Lea.  Freeman  H.  Gannett. 

The  third  was    Joseph,  who  had   four  chiklren   by  his   tust 


TllK     llAII.F.V-l'.AVI.KV     KAMII.V    ASSOCIATION.   ^  9 

wife,  Deborah  J'iklen,  ami  six  b)'  his  second,  her  sister  Lydia. 
He  died  at  37,  and  Lydia  married  again.  bVom  him,  through 
his  son  Job,  are  descended  job  l'\,  formerly  door,  sash  and  blind 
manufacturer,  Kneeland  Street,  Hoston  ;  John,  the  father  of 
lulward  Willis  Haile)',  who  is  now  at  the  head  of  the  firm,  and 
Josei:)h  T.,  the  great  wool  merchant,  until  recently  jiresident  of 
the  Hoylston  liank,  and  Dea.  George  W.,  the  shoe  manufacturer 
and  father  of  Herbert  of  Wollaston. 

Job's  daughter  Maria  married  a  Vina),  and  l)ecame  the 
mother  of  (icorge  and  Job,  the  grocers,  and  another  daughter, 
Margaret,  is  the  mother  of  h'ann)',  the  wife  of  S.  T.  Spear,  our 
grocer.  h".ver)'bod}'  here  knows  "Aunt  Lydia,"  another  of  Job's 
daughters,  who  has  just  enlarged  the  old  house  into  the  most 
conspicuous  resilience  in  the  village.  Joseph  is  also  graiuUather 
to  Josei)h,  the  cari)enter  at  Scituate  Centre,  and  l^'rank,  the 
butcher,  at  Scituate  Harbijr. 

The  eldest  son  of  Joseph  by  his  second  wife,  L)'dia,  was 
Thomas  Tilden,  commonly  called  I'ilden  IJailey.  lie  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  (leneial  Court  in  his  da)',  and  the  father  of 
'I'homas,  now  of  Melrose;  Jotham  was  founder  of  the  J.  W. 
Haile}'  Sons  Compaii)',  Boston,  and  father  of  the  Haileys  of 
Reading,  and  of  Miriam,  wife  of  Samuel  Agnew,  lately  come 
here  from  Morida,  and  one  of  the  best  men  in  town  ;  and  Dea. 
Charles  of  North  Scituate,  whose  wife  was  Juidora  Turner,  one 
of  the  famous  Norwell  family  of  'burners,  whose  "four  liailey 
boys"  are  well  known,  llenr)'  is  the  j)ersOn  now  addiessing  you; 
Vrcd  is  in  business  in  North  Scituate,  was  chairman  ot  the 
school  committee  last  }'ear,  and  is  v/ell  known  in  the  Count)'  as 
a  sj:)eaker  upon  black  board  teaching  in  Suntlay  School  work. 
Albert,  who  married  a  daughter  of  e.\-Mayor  llall  of  Cambridge, 
is  I\Laster  of  English,  Worcester  Academy,  and  Charles,  the 
youngest  son,  now  24,  is  receiving  teller,  ]i(j)lston  liank,  lioston. 
There  are  two  girls  in  the  family,  and  it  is  this  family  which 
claims  "Aunt  Sarah"  as  a  member. 

Waterman,  another  son  by  Lydia,  was  tiie  father  ot  Davis 
Bailey,  ami  of  James  T.  oi  Boston,  of  the  (jld  linn  of  Lincoln  & 
liailey,  roofers. 

Great-grandfather  Caleb  had  a  daughter  Lydia,  who  niarricd 


10  ADDRESS    OF    U1:M<V    T.    BAII.EV. 

a  IMerritt.  After  the  birth  ol  her  first  chilti,  Thillippa,  her  left 
side  was  paralyzed,  so  that  she  lost  the  use  of  her  arm,  and  used 
to  ha\'e  it  always  in  a  slin^".  Nevertheless,  she  was  the  mother 
<»f  IJ  more  chiltlren,  and  did  all  her  own  work,  inehiding  the 
spinning,  weaving  and  knitting.  She  could  use  the  fingers  of 
her  left  hand,  but  not  the  arm.  She  was  the  grandmother  ol 
the  Brockton  Merritts,  of  all  the  Scituate  Centre  IMerritts,  and 
through  her  daughters,  l^mil)-  and  I'lli/abeth,  of  the  Litchtields 
of  North  Scituate  antl  (juinc)'.  ( )ne  of  her  sons,  Bailey  IMerritt, 
had  two  daughters,  who  are  the  mothers  of  the  Nt)rth  Scituate 
Vinals,  and  of  some  of  thi;  Litchfields  in  l'-gyi>t. 

Great-grandfather  Caleb  had  a  son  Job,  great-grandfather 
of  C.  1'.  B.  Tilden  of  Cohasset,  and  his  brothers,  ICdward  and 
William. 

There  was  a  son  l-'^benezer,  the  father  of  Noah,  whose  son, 
Thomas  ().  Bailey,  was  a  shoe  manufacturer  here,  and  whose 
daughter  Mercy  is  mother-in-law  to  l^Vank  Learnard  of  DeWolte, 
Fiske  &  Co.,  at  the  Archway. 

There  were  other  children,  I  think,  but  I  can't  remember 
them. 


riii'.  r.Aii.r.v-ii\\  LKV  iamii.v  association.  ii 

ADDRESS  01-"  MISS   I.rC\'    Dl':\NlSOX    HAll.I'IV    OF 
IMARIirn'A,  1)1  IK). 

KKAI)    1!\     MK.     WII.I-I.X.M     11.     Klll'-H. 

The  Bailey  Pioneers  of  the   Northwest  Territory. 

I  cannot  cxprcs.s  tlic  (lcii^i;lit  it  would  ij^'ivc  mc  to  staiul  on 
the  hi.storic  i;rouiul  whicli  was  once  the  home  of  lour  ol  my 
ancestors.  Here  John  Bailey  of  Scituate  liveil  and  died.  Here 
liis  son  Joseph  settled  with  his  wife  Jerusha  Adams,  ami  here 
their  lo  children  were  born,  and  here  J(vsci)h  died  in  1747. 
-Their  son,  Adams,  greu-  to  manhood  in  Scituate  and  in  1746 
married  Sarah  Howard,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  h'ield 
Howard  of  Hridgewater.  Her  great  grandfather,  John  Howard, 
"came  from  luigland  when  quite  young,"  (i)  and  "was  brought 
up  in  the  family  of  Miles  Standish"  (2)  (3)  He  was  a  man  of 
much  influence,  and  one  of  the  first  military  officers  in  Bridge- 
water"  (4}  and  "represehted  that  town  at  Plymouth  Court  1678." 

We  find  many  eminent  men  among  his  descendants,  per- 
haps the  most  widely  known  are  William  Cullen  l^r)  ant  and 
Gen.  O.  O.  Howard.  In  this  ancient  and  beautiful  town  were 
born  also  my  great  grandfather  Seth,  eldest  son  of  Adams  ami 
Sarah  Howard  Bailey,  and  his  brothers,  Capt.  Adams  and 
Joseph. 

The  family  then  moved  to  Bridgewater,  where  the  remaining 
nine  children  were  born.  Three  of  them  left  no  descendants, 
six  married  and  settled  in  New  England,  and  three  sons,  Seth, 
Caleb  and  Daniel,  whose  movements  we  shall  briefly  trace, 
moved  to  the  west. 

The  Ohio  Com})any  was  practically  originated  in  1776,  when 
Congress,  having  insufficient  means  to  pay  the  army,  i^assed  an 
act  offering  a  tract  of  land  t(j  every  officer  and  soldier  who 
served  during  the  war.  In  17.S3,  after  the  declaration  of  peace 
with  (ireat  Britain,  283  army  officers  prepared  a  petition  to  Con- 

*Mitclieirs  History  of  Bridj^ewalcr,  1H40.  (1)  and  (3)  Miss.  Cove's 
data.  (2)  and  (4)  I'aruiL-r. 


12  ADDRESS    OF    MISS    I.UCV     DKXNISoN     HAIl.KV. 

gress  asking-  th^t  a  grant  of  lantl  for  actual  settlement  to  which 
the  act  of  1776  entitled  them,  might  be  located  between  Lake 
I^rie  and  the  Ohio  lvi\er  ;  and  in  a  letter  to  (ien.  Washington, 
which  is  now  among  the  lecords  of  Marietta  College,  (ien. 
Rufus  Putnam  makes  an  admirable  clear-cut  sl;itenient  of  the 
advantages  of  such  a  settlement  to  the  United  States,  as  well 
as  to  the  recipients  of  the  land  grant. 

He  enclosed  the  petition  with  this  letter,  and  requested 
Gen.  W^ashington  to  i)resent  it  to  (congress  and  give  it  his 
patronage.  This  was  done.  (ien.  Washington  says,  "1  used 
every  power  I  was  master  of,"  but  Congress,  while  acknowledg- 
ing the  propriety  and  polic\'  of  the  move,  was  slow  to  act,  and 
l)leaded  lack  of  ownership  b)''the  government.  The  condition 
ot  the  officers  and  soldiers  at  this  time  was  deplorable  in  the 
extreme.  Oft  times  pennile.'-s,  perhaps  homeles:^  as  well,  with 
families  dependent  upon  them,  with  all  busmess  interests  de- 
pressed, and  with  nothing  to  pioxide  with  but  depreciated  con- 
tinental certificates,  many  of  them  had  exhausted  their  for- 
tunes, their  health  and  their  capabilities  of  earning  a  livelihood 
in  behalf  ot  their  ccnuitry. 

In  1785  Congress  ordered  the  Ohio  lands  surveyed  and 
offered  for  sale,  and  a  purchase  of  the  Indian  rights  to  same  was 
made  for  $25,000  ;  New  York*  and  \'irginia  t  had  already  ceded 
to  the  United  States  their  claims  to  lands  north  (jf  the  Ohio  River. 
.  Early  in  1786  a  convention  of  delegates  from  eight  counties 
of  Massachusetts,  comjiosed  mainly  of  olllcers  who  served  in 
the  late  war,  met  at  the  Hunch  of  Grapes  tavern  in  ]5oston  to 
consider  the  advisability  of  raising  a  fund  not  to  exceed  a  mil- 
lion dollars  in  Continental  specie  certificates  for  the  purchase  of 
Ohio  lands  for  actual  settlement.  They  formed  an  association 
called  the  Ohio  company,  which  immediately  set  about  enlisting 
Congress  and  the  Massachusetts  people  in  the  pro[)Osecl  pur- 
chase and  colonization. 

The  Northwest  lYrritory  was  created  in  17S7.  J  "It  in- 
cluded all  the  public  lands  north  of  the  Ohio  River,  and  em- 
braced the  present  states  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Michigan 
and   Wisconsin,"     The    "ordinance     of    1787"    and    the    "Ohio 

*I7S1     11783     iHarues'   History  t)f  the    U.  S. 


TlIK    liAH.EV-H.WI.KV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  I3 

Company's  purchase"  were  pending  in  Congress  at  the  same 
time  ;  ^  "they  were  parts  of  the  same  transaction"  and  were  de- 
l^endent  upon  each  other  lor  success.  I^oth  were  satislactorily 
settled  in  July.  The  original  contract  of  i/cS/,  and  the  three 
patents  issued  to  the  Ohio  Company  are  ni)W  in  the  Marietta 
College  Library.  Congress  granted  the  Ohio  ComiKiny  for 
actual  settlement  a  milHon  .md  a  hah  acres  of  land  for  a  million 
dollars.  It  is  also  granted  two  full  townships  of  land  tor  a  uni- 
versity which  II  "was  the  first  example  iu  the  history  of  our 
country  of  an  establishment  and  eiulowment  of  an  institution 
of  learning  by  the  direct  agency  of  the  general  government." 
"Section  i6  in  every  township  was  given  perpetually  for  the  sup- 
port of  schools;  section  29  for  the.  support  of  religi(jn,  while 
sections  8,  1 1  and  26  were  reserved  for  the  future  disposition  (;f 
Congress."  The  first  permanent  settlement  in  all  this  North- 
West  Territory  was  made  by  the  Ohio  Company  m  1788  at 
Marietta,  Ohio. 

This  settlement  was  national  in  its  character,  not  individual. 
It  was  the  offspring  of  national  poverty  and  consequent  national 
legislation,  and  was  protected  by  the  hV-deral  (iovernment. 

f  "The  early  adventurers  to  the  Northwestern  Territory," 
says  Burnet,  "were  generally  men  who  had  spent  the  prime  of 
their  live^  in  the  war  of  independence.  Some  of  them  were 
young  men  descended  from  revolutionary  patriots."  The  colo- 
nists of  Marietta  and  vicinity  were  principally  descendants  of  the 
Puritan  discoverers  of  Plymouth  Rock  in  1620.  Of  like  habits 
and  customs  and  of  the  same  high  i)rinciple,  culture  and  courage. 
It  is  well  that  they  were,  for  men  and  women  of  lesser  calibre 
would  have  fainted  under  the  hardships  of  the  first  ten  years. 
Their  communications  with  the  east  were  rare.  The  depreda- 
tions of  the  Indians  finally  drove  the  colonists  into  garrisons, 
])lacing  them  almost  in  a  state  of  siege  from  1791  to  1795,  and 
for  a  year  famine  stared  them  in  the  face  through  the  failure  of 
crops  and  inability  to  secure  game  ;  and  the  small-po.\  added  to 
the  distress  of  the  thickly  populated  block  houses  which  formed 
the    garrisons  ;    but    the    small-jjo.x    patients   mostly    recovered 

§North    Americau   Review.      Il  Venable. 

t  Burnet's  Notes  on  the  Northwest  Territory. 


14  ADDKI':SS    OF    MISS    LUCY    OKNN'ISON    liAILEV. 

and  the  treaty  of  1795  jnit  an  end  to  the  IncHan  war  and  allowed 
the  colonists  to  return  to  their  houses  and  till  their  lands  in 
peace. 

*  It  is  said  that  'the  subtluinf^  of  a  new  country  gives  a 
pleasure  something  like  that  attendant  on  creati(Mi."  The  new 
country  was  fertile  in  soil,  delightful  in  situaticjn,  healthy  in  cli- 
mate; well  watered,  well  timbered,  and  after  1 796  free  frcjm 
Indian  depredations.  The  vegetable  products  were  varied  and 
and  beautiful  and  the  yield  immense.  Ciame  and  fish  and  wild 
honey  were  abundant  and  delicious  ;  even  elk  and  buffalo  steak 
and  broiled  i:)heasant  enlivened  the  bill  of  fare,  and  wild  turkeys 
were  as  the  sands  of  the  sea. 

f  As  early  as  1794  atpiantity  of  scions  of  the  choicest  ap|)le 
trees  were  brought  to  ikdpre  from  New  I'^ngland  and  care- 
fully distributed,  and  fruit  raising  became  a  prominent  industry. 
Nor  was  literary  culture  neglectetl.  Schools  sprang  u\)  every- 
where, and  in  1796,  or  earlier,  the  first  library  in  the  Northwest 
Territory  was  established  at  l)el[)re,  Ohio,  si.\  miles  below  the 
future  Bailey  homes,  and  shares  sold  to  settlers  at  ^'O  each.  In 
the  Ohio  historical  collecticjn  Amos  Dunham  says:  |  "  In  order 
to  make  the  long  winter  evenings  pass  more  smoothly  by  great 
exertion  I  purchased  a  share  in  the  Helpre  Library  six  miles 
distant.  Many  a  night  have  I  passed  (using  pine  knots  instead 
of  candles)  reading  to  my  wife  while  she  sat  hatcheling,  carding 
or  s]mining."  The  Coonskin  Library  of  Amesville  was  the 
second  in  the  Northwest  Territor)'  and  was  obtained  in  i<S04  b}' 
collecting  and  selling  a  rpuintity  of  raccoon  and  other  skins  and 
investing  the  proceeds  in  a  valuable  collection  of  books,  which 
were  brought  from  lioston  in  a  spiing  wagon.  §  Their  care  of, 
the  library  was  such  that  a  fine  of  three  cents  was  imposed  for 
each  drop  of  tallow  defacing  a  book.  To  this  well-favored  land 
came  the  descendants  of  Adams  and  Sarah  Howard  Bailey. 

In  1790  their  son  Caleb,  then  a  young  man  of  22,  joined  a 
party  from  Massachusetts,  under  the  leadership  of  (ien.  Rufus 
Putnam,  superintendent  of  the  Ohio  Company,  and  made  his  new 
home  in  what  is  now  I'arkersburg,  West  Virginia,  but  eventuall)' 

*  Gov.  vSt.  Clair's  address  July,  '88. 

t  History  of  Washington  Co.,  p.  514.     X  575.     gHildreth. 


THE    liAII.KV-Ii.WLI.r    FAMII.V    ASSOCIATION.  I5 

settled  some  distance  iijj  the  Kanawha  river,  where  his  descend- 
ants still  live,  ile  married  Anna  James.  They  had  two  sons 
and  four  dau[^htcrs,  two  of  whom  died  early,  h'arthcr  than  this 
I  am  unahle  to  give  relial^le  information. 

Daniel  l^ailey,  Caleb's  brother,  married  Lucinda  Perry, 
daughter  of  James  Perry  of  I']aston,  a  captain  in  the  Colonial 
wars.  They  had  three  children  born  in  l^aston,  iXchsah,  Har- 
riet and  Alfreda.  In  1794,  when  Alfreda  was  a  baby,  they 
started,  I  am  told,  lor  Dhio,  journeying  o\er  mountains  and 
rivers  in  a  one-horse  baggage  wagon  and  crossing  the  Huds(jn  at 
Peekskill  late  in  the  fall.  In  six  weeks  the)-  reached  Pud.s 
P^erry,  Pennsylvania,  near  Pittsburg,  where  tlic)'  decided  to 
remain,  and  here  their  five  younger  children  were  born.  iJaniel 
liailey  died  in  1850  and  his  wife  in  181 1;  b(^th  are  buried  at 
Rehoboth,  Pennsylvania. 

All  the  children  but  iXchsah  settled  in  and  died  in  the  .State 
of  Ohio.  All  married  and  left  descendants  but  Luciiula, 
who  lived  at  Zanesville  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Peters,  and  died 
th^-e  at  an  advanced  age.  Achsah  L.,  born  in  i/iSq,  man  led 
Thomas  Robinson  and  settled  near  home,  'idiey  had  nine  chil- 
dren, the  oldest  of  whom,  J)r.  J.  (_).  Robinson,  now  80  years  i)f 
age,  has  been  a  practising  [)hy.sician  of  accejjtance  for  over  48 
years  in  W'est  Newton,  Pennsyhania.  His  advanced  )'ears  and 
feeble  health  alone  ]:)revent  his  being  present  to-day.  He  has  an 
interesting  family,  some  of  whom  are  settled  near  him.  Harriet 
l^ailey,  b"rn  1791,  married  VVm.  Cunningham,  had  several  chil- 
dren, lived  and  died  in  Wayne  Co.,  C)hio.  Alfreda  H.  l^ailey, 
born  1793,  married  Robert  Hamilton,  mo\ed  to  Co.shocton  Co., 
Ohio,  where  she  lived  and  died,  ha\ing  laised  a  large  family.  J)r. 
(ieorge  liartlett  15ailey,  born  1796,  married  Jane  McConanghy 
settled  at  Georgetown,  Ohi(^  where  nine  children  weie  born  to 
them  and  where  both  parents  tlied.  Their  eldest  son,  (ieorge 
]5artlett,  was  a  young  man  of  much  [)r(jmise,  and  but  for  his 
untimely  death  in  1861  would  doubtless  have  risen  to  promi- 
nence. He  gievv  up  with  and  was  an  intimate  friend  of  LJlysses 
S.  Grant,  who  was  always  a  warm  friend  of  the  family  as  well. 

Charlotte  Adams  l^ailey,  born  1802,  married  Adam  Peters, 
li\'ed  and  died  in  Zanesville,  (  )hio.  They  had  one  daugliter, 
IClizabeth. 


l6  ADDRESS    OF    MISS    LUC\'»  DENNISON    15AILEY. 

James  P.,  born  iSo8,  married,  liatl  several  children,  enlisted 
in  the  late  war,  and  died  in  Zanesville  some  years  thereafter. 

Leonard  Terry  l^ailey,  born  1798,  died  1886,  married  Abi[;ail 
Matthews  and  settled  in  Zanesville,  Ohio.  They  had  nine 
children,  several  of  whom  were  esj)ecial]y  skilled  in  art.  Most 
of  them  died  before  reaching  middle  life.  One  grand-daughter 
recently  married  a  Swedish  baron,  a  man  of  some  political  j^rom- 
inence  in  his  own  country.  From  a  press  article,  written  by  S. 
S.  Gilson  in  1885,  I  extract  the  following  :  "One  of  the  most  in- 
teresting men  in  Zanesville  is  Mr.  Leonard  P.  Jkiiley,  8y  years 
of  age,  and  an  elder  in  the  church  for  over  50  years.  Mr. 
Bailey  began  the  manufacture  of  organs  and  pianos  in  1820. 
He  made  and  introduced  the  first  organ  used  in  a  Presbyterian 
Church  in  America.  A  desire  was  ex[)ressed  by  several  persons 
for  its  introduction  into  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 
Alter  considerable  consideration  and  hesitation,  Mr.  Culbertson 
(the  pastor)  consented,  but  added,  '  If  there  is  one  good  old 
woman  opposed,  it  must  go  out.'  A  place  was  prepared  for  the 
organ  in  the  gallery,  where  it  stood  many  Sabbaths  in  silence. 
When  the  people  had  become  accustomed  to  its  presence,  it  was 
played  one  Sabbath  for  the  children.  Soon  it  was  used  for  the 
full  service,  and  not  a  single  objection  was  made  by  any  member 
of  the  church  or  congregation.  In  announcing  the  o])ening 
hymn  Mr.  Culbertson  said  'We  will  now  fiddle  and  sing  the 
159th  hymn.'  Three  years  after  Mr.  Bailey  visited  l^altimore, 
Philadelphia,  New  York,  Boston,  and  other  eastern  cities  and 
did  not  find  any  organ  in  use  in  any  Presbyterian  Church." 

It  was  a  pleasure  to  hear  heather  Bailey  play  upon  a  piano 
of  his  own  manufacture,  made  33  years  ago.  The  instrument 
is  elegant  in  workmanship,  modern  in  appearance  and  rich  in 
tone,  a  testimony  to  the  conscience  of  the  Christian  workman 
of  former  days.  I  might  add  that  Uncle  Leonard  made  the  first 
pipe  organ  ever  used  in  Marietta,  which  has  been  in  constant 
use  ever  since  it  was  introduced  in  1846. 

Although  Seth,  Jr.,  eldest  brother  of  Caleb  and  Daniel 
Bailey,  was  born  in  the  lovely  town  in  which  you  gather  to-day, 
he  probably  grew  up  in  West  Bridgewater,  whence  his  father 
moved  before  he  was  five  years  old. 


Till':    i;  AlI.l'.V-I'.AVI.l'.V    I'AMII.V    ASSOCIATION. 


17 


In  1770  he  nianicii  DclxMah  Tackard,  clau<;htcr  of  Caj)!. 
Jacob  Packard,  a  ilesccn(hint  of  John  Howard  and  also  of  Samuel 
Packard,  both  of  whom  were  ancestors  of  VVm.  C'lillen  liryant. 

Seth  and  Deborah  Packard  Hailey  had  nine  children;  Sarah 
(who  died  at  six),  Deborah  and  Joseph  were  born  at  l^rid^e- 
water.  The  family  then  moved  to  luiston,  where  my  t;randiather 
Seth,  Martin,  (loodini;,  Mar),  Sarah  llowaril  and  Caleb  were 
all  born.  The  old  house  where  Seth  Hailey,  Sr.,  lived  is  still 
standini^  in  W.  Hrid^^ewater. 

*lle  was  a  re\-olutionary  soUlier,  "a  private  in  Capt.  Seth 
Pratt's  Company  ot  Colonel  James  Williams  Regiment,  Massa- 
chusetts Troops,"  also  a  member  of  the  Committee  ol  Corre- 
spondence and  Safet)'  of  l^aston,  Massachusetts.  In  1790  his 
brother  Caleb  went  west  with  the  Ohio  Company.  In  1794  his 
brother  Daniel  started  for  the  same  vicinity,  but  halted  near 
Pittsburj;'  and  remained  there,  though  all  his  children  but  Mrs. 
Robinson  eventually  moved  to  ( )hio. 

In  1798  his  son  Seth,  Jr.,  my  grandfather,  came  to  the  vicin- 
ity of  Marietta,  marrietl  ami  in  1S04  returned  to  Iviston  bjr  his 
father's  family.  Jacob  returned  from  \'ermont,  where  he  was 
now  living,  and  the  two  yoimg  men  worked  a  seast)n  in  the 
harvest  held  to  earn  money  to  bring  their  father's  family  west. 
Pullman  cars  and  Northhuul  steamshi|)s  were  not  in  vogue  at 
this  time  and  the  journey  was  made  in  o.\  team.s  in  the  hdl  of 
1S04  by  the  entire  family  except  Jacob,  who  returneil  to 
Vermont. 

They  stopped  at  Hutls  PV-rr)',  Penns)'lvania,  to  visit  Daniel 
Hailey  and  family  en  route.  With  the  e\ce|jtion  of  Seth,  Jr., 
the  famil)'  settled  in  Virginia,  now  West  X'irginia,  a  few  miles 
below  Marietta  on  the  Ohio  i\i\er.  The  father  and  mother  only 
li\'e(l  a  few  )ears.  Deborah  married  a  Mr.  Hutler,  and  the)' 
eventually  settletl  in  .St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  it  is  said  Caleb 
j(.)ined  her  and  both  died  there.  Caleb'was  unmarried;  Deborah 
left  no  children.  A  friend  who  was  present  at  her  wedding 
said  that  she  well  remembered  after  the  ceremony  and  congrat- 
ulations were  o\er  seeing  Deborah  tie  on  an  apron  and  get 
supper  for  the  guests. 

*  1  lisUuN   nf  I'.aslon. 


l8  ADDRESS    OF     MISS    LUCV     DKNNISON     HAII.KV. 

Gooding  lost  his  sweetheart  by  death  and  became  insane  in 
consequence  and  died  in  a  few  years.  Mary  became  engaged  to 
a  prosperous  young  farmer  in  the  vicinity,  but  died  before  the 
marriage  occurred.  Thus  of  the  family  of  nine  children,  Seth, 
Jr.,  Martin  and  Sarah  Howard  Bailey  were  the  only  ones  in  the 
west  to  leave  descendants,  Jacob  having  married  and  settled  in 
Vermont. 

Seth  Bailey,  Jr.,  was  born  at  Ivaston,  Massachusetts,  in 
1778,  and  probably  grew  to  manhood  there.  He  came  from 
Easton  to  the  Northwest  Territory  in  1798  with  Judge  Silvanus 
Ames  and  family.  All  the  way  from  Pittsburg,  a  distance  of 
150  miles,  he  rode  on  horseback,  and  carried  Judge  Ames'  little 
boy,  who  afterward  became  Bishop  Ames,  h'or  two  years  he 
lived  opposite  Belpre  in  what  is  now  Barkersburg,  West  Virginia. 
Capt.  \Vm.  James  and  family  were  then  living  on  IMennerha.-.- 
sett's  Island  near  by.  They  had  come  to  the  Northwest  Terri- 
tory from  Stonington,  Connecticut,  in  1790.  During  the  Indian 
war  they  had  lived  in  the  garrison  at  Belpre,  known  as  Farmers' 
Castle,  and  here  my  two  grandmothers,  Polly  James,  a  bright, 
active  girl  of  fifteen,  and  Mary  P)ana,  an  intellectual  little  girl  of 
nine,  both  daughters  of  Revolutionary  officers,  used  to  run  races 
in  knitting,  and  it  is  said  that  Polly  James  always  won,  and  the 
ambitious  effort  always  made  little  Mary  sick.  In  1800  Seth 
Bailey,  Jr.,  and  Polly  James  were  married.  Capt.  James  then 
owned  Vienna  and  James  Islands  and  700  acres  at  Stilwell, 
Virginia. 

For  Polly's  wedding  dowry  her  father  gave  her  Vienna 
Island,  six  miles  below  Marietta,  in  the  Ohicj  River.  They  lived 
on  James  Island  for  a  time,  but  "Mr.  liailey  built  a  cabin  on 
Vienna  Island,  and  began  the  work  of  clearing  in  1802.  The 
island  was  densely  covered  with  immense  trees,  and  clearing 
progressed  slowly  and  involved  the  hardest  kind  of  labor. 
Winter  set  in  before  a  shelter  could  'be  provided  for  the  stock, 
but  nature  had  supplied  that.  A  .sycamore  tree,  17  feet  in  its 
greatest  diameter  and  15  in  its  shortest,  was  discovered  to  be 
hollow.  A  door  was  cut  in  one  side  and  the  interior  found  large 
enough  to  afford  a  comfortable  stable  for  all  the  stock."  (.)n 
one  of  these  islands  Maria  was  born  in  1803       In    1804  Seth,  Jr., 


nil':    i!.\iLi:v-iiAVLi:v    family  association.  19 

returned  to  luiston  for  his  father's  family,  lie  probably  left  his 
wife  aiul  daughter  at  her  father's  at  Stilwcll,  Virginia,  where 
Betsy  was  boi  11  during  his  absence,  wliich  was  i)rolongeu 
throughout  the  harvesting  season  in  order  to  earn  money  for 
the  family  emigration  to  Ohio,  which  occurred  during  the  fall. 
Upon  his  return,  Seth,  Jr.,  settled  in  Warren  townshi}),  Ohio, 
opposite  his  island  lumie.  The  change  was  made  f(n"  good 
reasons.  Spring  freshets  and  floods  occur  at  irregular  intervals 
in  the  Ohio  River.  To-day  the  telegraph  warns  us  of  impending 
danger.  Such  a  rise  in  the  river  came  upon  them  unheralded. 
Grandfather  at  once  transferred  the  stock  to  the  Ohio  mainland 
and  quick!)'  returneil  tor  his  wife  and  baby  and  household  goods. 
The  ri\er  hat!  risen  so  rapidly  that  he  found  grandmother  sitting 
on  the  bcil  with  her  baby  to  keep  out  of  the  flood  which  had 
already  covered  the  floor. 

The  Washington  County  History  says  :  "The  rich  lands 
along  the  river  were  naturally  chosen  by  the  first  settleis.  The 
first  permanent  improvements  (in  Warien  township)  were 
made  by  Seth  Haile)-,  Jr.,  b!lias  Newton  and  the  Cole  family  in 
1804  and  1S05.  These  old  families  were  not  only  the  pi(jneers 
of  the  township,  but  the  leading  characters  in  its  history  for 
more  than  30  )'ears.  They  were  men  of  culture  and  energy, 
who  were  ambitions  to  build  up  the  connnunit)'  as  well  as  their 
l)rivate  fortunes." 

"The  first  frame  houses  in  Warren  township  were  built  by 
Messrs.  (Seth)  Hailey  (Jr.),  Newton  and  Cole.  I'he  frames 
were  matle  at  the  headwaters  of  the  Ohio,  and  llt)atetl  ilown  on 
rafts."  (jrandfather  built  early  in  1805,  op[)osite  the  head  of 
Vienna  Island.  This  became  tlie  IJaile)'  homestead,  a  centre  of 
large  hospitality  and  social  life.  l'"or  many  years  it  was  not  un- 
common for  20  to  sit  daily  at  their  tal)le.  In  this  home  the 
other  nine  children  were  born,  and  here  was  raisetl  a  bright,  in- 
telligent family  of  11,  all  of  whom  lived  past  middle  life.  The 
following  narrative  dictated  by  my  father,  Wm.  Dennison  Hailey, 
is  one  of  many  reminiscences  of  grandfather's  early  pioneer 
life.  "luirly  in  the  jiresent  century  my  father  packed  salt  from 
the  Scioto  salt  works  to  his  home  near  Marietta.  It  usually 
took  him  al)out  a  week  to  make  the  round  trip  of  140  miles.      \lc 


20  ADDKKSS    OI"    MISS    LUCV    DENNISOX    l!An.i:V. 

generally  walked  both  ways,  often  travelling  35  miles  without 
])assing  a  house.  He  always  went  chuing  the  grazing  season, 
as  he  could  not  carry  feed  for  the  horses.  He  took  with  him 
two  or  three  horses  with  pack  sacklles,  on  which  were  placed  six 
bushels  of  salt  (300  lbs.)  to  the  horse. 

There  were  no  roads,  simi)ly  narrow  trails  wide  enough  for 
the  horses  to  walk  single  hie.  He  used  to  follow  along  the  trail 
behmd  the  horses,  carryjng  an  old  musket  with  a  Hint  lock,  and 
a  jjiece  of  punk  to  strike  fire  when  he  went  into  camp  at  night. 
Sometimes  he  would  travel  till  after  tlark  in  order  to  reach  a 
good  camping  place.  The  wolves  were  very  ahimdant  and  would 
commence  howling  soon  after  dark,  first  on  i>nc  side,  then  on 
the  other,  then  in  ivonl  and  l)ehin(l  him.  The  woods  were  alive 
with  them. 

When  returning  and  ready  to  go  into  camp  he  would  lay 
the  bags  of  salt  and  pack  saddles  in  a  pile  near  the  hre  and  turn 
the  horses  loose  to  graze.  Sometimes  the  woKcs  would  gather 
around  the  horses  and  drive  them  back  until  they  stood  with 
their  heads  over  the  bags  of  salt  close  to  the  hre.  When 
brought  to  the  Ohio  River  that  salt  was  worth  iG  cents  a  pound 
or  $8  00  a  bushel. 

Sometimes  he  paid  for  it  in  money,  but  ordinarily  he  would 
e.xchange  a  tow  linen  shirt  or  pair  of  tow  pantaloons  for  a 
bushel  of  salt.  The  workmen  needed  these  garments  as  much 
as  he  needed  the  salt,  as  there  were  no  stores  out  there  at  the 
time.  These  garments  were  made  from  lla.x  which  he  had 
raised,  broken  and  hatcheled,  ami  which  my  mother  hati  .spun 
and  woven  and  made  int(j  garments." 

Polly  James  liailey  was  of  I'uritan  descent,  a  woman  of  re- 
markable vig(jr  of  character  and  deep  religious  fervor.  For 
many  years  she  was  the  only  jjrofessing  Christian  in  the  War- 
ren settlement.  Seth  Hailey,  jr.,  was  a  man  of  robust  physique, 
tireless  energy,  sound  business  habits  and  wise  benevolence. 
The  first  school  house  in  Warren  township  was  built  on  his  farm 
in  1810  of  log.s,  and  later  replaced  by  one  cf  brick.  .  "In  this 
house  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Warren  was  formed  h'eb.  23, 
1828.  His  wife  was  one  of  the  constituent  members,  and  he 
and  four  stms,  Seth,  John,  Hennett  and   William,  uniteil  with    it 


iiii:   ii.\i(.i;\-ii.\\  I  i:\    i-.\mii.\-   assoliation.  2i 

in  1833.  When  the  lir.st  Sabbath  School  in  the  township  was 
established  in  tiic  sjM  in,i;()f  JS19,  the  rccortl  shows  that  o{  the 
32  scholars  enrolled,  ei-ht  were  the  children  o(  Seth  Ikiiley,  Jr., 
the  youngest  of  whom  was  my  lather,  a  little  lad  of  three  years. 
Seth  l^ailey,  Jr.,  <;ave  the  land  lor  a  pulilic  cemetery  and  the  site 
for  a  church  and  helped  largely  to  build  the  church  in  1837. 
•'Rest  is  a  change  of  employment,"  was  a  fa\drite  ma.xim  ot  his, 
and  he  often  told  my  father  that  hedid  not  know  what  it  was  to 
be  tired.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  in  1852  he  received  eveiy 
care  through  the  faithful  devotion  of  his  daugliter  Ik'tsy,  wIkj 
unselfishly  gave  U|:)  a  home  of  her  ow-n  in  order  to  care  for  her 
parents.  He  accpiired  considerable  i)roperty  and  died  m  J  861  at 
the  age  of  S3.  Martin  i^ailey,  Seth's  brother,  was  born  at 
I'^aston,  came  west  in  1804,  and  married  Hetsy  Clark  in  1809- 
They  lived  in  Jk'lj)re,  Warren  antl  other  -places  in  \\ashingt(;n 
County,  Ohio.  He  was  drum  majcjr  of  V^irginia  for  a  time 
and  used  to  ride  from  one  muster  to  another  for  months  together. 
He  was  a  genial  comi)anion  and  quite  a  musician  for  those 
times.  His  wife,  who  died  in  1832,  was  a  most  excellent  woman 
and  of  good  family. 

They  had  ten  children,  of  whom  Angeline,  the  wife  of  Sam- 
uel ]\IcCourt,  was  the  eldest.  Si.x  of  them  left  no  descendants. 
l':rastus  wrts  the  father  of  Miss  Martha  llawling  Haile),  already 
well  known  as  a  talented  elocutionist. 

Martin  Bailey  died  in  1845,  and  he  and  his  wife  Jkt.sy  and 
son-in-law,  Samuel  McCourt,  are  buried  in  West  Marietta. 
Sarah  Howard  Hailey,  Martin's  youngest  sister,  was  born  in  b'.as- 
ton,  Massachusetts,  in  1790,  came  west  in  1804,  and  in  1806  mar- 
ried 'I'imothy  Cone,  a  native  of  ICast  Haddam,  Massachusetts,  the 
son  of  Joseph  Cone,  a  naval  officer,  and  Martha  Spencer,  daugh- 
ter of  Josei)h  S])encer,  a  major  general  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  and  Martha  Hrainard,  the  sister  of  Havid  and  John  15rainard. 
1  hey  began  housekeeping  in  Ohio,  opposite  their  N'iiginia  home. 
After  a  year  or  two  the)'  moved  to  the  "State  Road,"  where  they 
lived  four  or  five  years,  when  they  moved  to  Harmar,  In  i82(j 
they  bought  a  farm  in  Wanen,  four  miles  below  Marietta,  which 
was  thenceforth  their  home.  Mrs.  Cone  died  in  Marietta  in 
1870,  surviving  her  iui.^ band    four   years.      She    was    an    earnest 


22  ADDRKSS    OF    MISS    I.UCV    DMNMSON    IIAII.KV. 

Christian  woman  of  great  strength  of  character,  of  untiring  in- 
dustry and  the  most  careful  econoni)',  whose  home  was  her 
world.  Their  ten  children  all  grew  to  manhood  and  woman- 
hood. 

The  sons  were  energetic  business  men.  One  of  them  accu- 
mulated a  fortune  on  the  Pacific  coast.  The  daughters  were 
women  of  fine  mental  and  executive  ability.  One  of  them,  Miss 
Mary  Cone  of  Marietta,  is  a  writer  of  skill,  anil  is  the  author  of 
two  valuable  books,  one  on  California  and  the  (jther  a  historical 
work,  both  of  which  are  deposited  with  the  records  of  the  liailey- 
Bayley  Family  Association. 

The  l^aileys  as  I  know  them  are  people  of  firm  convictions, 
unswerving  patriotism,  good  executive  ability  and  judgment,  of 
deep  affection  and  modest  demeanor.  They  are  keen  observers 
of  and  lovers  of  nature,  are  kind  to  the  jioor  and  "given  t(; 
hospitality." 

The  relationship  includes  men  and  women  of  varied  busi- 
ness proclivities,  We  find  successful  physicians,  chemists,  civil 
and  mining  engineers,  farmers,  teachers,  ministers,  artists  antl 
authors.  Politicians  do  not  abound,  although  the  Bailey  men 
have  decided  political  beliefs  and  stand  by  their  colors,  (jne  oi 
them  having  walked  a  hundred  miles  to  register  his  name  and 
vote  for  tlfe  presidential  candidate  of  his  choice,  which  called 
forth  the  remark  of  a  State  legislator,  that  if  all  voters  were  as 
patriotic  as  Mr.  Bailey  the  country  woidd  be  revt)lutionizetl. 

We  no  longer  grind  our  corn  in  a  hand  mill,  or  study  the 
three  R's  in  log  schoolhouses,  or  i)ack  salt  to  the  music  of  wolf 
concerts,  but  with  filial  love  we  honor  our  pioneer  dead  who 
patiently  endured  jirivation  and  danger  tliat  the  enjoyments  and 
lu.xunes  of  life  might  be  ours,  for  the  things  that  ha\e  been,  make 
us  what  we  are. 

Lucv  Dennison   1^aii.i:\'. 
Marietta,  Ohio,  August,  1897. 


THE     UAILEY-IiAYLKV     FAMILY    ASSOCI AJION.  23 

Miss  Lucy  D.  Ikiiley  sent  as  a  donation  to  the  Association 
from  the  author,  Miss  Mary  Cone  of  Marietta,  Ohio,  two  vol- 
umes, one  entitled,  "Two  Years  in  California,"  and  the  other, 
"Life  of  Rufus  Putnam,"  together  with  a  photograijh  of  Miss 
Cone. 

Miss  Cone  is  the  daughter  of  Sarah  Howard  Bailey  Cone, 
and  is  a  granddaughter  of  Seth  ]5ailey,  Sr.,  a  descentlant  of 
John  Hailey  of  Scituate. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  \Vm.  \V.  Hailey  of  Nashua,  it  was  voted 
that  the  thanks  of  the  Association  be  sent  by  the  Secretary  to 
Mrs.  I'^lizabetii  S.  Emerscjn  liailey  for  her  very  e.\cellent  poem, 
and  to  Miss  Lucy  I).  J5ailey  for  her  very  valuable  and  interesting 
address. 

The  next  number  on  the  program  was  a  very  interesting 
recitation  by  Miss  Heulah  K.  IJailey,  granddaughter  of.  George 
Edson  Hailey  of  I\huisfield,  and  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Hailey 
of  Wessagusset,  afterwards  Weymouth. 

Her  selection  was  Part  VH  of  Longfellow's  poem  entitled, 
"The  Courtship  of  Miles  Standish,"  in  which  he  portrays  the 
doings  of  the  Captain  at  Wessagusset. 

Previous  to  the  recitation,  the  President  read  a  brief  intro- 
tluction  prepared  by  the  Secretary,  e.xplaming  the  historical  con- 
nection of  the  facts  set  forth  in  the  poem. 


24  KKroKT  01--  coM.Mi  rTi:i:.s  on    gicni-.ai.cx.v. 


REPORT    Ol^'    C()MI\IITTl':i:S    ON    CI'NlwXLOliY. 

Mrs.  Milton  P^llswoith,  ot  Rowley,  a  member  ol  the  com- 
mittee appointed  to  work  on  the  hLstory  of  the  John  Hailey  of 
Salisbnry  branch,  amiounceil  tliat  she  had  pre[)ared  a  t)])e- 
written  manuscript  account  of  John  liailey  of  Sali.-^bury  and 
some  of  his  descendants,  which  was  in  the  custody  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Association. 

Mr.  George  1'.  Hailey  of  Mansfield,  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  to  work  on  the  history  of  the  John  Hailey  of 
Scituate  branch,  called  attention  to  the  tyi)e-written  inanuscri[)t 
account  of  John  Hailey  (;f  Scituate,  and  some  of  his  desceiulants, 
which  was  compiled  by  him  last  year  and  which  is  now  in  the 
custody  of  the  SecretLU'y. 

Hollis  R.  Ikiiley  of  Cambridge,  a  member  ot  the  committee 
appointed  to  work  on  the  history  of  the  James  Hailey  of  Kowley 
branch,  first  spoke  of  the  great  value  of  each  of  the  t)pewritten 
volumes  mentioned  by  the  last  speakers,  and  expressed  the  hope 
that  they  could  both  be  printeil  and  offered  for  sale  in  the  near 
future. 

He  reported  the  acquisition  of  considerable  new  matter  \)cr- 
taining  to  the  James  Hailey  branch,  and  e.\|)ressed  the  hope  that 
there  could  be  a  typewritten  account  of  this  [)art  of  the  famil)' 
prepared  before  the  next  gathering. 


rilF.    UAII.l-A-HAN  I.ICV    [  AMII.V    ASSOCIATION.  25 


NECROLOGY. 

The  Secretary  annoiineed  the  death  (luring  the  year  of  the 
following"  members  of  the  Association  :  — 

Oirin  D.  liailey  of  I  akc[)ort,  New  Hampshire. 
Susan  liailey. 

George  Otis  Shattuck  of  Boston  died  l''eb.  2j,  1897. 
He  spoke  as  follows  of  ]\lr.  Shattuck  :  — 

M1':M0H>^    Oh'    (ihXJRCll':    O.    SHATTUCK. 

(ieorge  O.  .Shattuck  of  lioston  was  for  one  year  a  \'ice- 
President  of  this  Association,  but  owing  to  ill  health,  wa.s  not 
permitted  to  take  an  active  part  in  its  affairs. 

Mr.  Shattuck  was  boin  in  Antlover,  Massachusetts,  May  2, 
1829,  and  died  in   Boston,  Massschusetts,  l'"cb.  23,  1S97. 

He  was  a  descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  from  James 
Bailey,  who  came  from  luigiand  to  New  iMigland  about  1640 
and  settled  in  Rowley,  Massachusetts. 

His  ancestors  on  his  mother's  side  in  each  generation 
were  :  — 

1st.  James  liailey,  b.  about  1612. 

Lydia 

2d.  John  liailey,  b.  1642,  Rowley. 

Mary  Mighill. 
3(1.    James  liailey,  b.  1680,  l^radtord. 

I  lannah  Wood. 
4th.   .Samuel  ]5ailey,  b.  1705,  Andover. 

Mary  Roll. 
5th.   .Samuel  Bailey,  Jr.,  b.  1728,  y\ndover. 

Hannah    Kilncd-e. 
6th.   James  J^ailey,  b.  1757,  Andover. 

Rucy  Brown. 
7th.    Hannah,  Bailey,  b.  about  1796,  Ando\'er. 

Joseph   Shattuck. 
On  March  11,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Mas.sachusetts  Historical 


2b  mi-:moik  oi'    gi':()kgI':   o.  shattuck. 

Society,  Professor  James  H.  Thayer  lead  a  tribute   to  his  wortli, 
which  may  be  foiuul  among  the  records  of  that  society. 

On  May  29,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Suffolk  15ar,  resolutions 
were  adopted  and  aildresses  were  made  by  distinguished  mem- 
bers of  the  15ar  and  by  Mr.  Justice  Holmes  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  a  full  account  of  which  may  be  found  in  the  J^oston 
Evening   Herald  oi  that   date. 

George  ().  Shattuck  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  President 
of  the  Boston  l^ar  Association  and  was  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  in  Massachusetts.  His  mother  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  Bailey,  Jr.,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  liunker 
Hill.  She  was  a  woman  of  strong  character  and  from  her  he  in- 
herited much  of  his  mental  power.  Shortly  after  her  death  in 
1866,  he  said  of  her,  "I  am  sure  I  never  knew  a  woman  who  was 
so  earnestly  and  wisely  devoted  to  her  chikn-en.  She  s[)ared 
nothing  to  educate  us  and  she  was  worn  out  in  self-sacrifice." 

Mr.  Shattuck  was  educated  at  Phillips  Andover  Academy 
and  at  Harvard  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in    185 1. 

Professor  Tha)er  says  of  him  :  "All  through  his  life  he  won 
what  he  got  by  the  strong,  direct,  vigorous  effortsof  a  man  who 
felt  himself  competent  for  his  task  and  who  had  thoroughly 
prepared  himself  for  it"  *  *  *  ♦  "He  was  one  of  the  best, 
kindest  and  most  devoted  friends,  one  of  the  most  faithful  and 
trustworthy  legal  advisers,  one  of  the  most  competent, 
thoroughly-prepared  advocates,  one  of  the  best  citizens  and  one 
of  the  most  faithful,  strong  and  upright  men  I  have  ever 
known." 


iiii-:   iJ.Mi. i:\-ii.\vi. i:v   family   association.  27 


Al)l)Ki:SS    OF  IIOLLIS  R.  15AlLi:V. 

I  am  a  member  of  this  Association  by  reason  of  my  descent 
from  James  liaile)'  of  Rowley. 

I  have  recently  disct)vere(l  that  on  my  mother's  side  I  am 
also  a  descendant  of  John  liailey  of  Scituate.  Those  of  us  who 
are  of  the  John  of  Scituate  branch  have  come  back  today  t(j 
the  old  homestead.  Vou  saw  the  spot  suitably  marked  as  you 
came  here  this  morning;. 

A  j>lan  of  the  John  l^ailey  farm  is  shown  upon  the  wall  at 
the  entrance  of  this  cha|jel.  Here  John  15ailey  settled  in  1670, 
as  a  tenant  of  Capt.  John  Williams,  lliat  farm  has  descended 
from  father  to  son  from  the  first  John  of  Scituate  and  is  now 
occu[)ied  by  I\Ir.  ICdwin  Hailey,  a  descendant  of  the  sixth 
generation.  He  is  unable  to  be  present,  but  his  children  and 
various  members  of  his  family  are  here  and  I  hope  that  we  may 
hear  a  word  from  some  of  them  before  the  exercises  are  con- 
cluded. 

The  first  house  lon^-  since  passed  away.  We  have  here  a 
(:)icture  of  the  second  house  that  stood  on  the  site  of  the  old 
homestead.  This  also  is  a  thin^  of  the  past,  save  that  a  few  of 
its  doors  and  timbers  form  a  i)art  of  the  present  dwelling. 

We  have  also  one  othei"  relic  io  remind  us  oi  the  hrst  John 
of  Scituate.  I  refer  to  his  cane  now  mvned  by  Mr.  (leorge  iul- 
son  Hailey  of  Manslield,  which  he  showed  ycni  at  (iroveland  two 
years  ago.  lie  has  brought  it  again  t(j-day  and  any  who  are  in- 
terested may  examine  it  after  the  e.xeicises  are  over. 


The  usual  contribution  was  taken  up. 

The  morning  exercises  closed  with  singing  of  a   trio  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  l-lben  H.  Bailey  and  Prof.  Carl  Pfiueger. 


28  Al'Ti'KNOON    SI':SSI()N. 


AFTERNOON  EXERCISES. 

The  members  of  the  Asst)ci;itioM  le-asscmbled  at  the  Chaj^el 
at  2.45  V.   M. 

There  was  excellent  singin;^^  by  Mrs.  I'iben  H.  Jiiiley,  tol- 
jovved  by  a  very  interesting  recitation  by  Miss  I'Mla  A.  l-'iske  ot 
Clinton,  Massachusetts. 

Her  first  selection  was.Iuigene  h'ield's  poem  entitled,  "Ihe 
Night  Wind"  anil  her  second  "Remembrance,"  by  Thomas 
Moore. 

Both  the  singing  and  the  recitations  were  very  much 
enjoyed  by  all  present. 

While  waiting  for  some  of  the  regular  speakers  to  arrive, 
Deacon  Thomas  T.  liailey  told  a  story,  after  which  he  called 
attention  to  the  fact  that  Scituate  contains  the  old  well  made 
famous  by  the  poem  entitled,  "The  Old  Oaken  Bucket"  an(i 
gave  as  a  recitation  a  very  clever  parody  on  this  poem. 

After  another  song  by  the  quartet  consisting  of  Mr.  Henry 
T.  llailey,  Mr.  bred  T.  Bailey  and  their  two  sisters,  the  com- 
mittee on  nominations,  made  their  report,  and  the  following- 
persons  were  elected  as  officers  of  the  Association  for  the 
coming  year 

President,  Eben  H.  Bailey. 

Vice-Presidents,  William  \V.  l^ailcy,   ' 
Dudley   P.  Bailey. 

Secretary,  Hollis  R.  liailey. 

Treasurer,  James  R.  Jiailey. 

Auditor,  Charles  W.  Ikiiley. 
]<:xecutive  Committee,  J.  Warren  Bailey,  J.  Alfred    liailey,  Win. 

H.   Reed,    George    lulson    Bailey,   William    E.    Robie,   Dr- 

Stephen  G.  Bailey,  lulwm  A.  Bayley. 

The  exercises  concluded  with  an  address  by  Edwin  A.  Bay- 
ley,  Esq.,  of  Lexington,  a  Boson  lawyer  and  a  descendant  of 
John  Bailey  of  Salisbury. 


TllK     HAII.KY-IJAVM.V     FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  2() 


ADDRESS  OI'^  I':D\VJN  A.  hAYlAiV. 

Mr.  ricsident  and  Members  of  the  Bailey-Hayley  J*"amily 
Association: — It  j^ivcs  nie  ^rcat  pleasure  to  be  able  to  meet  u  iih 
ymi  today.  Residin*^"  as  !  do  so  near  to  the  places  where  tiie 
annual  meetings  ot  the  Association  have  been  held  1  almost  feel 
that  some  apology  is  liue  fi"om  me  that  this  should  be  the  hrst 
reimion  I  have  attended.  M)'  excuse  must  be  that  the  meetings 
have  occurred  when  1  have  been  absent  for  my  summer  vaca- 
tions. 

I  am  verv  much  interested  in  the  purposes  of  the  Associa- 
tion, full)'  belie\ing  that  it  is  well  worth  our  while  to  .stud)-  out 
as  completely  as  jiossible  ourlamily  hislor)',  and  that  in  so  doing 
we  are  simply  dischaiging  a  sacred  dut)'  which  we  owe  not  onl)' 
to  those  who  ha\e  jireceded  us,  Init  al.so  to  those  who  are  to 
come  after  us. 

As  the  members  of  so  large  and  scattered  a  famil)-,  1  feel 
that  we  have  cause  to  congiatulate  ourselves  that  we  can  trace 
our  ancestry  in  an  unbroken  line  from  the  landing  ot  our  pro- 
genitors upon  this  continent  only  a  lew  years  subsequent  to  the 
arrival  of  the  Pilgrims  at  I'lymouth. 

I.  trust  that  our  y\ssociatitHi  in  all  that  it  undertakes  in  con- 
nection with  the  history  of  the  various  branches  (;l  the  landK' 
will  aim  primarily  at  exactness,  ami  that  nothing  will  be  accepted 
t)r  stated  as  a  fact  until  it  has  been  fully  established  as  such  by 
thorough  investigation,  for  any  course  short  of  this  will  only 
result  in  indefinite  and  unsatisfactory  information. 

Of  John  Jiayley  of  .Salisbury  it  seems  to  be  satisfactorily 
established  that  he  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  resided  at  Chip- 
penham, Juigland;  that  he  married  l^li/.abeth  Knight,  daughter  of 
William  and  Jane  (Langburne)  Knight  of  Juiibourne,  iierkshire 
County,  luigland  ;  that  they  had  six  children  ;  that  he,  with  his 
oldest  son,  John,  took  passage  for  vVmerica  on  a  slu'i)  called  the 
"Ciabriel  ;"  that  dining  the  vc^yage  on  the  i5tli  day  (jf  .Augirst, 
1635,  the  ship  encountered  a  terrihe  storm,  antl  was  wrecked  off 


30  ADDRKSS    OF    EDW  IX    A.    liAVI.lCV. 

the  coast  of  Maine  near  what  is  now  the  town  of  15ristol.  I'lscap- 
ing  from  the  shipwreck,  John  and  his  son  settled  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts.  In  the  settlement  of  Colchester  (afterwards 
called  Salisbury),  he  received  the  hrst  grant  of  lots  in  the  divis- 
ion of  the  land,  and  it  is  supposed  that  here  he  remained  until 
his  death,  which  is  said  to  have  occurred  November  2,  1651. 

By  his  will,  which  was  proved  April  13,  1652,  he  ga\e  his 
home  in  Salisbury  to  his  son  John  during  his  life,  and  then  to 
his  grandson  ;  he  also  provided  that  "son  John  is  to  pay  his 
mother  six  pounds,  provided  she  came  over,  son  Robert  fifteen 
pounds  and  daughters  ten  pounds  apiece,  if  the)'  came  over,  and 
five  pounds  apiece  if  they  do  nol." 

Notwithstanding  the  premium  he  thus  jjlaced  ui)on  their 
emigration,  it  is  not  certain  that  an)'  of  them  ever  came  to 
America,  although  there  is  some  evidence  that  his  daughter 
Johanna  came  to  New  Englaml,  either  with  him  or  soon  after 
his  arrival. 

As  I  desire  to  speak  particularly  of  the  settlement  of  one 
branch  of  the  family  in  the  Connecticut  River  Valley  in  the 
year  1764,  at  what  is  now  Newbury,  \ermont,  I  will  oul)'  take 
time  to  briefly  trace  the  line  of  tlescent  to  that  time  :  John,  Jr., 
who  came  to  New  luigland  with  is  father,  John,  .Sr.,  was  born  in 
1613.  He  lived  in  Newbury  and  Salisbury,  and  married  I^^leanor 
Emery.  They  had  nine  children.  Their  son  Isaac  (3)  was 
born  July  22,  1654.  lie  married  Sarah  lunery  Jan.  13,  16S3, 
and  by  her  had  five  children.  Their  son  Joshua  (4)  was  born 
October  30,  1685,  and  marrietl  Sarah  Coffin  in  1706  They  had 
nine  children.  Their  son  Jacob  (5)  was  born  July  2,  1726,  at 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  and  married  I'ruilence  Noyes,  the 
daughter  of  l^phraim  and  Prudence  (Stickney)  Noyes,  October 
16,  1745.  They  settled  in  Ilamstead,  New  Hampshire,  which 
seems  to  have  been  his  home  for  a  number  of  years.  The  out- 
break of  the  okl  l-'rench  War  in  1756  aroused  his  i)atiiotism 
and  called  forth  his  military  genius,  for  both  of  which  from  that 
time  on  he  was  held  in  high  esteem,  luui)'  in  the  war  he  raised 
a  company,  of  which  he  was  made  captain,  and  with  his  compaii)-, 
was  present  when  Fort  William  Ilenr)'  was  ca[)tured  in  August, 
1757.      He    had    a    narrow    escape    from     the     massacre    which 


THE    I!AII.i:V-l!AVI,KV     FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  3I 

occuned  there.  For  hi.s  lu)n(Mable  services  in  this  campaign  he 
received  a  commission  as  colonel  from  (ieneral  Amherst,  and 
later,  in  1759,  he  took  part  with  the  latter  in  the  captnie  of  J'^ort 
Ticondero^^a  and  Crown  I'oint. 

As  late  as  the  close  ol  the  war  in  1760,  there  was  no  I'-ng- 
lish  settlement  in  the  Connecticut  River  N'alley  north  of 
Charlestown,  New  Hampshire.  It  was  a  region  (jf  which  noth- 
ing was  known  except  the  little  gleaned  from  the  reports  of 
guides,  hunters  and  an  occasional  traveller.  Ikit  these  accounts 
described  the  richness  and  beaut)'  of  the  "Cohos  Meadows"  in 
such  teims  that  some  e.\])loring  parties  were  sent  out  and  plans 
formed  for  occupation  and  settlement  and  vvithm  a  year  after 
the  close  of  the  war  ColcMiel  Jacob  Jiiyle\'  and  Capt.  John 
Hazen  were  promised  charters  of  land  in  "Cohos"  if  tlie)' 
would  go  on  and  make  settlements  there.  They  agreed  to  work 
together  and  in  1761  Caj)!.  llazen  took  possession  of  the  east 
side  of  the  Connecticut,  which  he  named  Haverhill,  after  the 
town  of  his  residence  in  Massachusetts,  and  the  following  year 
possession  was  taken  of  the  west  side  of  the  river  for  Colonel 
Bayley,  although  he  himself  was  unable  to  settle  there  until 
1764.  To  this  land  grant  he  gave  the  name  of  Newbury,  in 
honor  of  the  town  of  his  birth  in  Massachusetts.  Settlers  were 
not  lacking  when  once  the  fertility  and  natural  advantages  ui 
the  region  became  known  and  Newbury  and  Haverhill  soon  be- 
came the  centre  of  thrifty  and  prosperous  settlements. 

The  charter,  which  Colonel  Bayley  obtained  for  the  town  of 
Newbury,  bears  the  date  of  March  18,  1763,  and  is  signed  by 
Ik'uning  VVentworth,  royal  governoi'  of  New  Hampshire.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  he  was  conniiissioned 
by  the  State  of  New  York,  l^rigadier  General.  He  also  received 
from  General  Washington  the  appointment  of  Commissary 
General  of  the  Northern  Department  of  the  Colonial  Army,  a 
position  involving  great  responsibility  and  subjecting  him  to 
serious  dangers  and  difficulties.  In  all  of  these  positions  lie 
bore  himself  most  honorably  and  leceivcd  the  cordial  esteem 
and  confidence  of  General   Washington. 

By  the  State  of  New  York  he  was  appomted  Ccjmmissiijucr 
and  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 


32  AODRKSS    OF    EDWIN    A    IJAVLKV. 

On  July  8,  1777,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
cil of  Safety.  He  served  as  Judj^e  of  Probate  for  the  Newbury 
District  and  later  was  Chief  Justice  of  the  Orange  County 
Court  from  17S1  to  1791,  excepting  the  two  years,  17S3-4  He 
was  a  member  of  the  council  of  the  first  Governor  of  tiie 
State  of  Vermont. 

The  successful  performance  of  the  duties  of  such  a  variety 
of  important  positions  clearly  distinguish  General  Jacob  liayley 
as  a  man  of  high  character  and  marked  ability.  Plain  and  un- 
pretentious, of  patriotism  undoubted,  a  trusted  friend  not  only 
of  his  pioneer  neighbors,  but  of  the  head  of  the  Nation,  an  im- 
partial judge,  Jacob  J^ayley  was  an  honor  to  his  town  and  his 
family.  He  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  90  years,  and  his  re- 
mains rest  in  the  Ox  liow  Purying  Ground  in  the  town  he- 
founded  and  loved  so  well. 

I  trust,  my  friends,  you  will  pardon  me  if  I  have  exceeded 
my  time,  but  knowing  that  the  history  of  our  famil\-  in  X'crmont 
has  not  been  brought  before  the  Association,  I  have  ventured  to 
present  this  outline,  what  is  necessarily  incomplete.  It  is  my 
hope  that  some  future  gathering  of  this  Association  may  be  held 
at  Newbury,  Vermont,  when  we  can  have  a  nearer  view  and  ob- 
tain a  clearer  understanding  of  the  locality  and  events  of  which 
I  have  spoken. 

There  are  still  very  many  of  the  family  residing  in  that  im- 
mediate vicinity,  and  I  can  assure  to  you  all  a  most  cordial  wel- 
come to  one  of  the   mobt  picturesque  sections  of   New    Mngland. 

I  had  intended  to  read  from  the  "History  of  Cohos"  some 
facts  of  interest  relating  to  General  Jacob  Payley,  but  I  fintl  I 
have  only  time  to  acknowledge  the  thanks  of  our  line  ot  the 
family  to  Mrs.  Ellsworth  of  Rowley  for  the  excellent  work  she 
has  done  in  collecting  material  relating  to  John  Bayley  of  Salis- 
burv  and  his  descendants.  1-^inally,  let  us  all  interest  ourselves 
in  this  common  cause  until  we  have  brought  our  family  history 
into  such  form  that  it  shall  be  correct,  complete  and  enduring. 


BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

MOTTO: 
SEMPER  FIDELIS. 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Ikisiness  Meeting 

Rei)ort  of  Seeretary 

Report  of  Treasurer 

Reports  of  Committee  on  (jeneaology     . 

By  Hollis  R.  Bailey 

By  Dr.  Stei)hen  G.  Bailey 

By  Mrs.  Milton  laisworlh 

By  Mrs.  l^dward  M.  1  bailey 
Officers  elected      .  .  .  . 


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Literary  lixercises 

Address  of  Horace  \V.  Bailey 

Table — Webster  l^ailey  Descendants 

Notes  and  Queries 

Account  of  Naval  Battle  of  Santiago 

By  Henry  11  liaik-)' 
Original  Poem,  by  Mrs.  \i.  S.  I'.nn  ison  !5iiU\' 
Address  of  \Vm.  \V.  Jliiley 
Address  of  Hon.  John  Bailey 
Will  of  Richard  Bailey  of  Rowley 
Inventory  of  Mstate  of  Richard  Badey 


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Account  of  the  Sixth  Annual  Gathering 


OF    THE 


BAILEY-BAYLEY   FAMILY  ASSOCIATION, 

Held  at  Tyngsboro,  Mass.,  August   H,  J  898. 


BUSINESS  MEETING. 

The  gathering  was  held  at  Willow  Dale  Grove  on  the  shore 
of  Tyngs  Pond  in  Tyngsboro.  The  exercises  were  in  the  hall  of 
the  new  pavilion  on  the  grounds  of  the  Messrs.  Bowers.  The 
view  of  the  lake  was  most  picturesque  and  the  beauty  of  the  sur- 
roundings added  much  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  occasion. 

The  committee  of  arrangement  consisted  of  James  R. 
liailey  of  Lawrence,  and  John  Alfred  Jiailey  and  Dr.  Stephen  G. 
Bailey  of  Lowell. 

The  president  of  the  association,  ICben  H.  liailey  of  l^oston, 
acted  as  chairman. 

After  a  few  well  chosen  wortls  of  welcome,  the  president,  as 
the  first  business,  called  for  the  report  of  the  secretary. 


REPORT  OF  THE  SECRl^TARY,  MOLLIS  R.  BAH.EY. 

As  usual  the  secretary's  report  was  printed  in  the  report  of 
the  last  annual  gathering.  That  report  is  for  sale,  as  you  all 
know,  and  contains  all  the  addresses  and  exercises  of  last  year. 
We  have  also  here  the  printed  reports  of  the  j)receding  years,  so 
that  any  one  wishing    It)   know  what    the  association   staiuls  lor 


O  SECRF.TAKY  S    RKl'OKT. 

and  what  has  so  Tar  been  done  can  get  very  correct  and  full  in- 
formation by  purchasing  a  set  of  these  reports,  or,  if  a  single  re- 
port of  any  particular  year  is  desired  that  can  be  had  by  appl)-- 
ing  to  the  secretary  or  treasurer. 

During  the  past  )ear  we  have  lost  one  of  our  members,  a 
man  who  was  advanced  in  years,  lulwin  Bailey  of  North 
Scituate.  He  was  especially  to  be  remembered  as  being  a  de- 
scendant in  the  direct  line  of  John  of  Scituate  and  the  owner  of 
the  old  homestead  at  Scituate  where  John  lived  as  early  as  1670. 
The  homestead  is  still  in  the  family,  being  occupied  by  the  chil- 
dren of  Edwin  Bailey  and  we  hope  that  it  nut)'  long  continue  in 
the  Bailey  family. 

The  secretary  has  one  (jther  matter  to  bring  before  you.  It 
was  suggested  at  the  meeting  of  the  geneial  committee  last  win- 
ter that  something  ought  to  be  done,  by  the  association,  of  per- 
manent value,  besides  the  printing  of  annual  reports.  The  an- 
nual reports,  we  think,  have  a  permanent  value  and  we  are  en- 
couraged in  that  belief  because  there  is  a  demand  for  them  from  all 
over  the  country — from  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  from  the  Astor  Library 
in  New  York,  the  New  Hampshire  State  Library  and  from  other 
places  in  different  parts  of  the  ci)untry.  The  association  is  now 
a  well  known  organization  ;  the  reports  are  sought  for,  and  if 
something  is  printed  in  the  way  of  genealogy  there  will  be  a  de- 
mand for  it  throught)ut  the  country  among  the  public  libraries. 
71ie  committees  on  genealogy  have  already  gathered  a  c(jnsider- 
able  amount  of  genealogical  information.  Some  of  it  has  been 
printed  in  the  reports  ;  a  good  deal  of  it  has  not.  Some  of  it  has 
been  typewritten  but  much  of  it  still  remains  in  manuscri[)t.  We 
have  prepared  a  printed  jjrospectus  showing  what  is  intended. 
The  book,  I  am  sure,  will  have  a  great  deal  in  it  that  is  valuable. 
It  will  not  be  a  comiilete  account  of  any  one  of  the  branches — 
that  would  mean  a  book  costing  at  least  ;^4  or  ;^5,  and  it  would 
take  eight  or  ten  years  to  get  it  compiled  and  published.  W^e 
now  have  several  branches  considerably  worked  out.  I'^ach  (jf 
you  will  be  handed  a  copy  of  tlie  circular  and  it  will  enable  you 
to  announce  what  we  pro[)ose.  A  few  years  hence  a  new  vcjI- 
ume  can  be  printed  when  there  is  sufficient  additional  matter 
irathered  touetherto  make  it  worth  while. 


THE    BAILEY-IiAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  7 

REPORT  OF  THK  TREASURER,  JAMES  R.    BAILEY. 

The  financial  affairs  of  the  association  are  in  a  good  condi- 
tion. We  are  eatirely  out  of  debt  and  there  is  a  small  balance 
in  the  treasury.  We  have  tiiat  balance  because  the  manage- 
ment has  worked  on  economical  lines,  as  usual.  We  still  keep 
the   membership   dues  at   the  small   sum  (jf  twenty-five    cents. 

We  depend  in  a  large  measure  for  funds  upon  the  contri- 
butions of  the  friends  of  the  association.  There  is  brought 
forward  from  our  last  year's  account  1^4.60,  and  we  now  have  a 
balance  in  the  treasury  of  $55.35. 

Your  money  is  deposited,  as  usual,  in  the  National  Pacific 
Hank  in  Lawrence  in  the  name  of  the  association. 

The  account  has  been  examined  and  approved  by  tlie  audi- 
tor.     It  shows  total   recei[)ts    $149.10    and    total  disbursements 

$9375- 

On  motion  of  William  W.  Bailey  of  Nashua,  N.  M.,  it 
was  \Hjted  that  the  treasurer's  report  with  the  accompanying 
auditor's  report  be  accepted  and  placed  on  file. 

II.  R.  Bailey  moved  that  a  committee  of  three  be  ap- 
pointed to  retire  and  nominate  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Motion  seconded  and  carried. 

The  president  apjjointed  John  Alfred  liailey  of  Lowell, 
Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth  of  Rowley  and  Miss  Ella  A.  Eiske  of 
Clinton. 


RP:1'()RTS  of  COMMlTTl'.h:  ON   Gl':Nb:ALOGY. 


MOLLIS    K.    liAlLKY, 


The  particular  bianch  of  the  Bailey  family,  which  I  am 
working  on  with  the  assistance  of  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey,  is  the 
line  of  James  of  Rowley.  Mrs.  Jul  ward  M.  1  bailey  has  done  a 
good  deal  ;  I  have  done  but  little.  We  have,  during  the  year, 
gathered  considerable  new  infcjiniation.  I  ha\'e  had  a  x'cry  in- 
teresting correspoiulence  with  a  lady  out  in  Grinnell,  Iowa.  It 
is  surprising  to  see  how  the  people  in  the  West  prize  tiieir   fam- 


5  REPORTS  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 

ily  associations  and  how  glad  they  are  to  trace  back  their  ances- 
try to  the  early  settlers.  They  cannot  come  to  the  gatherings, 
but  they  are  interested  in  what  we  are  doing.'  This  lady  sends 
me  a  very  consklerable  account  of  some  of  the  descendants  of 
Stephen  Bailey,  who  went  from  15radford,  Mass. 

We  have  now  over  one  hundred  pages  of  manuscript.  I 
shall  not  undertake  to  give  it  to  you  in  detail,  because  it  will  all 
be  printed  in  the  volume  of  which  I  have  spoken.  This  matter 
of  names  and  dates  is  not  interesting  to  listen  to,  but  when 
each  has  it  in  the  shape  of  a  printed  volume,  convenient  for 
reference,  he  is  glad  to  study  it  and  know  that  he  has  a  line  of 
ancestry,  which  he  can  refer  to  and  can  hand  down  to  his 
children.  He  is  glad  to  know  something  of  the  family  and 
where  each  generation  has  lived.  The  James  Bailey  branch  has 
never  been  printed.  All  that  there  is  gathered  together  is  in 
manuscript  notes,  except  a  very  little  that  has  been  introduced 
into  the  reports.  All  that  will  be  printed  on  that  branch  will 
be  substantially  new  and  will  be  of  especial  value  on  that 
account.  I  think  that  is  all  I  need  to  say  on  account  of  James 
of  Rowley. 

II. 

DR.    STEPHEN    G.    BAILEY. 

The  branch,  which  claims  my  consideration,  is  the  Richard 
Bailey  branch.  I  am  glad  to  hear  the  previous  speaker  refer  to 
the  interest  which  is  shown  in  the  West,  for  I  find  on  looking 
over  the  old  volume,  the  Poor  compilation  of  the  Richard 
Bailey  branch,  that  there  are  a  good  many  who  have  gone  to  the 
West  and  I  hope  we  shall  not  lose  all  trace  of  them.  It  is  of 
great  interest  to  trace  the  ramifications  and  observe  the  number 
of  the  Richard  Bailey  descendants  all  up  and  down  this  Mer- 
rimac  valley  and  also  on  both  sides  of  the  Connecticut  in  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont.  The  number  of  people  who  live 
right  around  here  in  Dracut  and  Tyngsboro  and  Methuen,  who 
trace  their  ancestry  back  into  the  Bailey  family  is  very  great. 
During  the  year  I  have  had  some  correspondence  relating  to 
this  matter  and  am  gradually  adding  something  to  our  store  of 
information.     This    book   of  genealogy  by  Poor   has   been    our 


Till-:    15A  Il.l'.y  liAVI.EY    lAMK.V    ASSOCIATION.  Q 

text  book  up  to  this  time,  but  it  runs  only  to  forty  years  ago 
and  very  much  iuforniatiou  is  iRcHJctl  to  lound  out  tlie  families 
which  were  <(iveu  forty  years  ago  in  lliis  boot;,  j  am  al\va\s 
glad  to  receive  any  additional  intoinialion  fiom  those  who  are 
in  condition  to  render  it.  1  have  been  oceuiMed  most  of  the 
year  in  that  si)are  time  vvhicli  1  can  gi\'e  in  remodelling  and  ar- 
langing  in  more  nu)dern  lines  the  wirious  names  appearing  in 
Poor's  book  so  the)'  can  be  more  easily  found  and  theii"  relation- 
ship better  undeistood.  At  the  same  tirm-  I  am  desirous  of 
making  the  list  more  couiplete  and  sli.dl  be  vwy  glad  to  receive 
any  additional  inhirmation  regarding  any  member  of  the 
Ivichaixl  Bailey  liraneh. 


.MRS.     MI  I. TON    i:LLSW()Kill. 

I  am  myself  a  descendant  of  James  of  Rowley,  but  I  am 
still  at  work  on  the  genealog)'  ol  the  John  Ikuley  of  Salisbury 
family,  or,  as  Alfred  liaile)'  ol  Amesbuiy  expresses  it,  i  am 
still  pegging  away  at  the  John  Hailey  family.  Why  I  work  on 
it  would  be  hard  to  tell,  not  for  money  ecrtainly,  perhaps  from 
the  love  of  it,  since  one  does  become  inteiested  in  anything 
which  is  growing  toward  compl;.-tion  I  began  work  on  this 
line  of  Bailey  genealog)'  in  the  hill  of  1894,  soon  after  the 
second  gathering  (jf  the  l)aile)'-Ha)'ley  j^'amily  Association 

ICvery  afternoon  that  1  could  lea\e  lnHiie  1  would  take  the 
horse  and  carriage  and  drive  o\  ei  to  the  town  clei  k's  house  in 
Newbury,  Mass.,  and  copy  as  much  as  I  could  from  the  reccjrds. 
As  they  were  not  indexed,  and  some  of  the  books  were  in  a 
dilapidated  condition,  (I  think  tlie)'  have  all  been  copied  since)  it 
was  slow  work  looking  tlown  the  long  pages  and  picking  out  the 
Haileys. 

On  one  of  these  days  1  met  I.othro])  W'ithington  at  the 
town  clerk's  house,  lie  told  me  some  things  tliat  proved  a 
great  heljj  in  arranging  the  commencement  of  the  John  Bailey 
family.  Frank  L.  liailey  of  l^oston  gave  valuable  informa^ 
tion  in  regard  to  a  certain  Joshua  that  1  was  tr)'ing  to  hnd  a 
place  for.      1  le  also  advised  me  that   I    had   better    stick    to    my 


10  KKrOKTS    Ol'-    COM.Mi  ITKI-.    ON    G  KM:  A  I.O(  i  V. 

own  genealogy,  but  who  ever  knew  of  a  Bailey  that  did  not    lii<e 
to  do  as  she  i)leased. 

William  ij.  Rccd  of  South  Weymouth  gave  me  c|uite  an 
addition  relating  to  the  Rev.  James  Hailey  family  and  1  have 
to  thank  Mollis  R.  liailey,  our  hustling  seeretary,  that  what 
I  have  gathered  was  put  into  shape  and  typewritten,  li  it 
finally  gets  into  print  I  think  I\Ir.  liailey  will  be  the  eliiel 
worker. 

Mr.  Withington,  of  whom  I  have  spoken,  sent  me  the 
name  of  L^lizabeth  Knight  and  her  ancestry  as  probaljly  tin- 
wife  of  John  Hailey,  Si'.  I  adopted  it  and  thought  best  tn 
use  it  in  the  genealogy  until  it  was  proved  either  right  or 
wrong.  Within  a  short  time  I\Ii"s.  Newcomb  of  New  1  laven,  who 
has  traced  her  lineage  back  to  John  iJailey  of  .Salisbury,  has 
been  corresponding  with  i\Jr.  Withington,  who  is  now  in  Lou 
lion,  luigland.  Mr.  Withington  is  trying  to  learn  something 
of  ihe  ancestry  in  luigland  ol  Richard  Ixiiley  oi  Rowley  and  ol 
John  Hailey  of  Salisbury. 

It  is  known  that  John  Hailey  came  from  Chippeidiam  in 
Wiltshire,  and  Mr.  Withington  think>:  that  Rich:ird  also  ma)' 
ha\-e  come  from  that  county. 

The  sources  of  inlormation  are  the  early  records  of  the 
Probate  Court  and  especially  the  original  wills.  In  baigland  tin- 
government  makes  a  charge  of  a  shilling  l(;r  the  pri\'ilege  o! 
e.xaminin'g  each  will.  Mr.  Withington  is  willing  to  gi\e  his  own 
time,  but  cannot  afford  to  do  this  and  also  [)ay  the  go\'erinueul 
fees.  Mrs.  Newcomb  has  sent  him  J55,  and  I  shall  be  glad  if 
the  members  of  the  association  will  contribute  a  further  sum  lor 
the  same  purpose. 

lY. 

MRS.     I'DWAKD    M.    liAH.EV. 

I  am  working  nearly  all  my  s[jaie  time  and  am  con.-^lanll)' 
discovering  some  new  trails.  1  w;is  \ery  much  inteiesled  in  li.^- 
information  that  Mr.  P>ai]ey  sent  me  thnt  was  furnished  him  1)) 
the  lady  in  Iowa.  Tliat  was  a  very  interesting  addition  to  iln- 
James  of  Rowley  line.  1  ha\e  done  C|iiile  a  little  work  on 
another  branch,  the  John  Hailey  line,  but  in  my   husband's    liiv, 


THK    13AIL1:V-1;AVLI:V    FAMII.V    ASSOCIAIION.  II 

James  of    Rowley,    I    have    not  accomplished    as    much    as      1 
wished  this  year. 


The  nominating  committee  now  reported  a  list  of  names 
for  the  officers  of  the  association  for  the  ensuing  year.  ( )n 
motion,  their  report  was  adopted  and  the  persons  named  were 
elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  officers  elected  were  as  follows  : 
I'resident,  William  W.  ]luley  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 
Vice  Presidents,  Dudley  1*.  Hailcy  of  Everett,  Mass.,  George 
.  Edson  l^ailey  uf  Mansfield,  Mass.,  lulwin  A.  Bayley    of 
Lexington,  Mass.,  Horace  W.   liailey  of  Newbur)',  \'t,, 
William  II.  Iveed  of  South  Weymouth,  Mass. 
Secretary,  Mollis  K.  J^ailey  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Treasurer,  James  R.  liailey  of  Lawrence,  I\hiss. 
Auditor,  Jt)hn  L.  i^aile)'  of  Newton,  Mass. 
L.xecutive  committee,  the    above    named   officers,  ex-officio, 
together  with  the  following  :   I'^ben  II.  Hailey  of  Roston, 
Mass.,  John  Alfred   llailey  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  Walter  M 
Robie    of  Waltham,  Mass  ,  1  larrison    Railey   of    j-'ilch- 
burg,  Mass.,  Menry  T.  Hailey  of  Scituate,  Mass. 


LITERAxRY  EXERCISES. 


ADDRI'SS  OF    IIORAC]'    W.   HAILKV  OF    Xi:\\  r.lJk\' 

Vi:kMC)NT. 


SKFTCII  OF  WEBSTER  liAILEY  FAiMlLV. 


Following  is  the  address   read    by   Horace  W.  iJailcy  at  the 
Bailey  family  reunion  : 
Mr.  President,  Eadies  and  Gentlemen,  Relatives: 

The  fact  that  I  am  present  at  the  sixth  annual  meeting  of 
the  Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association,  to  partiuoatc  in  its  busi- 
ness and  enjoy  its  social  festivities  is,  I  am  sure,  sunicient  e\  i 
dence  of  the  happiness  this  event  affords  me.  ft  is  a  pleasuic 
to  belong  to  this  association,  and  an  honor  to  belong  to  an\' 
branch  of  the  great  Bailey-Bayley  family.  (Genealogy  is  fraught 
with  hardships,  it  meets  with  cold  indifference  on  every  hand. 
The  persistent  genealogist  is  among  his  relatives  usually  c( 
sidcred  a  person  a  little  past  his  us-jfulness,  and  perchance  a  lili 
deficient,  or  in  some  way  disarranged  in  tiie  upper  story.  1 
a  descendant  of  Richard  Bailey  in  the  eighth  generation, 
great-grandfather  \Veb.ster  Jiailey,  in  the  fifth  generation  .-etl 
in  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  I  am  the  only  descendant  ol  liis  v 
is  or  ever  has  been  just  unbalanced  enough  to  undertake  thee 
struction  of  a  family  tree.      My  generations  aie  : 

Richard,  i. 

Joseph,  2. 

Joseph,  Jr.,  j. 

Ezei<iel,  4. 

Webster,  5. 

Parker  VV  ,  6. 

Willum  U.,  7. 

Horace  W  ,  »S. 


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IHK    r.AILKY-llAVLliV    lAMII.Y    ASSOCIATION.  I  3 

J)C)()ii(.l  ihe  hist  iiciiin'il,  iheicaic   two    i;<jucralion.s    more  in 
the  W'eljstcr  line — niakin:^^  .i  total  ol  ten  generations  on  this  con- 
tinent, Webster  standing  niiclway.       It  is  of  Webster  and  his  de- 
scendants that  1  bi  in-  )ou  a  sketch   totlay.     As    I    am    probal)]y 
the  only  descendant  ol  \Vel)sler  Ikiilev  at  this    meeting   our    re- 
lationship must  date  back  to  a  common  ancestor  prior  to  the  fifth 
generation  and    tor    metoinllict    a   long  genealogical    and    l)io- 
graphical  history  ot  our  little  !)ranch  of"  the  gre;it  Richard  l)ailey 
tree,  upon  all  the  oilier  bi  inclu's,  so  tar  removed,  would  tend    to 
ihe  conclusion  tiiat  the  theory  of  an  unbahmced  mind  is  in  living 
e\i(Ience.      So  I  attempt  to  be  brief.       The  first  child  of  b^zekiel, 
4,    who    li\'ed    to     matnrit)'     was    Webster,     5,      born    at    West 
N'cwbury,  Mass,,  /\ugust  23,  1747.      Mary,  daughter  of  Sergeant 
William,  and  l.ydia  (Morso)  Noyes,  was  born  July  22,  1753.     Web- 
ster cUitl  Mary  were  married  August  25,  1772,  and  lived  in   West 
N'ewbm)',  Mass.      A  carelul  examination  of   the   land    records  oi 
.Mewbur),  Vt.,  (my  native  town  ami  piesent  home)  gi\'es  the  date 
of  Webster  llailey's  liist  pui'chase  of  land  December  20,  178S.     I 
know  of  no  better  method  of  establishing  Webster  iJailey's  immi- 
gration than  this  d^ite  of  laud  jjurchase  ;  it  must  be  apprcj.ximately 
correct.      Webster  Ikiiie)'  must  have  been  a  man   of    comfortable 
ciicumstances  for  tho^e  early  days,  for  he  immediately  erected  a 
tannery,  and  established  tl;e  wholesale  boot    and   shoe    business. 
Xewbur)-,  \'t.,  was  settled  in  1762  '65,  and  was  the  hist    settled 
town  in  the    Connecticut  wdley    north    (jf    Charlestown,    i\.    II., 
seventy  miles  distant.      As  this   boot,  shoe  and  leather  industry 
was  the  first  established  ;n   this  section   of    Vermont,  it  can    be 
readil)'  understood  th.it  Web.-iter  Bailey's  business  was  large  and 
thrifty.      I  have  hearil  my  grandfather  say  that  for  several  )ears 
from  twenty-li\e  to  thirty  apj^rentices  and  journeymen  were  em- 
ployeil      About  the)ea!-  1817  Webster  gave    the    business  o\'er 
to  his  sons  and  with  hi.'^  wife  and  son  William,  6,  iiio\ed  to   New- 
bury X'illage,  a  mile  and  a  half  north,  to  the  "  Lo\ewell  Tavern  " 
(now  the  Sawyer  1  lou.-^e)  which  the)'  had  purchased.      Mere  they 
!i\ed  in  [jcace  and.conteritii:ent  until   the  year    1830  when  Web- 
ster died   I'~ebruaiy  7,  Mary,  his  wife,   soon   follow  irig,    departing 
this   lile    September   30       .Soon    after   the    death  of    his   i)arents, 
William  soKl  the  "I, o\e\veir   pro[;eiiy  (1833  )   to    the    trustees   of 


M  ADDRKHS    OF    HORACE    W.    IJAILI'.V. 

the  Methodist  Conference  Seminary,  which  was  a  leachnj;  institu- 
tion of  learning  in  norlliern  New  l^^nghmd  from  1S34  t<^  18G8. 
The  last  vestige  of  the  buildings  tlrst  owned  and  occupietl  by 
Webster  as  home  and  factory  have  been  recently  rem(n'ed,  and 
on  the  site  stands  a  new  and  commodious  set  of  farm  bui]din<'S 
owned  and  occupied  by  James  A.  Johnson,  a  thrifty  farmer. 

Hoping  your  patience  will  not  be  exhausted  I  desire  to  pre- 
sent you,  in  the  briefest  possible  manner,  a  sketch  of  Webster 
Bailey's  eleven  children. 

ist — Lydia,  6,  married  Jessie  White,  December  4,  1800,  and 
moved  to  Topsham,  \'t.,  a  town  joining  Newbury  on  the  west, 
where  they  lived,  died  and  were  buried.  She  had  5  children,  15 
grandchildren,  41  great-grandchildren  and  6  great-great-grand- 
children, 67  in  all ;  15  of  them  dead,  42  living.  Many  of  the  liv- 
ing now  reside  in  Topsham  and  vicinity;  others  are  also  living  in 
California,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Illinois,  New  Hampshire  and 
Great  Britain. 

2nd— William,  6,  never  married,  was  the  business  center  of 
the  Webster  Bailey  family.  After  selling  the  ''Lovewell"  jjrop- 
erty  above  referred  to,  he  returned  to  the  original  home  jdace 
where  he  kept  house  with  his  maiden  sisters  for  a  number  of 
years  and  died  at  a  good  old  age,  living  at  the  time  of  his  death 
with  his  brother,  Parker  W.,  6. 

3rd— Ezekiel  W.,  6,  married  September  8,  1803,  Lucy,  a 
daughter  of  Kphraim  and  a  graiuldaughter  of  General  Jacob  Bay- 
ley,  l^hey  died  without  issue  and  are  both  burieil  in  Newbur)', 
Vt.      Lucy  Bailey  was  born  June  16,  1782;  died  March  i,  1870 

4th — Sally,  6,  married  Whiteheld  liailey  August  30,  1799 
Whitefield  Bailey  was  a  farmer,  settled  in  Ifardwick,  Vt.,  (about 
fifty  miles  distant)  where  they  lived  many  years,  died  and  arc 
buried.  Whitefield  Ikiiley  was  born  in  Pjrookfield,  Mass.,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1775;  died  March  8,  1847.  Our  Richard  had  a  broiju-i 
James;  from  this  James  comes  U'hitefield.     The  gencratitms  ,uc: 

James,  i.  Steijhen,  4. 

John,  2.^  Charles,  5. 

James,  3.  Whitefield,  6. 


Till'.  i;aii  i':v-l;AVLE^'  family  association.  15 

Therefore,  back  seven  <:;enerations,  Lytlia  and  Whitefiekl 
must  lia\e  had  ])recisel\'  tlie  same  ancestors,  male  and  female. 
'J'his  causes  a  double  jjortion  of  "simoii  pure"  JJailey  blood  to 
llow  in  the  veins  of  every  descendant  of  Sally  and  they  are  the 
most  prolific  branch  in  Webster's  tree.  So  we  assi!j,n  all  the 
Sall)'s  to  seats  in  tlic  band  \vag(jn  and  place  them  at  the  head  of 
the  Webster  grand  procession.  Sally  and  Wiutefiekl  had  nine 
children,  18  gTandchildren,  31  great-grandchildren,  ij  great- 
great-grandchildren  ;  46  li\ing",  25  dead,  71  in  all.  They  are 
widely  scattered  ;  some  cling  to  the  \icinity  ol  the  old  home  ; 
others  are  living  in  Alaine,  California,  Illinoi.-,,  Wisconsin,  Utah, 
Iowa,  Missouri,  Washington  and   ]£ngiand. 

5th — Mary,  6,  married  Samuel  llibbard,  T^ebruary  28,  1804 
They  settled  in  1  laverhill,  N.  II.,  just  acrtjss  the  Ccmnecticut 
River  from  Newbury,  \'t.,  wliere  they  (.lied  and  are  buried.  Mr. 
llibbard  was  born  October  _'8,  1778  ;  died  June  lo,  1852.  lie 
was  a  farmer.  They  had  seven  children  (five  living  to  maturity), 
12  grandchildren,  9  great-grandchildren,  3  great-great-grand- 
children ;  17  dead,  14  living,  31  in  all.  Tliey  are  living  in 
New  Hampshire,  W'rmont,  Iowa,  Kansas  ;  and  one  ilescendant 
in  Massachusetts  being  the  only  one  of  Webster's  jjosterity,  so 
far  as  I  can  learn,  living  in   Massachusetts. 

6th — Betsey,  6,  married  I\e\'.  b)hn  Dutton  of  Hartford,  Vt. 
Mr.  Dutton  was  a  Congregatio.ial  minister;  preached  in  various 
places  up  and  down  the  Connecticut  valley  at  no  time  more  than 
fifty  miles  distant  from  Newlnuy,  \'t.  1  le  was  born  in  I  lartfoul, 
Vt.-,  November  29,  1776  ;  died  in  1  la\erhill,  N.  11.,  May  18,  184S, 
where  lietsey  also  tlied  and  whei"e  b(Jth  .are  buried.  All  red 
I'oor  in  his  research  sa)'s:  "They  hcul,  besides  five  or  si.\  chil 
dren  that  died  young,  one  daughter,  Dorcas."  I  have  no  recoid 
of  the  children  that  died  young  and  shall  base  this  sketch  on 
Dorcas,  7.  I5etsey,  6,  and  John  Dutton  had  i  child,  6  graiul- 
children,  8  great-grandchildren  ;  10  living,  5  dead,  total  15.  All, 
or  nearly  all,  this  family  livetl  in  South  Royalton,  \t  ,  t^r  vicinity. 

7th — Tempy  (or  Temperance)  o,  ilied,  aged  8  months  and 
26  days,  and  was  the  (jidy  vwc  ol  the  eleven  children  who  did 
not  Hvc  to  maturit)'. 


l6  ADDRESS    Ol      lIOKACi:    W.     BAII.EV. 

8th — Tempy,  6,  iiiinKinicd.  I  Icr  lumie  was  with  Williani, 
Hannah  ami  I'hcbo. 

9th — Parker  \V.,  o,  married  (1817)  KHza  Ward,  a  daughter 
of  Captain  Uriah  Ward  of  Ilaveriiill,  X.  li.,  and  went  to  Hve  at 
tlie  Webster  liailey  homestead  the  same  year.  They  lived  tor  a 
short  lime  in  Orford  and  Wentwurth,  N.  II.,  antl  in  Stansteat!, 
Canada.  The  major  part  of  I'arker's  life  was  spent  in  Newbur)', 
Vt.,  at  or  near  the  okl  homestead,  lie  died  in  1881,  being  the 
last  surxivor  of  the  elexen  children,  having  liveel  in  marriage 
sixty-four  years.  Eliza  Wanl  was  born  May  14,  1800,  and  died 
October  i,  18S3.  Hoth  are  buried  in  Newbur)',  Vt.  They  had 
3  children,  5  grandchildren,  8  great-grandchildren;  12  living,  4 
dead,  16  in  all.  The  home  of  the  Parker  Pailey  branch  has 
always  been  near  or  undei"  the  ancestral  roof. 

lOth — Hannah,  6,  nex'er  married.  lM)rn,  lived,  died  and 
buried  in  Newbury. 

Iith — Phebc,  6,  never  married.  Horn,  lived,  died  and 
buried  in  Newbury. 

Webster  Bailey  and  his  wife  and  seven  of  their  eleven  chil- 
dren repose  in  the  Newbury  village  burying  ground.  I  ha\'e 
prepared  a  genealogical  tattle,  which  I  ho[)e  may  be  published 
with  this  sketch,  which  will  give  you  every  genealogical  fact  up 
to  January  i,  189S  In  gathering  this  data  I  have  accumulated 
material  enough  for  a  fair  sized  volume.  If  this  society  sur- 
vives this  paper  I  may  be  coaxed  into  presenting  an  historical 
and  biographical  sketch  at  some  future  meeting.  As  much  as  I 
should  like  to  tell  )'ou  of  our  individual  peculiarities  antl  achieve- 
ments, I  have  refrained,  and  never  once  dismounted  from  my 
genealogical  hobb)'  horse.  I  -.vill  be  content  for  the  present  il 
)'ou  will  permit  me  to  sa}'  that  the  Webster  Bailey  race  have 
stood  fairly  well,  and  so  far  as  I  am  able  to  learn  no  member  of 
this  family  has  ever  been  in  prison.  I'^our  of  Webster's  25 
grandchildren  are   now   living. 

1st — Mzekiel  White,  son  of  L)dia,  6,  born  October  i,  1808. 
He  married  Laura  iJustin,  l'V'l)ruary  14,  1832.  They  are  both 
living  in  Topsham,  Vt.  1  liink  of  il  !  Ninety  years  on  earth, 
sixty-six  years  married  ! 

2nd — William  Bailey  Hibbard,  7,  son  of  Mary,  6,  born 
March  28,  1820,  now  living  in  Clinton,  Iowa. 


THE    RAII.F.V-1!  \VLi:V    lAMlI.V    ASSOCIATION.  ly 

3d — William  Uriah  l^iilcy,  7,  (my  father)  horn  September 
25,  1820,  now  living  on  tlic  tarm  next  north  of  the  okl  home- 
stead. 

4th— Mary  Hibbard  Bailey,  7,  widow  of  Langdon  Bailey, 
burn  March  22,  1829,   now  living  at  VVoodsville,  N.  H. 

The  Liveiage  age  of  the  10  children  who  grew  to  maturity  was 
y^  years,  i  month,  i5da)'s  The  genealogical  table  above  referred 
to  demonstrates  this  and  many  other  interesting  facts.  Were 
my  great-grandfather,  Webster  l^ailey  alive,  he  woidd  be  a  patri- 
arch of  151  years.  If  l;is  family  were  all  alive  and  he  should 
make  an  old  time  New  I'2ngland  Thanksgix'ing  he  would  have  to 
hi)'  211  plates  for  11  children,  25  grandchildren,  56  great-grand- 
children, 97  great-great-grandchildren  and  22  great-great-great- 
grandchildren ;  and  only  five  of  his  eleven  children  had  issue. 
Should  my  venerable  great-grandfather  come  back  to  mourn  for 
the  departed  ones,  he  would  have  to  visit  76  gra\'es,  for  he  has 
buried  11  children,  21  grandchildren,  25  great-grandchildren,  18 
great-great-grandchildren,  and  one  great-great-great-grandchild. 
'Ihe  leaves  on  our  branch  of  the  Richard  Ikiiley  tree  in  their 
respective  generations  from  Richard  would  niunber:  6th  genera- 
tion, II  ;  7th  generation,  25  ;  8th  generation,  56;  9tii  generation, 
97  ;  10th  generation,  22.  There  are  now  living,  men,  women 
and  children,  only  ten  persons  bearing  the  Hailey  name  directly 
from  Webster.  They  nre  Parker's  family.  In  Sally's  famil)' there 
are  only  five  persons  beaiing  the  Jxiiley  name,  which  is  taken 
from  Whitefield  Bailey,  to  which  can  be  adtled  two  others  by 
marriage,  so  that  in  our  entire  branch  there  are  only  17  Baileys. 

To  Miss  Sarah  F.  Bailey  of  rirmnell,  Iowa,  granddaughter 
of  Sally,  and  to  Miss  Lydia  K.  White  of  Topsham,  Vt.,  a  grand- 
daughter of  Lydia,  I  am  very  much  indebted  for  assistance, 
without  which  this  work  would  ha\'e  been  well  nigh   impossible. 

May  I  digress  a  moment  from  our  branch  of  the  Richard 
tree,  and  give  all  the  Bailey-l^ayley  trees  a  shaking,  hoping  to 
gather  crossbred  fruit. 

lias  any  one  discovered  any  relationship  between  Richard 
of  Rowley  and  John  of  Salisbury  ?  Until  quite  recently  the 
two  families  in  Vermont  never  have  embraced  as  cousins. 
Tracing  the  Johns  to  Vermon*  I  hnd  these  generations  : 


16  ADDRESS    OF    llOKACK    \V.     liAlLllY. 

Jolin,  I. 

John,  Jr.,  2. 

Isaac,  3. 

Joshua,  4. 

Jacob,  5. 

You  will  observe  tliat  General  Jacob,  the  first  representative 
of  John  in  Vermont,  stands  in  the  same  generation  as  Webster, 
who  was  the  first  Vermont  reprcsentaiive  of  Richaid.  The 
wife  of  Webster  was  Mary  Noyes.  The  wife  of  General  Jacob 
was  Prudence  Noyes.  Rev.  James  Noyes  and  Nicholas,  hi^, 
brother,  came  from  Wiltshire,  luigland,  to  America,  in  i6y). 
Their  generations  were  : 

1.  Rev.  James  Noyes  married  Sara  Hrown. 

2.  William  Noyes  married  Sara  Cogswell. 

3.  John  Noyes  married  Tabitha  Dole. 

4.  William  Noyes  married  I.ydia  Morse. 

5.  Mary  Noyes  married  WV'bster  Bailey. 

1.  Nicholas  Noyes  married  Mary  Cutting. 

2.  James  Noyes  married  Hannah  Knight. 

3.  I"4)hraim  Noyes  married  l^rudence  Stickney. 

4.  Prudence  Noyes  married  Gen.   Jacob  Ikiiley. 

I  am  indebted  to  V.  P.  Wells,  our  town  histoiian,  for  this 
genealogical  item.  In  1897,  ]\Ir.  Wells  prepared  an  historical, 
biographical  and  genealogical  i)aper,  conimemorating  the  50th 
wedding  anniversary  of  Hon.  John  liailey  and  wife,  he  being  a 
descendant  of  John  of  Salisbur)-.  The  paper  of  Mr.  Wells  is 
so  full  of  Bayley  information  that  it  ought  to  be  published  in 
the  annals  of  this  society.  From  that  paper  I  glean  the  follow- 
ing :  "The  wife  of  Gen.  Jacob  Payley  was  Prudence,  a  daughter 
of  Kphraim  Noyes,  and  her  grandmother  was  a  daughter  ol 
Deacon  Joseph  Bailey  of  Bradford,  Mass."  As  Deacon  Joseph 
was  the  only  son  of  Richard,  the  descendants  of  Gen.  Jacob 
Bayley  must  be  the  descendants  of  Richard.  I  am  aware  tiiis 
does  not  make  John  and  Richard  I'elatives  ;  it  does,  however, 
unite  their  descendants  and  our  hertofore  claim  of  non-rela- 
tionship can  no  longer  be  made.  1  hope  to  see  more  V^ermonl 
Baileys  members  of  this  association.  1  wish  to  em})hasize  the 
cordial  in\'itation  extended  to    this    society  at    your    last    annual 


Till'    ^,AlL^:^■-l;  \\[.i:\    iwmii.v  association'. 


19 


gatherings  !)>'  Julwin  A.  li.iylcy,  l-:sq.,  of  i^oston,  to  come  to 
Newbury  for  ;i  meetiiij;  ;il  some  future  tiale.  1  assure  you  the 
little  handful  of  l^icjianls  wnultl  join  the  hosts  of  Johns  in  giv- 
ing  you  a  right  royal  old  tune  W-rniont  welcome.  Praying  for 
many  returns  of  this  liapjjy  occasion  1  wish   ytiu  all  a  ("uiclspeed. 


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NOTES  AND  OUERIKS. 

I  desire  intormatiDii  on  the  following"  |)oiiit.s  : 

Has  I  Richnrd,  2  Jose[)h,  3  Joseph,  ji.,  4  I^zekiel  or  5 
Webster  any  war  or  military  reci)n-l  ? 

In  the  Noyes  g"enealoL;y  given  above  can  any  one  give  \v,ii- 
record,  5  Mary,  or  Molly,  4  William,  3  J(jhn,  2  William,  i  James  ^ 

4  Ezekiel  besides  5  Webster  had  a  son,  5  John,  whw 
married  Mrs.  Sarah  Hale;  als(j  a  son  5  Jacob,  who  married 
Betsey  Woodman  ;  also  a  daughter  5  Martha,  who  married 
John  Whittier  ;  also  a  daughter  5  Sai"ah,  who  married  Moses 
Clement.  Will  any  of  their  descendants  communicate  with 
me,    giving   their  line  back  to   l'>.ekiel. 

Tradition  says  5  Webster  Hailey  anil  Daniel  Webster's  fallu  r 
were  cousins  ;  can  any  one  |)ro\'e  it  .'' 

HORACE  W.    15AHJ':Y, 

Ne\\inn\',    \'ei  nvont. 


Account  of  the  Naval  Battle  of  Santiago, 
July  3,  1808. 

HY   IlKNRY   in.ANCHFIiaJ)  BAIL1':V, 

One  of  the  crew  of  tlie  Brooklyn. 
W'riilen  at  the  reciuest  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Associrition. 


This  account  was  read  by  Jamics  K.  Bailkv  of  Lawrence,  Mass., 
father  of  the  writer. 


GuANTANAMo  ]i.\\',  July  24,   1898. 
Di:ai<    I'Ai'iii'.K  : 

I  received  ycnir  vcvy  kind  letter,  dated  the  8th,  and  delayed 
writuif^  a.s  i  was  hiisy.  1  ain  giad  that  all  are  well  and  hope 
later  to  .see  all 

111  response  to  your  cousin's  request  and  also  with  a  desire 
to  do  what  little  1  can  to  interest  all  oi'  the  good  people  at  the 
reunion,  1  will  try  to  i;i\'e  an  uiie.xa^gerated  account  of  our 
tloiiii;"s.  V\'e  lett  liainpton  Roads  111  May.  We  ran  down  the 
coast  and  stopiied  at  Key  West  and  were  ready  to  leave  at  the 
time  the  cruiser  New  York  arrived  from  ScUi  Juan  which  she 
had  bombarded  a  few  da)'s  previous.  We  headed  for  the  west- 
ern eiul  of  the  island  of  C'uba  so  as  to  come  around  to  the 
southern  coast  ol  the  island  and  intercei^t  Cervera's  Heet.  We 
had,  in  addition  to  tlse  ilrooklyn,  the  battleships  Massachusetts 
and  Texas  and  the  auxiliary  cruiser  Vixen.  The  Iowa  over- 
took us  two  days  allei  we  reached  Cientuegos.  We  thouj^ht 
that  the  Heet  was  in  the  harbor,  or  m  other  words,  Commodore 
Schley  thoUL^ht  so.  We  remained  at  Cieiifuegx)s  nearly  a  week, 
inakiii<(  investii^atioiis,  biiL  lai  fiiidinL;"  that  Cervera  and  his  ileet 
were  not  there  we  ran  lo  Saiitiai;o.  Cer\'e-ra  s  (leet  could  be 
seen  in  the  haiboi  b)-  ine.uis  ol    i  powerftil  glass  from   the   mast 


22  ACCOUNT    OF    N.WAI.    IIVITI.!-:    Ol"    SANTIAGO. 

head.  Soon  Rear  iXtlniiral  Sain|)S()ii  arrived,  coniiii<;  down  tlie 
coast  from  the  eastward.  We  all  bombarded  the  fort.s,  Alorro 
Castle  and  the  batterie.s  .several  limes  am!  tlieii  the  city,  which 
is  five  miles  frohi  the  enlranca  One  of  the  shells  from  cjne  (;f 
our  ships  struck  a  church  in  the  cil)'  and  exiiloded  a  lai"<^^e  lot  of 
ammunition  which  they  had  storetl  in  it.  That  was  a  sanijjle  of 
Spanish  superstition.  They  thuu<;ht  that  the  cliurch  was  safe 
and  it  undoubtedly  was  for.  some  purposes,  but  not  to  store 
powder  in. 

I  stood  on  deck  during  all  of  the  bombardments  and 
watched  the  results  of  .American  marksmanship.  There  was  a 
battery  of  some  6-iuch  guns  on  the  hills  to  ilie  west  ot  the 
harbor.  There  were  sonie  Ixitteries  lieside  ihe  lii;hthouse  on  the 
hill,  east  of  the  harbor.  Morro  Castle  is  built  on  the  top  of  a 
big  cliff,  which  forms  one  of  the  walls  at  the  entrance  on  the 
east  side.  Key  Smith  is  a  fort  on  an  islanil  inside  of  the  harl)or 
and  they  could  hre  out  cT  the  entrance  from  the  fort.  They 
also  used  mortars  which  tlid  not  do  any  damage,  it  is  n(;t 
pleasant  to  hear  the  shells  vvhistling  over  the  ship.  .Sex'cral  did 
and  some  dropped  very  close  during  the  bombardments.  We 
were  at  quarters  Sunday  morning,  July  3.  It  being  the  first  Sun- 
day in  the  month,  we  would  have  marched  io  the  cjuarter  tleck, 
as  it  is  customary  to  hold  general  muster  the  first  Sunday  in  the 
month.  If  we  had  been  on  the  cpiarter  deck  it  would  have 
taken  a  little  longer  t(j  get  to  our  stations.  But  the  .Sj)anish 
fleet  were  seen  coming  out  just  as  we  formed  on  the  gun  deck 
at  9.30.  General  quarters  was  sounded  by  the  bugle  and  drum 
and  by  the  time  we  readied  our  stations  it  was  time  for  busi- 
ness. I  was  sent  to  the  tjuarter  deck,  as  the  hring  bi'gan,  b)  an 
officer,  to  put  on  some  water  tight  plates,  and  saw  the Te.xas  sink 
a  topedo  boat  off  our  bow.  It  was  a  hot  time  from  that  on  until 
we  sent  a  boat  out  to  the  Cristobal  Ccjlon,  the  last  of  the  four 
of  Spain's  best. 

One  man,  J^llis,  was  killed  while  at  his  work  taking  the 
range,  and  James  Burns,  known  among  us  as  Scotly  Burns,  was 
injured  by  a  shell  that  came  tludugh  the  hammock  netting.  A 
si.\-inch  shell  came  through  the  second  comiiartment  forward 
of  where  I  stood  with  my  haml  on  the   main  sto})  valve  of    port 


THE    BAlI.KV-liAYLEY    lAMILV    ASSOCIATION.  23 

engines,  and  hit  the  deck  and  another  valve  wheel  that  was  in 
line  with  mine  and  smashed  that  and  ripped  up  the  deck,  went 
through  the  smoke  stack  and  through  several  bags  that  the  men 
keep  their  clothes  in  and  through  a  mess  locker,  knocl<ing  disiies 
and  bowls  around  in  contusion,  but  stopped  on  the  p(;rt  side, 
where  it  struck.  There  were  several  men  in  this  comi)artmcnt, 
but  it  did  not  injure  any  one.  It  was  the  worst  one  that  hit, 
because  it  was  meant  for  the  water  line  and  it  struck  fair.  Most 
of  the  others  hit  the  smoke  stacks  and  ventilators,  boat  crane, 
etc. 

I  will  copy  the  words  of  a  Spanish  captain  and  so  give 
another  opinion  of  it.  Through  Lieutenant  of  Marines  Thomas 
liorden,  who  conversed  in  French,  an  interview  was  obtainetl 
for  the  Associated  Press  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  with  Captain 
luilate  of  the  Spanish  Cruiser  Vizcaya.      He  said: 

"  The  entire  squadron  of  Cervera  was  ordered  to  devote 
the  fire  of  its  guns  to  the  cruiser  Brooklyn,  because  it  was  be- 
lieved that  she  was  the  only  shi[)  in  the  American  squadron 
that  could  overtake  us.  When  we  got  out  of  the  harbor  my 
ship  was  second  in  line.  I  saw  immediately  that  the  Hagshijj 
Maria  Teresa  was  getting  a  terrible  baptism  of  fire.  It  was 
frightful.  The  Texas  and  Brooklyn  were  just  riddling  her,  and 
in  fifteen  minutes  I  saw  she  was  on  fire.  The  Oregon  and  Iowa 
were  firing  on  the  Oquendo,  and  as  yet  1  had  not  been  badly  hit. 
The  Brooklyn  was  half  a  mile  closer  to  us  than  any  other  ship 
and  I  determined  to  ram  her  so  that  the  Colon  and  (Apiendii 
could  get  away,  and  I  started  for  her.  .She  was  a  good  mark 
with  her  big  broadside,  and  as  1  started  I  thought  surely  I  would 
get  her.  She  had  evidently  seen  us,  and  very  quickh'  she 
turned  about  and  making  a  short  circle  came  at  our  port  side,  s(j 
that  I  thought  that  she  would  ram  us.  I  moved  in  toward  shore 
so  that  I  could  avoid  her,  and  then  I  saw  that  the  Oquendo  had 
gone  ashore  also.  J  ler  steam  pi|X's  evidently  had  been  severed 
by  a  shell.  The  maneuvers  of  the  Brooklyn  were  beautiful. 
W'e  opened  a  ra|)id  lire  at  her  with  all  our  big  gLuis,  but  she  re- 
turned it  with  terrible  effect.  The  Oregon  also  hit  us  sevei'al 
times,  but  the  Bnxjklyn's  broadside  crashing  through  our  su[jer- 
structures  simi)iy  terrorized  the  men.    We  worketl  all  of  our  guns 


24  ACCOUNT    OF    NAVAL    15ATTLE    OF    SANTIAGO. 

at  her  one  time,  and  I  do  not  see  how  she  escaped.  She  simply 
drove  us  on  shore,  at  one  time  fighting  us  at  i,icx)  yards."  (Jiy 
our  navigator's  reckoning  it  was  700  yards. — Hailey.)  "One  shell 
went  along  the*  entire  gun  deck,  killing  halt  of  the  men  and 
wounding  the  rest.  It  was  then,  knowing  that  we  could 
not  get  away,  we  lowered  our  colors  and  made  for  the  beach. 
The  Brooklyn  prevented  me  from  getting  away.  We  had  a 
two  miles  lead  of  the  Oregon.  I  did  nut  think  that  the  battery 
could  be  so  terrible." 

At  2  o'clock  the  Sj^anish  admiral  surrendered  to  Commodore 
Schley  and  the  long  chase  was  over.  A  chase  of  sixty  miles, 
with  three  boilers  lighted,  we  made  a  fraction  over  sixteen  knots. 
I  wish  to  send  my  best  respects  to  the  large  family  of 
Baileys,  and  am  prouil  to  say  that  they  have  been  lepresented 
m  a  number  of  battles  from  the  beginning  of  the  country's  his- 
tory to  the  present  date.      I  am, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

ili:NRY   liLANCHFIlCLD  BAFIJA'. 


THE    BAILEV-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  25 

ORIGINAL  POEM 

liY    MRS.    ELIZABETH     S.    EMICRSON     BAILEY    OF     MARIETTA,    OHIO. 


Song  of  Greeting  from  the  Banks  of  ^*La  Belle  Riviere.' 


Good  cheer  to  our  kindred,  the  Baileys, 

However  the  name  may  be  spelled ; 
May  the  time  and  the  place  be  auspicious, 
Where  the  family  meeting  is  held. 

Right  glad  would  we  be  to  be  with  you, 
And  sorry  to  let  the  chance  slip, 

But  the  August  time  seems  unpropitious 
To  start  on  a  thousand-mile  trip. 

Besides,  we  are  just  now  enlisted 

In  a  work  I  will  speak  of  in  brief. 

Making  robes  for  the  sick  and  the  wounded, 
To  send  by  the  good  ship,  "  Relief." 

We  should  make  but  a  feeble  enlistment 
To  ever  be  called  to  tlie  front ; 

But  we're  sending  good  cheer  to  our  brothers 
Who  so  nol)ly  are  taking  the  brunt. 

'Tis  the  worthiest  scheme  of  the  ages. 
The  business  we  now  have  in  hand, 

To  rescue  an  ill  fated  brother 

From  the  grasp  of  a  murderous  band  ; 

To  lift  up  a  down  trodden  people 

And  help  them  to  justice  and  right; 

To  cripple  the  arm  of  a  despot 

And  put  a  quick  end  to  the  fight. 

Columbia  is  making  a  record 

That  will  stand  through  the  ages  of  time; 
She  is  giving  the  nations  a  lesson 

That  will  be  botii  unique  and  sublime. 


26 


A    SONC    0|-    CREETING. 

It  IS  neither  lor  conciuest  nor  glory 
She  has  taken  a  part  in  tliis  fray  ; 

The  (jod  of  humanity  calls  her 

And  she  must  the  summons  obey. 

The  Ruler  of  Nations  is  guiding 

Her  patient,  oliedient  hand 
Through  labyrinths,  dark  and  perplexing, 

Which  now  we  may  not  understand. 

lUit  llie  call  of  the  old  Hebrew  prophet 

To  the  "land  of  the  shadowing  wings," 

And  her  "  swift  ships"  called  into  quick  service, 
-May  have  something  to  do  with  these  things 

'Tis  a  part  of  the  plan  ol   the  ages, 

The  work  we  are  set  for  today, 
Let  the  nations  stand  off  and  be  silent, 

'I'hey  will  soon  have  llieir  own  part  to  ['lay. 

Oh,  Thou!  the  great  Ruler  oi  Nations, 
Whose  purpose  lies  not  in  our  ken, 

15e  near  to  our  sick  and  our  wounded  ; 
Lie  near  to  all  suffering  men. 

(live  us  wisdom  to  work  out  the  problems 
This  conflict  has  laid  at  our  door; 

(]ive  grace  to  still  carry  the  burdens 

That  remain  when  the  conflict  is  o'er. 

However  the  war  is  extended, 

May  it  end  in  a  permanent  peace, 

Bringing  comfort  and  joy  to  the  nations  ; 
To  the  bond  and  imprisoned  —  release. 

'Mid  the  shaking  of  thrones  and  of  kingdoms 
Thou  will  set  up  a  standard  of  truth  ; 

All  men  will  behold  and  accept  it  ; 
Life  will  take  on  perennial  youth. 

This  prospect  is  what  Thou  hast  promised 
Will  come   "  at  the  end  of  the  age.'' 

May  the  incoming  century  open 

The  best  chapter  on  history's  page. 

August  1 1,  iSyhl. 


THE    BAILKV-llAVI.EY    KAMI  I. V    ASSOCIATION.  27 

ADDRESS  OF  WILLIAM  W.   HAILEY, 

OF    NASHUA,    N.    H. 

Mr.  Bailey  gave  an  interesting  account  of  some  of  the 
more  important  events  forming  a  part  of  the  history  of  Tyngs- 
boro.  He  spoke  also  of  the  scenery  and  natural  surroundings 
in  the  Merrimac  valley  at  the  time  when  the  early  colonists 
planted  their  settlements,  first  near  the  mouth  of  the  river  antl 
then  by  successive  steps  further  up  into  what  is  now  New 
Hampshire  and  Vermont. 

Mr.  Bailey  pointed  out  that  in  this  colonizing  in  the  Merri- 
mac valley  the  Baileys  were  always  among  the  foremost, 
especially  the  descendants  of  John  of  Salisbury  and  Richard 
and  James  of  Rowley. 

As  Mr.  Bailey's  address  was  of  a  general  nature  and  ditl 
not  especially  relate  to  the  history  of  the  Baileys  a  full  account 
(if  the  same  is  not  here  printed. 


ADDRESS  OF  HON.  JOHN   BAILiiV. 

OK    WKLL.S    K1VI:K,    VERMONT. 

Mr.  President  and  Friends  : 

This  is  my  first  appearance  with  you,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to 
see  so  many  descendants  of  the  Bailey  family.  I  hope  to 
be  with  you  again.  I  should  have  been  glad,  if  I  had  thought 
of  it  in  time,  to  give  you  an  historical  sketch  of  the  Col.  Joshua 
Bailey  family,  a  son  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bailey.  I  am  a  grandson  (jf 
Col.  Joshua  Bailey  of  Vermont,  l^ut  I  have  not  thought  the 
subject  over  recently  and  therefore  cannot  undertake  the  task 
on  this  occasion. 


A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  Messrs.  Bowers  for 
their  kindness  in  permitting  liie  free  use  of  their  grounds  and 
buildings. 


28  ACCOUNT  OF    EXERCISES. 

Besides  the  literary  exercises  there  was  singing  by  Miss 
Mary  Bell  Sophronia  Bailey  of  Lancaster,  Mass.,  and  a  recita- 
tion, with  musical  accompaniment,  entitled  "Doris  Spinning," 
by  Miss  Ella  M.  Fiske  of  Clinton,  Mass. 

After  the  usual  collection  had  been  taken  up  the  exercises 
closed  with  the  singing  of  "America"  by  all  present. 

An  excellent  dinner  was  served  by  the  Messrs.  Bowers  for 
all  who  had  omitted  to  bring  basket  lunches. 

The  afternoon  was  occupied  in  genealogical  iiupiiry  and 
social  conversation.  The  association  was  unfortunate  in  having 
a  rainy  day  for  its  gathering,  but  all  who  came  expressed  them- 
selves as  well  repaid  for  their  trouble. 


lllE    IJAILEY-liAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  29 

Will  of  Richard  Bailey  of  Rowley. 


Rowley  15  of  the  last  [month?]  1647. 

I  Richard  Baly  sick  in  body  but  of  perfect  memory  praysed 
be  God  doe  ordeine  and  make  this   my  last  will  and  Testament. 

First  I  comende  my  soide  into  the  hands  of  God  in  faith  of 
a  joyfull  resurrection  throw  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  And  as 
concerning  my  outward  estate  ffirst  my  minde  and  ||  will  is  that 
all  my  ||  lawful  debts  be  j)aid  and  discharged. 

Ite.  my  will  is  that  fforty  and  tow  pounds  I  give  unto  my 
sson  Joseph  Baly  but  in  case  my  wife  should  be  with  Child  then 
my  will  is  that  the  said  sum  of  tow  and  forty  pounds  be  clevided, 
and  one  third  part  thereof  my  other  child  shall  have  it. 

Item,  my  will  is  that  my  Child  shall  have  a  fether  bedd  in 
part  of  the  saide  portion  ;  also  one  Great  Bible  and  Practicall 
Catachisme. 

Ite.  my  will  and  minde  is  that  if  my  wife  l^dna  Baly  marry 
againe  and  her  husbande  prove  unloving  to  the  Child  or  Chil- 
dren or  wastefull,  then  I  give  power  to  my  Ikother  James  Baly 
and  Micael  llobkinson  with  my  wife  hir  consent  to  take  the 
Child  with  his  portion  from  him  and  so  to  dispose  of  it  for  the 
Best  behoof  of  the  children  with  my  wifes  consent. 

Ite.  I  give  my  house  and  lott  unto  my  sson  Joseph  Baly 
after  my  wife  hir  dissease. 

Ite.  I  give  to  my  Son  tow  stuffe  sutes  of  Cloaths  and  my 
best  Coate,  and  a  Cloath  sute  and  my  best  hatt,  and  I  give  to 
my  Brother  James  J5aly  a  great  Coate  one  paire  of  buck  lether 
Breeches  and  a  paire  of  Bootes.  One  little  liooke  I  give  to  my 
nephew  John  lialy.  I  give  unto  Thomas  Palmer  one  Gray  hatt 
one  Cloath  dublit  and  an  old  Jackit  and  a  paire  of  Gray 
Breeches. 

Ite.  I  make  my  wife  Edna  lialy  executrix  of  this  my  last 
will  and  Testament. 

Memorandad  and   I   give  eleven  shillings 
whii  li  is  owing  to  me  from  Mr.  Rogers  Ij3swich 
and  Mr.  Johnson  unto  the  poore  of  the  Towne. 

Rich,  baly 


30  INVENTORY    OF    ESTATE   OF    RICHARD    BAILEV 

In  the  psence  of  us 
Humfrey  Reyner 
Willem  Ca\-is., 

ped  by  one  wittnesa  the  2S  (i)  1648 
namely  Humphr)'  Reynor 
the  next  day  by  the  oath  of  Jaraes  Bayley 
in  court 

p  me  Robt  Lord  clarke 


Note.     The  above  will  is  from  ihe  records  in  the  omce  of  the  Clerk  of 
Courts  at  Salem.  Massachusetts. 


Inventory  of  Estate  of  Richard  Bailey. 


A  true  Inventory  of  the  Goods  &  Chatties  of  Richard  Baley 
of  Rowley  late  deceased  according  as  they  were  prized  by  indiJier- 
ent  men,  6th  mon :  23  :  164S.  whose  names  are  under  written. 


mp.  m  monyes 

te.  one  Box  and  some  small  thin^js  in  it 

te.  two  stune  Suites  of  Cioathes. 

te.  one  ^iray  hatt 

te.  one  Cloath  Suite. 

te.  one  peece  of  fustian, 

te.  one  Cloath  Coate 

te.  two  Childes  mande^ 

te.  ticking^  for  two  boulslers. 

le  one  paire  of  Brasse  Scales  and  weights 

te  two  Coverletts  &  two  Ruggs, 

te  fine  Blanketts. 

te  fine  Pillowes, 

te  one  feather  bed  tick, 

te  one  Brasse  Pott  &  a  Still 

te  a  Parcell  of  old  Cioathes, 

te  a  Bag^g  wL  some  Cotton  wooie 

te  a  Bagg  wt  Inke  Stuttc 

te  foure  Cushings  Ji:  a  leather  girdle 

te  an  old  Coaie 


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THE    HAILEV-liAVLliY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  ^I 


Ite  two  Basketts  wth.  six  pounds  of  Cotton  yarne, 
Ite  in  little  stone  potts, 
Ite  two  Bed  Coards 
Ite  one  Barrell 

Ite  one  trough  wl.  Leather  Satciiels  l\:  baggs 
I  te  one  sword 

Ite  one  niuskett  wt.  bandiliers 
Ite  one  Brasse  niorter  >X;  Pestiil 
Ite  one  Lanterne 
Ite  in  Brasse 
Ite  one  Iron  Pott, 
Ite  one  tfouleing  peece 
Ite  in  Puter 
Ite  one  Case  of  Bottles 
Ite  a  Parcel)  of  Bookes, 
Ite  two  Chests 
Ite  tine  Cushings, 
Ite  in  Iron  tooles, 
Ite  in  milke  vessell 
Ite  a  paire  of  Bellowes 
Ite  a  Stoole  a  Box  and  a  Dreaping  Pan 
Ite.  one  dwelling  house, 
I  te  one  Barne. 

Ite  broken  up  land  meadowes  and   Comons 
Ite  in  Corne  and  hay, 
Ite  in  Cattle 
Ite  in  Swine 
Ite  in  Liflen, 
Ite  three  Tenises, 

Ite  one  feather  bed  wt  boulsters  tV  other  bedding, 
Ite  a  Churne  and  Iron    Pott  wt.  sonic  Puter  with 
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Joseph  Jewitt  tot 

Maxcmilliann  Jawitt 
Matiiew  Boyes 

The  court  alowes  this  Inventorye  27th  (7)  1648 

\)  ine  Robert  lord  t  iai  ke 


■Siiloui  Cuui't  l''iU's,  liook  1,  loiif  '.is. 


Prospectus*     Bailey  Genealo<5y* 


The  committees  on  genealogy  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  Family 
Association  have  gathered  a  considerable  amount  ot  information 
concerning  James  Bailey  of  Rowley,  John  liailey  of  Salisbury, 
and  Thomas  Ikiley  of  Weymouth  and  the  descendants  of  each. 
A  portion  of  this  matter  has  been  typewritten.  It  is  proposed 
now  that  the  secretary  of  the  association  acting  in  conjunction 
with  the  committee  on  genealogy  (if  sufficient  interest  is  shown) 
edit  and  print  during  the  coming  year  this  genealogical  informa- 
tion with  such  additional  matter  as  can  be  gathered  while  the 
work  is  in  progress.  The  book  will  consist  of  three  parts,  one 
for  each  branch.  There  will  be  a  full  index.  The  book  will  be 
entitled  :  "  Bailey  Genealogy,  James,  John  and  Thomas  and 
their  Descendants."  It  is  estimated  that  the  cost  of  printing 
and  binding  will  be  such  that  single  copies  can  be  furnished  to 
advance  subscribers  at  ^2.00  per  volume  delivered.  After  pub- 
lication the  retail  price  will  be  $2.50.  The  number  printed  will 
be  limited,  and  only  those  who  subscribe  in  advance  can  be  sure 
of  obtaining  copies 


Reports  of  Annual  Gatherings. 


These  reports,  five  in  number,  for  the  years  1894  to  1898 
inclusive,  contain  much  valuable  matter.  The  price  of  the  1894 
report  is  twenty-five  cents,  of  the  others,  fifty  cents  each. 

Subscriptions  and  orders  for  reports  may  be  sent  to  the 
secretary  of  the  association, 

MOLLIS   R.    BAILh:V, 

53  State  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


ACCOUN'l 


OF 


The  Sevenrh  Annucil  GnUx^riixi 


OF  THE 


Bail?y=BayIey  Family  Rssociation 


HELD  AT 


Willow  Dale  Grove,  Tyncishoro, 
AiicjiLsr  10,  1 09^). 


('iti^cii  I'lx;-;-,  (iiliuuii  Sijuari;,   duunTvillf,   MaijS, 
April,  IWiit, 


TABLE  OF  CONTEN  rs. 


Business  Mecliii^ 

l\C|)()rt  ot  Secrclai)' 

Report  of  Treasurer 

Kej)orls  of  Committee  on  Gencaloj;)' 

IJy  llollis  K.  Hailey    . 

Hy  Mrs.  Milton  IJlsworlh      . 

]iy  (ieorj^e  lulson  liailey 

hy  Dr.  Stephen  (i.  IJailey 

l^y  Dudley  1'.  Hailey 
Report  .is  to  Certitie.ite  ol  Mcmbershij) 
Report  on  Changes  in  Constitution  and  Hy  Laws 
Officers   ]*Jected     ..... 


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Literal y    Ivxcreises 

Address  ot  Welcome  by  Dudley  1',  Haik'y 

Address  ot  Horace  W.  Ixiiley. 

Memoir  of  William  W.  Hailey 

Hy  J.  Warren  Hailey 
Original  I'oem 

liy  Mrs.  Elizabeth  I'.mersmi  Hadey  . 
Memoir  of  Isaac  1 1.  Hailey 

Hy  1  )udley  I'.  Hailey   . 
Will  of  John  liailey  of  Salisbury  . 


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Account  of  the  Seventh  Annual  Gathering 


OF  THE 


BAILHY-BAYl.BY    FAMILY   ASSOCIATION 


HELD    AT 


Willow  Dale  Grove,  Tyngsboro,  August   10,   1899. 

BUSINESS   MEETING. 

The  tiiccling  was  called  to  order  at  ii  a.  m.,  by  llullis  R. 
li.iiley,  Ivsq.,  secretary. 

I\Ik.  Haii  ev  :  You  are  all,  I  think,  aware  that  during  the 
pist  year  we  have  lost  the  president  of  the  association,  lion.  \V. 
\V.  Bailey,  who  died  June  9,  last.  As  secret. iry,  I  have  asked 
tlie  senior  vice  presiilent,  Mr.  Dutlley  1'.  15ailey  ot  I'.verett, 
Mass.,  to  serve  as  president  of  the  day. 

The  opening  prayer  was  made  by  Dea.  Dudley  1'.  Bailey. 

Rb:i'()RT  OF  THE  SbXRKTARY,  ilOLLIS  R.  liAILKV. 

1,.\1)11„S    AND    (jENTLEME.X; 

I  have  the  same  thing  to  say  this  year  that  I  have  said  in 
years  previous,  viz.,  that  the  report  of  the  last  annual  gathering 
has  been  printed  and  offered  for  sale,  and  many  have  alreaiiy 
purchased  copies.  Tiie  price  is  50  cents  a  copy,  which  about 
defrays  the  expense  ol  jirinting.  Copies  of  last  year's  re- 
port, and  also  reports  for  the  preceding  years  are  in  the  hamls 
of  the  secretary  and  can  be  had.  They  have,  in  adtliti(jn  U) 
an  account  of  the  exercises,  some  additional    matter   ot    [)erma 


4  si:cKi':r.\in'  s   ki-.I'Oki'. 

nent  value;  for  instaiux',  the  year  before  last  we  prinleil  the 
will  of  Thomas  liailey  of  Weymouth,  together  willi  an  inveiitoiy 
of  his  estate.  That  was  an  interesting  and  a  valuable  (hjcument, 
he  being  the  first  of  the  name  of  Uailcy  who  was  in  New  Eng- 
land as  a  permanent  settler.  This  year  we  pruited  the  will  of 
Richard  Bailey  of  Rowley,  a  will  which  had  pieviously  not  been 
accessible,  although  reference  to  it  had  been  made  in  the 
publications  of  the  l^ssex  Historical  Society.  Now  we  haxe  it 
available  for  the  use  of  any  of  the  descendants  of  Richard  liailey 
who  are  interested. 

I  have  to  report  that  the  association  is  in  a  healthy,  I  may 
say,  flourishing  condition.  The  roll  of  membership  is  above  300 
and  we  get  new  atlditions  every  year;  some  fall  off  and  some 
come  in.  l^esides  those  who  attend  our  gatherings  we  have  a 
membership  extending  through(jut  the  West  and  the  North- 
west, people  who,  while  they  cannot  come  to  the  gathei  ings  are 
glad  to  read  about  them.  These  members  have  sent  \alual)le 
contributions  for  the  book  of  genealogy  and  interesting  atkli- 
tions  to  the  family  histoiy. 

I  have  a  letter  from  one  of  the  executive  committee  who 
would  have  been  glad  to  have  been  here  today.  Some  of  )'ou 
rememl)er  listening  to  him  at  Scituate,  a  descendant  of  'i'homas 
of  W^eymouth,  Mr.  Henry  T.  Ixuley,  who  holds  the  olTice  df 
State  supervisor  of  drawing. 

I  have  received  another  letter  from  a  gentleman  in  \\'ash- 
ington,  D.  C,  who  is  em[)loyed  in  the  Pension  Depailment,  say- 
ing that  he  is  sorry  that  he  can  not  be  here. 

I  shall  have  a  word  to  say  to  you  later  about  the  book  ol 
genealogy  and  what  has  been  done  in  the  way  of  preparing  thai 
for  publication.  I  have  one  other  announcement  to  make 
as  secretary,  and  that  is  the  death  ui  Henry  Iniile)'  of 
Boston  at  the  advanced  age  of  over  80,  I  think  85.  He  was  a 
descendant  of  Thomas  of  Weymouth  and  was  born  on  the  old 
liailey  homestead  at  North  Scituate,  which  has  been  in  the 
family  since  1670. 

On  motion  of  Horace  W.  Bailey  it  was  voted  that  the  re- 
port of  the  secretary  be  accepted  and  placetl  t)n  file. 


I'm:    IJAII.I.N'-Ii  \\'I.I",\'     1    \.MII.\'    ASSOLIA'J'ION.  5 

RKPORT  OK  Till-:    TRICASU  R1':R,  JA1\11':S  R.    15AI1.KY. 

Mr.    ri<i:sii)i:NT,   LadiI'.s  and  (h:.\"ii.i.mi;n  : 

I  would  say  that  the  financial  concHtion  of  the  association 
is  very  i^ood,  inasnuich  as  we  are  entirely  out  of  debt  and  our 
bills  are  paitl.  I  will  say  in  this  connection  that  we  depend 
quite  larj^ely  on  contributions  from  nienibers  for  carrying  on 
the  affairs  of  the  associaticjn.  The  dues  j^o  a  certain  distance, 
but  we  deijcnd  quite  larL;"cly  on  ycjur  contributions.  'l"he  affaiis 
of  the  association  are  run  on  very  economical  lines  and  several 
committees  have  paid  tiieir  own  travelling  expenses,  and  have 
been  very  hap])y  to  do  it.  As  treasurer,  I  would  ask  the  mem- 
bers to  be  as  liberal  in  their  contributions  as  possible. 

'I'here  was  a  balance  on  hand  a  year  ago  of  $55.35.  The 
receipts  during  the  year  from  contributions,  dues  and  the  sale 
of  reports  ha\e  been  ^^88.71,  making  a  total,  of  receipts  of 
$144.06.  The  payments  for  j)rinting,  postage  and  sundry  ex- 
penses ha\'e  amounted  ^0375  58,  lca\'ing  a  balance  on  hantl  of 
$68.48. 

On  motion  of  lulwin  A.  l)a)de)',  voted  that  the  treasurer's 
rept)rt  be  accepted,  and  placed  on  file. 

Mr.  llollis  R.  15ailey  moved  that  the  chair  appoint  a  com- 
mittee of  three  to  retire  and  bring  in  a  list  of  nominees  foi' 
olhcers  ot   the  association  for  the  ensuing  year.     It  was  so  xoteil. 

The  chair  appointed  John  Alfretl  Jiailey,  llollis  R.  l^ailey 
and  Mrs.  Milton  I'^llsworth,  as  such  committee. 


REPORTS  OF  C0MMITT1:K    ON    GICNICALOGV. 

JAMK.S    OF    KOWl.KV    15KANC11. 

DuDLi.v  P.  Haii.kv,  1{s().  :  The  liailey-Hayley  P\amily  Asso- 
ciation owes  a  debt  of  gialitude  to  Mr.  lh)llis  R.  Hailey,  which 
we  shall  never  be  able  to  discharge,  fcjr  he  has  jjut  an  amount  of 
labor  into  the  business  of  galheiing  up  the  genealogy  for 
which  money  can  ne\er  pay.  It  has  been  a  labor  of  lo\'e,  and  it 
is  better  done  in  tjiat  way  than  when  it  is  done  for  money.     You 


0  REPORTS    OF    COMMITTKE    ON    CKXHALOGV. 

will  see  the  fruits  of  his  labor  when  the  Ibiley  ocnealoKy 
comes  out.  Jt  is  the  first  system:itir  efn.it  nt  the  kin?l  t\.i  tin. 
and  \oi  two  other  bnmclK-s  ol   the  tainil^'. 

HOLLIS  k.  JJAlIJ':v. 

AIk.    rKKSIDKNT,    L.\|)li;>    A  x  I )    ( i  I  ..\  1  I.  |.:m  E\  : 

Vour  president  has  h.-L-ii  very  kiiui  aiui  fiatterin--  in   his   re 
marks.     The  truth  is  tlial  what    little    1    have   been    able  to   do 
would  have  amounted   to  nothinu    except    b)r   the    very  hearty 
support  and  co-operation  which   I   have  received,  not  only  from 
the  other  members   ot   the   committee  on    «;enealo-y,  but    troin 
those    members    of    the    association,    scattered    through    .\ew 
Kn^dand  ami   the    West,   who,   bavin-;    information,   luue    vei\ 
kindly  sent  it  in  that  it  mi-ht  be  used  in  the  comin*,^  publication. 
And  to  show  how  one  thing  leads  to  another,  1  recall  today  that 
at  the  first  gathering  which  I  attended,  at  y\n'dover,  1  was  ableto 
place  on  a  single  sheet  of  pai)er  all  that  had  then  been  gatheicd 
of  the  James  of  Rowley  genealogy.     We  had  also   upon    quite 
a  good  many  sheets  of  paper,  an  account  of  the  descendants  ol 
Richard.     At  the  next  gathering  at  Groveland  one  sheet,  some- 
what lurger,  still  served   the    purpose    of  showing  all    that    was 
then    gathered    of   James   of    Rowley,    and   a    single    sheet    ol 
paper  alsoshowed  what  had  been  gathered  of  the  joim  of  .Salis- 
bury branch.      Mrs.  Ellsworth  had  then   begun  to   put    together 
that   blanch.       Since  that   time   the   work   has  gone    on;    Mi>. 
Lyon,  in  Lawrence,  has  sent  in  a  very  viluable  addition,  a   lad)- 
in  Pennsylvania,  Mrs.  Lincoln,  has  sent  in  a   valuable    addition, 
Mr.  Roberts  of  Chicago,  and  Miss  Sarah  F.  Bailey  of  (irinnell,' 
Iowa,  have  done  the  same,  and  so  from  one  source  and  another, 
what  in  the  beginning  was  very  imperfect   and  partial,  has  now 
grown,  until  it  amounts  to  what  will  be  a  good-sixcd  \(.lun)e. 

Ihere  has  been,  heretofore,  no  printed  publication  covering 
the  three  branches  of  James  of  Rowley,  John  of  Salisbury  and 
Thomas  ot  Weymouth.  There  was  a  publication,  as  ino-,t  of 
you  know,  by  Mr.  Alfred  i'oore,  of  Salem,  in  1838,  ot  what  had 
then  been  gathered  of  the  Richard  Jiailey  line,  a  very  valuable 
and  interesting  publication      Jt  is  still  to  be  had   by  writing    to 


Tin;    IIAII.K\ -IIAVI.KV    lAMII.V    ASSOCIATION. 


Mr.  Poore  at  Salem.  'riicie  has  been  published  by  Mrs. 
Ilaiiiiah  C.  (l>ailey)  Hopkins  at  I'rovideiice,  K.  I.,  an  ac- 
count ol  son]e  ol  the  descendants  of  William  liailey  ol  New- 
|)(ut,  supposed  to  be  an  oriL;inal  settler.  This  bo(jk,  1  think, 
can  be  had  in  the  libraries,  it    not  lor  sale  on  the  market. 

It  seemed  to  us  a  )'ear  a^o  that  inasmuch  as  an  imi)oitant 
pait  ol  the  work  ot  this  association  is  the  ^atherinj;  ami  put- 
tin<^  into  permanent  lorm  the  tamily  hislor)',  your  committee 
on  i^enealot^y  couKI  do  no  better  service  than  by  having  ar- 
ranj^ed  and  |)iinted,  reaily  tor  <list  i  ibution  amon<;  you,  what  we 
had  gathered  of  James  ol  Rowley,  John  ot  Salisbury  and 
I'hoinas  of  \Ve)'mouth.  A  year  ago  I  estimated  that  what  we 
had  on  hand  wouUl  make  a  \'oluine  of  250  pages,  and  we  then 
jiroposed  to  print  it  in  three  paits,  all  in  one  volume,  so  ll;at 
any  members  not  ahead)'  knowing  about  their  ancestr)'  might 
ha\'e  a  larger  chance  of  linding  out  their  pedigree.  It  was 
further  a  ]KUt  of  the  plan  that  in  the  future,  there  would  be 
members  of  the  association,  who  would  come  torwaid  and  be 
interested  to  continue  the  work  and  eidaige  each  one  ot  these 
parts  and  add  suitable  illustrations  and  portraits  and  make  of 
the  same  three  separate  \'olumes. 

The  work  has  been  gcjing  on  all  winter  and  constantly 
through  the  spring  and  summer. 

The  James  of  Rowley  pait  was  gathered  b)'  myself,  with 
the  aid  of  Mrs.  Abbie  \\  hillswoith  of  Rowle)' and  Mrs.  lul- 
ward  M.  liaile)-  of  Ashland,  Mass.  With  their  assistance  1 
ha\'e  completed  the  work  and  Part  One  is  now  printed.  It 
makes  a  book  of  150  pages  of  that  branch  of  the  taniil)'. 
r.iit  Two,  John  of  Salisbur)',  was  comjiiletl  almost  entirel)  by 
Mrs.  ICllsworth.  She  has  received,  of  course,  \aluable  contri- 
butit)ns  from  different  members  ol  the  association  and  trom 
otiier  peuj)le  interested, 

Mrs,  l\sther  l\.  Curtis  of  Bridgeport,  who  is  here  toilay^ 
made  a  \er)'  \aluable  coiili  ibulion  to  that  line.  Mr.  branklin 
L.  i^aile)'  of  l)oston,  wiio  is  also  here,  has  fiunisheLl  suine 
matter  for  the  book,  and  1  ma)'  sa)'  that  )i)ur  (.ommittee  are  in- 
debted to  him  for  vei)'  valuable  inlormation. 


8  REPORTS  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 

The  book  has  so  far  progressed  that  Part  Two  is  all  in  the 
hands  of  the  printer  and  is  x'ery  nearly  printed.  Part  Three- 
is  being  put  together  by  Mr.  Iveed  ot  Wey month,  lie  has 
linishetl  writing  the  first  si.\  generatM)ns,  antl  that  part  will  gi) 
to  the  printer  by  the  first  of  Septt-nibcr,  antl  the  book  will  be 
read)'  for  distribution  sonu-iime  in  October,  as  we  now  plan  il 
Instead  of  benig  a  volume  of  200  pages,  the  book  is  going  to  l)e 
something  over  400  pages.  'Ihe  price  was  fi.xed  last  year  at 
^2.00  for  those  who  subscribed  in  advance,  the  expectation 
being,  that  with  a  moderate  sale  at  that  price,  enough  would 
be  realized  to  pay  for  the  e.xpense  of  printing.  With  the  in- 
creased size  of  the  book,  it  will  be  necessary  that  there  should 
be  a  very  large  sale  in  order  to  meet  the  e.xpense  of  pid)lic:i 
tion.  Of  course,  the  labor  of  all  the  compilers  is  a  lalior  ot 
love.  They  will  be  glad  to  see  all  that  has  been  gathered  put 
in  a  i^ermanent  form  and  matle  accessible  to  all  who  arc  in 
terested. 

JOHN    OF    .SALI.SIiUKV    liKANCK. 

Mks.  Mil. ton  Ellsworth:  I  have  given  my  best  efforts. 
It  .has  been  a  labor  of  love,  and  I  have  enjo)'ed  the  work  \cr) 
much.  I  have  sent  what  I  ha\-e  gathered  to  Mr.  Ikiile)',  and  he 
has  had  it  put  in  print. 

What  1  have  learned  of  the  John  Hailey  branch  has  made 
me  proud  of  that  part  of  our  famil}-. 

THOMAS    of    WEVMOUTH    liKANCH. 

Mr.  William  II.  Reed  of  South  Weymouth,  the  compiler  ot 
this  branch,  owing  to  illness,  was  unable  to  be  present. 

In  his  absence,  Mr.  George  lulson  Jiaile)'  of  Manslield^ 
Mass.,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  of  We)'niouth,  was  asked  tw 
sj:)eak. 

George  Edson  I^mlev  of  Mansfield,  Mass,  :  There  1-. 
scarcely  an)thing  that  I  can  add  to  what  you  know  of  our  line. 
Some  years  ago  my  father,  with  Mr.  James  H.iile)-,  gatlieied 
considerable  statistics  relating  to  our  genealogy,  and  these,  1 
think,  ha\e  pioved  of  value. 


illK   i;  \ii,i',\-i;  AVI  i;\' 


\MII.\'     ASSOiFATlON. 


I  always  am  glad  lo  niccl  the  luiilcy  himily.  It  is  a  larger 
family  than  I  expected.  1  am  a  ikscLiidant  ot  Saimicl  naiU\. 
son  (if  )c)hii  of  Scituatc.  It  is  worth  noliiiL;'  that  in  our  line  the 
male  members  were  \'ery  scarce.  My  great  grandlather,  my 
grandfathei,  my  father  and  myself  were  all  o\\]y  sons,  1  .mi 
very  glad  to  be  with  you  today.  I  always  like  to  shake  the 
h  intl  of  a  IJailey,  whether  of  the  tribe  of  Thom;ih,  James,  Richard 
or  John.. 

kIClIARI)    OK    KOWLKY    HKANCIl. 

Dr.  Sti;i'Iie\  G.  Haii.en'  of  Lowell  :  I  believe  I  represent 
the  committee  which  is  gathering  and  compiling  further  sla^ 
tistics  regarding  Richard.  We  have  the  ad\-antage  of  this 
book  which  has  been  referretl  to,  jDrinted  by  Mr.  I'ooie 
some  years  since,  but  that  only  comes  down  so  as  to  in- 
clude those  born  about  1S50.  There  is  an  entire  generation 
since  then  which  has  grown  up,  and  their  children  are  coming 
along,  which  means  that  there  are  two  generations  which 
should  be  added  to  this  record  of  Richard  Bailey.  1  have  con- 
tinued to  [nit  in  a  small  amount  of  work,  not  so  much  as  I 
would  like,  in  further  C(jm[jiling  and  arranging  the  work  of  Mr. 
i'oore  and  in  making  such  additions  as  have  come  to  my  hands. 
Those  wh(j  are  c(jnnected  with  this  branch  of  the  family  will 
confer  a  favor  by  sending  me  their  family  genealogy  during  the 
last  40  years  as  far  as  it  can  be  gathered,  so  that  it  may  be  in- 
terwoven with  and  added  on  to  what  apjicars  in  this  book  of  Mr. 
I'oorc's. 

There  is  not  much  to  add.  I  suppose  some  one  will  have 
the  courage  some  day  to  publish  the  book  in  its  entirety,  the 
old  as  well  as  th^-  new  in  s<jme  such  plan  as  has  been  spoken  of 
here  today  for  the  James  Jxiiley  branch  anch  the  others.  The 
information  needed  can  (;nly  be  increased  and  the  work  fur- 
thered by  each  one  forwarding  such  knowledge  as  he  or  she  has, 
if  it  is  in  tiic  line  of  Richard  liailey. 

I  cannot  help  congratulating  the  oificers  and  members  ot 
this  gooilly  assembly.  I  do  not  know  what  I  can  add  except  to 
say  that  1  shall  be  glad  to  tlo  my  small  part  and  1  ho[je  that  all 
who  are  tmactjuainled  with  their  ancestry  will  take  pain.-:>  to  in- 


10  KEFOKTS    OF    COMMITTEK    oN     (.liNF.AI.OG  V. 

vestigate  this  Richard  Bailey  branch  and  possibly  they  may 
find  a  resting  place  there. 

On  motion  of  Horace  \V.  I-5ailey  it  was  voted  that  these  re- 
ports be  accepted  and  printed  in  the  minutes  ot  the  meeting. 

Dudley  P.  liAiM:v,  1'>S(). :  In  this  matter  of  genealogy,  1 
hope  that  every  member  of  the  l^ailey-I^ayley  Family  Associa- 
tion will  be  a  committee  of  one  to  Icjok  up  all  the  information 
at  hand  and  furnish  it  to  those  who  are  gathering  the  geneal- 
ogy. As  this  genealogy  is  printed,  of  course,  that  will  furnish 
many  clues  which  will  aid  members  in  tracing  out  their  geneal- 
ogy, and  they  can,  with  their  own  jjersonal  infurmalion,  fill  out 
many  of  the  gaps  which  are  left.  In  this  way  a  very  \alual)le 
history  of  the  different  branches  of  the  Bailey  families  ma)' 
be  collected.  It  requires  co-operation  on  the  i^art  of  a  large 
number  of  people.  Anybody  who  has  tried  this  matter  knows 
how  much  labor  it  is  and  how  much  time  it  takes  to  trace  one 
the  different  branches  of  families,  scattered  as  American  fami- 
lies do  scatter,  all  over  the  country  and  even  to  foreign  i)arts. 
The  Bailey  family,  es|iecially,  I  thmk,  will  be  found  in  every 
State  of  the  Union,  and  i)ossibly  in  nearly  every  couiitr)'  in  the 
entire  globe.  They  are  rather  a  migratory  race,  rather  a  jnish- 
ing  class  of  people  and  they  travel  a  good  deal.  It  is  the  pait 
of  the  members  of  this  association  to  trace  out  the  missing 
links  so  far  as  we  can  and  fill  in  the  gaps  in  the  history  so  that 
we  may  unite  the  whole  Bailey  family  together  in  kinship,  as 
we  believe  it  is  united  in  sentiment  and  feelinji". 


report  of   committick  on  ch:rtificath:   oi' 
i\i]':mb1':rsiiip. 

HV    EinVIN    A.    liA\l.i:Y    Ol'     LE.\'lN(iTON. 

Mr.    President,    L.\1)Ii  s    and  (ii-.NTi.i:.Mi:N  ok    tiii".    Baii.i  \- 

B.VVLEV    P^AMILV    As.SOCl  AJI().\  : 

As  a  member  of  the  conuuillee  on  certificate  ot  member 
ship,  which  consists  of  Mr.  llollis  R.  liailey  and  m)selt,  I  ha\e 
to  report  that  we  first  made  quite  extensive  iiujuiry  as  to  the 


rill-    H  \ii.i:\'i!.\\i  i;\-   iamii.y   association. 


1 1 


loiiii  ot  CL'rlilic;itc  usl\1  1))'  olhcr  l,in)il\-  assucialions.  There 
seems  to  be  lU)  unitoniiil)'  ill  re_i;anl  to  ihe  loini  of  eerlifKale 
ii.seJ,  ami  so  iMr.  11.  K.  Ii.iiley  then  made  a  siarch  for  some- 
thin;.;"  suitable,  aiul  as  a  lesult  of  this  .scaieh  we  have  a  bhiiik 
torn)  of  certiheate  whieli  we  have  tilled  out  with  the  name  of 
the  assoeiatioii,  and  the  motto  and  a  statement  (;i  tlie  pui|)oses 
ot  the  association,  toL;ether  with  thie  usual  delail^  ot  sueh  a  cer- 
lilieale.  We  would  like  to  ha\'e)'()U  h.iok  at  ihi.s  [Hoposed  foi  m 
and  consider  the  advisability  of  it.  The  r^-porL  oi  your  conmiit- 
tee  is  unanimously  in  la\'oi'  ot  some  such  ceitihcate. 

It  is  desir;d)le,  we  think,  to  ha\'e  somelhiui;  to  show  thai 
we  aru-  members  ol  the  association  in  due  and  rei;iilar  f(;i  in  and 
t;ood  stantlin^.  There  will  In:  a  little  e.Npense  connecteil  with 
this;  we  think  it  best  to  have  a  sulticient  number  of  certilicates 
printed  to  last  tor  cpiite  a  jnuidd.  We  estimate  tlie  e.\jK,'nse  as 
in  the  \-icinity  of  315.  After  the  association  h.is  examined  this 
form  ot  cert  ilicate  .Old  has  considered  the  matter  the  members 
[)resent  ma)'  be  willing  to  coiilribiile  the  amount  needed  to  de- 
tray  the  e.\j)ense.  We  hope  that  such  action  will  betaken.  The 
remark  has  been  made  that  we  owe  a  _<;reat  deal  to  Ilollis  K. 
Hailey,  and  tliat  is  true.  I  know  Irom  experience  he  lias  ;j,iven, 
m'tu'e  time  and  thou;j,ht  tiuin  anyone  1  have  known  of  in  con- 
nection with  the  Ikiiley  j'amily.  lUit  neitlier  Jlcjllis  K.  liailey, 
nor  3'ou,  luu'  I  alone  cm  make  a  success  ot  this  association  ;  all 
must  take  hold  and  come  to  the  association  i^atlun  injj;'s  an<l  each 
one  must  contributed^  he  or  .-die  is  able. 

Now  I  hope  you  will  take  this  matter  of  the  certificate 
into  consitleration,  and  1  hojje  the  associaticjn  will  \'ote  to  ha\c 
this  ceititicate. 


RlCroRT    ()!•■    C()i\IMITTl-;i<:   ON    CilANC^I'lS    IN    CON- 
STriTriiOX  ANJJ    15V   LAWS. 

The  committee  a])pointed  at  a  meeting;  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  ikiile)- l).i\  ley  I'amily  Association,  held 
January  21,  1  Sij(j,  to  considrr  and  rep(Ut  any  needed  cliaii_t;es  in 
the    b)--hiws  of   the    a.-,.-,ouaUon,  have    examined    the    Ijy-laws   as 


12      Kl'll'ORr    OK    rOMMI  1  l'i:i-:    on     CIIANOI-.S     in     (ONMIIIIION 

printed  on  page  seven  o(  the  Report  ot  the  'I'liirtl  Aiinii.il 
Gathering  ot  the  Association,  helil  August  15,  1S95,  '"i''  leconi 
mend  the  following  changes  : 

ist.  That  tiie  words  "an  auilitor"  be  inserted  alter  tlie  won! 
"treasurer"  in  Article  2,  and  the  wonls  "or  more"  alter  the 
word  "five"  in  said  Article  so  that  the  Article  shall  read,  "the 
officers  of  the  association  shall  consist  of  a  jMcsident  anti  one  or 
more  vice-presiilents,  a  secretary,  a  treasurer,  an  auditor  and  an 
executive  committee,  consisting  of  the  above  named  oKicers  e.\- 
officio,  and  of  five  or  more  atklitional  members." 

2nd.  That  the  words  "at  the  annual  meeting"  be  substi- 
tuted for  the  word  "annually  '  in  Article  3,  so  that  tin;  Article 
shall  read  as  follows  :  "The  said  officej?*  shall  be  chosen  at  the 
annual  meeting  and  sha.U  ccjntinue  in  office  untd  their  succes- 
sors are  elected." 

3rd.  That  the  words  "tirst  vice-president  in  oider  of  dec 
tion"  be  substituted  lor  the  words  "senior  vice-president"  in 
Article  5,  so  that  the  Article  shall  read  as  follows  :  "In  the  ab 
sence  or  inabilty  to  act  of  the  president,  one  of  the  vice-presi 
dents  shall  act  in  his  stead  and  if  nu)re  than  one  vice  presidenl 
is  present  at  any  meeting,  the  first  vice-president  in  order  ot 
election  shall  act  unless  otherwise  agreed." 

4th.  That  the  following  be  ailded  to  Article  12:  "Any 
member  of  the  association  may  pay  the  sum  of  five  dollars  and 
become  a  life  member  and  shall  thereafter  be  exempt  Irom  the 
payment  of  annual  dues." 

5th.  That  the  words  "and  bydaws"  be  inserted  after  the 
word  "constitution"  in  Article  15,  so  that  the  same  shall  lead 
"this  constitution  and  bydaws  may  be  alteied,  etc." 

Some  other  changes  weie  suggestetl,  but  it  was  decided    to 
recommend  only  the  foregoing  as  being  needed  for  the  present. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

IIOI.LIS    R.     liAlI.KY,  )    .^ 

,.  A     1,  Committee. 

Kdwin  a.  Havlkv,  ) 


Till':  |{ai[.i:v-i;avi,[;v   i  amii.v  association.  13 

lIoKACi;  \V.  l)Ai  i.\:V  :  I  move  you  that  the  report,  as  a  whole, 
•botli  in  relation  to  the  ceitificate,  and  also  the  recommendation 
as  to  chanj^es  in  by-laws  presented  by  this  committee  be 
accepted  and  adopted  and  be  incor[)orated  into  the  i)roceedings 
of  this  meeting.     Motion  seconded  and  it  was  so  voted. 

lIoKAcr:  \V.  li\ii.i;v  :  In  order  to  expedite  matters,  if  the 
Richard  liailey  branch  will  trust  me  with  making  a  motion  in 
their  behrdf,  I  trust  the  others  will.  I  will  make  a  motion  that 
this  certificate  as  proposed  by  this  committee  be  accejjted  and 
atlopted  as  the  certificate  of  this  association.  If  it  is  your 
pleasure,  I  will  read  the  certificate.  (Reads  certificate.)  I 
move  you  that  this  form  of  certihcate  be  adopted  as  the  certifi- 
cate of  membership  of  this  association. 

l'j)W#N  A.  l>AVi.i:v  :  1  would  like  to  know  if  the  member  in- 
tended to  incorporate  into  his  m(»tion  the  power  to  have  these 
certificates  [irinted,  with  authority  to  incur  the  necessary 
expense. 

lloKACK  \V.  Haii.I'.y  :  My  idea  was  to  have  them  printed  in 
book  form  ami  issued  at  so  much  |)er  certificate  or  so  much  j^er 
life  membership.  Yes,  sir,  th.it  was  my  intentit)n,  that  they  be 
printed  and  reatly  for  us  at  the  ne.xt  meeting. 

lloi.i.is  R.  Haii.ia  :  I  lu)pethat  thee.\i:>ense  of  the  printing 
may  come  out  of  the  geneial  tieasui)'  ;  the  expense  is  going  to 
be  moderate  for  what  we  are  to  gel.  h'ifteen  tlollars  will  pro- 
vide a  book  of  400  certificates.  There  will  be  some  at  a  dis- 
tance that  ma)'  like  a  certificate,  ami  perhajis  may  not  care  to 
|)ay  for  it,  but  the  issuing  of  certificates  to  all  members  helps 
the  association,  hel])s  to  make  permanent  the  association,  heljjs 
to  identify  the  membershi|).  At  the  present  time  there  are  a 
considerable  number  enrolled  as  members  that  do  not  quite 
know  whether  they  belong  or  not.  I  think  if  there  is  a  fairly 
Miberal  donation  toda)'  when  the  collection  is  taken  up,  that  the 
treasury  will  be  able  to  pay  for  the  certificates. 

Horace  W.  r>ailey  accepts  the  amendment  suggested  and 
moves  that  the  certificate  be  adopted,  and  that  the  committee  on 
certificates  be  instrucleil  t(j  ha\e  the  jjioper  number  i)iinted 
and  that  payment  be  made  lor  the  same  from  the  funds  of  the 
society. 


14  KKI'OKr    Ol'    COM.MirJl'.i'.    ON    NOMINATION. 

Motion  scconclctl  ;iiul  it  was  so  volcil. 

iV  coUectiv^n  wms  I  hen  Uikcii  Inr  i  lu-  piii  |  ■.  .se  of  raising;  iiiuiK')' 
to  pay  lor  ihc  cci  tificaU-.s,  and  lln-  siiiii  nl'j;i2.:;o   was  icali/cil. 


Rl'iroRT    OV    COAIMil  I  i:i:     on     NOMIXAIION     OIv 

()M-ic1':rs. 

The  committee  rcpoitcil  the  loilowini;' uomiiiccs  :  l-'or  picsi 
dent,  Dudley  1'.  15ailcy  ol  I'^crcit  ;  tor  vice  [Hcsidchls,  I'Mwiii 
A.  l^ayley  of  Lc.\ini;l()ii,  Aiass.,  (ieorL;c  Julsmi  liaik-)  nl  Mans- 
field, Mass,  Horace  W.  liailc)- ot  Xcwhiiiy,  \'l.,  William  II.  kccd 
of  South  Weynioulh,  Mass.,  am!  Milloii  I'dl.^wdrlli  ol  k(AvU\ , 
Mass.,  for  treasurer,  James  R.  ISailey  ol  Lawrence;  lor  secrelar)', 
Hollis  R.  lluley  of  C"aml)ridL;e  ;  loi' amlilor,  John  L.  llaiUy  o| 
Newton  I  Iii;"hlaiuls  ;  for  e.\eculi\'e  coinnnllee,  hdieii  11.  I'.aile)-  ol 
Boston;  John  Alfred  IJaiie}'  of  Lowell,  ])r.  Stephen  (L  llaile)'  ol 
Lowell,  Harrison  Bade)'  of  h^itcliburi;,  and  Mrs.  I'Mward  M 
Bailey  of  Ashland. 

()n  motion  of  Horace  W.  Bailey  \'oted  that  tlu-  report  ol  tlic 
committee  be  accepletl  and  tha.t  nominees  recommended  by  ihi.' 
committee  be  elecletl,  and  the  same  were  electeLl. 

Mrs.  ]'!ben  H.  Hailey  of  IJoslon  sani;'. 

I^DWIN  A.  l)A\i.i.\  :  I  hold  in  ni)'  hand  an  ear!)'  will  ol  (ien. 
Jacob  Bayley  that  l)ears  dale  of  Januar)'  4,  i/S().  It  ma\-  be  a 
matter  of  curiosity  ami  interest,  and  I  sliall  be  L!,la(l  to  h.i\  e  \  tui 
examine  the  same. 

Gi:or(;k  I^jison  H.\ii.i:\':  1  desire  to  acKI  a  few  words  to  what 
1  have  saitl.  When  1  was  about  15  )'ears  old  there  was  a  xouhl; 
man  by  the  name  of  James  Liaile)-,  who  was  a  teacher  ol  tan 
High  School  in  Manslield.  We,  of  coin^e,  became  ac(pKiiiiU(l 
with  him,  and  I  found  that  he  belonged  to  the  .same  tribe  ol 
Baileys  that  we  did.  He  originated  frtaii  John  ol  .Sciluale. 
This  voung  man  and  my  fathei-  studied  the  genealog)'  ol  ni)' 
father  and  found  we  were  not  alone  in  the  wurld,  but  belon-ed 
to  a  \'ery  large  famdy,  although  we  did  not  then  apiaeciale  hou 
very  large  it  was.      I    w.is    in     llolton   a    lew   da)s   sini.'e  and  in 


TiiF.  iiAii.i:\'  nA\'Li:v   iwmii.v  association. 


15 


quired  about  tlio  family  of  this  James  Bailey.  I  learned  that  he 
had  a  sister  living  in  Maiden.  1  wrote  to  her  immediately. 
She  is  here  today  and  1  have  information  from  her  which  is  very 
interestin-;.  She  has  a  sister  who  married  a  minister  and  went 
with  him  to  Africa,  where  they  have  lived  ever  since  as  mission- 
aries. I  have  a  list  of  their  children,  little  Africans,  I  call  them. 
Si)  you  see  our  Jiaileys  extenti  even  to  Africa.  There  was 
another  Hailey  of  the  same  family,  who  went  to  the  Sandwich 
Islands  as  a  missionary.  It  is  an  interesting;  fact  that  we  have 
l>aile)'s  all  over  the  world.  Here  is  one  family  that  has  reached 
to  Africa  and  the  Samhvich  Islands. 


LITERARY  EXERCISES. 


Ai)i)i<i:ss  OF  \vi-:i.(:()Mi.   i;\    dudlkv   p.   iiaim.v,   i;s().  : 

1  am  certainly  very  i;la(.l  to  welcome  so  goodly  a  gatliei  in;:, 
of  the  various  brandies  ol  the  JkuIc)'  iami!)'  anil  1  hope  thai 
we  shall  all  try  and  be  loyal  members  t)f  the  lamil)'  tree  in  sen. 
timent  and  syni[)athy,  ex'en  if  we  cannot  trace  our  lineage  to 
precisely  the  same  j,renealo[i;ical  root.  There  is  a  certain  tie  ol 
common  interest  which  unites  all  of  the  name  oi  Hailc)'. 
That  sentiment  of  common  feeling'  is  something  which  we  can 
cultivate  with  mutual  pioht  and  interest.  The  large  numbei 
of  Baileys  has  been  spoken  of — I  believe  it  is  a  \'ery  numeious 
family.  They  are  scattered  over  all  the  Stales  in  the  Union 
and  in  some  sections  they  are  very  abundant  ;  in  others  the) 
aie  very  few,  but  if  we  could  get  them  all  together,  we  should 
be  surprised  at  the  exceeding  large  number  of  the  [jersons  of 
this  name,  without  counting  those  of  the  female  lines,  who 
have  branched  off  into  other  families,  but,  nevertheless,  are 
properly  claipied  as  apart  of  oursehes.  One  of  the  honorable 
purposesfeof  this  association  is  to  culti\ate  that  sentiment  ol 
mutual  sympathy,  mutual  kinship  of  spirit,  if  not  i)f  blood, 
and  to  promote  good  feeling  and  good  fellowship  among 
all  the  branches  of  the  dilTerent  l^ailey  families.  Another  im 
portant  purpose  of  the  association  is  to  trace,  so  far  as  possible, 
the  kinship  of  the  different  members,  ami  to  incorj)orate  it  in 
print,  so  that  we  ma)'  all  know  just  how  we  are  rekited  lo  each 
other.  In  our  gathering  here  to  day,  1  hoi)e  we  shall  all  con 
sicler  ourselves  mutually  acquainteil.  I  heard  some  cmc  lemark 
that  all  the  J?aile)s  are  first  cousins,  that  there  are  no  second 
cousins  among  them.  1  think  I  shall  go  a  step  further  and  .^a)' 
all  are  brothers  and  sisters.  Let  us  all  live  up  to  that  thought  , 
Jet  us  all  tr)-  and  he  liiolhers  autl  sisters  as  we  are  gathered 
here    toda)'  ;  shake    h  ukU    together    without    waiting    lor    any 


TIIK    I'.AII.KV-liAVI.KV     I'AMILV    ASSOCIATION. 


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formal  introtluction  aiul  I'enicmber  that  all  the  l>ai!eys  have  a 
ri;;ht  to  be  acquainted.  I  hope  the  usheis  will  interest  theni- 
selve.s  in  introclucini;'  the  dilTerent  inemhers  tne-aeh  other,  so  that 
we  may  get  accjiiainted  with  each  other.  In  that  wa)'  uema)  be 
able  to  work  together  tor  tiie  good  ot  the  community  and  tor 
the  advancement  of  an\-  good  cau.se  in  which  we  may  be  called 
upon  to  take  part. 

After  .singing  b\'  Mrs.  i^ben  II.  IJailey,  acconijianied  1))- 
Mr.  I'lben  II.  Haile)',  Horace  W.  H.iiley,  I-lsii.,  ol  Newbur)', 
\'t.,  lielivered  an  address  on  some  of  the  tiescendants  ol 
Riidiard  Bailey. 


ADDRESS  OF  IIORACK  W.   R-AILI-A'. 

c;i':N'i;Aia)i;v. 

Contemporaneous  history  and  tradition  are  combined  to  sub- 
stantiate a  time-worn  ma.Kim  as  apiilied  to  Richard  Haile),  ni)-  first 
American  ancestor,  namely,  that  "the  good  die )'oung."  Richard 
Hailey  died  at  Rowley,  Mass.  His  will  is  dated  December  15, 
1647.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  filed  by  his  commissioners 
bears  date  June  23,  1648.  Hence  his  death  must  have  taken 
j)lace  somewhere  along  the  line  of  the  se\en  months  inter\'ening 
the  above  (kites.      See  repoit  of  1898  meeting,  pages  jcj  30. 

Alfred  I'oor  in  his  "Researches"  sa\'s  (page  "/)  that  "Joshua 
Coffin  says  that  '  Richaixl  Bailey  came  with  Richard  Dummer 
in  the  shi[)  Bevis,  150  tons,  Rob't  liatlen,  April,  1633.  when  he 
was  15  years  old.'  "  It  was  saitl  he  was  a  vei)-  pious  perMUi,  and 
in  a  st(jrm  when  coming  to  Ameiica,  the  compan)'  would  call 
upon  him  to  pra)'  for  their  safet\'.  li  Richaid  was  13  )ears  old 
in  1638,  he  must  ha\'e  been  onl)'  25  years  old  at  the  time  ot  his 
(leatii  in  1648. 

\'ou  will  agree  with  me  as  we  begin  the  stud)'  ol  Richard 
Bailey  that  one  of  two  conditions  must  be  true,  vi/.  ,  that  he 
was  a  most  remarkable  j)ersonage,  or  much  that  lia.s  Imlu 
written  of  him  needs  \iolent  rcioust  ruction.  Mi'.  roor\  "  Re 
searches"  ([lage  yj)  says  "His  wite's  iiaiue  was  I'idn.ili  (perhaps) 
Holstead,  b)'   whom  he    had    one   son    whom  the)'  called  J  osejjh. 


l8  •       ADDKKSS    01"    IIOKACK    \V.     P.  \Il.i:V. 

born  about  1635,  or  a  little  later."     If  all   these    dates  are  true, 
Riehard  became  the  father   of  Joseph  at  about   12  ^ears  of  a-e. 

llollis  R.  J^ailey,  our  worthy  secretary,  iu  his  address  011 
James  Bailey  at  oui-  third  auiuial  meeting  (see  rcpoit,  pa^e  20) 
says,  "It  is  a  matter  of  recoid  that  Richard  Haile)-,  the  brother 
of  James,  came  to  this  countiy  at  the  age  of  15  iu  the  year  lOj.S 
or  1639."  He  further  states,  "  1  ha\e  had  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  a  printed  coi)y  <jf  the  record  kejjt  in  l^oudou  of  the 
names  of  the  passengers  on  l)o,ud  the  ship,  on  wiiich  canie 
'  Among  the  passengers  besides  Richard  llaile)',  aged  15,  ue 
find,  etc'  " 

Now,  then,  if  it  "is  true  that  Richard  was  15  iu  1639,  he  was 
the  father  of  Joseph  at  1 1  and  died  at  23. 

If  Mr.  llollis  Bailey  saw  a  copy  of  the  list  of  passengers 
who  came  on  the  same  ship  with  Richard  and  Richard's  age 
was  put  ilown  at  15,  the  same  record  ought  certaudy  to  show 
whether  the  ship  sailed  in  1638  or  1639 

John  Alfred  Bailey,  in  his  address  at  oui-  Thiid  Annual 
Meeting  (see  jxige  13  of  the  report)  sa\s  that  "  Deacon  Josej)h 
was  born  about  1648,"  or  13  years  later  than- the  othei"  records 
give  it.  It  is  a  fact  that  the  will  of  Ivichani  Jxailey  bearing  date 
of  Rowley,  December  15,  1O47,  which  is  indjlished  in  the  1898 
report  (page  29)  is  an  authentic  copy  from  the  records  in  the 
office  of  the  Clerk  of  Courts,  Salem,  ]\Iass.,  and  that  the  in- 
ventory of  the  estate  ot  Riehard  Bailey  on  jiage  30  of  the  same 
report  bearing  date  oi  June  2],,  1648,  is  an  authentic  cop)'  from 
Salem  Court  files,  book  i,  leaf  98.  John  Alfred  liailey  makes 
Richard's  death  occur  about  the  same  time  Deacon  Joseijli  was 
born.  The  first  item  in  the  will  of  Richard  Ikiiley  is  as  follows  : 
"  My  Will  is  that  Mort)'  autl  low  |)ounds  1  gi\"e  unto  my  sson 
Joseph  Baly,  but  in  case  m)-  wife  should  be  with  chiKl  then  ni)- 
will  is  that  the  said  sum  of  tow  and  forty  i)ounds  be  di\ided 
and  one-third  part  thereof,  ni)'  other  chikl  shall   have  it," 

If  Richard  wrote  this  on  Decendiei'  15,  1647,  1  submit  that 
the  John  Alfred  Bailey  xersion of  Joseph's  birth  needs  re\'amp- 
ing.  My  version  is  that  the  Massachusetts  court  files  and  records 
correctl)'  establish  the  date  of  ivichard  Baile)'s  ilealhasbi-- 
tween  December  13,  11)47,  ^"^^'  June  2^-^,    1648,  and  if  the  dale  ol 


Tin:  i;.\ili:y  r.AYi.i'.v   family   association'.  19 

his  birth  is  ever  (lisc()\'eie(l,  it  will  be  inuch  earlier  than  an)' 
liislorian  or  tradiLion  has  placed  it.  The  lodtini;  ot  the  in- 
ventory of  Ivichard's  estate,  "106 /,- oN  s  -10  d,"  although  not 
larL;'e,  as  we  see  thini;s,  was  lor  those  da)\s  a  toi  tune  too  lari;e  tor 
accunuilatioii  between  the  ai;es  ol  15  and  25.  Unless  this 
theory  is  a  correct  one,  then,  indeed,  "  'l~ruth  is  stranger  than 
hction." 

There  is  less  diflKulty  in  establishiiii;'  the  business,  or,  at 
least,  the  place  of  busini'ss  and  lesidenee  ot  Richard  J^ailey. 
Ml".  Toor  says  (pai^e  "]"]  of  "Jvesearches)"  that  "He  tjwned  an 
estate  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  and  was  one  ot  the  company  to  set  up 
the  first  cloth  mill  in  America,  which  was  in  Rowley  where  the 
mills  stand  that  aie  uwned  by  a  Dummer  at  the  present  time 
(185SJ."  Mr.  I'oor  further  states  (page  77  t)f  "Researches")  "Af- 
ter the  deatii  of  Mr.  Hailey,  halnali,  his  widow,  married  belore 
the  I  3th  of  the  ninth  month  in  1049  j^zekiel  Morthend  of  Rowle)-, 
who,  |)robably,  took  ])Ossession  ot  the  iKaiiestead,  and  it  has 
been  in  the  Northend  family  from  that  time."  As  Mr.  Poor's 
"  Researches  "  were  compiled  only  40  years  ago,  it  cannot  be  a 
diificult  task  to  establish  with  certaint)-  at  this  time  the  s])nt  in 
good  old  Rowley  where  the  youthful  ami  pious  Ivichard  JUiiley 
estcd)lished  a  home,  as  well  as  a  Inisincss,  two  and  a  halt  cen- 
turies ago. 

All  the  generations  spiinging  fiom  Richai'd  J-Sailey  find 
their  way  through  his  onl)'  child,  Joseith,  usuall)'  >alle(l  "iJeacon 
Josei">h."  The  record  ot  l)i.acon  Jo.seph,  other  than  Ids  birth 
antl  possibl)'  marriage,  is  tianglit  with  le.^s  of  conllicting  traili- 
tions.  Mr.  Poor  says  (page  'j'j'),  "ilis  wite  was  Al)igail,  who 
dietl  November  17,  1735,  but  who  her  father  was  we  have  not 
been  able  to  learn."  John  iXlfred  iiaile)  in  his  address  at  our 
third  annual  gathering  (see  page  13  of  report;  says,  "  Heacon 
Joseph  married  Abigail  Truml)ull."  Mi-.  P.oor  (i)age  77)  sa)s, 
"  1  Te  settled  in  the  north  part  of  Rowley,  on  the  Merrimack, 
not  far  from  the  westein  jjoider  ol  Newbur)',  Mass.,  which  i>art 
was  at  first  called  the  Men  imack  lands  but  soon  incorporated 
by  the  name  of  Hradford  ;  and  in  1.S50,  the  east  pait  ol  the 
town,  in  whicii  his  I  nni  was  situated,  was  incorpt)rated  by  the 
n.ime  ot  (jro\'eland,    and    most    ot    his    original    lot    is  owned  b)' 


20  AI)|1Ri:SS    OF    IIOKAC.K    \V.    I'.AILIV. 

]).  \V.  Ilopkinson  and  M.  M.  Palmer.  I\Ii.  Iloiikinson  is  one  ol 
his  descendants,  and  purchased  the  hcjusc  ami  land  on  the 
southerly  side  of  Main  street,  and  lives  in  the  house  which 
stands  on  the  site  where  the  original  house  was  built.  "  1  inter 
that  the  "orij^inal  house"  above  mentioned  is  the  one  of  whieh 
there  is  a  cut  in  Mr.  Tool's  "  Researches  "  (pa;j,e  53)  designated 
as  the  "Widow  liailey's  House."  This  recoitl  makes  l)eacon 
Josei)h  a  farmer,  and,  although  compiled  in  1S58,  establishes  his 
home  place  beyond  cpiest  ion.  "lie  was,"  sa\sl\li.  I'oor  (paL;e 
77)  "  one  of  the  leading'  men  ol  the  town  ol  Ihadloitl  .  .  .  was 
one  of  the  selectn)en  of  the  town  23  )'ears  between  1675  and 
1710,  and  was  (jne  of  the  deacons  from  the  fnrmalion  of  ihe 
Church  until  his  death  October  11,  171J."  1  le  was  the  father 
of  eight  children. 

In  the  third  generatiim,  m)'  ancestor  was  Joseph  Uaile),  Jr., 
second  son  and  hfth  child  of  Deacon  Jose|)h.  Mr.  I'oor  sa)s 
(page  134)  that  "  He  was  born  in  ISiadfortI,  I'lbmar)'  13,  16S3  ; 
settled  in  West  Ncwbur)-  on  the  border  of  ISiatlford,  near  his 
father,  most  of  the  place  now  (185.S)  owned  by  Jo^hua  Kent,  and 
married  l^'ebruar)'  14,  171001-  171  1,  .\l)igail,  dau-lilert)l  Kalhaii 
and  Mary  Webster  of  J^radtord."  This  recdnl  appaiently 
makes  Josei)h,  Jr.,  a  farmer  ami  detinitely  locates  his  home 
place. 

In  the  fourth  generation  my  ancestor  was  l'>.ekiel  Haile)', 
third  son  and  child  ol  Joseph,  J 1.,  "  born,"  sa)'s  Mr.  I'oor  (see 
page  140),  "J  id)',  1 7 17,  married  .Sarah,  tlaughter  ot  Deacon 
I'eter,  Jr.,  and  Mrs.  Martha  (.Singleter\)  (Ireen  of  blast  llaver 
hill  (Mass.),  settled  on  the  homestead  of  his  father  at  West 
Xewbury  (Mass.)  where  he  died  .h~ebruai)  G,  |N|  3,"  (aged  96 
years)  "and  his  wife  livetl  to  be  as  old  wanting  about  one  )i.'ar." 
So  it  appears  that  l'!/ekiel  was  a'  farmer,  and  his  home  place 
well  defined.      He  was  the  father  of  eight  children. 

In  the  fifth  generation,  ni)'  l)aile\'  ancestor  was  Webster, 
the  second  child  and  tnst  son  ot  M/ekiel,  wlnnn  Mr.  I'luusaNs 
(page  140)  "was  born  .August  2],  1 7  J7,  m.nried  Mar),  oid)- 
daughter  of  Sergeant  Wdliam  ami  L)(lia  (Muise)  \o)es,  re- 
sidetl  at  West  iXewbury  (Mass.)  imtil  after  Mareh,  17S7,  and 
remo\'ed  his   family    to    X'eimont    and    li\eil    in    Niubui),   that 


1  HI' 


r.  All  i-.\'  i;  \\ii:n    i-' a  m  i  i  \'   association 


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Sl>ile,  where  they  ilietl  iii  1830."  \Vel)sler  Hailcy  was  luy 
L^ieal-j^raiulfalher,  and,  so  fai^  as  I  can  learn,  was  llio  lirsl 
(leseetulanl  ot  Richanl  U)  permaneiilly  lt)Cale  in  VermciU.  This 
l)rin5^s  us  down  lo  C(Jiinccl  witli  m)'  \\'el>sler  Hailey  sketch  jtrc 
scnted  al  the  sixth  annual  nieelin-'  (see  leport,  page  12).  1^'roni 
Webster  down,  I  ha\'e  the  coni[)lete  lecoitl  in  miiuile  iletail,  antl 
liope  some  time  to  be  able  to  devise  a  way  of  presenting  it  tc; 
this  association  so  that  )'oli  will  not  be  bored  by  listening,  nor 
tired  by  reading  it. 

Cousins,  will  )'ou  paidon  me  lor  referring  to  our  remarkable 
war  record,  remarkable  lor  its  al)solute  scarcity  of  war  items! 
In  the  seven  generations  of  American  ancestors  which  [)recede 
me,  I  am  unable  to  hiul  that  (1)  Richard,  (2)  Deacon  Josepii,  (3) 
b)^eph,  jr ,  (4)  blzekiel,  (5)  Webster,  (6)  Parker  or  (7)  William 
e\'er  bore  arms  in  Indian,  Ctjlonial,  frontier  or  American  wars. 

Mr.  I'oor  says  in  -'Researches"  (page  -]■]),  speaking  of  Dea- 
con Joseph,  "lie  was  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  town  of  Brad- 
ford, accordingly  was  chosen  to  hll  civil,  military,  ecclesiastic 
and  other  offices  of  trust,  etc."  If  "military"  here  means  real  war, 
I  shall  be  very  glad  to  know  it  ;  if  it  means  an  organization  for 
l)ractice  on  the  village  green,  then  our  race  can  su|)ply  whole 
families  of  tlood-wood  cajjtains  and  liome  guard  lieutenants 
galore.  In  "Notes  ami  Oneries"  ([jage  20)  t)f  our  last  re])orl 
(189.S)  I  ask'eil  foi-  "any  war  or  military  record  of  any  of  these 
illustrious  ancestors,"  but  have  had  no  heli)ful  suggestions  to 
date. 

Albert  lulward  Railey  in  bis  addre^.s  at  our  fourth  annual 
gathering,  s|)e  iking  of  the  I!  lileys  with  a  war  record  (see  page 
15)  says,  "  In  1775,  in  tlie  kevolution,  in  a  comi^any  ot  infantry 
appear  the  names  of  .  .  .  bihn  and  I'zekiel  Bailey,  privates." 
These  could  not  be  the  secoiul  and  third  sons  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  (or 
John  died  in  1760  and  l">.ekiel  would  be  58  years  old,  so  that  the 
l'>.ekiel  herein  mentioned  was  probably  a  descendant  ot  James, 
a  brother  of  Richaid,  as  the  adtlress  here  ciuotcd  relates 
principally  to  James  Ixiiley.  As  an  argument  in  mitigation  of 
our  ajjparent  uni)atri(jlism,  I  wish  to  slate  that  since  Webster 
Bailey  was  born  152  ye<irs  ago,  while  it  is' true  not  one  of  the 
Bailey  name  has  borne  arms,  there  have  been  only  ten  persons 


22  Ani)KI':sS    Ol-'    HOKACK    \V.    ISA  1 1. 1, W 

paternally  tlcsccndcd  troni  Webster,  includin^^  Webster  hiiiiselt, 
who  couki  have  a  war  record,  and  this,  too,  out  ot  a  total  ot  210 
descendants.  1  am  still  L;roi)inL;'  in  the  dark  tor  an  ancestral 
war  record  in  ni)'  line  ol  lxiile)'s  prior  to,  oi'  e\en  inebuling 
Webster,  while  a  resident  ot  Massaduisetts. 

Although  none  ot  our  race  bearini;"  the  l^ailey  name  ha\'e  a 
war  I'ccord,  we  are  not  destitute  ot  such  a  record.  ['"orCailos 
White,  gi"andson  of  L}{lia  (I5.iile)')  White  (^scc  page  14,  1  SijS 
report)  was  a  mend)ei  ot  the  12th  Regiment,  X'ermont  X'oliin- 
teeis.  War  (jf  Rebellion.  Also  'I'homas  White,  another  grand. 
sun,  served  three  yeais  in  Co.  d  loth  X'ermcjiit  Volunteers. 
Asher  White,  a  great-grands(/n  ot  l.\alia,  was  a  mend)er  of  the 
Vermont  Regiment  in  the  Spanish  War.  I'aul  (Jhand)erliii 
Iku'dick,  great-granilsdu  ot  Sally  Hailc)'  (sir  page  14,  i.Sij.S 
report)  of  Lake  Geneva,  Wis.,  was  a  niend)erot  the  4th  Wistx)nsni 
Regiment,  X'olnnteers,  in  the  Spanish  War.  Meagre  as  it  is, 
such  a  rec(-)rd  is  better  than  total  disability.  l'(;r  the  comfort 
and  enlightenment  ol  oui  neighlnns,  arnl  1  liope  sc^metime  to 
say  cousins,  whose  tirst  .American  ancestor  was  John  Haiky  of 
Salisbury,  and  whose  hist  X'ermont  ancestor  was  Gen.  Jacob 
Hailey  in  the  5th  generation,  anti  for  the  furtlier  pin  pose  of 
making  an  honorable,  [jeinianent  recoid  in  these  annals,  1  wish 
to  say  that  Newd)ur)',  \'t.,  with  a  i)o|nilation  ol  al)out  2,000,  fur- 
lushed  21  soldiers  for  the  Spanish  Wai,  ami  that  eight  of  that 
number  are  direct  tlescviidants  of  John  liaik)'  of  Salisbui)'  and 
Gen.  Jacob  Bailey  of  Newbar)',  \'t.,  and  are  as  lollcnvs  ; 

O.   M.     Harry  1>.  Charid)erlin  (now  in  .Saratoga). 

1st  Lieut.   AI.  L,  Brock. 

J.  A.  15rock. 

Merton  J.  liailey. 

Klcena  liailey. 

I'Vank  1'.  Bailey. 

Leroy  S.  l^ailey. 

Kd.  T.  l^ailey. 

All   in   the  9th    and    luth    geneiations,    counting    J(din    ot 
Salisbury  the  first. 

\n  my  town  (Newbury,  \'t.)  there  are  34  l>ailey  tax-payers  ; 
only  three  of  that  number  {my  fatiicr,  brother  anil  myselt)  arc 


TlIK    i;All.KV-l!AVI.in'    FAMII.V    ASSOCIATION. 


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tlcscciulants  from  Ricliard,  all  the  othcis  from  John  of  Salis- 
bury. I  liave  the  authority  of  Mr.  Wells,  our  town  historian, 
for  sa}ing  that  there  are  pr(jbal)l)' about  124  living  descendants 
of  John  liailey  of  Salisbuiy  in  Newbur)',  Vt.,  at  this  date,  and 
I  know  there  are  only  eleven  peisons  of  all  aj^es,  sex  and  name 
living"  in  the  same  town  descended  fiom  Richard  of  Rowley. 

In  my  genealogical  table  of  Webster  Haile)''s  family,  given 
in  my  address  of  one  year  ago  (189S,  see  i)age  19)  1  find  only 
one  error,  vi/.,  that  lietsey  had  two  children  instead  of  one, 
making  W^ebster's  total  212  insteati  of  211.  During  the  year, 
two  deaths  have  occurred  in  Webster  I^ailey's  line,  viz.  :  1st 
Jesse  Parker  liailey  (my  brother)  (born  July  20,  i .S66)  died  at 
j'assimipsic,  \'t.,  January  29,  1899,  and  buried  in  the  family  lot 
at  Newbury  ;  2nd,  i'^uinie  M.  White,  wife  of  Dr.  Isaac  J'^asl- 
man  of  Woodsville,  N.  II.,  tlied  April  19,  1899,  (born  May  17, 
1874)  ami  was  burietl  in  the  family  l(jt  at  Topsham,  Vt.  So 
that  the  total  descendants  of  Webster  Hailc)'  living  today 
number  210. 

In  my  1898  paper  (see  i^age  16),  I  mention  the  four  living 
grandchildren  of  Webster  Bailey.  They  are  all  now  living, 
the  oldest  being  l^zekiel  White  of  Topsham,  Vt.,  who,  on  the 
first  day  of  ( )ctober,  1898,  celebrated  90  years  of  life  and  who, 
on  I^'ebruary  14,  1899,  celebrated  67  years  of  married  life. 
Ilis  wife,  I. aura  Du>tin  (born  September  15,  1813)  belongs  to  a 
family  maile  famous  in  Colonial  liislorv,  being  a  direct  descen- 
dant in  the  5th  generation  of  Hannah  Dustin,  who  slew,  on  the 
island  of  Contoocook,  ten  Indians  and  escaped  with  her  chil- 
dren, March  15,  1697,  and  whose  monumeiit  now  stands  near 
the  railroad  at  I'enacook,  N.  II. 

If  there  is  wisdom  in  being  a  genealogist,  there  is  more 
wisdom  in  being  a  relicd)le  one.  In  i)lucki ng  an  occasional  flower 
for  his  crown,  the  genealogist  treads  long  paths  strewn  with 
thorns,  and,  unless  he  comes  in  contact  with  the  same  disease 
manifest  in  the  llesh  of  others,  nfteii  meets  with  chilling  in- 
difference. Ours  is  a  labor  ot  love.  T(j  search  out  those  of 
our  race  long  gone  to  tln-ir  rest  and  make  for  them  a  record  is 
a  delightful  dul)'.  1  ,et  me  suggest  that  in  all  our  ]>apers,  which 
are  designed   for  permanent    reccjrd,   we    be   e.\[)licit,  give    our 


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AODKKSS    Ol'-   irOKACK    W.     liAII.EV. 


authorities  and  rctcicnccs  and  dates  and  that  when  we  have 
occasion  to  write  the  nanie  ot  a  town  that  we  locate  it,  giv'in;^ 
its  State;  ioi-  instance,  Newbury,  Bradford,  Haverhill  and  many 
other  towns  can  be  found  in  Massachusetts,  V^erniont,  New 
llanipshire  and  other  States.  It  )-ou  are  a  genealogical  ciaiik, 
or  more  classically  speaking,  an  enthusiast  in  Haile)'  genealog)', 
you  will  purchase  the  five  little  jnimphlets  which  constitute  the 
))roceeilings  of  this  association.  Vou  will  also  own  a  copy  of 
Alfred  I'oor's  "  Researches,"  printed  about  1857.  Mr.  I'oor  is 
incapacitated  by  age,  lives  in  Salem,  Mass.,  and  is  by  "far  and 
near"  the  greatest  living  benefactor  of  the  "Richard  of  Rowley" 
race.  Nearly  a  hundred  pages  of  his  \aluable  book  are  devoted 
to  this  line  of  15ailc)'s.  Think  of  the  time  and  [jatient  study  in 
examination  ami  comparison  to  have  |)roduced  such  masterly 
results  /Ml  h  ul  Altred  I'oor,  born  h'ebruary  27,  1818,  now  li\- 
ing  in  Salem,  Mass.  1  le  deserves  our  helpful  consiileration.  I 
have  never  seen  him  nor  do  1  speak  by  authority,  Init  I  am 
advised  that  I'oor'.'^  "Researches"  can  be  had  through  our  secre- 
tary and  that  the  sale  ot  them  will  behelpiul  to  uu\  \eiierable 
benefactor. 

There  are  living  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  descendants  ol  John  oi 
Salisbury,  not  descendants  of  Gen.  Jacob  Hailey.  Mr.  1^'.  1'. 
Wells,  our  town  historian,  is  making  a  careful  search  tor  all  the 
Haileys  who  have  ever  lived  in  Newbury,  \'i.,  of  all  branches 
ami  proi)oses  to  give  them  place  in  our  forth-coming  history. 
Should  you  belong  to  this  class,  notify  Mr.  Wells. 

■  I   bring  you   cordial    greetings    and    words   ot  good    cheer 
from  the  Haileys  of   Newbury,  Vt.,  both  Richards  and  Johns. 

NoTK.  -Since  ihc  .iliovu  aililrcss  wa.s  prep.ucd.  two  (1I  W'cl^ster 
Bailey's  grandchildren  have  tiled  ;  vi/.,  i'l/.ekiel  IS.idey  W'lnte  al  'IDp^liam. 
V'l.,  July  31,  jSyij,  and  William  Hailey  Hibhard  at  Chicago,  111.,  Sepleinber  2. 
1899,  so  that  at  this  date.  Jaini.iiy  1,  1900,  there  are  only  two  survivors  of 
Welister  IJailey's  25  grandeliildien. 


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Ml-:i\IOiR  Ol^'  WILLIAM   W.   I^'\ILi:V,   1-:S(J., 

oi'\  NASI  a jy\,  N.  II. 

BY    J.    WAKKKN     IJAII.KV,    OF    SOM ICKVI  l.l.i:. 

For  the  secoml  time  in  the  histor)'  (if  lliis  association  death 
has  called  the  one  selectecj  to  ser\'e  in  the  capacity  of  piesident 
timing  his  term  of  office.  C^ne  year  ago  at  our  Sixth  Annual 
(iatherini;  Hon.  William  Wallace  Hailey  of  Nashua,  N,  IL,  was 
elected  president  ot  this  associalicwi.  Practically  e\er  since  our 
organization  Mr.  Hailey  has  taken  a  deej)  interest  in  its  welfare  ; 
he  was  a  regular  attendant  at  the  annual  meetings  and  always 
took  a  lively  interest  in  the  proceedings.  At  the  annual  meet- 
ing held  at  North  Scituate,  Mass.,  in  1897,  lie  was  electetl  first 
\ice  president  and  one  )ear  ago  succeeded  to  the  olHce  of  presi- 
dent. 

While  in  recent  years  he  has  not  enjoyed  the  best  of  iiealth 
his  sutklen  death  on  the  evening  of  June  9,  after  an  illness  ot 
a  few  days  was  a  very  great  surprise  to  his  many  friends. 

Mr.  Hailey  was  born  in  Ilopkiuton,  N.  1 L,  in  1829.  Ilis 
whole  life  was  i)assed  in  his  native  State,  where  he  reilected 
honor  and  credit,  both  in  his  private  and  oflkial  life.  In  his 
boyhood  days  he  attended  the  district  schools  of  his  nati\e 
town  ;  he  was  later  a  student  at  Pembroke  Acatlemy  and  the 
New  Hampshire  Seminary  at  N\)rthticld.  He  entered  Hart- 
mouth  College  ill  1850  and  graduated  in  the  class  of  1854. 
Selecting  the  law  as  his  profession  he  completetl  a  course  oi 
study  in  the  Albany,  N.  V..  Law  School,  in  1856.  Hpon  his 
graduation  he  established  himself  in  Nashua,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death,  enjoying  the  confidence  of  the  courts,  his  asso- 
ciates at  the  bar  and  his  neighbors.  In  addition  to  the  caie  of 
a  large  clientage  he  assumed  his  share  of  public  responsijjilit)', 
serving  his  city  as  city  solicit(jr,  his  ward  for  two  )'ears  as  a 
member  of  the  Legislature.  I'"or  five  years  he  was  a  trustee  of 
the  New  Hamjishire  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanics 
Arts.  He  served  his  city  as  a  member  of  the  boaid  of  educa- 
tion, and  for  25  )'ears  jireceding  his  death  was  a  mem 
ber  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Public  Librai)'.  In  his  busi 
ness  relations  he  was  for  several  )'ears  a  directoi  aiui  president 
of  the  Wilton  Railioail  Compan)',  aiul  fr(jm  1891  until  iiis  ileath 


26  MKMOIK    0|-    WIF.l.TAM    W.    l!All.i:V. 

was  a  director  and  treasurer  in  the  Nashua  .^  Lowell  Railroad. 
He  was  president  ot  tlie  Nashua  Savings  Hank  troni  1S79  until 
1895  ;  he  was  also  a  director  in  the  Indian  licad  National  liaid; 
and  i)resident  ot  the  llillshonuii;!!  Mills  Coni|>an)'. 

h'or  many  years  he  was  a  niend)er  of  the  J-'iist  Conj^re^ation- 
al  Church  of  Nashua,  the  New  l'!n_i;land  I  I  isloric  (jenealoi;i(.al 
Society,  and  president  ol  the  Stale  labrar)'  Association,  lie 
was  a  member  of  Kisini;  Sun  Lod^c,  A.  !•".  and  A.  M.,  ser\in;,; 
as  Worshififul  Master  ni  i.S()j  .md  iS6^,  aiida  Scottish  kite 
iMason  of  the  32tl  decree.  Air.  Jiaile)'  niariicd  in  1858,  Mary 
1>.  Greeley,  ilauL;htcr  ot  All  red  and  Mai)  Webster  (ireelc)', 
a  descendant  ol  iXndrew  (jreele)',  who  was  born  in  baii^land 
and  came  to  this  country  eail)'  in  the  lylh  eenlui)',  settling; 
in  Salisbury,  Mass.  1  he  widow  and  two  children,  J)i. 
William  '!".,  a  graduate  ol  l)ailinoiilh  in  1891,  and 
Helen  (}.  Ikiilc)' sur\  ive  him.  The  deceased  was  a  di'scendant 
in  the  se\enth  _i;eiieratioii  trom  James  r>aik-\',  w  iio  came  lioiii 
Kn<;land  and  settletl  in  kowie)',  Mass  ,  about  if;.(C).  Mis  aiices 
tors  in  each  _i;eiu;j  at  ion  were  : 

1st.     James  llailc)',  boiii  in  b",nt;land  about   1612.      l.)'dia. 

2iul.      John  Haile)',  boiii    in     l(J.|J  at    kowlc)',  Mass.      Mar)' 
Miu-hill. 

3tl.      Thomas  Hailey,  born  in  1677  at  kowle)',  Mass.    lumice 
Walker. 

4th.      llumphrc)-  ISailc)',  boi  n   1719  at   I'ladtord,  Mass. 

5th.     'I'homas  HaiK)-,  born  at  lla\erliill,  Mass. 

I'^unice   kmeison. 

Gth.     Thomas     ilailc)',    boiii     1790    at    1  l(ii)kinton,    N.    II. 
Jemima  Smiih. 

b'rom  the  eulo^\  (kdi\eieil  !))■  kew  Dr.  kichardson  are  the 
foUowini;'  sentences  which  illusii.ile  the  cli.iracteristics  ol  cuii 
late  president  : 

"  Did  you  e\'er  know  him  to  ii)  t.)  wound  an)'  one's  leelings  .' 
Did  )'t)U  e\'er  listen  tt)  a  low  jest  cominL;  from  hisli[)s  .'  Did  \ou 
in  a  single  instance  think  he  w c  makiiiL;  lii;hl  ol  sacicd  things.' 
His  faith  in  (jod's  promises  was  iin  w  a\'L  lin^.  c\cn  as  lii.-i  attach 
ments  to  his  friends  was  sleadtast.  I.iterar)'  in  hi-^  tastes,  liim 
in  iiis  {principles,  a  di^ciimiiial  iul',  leader,  a  tine  iili.cn,  a  de 
voted  companion,  lUi.  liaiJc)    touches  us  on   niany  bides  ut  uur 


TiiF.  i;aii.fy-I5AVi.i:y   famii.v  association. 


nature.      We  shall  not  cea.sc  to  speak  of  him  and  we  cannot   lail 
to  feel  the  force  of  his  e.\ani])le." 

J''roni  an  editorial  coninient  in  the  local  jjapcrot  his  city  this 
expression  of  Jiis  \vt)rlh  is  i;i\'cn.  "  Ihedc-ath  ol  lion.  William 
\V.  IJailey  remo\'es  one  of  the  best  known  as  well  as  one  ol  the 
best  liketl  citizens  of  Nashua  and  the  State,  lie  had  hosts  ot 
fricnils  who  will  sincerely  mourn  his  death.  11  is  kindl)'  and 
genial  nature  and  unaffecteil  manner  made  him  a  lavorite  with 
old  ami  young,  while  his  keen  interest  in  literar)-  and  histoi  ical 
sid)|ects  as  well  as  current  affairs  rendered  him  a  most  interesl- 
iny;  companion,  lie  made  new  fiiends  ra|Mdly  and  retained  old 
ones  to  an  unusual  decree.  Mr.  J?ailey  has  been  a  ver)  promi 
nent  facte>r  in  the  business,  professional  and  social  lite  of  T.'ashua 
for  the  last  40  years.  The  positions  of  trust  and  honor  which 
he  held  were  legion,  and  he  would  ha\'e  occupied  many  political 
olfices  had  not  his  party  been  generall)'  in  the  minorit)'.  lie 
was  a  life  long  Democrat,  but  fair  minded  and  generous  in  his 
estimates  of  political  opponents.  Mr.  Baile)'  was  conciliator) 
rather  than  aggressive,  a  fact  which  seemed  to  make  general  busi- 
ness and  literar)'  puisuits  more  agreeable  to  him  than  llie  con- 
tlicts  of  the  courts  ;  he  had,  nexerlheless,  a  gt>od  standing  at  the 
bar  and  a  satisfactory  practice." 

After  the  reading  of  the  above  address,  Mr.  J.  Warren 
l^ailey  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which  npt)n  motion  ot 
Mr.  lulwin  A.  l^ayle)'  were  adopteil  b\'  a  rising  \iite  :  — 

RfSohciL-  That  in  the  death  of  the  lion  William  Wallace 
l^ailey,  our  late  president,  the  Iiaile)'  Ha)  le)'  b'amil)  Association 
has  lost  a  valued  member,  one  who,  during  his  lite  b)'  his  up- 
rightness of  character  and  genial  disposition,  win  the  allettion 
and  respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 

'I'hat  in  him  we  finil  one  of  wdiom  we  can  trni)'  say  he  did 
honor  to  the  name  of  iidlc)'. 

lloi.i.is  R.  Haii  I  \  :  We  are  allowed  the  use  of  these 
grounds  and  this  buiKling  b)'  the  kindness  dl  the  pioprietiM>, 
and  I  woidel  move  )ou  that  the  assuciation  extend  a  vote  ol 
thanks  to  the  Messrs.  Bowers  lor  iheii  kindness  Weaie  undei 
a  debt  of  obligati(>n  to  them. 

I'lie  motion  was  seconded  and  unauiniousl)'  passed. 


POI'M  HY  MRS.  KLIZAHKTII  S.  I^MlCkSON  1?AIIJ{V. 

KRAI)  l!\    IIOI.I.IS  j<.  i;.\  i  i.iiv. 


Greeting  to  the  Willow  Dale  Family  Gathering. 

I'.v  Ki.i/.AKi'rni  i:Mi:KS()N  iiAii.i:\. 

We  sfiul  a  cordial  j^reetiin; 

(Jii  this  j^lad  meniorial  day 
'I'o  the  JJailey  friends  wlio  ^athci 

From  near  and  far  away. 

And  every  year  \\e"re  i)laimiii,i; 

'i'o  journey  to  tiie  sea 
'l"o  join  the  liailey  cousins 

I  n  the  I'  aniiiy  Jui)i)ee. 

l)Ut  when  tlie  stitiint^  weather 

Of  the  Au,i;iist  days  has  come, 
•  It  clianges  all  our  prospects 

And  we  glailly  stay  at  hou'.e. 

Mut  we  send  you  our  good  wishes 

And  are  thankfid,  all  tiie  same, 
For  tlie  kindly  invitation 

In  the  secretary's  name. 

•  We  also  note  with  jileasure 

'I'iie  service  you  have  done 
In  hiinging  near  completion 
A  work  so  well  begun. 

Of  course  we  want  the  volume  ; 

We'll  be  waiting  for  the  same,— 
So,  in  gathering  subscriptions, 

Vou  will  please  to  add  our  name. 

The  year  just  now  completed 

Has  been  a  stirring  )ear; 
The  record  of  its  passing 

Leaves  hope  and  anxious  tear. 

There  has  been  a  wondrous  broadening 

Ol  oiu'  Fagle's  wide-spread  wings 
Whic  ii  have  gathered  in  their  shadow 
J  he  mo^t  niai\elous  of  thiui's; 


sf»NC.   oi"   (iKh:!',  riNf..  29 

Slraiij^e  saniplcs  of  liunianity. 

So  iKihsioiiale  and  wild 
That  l\ii)linL;'s  vc-rdict  counts  lliL-ni 

••Half  devil  and  lialf-child.' 

We  take  [upj  the  -White  Man's  lUirden  ;  " 

Our  (iod-appointed  land 
Accepts  the  hii;h  commission 

1m  cm  a  Sovereign  Ivulei's  hand. 

We  take  the  work  appointed, 

With  its  pain  and  sacrifice; 
We  know  the  cost  of  freedom, 

For  we  have  paiii  its  price. 

It  was  not  of  our  own  seeking, 

With  the  care  it  must  involve, 
With  its  intricate  conditions. 

And  the  problems  it  must  solve. 

liut  the  tide  of  human  progress 

Claims  from  us  a  heavy  share. 
And  the  destiny  o[  millions 

Is  the  burden  that  we  bear. 

.So  we  enter  this  arena 

With  a  courage  brave  and  true, 
Trusting  the  (iod  of  nations 

'l"o  lead  us  safely  through. 

It  may  be  an  object  lesson 

To  the  nations  of  the  world 
That  o'er  these  rescued  islands 

Our  banner  is  unfurled. 

And  the  better  understanding 

Of  a  few  progressive  years 
May  disclose  a  wise  protectorate 

To  our  wards  and  to  our  peers. 

In  the  century  just  opening 

May  its  early  record  be 
.Salvation  anil  redemption 

I-'or  these  islands  (;f  the  sea. 

(iod  give  us  grace  and  wisdom 

To  work  into  His  plan, 
\>y  ways  of  truth  .ind  justice. 

For  the  highest  good  of  man. 
Marietta,  O.,  August,  1S99. 


30  MEMOIR  OF   ISAAC  II.  BAII  EY. 

MKMOIK  OK  ISAAC   II.  15A1LKY. 

*  in-  i)Ui)i.i:\   I'.  r.Aii.EY. 

Wilhm  ihe  year  just  |)H.s.scd  a  death  ha.s  oeeiiiietl  in  mic 
branch  t)f  the  liailey  family  in  which  I  am  interested,  and  I 
have  here  a  short  sketch  ol   the  deceased. 

Isaac  II.  Bailey  was  boi  n  in  Yarmouth,  l\Ie.,  in  1819,  and 
was  tiie  son  of  Isaac  llazeltnn  lUiiley,  Sr.  When  he  was  two 
years  old,  his  father  died  and  he  was  left  to  he  rearei,!  by  his 
widowed  niotiier.  /\t  14  )ears  of  a^e  he  went  to  New  \'ork, 
where,  after  serving  ten  years  as  a  cleik  in  a  iarf;e  leather  liim, 
he  was  admitted  as  a  p.irtner  ami  carved  out  his  fortune  by 
ability  and  attention  to  business,  rising  to  be  a  successlul 
leather  merchant  and  winnini;  both  fortune  and  an  honorable 
standing  in  our  greatest  city.  In  1873,  he  retired  tvum  the 
leather  business.  In  1874,  '1*-'  ''^^'''  '^^  ^^  candidate  tor  Congress, 
but  was  defeateil  in  the  overwhelming  Repuljlican  disasters  of 
that  year.  Latei"  in  1875,  he  became  propiietor  of  the  SZ/iw 
aHil  Leather  Reporter  kA  New  York,  then  in  a  somewhat  deca- 
dent condition.  Through  his  ability  and  experience  in  the 
leather  business,  he  was  soon  ajjle  to  bring  this  journal  into  a 
highly  SLiccessiul  anti  prosperous  condition.  In  1882,  he  organ- 
ized theconcein  as  a  stock  comp.iny,  distributing  42  per  cent,  ot 
the  stock  among  his  em|)loyes,  liut  retaining  the  super\isi(;n 
ol   the  reading  pages  ol   \.\\^  Reporter.  He    eontiniieil  to  con- 

duct    the     l)usiness     until     his    death     on      the     25th     ilay    (jf 
March,  1899. 

Although  about  80  years  of  age,  he  was  in  the  full  posses- 
sion of  his  faculties  up  tt)  the  last,  lie  was  al  his  oHice,  attend- 
ing ttj  business  as  usual,  the  day  befoie  his  death,  lie  was  a 
remarkable  man,  intellectually  and  physicall)'.  lie  was  a  veiy 
lluent,  witty  and  brilliant  speakei  and  a  popular  writer. 

rie  was  appointeil  by  (io\ernor  Morgan,  police  commissioner 
of  New   York  city   in    1859.      In    ])ecember,    1874,    he    was   ap 
|)ointed    commissioner    of    charities    and    corrections  for    New 
York   city  and  ser\ed    until    1879.      lie    occupietl    a    prominent 
position  in  the  councils  ot   the    Republican  Party,  being  an  inti- 


rill':   liAii.KV-ii.wr.i'V    iamii  v  associaiion.  31 

mate  friciul  of  Scnalor  Coiiklinj^',  (icncial  (iiaiit  ami  olhci 
|)r(tmiiicnt  men  of  the  party,  lie  was  a  founder  of  the  l\einil:ili- 
can  Lca[;iie  Club  ami  a  member  of  the  New  ]']ngland  Society 
si  nee  1858,  a  direetor  in  1866,  second  vice  presitlent  in  1870- 
187 1,  first  vice  piesiileiit,  i87_:-i873,  president,  1874-1875. 

fie  was  a  man  of  absi)lute  uprightness  of  character,  llis 
business  record  was  without  a  stain.  In  reli<;ion  he  was  an 
agnostic,  ami  tlie  only  funeral  sei  \ice  was  an  address  l)y  Col. 
Robert  G.  Ingersoll,  who  has  recently  followed  him  to  the 
realm  of  the  unknown.  He  married  Charlotte  ]\1.  O'Neal.  Of 
his  chililren  cinly  one,  Mrs.  b'.mily  1  leint/.elman,  survives  him. 
Of  his  ancestry  I  have  been  able  to  obtain  no  further  record 
than  the  name  and  date  of  birth  of  his  father,  who  is  said  to 
have  been  a  native  of  Dunbarton,  N.  11. 


WILL  Oh-  JOHN   r.AILi;Y  Oh'  S.\LISia4>LY. 
(Norfolk  Records,  l>ook  1,  I'age  15.) 

The  J8lh  of  ye  8th  mo.  (1O51) 
This  is  ye  last  will  oi  John  Hayly  sen.  l)eing  on  his  sick 
bed  hee  being  )ett  in  his  right  minde  &  seiices.  ffiist  1  give 
unto  my  Sonne  John  Hayly  my  house  iS;  laml  lying  <!v  being  in 
ye  Towneof  Salisbury  during  his  lite  «!\:  alter  my  sonnes  death 
his  second  sonne  Joseptli  liayly  is  to  enjoy  \i  and  if  Josepth 
doth  not  live  to  enjoy  it,  then  his  )'wunger  brother  is  to  enjoy  it. 
And  when  Josepth  l)a)ly  or  his  younger  brother  conieth  to 
enjoy  this  hmd,  he  is  to  pay  to  his  eldest  brother  John  Bayly 
the  some  of  forty  [)ounds  as  his  (jiandlalhers  guift.  Antl  I  doe 
likewise  make  my  sonne  John  U.iyly  sole  ]'!.\ecut(jr  of  all  that 
e\er  1  have  only  my  e.veculor  is  to  pay  to  my  wyle  his  mother 
ye  some  of  six  |)()iinds  a  )eare  during  hii  life  pvided  she  cometh 
over  hither  to  New  englaiul  likewise  my  l'].\ecutor  is  to  pay  to 
my  Sonne  Robert  tiveteene  pounds  |)\  ided  also  he  come  over 
hither  to  New  england  likewise  m)'  executor  is  to  pay  to  my 
(laughters  his  sisters  ye    some    of    tenn    ];ounds  a  peece  pvided 


32  \vi  I.I.  oi-  JOHN   h.\ii.i:y  ()!•■  salisiiukv. 

they  come  over  hitlier  to  New  england  butt  in  case  they  doe 
not  come  over  hither  butt  (U)c  sende  by  any  messenger  for  their 
portions  they  are  to  have  five  shillings  a  peece  for  their  porticjns 
whither  sonne  or  daughters,  &  all  these  somes  are  to  bee  j)ayed 
according  as  it  can  bee  raised  (uit  of  my  land  &  stocke  &  like- 
wise it  is  to  bee  pay'd  t(;  every  one  of  them,  according  as  ye 
Ivxecutor  &  tiie  ovciseers  shall  see  cause.  And  faither  my 
Executor  is  t(j  pay  for  ye  passages  of  thcjse  yt  doe  come  over 
hither  of  them  whither  it  bee  w)fe  or  childeren,  or  any  of  them. 
And  farther  I  doi;  give  to  my  sonne  John  J-Jayly's  childeren 
either  of  them  a  young  beast  as  soon  as  may  bee  wth  convenicncy 
&  my  sonne  their  tather  is  to  bleed  these  beasts  for  ever)'  of  hi.s 
childeren  till  these  beasts  groeth  to  cowes  or  o.xen  &  then  the 
childeren  are  to  have  the  prolTitt  of  them.  And  I  doe  make  my 
brother  John  I'^.mery  Gent,  of  Nubery  &  Mr.  Thomas  i5rad- 
bury  of  Salisbury  overseers  to  see  as  this  to  bee  perfoinied.  In 
wittness  herof  I  doe  sett  to  my  hand  ye  day  &  yeare  above 
written. 

Wittness  herof, 

William  Ilsley,  This  is  ye  marke  (V.  b.)  of  Jno.  15ayly  Senior. 
John  I^mry,  Jun. 

Likewise  I  doe  give  to  Willi  Iluntingtons  wyfc  &  childeren 
yt  house  &  land  yt  1  bmight  of  Vallentine  ]\owell  &  doe  desier 
my  overseers  to  see  it  made  good   to  hir  &  hir  childeren. 

This  will  was  p\'ed  u|)|jon  oath  by  ye  aforesay'd  witlnesses 
att  ye  court  held  att  Salisbury  the  (13th)  of  ye  (2d)  mo.  (1652). 
Tho.  Hraclbury  rec  d. 


I^sse.x  Registry  Deeds  So.  iJist.  ) 
.Salem,  March  28th,  1900.  ^ 

The    foregoing    is    a    true    co[)y    of    record    in    this   olfice. 
Attest:  Rout.  W.  Osiioon,  Asst.  Reg. 


ACCOUNT 


OF 


The  Eighth  Annual  Gathering 


OF    THE 


BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION 


HELD  AT 


Saleiii  Willows,  Salem,  Mass., 
August  8,  1900. 


^mefican   Publishing  Company,  Lawrence,   Mass- 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Business  Meeting    . 

Report  of  Secretary 

Report  of  Treasurer 

Reports  of  Committee  on  Genealogy 

Investigation  in  England 

Officers  Elected 

Amendnients  of  By-Laws 


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Literary  Exercises  .... 

Address  of  Dudley  P.  I^ailey,  Esq. 
Memoir  of  Samuel  Oilman  Bailey 

l^y  Mrs    Edward  M.  liailey     . 
Memoir  of  Moses  Colby  F^age 

By  John  Alfred  Bailey 
Address  ot  Hon.  William  D.  Northend    . 
Letters  from  Mcnry  Haistcd  of  Yorkshire,  England 
Address  of  Alfred  Poore     .... 
Address  of  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey     . 
Cleanings  in  England         .... 

Will  of  John  Bayley     .  .  . 

Will  of  Richard  Bayly 

Will  of  Alice  Bay  lie     .... 

Will  of  Alice  Bailey      .  ... 

Will  of  John  Bailey      .... 


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l„ir.^;..'l  .• 


Account  of  the  Eighth  Annual  Gathering 

OF  THE 

BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION 

HELD  AT 

Salcin  Willows,  Salem,  Mass.,  August  8th,  1900. 


BUSINESS   MEETING. 

The  iiK'Oliii^  was  called  lo  order  al  1(^.30  A.  M.,  by  Diid- 
!(•)•  1'.    liailc),    l''.s(|.,    ri\'si(k'iil   of  llic   Association. 

Mr.  Kailc\  :  1  am  \cr)-  j;lad  to  \vc1c(miic  011  iliis  occasion 
s('  lar^e  a  iiuinlicr  (j1  llic  various  hrauclics  of  the  lilaiU  v  l-aiii- 
il\.  C'oiisidcrini;-  ihc  iiiclciiKiit  weather  and  the  threaleninj;^ 
ai)i)earance  of  the  clmuls  yon  ha\e  \indicatetl  your  rii^ht  lo  he 
classed  anionj;-  the  nnterritied,  if  not  ainoni;'  the  unwashed.  The 
latter  class  we  ilo  not  care  lo  have  with  us. 

The  weather  has  heeu  unpropitiijus  for  several  years. 
Two  years  aL;o  we  had  a  rain  storm  to  i^o  with  our  reunion, 
and  the  same  was  true  last  yeiar.  This  \ear,  judginj.;  from 
]'iesent  api)earances,  it  is  jn'ohahle  that  there  may  he  a  reali/- 
aticMi  of  the  same  condition.  I  have  sometimes  thoUi^hl  that 
il  we  found  there  was  yoini;^  to  l)e  a  pretty  dr\-  time,  we  had 
l)cltcr  notily  the  \\ea(her  bureau  to  iiave  a  reunion  of  the 
Ilailey  family.  This  would  be  a  sure  precursor  ol  rain.  We 
are  ver)'  glad  t(j  know  thai  liowe\er  incoiuenient  it  nuay  be 
for  us,  the  comnnmity  al  large  w  ill  be  greatl\  bc-nefitecl  b\  this 
downcoming  of  rain  .  1  am  sure  we  shall  all  be  reconciled  i! 
what  occurs  is  for  the  conunon  g<n)d,  even  if  it  is  not  U)V  our 
personal  convenience,  • 


4  SKCKETARY  S    KKl'OKT. 

W'c  lujpe  that  all  will  keep  up  their  inlere>l  in  llu  -\  -allin- 
ing'S  and  try  to  get  in  new  nieniljers.  I'-aoli  niember  nm^i 
aid  in  supplying  the  missing  genealogical  liid<s  if  we  are  to 
weld  our  family  hi^tury  into  one  unbroken  chain  of  family 
association.  Such  a  work  requires  the  united  effort  of  a  great 
niany  peo[)le.  Juich  imv  must  conirihute  something.  1  lioi)e  that 
no  one  will  consiiler  anv  contrilnitie)n  of  information,  howexer 
small,  as  unimportant,  since  all  the  fragments  gathered  to- 
gether may  furnish  a  complete  family  record. 


REPORT  OF  THE  Sl'X'RETARY,  MOLLIS  R.   15AILEY. 

Ladies  and  Cienllenien;   Alend)ers  of  the  Association: 

I  state  again  this  year,  as  1  have  stated  heretofore,  that 
pursuant  to  the  custom  adopteil  at  the  outset- — almost  lat  the 
outset — the  Association  has  this  }ear  ])rinted  a  re]jort  nf  the 
proceedings  of  the  last  annual  gathering,  antl  I  have  in  m\ 
hand  the 'printed  report  of  the  last  gathering  which  wa^  held 
a  }'ear  ago,  August  lo,  1899,  at  Willow  Dale  Grove  in  Tyngs- 
boro,  making  the  report  of  the  seventh  annual  gathering. 
You  see  that  we  now  have  nearly  rei)0rts  enough  to  make  a 
good  sized  volume.  The}'  are  all  of  the  same  size  and  print- 
ed in  the  same  st\le  so  that  they  ma)'  be  bound  together. 
Perhaps  by  another  )ear  the  Association  may  think  it  wise  to 
add  an  index  to  the  entire  number  so  that  memlters  wdio  ck'sire 
may  hind  up  their  re])orts  and  ha\'e  in  permanent  form  an  in 
dexed  scries  of  reports.  "IMiey  will  then  have  in  the  various 
atldresscs  and  historical  matter  contained  in  the  volume  a 
gi  cat  deal  of  history  of  the  Pailey  family . 

Tlie  secretary  has  to  report  that  since  the  last  meeting 
the  vote  of  the  /Yssocialion  in  fa\'or  of  having  la  certificate  of 
membership  has  l)een  carried  out.  The  certificates  have 
been  i)repared  and  printed.  A  large  number  of  the  members 
have  sent  in  their  names  and  have  (received  their  certificates. 
Quite  a  number,  however,  have  omitted  to  send  in  their  names, 
and  I  am   waiting  to   hear  from   members  before   I  send  lOut 


THE    BAILEY-HAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  5 

more  of  the  cerliilcatcs .  1  think  there  are  some  300  menil)er-^ 
of  the  Assiociatioti,  ami  1  ha\e  seiil  mit  130  memhcrship  cer- 
tificates, ami  sliall  be  i^lad  to  semi  out 'the  remainder.  There 
is  no  ehari;e  for  the  eertilieates,  the  eonlrihution  taken  up  last 
year  havinjj^  j>rovecl  suftieit-nt  to  meet  the  exi)ense  *jf  prepar- 
ing' them.  The  committee  has  taken  some  little  pains,  and  we 
take  some  pride  in  the  appearance  of  the  cerliticale,  which  \vc 
think  is  creditable.  It  makes  an  interi'stini;'  record  of  member- 
^hi]),  and  we  be'lieve  that  each  mend)er  will  be  ^.^iad  to  have  one  to 
lutnd  down  t(^  ccMuin^"  t;enerations  to  show  his  or  lu'r  Ci>nnection 
with  this  body. 

W'e  hope  that  as  the  years  go  on  and  the  new  generations 
come  the\-  will  be  glad  to  take  up  the  wcjrk  that  we  are  now' 
('oing  in  connection  with  the  Association.  While  the  Asso- 
ciation will  probably  ne\er  be  \'erv  large,  )et  it  is  doing  and 
has  <lone  a  good  work  in  per]K-tua'ting  thi'  hisior\-  and  genealog\ 
of  the  Uailey  family. 

If  }on  will  read  }om-  certificate  3'on  will  see  it  states  the 
objects  of  the  Association,  and  one  of  these  objects  is  to  make 
a  j)ermanent  record  of  the  history  of  the  Association. 

When  the  Association  began  1  was  in  the  same  situation 
llui't  .siome  of  }ou  now  are.  1  knew  that  1  was  a  iiaile}';  i 
knew  ni}-  grandfather's  name,  and  my  great-grandfather's 
name,  but  1  did  not  kntn\  where  1  stood  with  reference  to  the 
e.uly  settlers  and  that  is  something  which  we  all  have  an  intere^t 
ill.  We  like  to  trace  our  ancestry  back  to  the  first  .settlers  thai 
came  to  these  shores.  .Soon  after  the  .Association  began  I 
learned  that  I  was  a  descendant  ui  James  IJailey  of  Rowley, 
i'wo  years  ago  1  discovered  that  on  ni}'  mother's  side  I  was 
also  a  descendant  of  'I'homas  Jlaile\  of  Weymouth.  Within  a 
few  days  1  have  found  still  further  that  on  m)  mother's  side  I 
am  a  descendant  of  William  liailey  who  came  to  Newport, 
Khode  island,  as  earl}  as  i'^>55.  Let  me  sav  to  you  that  if 
any  of  you  are  impatient  as  to  finding  cnit  your  earl\'  ancestry, 
have  patience,  because  I  ihiiik  \'ou  will  all  fuially  get  placed. 
i"-ven  our  worthy  ])resident  is  still  among  the  seekers,  and  he 
can  tell  )OU  it  requires  continued  work.       A  year  ago  we  placed 


6  secretary's  report. 

William  W .  I>aik\,  who  \\a>  tlu'ii  our  inx^idcnt,  ami  it  was 
a  good  (leal  of  satisfaction  to  him  in  the  last  \car  of  his  life 
tu  know  that  he  was  a  (Ksetiidaiit  of  James  liailev  of  Row- 
ley, antl  to  find  (jut  just   who  his  ancestors  wero. 

The  rei)ort  of  la>t  \car  will  ^i\e  you  the  d.^inj^s  of  the 
last  gatheriuj;-.  It  will  al>o  j^ive  any  who  are  inleresletl  in 
the  John  of  Sali.shurs  hranch  .somethini;-  which  they  cannot 
obtain  very  readily  in  au\-  other  way.  With  the  assistance  of 
Mr.  I'Vanklin  L.  ikiiley  oi  I'x^slon,-  1  hunted  up  the  will  ui 
John  liailey  of  Salisbury.  It  is  recorded  in  an  out  (jf  the 
way  place;  not  anionj;  the  wills  in  J'^ssex  County,  but  in  the 
Registry  of  Deeds  in  Salem,  having  c(.>me  down  as  a  part  ui 
the  record  of  old  Norfolk  <,'ounty  which  instead  of  beinv  the 
present  Norfolk  Coimt\',  curiousl\-  eiiougli  consisted  of  ilie 
town  of  Salisbur}-  and  downs  across  the  present  border  of 
New  Hampshire  as  fur  as  Mxeti-r  and  Dover.  We  lia\e  in 
this  report  printed  the  will  of  John  Uaile)'  of  .S;ilisbur\,  a..il 
all  who  are  interested  in  that  branch  w  ill  ])e  pleaseil  and  inter- 
ested to  see  ami  (jwii  it.  Jt  was  probated  in  l^)^-^,  a  \  ear  or 
two  after  John  Baile)'  died,  and  it  gives  an  interesting  bit  of 
fcniil}'  history.  Yon  will  recall  that  we  have  alread\-  in  earlier  re- 
ports print^'d  the  will  of  Richard  Raile)-,  and  also  the  will  of 
Thomas  r)ailey  of  Weymouth.  Jhus  the  reports  contain  valuable 
historical  niatiLer  in  addition  to  an  accomit  of  what  has  taken 
place  at  the  several  gatherings. 

At  a  little  later  stage  of  these  proceedings,  I  shall  h;ive 
seme  interesting  letters  to  read  to  }i)u  fri)ni  members  of  the 
Association,  who  are  unable  to  be  present.  1  have  one  let- 
ter from  a  gentleman  in  hjigland,  and  another  letter  from 
Mrs.  Newcond)  of  New  Ilaven,  Conn. 

I  have  to  report  that  the  /Association  is  llourishing.  We 
have  some  new  members  each  \ear.  There  are  a  great  many 
members  that  never  do  come  an<l  never  can  come  to  these 
gatherings.  There  are  a  good  many  members  out  west.  I 
am  hoping  to  see  here  today  a  lady  from  the  Province  of 
Quebec,  and  1  trust  that  if  she  is  here  she  will  speak  to  me 
before  she  goes.      We  have  members  as  far  west  as  California 


THE  BAlLEY-liAVLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  / 

and  llic  state  of  W'ashiiii^ton  and  also  as  far  soutli  as  the 
iJistrict  uf  Columbia.  The  Association  has 'nienibcrs  wluj 
are  a  i^otjd  deal  interested  in  the'  reports,  but  are  iniable  to  at- 
luul  the  leatherings. 

There  is  a  sinj^le  word  I  (>UL;ht  to  add.  V>y  vote  oi  the 
Association  two  }ears  at^o,  the  work  ^of  pidjlishing  a  geneal- 
ogy of  the  James  of  Rowle\  branch,  the  jcjhn  of  Salisbury 
branch  and  the  Thomas  of  Weymouth  branch  was  undertaken. 
Nothing  concerning  ih'ose  branches  iiad  e'\er  been  printed. 
Something  to  be  sure  had  been  gathered,  but  nollnng  had  ever 
been  printed.  I'ut  there  had  been  printed  a  ver\-  large 
amount  of  valuable  matter  concerning  the  Richard  llailey  line, 
and  I  am  glad  to  see  that  we  have  with  us  the  author  of  that 
werk,  Mr.  Alfred  I'oore,  of  Salem.  Mr.  I'oore  spent  the 
best  years  of  his  life  in  gettinig  together  the  matter  that  was 
[)rinte(l  in  1856,  and  1  hope  he  may  say  a  wortl  to  us  before 
the  meeting  closes.  He  has  brought  a  sijecimen  copy  of  his 
book.  Idiere  are  still  a  few  copies  reaiiaining  and  any  of  that 
line  who  have  not  accjuired  the  book  Avill  do  well  to  buv  a 
copy  at  an  early  da\  .  (  )f  course,  the  price  that  an}'  of  vou 
pay  for  such  a  book  d(jes  not  reci)nij)ense  the  auth(jr  in  any 
way.  Such  ii  book  means  that  s(jme  (jne  has  perft)rmed  a  la- 
bor of  love.  The  ]\ichard  ilailey  line  is  certainly  indebted  to 
l\Ir.  Alfred  Poore  for  the  work  he  did  in  [)utting  together  the 
history  of  that  line  in  1856. 

The  new  book  of  llailey  (lenealogy — the  histc^ry  of  James,-- 
John   and  Thomas  was   completed   about   the   first   of  January, 

1900,  and  nianv  of  )'ou     ha\e     purchased     copies. There  are 

still  some  copies  remaining  to  be  sold.  The  manuscrii)t,  after 
\vc-  decided  to  print  it,  increased  so  that  the  book  was 
finally  twice  as  large  as  contemplated.  The  ])rice  is  now 
lixed  at  $2.50,  and  i  ma)  state  that  recent  incjuir}' 
among  the  book-sellers  leads  me  to  think  that  the  ])ook  is 
wh.at  is  ordinarily  calletl  a  $5  book,  so  that  any  of  you  who 
have  paid  $2  or  $2.50  fOr  the  book  may  feel  that  y(m  have  a 
book  that  is  worth  the  mone}-.  When  the  remaining  copies 
are  sold  the  book  will  become  scarce,  and  }OU  will  not  be  able 
to  obtain   a  copy  for  less   than  $5. 


8  REPORT  OF  THE  TREASURER. 

REPORT  OF  THE  TREASURER,  JAMES  R.    JJAILEY. 

Mv.  rresident,  Ladies  and  (lentk-nu'n: 

In  ])rt.'scntinf;  my  r(.])i)rt  to  you  this  mornino-,  I  would  sav 
that  we  have  accoin])h>h(.'d  as  an  Association  a  j^ood  deal  this 
year.  Wc  have  had  receipts  and  disbursements  a  Irille  over 
^Soo.  We  liave  made  a  wide  departure,  and  consunuiiated  the 
jjrinting  and  (Hstributing-  of  the  hook  of    liailey  Cienealof,^y . 

'While  in  former  years,  1  have  been  able  to  state  that 
our  bills  have  all  been  ])aid  and  we  iiave  had  a  balance  in  the 
bank,  this  year  1  can  uuly  say  that  our  ijills  have  all  been  inud. 
To  accomplish  this,  we  have  been  oblij^ed  to  borrow  some 
money.  In  other  words,  the  money  neetled  has  been  kindly 
advanced  by  two  members  of  the  Association,  and  we  can  pa\ 
them  at  our  convenience,  or  when  our  money  comes  in. 

There  was  a  balance  on  hand  a  year  ag-o  of  ^{^68.48.  The 
receipts  tlurin^  the  }ear  from  contributions,  dues  and  the  sale 
of  the  annual  reports  and  books  of  I{ailey-(]eneaIo<;y  and 
money  borrowed  from  Mollis  R.  Bailey  and  J.  Warren  r>ai!e\- 
h.ave  amounted  to  $851.93.  The  payments  for  printing,  post- 
age and  sundry  expenses  inchuling  delivering;  book  of  g-eneal- 
ogy  have  amounted  to  $837.15,  leaving-  a  InUance  on  hand  of 
$14.78.  We  have  also  on  hand  assets,  reports  of  annual 
gatherings  valued  at  $500,  and  90  Ikiiley  (lenealogies  valued 
at  $225,  making  a  total  of  $725. 

On  motion  of  Edwin  A.  Baydey,  vcjted  that  the  rei)orts 
of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  be  accepted  and  placed  on  hie. 
Mr.  Edwin  A.  IJayley  moved  that  the  ciiair  a])point  a  com- 
mittee of  three  to  retire  and  brmg  in  a  list  of  nominees  ior 
ofificers  of  the  Association  for  the  ensuing  year.  It  was  so 
voted.  The  chair  appointed  .Mr.  John  Alfred  IJailey,  Mrs. 
Henry  B.  Bailey  and  .Mr.  Charles  W.   liailey  as  that  committee. 


THE  BAILEV-KAVLEY  KAMILV  ASSOCIATION.  Q 

REPORTS    Ol-    CO-MMITTIU-:   OX    ( Il-.XICALC  )(]¥. 

JAMES   OF    ROWLEY    liRANClI. 

Ilollis  1\ .  luiilry:  I  have  alread)'  in  my  rt-porl  as  Sec- 
retary stated  to  ynu  the  work  that  has  heeii  duiie  in  jjrinting 
the  L,''eneahjt;y  of  tliree  branches  of  the  family.  1  wish  now, 
as  a  part  of  my  rejjort  as  a  mem!)er  of  the  conimittee  on  ^^en- 
e:dog"y,  to  read  some  letters  from  members  (if  tiie  Association 
and  others. 

(Letters  were  then  read  from  Horace  W.  Railey,  Ks(| . . 
of  Newbury,  \'ermont;  Chester  'r\ler  Slierman,  Kscj.,  of 
\\'ashin<:;t(jn,  1).  C.  ;  Mrs.  Mary  jijlmson  llailey  Lincohi; 
Mrs.  Carrie  K.  Cliatfiehl  of  Minnea[)olis,  j\Iinn.;  Hon.  James 
A.  I'ailey,  Jr.,  of  Arbiif^ton,  and  Jlenry  P.  Moulton,  J'^'-scj., 
of  .Salem.) 

I  have  also  a  letter  from  Knj^land  in  regard  to  the  Baileys 
of  England.  We  have  all  been  trying  for  a  gO(j(l  many  years 
to  ascertain  cxactl\'  where  Pichard  and  James  liailey  came 
fr<jm,  but  we  arc  still  in  the  dark,  though  it  seems  probable 
that  they  came  from  Wiltshire.  It  is  known  that  John  of  Sal- 
isbiu'v  came  from  Chippenham,  England,  but  beyond  that  no 
one  knows  what  his  connections  in  l^ngland  were  or  w  hu  his 
ancestors  were.  Mr.  W'ithington  c^f  Xewl)m-\port,  being  in- 
terested in  his  own  W'ithington  genealogy  has  been  at  work 
for  some  two  or  three  years  in  England  engaged  in  genealcjg- 
ical  research.  In  England  if  nou  desire  to  examine  any  of  the 
j'ublic  records,  such  as  the  wills  in  the  Probate  C(-»urt,  you 
have  to  pay  for  the  privilege  in  order  that  the  English  govern- 
ment may  have  funds  not  only  to  maintain  the  registries  but 
also  to  carry  on  its  various  foreign  wars.  It  usually  costs  a 
shilling  to  examine  any  will,  so  that  any  one  examining  the 
ri'cords  there  has  to  have  (|uite  a  little  money  with  which  to 
work.  Mr.  Withington  made  the  offer  a  year  ago  that  if 
the  liaileys  here  would  fm"nish  the  money  he  would  furnish  the 
time  and  make  some  research.  1  le  has  recently  written  iMrs . 
Newcomb  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  renewing  this  offer. 
I  have  here  copies  of  several  early  Pailey   wills  found  in  Wilt- 


10 


REPORTS  OK  COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 


.'-liirc  1)\    Mr.   ^X'ithini^loii,   and    1    pruijosc   Id   print   tluiu   as  a 
l-art  of  the   report  ut  this  j^atlieriiiL^ . 

RICHARD    01'     ROWLEY    i;RAN\ll. 

lIollisR.  l;aik\  :  1  had  lioiJcd  that  Dr.  Slo])hrn  (i. 
I'ailc\-  would  he  here.  lie  is  doini;'  suiiie  work  on  the  Kiihard 
line.  1  have  tried  to  L;el  his  (.iilhusiaMU  ai'oused  te>  such  an 
e.\tent  that  he  would  undertake  to  ])rint  a  new  hofjk  (if  that 
line,  working'  with  .Mr.  I'liure,  taking'  what  .Mr.  I'lxjre  printed 
in  1856,  and  hrin^in^  it  down  to  the  pre.sent  time;  hut  that 
means  a  s^ood  deal  of  work  and  a  _L;ood  deal  of  mone}-,  and  1 
am  afraid  that    he  w  id  hardl\-   undertake-  it  at   present. 

-Mrs.  Mdward  .M  .  llailey  who  is  on  our  conuuittee  is  pres- 
ent. She  has  (K)ne  more  work  than  I  ha\-e  since  the  new  hook- 
was  i)rinti.d.  .She  keeps  st-ndiuL;  me  fresh  material  which  I 
Ideaway  to  he  used  when  a  new  edition  shall  he  printed  of  the 
iuiilev  >.;euealo^\' .  The  present  hook,  of  course,  is  not  com- 
l)!ete.  h.ach  one  of  the  three  [jarts  oui;"ht  to  he  enlari^ed  into 
a  separate  volume. 

Mrs.  Milton  hdlsworth,  who  gathered  the  John  of  Salis- 
bury line,  is  also  here.  The  feeling  of  the  conuuittee,  I  ihiidc, 
is  that  we  earned  a  \acation  hy  the  work  we  did  last  year  on 
tlie  hook'  (»f  ijenealoP'v  . 


Kdwiii  -A.  Ila\ie\-:  T  desire  to  say  a  fi-w  words  in  regard 
to  the  matter  of  investigation  in  k'ngland.  It  seems  to  me  that 
most  (jf  us  ajipreciate  the  fact.  especiall\-  those  of  us  who  have 
given  the  matter  cjf  the  hook  that  has  been  prepared  and  pre- 
sented to  us,  any  particular  attenticjii,  that  tlu'  work  as  far  as 
the  States  here  is  conceiued  is  in  jiretty  good  shaj)e,  hut  we  all 
recognize  the  fact  that  we  want  more  information  in  regard  to 
our  ancestors  hefejre  they  cauie  to  thi.-^  counlr\  .  .\s  far  as 
carrying  on  aii)-  work  in  I'-Ugland  is  concerned,  we  are  neC'S- 
sarily  limited.  There  are  not  man\'  of  us  that  cross  the  ocean 
every  year,  hut  it  seems  to  me  that  the  suggestion  of  '.Mrs. 
Newcomh  about  seiuling  money  to  Mr.    W'ilhinglon  is  one  that 


THE  BAILEY-liAYLEY   FAMILY  ASSOCIATION,  II 

is  vcrv  liiiH'h-,  particular!}  uikKt  tlic  present  circunislances, 
and  I  earnesth'  \\u])v  llial  llie  Associalion  will  lal-.e  up  thi^  nial- 
tt-r,  and  lake  it  up  in  a  business  way.  It  does  not  mean  a  t;reat 
amount  of  m(Mie\  .  1  he  circumstances  are  most  auspicious,  he- 
cause  Air.  \\'ilhin_<4ton  is  there-  cm  the  i^round,  .md  all  he  wants, 
as  1  understand  it,  is  to  ha\e  his  actual  expenses  ior  rej^isliw 
lees  defra\ed.  just  riow  in  older  to  ket'p  up  and  accentuate 
the  interest  in  tlu'  lamiK  association  it  seems  to  me  that  this  ri'- 
searcii  ou^lit  to  be  made.  We  ouj^ht  to  raise  a  lund  of  ,'pJ5  ov 
.^5(j  and  it  shouhl  be  put  in  Mr.  \\  ilhin^ton's  hands.  W'e  want  tlie 
.Association  to  pa\'  what  is  lair  for  the  informaliein  we-  _m-t,  a'ld 
i  want  to  see  the  money  raised  neede-d  to  carr\  this  matter  to 
a  successful  termination,  and  1  hope-  it  will  be-  done-  lu-re-  loda)  . 

XOTl'-l)  that  the  re-port  (if  Uu-  ronnnitte-e  on  Clenealoj^y 
be  accepted,  ad(»pte-d  and  phie-ed  on  lile-. 

J)udle-\-  I',  llaile\  ;  1  want  to  i)ut  a  little  e-mphasis  on  this 
matter  of  raisin^''  ir.one-y  needed  te;  pa,\  oil'  the  de-bts  incurred 
fjn  account  of  the  ikiiley  Cleiiealoj;)  and  also  mouL-y  neeeled  lor 
looking-  up  llie  i'ailey.  ( ieneaK)gy  in  luiglanel.  I  think  perhai)S 
a  cetutribntion  of  I  w  e-nl\-li\  e  ce  Ills  apie-ce  would  do  it.  1  suij- 
posc  thai  wenild  not  be  a  ve-ry  hea\\-  burde-n  lor  anybod)-.  If 
any  arc  disiK)sed  to  make  an\  ccjutribulions  we  shall  be  glad  to 
receive  them . 

I  believe  wc  should  gra])i)le  in  earnest  with  the  matter  of 
the  English  genealog\  .  I  hope-  there-  are-  some  here  today  who 
are  disposed  to  pa\  soiuelhing  fejr  work  in  that  direction.  If 
there  are  anv  here  who  are  disposed,  I  hope  the\'  \\ill  hand  the 
funds  in  me  e)r  to  the  treasure-r,  and  1  am  not  sure-  but  what  it 
would  be  well  to  have  an  organizeil  effort  made-  to  bring  this 
matter  to  the  atte-nlion  of  every  oiu-  prese-nt . 

kEroKT  Oh"  to.M.Mrr'ri'.h:  OX  .xo.mi. nation 

Or"  Oi'hIChlkS. 

The  committi'e  rc-p(»rted  the-  following  nominees:  l'"or 
president,  lulwin  .A.  l;a\le-\'  of  Le-xingti.n;  for  vice-])residents, 
George  Edson  liaih-y  e>f  Alaiislield,  Horace  \V.    Dailey  of  Xew- 


12  REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  NOMINATION  OF   OFFICERS. 

Iniry,  \'t.,  Milton  Ellsworth  of  Jvowley,  Mass.,  Col.  lulwin 
W.  M .  Bailey  of  Anicsbury,  Mass.,  William  11.  Rccd  of 
South  Weymouth;  for  treasurer,  James  R.  liailey  of  Lawrence; 
for  secretary,  Mollis  R.  I'ailey  of  Cambridge;  for  auditor, 
Walter  E.  Rohie  of  Waltham;  for  executive  committee,  John 
Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Ilarrison  liailey  of  JMtchburi^-,  .Mrs. 
Edward  M.  liailey  of  Ashland.  I'^ben  11.  liailey  of  Boston,  Dr. 
Stephen  G.  Bailey  of  Lowell.  Dudley  P.  liailey  of  I'Aerett. 
Chailes  E.  liailey  of  Lawrence,  and  Cleorj^e  N.  liailey  (jf  Lynn. 
On  motion  it  was  voted  that  the  rep(jrt  of  the  connnittee 
be  accei)ted.  and  that  the  nominees  recommended  by  the  com- 
mittee be  electi'd,  and  the  same  wvrc  elected. 


AMENDMENT  OF  BY-LAWS. 

Ilollis  R.  Bailey:  In  the  notice  of  invitation  to  this  i;ath- 
eiing,  I  inserted  a  clause  rclatinj;"  to  the  payment  of  animal 
dues.  It  is  a  fair  cjuestion  for  consideration  whether  or  not 
the  i)ayment  of  annual  dues  is  for  the  interest  of  the  Associa- 
tion. When  the  by-laws  were  adopted  at  Groveland  the  matter 
was  somewhat  discussed,  and  some  thoufjht  then  that  the  .As- 
sociation might  well  rest  for  its  support  upon  initiation  fees 
and  annual  contributions  from  those  who  felt  hke  pa\ing-,  and 
not  have  a  continual  sending  out  of  yearly  bills  f(jr  annual  dues. 
The  Society,  of  course,  needs  some  money  to  pay  th,e  ninnim^' 
expenses,  for  printing  notices,  invitations,  annual  rei)orts,  and 
for  prosecuting  genealogical  work,  but  it  seemed  to  me  as  sec- 
retary, that  I  ought  to  bring  the  matter  of  annual  dues  before 
the  gathering  again  this  year  ft)r  further  consideration.  A 
good  many  mend^ers  da  not  pa}'  their  annual  dues.  It  has  never 
seemed  necessar)-  io  the  executive  connnittee  to  exclude 
any  one,  because  of  non-j)ayment  of  dues,  and  \el  every  now 
and  then  some  member  sends  in  his  or  her  resignation  because 
he  or  she  objects  to  receiving  a  bill  for  annual  dues.  Now  we 
w:'.nt  as  large  a  membership  as  possible  including  those  \\\\n 
can  and  those  who  cannot  afford  to  pay  annual  dues. 


THE    BAILEY-lSAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


13 


There  is  some  expense  atlendiiiy  the  collectitJn  of  these 
(lues  and  the  amount  eulleeteil  is  not  hu\^e.  1  have  no  partieu 
hir  ni(jtion  to  make  except  to  suggest  that  if  an}-  one  is  of  tlie 
o])ini(Mi  that  the  membership  of  the  Associaiion  is  (hniinished  h\ 
annual  (hies,  or  believes  that  the  Association  wouUl  be  better 
oti'  without  amiual  (hies,  I  shrdl  be  glad  if  he  will  make  a  mo- 
lion  so  that  the  matter  ma_\  be  discussed. 

(No  motion  was  made  and  the  by-laws  were  not  altered.) 


LITERARY  EXERCISES. 

ADDRESS    OF    DUDI.KV    1".    i;AII.KY,    KSQ. 

BAILEYS  OF  NOTI:. 

It  has  occiirml  to  iiic  {n  see  lu)\v  lar<;cl\-  the  HaileNS  have 
lii'uretl  ill  the  I '.in^raphical  i  Jiclionaries .  1  tiinl  in  >iieh  dic- 
titMiarie>  thirty-uiie  names  of  the  liailev  faniih'  takiiii;'  the  name 
with  aU  the  \arious  methods  ot  speUini;'  it.  'I'his  means  that 
thirt}'-one  persons  named  llaiK\  ha\e  ohlained  eiujnL;'h  ])rom- 
mence  in  the  worhl  to  he  notieed  in  these  jjuhhcations .  h.ii,dit 
I'aileNs  are  noticed  in  the  h.iK"_\  elopaecha  llritanniea.  1  here 
ai'e  sixt\-one  who  are  noticed  and  mentioned  in  Allihone's  I  )ic" 
tionary  of  Anthors.  'Jhis  i;i\cs  ns  some  idea  of  the  niimhei 
of  the  famil}'  in  which  we  are  interested  who  ha\'e  ohtained 
s(nie  decree  of  fame,  ])Ul  it  dt)es  not  inchide  aU  hecanse  we  know 
lliat  there  are  hiri^e  mimliers  who  attain  consi(lera])le  eminence 
vho  nevertjieless  do  not  get  into  the  liioL;ra])hical  1  )ictionaries. 
W'liile  there  are  no  stars  of  (jnite  llie  first  niaj^nitude  in  the 
I'ailey  hrmameiit,  \  et  there  are  qiiile  a  iiumher  wIkj  have  ol)- 
tained  honoral)le  position  in  the  varions  waU^s  e)f  life.  1  shall 
mention  only  a  few  of  these. 

Jacoh  Whitman  iiailey,  1S11-I1S57,  was  a  dii.tinL;ni^hed 
naturalist. 

fames  Moiit,L;'omer\  I'.aile)  was  known  as  'ihe  l)aiil)m"\ 
News  Man.  lie  was  horn  in  1 S4 1  and  ihed  a  few  \ears  aj^o. 
]lealtaiiietl  ipiite  a  national  repntalion  for  the  wit  of  liis  literary 
productions . 

Joseph  I'.ailey  was  a  farmer  who  ori^inall)  li\eil  in  W'iscon- 
Fiii,  but  enlisted  in  the  War  f  if  the  Ivehellion,  and  at  the  time 
of  (leu.  P.anks'  Red  River  I'^.xpeditii  iii  held  the  rank'  of  Lien- 
tenant  Colonel.  The  Union  forces  were  compelled  to  retreat 
and  the  water  in  the  river  had  so  fallen  that  it  was  imp(;ssihle  to 


THE    HAILEY-IiAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  15 

get  the  flrel  of  <5uii-l)(;ats  down  strf-am,  and  it  was  proijosod  to 
abandon  it,  which  wouM  l)a\c  been  a  i^rcal  lo^s  l)t)th  to  llic 
ai'iiis  and  to  the  i;ovci"nnKnt .  At  that  inoniLMit  Lieutenant 
Colonel  llailey  came  lorward  and  jjrcjposed  to  see  the  llei't 
safel}'  down  the  ri\er.  Me  was  ^culted  at  1)_\'  the  protessiunal 
enL;ineers,  hut  when  he  once  started  in  he  found  a  larL;e  nuuil)er 
of  men  who  were  rea(l\  to  co-c  ipei'att-  with  him.  'lliey  tinally 
d.ininied  the  river  on  both  sides  and  narrowed  the  chamiel  to 
sixty-six  feet  therebv  rai^in;^-  the  level  of  the  water,  and  makiuL^ 
the  current  swift  anil  .strong;'.  Thus  all  the  vessels  were  taken 
.safel\'  out.  {•\)V  this  feat  Col.  llaile_\-  was  ])romoted,  and  sub- 
se(iuentlv  obtained  the  rank  of  1 '>ri!^adier-(  ieneral,  and  ser\ed 
with  distinction  throui.;hont  iIk-  War  of  the  Kebehion. 

Idieodorus  P)aikw,  i75J-1(SjS  was  a  statesman  and  a  United 
Stales  Senatetr  from  New  ^'ork.  Jle  was  ])ostmaster  in  New 
\  ork  city  for  twent\-four  Ncars. 

Tlieodorus  ]?aile\,  i<'^'W''^77'  obtained  much  distinction 
a?  a  naval  officer  in  the  W'ar  of  (he  Rebellion.  .\t  the  time  of 
Admiral  I'^arra^ait's  expediton  ti>  capture  New  (  )rleans  lie  led 
the  fleet  uj)  the  Mississippi  River,  passed  the  forts  amid  a  storm 
of  shot  and  shell,  and  conducted  the  attack  with  t^rj-ent  gallantry. 
He  sul)se(|uentlv  was  aii])ointed  to  receive  the  surrender  of  the 
C^'ity  of  New  ()rleans.  lie  was  pronu;ted  rmd  obtained  the 
rank  of  Rear  Admiral. 

Philii)  James  I'.aikw  born  iMrT)  wa^  the  author  of  the  famou^ 
]ioem  entitled  k\'stus.  lie  com])o>(.'d  that  pnem  original- 
iv  when  he  was  onl\-  twenty  \ears  of  a^e,  althouj^h  it  was  subsc- 
(pientlv  rewritten  and  in  dilTerent  editions  enlarL;ed  to  al)Out 
ih.ree  times  its  ori<;inal  size.  While  it  had  Iteen  criticized  in 
some  of  its  j)arts,  \v[  it  contains  many  ex(|uisite  passa.m-s  (.f 
genuine  ])oetr\-  and  has  a  well  recoi^nized  value  as  a  permau- 
vut  addition  to  our  literature. 

Nathan  liailev,  lexico,t;ra])her,  is  entitled  to  ])ermancnt 
fame  as  a  ])hil(;lo_<.^isl,  and  w.as,  you  nn'^ht  -a\  ,  the  .\iali 
Webster  of  his  da\-.  lie  published  a  dictionar\-  ol  the  l'aif.;lish 
languaj^e   in    1728  which    went   through   lifteen   editions   and      is 


l6  LITERARY  EXIiRClSES. 

Still  a  valuable  dictionary  to  consult  in  TCLjard  to  some  features 
of  the  iuiglish  lanj^niai^c.  It  fcjrnied  the  basis  of  Johnson's 
j;reait  dictionary  which  was  published  later.      He  dietl  in  1742. 

Sir  John  lUiyley,  1763-1841,  was  a  lawyer  of  note.  Tie 
was  called  to  the  bar  in  J 792,  api)ointed  a  sergeant-at-law  in 
1799,  and  was  afterwards  made  one  of  the  Justices  (;f  the  Kint^s 
i'ench  and  received  the  honor  (jf  K'niLjhtlKjod .  He  was  a  man 
of  liberal  education  and  enlarijed  views.  He  was  the  author 
of  a  legal  text  book  entitled  "Baylc}-  ou  Hills"  which  went 
through  five  editions  ami  was  a  stantlard  work  on  that  subject. 
Joanna  liaillie,  1764-1851.  was  a  dramatic  writer  and  ob- 
tained (juite  a  C(jnsiderable  distinction. 

There  are  many  others  of  the  liailey  family  worthy  of  men- 
t-on,  but  I  must  not  take  your  time  now  as  we  have  an  interest- 
inj^^  ])rogramme  before  us.  Still  it  is  pleasant  for  us  to  know 
tliat  so  many  of  those  who  have  borne  our  name  have  obtainerl 
lionorable  distinction  in  the  various  walks  of  life.  I'here  ha\e 
I)een  l!aile\s  wlm  have  shown  their  activity  in  almost  e\'ery  de- 
l)artment  of  human  etfort .  While  not  obtaining  perhaps,  the 
very  highest  rank,  they  have  made  an  honorable  record,  and 
have  achieved  much  distinction. 


After  singing  by  Mrs.  Kben  H.  Uailey  accompanied  by 
Mr.  Eben  H.  liailey,  Mjss  Martha  Hawling  ISaile)-,  teacher  ot 
Oratory  at  Ohio  Wesleyan  University,  gave  a  reading  in  iwo 
jiarts  entitled, 

1.  Penelope's  Christmas  Dance  by  Virgina  W.  Cloud. 

2.  A  Plantation  b^cho  by  Thomas  Nelson  Page. 

This  was  followed  by  a  song  by  Mr.  Ijcrtfjii  O.  Wetmorc 
of  Jjoston, 


THE    BAILEY-I5AYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  I7 

MEMOIR  OF  SAMUEL  G1L^L:^N  I'.AILEY  OE 
A.\ DOVER,  AL\SS. 

15Y    MRS.    EDWARD    M.    BAILEY    OK    ASHLAND,    MASS. 

Mr.    President  and   I'ricnds  uf  the   llailcv  Ass(>ciati(jn : 

I  count  it  a  [jrivile^c  and  an  honor  to  he  perniilteil  to  .s])eal; 
of  a  life  whicli  has  reeentl\-  s^one  from  aniony  ns,  a  hfe  S()  ahso- 
hitely  loyal  to  dut\',  so  rounded  antl  crowned  hy  it^  coniulete- 
etl  deeds  of  fidelity,  tliat  in  a  rare  sense  it  is  a  t}  pe  of  the  truest 
liailey  spirit. 

On  Tuesday  evenins^^  May  22,  1900,  shortly  hefore  eit;!): 
o'clock  occurred  the  death  of  an  e)ld  and  well  known  resident  of 
the  West  Parish,  Andover — that  of  .S .  (iihnan  I'.ailey,  the  })r(>- 
prietor  of  Shady  Side  (Jrove  at  llaj^yelt's  Pond.  .Mr.  I'.ailev 
had  not  been  well  for  se^'eral-  years,  but  durini,''  the  last  week  of 
his  life  was  better  than  u^ual.  On  .Sunday  night,  however,  he 
was  taken  with  neurali;ia  of  the  heart,  which  caused  his  death 

Mr.  Bailey  was  born  on  the  old  liailey  homestead,  near 
the  P)ailey  school  house  anci  what  is  now  IKuxl's  I^'arm  in  West 
Andover,  June  7,  1827.  I J  is  parents  were  Samuel  P>ailey  ot 
Andover  and  Prudence  h^armer  of  Tewksbury.  Mr.  luiilev 
was  the  fifth  in  lineal  descent  to  bear  the  name  Samuel,  but  in 
distinction  from  his  fatiier  was  always  known  qs  (jilman.  His 
ancestors  in  each  j^enerali(jn  were: 

1.  James  luiiley  of  l\owle\,  .Mass.,  born  alxjut  1612,  wif<' 
L\(lia. 

2.  John  P.ailey,  born  1642,  Mary  Mii,diill. 

3.  James  Pailc)-,  born  1680,  llannah  Wood. 

4.  Samuel  Paile)',  born  1705,  Mary  Rolf. 

5.  Samuel   Bailey,  born    1728,   llannah   Kittredgc. 

This  ancestor,  whom  family  traditit)n  names  Lieutenant 
Samuel,  pcrislied  at   I'unker  Ilill. 

6.  Samuel   Pjailey,  horn    17^)8,  .Sally  Trull. 

7.  Samuel   I'ailey,  born   17^5.   Prudence  Earmcr. 

Mr.  Bailey's  early  life  was  spent  on  tin-  farm,  and  his  ed- 
ucation was  received  at  the  district  school.  lUfore  hi>  mar- 
riage he  carried  on  a  fish  market  in  Lowell  for   a    short    time, 


l8  MEMOIR  or  SAMUF.I.     OILMAN   BAILEY 

and  afterwards  worked  at  shoe  niakiii^j  in     Waketkld     with     aa 
uncle,  Pliincas  P>aile\  ,  from  whom  he  learni-d  the  trade. 

About  fort\-oiu-  \cars  a.i^o  \\v  marrieil  ('aroliiu'  I'risciUa 
Gilchrist  of  Ando\(.r  wlio  also  liwd  in  the  western  part  of  tlie 
town.  The  Couple  resickd  for  souie  lime  with  Mr.  I'.aik-\'s 
hrother,  )ohu  11.  I'.aiK'N  ,  uear  Mood's  farm.  It  \\a^  ^llo^tly 
before  his  marriage  that  Mr.  JKiiU)  purchased  the  ^rove 
named  b\'  him  "Sliad\-  Si<le,"  which  he  carried  on  so  lous^^ 
and  so  successfulh,  with  tlie  aid  in  later  years  of  his  son 
Charles.  Almost  from  the  first  a  platform  was  erected  for 
dancing",  and  arrangements  for  letting  biiats  and  making  tlu- 
grove  attractive  were  completed.  From  \ear  to  year  changes 
and  additions  were  made  until  the  place  assumed  its  present  as- 
pect. With  its  location  on  the  shores  of  such  a  beautiful  pond 
as  riag'gett's,  the  grove  has  been  and  is  a  favorite  resort  for 
l)icnics  both  with  the  past  and  present  generation,  Vnv  almo-^t 
forty  years  it  has  been  known  to  man\-  of  the  best  families  of 
Lowell,  Andovt.r  and  adjoining  towns. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  a  good  man.  Tie  joined  the  North  Tewks- 
bnry  church  in  a  revival  man\-  \ears  ago  under  Elder  Peacock 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Fleti  her.  lie  was  a  ^varm  friend  of  the  suc- 
cessive pastors,  and  his  grove  was  the  scene  of  many  Sundav 
School  picnics  and  festive  assend>lies.  There,  too,  many  bap- 
tisms took  ])lace  in  the  ni'ighboring  lake  with  its  gently  sloping 
shore.  At  such  times  the  hospitality  of  the  owner  was  free  and 
gracious.  To  his  courtes\'  in  i^^<>4,  the  l>aile\-  h'amily  are  in- 
debted for  a  most  enjovabU'  reunion  at  this  beautiful  grove. 

The  deceased  is  sur\i\ed  b\'  his  wife,  one  -on,  Charles  L. 
and  one  dang-hter,  Mrs.  Lilla  IC  CooUw  of  Winchester .  r)ne 
son,  William  Kimball  lu'iileN-,  died  in  188;^.  Two  broth(>rs  and 
one  sister,  all  younger,  also  survive  him.  These  are  fcdm  I> . 
P>ailey  of  Andover,  Charles  1\  .  P.aiKv  of  Stockton,  Cal . .  ami 
Mrs.  Abbie  O.  Perriu  of  AttKi)oro,  Mass.  The  funeral  ser- 
vices, conducted  by  Rev.  Mr.  Pierce  of  North  Tewksbury,  and 
Rev.  E.  W.  Pride,  a  former  pastor,  were  held  at  his  late  r^'si- 
dence  on  Friday  afternoon,  Mav  23,  at  2  o'clock.  The  burial 
was  in  the  family  lot  at  the  West  Yard,  the  bearers  being  his 


THE  BAILEY-nAYLEY   FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  IQ 

hon,  son-in-law,  ami  two  nrplu-ws.  Mr.  liailcy  was  unnsnally 
t'(  iiul  of  tlow(.M>,  ami  at  ill;-  Inn  rial  -^c^\  icc^  ln^  lricn(l>'  know  led  i^c 
ol  that  lo\c'  was  nianik'strd  ni  a  pLTlccl  wcillli  of  nio^t  heantilnl 
blossoms . 

i'osscssint.,'-  a  ^tronj^  pri^onalil}  .  Mr.  P.aik-y  was  a  man  of 
such  vij^or  of  nnml,  ili^nit\'  and  ])mit\-  of  character,  and  j^cinlc- 
ncss  of  spirit,  that  he  has  been  a  forcehil  and  l^.  acion>  power  in 
the  church  and  the  connnnnit\  .  i'he  force  and  aroma  of  hi-' 
piety  penetrated  all  the  relations  ui  life.  h'nll  of  Mm>hine  Iniii- 
.self,  he  seemed  to  attract  onl\-  sunshine  from  the  infinite  st(jre- 
house  of  destiny.  His  life  was  characterized  bv  untirini,'-  activ- 
ities which  were  widely  exerted  in  the  life  of  the  coinmnnitN'  in 
(levolitju  to  the  j^'ood  and  the  hai)i>iness  of  others.  The  con- 
trollinj^-  motive  of  liis  life  was  an  unswerving  loNalty  to  his  con- 
victions of  duty . 

In  his  hcjmc,  of  which  he  was  the  \ery  heart,  his  wife  and 
children  knew  best  the  depth  and  misellishness  e)f  his  nature, 
the  noble  and  helpful  ([ualilies  of  lii>  character,  and  his  man\' 
sterlins.,'-  virtues.  .A  cordial,  consideratt'.  helpful  friend  .and 
neiu^hbor,  n  faithful,  de\oted,  ])atient,  self  sacrihciu}.,'-  parent,  a 
consistent  church  member—- his  departint,^  wrings  with  sorrow 
man_\'  lu'arts.  Such  li\es  a^  his,  wrou}.;hl  into  ours,  remain, 
lon,L,^  to  be  remend)ered.  It  w.i'-  a  lini>heil  life,  and  its  record 
was  one  of  deeper  meaning  that  w•ord^  can  frniiie. 

"Thanks  be  to  (  lod  that  such  have-  been, 
Althoug-h   the\'  are   no  more." 


MEMOIR  Oh'   MOSi'-.s    ("OLr.V    l'.\(]l-:,    ()1<     CANOHIE 
L.AKF.,  N.  H., 

HY    JOHN    AI.FRKU    HAIl.KV    <)!•■    LOWELL,     MASS. 

T  have  not  ])repared  anythin},^  in  the  sha])e  of  an  elaborate 
addres.s,  but  1  feel  th.it  lhi>  i>  ;i  \'er\  liltini;'  time  to  sav'  a  few- 
words  in  memor\'  of  (jur  friend  and  fellow  member,  Mr.  Moses 
(\)ll)y    I'a-e. 

He  was  born  April  i6,  1832,  and  married  Marion  Rebecca 


20  MEMOIR    OF    MOSES    COLnV    PACE, 

Morse,  fuiK'  26,  i(S5().      His  ancestors  in  cacli  generation  were: 

1.  Kieliard  liailey  of  Kowle),  vMass . ,  born  in  i'Ji,i;lan'l, 
about   iOjj,  wife   lubia   llalsteil. 

2.  Dea.  Joseph  Ikiile)',  bt)rii  before  1647,  wife  Abil^^■lll 
Trumbull. 

3.  Dea.  [ohn  I'.aileN ,  born  Xov.  26.  \()y)\,  wife,  Susanna 
Tenncy . 

4.  John  r.aile\  ,  born  l'"eb.  18,  1720-1,  wife  Mli/.abelh 
Corliss. 

5.  )ohn  Moores  l!aile\,  born  Nov.  3,  J74H,  wife  Lydia 
I'laton. 

6.  .Vloores  r.ailey,  born  March  25,  17S5,  wife  .\biah  Dus- 
tin,  a  descendant  of  Hannah  Dustin  . 

7.  Kuthena  r.ailey,  born  June  21,  1813,  husband  Jona- 
than Page. 

To  him,  perhaps,  as  much  as  any  one,  is  due  the  founding' 
of  this  AsscK'iation.  in  the  sununer  of  1892  ui}-  wife  and  I  were 
visiting  at  Mr.  Page's  home  at  I'anobie  Lake,  N.  il.,  and  the 
matter  of  getting  our  own  immediate  liailey  cousins  together 
was  talked  over  at  that  time.  There  were  a  good  uian\'  of 
them  living  in  that  \icinil\-.  The  matter  of  a  family  reunicju 
was  discut;sed  b\  the  cousins  and  they  tlujught  that  it  would 
be  a  good  idea  to  form  a  iSailey  hannly  Association.  .\tte,"- 
\''ards  there  was  a  meeting  at  Mr.  Page's  homestead  and  the 
fi'.'st  notice  which  was  sent  out  to  the  mend)ers  of  the  llaile\ 
I'amily  u^as  prepared  with  the  help  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Page 
These  notices  were  sent  around  to  our  Hrst  cousins  and  a  few  ex- 
tia  copies  enclosed  for  wider  distribution  and  the  result  of  it 
was  the  first  meeting  at  Cauobie   Lake. 

The  use  of  the  grove  and  the  buildings  was  given  to  us  at 
that  time  by  the  prt)prietor.  J  hi*;  meeting  gave  us  an  ujjpor- 
tunity  to  form  the  .X^sociation  .  We  had  upwards  of  200  pres- 
eiu,  1  think,  and  our  u>ua\  rainy  (hiy.  A  permanent  orgauiza" 
tion  was  decided  U])on,  and  from  this  beginning  has  dex'eloped 
the  Association  which  we  lia\e  at  the  [jresent  time  of  about 
three  hundred   members. 

Mr.    Page  was  a  man  wdiom  everybody  liked  to  meet  and 


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21 


when  von  i)artc(l  from  him  lie  Icl'l  a  \\vv\  i)k'asant  mcmoiv  ii'. 
yciiir  miiul.  lie'  was  a  mason  l)\  Iradc  and  did  the  work  for 
C'aiiohie  Lake  and  the  neij^hhoi  inj;  towns.  lie  was  a  master  oi 
hiv  trade  and  was  capable  of  doin^-  whatever  work  there  was 
to  ])v  done.  He  was  a  contractor  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  before  he 
moxed  to  Windham,  and  anions  the  l)nil(hn<:;s  he  hnilt  in 
Lowell  were  some  of  the  most  ])r(jminenl  in  the  cit\  .  lie  re- 
built Wheeler's  Mill  at  North  Salem,  N .  li.,  two  or  three 
limes  and  did  the  mason  work  around  Salem  (."entre  for  a  num- 
ber of  )ears.       livery  one  knew  and  liked  him. 

In  the  death  of  such  m,en  as  Air.  I'as^e  the  Association 
meets  with  a  j^reat  loss,  lie  and  his  wife  were  always  present 
at  our  meetings,  and  their  attendance  was  something'  to  be  de- 
l>ended  upon  no  matter  where  the  ^athering^  was  held. 


Mrs.   F.iben  IL    Jiailey  and  Mr.    iierton  (  ).  \\\'tmore  san^' 
a  duet  composed  by  Mr.   Kben  H.   Bailey. 


ADDKLSS    OF    HON.   WILLLAM    I).    N(  )R'rHI':NL)    OF 
SALFM,  MASS. 

As  you  referretl  to  the  different  men  of  the  name  of  Bailey 
\vho  have  attained  distinction,  I  was  reminded  of  an  anecdote 
which  1  read  in  a  paper  or  nvaL^a/ine  .some  years  aj^o.  The 
name,  I  think,  was  Oonunander  jame^  llaile\,  who  was  a  very 
j^allant  and  accomplished  <jfticer.  lie  was  sununoned  as  a 
witness  in  a  civil  case  in  C  onrt  and  was  vers'  nuich  disgusted. 
He  talked  with  his  friencL;  he  ^aid  he  did  not  want  to  go  into 
Court  and  \)v  badgend  by  the  law}'ers.  lie  said,  "'J  am  not 
afraid  of  shot  and  shell,  but  1  do  not  want  to  go  into  Court  and 
br  ijneslioned  and  cross-(|ueslione<| .  "  The)  told  him  to  tell 
his  story  sim])l\ ,  and  if  he  had  any  doubt  concerning  anv  state 
U'.ent  tt)  add:  "or  words  to  that  ell\'ct,"  (jr  "as  near  as  he  c<nild 
ifUKMuber  it."  lie  wliiI  to  Court  and  the  first  thing  the  law- 
)<,rs  said  to  him  was:  "^^)ur  name  is  James  llailc\,  isn't  U  ?'' 
He  answered:     "\'es,  cjr  W(jrds  to  that  elTect." 


22  ADnRp:SS    OF    HON.    WILLIAM    D.    NORTIIEND. 

I 

I  am  always  iutcrcstod  in  iIrm.'  family   ij^at  lK'i"iny> .    'I'licn- 
is  IK)  place  in  my  jiulj^nu'ni  when'  the)-  ean  he  iiu)re  pleasantlv 
iieUl  than   in    h^ssex   Cuunly.      Yon   ^u   hack   and   yuu   will   linil 
that  the  descendants  of  ilie  eaiiv  setllers  of   l{,ssex  C'onnty  are 
almost  all  related  to  each  other,  (jne  wav  or  another.      1  do  not 
think  there  is  any  localit)    in  the  conntry  where  that  is  true  to 
such  an  extent  as  it   is  in  rei^ard  tc;   I'lssex  C"ountN',  and  that  i^ 
where   I  understand  the  name  of  l'>aile\-  has  mostly  come  fr(;m 
1  iiave  nt)   IJailey  blood  in  me,  ])ut  1  am  y;\'<i(\  to  know   thai 
I  iiave  a  ^ood  many  cousins  who  are  r>aile\s.      1  awi  a  tlescend- 
ant  i>f  Mrs.    Richard   HaiU)-  of  Kowlex'.      When    Kichard   liaile\- 
died  in  i()4(S,  my  ancestor,  first  ancestor  in  this  countr\ ,  h'zekiel 
X'orthend,   offered    his    hand    to    Mr.s.     Uaile)-    in    marriaj.,a',   and 
from   this   marrias^e   come   all   of   the    name   of   Xorthend   in   the 
counlr)-,  and  the  name  is  carried  ri^ht  straii;ht  thr<)Uf.;h,        W'lnle 
I  kn(jw'  n(jthing'  of   Richard   l'>aile\,   1   kuow   a  j^ood  deal  of  his 
wife,   h'dna   IJalsted,   \  (jur  ancestor  and   mine.      As   i    ha\'e   said 
s)ie  married  my  fust  ancestor  and  the)'  had  a  son  wIkj  married 
horothy   Sewall,   the   younj.(est    sister   of   Chief  Justice   Sanmel 
Sew  all,  and  if  ye>u  hjok  over  the  hook  or  diary  that  he  kept,  you 
"■vill  find  fre(|uentl_\   mention  of  his  Aunt  I\dnah,  wife  of  m_\-    fu^t 
ancestor.      Of  course  he  rei;ar(led  her  as  his  aunt.      lie  speal:s 
o[  stop])ing"  in  Rowley  and  of  readini;  different  sermons  to  her. 
It  was  \ery  plain  that  the  old  Chief  Justice  thought  a  pood  d.  ,,i 
of  his  Aunt  Ednah.  , 

Tlic  (piestion  has  been  discussed  here  where  the  different 
Settlers  came  frc>m.  1  know  where  I'.dnah  llalsted  came  from. 
She  came  from  Yorkshire.  I)r.  h^dward  R.  C"oL;i;'WeH  of 
Caml)ridj.;e  has  some  original  letters  written  from  ]ui<;land  to 
I'Ldnah,  my  first  ancestor's  wife,  1)\  Ikt  brother.  The  letters 
as  I  recall,  were  dated  in  Yorkshire.  1  remember  one  thiiif.^ 
that  struck  me  as  a  little  remarl^alde  in  one  of  the  letters.  I 
a-^sume  that  luy  ancestor  hjlnah  married  not  \'er\'  loni;'  after 
ihe  decease  of  her  fust  husband,  and  in  a  letter  which  she  ^'■ot 
from  her  brother,  he  said  that  her  Aunt  hMnah  marvelled  very 
nmch  that  she  should  j.;et  married  attain  so  soon  e\en  in  :i 
blrange   counlr)  .      Xow   1   have  always   thought   that   that   was 


TlIK  BAILEV-HAYI.KV   J'AMIl.V   ASSOCIATION  23 

llu'  hi'St  reason  \\li\-  she  sliuiil<l  marr\..aL;aiii  and  liasc  sonu'  pro- 
tector. Tlieit-  are  st^nie  oilier  letters  wliieh  the  doetor  lias 
which  are  of  some  little  interest,  but  this  mention  ol  iheiii  is 
sntKciiMit  to  siiow  \on  that  1  know  sometlnny  of  Mrs.  kichard 
I'aik'v,  and  if  there  is  any  one  who  desires  me  to  state  it  more 
fnlly  1  can  ^ive  it  at  another  time. 

Letter  from  Henry  llalsted  of  Sorhy  IWid^e,  Yt)rksliirc, 
F.nf^land,  to  liis  sister  F.chiah,  widow  of  Richard  Bailey  and 
wife  of  Ezekiel  Northen<l  of  Rowley  in  New  England. 

"krom  hath   near  Soil)\    hrid^'c 
dated  Jo  ol    |anuai  y,  1^)50  . 

Loveing-  and  deare  Sister  my  Une  reniemi)ered  to  )on  I  am 
heartily  {^lad  to  heare  from  you  1  ne\-er  heard  of  your  hus- 
band's death  before  these  last  letter^  1  am  altogether  iinsei- 
tled  as  yett  nor  1  will  not  marr)'  as  \ett  I  will  sta)  one  yeare  to 
see  how  things  goe  1  ])ra\  sou  Si'^ter  doe  what  _\i)U  can  to 
send  mee  my  means  as  fast  as  you  can  and  wlial  you  can  con- 
veniently for  if  I  settle  here  the  want  of  it  will  be  a  great  loss 
for  (  )  is  dead  now  and    without    one    hand  (  ) 

they  will  suffer  damage  by  being  force  to  put  off  at  any  price, 
but  I  live  witii  my  uncle  James  and  want  nothing  1  am  very 
nuich  made  of  and  my  ant  would  have  me  to  marry  with  sonio 
ot  that  she  is  ant  to  but  1  put  it  oil  because  m\  an;  i^  old  and 
but  ill  and  if  she,  dye  I  know  not  how  things  may  fall  out.  but 
\(iur  ant  niar\'elK'd  at*\(iu  that  you  can  lia\ c  >ueli  a  good  heart 
to  marr)'  againe  soe  .sonne  being  in  a  strange  contry.  \inu 
inicle  I  sack  ad  ant  k'dna  are  well  ad  all  ycnu"  cohcus.  remem- 
ber my  love  to  all  m}e  friends  in  rowdey  1  luive  sent  )(:)U  a 
small  token  which  i  promise  to  send  you  when  1  could  but  1 
had  not    had    o])ortunitie    before   a   j)are   of   glo\'es    (  ;    1 

pay  to   work   (  )   because   of  jour   brother    wdiich   1    will 

inform   )ou;    thn^  1  rest  desiring  \durpra\ers. 
^'(Mn-  lo\  cng  ilrother 

Henry    Halhted. 
About  the  mon\e  that  is  oweing 
it  is  ij3  pounds  but  1  know  not 


24  ADDRESS   OF    WILLIAM    D.    NORTHKND. 

whether  an3thinj^   will  In-  gotten 
(  )  at   his  age  but  the  next 

returne   I  send  you   (     what?     )   will   be 
gotten. 

(Addressed.) 
To  his  doare  Sister  lulna   norlhi'ii  liveing  at   Rowley  in     new 
iuL;laud . '" 

Letter  frcjni  Ilenr)'  llialsted,  (jf  Sorby  Jh'idge,  Yorkshire, 
England,  to  Ezekiel  Norlhend,  husband  of  his  sister  Etlnah 
at  Rowley  in  New   haiglaud. 

"Loveing  Ihother  after  ni)'  love  reniend)ered  to  you  and  to 
my  sister  hopeing  you  are  in  good  health  as  I  am  for  whicii 
prased  be  g(nl.  I  have  changed  my  condition  since  I  wrote  to 
you  the  last  time  for  1  am  maryed  to  one  susan  hold;s;ate  an  hon- 
est woman  one  that  feares  god  for  which  prased  lie  god. 

I  have  receaved  )()ur  letter  with  some  mony  whereby  I  un- 
derstand mony  is  scarce  with  )Ou  but  I  desire  you  to  send  me 
uhat  \-ou  can  the  next  }ear  ether  in  mony  or  commodities  but 
this  will  be  lost  to  me  but  if  \(.ni  can  get  no  other  I  slvall  be  con- 
tent  to  beare  it  but  I  pra\'  )ou  send  what  you  can  the  next  yeare 
for  1  now  have  more  need  of  it  than  [  had  and  if  there  come  none 
into  tlU'se  parts  to  send  it  as  you  did  to  Mr.  Sanmell  Carter  at 
lUackwell  hall  in  London  we  li\e  with  my  uncle  James  yett  but  I 
know  not  how  long  \onr  uncle  Lsark  Starbie  (?)  and  an: 
Edna  is  well  and  your  cosens  is  well  (  '       )  is  well  and  marv 

they  remember  their  love  to  )-ou  ni)-  wife  hath  sent  you  a  sma'l 
token  (  )  pence     I   pra)'  )ou  let  me  here  from    you    as 

Sonne  as  you  can      I  rest  \'our  Lovcing  Brother 

Henry   llalsted. 
Sister  I  pray  remember  the  snak  skins 
tor  my  ant   Edna.      Remember  me  to  llem"y 
kylie. 
March  the  29  1652. 

(Addressed) 
Tn  his  deare  and  loveing  Rrother 
Ei'ekiel  Northen  at  Rowley  in 
Newingland  this  dd  " 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  2$ 

MR.   ALFRED  I'OORE  OF  SALEM,  MASS. 

I  am  not  used  to  niakinj.,^  .speeches,  but  I  want  to  say  that  I 
l:ave  sold,  given  away  or  e.xchangetl  most  all  of  the  first  edition 
ot  my  book  concerning  the  Riciiarcl  Dailey  family,  and  I  slundd 
like  to  have  a  part  of  this  book  re-printed,  especially  the  parts 
covering  the  Bailey  famil)-  and  the  Inhabitants  of  Grovcland.  If 
any  here  are  disposed,  I  should  like  to  have  them  contriljute 
enoug-h  to  secure  a  new  edition  of  that  part  of  the  book.  After 
you  get  out  the  list  of  members,  I  will  endeavor  to  send  around 
a  circular  and  ask  all  who  are  willing  to  contribute  toward-. 
that  object. 


REV.  NATHAN  BAILEY  OF  METHUEN,  MASS. 

Mr.  Chairman  and  Friends  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  Family 
Association : 

I  understand  I  was  called  on  at  the  beginning  of  this  meet- 
ing. At  that  time  I  was  trying  to  find  a  breeze  to  get  over  from 
Marblehead  to  the  Willows.  We  didn't  find  much  breeze  so  we 
just  drifted  here. 

You  have  asked  me  to  speak  of  the  Baileys  in  England.  I 
do  not  kno^i'  a  great  deal  about  the  Baileys  in  England,  but  1 
could  follow  the  remarks  of  the  President  very  closely,  for  some 
of  the  n'ames  mentioned  in  his  address  are  familiar  from  the  fact 
that  I  have  run  across  them  in  one  way  and  another.  Personally 
my  own  family  came  from  Yorkshire.  I  was  born  myself,  how- 
e\  er,  in  Bolton,  Lancashire,  and  il  think  I  have  the  honor  of 
being  the  only  one  of  our  branch  of  the  family  who  has  come  to 
this  country.  Coming  here  when  a  boy  I  started  out  to  forge  my 
\\a)-  ahead  and  make  a  ])lace  or  at  Kast  a  living  in  this  new  couiv 
try  amid  new  surroundings  and  better  oi)portunities  for  getting 
on  in  life.  1lie  Bailey  familw  however,  let  me  sa\  is  (piite  numer- 
ous in  the  (jld  couiUry.  Tlu'  family  that  I  belong  to  left  \'orksliire 
and  went  to  Kirkland,  Lancashire,  near  Bolton  and  occujned  a 
large  farm  there  that  was  owned  b)'  the  famil}-.  On  my  grand- 
father's death,  whose  name  I  bear,  the  farm  was  sold  and  the 
family  moved  to  Bolton.      They  were  and  are    very    extensive 


26 


GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


crockery  dealers.  If  any  of  you  in  travelling  in  Lancashire 
should  happen  to  stay  over  night  in  Bolton,  just  step  into  the 
uiarkLt  place.  it  is  one  of  the  most  heauliful  niarkrt  huildings 
1  think  I  ever  saw,  and  you  will  find  these  Haileys  having  tla-ir 
stalls  in  the  market.  They  have  also  extensive  warehouses  in 
the  town  of  Bury  where  they  carry  on  an  extensive  crockery 
business  supplying  the  retail  trade  all  through  that  section  of 
Lancashire,  d'hey  are  all  business  men;  I  canntjt  recall  one  in 
professional  life. 

Voted  that  all  the  collection  not  needed  to  defray  the  ex- 
penses of  the  meeting  be  sent  to  i\lr.  Withington  in  England  to 
be  used  for  the  purpose  of  lot)king  uj>  the  iSaileys  in  England  who 
were  the  ancestors  of  the  Baileys  who  canie  to  this  country. 

The  exercises  closed  wi'th  singing  by  all  present  of  one 
verse  of  America. 


GLFjANINGS  in  ENGLAND. 

Extracts  from  several  earl)-  English  wills  obtained  through 
Mr.  Lothrop  \Vithingto4i,  showing  some  of  the  iJaileys 
living  in  Wiltshire  and  vicinity  in  the  early  part  of  the  sev- 
enteenth century. 


JOHN  BAYLEY. 

Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury,  Register  '•Montague,"    i6o.?, 

folio  35. 

I  December,  44  Elizabeth,  John  Bayley,  Master  of  Artes 
and  Eellow  of  Saint  Mary  Colled^e  of  Winchester  in  the  Univer- 
sitie  of  Oxford,  comonlie  called  Newe  Colledge.  To  be  buri  -d 
in  St.  Mary  Colledge  of  Winchester,  by  dear  friend  Mr. 
Edward  Burlie,  in  South  Side  of  Cloesters  or  where  wartl- 
en  and  societie  think  expedient.  Of  few  goods  in  token  of  dew- 
tiful  reg-ards  I  owe  and  zeal  and  love  I  leave  to  Sainte  Marie  col- 
ledge of  Winchester,  in  Oxford,  for  my  education  in  the  fear  of 
Ciod  these  manye  yeares,  I  give  to  the  said  colledee  one  Vur 
t<'guc  and  two  span  Rialls  to  be  put  in  the  treasurie  where  lying 
unknowne  and  unscene  saving  of  sworne  men,  not  as  plate  which 


THE    UAILEV-BAVLEV    FAMILY    AS&iJCI ATION.  2^ 

on   S()lcni])nc  (kiic-s  is  (jpcnl)    showed  sell    i^reedie  minded    men 
on  t)er  lo  pull  dow  ne  C  olledi^es  w  i>liiu,L;"  llial   each   fellow  whose 
al)ilitie   shall   ser\e    him    heller   would   easle   in   ailer   the     same 
sorte  of  theirc  sui)erlluilie,  which  reserved  accordinj^'  to  Statute, 
laithfullie  may  supplie  the  wants  of  future  times  (if  anie  shalhe 
which  god  forbid)    without  lossc  either  in  weight    or    fassion. 
/\llso  I  give  to  the  said  colledgc  to  be  laid  in  the  same  place,  one 
j-aper  book   bounde  redil  with  gilded  leases  of  three  (piier  the 
fore  I'arte  (jf  which  may  containe  the  jiames  and  gifles  of  our  f(n-- 
mer  great  benefactors  the  latter  the  names  a/nd  giftes  of  such  as 
shall,  after  my  examjde  caste  into  the  treasury  of  their  substance 
their  mites.      Also  I  give  to  the  said  Colledge  to  be  cliained  in 
the  Comon  Librarie  "I'hilo  Judeus,  fol.   medicas  res  vctrcs  lat- 
inas,  tris  vol.    fol.    "Theophrasti   TaraLselsi,   Ch\rur:  mag:    fnl' 
"Donati  Anthony  ab  Altonrari  opuscul:  fac:   I'ract  Ilruelli  una 
cum  tabulis  censu  anatom.      V^aluenda,  fol.   "or  in  their    stede 
anie  other  books  to  their  value  in  my  studie  which  the  sub-ward- 
ens and  Deans  for  the  time  being  jointlie  with  my  cozen  William 
and  iMr.   Samuell  I'.ailie"  etc.        "Stcondlie  1  give  to  St.   Marie 
Colletlge  of  Winchester,  nere  Winchester  in  token   of  my   hrst 
grounds  of  truthe  and   religion   learned  there   under   the   right 
Reverende  ff;ither  in  (iod,  Thomas  now  ny>hoi)])  (jf  that  sea  for 
the  librarie  there.      "The  founders  lyfe  sett  forth  by  I.).  Alartine 
and  Thoni'as  Aquinatis  Sunnn  fol."     To     uncle     Mr.      Robert 
Stone  of  London  best  cloke  and  ring  with  my    arms.      To    mv 
god  cosens  Mrs.  Kmnie  Covent,  Mrs.  Barbara  Cole,  Mrs  Marie 
Preston.     Martine  Aylesvvorth  eldest  son  and  Antlujnie  Ayles- 
worth  youngest  son  of  cozen  Anne  ios.---each  for  rings.      To 
cozen   Waller    llaile,   h^S(| .    my   herding   peece,   poucheetc.    als(j 
"Chroni  Carionis  tribus  volunm"     To  cozen  Raj)he  Hailie  Mas- 
U-r   of   .\rles  and   fvlUjw    of   St.     Mary     (;f   Winchester,   (  ).\ford 
rernelii  o|)vr  2  V(dum  zanchij,  duo  vol  fol.       Doctor  .Mlworlln- 
"Saunor  and  Valriole  Con.  com.  fol:  Residue  to  Sister  Margar- 
et Webb  of  Devizes,  but  if  she  die  before  me  1-2  to  her  two  soimes 
John  anil  William  and  olher  half  lo  h:mds  of  eozt'u  Afr,   Willii'in 
Hailes  of  F.astone  and  oncol  .Mr.   Robert  .Stone  of  I,ondou  lo  !)e 
distributed  one  half  to  daughter  of  Sister  Aunn  b)-  her  hr^l  bus- 


28  GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 

band  Nicholas  Passion  ot'  Wcsthurir.  It  an)'  marvel  wh)-  I  i^ivc 
all  to  sister  Margaret,  if  lixinj^  with  no  nicnti(jn  of  any  otluT  l)c- 
inj^'' she  is  ilcar  and  nearer  to  nie  al\va\s  ruled  by  nie  whereas 
reste  would  ne\'ei"  so  nnic  as  recjuirc  ni)  advi>e .  (  )lhei"  half  t(; 
sisters  Mart^aret's  sons  if  AYilliani  Uailie  and  Robert  Ste)ne  think 
them  worthy.  Rely  on  cozen  William  as  executor  is  illiterate 
and  cannot  read,  etc  etc  Notes  and  written  hand  books  to  be 
bound  other  books  to  be  sold  for  jxjore  schollars  and  for  execn- 
tri.x.  l'r(j\'en  ii  Ma\  \(y.>2.  Administraticjii  20  |ul\-,  i6o(j  t(j 
John  Phillips  of  Devizes  in  place  of  Alarj^aret  Webb  als  Phillips 
execut,  deceased . 


RICPLARD  PAYLY. 

Richard  Bayly  of  Pchilhampton,  co.  Wilts,  yeoman;  dated 
29  March,  16CJ8-9. 

I  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Kchilhampton 
I  becjueath  to  Elizabeth  m\'  wife,  one  joined  bedstead,  with  bed- 
('ing— -to  William  P>ayly,  my  son,  180  pounds.  Residuary  lega- 
tee and  executor--— my  st)n  Richard  Ha)ly.  Overseers :---my 
friend  Mr.  Edward  Nich(jla,s  of  Alcaniuf^es,  co .  Wilts,  Escp, 
Robert  I5ayl)'  of  Echilhampton,  yeoman,  and  Brian  Hay  ward  of 
Puttney,  yeoman. 

(Si<;ned)      Rychard  P.ayl)e. 
Witnesses:— John  Neale  of  Cote,  carpenter,  his  mark;  Robert 

Wayte,  scrivener.      Proved,  19  April,  1610,  by  the  executor 

named.      .Archdeaconi)'  of  Wilts,  (tiled  jjapers),  19    April, 

1610. 


ALICE  BAYLIE. 
15  May,  161 7. 

Alice  Baylie  of  Gotaker  ])arish  of  lielmerton,  Wilts  Co.-- 
Widow.  To  be  buried  in  Church  yard  of  lielmerton.  Tv> 
daui^hter  Joan  Purr  i  flocki'  bed  bolsti'r  sheets  20  shillinj^s  etc. 
(jf  3  ])onn(ls.  son-in-law  John  (iibbons  oweth  4  shillings  to  his 
wife  .Alice  my  daughter.  20  slnllin^s  to  3  children  of  John 
and  Alice  (iibbous  viz.  John,  Joan,  and  l^deth  6  shillings  S 
pence  each.      To  said  Alice  Gibbons  a  smock  bird,  cloth,  etc. 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  29 

ot.:.  To  the  (laujuhtcr  Joan  aforesaid  pillow  bearc.  To  claui;h- 
ter  ]'^li/.al)L'th  Cowley  20  sliilliiis^s  etc,  lo  Jon  son  of  said  I'Jiza- 
heth  Cowlcv  a  pcwtier  ])latcr  ami  ti>  Ivicliard  son  of  diUo  my  rus- 
sctt  cloak.  To  I-dizalx'th  the  daui;hter  of  my  son  John  liailey 
I  coffer,  etc.  'l"o  .\_^ne^  lludanj^hrer  of  said  son  John  Ikiile)' 
I  Avastcott.  etc  d"o  all  i^randchildren  except  to  childnii  of 
danghtcr  Alice  (iihhons  aforesaid,  i.  e.  /to  7  children  (»f  son 
John.  3  children  of  my  son  WMlliam.  The  4  children  of  my 
daughter  Joan  I'urr  to  2  children  of  my  daughter  idizaheih 
Coolye— to  4  children  of  my  daughter  Agnes  (  hen.  dec.  to  3  chil- 
dren of  my  daughter  Oathrine  Silverthorne.  dec.  1-h1.  each  and  lo 
Margarett,  wife  of  my  son  William  P>ailyie  ud.  Rest  to  son 
William  Baylie.  Executor.  Overseers,  friends  and  neighbors-- 
Peter  Banard  and  William  Richings. 
(Witnesses  illegible .) 

Provtd  I  Oct.    1622.      Consistory  of  Sarum  ImIc  1622.      lu- 
\entory  26  April,  1622.      67.    19s. 


ALICE  BAILEY. 
Alice  Bailes-  Malmesbnry,  w'uUnv  .  To  son  .  in  .  law  I^lmond 
Hart  of  h'oxlev.  To  son. in. law  R(d)ert  Watts  and  Alice  hir, 
wife  To  son. in. law  John  Stevens  and  I'dizabeth  his  wife  and 
children  J(jhn.  etc.  son. in. law  Wm.  CoUen  deceased  and  chd- 
dren  William  Katharine,  JdIui  and  .Mice.  l'diza])eth  daughter  of 
son  in  law  John  l)av\s.  John  and  Richard  son  of  sou  John 
liailey  and  daughter  hdiz.  Bailey  To  4  daughters  Alice  Watts. 
Elizabeth  Stexens— -Margaret  l)av\  s---auil  Jane  Hart.  To  Isaac 
Latymer  To  Alice  I'helps  and  .\bram  ITy  and  (ieorge  Sjjur- 
ring.      Son  in  law  John  Davys  executor 

Proved  1621 . 
Archdeaconry— -Wilts.  I'ile  21. 

J()ll.\  P.AILI'A'. 
S  Jul\-  i62t;--- 

J(jhu  I'.ailey,  the  elder,  Malmesbm-}-— Wilts .   husbandman. 
To  wife  Susasanna  iiyiley  house  and  garden  for  life,  then  to 


30 


GLEANINGS    IN    ENGLAND. 


I'Uk'St  sun  John  liaik')'  for  lifr.  llicn  to  cuiizcn  |ciliu  llaik'N'  son  ot 
my  son  John    Ikiik'v. 

]f  son  J(j]in  liaik'v  (k)  not  like  this  w  in---housL'  after  di-ath  ol 
wife  Susanna  to  i;()  to  son  Rohcrl  llailc)- i>a\  iiii^' 20  shilHni^s--- 
each  to  my  three  sons  Jolm-kdu  ard  and  William  To  Sonne 
ixichard  llailey  I2(l.  To  daughter  Marj^ery  i  _'d .  To  daugh- 
ter Alice  my  er(x-k.  etc.  To  sonne  William  a  kettle  etc.  Rest  to 
wjfe  Susan  execut(jr . 

]'ro\ed  10  /\])ril  1630. 
Aiohdeaconrw  Wilts.  I'ile  jS. 


EDWIN  A.  BAYLEY. 

KHillTll     I'KK.SIDKNT     OK     TiiK     AS.SUCIATION, 

I'.tOU— fcllCi. 


ACCOUNT 


OF 


The  Ninth  Gathering 


OF  THE 

BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION 

HELD  AT 

The  Colonial  Club,  20  Qulncy  Street,  Cambridge.  Mass. 
July  25th,  1902. 


American-Sun    Publishing  Company, 

Lawrence,   Mass. 

1903. 


-TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Business  Meeting 3-22 

Address  of  Welcome 4 

Report  of  Secretary 6-15 

Eighth  Gathering 6 

Previous  Gatherings S 

Report  of  Treasurer 15 

Report  of  Committee  on  Genealogy 16 

Memoir  of  Stephen  Bailey 18 

Officers  Elected 20 

Initiation  Fee  and  Annual  Dues 21 

Original  Ode 21 

Banquet  and  After-dinner  Exercises 23-61 

Address  of  Mr.  George   Edson  Bailey 24 

"         <' J.  Whitman  Bailey,  Esq .26 

"         "  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey 32 

"        "Dr.   Stephen  G.  Bailey 36 

"         "  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq 41 

"         "  Mrs.  LydiaB.  Newcomb  43 

"  Mr.  Elmer  Smith  15ailey 4Q 

"  Mrs.  William  H.  Thorpe  54 

"  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth 57 

"  Hon.  Charles  O.  Bailey  60 


LIST  OF  PORTRAITS. 


Edwin  A.  Bay  ley Frontispiece 

J ohn  Alfred  Bailey 8 

James  R.  Bailey i6 

Rev.  Augustus  F.  Bailey 22 

Hollis  R.  Bailey 30 

J,  Warren  Bailey 36 

Eben  H.  Bailey 42 

William  W.Bailey 48 

Dudley  P.  Bailey 54 

Andrew  J .  Bailey 60 


Account  of  the  Ninth  Gathering 

OF  TH15 

BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION 

HELD  AT 

The  Colonial  Club.  20  Quincy  Street.  Cambridge.  Mass- 
July  25t.h.  1902. 


The  ineml)ers  of  the  Association  began  to  £;atheP  at  the 
Chib  House  soon  after  lo  o'clock  A.  M . ,  and  were  cordially 
welcomed  by  the  officers  and  the  following  ushers:  Mr.  John 
T.  Bailey,  of  Somerville,  Mr.  Frederick  Bailey,  of  Lowell,  and 
Mr.   John  Alfred  Bailey,  also  of  Lowell. 

BUSINESS  MEETING. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  ii  o'clock  A.  M.,  by 
Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Escj.,  of  Lexington,  President  of  the 
Association. 

The  exercises  opened  with  the  singing  of  "America  Our 
Fatherland,"  by  a  quartet  composetl  of  i\Irs.  Eben  H.  Bailey, 
of  Boston,  Soprano,  Aliss  Ella  S.  I'^iske,  of  Clinton,  Alto,  Mr. 
Frank  D.  Bayley,  of  Boston,  Tenor,  and  Mr.  Berton  O. 
Wetmore,  of  Boston,  Bass.  They  were  accompanied  on  the 
piano  by  Mr.  Eben  H.  liailey,  who  composed  the  music  t<j 
which  the  song  was  sung. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Dudley  P.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Everett, 
after  which  the  President  of  the  Association  delivered  the 
following  address  of  welcome: 


4  ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME. 

ADDRESS  O!^  WELCOME  BY  EDWIN  A.  15 AYLEY, 
ESQ.,  A  DESCENDANT  OF  JOHN  r.AlLRY,  OF 
SALISBURY. 

Members  of  the  Bailey-Baylcy  Family  Association,  Ladies 
and  Gentlemen: — 

As  president  of  our  association  it  becomes  my  pleasant  duty 
to  bid  you  all  a  most  cin'dial  welcome  here  loilay,  to  this  our 
Ninth  Family  Gatherins^. 

It  certainly  augers  \vell  for  the  continued  life  and  usefulness 
of  our  associaticjn,  that  this  mecliuj;'  is  s(j  well  attrnded, 
occurring"  as  it  does  at  a  time  when  many  are  absent  on  their 
vacations.  The  cause  is  not,  however,  far  to  seek,  for  it  lies 
in  the  fact,  that  the  work  of  the  association  has  proven  its 
wiorth,  and  we  hoi)e  it  \\ill  continue  to  grow  and  prosper  until 
the  history  of  every  branch  of  the  family  has  been  accurately 
tiaced  and  permanently    recorded. 

The  committee  of  arr.;uigements  have  this  year  made  quite  a 
departure  from  the  course  pursuetl  by  previous  conuuittees  in 
at  least  three  particulars,  namely,  the  time,  the  place  and  the 
form  of  progranmie  of  this  gathering.  The  time  of  holding 
our  previous  meetings  has  been  several  weeks  later  in  the  sea- 
son, from  August  8th  t(^  Se])tember  6th.  We  decided  to 
have  it  earlier  this  year,  In^ijing  thereby  to  secure  the  attend- 
ance of  some  who  usually  have  been  absent  on  their  vacations, 
and  also  in  the  'hope  of  having  fair  weather,  for  each  of  our  kist 
three  meetings  have  occurred  on  rainy  days,  and  in  bcjth  of 
these  particulars  wc  have  been  favored  this  year. 

The  places  of  our  previous  meetings  have  been  selected  with 
reference  to  localities  more  or  less  intimately  connected  with 
the  Bailey  name  and  history .  This  was  particularly  true  of 
Andover,  Rowley,  Ch-t)veland  and  North  Scituate.  This  year 
the  place  of  gathering  is  selected  to  accommodate  all  who  reside 
in  localities  centering  in  Boston,  and  your  attendance  here  today 
we  construe  as  an  ai)proval  of  our  selection. 

The  progranimcs  of  o,ur  previous  meetings,  including  both 
the  business  meeting  ami  the  literary  exercises,   have  entirely 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  5 

preceded  the  dinner.  This  year,  the  business  meeting  alone 
precedes  the  dinner,  and  the  Uterary  exercises  will  occur  in 
connection  with  the  dinner.  Of  the  success  of  the  new 
arranj^ement  we  have  very  little  doubt. 

So  while  our  changes  may  be  quite  raidcal,  your  kind 
co-operation  bids  fair  to  make  them  successful  for  this  year 
at  least.  The  suggestion  of  Cambridge  and  this  club-house 
as  the  meeting-place  of  our  association  is  due  primarily  to  our 
secretary,  Mollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  who  has,  as  we  all  well  know, 
been  foremost  in  \\i?e  and  happy  suggestions  for  the  good  of 
the  association  from  its  very  inception  and  birth,  and  to  whose 
untiring  efforts  the  success  of  the  association  is  largely  due, 
and  I  feel  that  1  only  voice  the  unanimous  sentiment  of  all 
who  are  in  any  way  acquainted  with  the  work  that  he  has  done, 
in  expressing  to  him  our  sincere  and  hearty  thanks. 

I  realize  that  I  ought  not  to  take  up  more  of  the  time  of  the 
meeting.  I  hope,  however,  you  will  pardon  me  if  1  call  your 
attention  to  some  things  which  have  been  accomi)lished  by  our 
association  since  its  organization  in  August  i8y2.  In  t'hc 
first  place,  nine  well  attended  meetings  have  been  held  Vvhi.h 
have  resulted  in  the  formation  of  pleasant  acciuaintances  and 
friendships  which  will  be  as  lasting  as  life  itself.  Second,  a 
book  of  genealogy  has  been  published  of  "J'^lm  Bailey  of 
Salisbury,''  "James  Bailey,  of  Rowley,"  and  "Ihomas  Bailey  of 
Weymouth"  and  some  of  their  descendants,  ncjt  entirely  com- 
plete, but  very  creditable  as  well  as  valuable,  and  added  to  this 
is  the  collection  of  a  large  fund  of  facts  and  information  which 
will  later  be  published,  and  with  the  book,  already  issued,  will 
form  a  permanent  and  lasting  record. 

You  will  agree  with  me  that  these  results  are  worth  while 
and  that  a  work  so  well  begun  should  be  faithfully  and  zealous- 
ly pursued  by  all  and  not  permitted  to  languish  or  fail,  for  it  is 
well  said,  that  those  who  take  no  interest  in  their  ancestors, 
wull  care  little  for  their  descendants.  Let  us  see  to  it  that 
this  can  never  be  truthfrlly  said  of  uny  of  the  Ikiiley  name  or 
blood,  and  having  thus  received  an  honorable  heritage     from 


6  SECRETARY  S  REPORT. 

our  ancestors,  may   we   transmit   it   untarnished  to  those   whu 
succeed  us. 

Again  extenchng  to  you  a  cordial  welcome,  I  invite  you  to 
heartily  join  in  the  Inisiness  and  ijloasures  oi  this  gathering. 

The  President  then  called  upon  the  Secretary  of  the  Associa- 
tion for  his  report,  which  wa^   as  follows- 

REPORT  Oh  liOLLiS    K.     BAILEY,    ESQ.,    OF    CAM- 
BRIDGE, A  DESCENDANT  OF  JAIMES  BAILEY  Ol 
ROWLEY. 

The  last  gathering  of  the  Association,  being  the  eighth,  was 
held  at  Salem  Willows,  Salem,  Mass.,  August  8,  icjoo.  The 
presiding  officer  both  at  the  business  meeting  and  at  the 
literary  exercises  was  Dudley  P.  Bailey,  1^2sq.,  of  Everett, 
Mass.,  President  of  the  Association.  There  were  nearly  one 
hundred  persons  present.  The  weather  as  usual  was  rainy. 
Of  those  present  seven  were  from  New  Hampshire,  one  from 
Connecticut,  one  from  Pennsylvania,  one  from  Ohio,  one  from 
Illinois,  one  from  Iowa  and  one  from  Florida. 

The  following  ^vere  elected  officers:  President,  Edwin  .A. 
Bayley,  Esq.,  of  Lexington,  Mass.;  Vice  Presidents,  Mr. 
George  Edson  Bailey,  of  Mansheld,  Mass.,  Hon.  Horace  W. 
Bailey,  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  i\ir.  Milton  Ellsworth,  of  Rowley, 
Mass.,  Col.  Edwin  W.  M.  Bailey,  of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  Mr. 
William  H.  Reed,  of  South  Weymouth,  Mass.  ;  Trea.^urer,  Mr. 
James  R.  Bailey,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.;  Secretary,  Mr.  Hollis 
R.  Bailey,  of  Cambridge,  Alass.,  all  being  ex-officio  members 
of  the  Executive  Conunittee.  The  following  were  electetl  a-> 
additional  members  of  the  Executive  Committee:  Mr.  John 
Alfred  Bailey,  of  Lowell,  Mass.;  Harrison  Bailey,  Esq.,  of 
Fitchburg,  Mass. ;  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey,  of  Ashland,  Mass. ; 
Mr.  Eben  li.  Bailey,  of  Boston,  Mass.;  Dr.  Stephen  G. 
Bailey,,  of  Lowell,  Mass.  ;  Hon.  Dudley  P.  Bailey,  of  Everett, 
Mass.;  Mr.  Charles  F.  Bailey,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.;  and  Mr. 
George  N.  Bailey,  ol  Lynn,  Mass.  Auditor,  Mr.  Walter  E. 
Robie  of  Waltham,  Mass. 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  7 

Tile  sum  of  $io  was  appropriated  to  send  to  Mr.  Lathrop 
Withing'ton  for  continuing-  research  in  England  and  the  ad- 
ditional sum  of  $7.00  \v;as  subscribed  by  three  members  for  the 
same  purpose. 

As  a  part  of  the  Literary  exercises  the  gathering  had  the 
pleasure  of  hearing  two  recitations  by  Miss  Martha  llawling 
Bailey,  Teacher  of  Oratory  at  Ohio  Weslayan  University.  A 
full  account  of  the  exercises  has  been  printed  together  with 
several  early  Bailey  wills  and  letters  from  England,  and  the 
same  are  for  sale.  The  price  is  fixed  by  the  executive  com- 
mittee at  50  cents  which  about  covers  the  expense  of  printing. 

PRESENT  MEMBERSHIP. 

Since  it  was  voted  to  issue  to  each  member  a  certifioate  there 
have  been  issued  in  all  some  220  certificates.  Of  tihese  6  are 
for  life  membership.  It  is  probable  that  quite  a  number  of 
members  have  not  yet  received  their  certificates  owing  to  their 
failure  to  send  their  proper  address  to  the  Secretary.  The 
Secretary  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  who  are  without 
certificates. 

Thirty  new  members  have  joined  the  Association  since  the 
last  Gathering,  which  indicates  that  the  work  of  the  Associa- 
tion is  appreciated  and  that  a  healthy  interest  in  it  still  exists. 

REPORTS. 

The  Secretary  has  on  hand  for  sale  reports  of  each  of  the 
eight  gatherings  except  the  first,  of  which  there  was  no  sep- 
arate report  printed.  The  price  of  these  reports  is  50  cents 
each . 

BOOKS  OF  GENEALOGY. 

There  still  remain  for  sale  about  75  copies  of  the  book  of 
genealogy,  price  $2.50. 

The  Treasurer  or  the  Secretary  will  fill  any  orders  which 
■  may  be  given.  The  total  cost  of  the  Book  of  Genealogy  w,as 
about  $600,  all  of  which  has  been  paid. 


8  PREVIOUS    GATHERINGS. 

PREVIOUS   GATHERINGS. 

It  may  be  interesting  at  this  time  to  have  some  account  of 
the  earlier  meetings  of  the  Association. 

FIRST  GATHERING. 

The  first  meeting  of  Baileys  was  held  at  Canobie  Lake,  N. 
H.,  August  15,  1893.  The  moving  spirit  of  the  occasion  was 
Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Mass. 

In  the  Spring  of  1892  the  many  notices  which  appeared  in 
the  New  England  newspapers  advertising  various  family 
gatherings  suggested  to  Mr.  Bailey  the  idea  of  a  Baiky 
meeting. 

During  their  summer  vacation  Mr.  Bailey  and  his  wife  were 
visiting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moses  C.  Page  (his  mother  was 
Ruthena  Bailey)  at  Windham,  N.  H.  The  matter  of  having 
all  the  relatives  of  the  Bailey  name  and  blood  come  together 
was  talked  over,  and  plans  were  made  for  a  gathering  to  be 
held  the  following  sunmier.  All  who  were  consulted  were 
enthusiastic  in  their  approval. 

In  the  spring  of  1893  Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey  had  circulars 
printed,  and  mailed  to  all  who  had  manifested  an  interest, 
announcing  that  the  gathering  would  be  at  Canobie  Lake, 
Windham,  Salem,  N.  H.,  August  15,  1893. 

The  Notice  was  also  published  in  many  New  England  news- 
papers . 

Mr.  Abel  Dow  very  generously  gave  us  the  use  of  his  grove 
and  buildings.       The  day  was  showery. 

A  part  of  the  day  was  given  to  sociability,  the  greeting  of  old 
friends  and  the  making  of  new  acquaintances.  In  the  middle 
of  the  day,  when  most  of  those  present  had  taken  shelter  from 
the  rain  in  one  of  the  buildings,  the  gathering  was  called  to 
order.  There  were  about  200  present,  the  states  of  Maine, 
New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  being  represented.  The 
principal  address  was  by  the  Rev.  Augaistus  F.  Bailey  of 
Bradford,  Mass.,  a  descendant  of  Richard  of  Rowley. 


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JOHN  ALFRED  BAILEY. 


I'MUsi'  1'i;i;sii)i;n  1  ni'   i  iik  association, 
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THE  BAILEV-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  9 

A  permanent  organization  was  effected  by  the  choice  of  the 
following-  as  officers: — 

President,  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell. 

Vice-President,  Rev.   Ant^ustus  F.    Bailey  of  Bradford. 

Treasurer,  James  R.   Bailey  of  Lawrence. 

Secretary,  John  T.    Bailey  of  Somerville. 

The  foregoing-  officers  were  made  ex-olficio  members  of  an 
Executive  Committee  or  Committee  of  Arrangements  and  the 
following  were  elected  additional  members: 

Rev.  Vincent  Moses  of  West  Newbury. 

Hollis  R.    Bailey  of  Cambridge. 

Mrs.   Milton  Ellsworth  of  Rowley. 

Orrin  D.  Bailey  of  Lakeport,  N.  H. 

Luther  Bailey  Rogers  of  Patten,  Me. 

NAME. 

The  name  "Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association"  was  adopted 
as  the  name  of  the  organization. 

SECOND  GATHERING. 

The  n&xt  meeting  was  held  a  year  later  on  August  i6th, 
1894,  at  Shady  Side  Grove,  Flaggett's  Pond,  in  Andover, 
Mass.,  the  proprietor  of  the  Grove,  Mr.  S.  Gilman  Bailey,  having 
kmdly  tendered  the  free  use  of  the  grounds  and  buildings  for 
the  occasion.  The  weather  was  perfect.  The  air  was  cool 
and  bracing  and  the  sky  was  never  clearer  or  of  a  deeper 
blue . 

Over  one  hundred  were  in  attendance  mostly  descendants  of 
Richard  and  James  of  Rowley. 

The  President  of  the  day  was  Hollis  R.  Bailey  of  Cambridge. 
The  principal  address  was  that  of  the  Rev.  Augustus  F.  Bailey 
of  Bradford. 

The  following  officers  were  chosen  for  the  ens-uing  year: — 

President,  Rev.  Augustus  V.  Bailey  of  Bradford. 

Vice  Presidents,  Hollis  R.  Bailey  of  Cambridge,  and  J. 
Warren  Bailey  of  Somerville. 


10  PREVIOUS    GATHERINGS. 

Treasurer,  James  R.   li-ailey  of  Lawrence. 

Secretary,  John  T.  Bailey  of  Somerville . 

Committee  of  Arrangements  or  Execntive  Committee,  John 
Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Rev.  Vincent  Moses  of  West  New- 
bury, Orrin  D.  Bailey  of  Lakeport,  N.  H.,  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Dolbear  of  Medford,  and  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth  of  Rowley. 

The  following-  committee  on  genealogy  was  choscii:  Rw  A. 
F.  Bailey  for  the  Rioliard  of  Rowley  Branch,  Hollis  R.  Bailey 
for  the  James  of  Rowley  Branch,  and  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth 
for  the  John  of  Salisbury  Branch .  An  interesting  feature  of 
this  meeting  was  the  exhibition  of  a  tree  or  chart  on  a  single 
sheet  showing  all  that  was  then  gathered  of  the  James  of  Row- 
ley Branch.  In  the  printed  report  of  this  meeting-  there  was 
reproduced  a  Bailey  coAt  of  arms  taken  from  a  book  entitled 
"Reminiscences  of  a  Nonagenarian"  by  Sarah  Anna  Emery. 

THIRD  GATHERING. 

s 

The  third  meeting  of  tiie  Association  wias  held  in  the  Congre- 
gational Church  at  Groveland,  Mass.,  August  15,  1895,  Grove- 
land  being  formerly  a  part  of  Rowley  and  the  home  of  many 
of  the  third  generation  of  the  James  and  Richard  Branches. 

This  was  one  of  the  largest  and  most  interesting  meetings 
ever  held  by  the  Association.  Over  270  persons  were  present. 
The  weather  was  satisfactory.  The  President  of  the  Associa- 
tion, the  Rev.  Augustus  F.  Bailey,  having-  died  May  22,  1S95, 
J.  Warren  Bailey  Esq.,  of  Somerville,  was  selected  as  President 
of  the  day. 

At  this  meeting  the  organization  of  the  Association  was 
further  perfected  by  the  adoption  of  a  permanent  Constitution 
and  suitable  By-laws . 

A  memoir  of  Rev.  Augustus  F.  Bailey  prepared  by  John 
Alfred  Bailey  was  presented  and  resolutions  were  adopted  ex- 
pressing the  high  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  all  who 
knew  him. 

The  principal  address  was  by  the  Hon.  William  H.  Reed 
of  South  Weymouth  and  treated:     First,  of  John  Bailey  of  Sal- 


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isbury  and  liis  descendants;  second,  of  Rev.  John  Bailey  of 
Watertown,  Mass.,  and  his  brother  Thomas;  and  third,  of 
Guido  Bailey  of  Salem,  Mass. 

Genealogical  charts  were  exhibited  showing  portions  of  the 
James  and  Richard  Branches,  and  a  small  portion  of  the  John 
of  Salisbury  Line.  At  the  close  of  the  forenoon  exercises  a 
photograph  was  taken  of  the  entire  gathering.  The  afternoon 
exercises  were  held  at  the  Pines  on  the  bank  of  the  Merrimack 
river.  Among-  otlier  interesting  addresses  the  paper  read  by 
Mr.  Alfred  Bailey  of  Salisbury  on  John  Bayley's  cellar  w.as 
especially  noteworthy.  All  descendants  of  John  of  Salisbury  owe 
a  debt  of  gratitude  to  Mr.  Alfred  Bailey  for  his  research  re- 
sulting in  the  discovery  of  the  first  abiding  place  in  New 
England  of  John  of  Salisbury. 

The  ofificers  elected  at  this  gathering  were  as  follows: 

President,  Hollis  R.    Bailey. of  Cambridge. 

Vice-Presidents,  J.  Warren  Bailey  of  Somerville  and  George 
O.  Shattuck  of  Boston. 

Secretary,  John  T.    Bailey  of  Somerville. 

Treasurer,  James  R.  Bailey  of  Lawrence. 

For  Executive  Committee  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell, 
Eben  H.  Bailey  of  Boston,  William  11.  Reed  of  South  Wey- 
mouth, Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth  of  Rowley,  and  Dr.  Stephen 
G.  Bailey  of  Lowell.  With  the  report  of  this  gathering  was 
reproduced  another  pjailey  coat  of  arms  taken  from  Barry's 
History  of  Hanover,  Mass. 

FOURTH  GATHERING. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  August  19,  1896  at  Rowley,  the 
ancestral  home  of  James  and  Richard  iKiilcy,  the  two  brothers 
who  came  from  England  a1)out  1640  and  lived  and  died  as 
neighbors  in  the  town  of  Rowley.  The  exercises  were  held 
in  the  meeting  hou>se  on  the  south  side  of  the  Common  at 
Rowley  centre.  The  President  of  tlu-  A.^sociation  acted  as 
chairman.  The  weather  was  raiii)'  and  the  attendance  was 
about   100  persons.        Tiie   following   motto   was   adopted     as 


12  PREVIOUS  GATHERINGS. 

suitable  to  express  one  of  the  prominent  IJailcy  traits  of 
character: — "Semper  Fidelis'' — Always  Faithful. 

The  principal  address  was  by  Albert  Poor,  Esq.,  of  Andover, 
his  theme  being  a  consideration  of  the  motives  which  governed 
the  early  settlers  of  the  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  Bay  Colon- 
ies in  their  civil  and  religious  matters.  At  this  meeting  we  nxide 
oxir  first  real  acquaintance  with  Thomas  Bailey  of  Weymouth 
and  his  descendants. 

To  Mr.  William  H.  Reed  of  South  Weymouth  is  due  the 
credit  of  unravelling  the  tangled  threads  makin,g  up  the  &arly 
history  of  this  Branch  of  the  Baileys. 

An  original  poem  by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  S.  Emerson  Bailey  of 
Maiietta,  Ohio,  of  the  Thomas  of  Weymouth  line  was  read. 

The  sites  of  the  old  homesteads  in  Rowley  where  James  and 
Richard  lived  were  both  marked  and  were  visited  with  interest 
by  most  of  those  attending  the  meeting.  The  birthplace  of 
the  Rev.  Jacob  Bailey  still  standing  was  another  point  of 
attraction.       The  fallowing  were  elected  officers: 

President,  J.  Warren  Bailey  of  Somerville.  "' 

Vice-Presidents,  Eben  H.  Bailey  of  Boston,  and  John  T. 
Bailey  of  Somerville. 

Secretary,  Hoillis  R.  Bailey  of  Cambridge. 

Treasurer,  James  R.    Bailey  of  Lawrence. 

Executive  Committee,  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Dr. 
Stephen  G.  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth  of  Row- 
ley, Wm.  H.  Reed  of  South  Weymouth,  Georgie  Edson  Bailey 
of  Mansfield,  Albert  Edward  Bailey  of  Rowley  and  Wm.  W. 
Bailey  of  Nashua,  N.  H.  In  the  report  of  this  gathering  is 
printed  a  copy  of  the  will  of  Thomas  Bailey  of  Weymouth, 

FIFTH  GATHERING. 

The  next  meeting  was  held  Sept.  6,  1897  (Labor  Day)  at 
North  Scituate  Beach  near  the  homestead  of  Jolin  Bailey  of 
Scituate.  The  exercises  were  chiefly  in  commemoration  of 
Thomas  Bailey  of  Weymouth  and  his  descendants. 

The  presiding  officer  was  J.  Warren  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Somer- 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  1 3 

ville,  the  Presfdent  of  the  Association.  The  weather  was 
pleasant  but  hot.  There  were  nearly  200  present.  The 
homestead  of  John  of  Scituate  was  suitably  marked.  An  in- 
teresting- address  concerning  the  Bailey  Pioneers  of  the  North- 
west Territory  prepared  by  Miss  Lucy  Denison  Bailey  of 
Marietta,  Ohio,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  of  Weymouth  was 
read  by  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Reed.  Henry  T.  Bailey,  Esq.,  g-ave 
an  interesting  account  of  the  Baileys  in  Scituate,  and  Edwin 
A.  Bayley  of  Lexington  presented  a  historic  sketch  of  Gen. 
Jacob  Bayley  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

The  doings  of  Capt.  Miles  Standish  at  Wessagusset  or  Wey- 
mouth in  1623  as  set  forth  in  verse  by  the  poet  Longfellow 
were  given  as  a  recitation  by  Miss  Beulah  E.  Bailey,  a  de- 
scendant of  Thomas  Bailey  of  Wessagusset.  It  is  interesting 
to  note  that  possibly  this  Thomas  Bailey  was  an  eye-witness 
of  the  massacre  of  the  Indians  by  Standish  and  his  army  of 
seven  men  in  1623. 

The  following  officers  were   elected: 

President,  Eben  H.  Bailey  of  Boston.  ^ 

Vice  Presidents,  Wm.  W.  Bailey  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and 
Dudley  P.  Bailey  of  h^verett. 

Secretary,  Ilollis  R.    Bailey. 

Treasurer,  James  R.  Bailey. 

Executive  Committee,  J.  Warren  Bailey,  John  Alfred  B»ailey, 
Wm.  H.  Reed,  Geo.  Edson  Bailey,  Wm.  E.  Robie,  Dr. 
Stephen  G.  Bailey,  and  Edwin  A.  Bayley.  Auditor,  Charles 
W.  Bailey. 

SIXTH  GATHERING. 

The  next  gathering  was  held  August  nth,  1898,  at  Willow 
Dale  Grove,  Tyngsboro,  Mass.,  in  the  new  Pavilion  of  the 
Messrs.  Bowers. 

The  weather  was  rainy  and  the  nuntber  present  was  about 
75-       Eben  H.   Bailey,  the  President,  acted  as  chairman. 

The  most  important  nv.itter  discussed  was  the  printing  of  a 
book  of  Bailey  Genealogy  containing  all  that  had  been  gath- 


14  PREVIOUS  GATHERINGS. 

ered  of  the  James  of  Rowley,  the  John  of  Salisbury,  and  the 
Thomas  of  Weymouth  Branches. 

The  principal  address  was  by  the  Hon.  Horace  \V.  Bailey 
of  Newbury,  Vt.,  on  Richard  of  Rowley  and  some  (jf  his  de- 
scendants in  Vermont. 

The  Report  of  this  meeting  contains  a  copy  of  the  will  of 
Richard  Bailey  dated  in  1647.  l^*^  signed  his  name  to  this 
will  "baly"  with  a  small  b. 

The  following-  officers  were  elected: 

President,  Hon.  Wm.  W.  Bailey  of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Vice  Presidents,  Dudley  P.  "iTailey,  Est] . ,  of  Everett,  Geo. 
Edson  Bailey  of  Mansfield,  Edwin  A.  Bayley  of  Lexington, 
Horace  W.  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  Wm.  H.  Reed  of  South 
Weymouth . 

Secretary,  Hollis  R.    Bailey. 

Treasurer,  James  R.   Bailey. 

Executive  Committee,  Eben  H.  Bailey,  John  Alfred  Bailey, 
Walter  E.  Robie,  Harrison  Bailey  and  Plenry  T.  Bailey. 
Auditor,  John  L.  Bailey. 

SEVENTH  GATHERING. 

The  next  gathering  was  held  August  10,  1809.  at  Tyngsboro. 
The  weatlier  was  rainy  and  the  attendance  about  75. 

The  President,  Wm.  W.  Bailey,  having  died  June  9,  1899, 
Dudley  P.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Everett,  Mass.,  was  chosen  as 
president  of  the  day. 

The  matter  of  furnishing  members  with  certificates  of  mem- 
bership was  considered  and  it  was  voted  to  have  certificates 
prepared.  The  Connnittcc  (jn  (lenealogy  ex]u"l)iled  advance 
sheets  of  Parts  I  and  H   of  the  Book  of  Genealogy. 

The  By-laws  were  amended  increasing  the  number  of  the 
executive  comndttee  and  prc;viding  for  the  issuing  of  certifi- 
cates of  Life  Membership  on  payment  of  the  sum  of  $5.00  in 
lieu  of  annual  dues. 

The  principal  address  was  by  the  Hon.   Horace  W.    Bailey 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  15 

of  Newbury,  Vt.,  his  subject  being  genealogy  in  general  and 
Richard  and  his  descendants  in  particular. 

The  officers  elected  were  as  follows: — 

President,  Dudley  P.    Bailey,  of  Everett. 

Vice  Presidents,  Edwin  A.  Bayley  of  Lexington,  George 
Edson  Bailey  of  Mansfield,  Horace  W.  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt., 
William  H.  Reed  of  South  Weymouith  and  Milton  Ellsworth 
of  Rowley. 

Secretary,  Hollis  R.  Bailey. 

Treasurer,  James  R.   Bailey  of  Lawrence. 

Executive  Committee,  Eben  H.  Bailey,  John  Alfred  Bailey. 
Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey,  Harrison  Bailey  and  Mrs.  Edward 
M.  Bailey.       Auditor,  John  L.  Bailey. 

In  the  report  of  this  gathering  was  printed  a  copy  of  the  will 
of  John  Bailey  of  Salisbury,  dated  Sept.  28,  1651 .  He  signed 
by  making  his  mark  being  in  his  last  illness.  His  name  is 
written  "Bayley." 

Upon  motion,  the  Secretary's  Report  was  duly  approved. 

The  President  then  called  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the  Asso- 
ciation for     his     report,     which  was  in  substance  as  follows: — 

REPORT  OF  MR.  JAMES  R.  BAILEY,  OF  LAWRENCE, 
TREASURER,  A  DESCENDANT  OF  JAMES  BAI- 
LEY OF  ROWLEY. 

RECEIPTS. 

To  annual  dues,  sale  of  reoorts  of  annual  gatherings, 
sale  of  copies  of  Bailey  genealogy,  life  member- 
ship fees,,  contributions  to  defray  investigations  in 
England,  etc.,  for  the  past  two  years  $448.92 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

■By  publication  of  Bailey  genealogy,  printing  reports, 

remittance  to  England,  postage,   etc.,  $408.16 


Balance  to  credit  of  Association  $  40.76 


i6  treasurer's    report. 

Upon  motion,  the  Treasurer's  report  was  duly  approved, 


The  auditor,  Mr.  Waher  E.  Robie,  of  WaHham,  reported 
that  he  had  examined  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer,  and  found 
the  same  correct. 

The  President  then  appointed  a  Committee  composed  of 
Mr.  J.  Warren  Bailey,  of  Somerville,  Mrs.  Arvesta  B.  Lyon, 
of  Lawrence,  and  Mr.  Warren  Bailey,  of  Concord,  New 
Hampshire,  to  present  nominations  for  olhcers  for  the  ensuing- 
year. 

'While  the  Connnittee  was  making  up  a  list  of  nominations, 
the  President  called  for  the  reports  of  any  Committees  who 
were  ready  to  report,  and  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  Chairman  of 
the  Connnittee  on  Genealogy,  presented  the  following  report: 

REPORT  OF  HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY,  CHAIRiMAN  OF  THE 
COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 

The  publication  of  the  Book  of  Genealogy  not  only  niade 
•available  in  convenient  and  permanent  form  all  the  genealogical 
inforniiation  collected  up  to  the  date  of  its  issue  concerning 
the  families  of  James  of  Rowley,  John  of  Salisbury  and  Thomas 
of  Weymouth,,  but  also  served  to  awaken  a  good  deal  of  in- 
terest in  the  history  of  these  branches. 

Different  members  of  the  Association  have  taken  up  the 
work  of  research  and  have  given  the  Committee  the  fruits  of 
their  toil. 

I  wish  first  to  make  mention  of  the  assistance  rendered  by 
Mr.  Thomas  Bailey  of  Camp  Point,  Illinois.  Mr.  Bailey  is 
with  us  today  and  I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  express  to  him  on 
your  behalf  the  thanks  which  are  his  due .  I  hold  in  my  hand 
manuscript  containing  a  complete  account  of  the  descendants 
of  Thomas  Bailey,  born  Feb.  14,  1746  (a  descendant  of  John  of 
Salisbury)  compiled  by  liis  gramlson  Thomas  Bailey  now  of 
Camp  Point.       Y''ou  will  hardly  believe  me  when  I  tell  you  Mr. 


JAMES  R.  BAILEY. 

TKKASlUKUOKTllKASSodATloN 

SINIK    ITS    (.UIIANl/ATION, 


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Bailey  was  horn  Oct.   8fh,  1817,  and  is  now  in  his  86th  year. 
Mr.  Bailey  wrote  nie  Sept.   12,  1901: — "I  have  also  to  say  that 
if  your  society  should  conclude  to  print  in  my  lifetime  you  can 
draw  on  me  for  one  liundred  dollars  towards  paying  expense  of 
printing."     Is  there  not  some  member  of  the  John  of  Salisbury 
liranch    who    has     the    time     and     enthusiasm    and    patience 
needed  to  compile  a  complete  history  of  that  j^art  of  the  f'.imily? 
Such  a  book  with  suitable  illustrations  would  make  a  volume 
of  at  least  five  hundred  pages,  and  I  hope  the   time   is   not   far 
distant  vvdien  we  shall  see  the  work  undertaken.      Mr.  Thomas 
Bailey  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Camp  Point,  111., and  has 
lived  there  over  sixty  years.       AI:)out  a  month  ago  his  friends 
and  fellow  townsmen  joined  in  a  reception  given  in  his  honor 
to  express   the  respect  and  esteem  felt  for  him  by   them.      I 
have  a  printed  account  of  this  reception  and  have  read  it  with 
great    interest    and    i)leasure.         Mr.     Bailey    has    held    many 
oflfices  of  honor  and  trust  and  may  well  feel  proud  of  his  long 
and    useful    career.     We   are   glad  to    have  him  with  us  today 
and  wish  him  many  years  of  health  and  prosperity. 

We  are  also  m,uch  imkbted  to'  Miss  Sarah  l'\  Bailey 
of  Grinnell,  Iowa,  for  a  complete  account  of  Enoch  Bailey  and 
his  descendants,  Enoch  being  of  the  James  of  Rowley  line. 
Miss  Bailey  has  also  sent  me  a  good  deal  of  other  historical 
n)atter  all  of  which  is  filed  for  future  use. 

Miss  Bailey  has  never  been  able  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the 
Association  but  we  have  no  member  more  enthusiastic  or  in- 
dustrious in  the  work  of  gathering  genealogical  matter.  In 
recognition  of  her  work  I  desire  to  move  that  she  be  sent  a 
certificate  of  life  membership  in  this  Association.  (It  was  so 
voted). 

Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey  wuth  the  assistance  of  Miss 
Charlotte  H.  Abbott  of  Andover,  has  compiled  a  full  account 
of  Daniel  Bailey  and  his  descendants  of  the  John  of  Salisbury 
line,— Daniel  being  a  son  of  Jonathan  Bailey  and  Susanna 
Trull  Bailey.  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey  has  also  sent  me  con- 
siderable matter  for  the  James  of  Rowley  line.        All  that  is 


l8  REPORTS  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 

received  is  carefully  marked  and  preserved  against  the  time 
when  a  new  and  complete  edition  of  the  present  book  may 
hereafter  be  printed  with  each  part  enlarged  into  a  separate 
volume. 

There  is  one  branch  of  the  family  concerning  which  we  k'now 
as  yet  but  very  little,  viz.,  tlie  branch  of  JOHN  BAIL.EY  OF 
HADDUM,  Connecti(nit.  This  John  Bailey,  or  Bailie,  was 
born  about  1630  and  died  in  1696.  He     was     at    Hartfurd, 

Conn.,  as  early  as  1656  and  was  one  of  the  original  settlers 
of  Haddam,  Conn.,  in  1662. 

We  had  hoped  to  have  one  of  his  descendants  here  today  t') 
tell  us  about  that  branch,  bi;t  have  been  disappointed. 

Your  Secretary,  besides  being  a  descendant  of  James  of 
Rowley  and  Thomas  of  Weymouth,  is  also  a  descendant  of 
William  Bailey  of  Newport,  R.  I.,- — this  \Villiam  Ijc.ing  of 
Newport  as  early  as  1655.  I  have  one  of  the  few  copies  ot 
a  book  ]>ublished  in  1895  by  Mrs.  Hannah  C.  (T'aile}') 
Hopkins  giving  an  account  of  this  William  and  some  (J  hi,-, 
descendants.  We  had  hoped  to  have  Mrs.  Hopkins  here  to- 
day, but  she  was  obliged  to  send  regrets . 

We  have  already  as  members  a  few  of  the  descendants  of  this 
William  of  Newport  and  hope  to  know  more  of  this  branch  of 
the  family. 

On  motion,  this  report  was  accepted  and  placed  on  file. 


Mr.  Bailey  also  presented  the  following  Memoir  of 
Stephen  Bailey,  late  of  Salem,  New  Hampshire,  prepared  by 
Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey,  of  Lowell. 

MEMOIR  OF  STEPHEN  BAILEY  BY  JO'HN  ALFRED 
BAILEY  OE  LOWELL,  A  DESCENDANT  OF  RICH- 
ARD BAILEY  OF  ROWLEY. 

Through  the  death  of  Mr.  Stephen  Bailey  of  Salem,  N.  11., 
the  Bailey-Baylcy  Family  Association   loses  one  of  its   ftanch 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  IQ 

supporters,  a:id  a  representative  Bailew  a  man  whose  whole 
Hfe  exemplified  our  motto,  "Always  faithful." 

He  was  born  Feb.  23,  1820,  in  Salem,  N.  li.,  on  the  spot 
where  he  died.  Some  years  ago  he  bought  the  old  Bailey 
homestead  in  that  place  and  added  to  it  the  two  Lowell  estates 
nearby,  making  in  all  a  farm  of  about  300  acres. 

He  was  without  much  doubt  of  the  l^iohard  Bailey  of  Row- 
Icy  branch,  although,  after  considerable  search,  I  have  been 
unable  to  find  his  name  in  .\lfred  Poor's  book. 

He  married  Hannah  Maria  Cluff  of  Salem,  N.  H.,  who  was 
born  June  i6th,  1823,  and  was  a  d'.iughter  of  John  and  Maria 
Cluff.        She  still  survives  him. 

There  were  two  children  born  to  them,  Osmon  C,  born 
Feb.  7.  1850,  who  lives  in  Chelsea,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
,  firm  of  Lowell  Bros,  and  Bailey,  doing  business  as  General 
Commission  Merchants  and  wholesale  dealers  in  foreign  and 
domestic  fruits  at  73  and  75  Clinton  Sts.,  Boston,  Mass.;  and 
Medora  E.,  born  April  i,  1856. 

Li  politics  Stephen  Bailey  was  a  life  long  democrat;  in  re- 
ligion a  strong  Universalist. 

He  was  Representative  to  the  State  Legislature  for  one  term, 
and  Selectman  for  several  years.  His  business  was  that  of  a 
shoe  manufacturer  at  Salem,  N.  H.,  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  about  fifty,  when  large  factories  and  increased  competition 
made  business  in  the  old  way  no  longer  jirofitable.  He  was 
very  industrious,,  and  amassed  a  considerable  property,  pro- 
ducing a  comfortable  income,  buit  in  later  years  he  met  with 
heavy  losses. 

He  was  a  man  of  strong  character,  very  tenacious  of  purpose, 
always  prudent,  but  withal  honest  and  upright,  with  an  untar- 
nished reputation. 

He  was  passionately  lond  of  inusie  and  for  many  years  was 
the  leading  bass  singer  of  his  town.  His  interest  in  the  art 
did  not  abate  with  his  declining  years. 

In  connection  with  this  notice  of  Stephen  Bailey's  death  we 
note  that  his  brother,  David  Bailey,  died     in     Champaign,  111., 


20  REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE    ON    NOMINATION  OF  OFFICERS. 

some  four  or  five  years  since.  David  began  life  penniless  but 
became  a  man  of  great  wealth,  having,  it  is  said,  >i  fortune  of 
upwards  of  a  million  dollars. 

We  note  also  that  about  six  weeks  before  Stephen  Bailey's 
death  his  sister  Elizabeth  Bailey  died  in  Salem,  N.  H. 

It  was  voted  that  this  memoir  be  placed  on  file. 


The  Committee  on  Nominations,  having  completed  its  duties, 
then  made  its  report  as  follows: — 

FOR  PRESIDENT. 
Hon.  Andrew  J.  Bailey,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

FOR  VICE  PRESIDENTS. 

Col.   Edwin  \V.  M.  Bailey,  of  Amesbury,  Alass. 

Charles   O.    Bailey,  of  Newbury,  Mass. 

Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  of  Peabody,  Mass. 

Horace  W.  Bailey,  of  Newbury,  Vermont. 

George  Edson  Bailey,  of  Mansfield,  Mass. 

James  A.   Bailey,  Jr.,  of  Arlington,  ^lass. 

William  P.   Bailey,  of  Maiden,  Mass. 

William  H  .  Reed,  of  South  Weymouth,  Mass . 

FOR  TREASURER. 
James  R.    Bailey,  of  Lawrence,  Mass. 

FOR  SECRETARY. 
HoUis  R.  Bailey,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. 

FOR  AUDITOR. 
Walter  e"  Robie,  of  Waltham,  Ma^s. 

FOR  ENECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

John  Alfred  liailey,  of  Lowell.  .Mass. 

Edwin  A.   Bayley,  of  Lexington,  Mass. 

Ih".    J^tepJKMi   C    Bailey,  of  Lowell.  Mass. 


THE  RAILEY-BAVLEY  FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  21 

J.  Whitman  Bailey,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Airs.    Gertrude  E.    Bailey,  of  Ashland,  Mass. 

Dudley     P.     Bailey,     of     Everett,  Mass. 

iMrs.  Abbie  I'".   Ellsworth,  of  Kcnvley,  Alass. 

Eben  H.  Bailey,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Mrs.    Anna  vS.    Bailey,  of  Lowell,  Mass. 

Elmer  S.   Bailey,  uf  Boston,  Mass. 

Harrison  Bailey,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

On  motion,  the  same  was  accepted  and  the  nominees  duly 
elected. 

The  President  then  called  for  any  matters  of  new  business, 
and  the  question  of  increasing  the  initiation  fee  and  the  annual 
dues  from  twenty-five  cents,  the  present  fee,  to  fifty  cents  was 
presented,  and  after  an  interesting  discussion,  in  which  quite 
a  number  of  the  members  took  part,  it  was  voted  to  increase  both 
the  inujation  fee  and  the  annual  dues  to  fifty  cents  each,  and 
that  each  member  on  paying  his  or  her  dues  would  be  entitled 
to  a  copy  of  the  report  of  the  gathering  for  the  periud  covered 
by  such  dues.  The  clear  sentiment  of  the  meeting  seemed 
to  be  that  a  wider  distri])ution  of  the  printed  reports  of  the 
gatherings  would  tend  to  increase  the  interest  in  the  work  of 
the  Association,  and  w.-is,  therefore,  very  desirable. 

There  being  no  further  matters  of  business  to  be  considered, 
the  meeting  adjourned  after  the  singing  of  the  following  Odo 
composed  by  Mrs.  Ilollis  R.  Bailey,  of  Cambridge,  which  was 
sung  by  the  gathering  to  the  tune  of  "Fair  Harvard." 

ORIGINAL   ODE   BY   MRS.    HOLLIS   R.    BAILEY   Ol- 
CAMBRIDGE. 

Tune,  "Fair  Harvard." 

Neath  the  shades  of  old  Harvard  we  gather  today 
To  exchange  friendly  greetings  once  more 
And  to  draw  inspirations  from  Learning's  lair  fount 
With  its  memories  clustering:  o'er. 


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As  we  think  of  the  wise,  of  the  brave  and  the  good 
Who  have  trodden  these  paths  of  old, 
May  our  hearts  i^ain  new  courage  to  meet  and  to  bear 
Whatsoever  the  future  may  hold. 

Fair   Harvard  !     enrolled  'mongst  thy  sons  in  the  past 

May  be  found  more  than  one  of  our  name, 

Who  lived  his  life  bravely  and  wisely  and  well, 

A  "Ivnight  without  fear,  without  blame." 

And  so,  may  this  name,  through  the  ages  to  come 

Untarnished  as  ever  appear; 

And  in  the  Great  Scroll  of  the  future  be  writ 

In  letters  all  shininy  and  clear. 


REV.  AUGUSTUS  F.  BAILEY. 

SKCONI)  I'KKSIDKNT  OK  THE  ASSOCIATION, 
lbUl-5. 


BANQUET  AND  AFTER  DINNER  EXERCISES. 


Shortly  after  one  o'clock  the  Association  took  possession  of 
the  large  dining-hall  of  the  Club  house,  which  they  filled  to 
ovcrilowlng .  The  President  of  the  Association  presided  at 
the  banquet,  and  grace  was  invoked  by  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey, 
ot  Peabody.  The  next  two  hours  were  spent  very  enjoyably 
by  every  one  as  far  as  could  be  observed,  as  all  seemed  to  be 
desirous  of  contributing  their  share  to  the  pleasures  of  the 
occasion. 

I'owaids  the  close  of  the  banquet  a  canvas  was  made  of  those 
present,  and  it  was  found  that  there  were  one  hundred  and 
thirty-one  seated  at  the  tables.  Naturally  the  larger  numbers 
were  from  Massachusetts,  but  there  were  also  representatives 
from  New  Hampshire,  Connecticut,  Canada,  Pennsylvania, 
Ohio,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Wyoming  and.  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia . 

Shortly  after  three  o'clock  the  after-dinner  exercises  were 
opened  with  the  singing  of  "The  Mariners,"  by  Mrs.  Eben  H. 
Bailey,  Mr.  Wetmore,  and  Mr.  Frank  D.  Bayley. 

The  President  of  the  Association,  before  introducing  the 
speakers  of  the  afternoon,  read  letters  of  regret  at  not  being 
able  to  be  present  from  Hon.  J.  W.  Bailey,  U.  S.  Senator 
from  Texas,  Col.  E.  W.  M.  Bailey,  of  Amesbury,  Hon.  Henry 
Turner  Bailey,  of  Weymouth,  Hon.  Horace  W.  Bailey,  of 
Newbury,  Vermont,  Henry  Baily,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  Mrs.  Han- 
nah C.  Hopkins,  of  ^Providence,  R.  I.,  Mr.  Chester  Tyler 
Sherman,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and  Mr.  I{l)enezer  b  .  Jjaile}  , 
of  Fitchburg-. 


i4  BANQUET  AND  AFTER  DINNER    EXERCISES. 

The  President  stated  that  it  had  been  planned  to  have  a 
biief  address  on  each  of  the  several  branches  of  the  family  in 
this  coiimtry,  including"  Tliomab  of  Weymouth,  John  of  SaH^- 
bury.  James  and  Richard  of  Rowley,  John  of  Uaddnm,  Ccn 
necticiit,  and  William  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  wliile  the  plan 
had  not  been  realized  witTi  reference  to  the  two  last  named 
branches,  it  had  been  as  to  the  other  four;  and  as  the  first 
Bailey  to  arrive  in  America,  so  far  as  there  is  any  authentic  rec- 
ord, was  Thomas  of  Weymouth,  it  seemed  proper  to  have  his 
branch  of  the  family  presented  first,  and  the  President  called 
upon  j\lr.  George  Edson  Baiiey,  of  Mansfield,  one  of  his  de- 
scendants in  the  eighth  generation,  who  responded  in  the  fol- 
low ing;  address: 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.    GEORGE  EDSON  BAILEY. 
THOMAS  BAILEY  OF  WESSAC^USSETT. 

Thomas  Bayley,  Sr.,  of  Wessagussett,  was  the  first  by  the 
r.au'e  of  Bayley  that  we  find  settled  in  New  England.  We 
have  no  record  of  when  he  came  or  how  he  came,  but  he  was 
very  early  in  Wessagussett  and  had  preempted  land  some  years 
prior  to  the  incorporation  of  the  place  as  Weymouth  in  1635. 
The  location  of  his  house  and  the  boundaries  of  his  land,  in- 
cluding his  wood  land,  are  still  tracable. 

.  He  was  a  prominent  and  very  useful  man  of  the  town  of 
Weymouth  and  held  many  public  offices .  Probably  his  wife 
was  not  living  at  the  date  of  his  will,  as  he  makes  no  mention 
of  her,  and  we  know  nothing  of  her.  He  lived  to  a  good  old 
age  and  died  in  1861.  He  had  at  least  four  children,  but  it  is 
through  his  oldest  son,  John,  father  of  John  of  Scituate,  that 
most  of  us  of  the  Thomas  of  Weymouth  branch  trace  our 
genealogy. 

John     Bailey    of    Farm  Neck,  Scituate,    went    to    Hanover, 
Mass.,  and  his  descendants  have  been  both  numerous  and  in- 


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fiuential,  taking  prominent  parts  in  the  military,  political  and 
religions  events  of  their  day. 

The  fonrth  John  lived  at  H-anover  and  became  the  colonel 
of  a  regiment  in  the  Revolntionary  War  and  was  personally 
thanked  by  Washington  for  his  bravery. 

The  fifth  John  was  a  Quaker  preacher,  and  it  was  said  of  him, 
that  Friend  Bailey  would  spiritualize  a  broom-stick,  lie 
seems  to  have  been  an  inventive  genius,  as  he  made  a  clock 
when  he  was  only  twelve  years  old,  and  in  later  life  originated 
many  mechanical  devices  for  using  steam.  He  prophesied, 
that  in  fifty  years  the  mode  of  travel  would  be  by  steam. 

The  sixth  John  was  also  an  inventor  and  a  man  of  pro- 
nounced principles.  He  was  a  contemporary  of  Garrison  and 
Phillips  and  was  a  conscientious  abolitionist. 

Joseph,  the  second  son  of  John  of  Scituate,  married  Jerusha 
Adams,  and  inherited  the  homestead  which  has  continued  in 
the  family  through  six  generations.  •  ■■  " 

Seth  Jr.,  a  descendant  of  Joseph,  born  in  Easton,  Mass., 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Ohio.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  one  of  the  most  esteemed  citizens  of  Washington 
County.  His  granddaughter.  Miss  Lucy  Denison  liaik-y,  has 
contributed  interesting  and  valuable  information  to  this  as- 
sociation. 

Benjamin,  another  son  of  John  of  Scituate,  went  to  Marl- 
boro, Mass.,  and  liis  descendants  settled  in  Natick,  Lancaster, 
Berlin,  Pelham,  Shrewsbury  and  other  towns  near  by. 

Samuel,,  youngest  son  of  John  of  Scituate,  settled  in  Mans- 
field about  the  time  of  his  father's  do-dh,  and  located  about  a 
mile  from  where  I  now  reside.  He  brought  this  cane  with 
him  and  it  has  always  been  understood  that  it  was  brought 
from  England  by  our  first  ancestor.  It  has  been  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  family  ever  since.  Samuel's  ^on  Abijali,  my 
great  grandfather,  bought  the  farm  in  Manslield  on  which  I 
now  live,  and  since  that  purchase,  if  you  count  my  ohildrcn  and 
grandchildren  six  generations  of  Baileys  have  lived  there. 

My  father,  with  the  aid  of  Mr.  James  Bailey,  many  years  ago 


26  ADDRESS  OF  J.  WHITMAN  BAILEY,  ESQ. 

prepared  a  family  lice  of  the  John  of  Scituate  branch.  Since 
this  Association  was  organized,  I  have  talked  with  my  aprd 
Aunt  Caroline,  a  sister  of  my  father,  who  recalled  the  names  of 
several  in  the  imnietliatc  family  uf  John  of  Scituate,  and  re- 
membered hearing-  her  grandmother  speak  of  the  family.  This 
aunt  died  only  four  years  ago.  Roth     she     and  her  grand- 

mother lived  to  be  over  one  hundred  years  old. 

Since  I  have  become  connected  with  the  liailey-Bayley  h'amily 
Association  it  has  been  my  privileg-e  to  become  personally 
acquainted  with  many  of  the  descendants  of  John  of  Scituate, 
some  of  whom  reside  in  Massachusetts  and  others  in  Oh'o.  T 
know  from  what  1  have  learned  and  seen  of  them,  that  they 
are  men  and  women  of  modest}'  as  well  as  ability  and  judg- 
ment. They  include  many  who  have  been  successful  in  bii- 
iness  and  professional  careers.  That  the  family  is  patriotic 
is  proved  by  the  large  number  of  Baileys  \\(ho  have  b^eu  in- 
fluenced by  hrm  convictions  to  sacrilice  life  and  treasure  to 
principle,  and  who  have  taken  active  and  prominent  parts  in 
cause  of  Liberty  and  Union. 

John  of  Scituate  must  have  had  an  ideal  home  and  family. 
His  farm,  which  was  beautifully  situated  on  the  shore  of  the 
Atlantic,  contained  175  acres,  and  was  considered  the  finest 
farm  in  Plymouth  County.  Family  reunions  were  no  doubt 
frequent  at  th'e  old  homestead  and  naturally  recollections  of  the 
old  home  and  home-life  lived  long  in  the  hearts  of  his  children 
and  his  children's  children. 


The  next  branch  of  the  family  to  reach  America  was  John 
Bailey  of  Salisbury,  and  a  very  interesting  and  valuable  outline 
of  this  branch  was  presented  by  J.  Whitman  Bailey,  Esq.,  of 
Boston,  one  of  his  descendants  in  the  tenth  generation. 

ADDRESS  OF  J.   WHITMAN  BAILEY,  ESO.,  OF  BOS- 
TON. 

JOHN  BAILEY  OF  SALISBURY 
AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

John  Bailey  Sr.  of  Salisbury,  who  came  in  1635,  was  second 


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among  the  three  original  settlers  of  the  name  to  arrive  in  New 
England.  Thomas  of  Weymouth  appears  at  some  uncertain 
date  prior  to  this,  while  Richard  of  Rowley  arrived  some  three 
years  later.  No  relationship  between  these  three  original 
pioneers  has  yet  been  established.  John  came  from  Chip- 
penham, England,  and  the  manner  of  his  arrival  was  more 
romantic  than  th.at  of  the  others,  as  he  was  wrecked  at  ancient 
Pemaquid,  now  Bristol,  Maine,  in  the  great  storm  of  August 
15th,  1635.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  the  figures  of  our 
earlier  ancestors  assume,  as  years  roll  by,  an  importance  per- 
haps hardly  deserved.  Our  own  John  of  Salisbury,  weaver  by 
trade,  was  a  very  humble  person,  the  occupant  of  a  solitary  log 
cabin  on  the  bank  of  the  Merrimac;  just  such  a  cabin  as  is 
readily  seen  today  in  the  wilds  ol  Maine  or  Quebec.  Yet  as  we 
view  this  probably  worthy  citizen  on  the  distant  horizon  of  a 
by-gone  age,  the  customary  appelation  ""John  of  Salisbury" 
sounds  somewhat  grandly  in  our  ears.  It  is  as  well  we  are 
getting  all  real  facts  into  print,  or  our  descendants  of  the  tenth 
generation  to  come  may,  under  the  wondrous  enchantntent  ot 
the  distant  retrospective  vievvi,  place  poor  John,  the  weaver,  too 
high  among  the  founders  of  our  American  Commonwealth . 
Sometimes  we  have  acquired  our  genealogical  data  only  by 
slow  and  patient  research,  sometimes  a  whole  line  of  descent 
is  at  once  made  clear.  Thus,  within  a  month,  we  have  been 
kindly  and  unexpectedly  furnished  by  Mrs.  Wni.  II.  Thorpe  of 
Arlmgton  v;ith  one  complete  chain  of  descent  to  date  from 
Joshua  Eailey,  a  son  of  James  of  our  fourth  generation. 

An  interesting  account  of  John  Bailey  Sr.,  and  his  de- 
scendants may  be  found  in  the  address  of  W.  H.  Reed  Esq., 
in  the  phamphlet  issued  by  the  family  association  for  1895. 
See  also  the  addresses  of  Rev.  Vincent  Moses,  of  Prof.  A.  E. 
Dolbear,  and  of  Alfred  Bailey,  in  the  same  pamphlet.  Edwin 
A.  Bayley,  in  the  accoimt  of  the  lifth  annual  gathering,  18*^7, 
deals  more  particularly  with  the  Vermont  branch  of  the  family. 
John  Bailey's  will,  dated  August  8th,  1651,  is  given  in  the  As- 
sociation's pamphlet  for  1899. 

John  Bailey,  Jr.,  came  to  New  England  with  his  fat'her  and 


28  ADDRESS  OF  J.  WHITMAN  BAILEY,  ES<). 

subsequently  settled  in  Newbury.  By  his  wife  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  John  Emery,  he  had  eleven  children.  It  may  in- 
terest the  Association  to  know  that  the  largest  family  anywhere 
mentioned  in  the  genealog-y  is  that  of  William  Bailey  of  the 
James  of  Rowley  branch,  which  numbered  seventeen,  seven 
sons  and  ten  daughters.  The  history  of  the  first  four  gen- 
erations of  the  John  ui  Salisbury  branch  seems  little  more  than 
a  chronicle  of  births,  deaths,  marriages  and  places  of  residence, 
no  member  uf  the  family  appearing  to  have  risen  nuich  above 
the  common  level.  In  the  filth  generation,  however,  we  find 
two  striking  figures,  the  Rev.  James  Bailey  uf  Weymouth  and 
Gen.  Jacob  Bailey  of  Newbury.  The  Rev.  James  was  our 
second  Harvard  man,  graduating  in  1719.  He  served  his 
pastorate  in  Weymouth,  much  beloved  by  his  people.  It  was, 
however,  rather  by  his  general  good  innuencc  and  long  service 
as  a  preacher,  extending  over  forty-three  years,  that  he  became 
of  note,  rather  t'han  by  any  special  achievements.  Far  dif- 
ferent from  the  cjuiet  career  of  the  Rev.  James  was  that  of 
Gen.  Jacob  Bailey,  perhaps  the  best  known  of  any  descendant 
of  John  of  Salisbury.  An  excellent  sketch  of  him  is  found 
in  Wells'  History  of  Newbury,  Vermont,  where  he  is  mentioned 
as  "one  of  tjie  neglected  patriots  of  the  Revolution.''  He 
s.acrificed  a  large  estate  in  the  service  of  his  country,  about 
$60,000  for  which  he  received  no  return,  although  due  applica- 
tion was  made  to  Congress,  Many  and  thrilling  were  his 
adventures,  especially  his  escape  from  Fort  William  Henry  just 
before  the  dreadful  massacre  following  its  surrender.  He  was 
said  to  be  equally  distinguished  for  his  talents,  his  patriotism 
and  his  piety.  His  descentlants  are  proposing  to  erect  a 
monument  to  his  memory,  a  tribute  of  respect  already  too  long 
postponed. 

In  the  s'.xth  generation  we  find  a  few  more  Baileys  deserving 
special  mention,  either  because  of  their  attainments,  or  by  rea- 
son of  outside  events  tending  to  make  otherwise  normal  lives 
picturesque.  Several, children  of  Gen.  Jacob  had  successful 
militar}'  careers,  especially  Joshua,  who  was  successively,  cap- 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  29 

tain,  major  and  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  Revolution.  He  was 
town  representative  from  Newbury,  Vermont,  at  various  times 
between  1791  and  1809.  Anotbcr  son,  James,  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war,  and  was  taken  to  Canada  as  a  prisoner, 
there  remaining  until  the  close  of  hostilities.  After  a  life  cjf 
startling  adventure  and  hardships  he  met  a  violent  death  in 
1/84,  some  say  by  foul  means,  others  as  the  result  of  an  acci- 
dent. We  also  find  Deacon  Nathaniel  Bailey,  son  of  the  Rev. 
Jame?  and  his  wife  Sarah,  described  as  one  of  the  most  impor 
taut  men  of  his  day  in  Weymouth,  where  he  was  born  in  1732. 
He  was  a  soldier  at  Crown  Point  in  1755,  and  captain  in  the 
State  militia,  as  well  as  an  active  member  of  his  church,  in 
which  he  held  the  oflice  of  deacon.  In  1774  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  first  Provincial  Congress  of  Deputies  in  the  Province  of 
Massachusetts   Bay. 

Comparatively  few  descendants  of  John  of  Salisbury  in  the 
seventh  generation  became  men  of  note.  Abner  Bailey, 
grandson  of  Gen.  Jacob,  became  a  prominent  citizen  and  large 
land  owner  of  Newbury,  Vermont.  He  was  thrice  married. 
Samuel  Bailey,  son  of  Deacon  Nathaniel,  became  a  soldier  in 
the  Re\oluti(3riary  war  and  captain  of  a  horse  company;  also 
holding  the  rank  of  major -in  the  State  militia.  Isaac,  son  of 
the  Rev.  Isaac  of  Ward,  now  Auburn,  Mass.,  and  of  his  wife 
Elizabeth  Iimerson  Bailey,  graduated  from  Brown  University 
In  1810.  lie  became  editor  of  the  Rhode  Island  Literary 
Messenger  and  author  of  the  United  States  Naval  Biography. 
The  spelling  of  tlie  family  name  was  changed  by  him  from 
"Bay''  to  "Bai,"  a  change  regretted  by  some  of  his  descendants; 
for  it  should  be  remembered  that  John  of  Salisbury  and  his  son 
John  the  original  settlers  spelled  their  name  "Bayley." 

Douibtless  I  have  omitted  names  worthy  of  s[)ecial  mention 
in  this  brief  commentary  on  our  first  seven  generations,  bi't 
many  gaps  in  the  genealogy  yet  remain  to  be  filled,  and  many 
lives  therein  but  biiefly  toiuched  upon  may  hereafter  be  more 
fully  outlined . 

Newbury,   Massachusetts,   may   be   considered     the     ancxnt 


30  ADDRESS  OF  J.  WHITMAN    BAILEY,  ESQ. 

cra'ile  of  thii>  branch  of  our  family.  During  the  third  and 
fourth  generations  several  Baileys  settled  in  Roxbury.  Joseph 
Bailey  of  the  third,  and  Sarah  Bailey  of  the  fourth  generation 
removed  to  Arundel,  Me'.,  where  the  former  was  killed  by 
Indians.  An  important  migration  was  that  of  Isaac  Bailey 
of  the  fourth  generation  to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  wlv^n-e.  and 
in  adjoining  towns,  numbers  of  his  descendants  have  lived  down 
to  recent  times.  I  have  seen  it  stated,  however,  that  all  his 
descendants  now  bearing  the  Bailey  name,  have  removed  from 
the  vicinity  of  Lebanon.  During  the  fifth  generation  we  find 
many  Baileys  about  Newbury,  Mass.;  some  in  Roxbury,  Wey- 
mouth and  Tcwksbury.  Ai  this  period  the  Rev.  Abner  fjailev 
removed  to  Salem,  N.  H.,  where  he  preached  for  the  long 
term  of  fifty-eight  years.  Yet  more  important  was  the  migration 
of  Gen.  Jacob  Bailey  from  Newbury,  Mass.,  to  Newbury,  Ver- 
mont. He  has  been  aptly  termed  the  father  of  the  hitter 
place,  and  was  one  of  the  original  grantees.  In  the  sixth  gen- 
eration John  Gidding,  Joshua,  Ephraim  and  Capt^  Jacob 
Bailey  all  made  a  similar  change  of  domicil  from  Newbury, 
Mass.,  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  which  thus  became  of  great  geo- 
graphical nnportance  in  our  family's  history.  Smaller  migra- 
tions have  occurred  from  time  to  time,  like  that  of  the  Rev. 
Isaac  Bailey  to  Ward,  now  Auburn,  Mass.,  but  seldom  hav.' 
these  branches  taken  such  deep  root  in  the  new  soil.  Speaking 
very  generally,  I  think  the  descendants  of  John  of  Salislniry. 
before  present  conditions  of  life  began,  were  much  attached 
to  the  few  above  mentioned  places  of  their  adoption.  At  pres- 
ent the  peculiar  concentration  of  population  in  cities  a  phase 
of  modern  life  not  difficult  to  understand  yet  probably 
abnormal,  has  its  influence  upon  our  family,  and  the  rural 
Baileys,  like  others,  are  leaving  their  farms.  We  are  some- 
what indebted  to  this  movement  for  our  large  representation 
here  today. 

Of  the  family  progress  in  the  present  century  it  becomes 
more  difficult  to  speak.  There  is  a  wider  divergence  from  the 
common  stock,  a  relationship  less  close  between  the  spreading 


HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY. 


TIlIUl)  I'UKSIIJK.NT  or  TUK  ASSOCJ  ATK  iN. 

1H!I.V6. 

SECRETARY  OK  ASHUCI ATION, 


THE  BAILEY-BAVLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  3I 

branches,  while  the  members  of  each  particular  branch  have 
far  more  intimate  knowledge  of  their  own  line  than  any  re- 
mote collateral  could  have.  It  is  therefore  not  because  there 
is  more  to  be  said,  but  solely  on  account  ui  my  more  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  facts,  that  I  confine  my  ctjncluilinj^  remarks 
to  that  line  of  descent  with  which  I  am   most  closely  connected. 

A  love  of  nature  and  scientific  research  has  been  the  most 
marked  trait  in  the  descendants  of  Isaac  Bailey  of  Ward,  Mass., 
and  his  wife  Jane  Whitman,  a  trait,  I  think,  mostly  inherited 
from  the  Whitman  side.  Their  oldest  son,  Jacob  Whitman 
Bailey  entered  tlie  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  in  1828, 
serving  in  the  army  as  lieutenant  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  Bel- 
lona  Arsenal  and  Fort  Moultrie.  He  soon  received  the  pro- 
fessorshi])  of  chemislr)'  and  geology  at  his  Alma  Mater,  a 
position  truly  congenial  tcj  him.  In  the  botanical  world  he 
soon  won  a  distinctive  jjlace,  Dr.  Gray,  in  his  Synoptical 
Flora,  calling  him  "the  pioneer  in  nncroscopical  research  in  the 
United  States."  Unfortunately  he  rarely  enjoyed  perfect 
health,  vind  Ijereavement  caused  by  the  loss  of  his  wife  and  only 
daughter  on  the  burning  .steamer  Henry  Clay  near  Yonkers, 
an  event  whicJi  occurred  almost  exactly  5oyoirs  ago  today,  gave 
him  a  shock  from  which  he  never  rallied.  He  died  when  forty- 
six  years  of  age,  about  two  months  before  he  had  expected  to 
enjoy  the  chief  honor  with  which  his  scientific  labors  were  to 
be  crowned,  that  of  presiding  at  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  held  in  Montreal 
in  the  summer  of  1857.  His  eldest  son  Samuel  gave  promise 
of  a  successful  scientific  career,  but  died  at  an  early  age.  His 
only  remaining  cliildren,  Loring  Woart  and  V\'il'icim  Whitman, 
both  followed  in  the  paternal  footsteps  along  the  path  of 
science.  Loring,  in  1862,  shortly  after  graduation  from  Har- 
vard, became  professor  of  various  branches  of  natu.ral  history 
in  the  University  of  New  Brunswick,  a  position  he  still  occir,  ies 
after  a  continuous  service  of  forty  years.  In  1882  th^  Marquis 
of  Lome  appomtcd  him  a  charter  member  of  the  Canadian 
'Royal  Society,  an  institution  founded  tliat  year,  a  colonial  copy 


32  ADDRESS  OF  MRS.  EDWARD  M.  BAILEY. 

of  the  Royal  Society  of  Enc^lanJ.  William  Whitman  Bailey  has 
been  Professor  of  Botany  at  Brown  University  since  1881  and 
has  found  time  for  numerous  botanical  and  other  writings  in  ad- 
dition to  his  academic  duties.  Ik-  recently  received  the  htjn- 
orary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  at  the  Centennial  Celebration 
of  the  University  of  New  Brunswick,  which  he  attended  as 
delegate  from  I'.rown.  In  the  next  generation  in  this  branch 
some  scientific  traits  again  appear,  but  it  is  too  early  to  forecast 
the  probal)le  future  of  its  more  youthful  members. 

In  conclusion  I  may  say  that  what  seems  to  me  most  satisfac- 
tory al)out  the  Bailey  family  in  general  is  its  steady  forward  pro- 
gress from  an  ancestry  originally  mostly  very  hiuiible  and  dif- 
ficult to  trace.  Berha]>s  it  is  better  tiius  than  to  be  able  to 
look  back,  as  with  some  families,  upon  long  lines  of  distin- 
guished people  who>e  deeds  the  representatives  of  the  present 
generation  may  be  unable  to  emulate.  A  rise  and  fall  of  fam- 
ilies, sometimes  by  degrees,  sometimes  spasmodic,  seems,  as  in 
the  case  of  nations,  to  be  a  law  of  nature,  but  my  expectati.-n 
is  that  many  years  must  elapse  before  the  Baileys  reach  ihcii 
highest  level.  Certainly  there  is  but  little  doubt  that  the 
average  standing  of  the  present  generalion,  both  in  bu-iiKss 
and  social  life,  is  somewhat  above  that  of  any  tjiat  has  gone 
before  us. 


The  founder  of  the  third  branch  of  the  family  in  this  coujitr} 
was  James  Bailey  of  Rowley,  and  the  following  interesting  out- 
line of  him  and  his  descendants  was  presented  by  Mrs.  Edward 
AI.  Bailey,  of  Ashland,  the  wife  of  Edward  Mansfield  Baiky, 
one  of  his  descendants  in  the  eighth  generation. 

ADDRE.S.S  BY  MRS.  EDWARD  M.  BATEEY  OF 
ASHLAND. 

JAMES  BAILEY  OI-  ROWLEY  AND  IIIS  DE- 
SCENDANTS. 

Some  one  has  remarked  that  the  Bailey-Bayley  people  are 
not  candidates  for  special  commiseration,  although     some     of 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  33 

them  have  but  one  "i"  and  others  none .       I  feel  it  to  be  true 
when  I  see  such  a  goodly  gathering-  of  the  clan . 

I  have  been  asked  to  tell  you  what  little  I  knowi  concerning 
James  Bailey  of  Rowley,  one  whom  w  e  arc  glad  to  honor  today 
as  the  worthy  founder  of  a  worthy  race.  Investigations  are 
in  progress  in  England  which,  it  is  hoped,  will  throw  definite 
light  "upon  the  history  of  this  family.  It  is  assured  that  tin- 
Bailey  race  had  an  early  rise,  and  became  wide-spread  and 
somewhat  notable  in  England,  and  Wales,  as  well  as  upon  the 
Continent.  Of  those  who  came  in  the  early  days  of  New 
England,  we  may  say  they  were  persons  of  good  character, 
sound  sense  and  judgment,  upright,  vigorous,  and  enterprising, 
never  too  conspicuous  or  aggressive,  but  ever  faitthful  to  duty  in 
whatever  form  presented. 

James  Bailey,  born  about  1612  in  England,  came  to  Rowley 
in  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  about  1640,  and  joined  the 
little  company  of  Rev.  E/ekiel  Rogers  who  had  settled  tliere  in 
1638.  It  appears  these  people  labored  together  and  in  com- 
mon for  five  years,  no  man  owning  any  land  individually  until 
after  they  had  cleared  up  considerable  land  on  both  sides  of  a 
small  stream,  tind  laid  out  streets.  The  time  of  the  laying  out 
of  house  lots  is  not  known,  but  it  is  certain  that  James  Bailey 
was  living  iu  Rowley  as  early  as  1641  and  soon  after  had  land 
laid  out  to  him  along  with  some  sixteen  other  families  wdio  had 
moved  into  town  and  joined  the  sixty  who  had  made  up  Mr. 
Rogers'  original  company.  The  record  of  this  grant  is;"  To 
James  Baley  one  house  lott  containing  an  Acre  and  a  halfe 
lying  on  the  north  side  of  Edward  Sawer's  house  lott.''  At 
the  same  tmie  it  is  recorded  that  he  was  granted  two  acres  of 
salt  marsh,  one  acre  of  rough  marsh,  and  four  and  a  half  acres 
of  upland,  and  later  on  other  grants  and  i)urchases  are  recorded 
to  iiin-.  james  Bailey's  house  stood  on  the  east  side  of  Pleas- 
ant St.  in  Rowley  Village,  on  land  now  owned  ])y  Mr.  Charles 
li .  Todd.  Some  of  you  who  were  present  at  that  delightful 
Bailey  Reunion  held  at  Rowley,  August  19,  1S96,  will  remember 
that  this  sile  was  marked  by  a  placard. 


34  ADDRESS    OF  MRS.  EDWARD    M.  BAILEV. 

Neither  the  father  nor  the  mother  of  James  Bailey  are  knowfii. 
He  was  a  brother  ol  J<ichard  Bailey  who  as  some  say  had  com-* 
from  Yorkshire,  England,  in  1638  in  the  ship  "Bevis."  It  Is 
not  known  with  certainty,  however,  from  what  part  of  England 
James  and  Richard  cune.  although  there  is  some  reason  to  be- 
lieve they  may  have  been  originally  of  Wiltshire.  They  may 
have  been  younger  sons  of  -ome  English  squire,  who  by  custom 
and  of  necessity  were  frequently  tumbled  out  of  the  home  nest 
and  disposed  of  in  the  army  or  navy  or  in  business.  The  wife, 
of  James  Bailey  was  Lydia.  He  died  in  Ivowley  in  1677  being 
buried  on  August  loth,  of  that  year.  His  estate  was  appraised 
for  L  586.,  a  considerable  fortune  for  those  times.  His  wife 
survived  him,  and  died  his  widow  in  1704.  The  church  record 
of  her  death  readj:  "The  widow  aged  good  sister  .liayly, 
Alass!  died  April  29,  1704." 

James  and  Lydia  had  eig'ht  children,  six  sons  and  two 
daughters .  Their  descendants  are  mostly  from  the  two  sons 
John  and  James.  John  died  in  the  1690  Expedition  to  Can- 
ada. The  church  record  calls  James  "honest  neighbor." 
The  other  sons  probably  died  before  the  father. 

It  appears  that  James  Bailey  was  early  a  person  of  good  re- 
pute in  the  town,  acquiring  property,  town  office  and  influence, 
and  his  son  married  into  the  prominent  iVlighill  family.  Tin- 
Baileys  became  and  remained  people  of  signal  importance.  In 
every  generation  some  one  of  them  rose  to  distinctive  place. 
They  h.id  a  hjind  in  every  war,  and  in  times  of  peace  won  suc- 
cess in  the  varying  employments  of  life.  The  families  were 
not  especially  large,  but  they  were  a  long  lived,  well-built, 
handsome  folk,  and  had  gravity  and  goinl  sense, — were  fortu- 
nate in  their  marriages,  staunch  in  politics,  self-centered  and 
methodical.  James,  Joseph  and  Mary  were  favorite  names 
among  them,  but  hardly  one  of  them  was  ever  known  as  Jim 
or  Joe  or  Molly.  Their  intellectual  and  human  s)mpathics  were 
wide,  and  their  integrity  sterling.  The  family,  may  be  con- 
sidered a  typical  New  England  one,  fairly  representing  the 
fortunes  of    the  descendants  of  most  of  the  settlers  who  came 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  35 

early  to  our  shores,  and  helped  to  change  the  country  from  a 
wilderness  to  -  garden.  Much  hard  work  and  little  recompense 
or  lecreation  was  the  lot  of  the  pioneers  whose  children  have 
since  reaped  the  fruits  of  their  endeavors. 

Because  the  naine  of  Bailey  has  been  associated  with  that 
of  Rowley  since  the  first  settlement  of  the  town,  Rowley  has 
always  been  considered  the  American  home  of  the  Baileys,  bur 
the  sons  and  daughters  of  this  race  are  now  wide-spread,  and 
foremost  in  all  the  worthy  work  and  aims  of  life.  Later  gen- 
erations of  the  family  have  not  confined  themselves  to  New 
England,  but  are  found  from  Alaska  to  the  Gulf,  from  Maine 
to  Mexico,  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  from  Atlantic  to 
Pacific  shore.  The  Merrimac  Valley  has  a  large  proportion, 
old  Andover  claiming  many  with  Salem,  Lyndeboro,  Manches- 
ter, N.  H.,  Lawrence,  Bradford,  Methnen  and  Haverhill 
closely  following. 

Time  permits  only  a  passing  allusion  to  illustrious  members 
of  this  famil)-.  Full  and  interesting  accounts  are  given  in  the 
various  reports  of  the  Association.  An  account  of  Rev.  Jacob 
Bailey,  "The  Frontier  Missionary,''  of  Pownalboro,  Me.,  and 
later  of  Annapolis,  N.  S.,  is  in  Essex  Antiquarian,  May,  1897. 
also  in  1895  Bailey  Report.  Lieut.  Samuel  Bailey  of  An- 
dover is  sketched  in  report  for  1894.  Henry  Blanchfield 
Bailey's  account  of  the  Battle  of  Santiago  appears  in  1898  re- 
port; sketch  of  Wm.  W.  Bailey  of  Nashua,  late  president  of 
the  Bailey-Bayley  Association  appears  in  1899  report;  Baileys 
of  Note  are  given  in  1900  report,  and  an  interesting  article  upon 
the  Baileys  in  Rowley  is  found  in  1896  report. 

It  may  be  interesting  to  some  to  note  that  the  celebrated 
Hood  Stock  Farm  of  Tev^ksbury  and  Andover  occupies  ter- 
ritory once  the  seat  of  the  original  Bailey  settlers  in  Andover; 
perhaps  also  it  is  not  known  to  you  all  that  one  of  the  most 
accomplished  ladies  of  the  present  day  Baileys  is  deaf  and 
dumb,  and  her  husband  has  the  same  affliction.  In  conclu- 
sion I  can  only  add  that  this  race  is  tall  and  sturdy,  and  many 
of  its  women  have  been  notably  beautiful.        Some  few  have 


36  ADDRESS   OF    STEPHEN    G.  BAILEY. 

achieved  distinction.  I'^roni  the  beginning  may  be  noted 
the  family  trait  of  sticking  fast  to  what  is  believed  to  be  right, 
under  all  ciicimistances,  and  at  all  costs. 


The  fourth  branch  uf  the  family  was  founded  by  Richard 
Bailey  of  Rowley,  regarding  whom  the  following  interesting 
address  was  presented  by  Ur.  Stephen  G.  Bailey  of  Lowell, 
one  of  his  descendants: 

ADDRESS  OF  DR.  STEPHEN  G.  BAILEY. 
RICHARD  BAILEY  OF  ROWLEY. 

If  I  were  a  clergyman  and  opened  this  discourse  in  due  form, 
with  proper  text,  it  might  be  Ezek.  37:3,  "and  he  said  unto  me, 
Son  of  man,  can  these  bones  live?"  This  is  our  query  today, 
this  our  ofhce,  to  infuse  life  into  the  dry  bones  of  the  past, 
to  so  lay  on  the  sinews,  flesh  and  skin,  to  so  vivify  tihem  with 
the  breath  of  life  that  there  shall  stand  before  our  minds  some 
sort  of  verisimilitude,  some  little  glimpse  of  the  man  of  200  or 
300  years  ago.  It  is  a  worthy  study,  the  life,  fortunes  amd 
surroundings  of  those  who  so  early  preceded  us.  It  is  a 
serious,  a  difhcult  task  to  turn  from  the  life  we  Hve  and  assume 
the  position  of  a  pioneer  on  our  once  bleak  and  inhospitable 
shores.  The  men  of  this  remote  period  were  making  history, 
not  writing  it,  and  the  knowledge  of  our  Richard  is  very  brief 
and  incomplete.  He  is  said  to  have  come  from  Yorkshire, 
Eng.,  som«  time  from  1630  to  1638.  He  is  represented  then 
as  a  lad  of  some  15  years,  a  very  pious  person,  called  on  to 
pray  for  the  safety  of  the  ship  during  a  storm  encountered  on 
the  passage;  and  it  was  indeed  a  little  ship  if  it  was  the  Bevis 
of  150  tons  as  reported.  He  was  one  of  a  company  to  in- 
augurate at  Rowley  tlK>  first  cloth  mill  in  America.  His 
death  occurred  between  1647  a" J  1650.  llijw  niuch  is  crowd- 
ed into  these  brief  headlines!  a  boy  of  tender  years  we  should 
say  to  launch  forth  from  home  and  friends,  leaving  "Merrie 
England"  for  the  hard,  rough  life  of  the  new  world  so  soon  after 


J.  WARREN  BAILEY. 

ForUTll    I'KKslDKNl'  ill'  TlIK  Assi  iCl  A  TION, 

Ih'.Ki-T. 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  37 

the  Pilgrims  landed  at  Plymouth.  lie  was  serious  beyond  his 
years  even  for  those  days  when  tlie  rising-  generation  learned  at 
their  mother's  knee  to  suffer  and  to  act  for  o])inion's  sake. 
It  seems  he  was  a  spinner  or  a  weaver,,  bringing  to  the  new 
land  the  handicraft  of  the  old,  striking  out  from  the  first  on 
independent  lines  that  should  make  this  valley  of  the  Mer- 
rimac  known  throughout  the  textile  world.  ()ur  Richard 
died  a  youmg  man,  aged  33  to  35  years  perhaps,  just  in  the 
young  Hush  of  middle  life .  Was  he  of  delicate  mold  ?  Was 
some  accident  responsible  for  the  early  demise,  or  was  the 
untiniely  cU  atli  the  result  of  the  strenuous  anxiety  and  wear 
ing  toil  which  accompany  the  life  of  a  pioineer? 

THE  LAND  HE  LEI'T. 

Cliarles  the  ist  rendered  England  an  undesirable  home  at 
tile  time  of  our  Richard's  exit.  The  struggle  between  King 
and  Parliament  was  long  and  bitter.  The  exactions  of  t'  0 
King  were  ruinous  to  the  individual  as  well  as  the  state. 
Monopolies  ground  money  from  the  people  for  the  needs  of 
the  King,  and  illegal  judgments  from  corrupt  judges  oppressed 
the  land.  Religion  under  Archbishop  Laud  largely  usurped 
the  powers  of  civil  government,  k^reedom  of  conscience  was 
overthrown  and  the  Puritans  driven  from  the  kind  they  desired 
to  benefit  and  uplift.  From  such  a  harrying  came  our  Rich- 
ard. In  ten  years,  from  1630  to  1640,  some  20,000  English 
men  and  mainly  Puritans,  came  to  New  England,  although 
many  afterwards  returned.  What  must  it  have  been  to  our 
Richard,  mere  stripling  with  the  heart  of  a  nuan,  to  tear  him- 
self from  old  associations  and  seek  his  fortune  here.  So  far 
as  we  know  he  had  no  relative  near,  though  his  brother  James 
followed  him,  presunxibly  about  1640.  Richard  is  said  to  have 
came  from  Yorkshire  where  during  the  war  of  the  Common- 
wealth were  fought  the  battles  of  Marston  Moor  and  of  Naseby, 
both  memoral)le  contests  in  the  struggle  for  freedom.  From 
such  a  land,  at  such  a  time,  did  our  Richard  hail.  Shakes- 
peare, brilliant  star  of  the  k^lizaln-than  age,  was  just  sunk  below 


28  ADDRESS  OF  DR,  STEPHEN  G.  BAILEY. 

the  western  horizon .  Cromwell,  the  valiant  sun  of  the  com- 
monwealth, was  just  looming-  up  in  the  East.  The  names 
Di  Wentworth,  Pym  and  Hampden  still  Uve  in  the  hearts  of 
freemen.  Ah!  but  these  sug:gest  fascinating-  times  and 
themes  that  tempt  us  to  linger  as  we  turn  from  the  land 
where  our  Richard  was  born  to 

THE  LAND  HE  FOUND. 

Rowley  was  founded  in  1639  by  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers,  A.  B. 
and  A.  AI.,  a  Puritan,  a  man  of  piety  and  ability.  We,  are 
told  that  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers  landed  at  ,Salcm  and  may 
assume  that  from  this  port  also  our  young  Richard  in  turn 
pushed  along  the  shore  to  Rowley  a  worthy  member  of  the 
company  that  Gov.  Winthrop  complimented  as  "Godly  men 
and  most  of  them  of  good  estate."  How  much  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Rowley  valued  their  citizenship  is  shown  from  the  fact 
that  one  of  them  traveled  on  foot  to  Cambridge,  40  miles,  to 
take  the  oath  of  a  freeman  and  thereby  qualify  himself  to  vote. 
This  is  the  Cambridge  at  which  we  are  today  assembled,  where 
in  1636  was  established  the  Harvard  College,  now  so  grandly 
in  evidence.  Here  the  early  fathers  laid  the  foundations  of 
learning  when  yet  the  tirst  smoke  was  barely  curling  from  the 
rude  hearth  stones  of  their  hasty  cabins.  While  these  earlv 
settlers  sought  freedom  for  themselves  we  must  allow  them  un- 
willing to  concede  full  liberty  to  those  who  differed  from  them 
in  thought.  Still  they  showed  a  vast  improvement  over  the 
England  they  left.  A  compilation  of  laws  for  the  Colony 
of  the  Bay  was  adopted  in  1641  called  the  Body  of  Liberties. 
By  this  ..ode  12  offences  only  were  declared  capital,  while  in 
England  at  the  same  time  some  150  crimes  were  punislnblc 
with  death.  The  shrewd  character  of  the  Bay  settlers,  of 
which  Rowley  was  a  part,  appears  when  we  remember  that 
they  brought  tiie  royal  charter  with  them  on  coming  to  New 
England.  This  was  their  authority  for  self  government. 
The  King  intended  that  the  charter  should  remain  in  the  home 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  39 

land.       Once    here  *it  ga\e    the     settlers  a  large     measure  of 
self  government  for  many  years. 

THE  MOTIVE. 

The  conrrolling  motive  of  our  Richard's  exodus  is  plain . 
He  sought  not  wealth,  adventure  nor  fame,  but  freedom  of 
conscience,  of  worship,  of  civil  life.  He  fled  from  a  tyrannical 
King,  a  church  that  would  cast  each  thought  in  its  own  iron 
mould  and  compel  obedience  by  torture  and  death.  Richard 
sought  freedom  as  the  poet  sings  of  the  refugees  of  this 
period, 

"Amid  the  storm  they  sang, 

And  the  stars  heard  and  the  sea, 

Ami  the  sounding  aisles  of  the  dim  woods  rang 

To  the  anthems  of  the  free." 

THE  DESCENDANTS  OE  RICHARD. 

While  one  may  easily  compass  a  tiny  brooklet,  measure  and 
bound  it,  the  matter  is  more  difficult  as  the  brook  and  streta.m 
succeed  the  parent  thread.  The  task  of  confinement  or  careful 
consideration  in  detail  becomes  impossible  as  the  swelling  river 
is  lost  in  the  wide  sea,  mingling  its  currents  with  those  of  many 
another  tributary. 

Our  Richard,  dying,  left  one  son,  Joseph,  who  was  a  leading 
man  in  state,  church  and  army;  a  selectman  in  Bradford  and 
a  deacon  from  the  formation  of  the  church  there  till  his  death. 
Joseph  in  turn  left  eight  sons  and  daughters,  a  rapid  increase, 
a  large  geometrical  j)rogrcssion.  There  follows  a  bewildering 
and  ever  increasing  avalanche  of  names  from  them  to  us. 
Among  these  it  would  be  invidious  to  attempt  discriminati(jn. 
Unless  they  are  of  special  and  minute  interest  to  us  because 
we  may  trace  directly  back  to  them  as  individuals  they  are  but 
names,  names,  names.  Their  biographies  are  very  brief  at  the 
best  and  must  perforce  be  studied  in  the  gross.  The  Merri- 
mac  really  from  source  to  ocean  is  a  lovely,  inviting  country, 
watered  by  a  beautiful  river.  If  the  early  Richard  showed 
good  sense  in  choosing  this  region  for  his  first  settlement,  his 


40  ADDRESS  OF  DR.  STEPHEN  G.  BAILEV. 

descendants  are  no  less  to  be  commended  lor  cling"ing  to  so 
goodly  a  lieritage.        I'or  many  of  the  earlier  years,  l>radford, 
Haverhill,  Groveland,  Aielhuen,   Newbury,   Dracut,  Salem,   N. 
11.  and  other  towns  within  a  narrow  circle  record  the  abiding 
place   of  the   growiing  ho.st.        With   increasing   days   the   ad- 
vancing    wave  of  settlement  encroaches  more  and  further  on 
the  receding  fore^it  and  New   1  laui^jshire,   Maine  and  Vermont 
claim  representatives.       Strange  modern  cities  and  states  early 
undreamed  of  are  i)eo|)lcd     by  Richard's     children,     even     to 
foreign  parts  and  the  ends  of  the  world.        l>ut  for  the  most 
part  the  valley  of  the   Alerrimac      river  has     been     the     chief 
dwelling  place  of  the  descemlants  of  Richard  of  Rowley.     The 
storm  of  colonial  wars  did  not  sweep  Rowley  like  some  other 
parts  of  New  England.     This  was  on  the  sea  coast,  withdrawn 
from  the  highway  of  travel,  rather  a  sheltered  nook.        The 
Pecjuot  war  of  1636  did  not     reach     her     boundaries.       King 
Philip's  war,  40  years  later,  was  ^uvther  to  the  west.       We  may 
well  suppose  that  the  terror  of  the  Indians  and  of  l%ance  was 
not  unknown  in  Rowley.       The  various  w'ars,  of  King  William, 
Oueen  Anne,  and  King  George  must  have  drawin  a  due  quota 
of  soldiers  to  defend  homes  more  exposed,  or, to.  attack  the  foe 
in  his  own  stronghold.        We  kiiow  that  the  shadow  of  the  up- 
lifted tomahawk  and  the  warhoop  of  the     savage     foe     came 
perilously  near  in   1697  when  Hannah     Dustin     of     Haverhill 
played   more  than  a   man's  heroic  j^art.        The   annals  of  our 
fathers  as  transmitted  to  posterity  are  meagre  and  barren.     No 
storied  urn  or  animated  bust  preserve  their  remains  or  repro- 
duce the  lineaments  of  features  long  since  faded  from  earth. 
No  magnifjcence  of  a  Westminster  Abbey  lays  them  dead  with 
the  kings  and  mighty  of  earth,  for  their  humble  hillside  graves 
are  often  Uiumarked  even  by  the  rude     slate     headstones     and 
death's  head  of  the  period.       Would  you  see  their  monun-uents  ? 
We  reply  as  the  Roman  matron  who,  when  asked  for  hx^r  jewels, 
pointed     to  her  children,     "circumspice,'     look     around  you. 
Their  virtues  live     in     the     memories     of    their    descendants. 
I^ertile  fields,  busy  cities,  changing  industries,  are  living  mon- 


Ui     nji'-.jjM 


•<.:<;•!-,   !<;  (•; 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION.  4I 

uments  of  the  work  of  our  fathers.       With  whatever  high  ideals 
they  strove  still  they  buikled  better  than  they  knew. 

"O  God  beneath  thy  guiding  hand 
Our  exiled  fathers  crossed  the  sea; 
jAnd  when  they  trod  the  wintry  strand 
With  prayer  and  psalm  they  worshipped  Thee. 
Laws,  freedom,  truth  and  faith  in  God 
Came  with  those  exiles  o'er  the  waves, 
And  where  their  Pilgrim  feet  have  trod 
The  God  they  trusted  guards  their  graves.'' 


At  this  point„  in  respoinse  to  a  request  for  music,  Mr.  Berton 
O.  Wetmore  sang-  the  "Stein  Song,"  by  Bullard,  with  the  other 
singers  joining  in  the  chorus. 

The  President  stated  that  as  the  Association  met  this  year 
almost  within  the  grounds  of  Harvard  College,  it  seemed  hig'hly 
fitting  that  reference  should  be  made  to  those  members  of  the 
family  who  were  graduates  of  the  College,  and  he  called  upon 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  who  responded  as  follows: — 

ADDRESS  BY  HOLLIS  R.   BAILEY,  OF  CAMBRIDGE, 

MASS. 
GRADUATES  OF  HARVARD  COLLEGE. 

We  have  met  today,  as  it  were,  in  the  midst  of  the  grounds 
and  buildings  of  Harvard  College,  and  it  seems  fitting  that  a 
word  should  be  spoken  of  those  members  of  the  famiily  who 
spent  their  early  years  here  in  obtaining  that  learning  and  men- 
tal training  which  should  fit  them  for  the  ministry,  or  possibly 
some  other  learned  profession. 

Previous  to  the  year  1700  only  one  Bailey  was  -a  Harvard 
Graduate,  and  he  spelled  his  name  Bayley .  I  refer  to  the  Rev. 
James  Bayley,  grandson  of  John  of  Salisbury .  He  was  born 
in  Newbury,  Sept.  12th,  1650,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
College  in  1669  at  the  age  of  19.  He  was  one  of  a  Class 
of  10  graduites.       He  was    a  classmate    of    Daniel     Gookin 


42  ADDRESS  OF  HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY, 

•  . 

(afterwards  College  Librarian  and  a  member  of  the  Corpora- 
tion.) He  married  Mary  Carr  and  was  a  minister  of  the 
gospel  first  at  Salem  Village  (now  Danvers)  and  next  at  Killing- 
worth,  Conn.  He  finally  moved  to  Roxbury  where  he  was  a 
practicing  physician,  as  well  as  a  preacher.  He  died  June  i8, 
1707. 

During  the  next  century,  1700-1800,  there  were  12  Baileys 
who  were  graduates.  Three  spelled  their  name  Bailey;  six 
Bayley,  and  three  Baylies. 

Since  1800  there  have  been  33  of  the  family  name  who  have 
obtained  degrees  at  Harvard. 

I  have  only  time  to  make  special  mention  of  two  of  these 
graduates. 

First,  The  Rev.  Jacob  Bailey,  a  great-great-grandson  of 
James  of  Rowley,  and  a  son  of  Dea.  David  Bailey,  was  born  in 
Rowley  in  1731.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  with  the  Class 
of  1775-  ^It;  was  a  classmate  of  John  Adams,  afterwards  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States.  He  became  a  clergyman  of  rhe 
Church  of  England  and  was  settled  at  Pownalborough  in 
Maine,  and  finally  at  Annapolis  in  Nova  Scotia. 

He  was  loyal  to  his  convictions  and  suffered  much  for  his 
fidelity  to  the  mother  country.  He  kept  a  most  interesting 
diary  which  has  been  published  in  part. 

Second  and  finally,  I  \\ish  to  say  a  word  of  the  Rev.  James 
Bayley,  of  the  Cla,ss  of  1719,  who  was  a  grandson  of  the  Rev. 
James  Bailey  above  mentioned. 

This  James  was  born  in  Roxbury  in  1698  and  was  graduated 
in  1719-  After  teaching  at  Andover  he  was  settled  as  a  min- 
ister at  Weymouth  and  after  a  pastorate  there  of  over  42  years, 
died  Aug-.  22,  1766.  He  was  greatly  beloved  and  was  a  most 
useful  minister  of  the  gospel. 

The  motto  of  Harvard  College  is  Veritas.  The  motto  of 
our  Association  is  Semper  Fidclis.  May  all  our  members  who 
are  graduates  of  Harvard  be  ever  seekers  for  the  truth,  and 
always  faithful  to  it  when  they  have  found  it. 

At  this  point  in  the  exercises  the  Secretary  called  the  atten- 


EBEN  H.    BAILEY. 

FIFTH   I'KKSIDKNT  OF  TlIK  ASSOCIATION, 

l«'.l7-8. 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  43 

tion  of  the  company  to  the  fact  that -Mr.  Thomas  Bailey  of 
Camp  Point,  Ilhnois,  was  present,  who,  aUhough  he  has  reached 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five  years,  was  very  much  interested 
in  the  work  of  the  Association,  and  had  offered  to  contribute 
hberally  to  its  further  work.  He  called  upon  Mr.  Bailey,  who 
responded  in  a  brief  and  interesting  statement  with  reference 
to  many  incidents  in  his  own  life. 


Tile  Association  having  shown  considerable  interest  with 
reference  to  tracing  the  connection  between  the  American  and 
English  branches  of  the  family,  and  Mrs.  Lydia  B.  New- 
comb,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  a  descendant  of  John  Bailey 
of  Sahsbury,  having  worked  in  this  direction  with  Mr. 
Lothrop  Withington  now  in  England,  the  President  called 
upon  Mrs.  Newcomb,  who  presented  the  following  very  inter- 
esting and  valuable  paper. 

ADDRESS  BY  MRS.  LYDIA  B.  NEWCOMB,  OE  NEW- 
HAVEN,  CONN.,  A  DESCENDANT  OF  JOHN  BAI- 
LEY OF  SALISBURY. 

ACCOUNT  OF  EARLY  ENGLISH  BAILEYS. 

Any  account  of  the  English  Baileys  must  be,  at  this  time,  ex- 
ceedingly incomplete  and  fragmentary. 

The  information  we  have  obtained  through  Mr.  Withington, 
is  most  interesting,  showing  indirectly  the  ancestry  of  the  fam- 
ily on  the  other  side  of  the  sea,  but  the  connc.ctions  are  not 
clear  or  the  ties  of  relationship  plain.  When,  in  my  own  line, 
Isaac  of  Stonington,  1702 — Lebanon,  1707 — was  identified  as 
the  Isaac  of  Harvard,  1701  and  the  son  of  Rev.  James  of  Rox- 
bury,  (and  for  many  clues  that  led  to  the  identification,  grateful 
mention  is  due  to  Mrs.  Ellsworth  and  Mr.  W.  H.  Reed,  as 
well  as  others  of  the  Association),  .^nd  it  was  clearly  proved 
that  Isaac  had  a  great-grandfather — ^John  of  Sahsbury — my 
next  desire  was  to  give  him  also  a  great  grandmother. 
Through  Mrs.   Ellsworth,  it  was  learned  that  Mr.  Within^on 


44  ADDRESS    OF  MRS.   LYDIA  B.  NEWCOMB. 

at  one  time  had  given  Elizabeth  Knight  as  the  probable  wife  of 
John  of  Salisbury.  To  prove  this,  my  correspondence  began 
with  Mr.  Withington  in  1896,  a  correspondence  which  has  not 
yet  found  a  great-gtrandmother  for  Isaac,  as  Elizabeth  Knight 
was  probably  the  wife  of  another  John  Bailey,  a  possible 
cousin  or  near  relative  of  John  of  Sahsbury. 

Jn  a  letter  from  Mr.  Withington  early  in  1898,  he  says:  "All 
the  wills  of  the  four  Salisbury  Courts  are  at  Somerset  House, 
but  unfortunately  are  all  original  and  not  copied  into  registers, 
so  that  literary  ticket-holders  hke  myself  liave  to  pay  one  -hil- 
ling per  will  to  look  at  t^hem .  I  am  so  interested  in  the  sub- 
ject, as  I  have  three  Bayley  sisters  as  great-grandmothers,  that 
I  am  wilhng  to  examine  these  wills  \\;ithout  pay,  if  you  care  to 
furnish  the  fees."  "The  Wiltshire  wills  are  the  very  quintes- 
sence of  our  early  history,  but  I  should  not  think  that  with  such 
a  name  as  Bayley,  occurring  so  frequently,  it  would  be  much 
use  to  start  with  less  than  twenty." 

A  consultation  with  a  few  Bailey  descendants  aroused  no  in- 
terest, therefore  my  individual  contribution  of  five  dollars  was 
sent  to  obtair  whatever  results  might  appear.      His  offer  was 
so  exceedingly  generous,  it  seemed  disappointing  that  a  larger 
sum  could  not  be  sent,  for  there  was  no  promise  on  his    part 
that  continuous    service  would  be  so    freely    offered.       In  re- 
sponse   to  my  letter,  he  expressed  regret  that  his  ofTer  had  not 
received  a  more  ardent  acceptance  and  said:    "With  such  a  fre- 
quent name  as  Bailey,,  I  cannot  expect  that  twenty  wills  will 
give  very  complete  results,  but  I  will  try  to  select  the   most 
likely  ones."      The  following  year,  by  small  contributions  from 
two  or  three  descendants,  and  my  own,  another  five  dollars  was 
sent  and  in  response,  he  said  "I  cannot  consider  my  unu^suial 
offer  as  indefinite,  and,  although  I  am  exceedingly  interested  in 
the  subject,  I  have  to  consider  h.ow  much  gratuitous  labor  I 
can  afford  to  give  to  the  matter."     In  response  to  a  second  ap- 
peal to  the  Association  in  1900,  there  was  sent  to  me  seventeen 
dollars,  which  descendants  of  John  of  Salisbury  with  myself  in- 
creased to  thirty-two  dollars,  and  here  the  matter  rests  so  far 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  45 

as  fees  are  concerned,  making  less  than  fifty  dollars  seat  to 
him.  Copies  of  twenty-seven  wills  have  been  received  from 
Wilts,  Dorset,  Somerset  and  Oxford  Counties,  all  counties 
closely  connected  with  one  another  and  scarcjely  more  than 
thirty  miles  from  one  extreme  to  the  other. 

That  the  Bayly  family  was  very  numerous  in  this  part  of 
England  is  very  evident,  and  that  they  were  very  early  settlers 
in  southwest  England  is  indicated  from  many  records;  and  that 
they  came  originally  from  hVance  to  escape  the  persecutions  of 
the  early  part  of  the  i6th  century  is  undoubted.  The  name 
was  originally  Bailleul  or  Baillieu  and  is  found  spelled  in  this 
way  in  some  old  records — changed  to  Bailly  sometimes  in  the 
same  record — and'  among  the  crusaders  from  Normandy,  there 
is  found  a  Bailly  in  the  first  Cru/sade.  I  found  in  a  history, 
a  baptismal  record  of  Philip  de  Baillcu — 1659-1679 — in  which 
he  aftenvards  calls  himself  Philip  Bayley  and  mentions  liis 
brother  John  IViyly,  or  Jean  de  Baillcu,  showing  a  willing- 
ness to  vary  the  family  name  to  suit  pleasure  or  convenience. 
In  the  copies  of  wills  received  from  Mr.  Withington,  the  name 
John  appears  so  frequently  that  it  is  quite  bewildering, 
heathers  and  sons,  brothers,  cousins  and  uncles  are  named  John 
with  a  frequent  sprinkling  of  Ivichards,  Roberts  and  Williams, 
anid,  as  to  keep  the  namic  John  j^rominently  before  the  family, 
the  feminine  name  Joan  is  very  conmioii .  Nearly  every  family 
had  a  daughter  named  Jone,  Joan  or  Joanne,  and  the  P>ailey  sons 
frequently  married  the  same  name;  hence  a  perplexing  confusion 
ap])ears  when  trying  ro  connect  these  wills  and  to  find  out  who's 
who.  Some  one  has  said  one  cannot  be  too  particular  about 
choosing  one's  ancestors,  and  here  the  Bailey-Baiyley  As'socia- 
tion  ma^^iave  free  range  and  the  choice  remains  with  each  one 
to  make  Tot  him.self.  As  I  have  carefully  gone  over  the  wills, 
there  seems  to  be  a  very  worthy  lot  to  choose  from,  all  industri- 
oivs,  some  learned,  and  all  very  just  in  the  disbursing  of  prop- 
erty . 

The  earliest  will  received  is  that  of  John  Baylic,  1568,  of 
Malmesbury,  Wilts  Co.,  and  this  town  seems  to  have  been  a 


46  ADDRESS   OF  MRS.  LYDIA  B.  NEWCOMB. 

favorite  one  with  the  family.  It  is  about  twenty  miles  west  of 
Oxford  and  was  a  center  of  learning  even  in  the  13th  centur;^, 
as  Green,  in  his  "History  of  the  English  People,"  speaks  of  the 
good  work  done  by  "William  the  Librarian  of  Malmesbury .'' 
This  early  John  had  a  wife  Julian.  He  is  called  clothman,  a 
weaver,  and  in  his  will  he  refers  to  an  uncle  Thomas  and  to 
brothers,  William,  Thomas,  John  and  sister  Jone. 

Another  John  Baylie,  whose  will  was  probated  1581,  names 
wife  Margaret  but  mentions  no  sons. 

An  exceedingly  interesting  will  is  that  of  John  Baylie  pro- 
bated 1602.  He  received  degree  of  M.  A.  from  Oxford  and 
was  a  fellow  of  the  college  as  early  as  1560.  In  his  will,  be- 
speaks of  his  cousin  Ralph,  also  an  M.  A.,  and  in  looking  up 
this  subject  in  Foster's  "Oxford  Fellows  and  Graduates,"  I  find 
they  were  both  from  Dorset,  adjoining  Wilts. 

Another  will  probated  161 3,  of  John  of  Malmesbury,  be- 
queaths to  his  sons  Ralp(h,  Robert  and  Richard,  and  daughter 
Jone    and    speaks    of      his      brother      Thomas.  As    the 

name  Ralph  occurs  in  these  two  wills  only,  it  would 
seem  to  refer  to  the  same  man,  and  the  brother 
Thomas  may  have  been  the  uncle  Thomas  of  John, 
1568.  In  "Oxford  Graduates,"  I  find  that  this  Ralph  of 
Oxford  is  father  of  Thomas,  born  1613  in  Bath,  Somerset  Co. 
In  the  will  of  John,  M.  A.  1602,  he  also  mentions  Mr.  Walter 
Bailey,  who  I  find  in  "Oxford  Graduates"  was  born  in  1529,  also 
had  degree  of  M.  A.  and  was  son  of  Henry  of  Dorset.  In 
the  will  of  Rev.  John  Bailey  of  Boston,  1697,  printed  in 
account  of  third  annual  gathering,  he  bequeaths  to  his  cousins 
John  and  Thomas,  sons  of  Thomas,  and  mentions  brother 
Henry — ^and  here  is  a  suggestion  that  the  Rev.  John  may  have 
been  a  nephew  or  grand-nephew  or  possibly  a  descendant  of 
this  same  Henry  (as  the  name  Henry  does  not  appear  in  any  of 
the  wills  sent  to  me)  and,  in  that  case,  a  near  relative  of  John 
of  Salisbury,  Richard  of  Rowley  and  Thomas  of  Weymouth. 
In  1621,  a  will  of  Alice  Bailey  of  Malmesbury,  widow,  was  pro- 
bated.    She  speaks  of  her  two  grandsons,  John  and  Richard, 


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sons  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Bailey,  and  Mr.  Withington  seems 
to  think  there  is  stron<^  reason  to  suppose  that  these  two  grand- 
sons were  the  John  of  Salisbury  and  Richard  of  Rowley,  though 
no  mention  is  made  of  a  James.  But  there  is  another  John 
called  the  elder,  of  Malmcsbury,  whose  wife  is  Susanna.  He, 
in  his  will,  speaks  of  his  eldest  son  John,  his  youngest  son  Wil- 
liam, and  sons  Robert,  Kdward  and  Richard,  and  two  daugh- 
ters, Margery  and  Alice.  As  John  of  Salisbury  left  a  son 
Robert  in  England,  it  is  not  impossible  that  this  eldest  son  John 
may  have  been  the  one  who  came  to  America. 

Richard  Bayley  had  will  probated  in  1609 — his  wife  was  Eliz- 
abeth^ — he  had  sons  William  and  Richard  and  names  Robert 
Bayley  as  one  of  the  overseers  of  his  property.  William  Bay- 
ley,  1610,  wife  Alice,  had  sons  William,  Richard  and  John  (who 
from  the  will  seems  not  to  be  living  at  the  time)  and  daughters 
Elizabeth,  Alice,  Jo.;inne  and  Agnes.  In  1622,  the  widow's 
(Alice)  will  is  proba.ted,  in  which  she  speaks,  among  oOher  grand- 
children, of  the  seven  children  of  son  JoJm.  In  1623,  tihe  will 
of  Joanne  Bayley  of  Malmesbury,  "Alayde,"  is  probated,  in 
Vvhich  mention  is  made  of  her  sisters  (possibly  nieces)  Agnes, 
EHzabeth  and  Alice,  and  brother  John.  It  seems  probable  she 
was  sister  of  the  William  who  had  children  by  these  names, 
and  that  5:he  was  the  sister  mentioned  in  the  will  of  John  Bay- 
lye.  1568.  The  very  common  way  in  whidh  the  terms  sister, 
brother,  cousin,  etc.,  were  used  to  indicate  relationship,  in  wills 
of  an  early  period,  make  it  difficiilt  to  determine  the  exact  re- 
lationship of  members  of  the  same  family.  Edward  Bayley  of 
Bromham,  Wilts,  1628,  had  wife  Jone,  and  mentions  children, 
Edward,  Elizabetih  and  Joane,  and  granddaughter  Millicent— 
and  his  widow's  will,  1631,  mentions  also  a  son  William  and  a 
grandson  Edward.  A  widow,  Joan  Bayley,  inakes  a  will  in 
1629  .and  has  daughters  Joan,  Elizabeth  and  Dorothie,  and  sons 
Rbbert  and  Jerome,  but  gives  no  grandchildren.  William 
Baylie,  the  elder,  of  Wilts,  has  daughter  Joanne,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Humfrey,  and  a  son  John  is  executor.  He  mentions  also 
a  granddaughter  Mary  Baylie,  daughter  of  William  and  Joane 
his  wife,  as  legatee. 


48  ADDRESS  OF  MRS.  LYDIA  B.   NEWCOMB. 

There  are  several  wills  of  later  date  but  they  do  not  seem  to 
connect  witih  the  Baileys  in  America,  except  that  thq|  name 
James  appears,  and  John,  Thomas,  Richard  and  William  con- 
tinue as  family  names. 

Whether  this  broken  account  of  these  English  wills  will  do 
more  than  make  a  little  more  real,  our  English  forbears,  I  can- 
not tell.  It  wouJd  certainly  be  more  gratifying  if  each  one 
could  know  his  own  forefather,  but  that  he  is  somicwhiere  amoni^ 
these  nannes,  we  may  reasonably  conclude. 

Mention  has  been  made  of  the  French  origin  of  the  family.  Of 
this  there  seems  no  doubt  and  that  many  members  of  the  faniiK 
went  to  England  to  escape  the  persecutions  endured  by  tlie 
early  Huguenots  before  the  massacre  on  St.  Bartholomew's 
Day,  1572.  As  early  as  1520,  religious  intolerance  drove  many 
from  France,  and  the  Baileys  from  Normandy  and  Brittanv 
emigrated  to  Dorset  and  Wilts  Counties.  Among  those  who 
took  out  denization  papers,  as  early  as  1544,  were  Tames  Bayly 
of  Sherbourne,  born  in  Normandy,  aged  forty,  who  married  an 
English  woman  and  had  five  children — a  James  Bayley  of  Dor- 
set who  had  an  English  wife  and  eight  children — a  John  Baylie 
born  in  Normandy — and  another  John  Baylie  of  Dorchester 
who  had  a  French  wife  and  twelve  children' — all  these  are  ac- 
cepted by  the  Fluguenot  Society  of  America.  The  names  are 
largely  of  French  derivation.  John  or  Jean — Jeanne  or  Joan 
— Richard,  Robert,  Alice — are  common  Norman  names.  The 
greater  Huguenot  emigration  from  France  and  the  Low  Coun- 
tries was  later — before  the  promulgation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes, 
1598,  or  after  its  revocation,  1685;  but  our  family  did  not  rely 
on  the  insecure  favor  of  princes  for  safety,  but  souglht  refuge  tit 
the  beginning  of  the  trouble,  and  brought  with  them  not  only 
an  adherence  to  the  faith,  but  industrious  /habits  and  an 
acquaintance  with  various  handicraft.  Thus  France  lost  many 
of  her  most  vjiluable  citizens  and  gave  to  England  industries 
comparatively  unknown  before.  W^orking  in  leather  was  a 
trade  in  whidli  the  French  emigrants  excelled  and,  among  those 
of  the  family  who  took  out  denization  papers,  are  n»amcd  several 


WILLIAM  W.  BAILEY. 

SIXTH    l'l;l':sll)KNT  nl'    I'lll':    VSSdCIATION, 

18!I8-'.I. 


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who  were  shoe  makers.  Weaving,  both  tapestry  and  silk,  was 
in  high  esteem  in  Normamly  and  we  find  that  many  Baileys 
were  wool  spinners  and  broadweavers.  We  know  that  John  of 
Salisbnrv  was  a  weaver  from  Chippenham,  a  slK)rt  distance 
from  Malmesbnry.  As  tlie  weaver  in  a  town  was  a  man  of 
prominence,  and  held  •in  L-nviablc  place  as  a  citizen,  we  may 
look  with  satisfaction  at  llic  early  members  of  our  Bailey  fam- 
ily, who  not  only  held  high  rank  as  worthy  artisans  but  r  - 
ceived  honorary  degrees  from  Oxford,  and  also  filled  civil  of- 
fices. An  inscription  uu  St.  Thomas  Church,  Salisbury, 
Wilts  Co.,  dated  1600,  reads  "J^^^i^  Baylye,  sometime  Alaior  of 
thiscitte." 

The  Association  having  from  time  to  time  published 
coats-of-arms  purporting  to  belong  to  some  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily, it  scemeil  proper  to  have  the  matter  looked  into  to  some 
extent,  and  a  report  made  to  the  Association  npon  the  subject, 
and  Mr.  Elmer  S.  Bailey,  of  Boston,  a  descendant  of  John 
Bailey  of  Salisbury,  presented  the  subject  as  follows^ 

ADDRESS  BY  ELMER  SMITH  BAILEY,  OF  BOSTON, 
A  DESCENDANT  OF  JOHN  BAILEY  OF  SALIS- 
BURY. 

HERALDRY  AND  BAILEY  COATS-OF-ARMS. 

One  of  the  first  steps  of  civilization  is  distinction  of  rank. 
Heraldry,  whatever  may  have  been  its  original  design,  has,  un- 
questionably, been  found  servicerd^le  as  the  means  of  marking 
that  distinction.  To  signalize  merit  and  preserve  the  memory 
of  the  illustrious  arc  the  useful  purposes  of  this  science,  w'hich 
will  ever  secure  it  from  contempt;  notwithstanding  that  the 
total  change  of  the  military  system,  in  which  it  fhmrished,  has 
tended  greatly  to  lessen  its  necessity  and  importance. 

The  use  of  armorial  ensigns  is  supposed  by  Sir  John  F'erne 
to  have  been  derived  from  the  Egyptian  heiroglypliics;  and  it  is 
observed  by  several  antiquaries  that  symbols,  or  devices  of  honor 


50  ADDRESS  OF  ELMER  SMITH  BAILEY. 

have  been  adopted  by  all  nations,  and  from  tbc  earliest  ages, 
to  distinguish  the  noble  from  the  inferior.  The  conjecture  of 
Sir  William  Dugdale,  that  arms  were  first  used  by  <:^reat  military 
leaders,  to  identify  themselves  more  easily  to  their  friends  and 
followers,  is  not  improbable.  It  is  related  by  iiomer,  \'irgil 
and  Ovid  that  their  heroes  bore  figures  mi  their  shields  where- 
by their  persons  were  distinctly  known. 

But,  however  this  may  be^  it  is  certain  that  in  all  ages  of  the 
world  symbolic  signs  of  one  kind  or  other  have  been  adopted, 
either  to  denote  the  valor  of  a  chief  of  a  nation,  or  to  render  them 
that  bore  them  more  formidable  in  ai)pearance  to  their  enemies, 
or  to  distinguish  themselves  or  families. 

Heraldry,  as  an  art,  lluurished  chiefly  under  the  feudal 
system  and  it  seems  agreed  by  the  most  eminent  antiquarians 
that  the  hereditary  use  of  coats  of  arms  to  distinguish  families 
did  not  commence  until  the  year  1230. 

Coats  of  arms  are  thought  to  be  clearly  referable  to  the  tour- 
naments, having  been  then  a  sort  of  livery  made  up  of  several 
fillets,  or  narrow  slips,  of  stufif  of  various  colors,  whence  origin- 
ated the  fesse,  the  bend,  the  pale,  etc.,  which  are  supposed  to 
indicate  the  manner  in  which  the  hllets  were  originally  worn. 

The  introduction  of  Heraldry  into  England  is  referred  to  tlie 
crusades,  which  also  g>ave  rise,  in  many  countries,  to  figures 
previously  unknown  in  armorial  ensigns,  as  crosses,  of  various 
colors  and  shapes,  bezants,  etc.  About  1190  A.  D.  the  arms 
were  usually  depicted  on  a  small  escutcheon  and  worn  at  the 
belt;  and  the  reign  of  Richard  I.  supplies  the  earliest  illustra- 
tion in  England  of  their  being  borne  on  an  ordinary  shield 
though  they  are  found  on  seals  of  the  seventh  and  eighth  cen- 
turies. The  curious  inquirer  may  gain  much  heraldic  instruc- 
tion from  seals  appended  to  ancient  writings,  illuminated  man- 
uscripts, and  old  lomb.-itones  and  Imildings. 

It  is  supposed  by  Nisbet,  and  other  dibtinguished  writers  on 
Heraldry,  that  its  rules  originated  with  the  couijuering  Cloth::, 
on  the  downfall  of  the  Koman  EnqMre,  and  in  Stuart's  "View  of 
Society"  it  is  remarked,  that  "a  milder  race  of  the  ancient  Gcr- 


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mans,  in  the  obscurity  of  their  woods,  were  famed  for  gallantry^ 
and  for  manners  sinj^ubrly  governed  by  the  point  of  honor  and 
animated  by  the  virtues  of  the  amiable  sex.  To  excel  in  the 
achievements  of  war  was  their  chief  aim;  hence  the  invention 
of  many  insignia  connected  with  arms,  which  were  never  be- 
stowed on  the  bearer  but  with  great  formality,  as  an  honorable 
token  of  valor  and  merit.  Thicsc  emblems  were  the  friends  of 
his  manhood,  when  he  rejoiced  in  his  strength,  and  they  attend- 
ed him  in  his  age,  when  he  wept  over  his  weakness.  Of  these, 
the  most  memorable  was  the  shield.  It  was  the  employment 
of  bis  leisure  to  make  this  conspicuous;  he  was  sedulous  to 
diversify  it  with  chosen  colors;  and  what  is  worthy  of  particular 
remark,  the  ornaments  he  bestowed,  were  in  time,  to  produce 
the  art  of  blazonry  and  the  occupation  of  the  herald.'' 

To  this  it  may  be  replied,  that  though  the  first  rude  notion  of 
distinctive  coloring  may  be  ascribed  to  tlie  ancient  Germans, 
or  their  descendants,  }'et  that  blazonry,  as  an  art,  must  un- 
questionably be  referred  to  the  French,  which  is  partly  proved 
by  the  heraldic  term  still  used. 

In  the  reign  of  Charlemagne,  the  rage  for  personal  coats  of 
arms  and  hereditary  armorial  distinctions  was  considerably  in- 
creased by  the  splendor  of  his  victories,  and  during  the  time  of 
Hugh  Capet  heraldry  advanced  rapidly  toward  a  system.  The 
tournaments  contributed  essentially  to  its  general  use. 

Every  individual  engaged  in  tlie  Holy  Wars  had  the  form  of 
the  cross  sewed  or  embroidered  on  the  right  shoulder  of  his 
surcoat,  whence  these  expeditions  received  the  appellation  of 
crusades. 

After  the  date  of  the  Norman  Conquest,  heraldry  made  rapid 
progress  in  England,  and  the  high  estimation  in  which  it  was 
held  is  attested  by  its  union  with  other  arts,  esi)ecially  uilli 
sculpture  and  painting.  'Ihe  sculpture  of  the  Saxons,  especial- 
ly in  bas-relief,  was  applied  by  the  Normans  to  armorial  figures. 
Ihus  was  heraldry  connected  with  tlie  lasting  monuments  of 
architecture. 

Several  new  modes  of  blazonry  were  introduced  during  the 
reign  of  Richard  II. 


52  ADDRESS  OF  ELMER  SMITH  HAILEY. 

During  the  reigns  of  Elizabetli  and  James,  chivalry  had  lost 
much  of  its  splendor  and  a  total  change  had  gradually  lakLii 
place  in  chairacter  and  niannicrs.  Ilcncc  no  soonc-r  was  the 
u,se  of  armorial  end)lcms  almost  universal,  than  heraldry,  as  an 
art,  began  to  decline.  It  has  been  suggested,  as  the  chief 
cause  of  this,  that  the  number  and  interminable  variety  of 
armorial  bearings  occasioned  by  their  general  use,  had  a  natural 
tendency  to  impair  the  respect  once  felt  for  the  comparatively 
few ,  chaste  and  simple  end)lems  of  preceding  reigns:  and  it 
must  be  admitted  that  there  is  a  tendency  in  the  human  mind 
to  appreciate  thing's  in  proportion  to  their  rarity. 

Since  the  time  that  coats  of  arms  became  hereditary  the\- 
have  been  concise  and  intelligible  assertions  of  the  pedigree  of 
I'heir  boaters .  Nothwithstanding  the  conunon  error,  coats  of 
arms  do  not  belong  to  all  1)earers  of  a  name,  but  are  a  species  of 
personal  property  passing  in  each  generation  to  the  lineal  de- 
scendent  of  tlie  first  owner,  and  belonging  solely  to  him. 

These  insignia  were  originally  granted  to  individuals  v»lu>  oc- 
cupied a  certain  position,  and  their  use  is  a  distinct  claim  to  a 
descent  from  such  grantees.  Regarded  in  this  light  we  see 
how  valuable  such  emblems  become  to  the  genealogi:-t . 
Should  he  find  a  person  in  New  England  at  an  early  date  using 
a  coat  of  arms  belonging  to  an  English  family,  it  is  the  most 
positive  mode  of  showing  that  such  person  claimed  to  be  a 
member  of  that  family.  The  attention  of  the  student  is  at 
once  directed  to  the  point  indicated  and  he  is  spared  the  neces- 
sity of  a  protracted  ^search  through  the  various  prob-atc  offices 
of  Great  Britain.  ,  "ould  we  be  assured  of  the  authenticity  of 
all  the  coats  of  arms  use  here,  our  task  would  be  light.  We 
should  simply  have  .  record  all  the  documents  presented  and 
leave  it  to  the  per;  ns  interested  to  follow  the  cue  abroad. 
Unfortunately,  we  nave  no  reason  to  presume  that  any  sucii 
authority  attaches  to  all  remaining  examples;  we  have,  on  the 
contrary,  great  reason  for  condemning-  whole  classes  as  worth- 
less. 

We  see  almost  daily  in  this  country  seals  engraved,  arms  em- 


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blazoned  aiiil  engravings  published  which  we  know  are  lassumcd 
without  proof  or  inquiry.  In  this  matter  our  English  relatives 
arc  our  rivals — but  there  they  have  facilities  for  making,  an 
ofiicial,    if  not  very  dignihed  apology  for  their  acts. 

Discarding-  therefore,  as  entirely  worthless  to  the  genealogist, 
all  recent  assnmi)tions  of  coats  of  arms,  we  find  thiat  the  entire 
list  of  these  used  in  New  En.gland  prior  to  1800  requires  a 
careful  scrutiny.  At  the  one  extreme  we  have  the  acts  of  thi' 
first  colonists,  Englishmen  born;  at  the  other  end  we  have  the 
fabrications  of  herald  painters  still  remembered  by  a  few  now 
li\  inij. 

iJetween  these  dates  we  have  a  century  during  which  the  col- 
onies were  rapidly  increasing  in  wealth  and  luxury,  and  we 
must  discover  who  used  armorial  bearings  before  we  can  judge 
of  their  right. 

It  will  be  readily  seen  that  the  first  colonists  brought  their 
seals  with  them— this  class  of  evidence  is  most  valuable  and 
important. 

Lat"r,  we  shall  find  such  seals  used  by  the  children  and 
grand-children  of  the,  first  settlers,  and  this  class  may  be  ac- 
cepted with  little  hesitation.  The  doubt  we  feel  commences 
\vith  the  time  w^hen  seal-engraving  and  painting  of  arms  was 
jjracticed  in  New  England  by  resident  artists — a  date  wliiJi 
we  now  consider  to  have  been  about  A.  D.  1730-1735. 

1  hnd  that  there  are  at  least  29  distinct  coats  of  arms  which 
have  been  used  in  Clreat  1  Britain  by  different  branches  of  the 
Bailey  family. 

I  WiOu.ld  say  that  at  this  time  I  have  bee  una,ble  to  attach  the 
proper  significance  to  any  Bailey  arms  tl  "  could  be  used  in  this 
country  by  any  members  of  the  family 

The  arms  used  in  the  Nonagenarian  u  Miss  Sarah  Ann 
Emery  are  those  of  Thomas  Bulterworth  >ailey,  Esq.,  of  Hope 
Hall,  London,  England,  who  was  sheriff  of  Lancashire  in  176S. 

I  find  on  the  tombstone  of  Stephen  and  Suzanna  Bayley,  who 
died  1723  and  1724  respectively,  a  coat  of  arms,  unlike  anything 
in  Burke's  "General  Armory."       VV.  S.  Appleton,  an  associate 


54  ADDRESS  OF  MRS.  W.   H.  THORPE. 

editor  with  "Wni.  H.  VVhitmorc,  former  City  Registrar  of 
Boston,  says  of  these  arms : 

"Concerning-  this  gentleman  and  liis  arms,  we  are  able  to  give 
no  information.  There  was  a  Richard  Bailey  at  \e\vport, 
1670,  and  Stephen  Baily  of  the  same  place  was  admitted  free- 
man 1717.  The  arms  are  clearly  heraldic,  notwithstanding  the 
pecnliar  shape  of  the  shield.  It  is  hard  to  say  for  what  the 
design  was  intended." 

It  seems  almost  a  certainty  that  until  the  father  of  John 
Bailey,  of  Salisbury,  who  came  to  this  country  about  1635,  can 
be  identified,  our  branch  at  least  of  ancestral  arms  cannot  be 
determined. 

As  I  have  s«aid,  there  is  no  law  or  even  custom  in  this  country 
regarding  the  use  of  arms  but  it  might  be  of  interest  to  kiTOW 
what  the  English  law  is  upon  the  subject: 

"That  no  Inheretrix,  wheather  Maid  or  Wife,  should  bear,  or 
cause  to  be  bourne,  any  Crest  or  Cognizance  of  her  Ancestors, 
otherwise  than  folio wetli. 

If  she  be  a  Maid,  then  to  bear  in  her  Ring,  the  Crest,  Cog- 
nizance of  first  Coat  of  her  Ancestors,  in  a  lozenge.. 

If  a  Widow,  to  impale  the  first  Coat  of  her  Hu^.band  with  the 
Coat  of  ker  Ancestors,  upon  a  lozenge. 

If  she  marry  one  that  is  no  Gentleman,  then  to  be  clearl\ 
exempt  from  the  former  Conclusions." 

At  various  times,  there  have  been  reports  of  fabulous  sums 
of  money  in  England  belongmg  to  the  Bailey  family  in  Amer- 
ica, which  were  only  waiting  for  a  proper  identification  of  owner- 
ship, and  in  this  connection,  the  following  information  was  pre- 
sented by  Mrs.  William  II.  Thorpe,  of  Arlington,  a  descendant 
of  John  Bailey  of  Salisbury. 

ADDRESS  BY  MRS.  W.  H.  THORPE  OE  ARLINCTOX, 
A  DESCENDANT  OE  JOHN  BAILEY  OE  SALIS- 
BURY. 

"THE  BAILEY  MILLIONS." 

j\Iy  mother,  Mary  Susan  Bailey,  was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin 


Dtirt-tv  p.  P.AiLEY,  Esq. 


.SEVFNTll   l'l:K>lbKM   oK  THE  Assoi  1  A TMN. 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  55 

Bailey  of  the  John  of  Sah'sbury  branch,  and  his  wife  Sus»an 
(Dickinson).  Benjamin  had  a  brother,  Isaac,  who  married 
EmiHne  Webb  and  a  Ijrother  Shcpard,  who  nvirried  Ciitherine 
Bickford.  lienjamin  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and  his  wife  Snsanna 
(Blanchard)  and  j^randson  of  Joshua  of  Woolwich  and  Wiscas- 
set,  Maine.  1  was  led  to  investigate  my  ancestry  by  the  fol- 
lowing article  published  in  the  IJoston  Journal  in  July  1898. 

HEIR  TO  FORTUNE. 

Farmer  Bailey  of  North  Lancaster  may  come  in  for  share  of 
$36,000,000  in  Bank  of  England. 

"Clinton,  Mass.,  July  30 — WilHam  A.  Bailey,  a  well  known 
faimer  of  North  Lancaster,  has  received  word  from  an  author- 
itative source  that  he  is  one  of  the  heirs  to  an  immense  estate, 
which  is  on  deposit  in  tlie  Bank  of  England.  He  will  not 
talk  about  the  claim  which  if  established  will  make  him  a  mil- 
lionaire, but  he  thinks  enough  of  l:is  chances  of  securing  the 
money  to  secure  counsel,  and  has  instructed  them  to  go  ahead 
in  the  matter. 

It  appears  that  Horatio  Hyde,  a  wealthy  Scotchman,  who 
lived  many  years  ago,  at  his  death  left  on  deposit  in  tlie  Bank 
of  England  a  large  sum  of  money.  The  exact  amount  left  is 
at  present  unknown  to  the  heirs,  but  it  was  a  gooilly  sum,  and 
it  was  stipulated  by  the  testator,  Mr.  Hyde,  that  it  should  re- 
main intact  for  a  period  of  100  years  after  which  each  of  the 
descendants  of  the  family  should  be  entitled  to  a  proportionate 
share  of  the  principal  and  interest. 

It  appears  that  the  princiixU  was  divided  into  two  equal  parts, 
one  of  which  was  to  go  to  the  Hyde  branch  of  the  family,  and 
the  other  to  the  Bailey  branch,  the  testator  being  in  some  way 
connected  with  both  families. 

It  is  said  that  the  entire  estate  now  amounts  to  something  like 
$36,000,000.  Of  course  one  half  of  this  amount  goes  to  the 
Hyde  heirs  and  the  other  half  to  the  Bailey  descendants.  It  is 
claimed  that  there  are  ij  direct  heirs  and  lineal  descendants  on 
the  Bailc}'  side  who  are  entitled  to  the  estate. 


56  ADDRESS  OF  MRS.  W.  II.  THORPE. 

The  work  of  the  counsel  at  present  consists  of  estabHshing 
the  relationship  of  ihc  Ikiiley  claimants  to  the  testator  Hyde. 
Thub  far  only  one  other  descendant,  L.  V.  iiailey  of  I'utney, 
Vt.,  a  cousin  of  Air.  Bailey  of  Lancaster,  has  intere:^ted  liiniself 
in  the  claim.  The  IJailey  heirs  have  received  word  from  the 
Hyde  branch  of  thr  family  that  they  received  their  share  of  the 
deposit  two  or  three  years  ayo  and  it  was  the  knowleilge  of  this 
fact  that  set  the  liailey  family  at  work  to  try  to  secure  their 
share  of  it." 

My  aunt  tells  me  her  father  always  impressed  it  upon,  her 
that  there  was  money  for  them  in  England  and  that  some  day 
they  would  be  rich.  1  can  distinctly  remember  my  mother  tell- 
ing me  the  same  thing. 

1  have  been  told  that  the  Baileys  in  England  were  very  rich 
and  prosperous.  They  owned  many  mills  in  and  aljout  Man- 
chester. There  was  a  certain  mill  owned  by  two  Bailey  broth- 
ers. They  became  rich  so  fast  that  it  unbalanced  the  mind  of 
one  of  them. 

These  stories  were  told  me  by  an  English  woman  who  lived 
near  Manchester  in  her  younger  days . 

I  am  Fure  we  are  proud  of  our  ancestors  and  if  there  is  any 
money  in*England  waiting  for  us  1  am  sure  we  shall  be  glad  to 
get  it. 

At  the  conclusion  ui  the  statement  the  motion  was  made  and 
unanimously  carried  that  Mrs.  Thorpe  and  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Association  be  instructed  to  i)roceed  forthwith,  at  their  own 
expense,  to  Engiand,  secure  the  share  of  the  money  mentioned 
as  belonging  U>  our  family,  and  that  the)-  ha\e  the  same  ready 
to  distribute  at  the  next  gathering  of  the  .-\ssociation,  it  being 
understood  that  only  those  w  ho  attend  the  next  meeting  of  the 
Association  will  be  entitled  to  any  share  in  the  distributi(jn . 


The     Secretary     then     referred     to  Mi>s  .Sarah  V.   Bailey  of 
Grinncll,  Iowa,  who,  allliough  unab'e  to  attend  any  of  our  meet 
ings,  was  very  luuch  interested,  and  had  rendered  valuable  as 
sistance  in  the  work  of  the  iVssociation.       He  made  the  motion 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY   ASSOCIATION.  57 

that  Miss  Bailey  be  sent  a  certificate  of  life  membership  in  the 
Association,  in  recognition  of  her  valuable  services.  The 
motion  was  duly  presented,  and  unanimously  carried. 

The  Association  is  deeply  indebtec.  to  several  of  its  members 
who  have  labored  most  earnestly  m  collecting  genealogical 
material.  One  of  these  is  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth,  of  Rowley, 
a  descendant  of  James  Bailey  of  Rowley,  who  presented  the 
following  interesting  historical  matter. 

ADDRESS  OF  MRS.  MILTON  ELLSWORTH  OF  ROW- 
LEY, A  DESCENDANT  OF  JAMES  BAILEY  OF 
ROWLEY. 

HISTORICAL  GLEANINGS. 

The  President  of  the  Association  invited  me  to  speak,  as  be- 
ing one  well  acquainted  with  all  branches  of  the  family.  A 
few  years  ago  I  did  seem  to  be  acquainted  with  a  great  many  of 
our  ancestors  though  there  were  then  and  still  are  many  who 
have  eluded  me. 

I  come  to  you  today  from  Rowley,  the  old  home  of  Richard 
and  James  anti  so  many  of  their  descendants. 

As  a  native  of  Rowley  it  is  a  source  of  much  satisfaction  to 
me  that  in  the  same  ship  with  the  settlers  of  Rowley  canic*  the 
first  printing  press  and    the  machinery  for  the  first  fulling  mill. 

The  printing  press,  to  be  sure,  was  set  up  by  Stephen  Day 
here  at  Cambridge  and  not  in  Rowley,  but  the  fulling  mill  was 
established  at  Rowley  and  was  the  first  erected  in  New 
England . 

It  is  generally  supposed  that  James  E-ailey,  the  brother  ol 
Richard,  came  in  the  vessel  tliat  brought  the  printing  press  and 
the  machinery  for  the  fulling  mill. 

We  have  present  today  many  of  the  John  of  Salisbury  branch. 
I  wonder  how  many  of  them  have  visited  the  site  of  his  cabin  on 
Bailey  hill.  I  had  the  pleasure,  of  a  pilgrimage  there  with  Mr. 
Alfred  Bailey  as  a  guide  and  enjoyed  it  exceedingly. 

As  we  wended  our  way  along  the  shore  of  the  beautiful  Mer 


58  ADDRESS    OF  MRS.   MILTON  ELLSWORTH. 

rimac  we  noted  the  place  where  Washington  crossed  on  hii 
way  from  Newburyport  to  Portsmouth.  VVc  were  inform€a 
that  a  handsomely  decorated  barge  manned  by  a  crew  dressed 
in  white  was  provided  by  the  Marine  Society  of  Newburyport 
to  convey  the  President  and  his  dibtinguished  company  across 
the  river. 

Nearly  opposite  this  ferry  is  the  old  disused  road  leading  to 
Bailey's  hill.  It  winds  over  the  hill  and  beyond  across  the 
pastures,  and  was  evidently  used  by  the  first  settlers. 

Here  on  the  easterly  part  of  the  hill  overlooking  the  proud 
Merrimac  on  the  West  and  the  Powow  river  on  the  north  is 
the  cellar  of  John  Pailey's  log  house.  A  shallow  depression 
in  the  ground  overgrown  wilh  grass,  with  a  spring  nearby,  in- 
dicates its  location.  A  few  oak  trees  lend  beauty  to  the  spot. 
The  spring  has  been  stoned  up  and  covered,  and  by  means  of  an 
aqueduct  is  made  to  sui)ply  the  houses  below  with  water.  The 
cool,  clear  water  nmst  have  been  quaffed  many  times  with 
pleasant  satisfaction  by  the  emigrant  John  Bailey  and  his  son. 
The  view  from  this  elevation  is  exceedingly  picturesque  and  I 
was  tempted  to  linger  and  muse  on  the  first  white  settler  who 
so  boldly  planted  himself  in  the  primeval  wilderness.  The 
place  is  rich  with  memories.  We  could  almost  see  the  hardy 
pioneer  sitting  before  his  cabin  in  the  gathering  twilight. 

In  the  field  adjoining  Bailey's  hill  we  found  two  more  ancient 
cellars  now  overgrow.n  with  grass,  one  of  them,  as  we  were  told, 
being  all  that  remains  of  the  dwelling  of  the  emigrant  Sanniel 
Huntington.  As  you  will  recall,  the  Baileys  and  Huntingtons 
were  contemporaries  in  Sahsbury,  and  Joanna,  daughter  of 
John  Bailey  of  Salisbury,  senior,  married  William  Huntingtcni. 

Another  nearby  cellar  having  a  tragedy  connected  with  it 
was  that  of  Nathaniel  Weed.  As  the  story  goes,  he  v. as  stand- 
ing concealed  in  the  forest  in  sight  of  his  dwelling  when  the 
Indians  entered  the  cabin  and  murdered  his  wife  and  children. 

In  close  proximity  to  the  hill  lay  a  beautiful  slieet  of  waier 
called  Bailey's  pontl.  Here  some  fifty  years  ago  there  was  a 
planing  mill  owned  by  Air.     Alfred     Bailey.     To     the  east  of 


THE  BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  59 

Bailey's  pond  is  a  pool  called  the  Witches'  pool,  and  some  dis- 
tance from  this  another  cellar,  not  grass  grown  like  the  others, 
but  overgrown  with  bushes  and  trees. 

This  was  the  home  of  Susanna  Martin  who  was  hung  as  a 
witch  in  Salem  in  1692-3. 

As  we  turned  our  faces  homeward  we  came  to  old  Golgatha. 
Here  on  a  slight  eminence  overlooking  the  Powow  river  is  the 
ancient  burial  place  where  forty  or  more  of  the  first  settlers 
were  buried.  No  tablets  mark  their  resting  places,  and  there 
is  hardly  a  mound  to  show  where  they  are  laid. 

Our  pilgTimage  over  we  gave  ourselves  the  pleasure  of  a  call 
at  the  house  of  Mr.  Ralph  O.  Bailey  in  Amcsbury,  who,  as 
the  Essex  County  Biographical  Review  informs  us,  traces  his 
pedigree  to  the  time  of  William  the  Conqueror.  Mrs.  Bailey 
showed  me  the  Coat  of  Arms  preserved  in  their  famliy.  1 
cannot  describe  it  in  heraldic  terms,  but  suffice  it  to  say  that  the 
design  was  in  dull  red  and  blue  with  two  bars  of  white  and  two 
of  black,  quarterly,  two  coronets,  two  lions  rampant,  two  lions 
passant  with  .a  drawn  sword  near  the  name  of  Bailey.  The  in- 
scription reads  as  follows: — ''This  ancient  and  noble  family  is 
descended  from  Leopold  Bailey  who  was  constable  at  Dover 
Castle  in  the  time  of  Ethelred  and  owner  of  a  town  in  Kent  now 
called  Bersted.  Having  quarrelled  with  the  monks  of  Canter- 
bury, his  oldest  son  was  killed  therein  whereupon  he  solicited 
Sweyn,  King  of  Denmark,  to  invade  ye  realm  and  was  assisted 
therein.  Besieged  Canterbury  took  the  archbishop  prisoner 
and  ye  death  of  his  son  was  avenged  in  the  year  1014.'' 

I  may  add  that  in  my  own  reading  of  history  I  have  found 
mention  made  of  the  name  of  Bailey  among  those  w  ho  left 
Normandy  with  William  the  Conqueror. 

The  Rev.  Augustus  F.  Bailey  (our  second  President,  now  de- 
ceased) said  at  the  hrst  gathering  as  he  looked  over  the  little 
company:  "T  find  black  eyes  and  black  hair  to  be  a  characteristic 
of  the  Baileys  and  a  possible  mark  of  Norman  blood." 

Several  other  members  of  the  Association,  including  Hon, 
James  A.  Bailey  Jr.,  of  Arlington,  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  of  Pea- 


60  ADDRESS    OF     CHARLES  O.  BAILEY. 

body  and  Duclley  P.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Everett,  who  had  kindly  con- 
sented to  give  addresses  begged,  in  conscciucnce  of  the  lateness 
of  th-e  hour,  to  be  excused,  and  upom  the  promise  thai  they 
would  be  on  hand  promptly  at  the  next  gathering  of  the  As- 
sociation, and  deliver  the  speeches  they  had  in  readiness  or 
some  others,  they  were  finally,  but  reluctantly  excused,  and 
notice  of  the  terms  upon  which  they  were  excused  is  hereby 
served  upon  the  succeeding  President  of  the  Association 


The  final  address  of  the  meeting  was  given  by  Hon.  Charles 
O.  Bailey,  of  Newbur)port,  a  descendant  of  John  Bailey  of 
Salisbury.  The  lateness  of  the  hour,  it  being  then  nearly  half  past 
five  o'clock,  necessarily  gave  a  hurried  effect  to  the  closing  ex- 
ercises, which  was  somewhat  reflected  in  Mr.  Bailey's  short, 
but  eloquent  address,  which  was  as  follows^ 

ADDRESS  OF  CHARLES  O .  BAILEY . 

"Mr.  Toast-master,  friends  and  relatives:  I  am  sorry  to  say 
that  our  toast-master  did  not  do  as  he  should  have  done  by  not 
including  my  name  in  the  list  j)ost[)oned  for  next  year. 
Frankly  and  h.onestly,  I  must  start  from  here  immediately  if  I 
wish  to  get  home  tonight,  which  I  want  to  do. 

I  will  simply  say,  I  can  conceive  how,  when  a  man  has 
lived  to  attain  a  ripe  old  age;  after  he  has  experienced  the  joys 
and  sorrows  which  are  inevit>able  to  all  men  in  this  life,  that  in 
looking  back  over  the  events  of  his  past  career,  he  would  lind 
some  standing  out  clear  and  bright,  undimnied  by  the  misty 
clouds  of  time;  events,  which  even  after  the  lapse  of  years,  as  he 
looks  back  upon  them,  would  fdl  his  heart  with  joy  and  glad- 
ness. Occasions  like  the  present  are  illustrations  of  w.hat  I 
mean;  for  I  assure  you  all,  if  I  am  permitted  to  live  to  be  a 
centenarian,  I  shall  ever  look  back  on  this  day  as  one  of  the 
most  enjoyable  of  my  life,  and  I  desire  to  give  you  this  senti- 
ment, that  in  all  human  probability  we  shall  never  all  of  us 
meet  again;  we  shall,  doubtless,  by  the  changes  of  life,  be  called 


ANDREW  J.  BAILEY. 

NINTH    I'liKslDKNT  OF  TlllO  ASSi  KlATK  )N 
11102— I'JOJ. 


THE  BAILEY-BAYT.EY    FAMILY   ASSOCIATION,  6l 

to  separatp,  Init  wherever  we  go,  whether  on  land  or  sea,  in  this 
our  own  native  land,  or  in  foreign  chnies,  may  the  influence  of 
this  day  and  this  hour  be  ever  uj>on  us;  may  the  sympathy 
and  resolves  we  have  here  cherished,  the  friendships  strengthen- 
ed, the  acquaintances  made,  contribute  to  our  mutual  and  in- 
dividu.al  atlvantage  and,  as  our  days  go  on,  and  the  shadows 
lengthen  as  we  api)roach  nearer  and  nearer  that  evening  which 
soon  deepens  into  the  night  of  life,  may  our  declining  years  be 
made  happier  by  the  memories  of  this  very  happy  occasion.'' 


Thus  ended  the  ninth  gathering  of  the  Association,  one  of  the 
most  successful  thus  far  lield,  the  remembrance  of  which  it  is 
hoped  will  long  remain  \vith  those  who  were  present,  and  will 
serve  to  stimulate  in  an  ever  widening  circle  an  interest  in  the 
worthy  objects  of  the  Association. 


COL.    E.    W.    M.    BAILEY, 
President   of   the   Association,    1904-1906. 


ACCOUNT    OF    THE    TENTH    GATHERING 


OF  THE 


Bailey=Bayley    Family 
Association 

HELD   AT   CANOBIE    LAKE,    SALEM,    N.H. 
AUGUST    17,    1904 


BOSTON 

ADDISON   C.   QETCHELL   &   SON,   PRINTERS 

No.   185  Franklin  Street 

1905 


TABLE  OF   CONTENTS. 


Business  Meeting 1-35 

Address  of  Welcome 8 

Report  of  Secretary 9 

Report  of  Treasurer 11 

Report  of  Committee  on  Genealogy    ....  12 

Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey 12 

Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth 13 

HoUis  R.  Bailey 14-20 

Memorial  Hymn 17 

Officei-s  Elected 21 

Address  of  Rev.  Amos  Judson  Bailey         ...  23 

Memoir  of  'Williara  U.  Bailey 25-30 

Original  Poem 31 

Remarks  of  Horace  "W.  Bailey  .        .         •  32 

Address  of  "William  H.  Bailey 32 

Remarks  of  Larkin  T.  Trull 34 

Biographical  Sketches 35-62 

Sketch  of  Elder  Ebenezer  Bailey         ....  35-43 

Sketch  of  Goldsmith  Fox  Bailey         ....  43-55 

Sketch  of  Timothy  Bailey 55-62 


LIST  OF   ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Portrait  ol  Col.  Edwin  "W.  M.  Bailey        .         .        .        Prontiaplece 

Monument  at  Amesbury 18 

General  Bailey  Elm 20 

Portrait  ol  Hon.  Goldsmith  Fox  Bailey    ....  44 


Account  of  the  Tenth  Gathering 

OF  THE 

BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION 

HELD   AT 

Canobie  Lake,  Salem,  N.H.,  August  17,  1904. 


The  members  of  the  Association  began  to  gather  at  the  Open 
Air  Theatre  at  ii  o'cloclt  a.m.,  and  were  cordially  welcomed 
by  the  officers  and  ushers. 

BUSINESS    MEETING. 

The  meetmg  was  called  to  order  at  1 1  o'clock  a.m.,  by  Edwin 
A.  Bayley,  Esq.,  of  Lexington,  President  pro  tern.,  the  President, 
Andrew  J.  Bailey,  Esq.,  being  absent. 

The  exercises  opened  with  an  informal  address  by  Edwin  A. 
Bayley,  President  pro  tem.,  as  follows  :  — 

Members  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association  : 

I  had  no  expectation  of  being  called  upon  to  preside  to-day, 
for  we  all  came  here  expecting  that  our  President,  Andrew  J. 
Bailey,  would  be  here  himself.  No  later  than  yesterday  our 
Secretary  heard  from  him  that  he  then  fully  expected  to  be  with 
us.  Whether  the  fatigue  from  liis  march  yesterday  with  the 
Grand  Army  at  Boston  is  the  occasion  of  his  absence  we  have 
not  learned.  However,  if  he  comes  I  shall  be  glad  to  give  up 
this  position  to  him  who  can  lill  it  so  well. 


8  THE    BAILEY-BAYI.EY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

I  am  sure  that  we  all  rejoice  in  the  fine  weather  which  favors 
our  meeting  to-day,  for,  as  many  of  us  recall,  our  meetings  of 
late  •  have  been  somewhat  interfered  with  by  rainy  weather. 
Some  of  you  may  remember  that  four  years  ago  I  promised  that 
if  you  would  elect  me  a^  yoiu"  President,  1  would  give  you  tine 
weather  for  our  meeting,  and  some  of  you  iloubtless  will  recall 
that  two  years  ago  I  partially  fulfilled  my  promise,  in  fact,  I 
did  all  that  any  human  being  could  do,  and  because  of  my  par- 
tial success,  I  may  hav:  been  given  this  second  opportunity  to 
redeem  my  promise. 

Without  further  delay  the  exercises  will  be  oj^ened  with 
prayer,  which  will  be  offered  by  Rev.  Alvin  F.  Bailey,  of 
Barre,  Mass. 

ADDRESvS    OF    WELCOME    BY   EDWIN   A.    BAILEY, 

ESQ.,     A     DESCENDANT      OF     JoiIN      BaILEY     OF     SALISBURY, 

President  pro  tem. 

Members  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  Family  Association, 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

I  regret  that  the  absence  of  our  President  renders  it  necessary 
for  any  one  else  to  attempt  to  fill  his  position,  and  I  am  sure  that 
under  the  circumstances  you  will  expect  no  formal  or  extended 
address  of  welcome  from  me. 

We  are  all  glad  to  meet  here  to-day  and  to  renew  the  pleasant 
intercourse  of  our  previous  meetings  and  to  meet  many  new 
members  of  the  family  who  are  with  us  to-day.  It  is  a  pleasant 
circumstance  to  recall  in  connection  with  this  meeting  that  it 
was  at  this  place,  eleven  years  ago  day  before  yesterday,  that  our 
family  Association  was  formed,  and  I  think  it  is  a  very  happy 
selection  that  this  tenth  gathering  brings  us  back  to  the  birth- 
place of  our  Association. 

I  am  glad  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  there  are 
several  here  to-day  who  took  part  in  the  first  meeting  of  the 
Association  and  have  been  from  that  time  to  the  present  its 
firmest  and  most  valued  supporters.     I  refer,  among  others,  to 


SKCUETAUY  S    REPORT.  9 

John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the 
organization  of  the  Association  ;  also  to  Mr.  James  R.  Bailey  of 
Lawrence,  who  has  for  so  long  a  time  served  the  Association  as 
its  Treasurer  ;  and  I  also  see  others  who  have  been  consistent  in 
their  support,  in  their  attendance  upon,  and  in  their  devotion  to, 
the  Association.  I  believe  that  those  of  us  who  are  here  to-day, 
without  any  exception,  feel  that  we  cannot  repay  these  friends 
for  what  they  have  thus  done  for  the  various  branches  of  the 
family,  and  I  hope  that  the  example  which  they  have  set  for  us 
will  encourage  and  inspire  us  all  to  carry  forward  the  work  and 
make  the  Association  wliat  it  should  be,  —  a  permanent  and  last- 
ing organization. 

Songs  by  Mrs.  Eben  IL  Bailey,  Mr.  Eben  H.  Bailey  accom- 
panying,— ''  As  the  Fleeting  Days  go  by;  "  encore,  "  Spring 
is  Coming." 

REPORT   OF   THE    SECRETARY  OF  THE  ASSOCIA- 
TION, IIOLLIS    R.  BAILEY. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

Before  presenting  what  I  may  have  to  say  in  the  nature  of  a 
report,  it  is  necessary  at  this  time  to  give  information  in  regard 
to  the  arrangements  for  dinner.  The  managers  of  the  dining 
hall  need  to  know  how  many  of  us  are  going  to  want  the  regu- 
lar table  d'hote  dinner.  There  is  a  tent  in  the  grove,  arranged 
for  those  who  are  going  to  make  a  picnic  of  the  occasion.  It 
appears  that  at  least  thirty-four  will  take  their  dinner  in  the 
dining  hall. 

Now,  in  regard  to  my  report  as  Secretary,  there  are  many  of 
you  present  to-day  who  have  attended  all  the  meetings  of  the 
Association,  so  that  you  have  kept  in  touch  with  the  work  that 
has  been  done,  and  I  don't  need  to  tell  you  what  the  purpose  of 
the  Association  is,  or  what  the  work  has  been.  But  we  have 
with  us  to-day  ladies  and  gentlemen  from  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try who  have  not  been  with   us  before,  and  I  will  say  for  their 


lO  THE    BAILKY-nAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

benefit  that  the  Association  was  formed  eleven  years  ago,  and 
the  first  meeting  was  in  this  location  at  a  spot  a  little  further 
along  at  the  end  of  the  lake. 

The  purpose  of  the  Association,  from  the  beginning,  has  been 
the  study  of  the  Family  history,  the  promotion  of  Family  ac- 
quaintance, and  the  stimulating  of  an  honest  and  intelligent 
Family  pride. 

Eleven  years  ago  most  of  us  knew  little  of  our  early  ancestors. 
Very  early  in  the  history  of  the  Association  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  look  into  the  matter  of  genealogy.  I  remember 
that  at  the  second  meeting,  held  at  Andover,  there  was  dis- 
played on  a  single  sheet  of  paper  a  list  of  all  the  then  ascer- 
tained descendants  of  James  Bailey  of  Rowley.  At  the  next 
meeting,  at  Groveland,  we  had  a  Family  tree  showing  the 
descendants  of  Richard  Bailey,  as  compiled  by  Alfred  Poor. 
Mr.  Poor,  fifty  years  ago,  was  devoting  his  entire  attention  to 
looking  up  the  histories  of  the  Poor  Family  and  the  Bailey 
Family,  and  in  his  history  we  have  about  all  that  there  is  now 
in  print  about  the  Richard  Bailey  branch.  I  am  glad  to  say 
Mr.  Poor  is  with  us  to-day.  We  have  had  printed,  in  one  of 
our  annual  reports,  a  paper  by  lion.  Horace  W.  Bailey  of  New- 
bury, Vt.,* giving  some  further  information  about  Richard  and 
his  descendants. 

The  account  of  the  last  meeting  has  been  put  in  print.  It 
contains  portraits  of  the  officers,  and  is  the  largest  report  which 
we  have  yet  had.  The  Association  has  not  lived  in  vain.  The 
annual  gatherings,  of  course,  have  been  largely  in  the  nature  of 
social  meetings,  with  some  literary  and  musical  entertainment. 
But  it  has  been  our  aim  to  have  something  permanent  to  show 
for  our  work,  and  five  years  ago  we  compiled  and  printed  a 
book  of  genealogy,  showing  what  was  then  gathered  concern- 
ing the  history  of  James  Bailey  of  Rowley,  John  Bailey  of 
Salisbury,  and  Thomas  Bailey  of  Weymouth.  We  have  also 
printed  in  the  reports  of  our  meetings  copies  of  various  wills, 
including  those  of  Richard  Bailey  of  Rowley,  John  Bailey  of 
Salisbury,  and  Thomas  Bailey  of  Weymouth.      Thomas  Bailey 


treasurer's  report.  II 

was  at  Weymouth  as  early  as  1635,  and  in  all  probability  much 
earlier.  So  that  we  feel  that  we  have  done  work  of  some  per- 
manent value.  We  have  four  or  five  life  members.  I  hope  the 
membership  may  increase.  We  have  nearly  two  hundred  and 
fifty  members,  all  of  whom  have  received  certificates,  and  we 
hope  that  during  the  afternoon  those  who  have  met  with  us 
to-day  for  the  iu'st  time  will  join  the  Association.  After  this 
meeting  will  follow  the  dinner.  In  the  afternoon  there  will  be 
a  social  gathering  at  the  further  end  of  the  grounds,  where 
there  is  a  large  tent.  The  Treasurer  will  be  there,  and  mem- 
bers can  pay  their  dues,  and  new  members  can  be  enrolled. 

The  photographer  would  like  to  take  a  group  picture  of  the 
Bailey-Bayley  Family  on  the  bleachers  at  the  ball  grounds  im- 
mediately after  dinner. 

FINANCES  OF  THE  ASSOCIATION,  BY  THE  TREAS- 
URER, JAMES  R.  BAILEY  OF  LAWRENCE. 

President  pro  tem.  —  It  is  always  pleasant  to  hear  the 
Treasurer's  report,  especially  when  it  is  a  good  one,  and  1  assure 
you  we  shall  have  a  good  report  from  the  Treasurer,  Mr.  James 
R.  Bailey  of  Lawrence. 

Treasurer's  report  is  as  follows  :  — 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  Members  of  the  Association  : 

Our  President  has  given  me  a  pretty  good  send-off,  but  what- 
ever good  there  is  about  the  report  is  due  to  you,  because  you 
have  paid  your  bills.  The  finances  are  in  good  shape.  The 
Association  is  out  of  debt,  and  we  have  a  respectable  sum  depos- 
ited in  the  bank.  The  report  has  been  audited  and  approved  by 
the  auditor,  Mr.  Walter  E.  Robie.  The  receipts  for  member- 
ship dues  and  sales  of  reports,  and  from  other  sources,  have 
been  $375-56.  The  payments  for  printing  and  other  expenses, 
$321.24.     The  balance  on  hand  is  $54.32. 

President  pro  tem.  —  A  motion  is  made  that  the  report  of 
the  Treasurer  be  accepted.      It  is  a  vote. 


12  THE    HAILEV-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

At  this  time  it  seems  best  to  appoint  a  committee  to  nominate 
new  officers,  and  I  would  appoint  as  that  committee,  John 
Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Mrs.  Henry  J?.  Bailey  ol  Lowell,  and 
Edward  M.  Bailey  of  Millis. 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 

(Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey  of  Millis,  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth  of 
Rowley,  and  Ilollis  R.  Bailey  of  Cambridge,  committee.) 
President  pro  tem.  —  The  most  important  work  of  the 
Association,  throughout  its  entire  existence,  has  been  that  done 
by  the  Committee  on  Genealogy.  I  am  sure  that  all  of  yon 
appreciate  what  each  of  its  members  has  done.  Mrs.  Ellsworth, 
I  recall,  while  she  is  not  a  dt;scen(lant  of  the  John  of  Salisbury 
branch,  has  nevertheless  secured  much  information  as  to  his 
descendants,  and  each  of  the  others  have  rendered  very  valuable 
service  to  various  branches  (jf  the  family.  I  am  sure  you  will 
all  be  glad  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Genealogical  Committee, 
the  first  part  of  which  will  be  given  by  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey. 

REPORT    ON   GENEALOGY   BY   MRS.    EDWARD   M. 

BAILEY. 

Mr.   President,   Friends  and  Kindred: 

I  have  been  tracing  the  line  of  Joshua  Bayley  of  Marlboro, 
Mass.,  who  served  in  the  Revolution,  enlisting  at  the  age  of 
seventeen.  lie  was  twice  married,  had  a  family  of  seventeen 
children,  and  lived,  after  Marlboro,  at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Plainliekl, 
N.H.,  and  later  in  various  Vermont  towns,  his  last  residence 
being  Derby,  near  the  Canada  line.  He  was  a  descendant  of 
John  Bayley  of  Salisbury,  Mass.,  and  was  born  at  Warwick, 
Mass.,  then  calletl  "  Roxbury,  Canada,"  in  1763.  Mr.  Elij;di 
B.  Bayley  of  Lowell,  a  grandson,  is  present  here  to-day,  and 
tells  me  that  Joshua  was  in  the  battle  of  IMattsburg,  War  of 
181 3,  at  the  time  the  British  were  swept  off  the  string  pieces  of 
the  bridge  over  the  Saranac  river;  he  has  seen  the  gun  and 
sword  that  Joshua  carried  upon  tiiat  occasion.      In  1790  Joshua 


REPOllT    ON    GENEALOGY    BY    MRS.     ELLSWORTH.  1 3 

spelled  his  name  Bayley,  but  in  1S40  he  had  changed  to  Bailey. 
Ills  descendants  are  widely  scattered.  Much  valual)le  data  con- 
cerning this  line  conies  from  Miss  Sarah  J.  Bayley  of  Lake 
Beulah,  Wis.,  and  a  sampler,  made  in  1S19  by  Eliza,  one  of 
Joshua  Bayley's  daughters,  is  loaned  for  this  occasion  by  Mrs. 
Josiah  Carter  of  Tice,  Vt. 

Gov.  Willis  Joshua  13ailey  of  Kansas  reports  that  his  grand- 
father was  Joshua  liailey  who  left  Hague,  near  Ticonderoga, 
eastern  New  York,  about  1S40,  and  moved  to  Illinois.  The 
family  originated  in  Connecticut  and  Massachusetts. 

The  Ilardwick  and  Peacham,  Vt,,  branches  of  the  family 
have  furnished  some  new  material.  The  descendants  of  Mark 
Bailey,  of  John  of  .Salisbury  line,  have  been  located  in  Wis- 
consin. 

An  interesting  line  that  I  have  been  unable  to  trace  backward  to 
any  extent  is  that  of  Rev.  Amos  Judson  Bailey  of  Meriden,  N.II. 
He  is  of  a  family  of  eleven  children,  five  of  whom  have  been 
clergymen.  His  father,  Bancroft  Abbott  Bailey,  now  eighty-six 
years  of  age,  at  the  age  of  seven  removed  with  his  father,  Amos 
Bailey,  from  Bath,  N.H.,  to  western  New  York,  and  nine  years 
later  to  Chicago.  He  lived  there  from  1S34  to  1902,  seeing  the 
city  rise  from  ^.  low,  flat  prairie  to  almost  two  million  resitlents. 
But,  loving  New  England,  wliere  his  parents  were  born  and 
received  their  early  impressiuns,  he  has  returned,  and  is  now 
living  upon  the  farm  in  South  Newbury,  Vt.,  where  his  mother 
was  born.  Information  regarding  any  of  these  lines  is  earnestly 
solicited  from  any  descendants  who  may  be  present, 

REPORT    ON   GENEALOGY  BY  MRS.  ELLSWORTH. 

Friends  : 

I  don't  know  why  I  should  take  the  stand.  I  have  not  [)re- 
pared  any  written  rejjort.  Eleven  years  ago  I  was  quite  en- 
thusiastic in  this  work  and  spent  much  time  on  it.  I  became 
(juitc  proud  of  the  John  Bailey  I'^amily  and  1  am  pleased  to 
know  that  they   have   recently  erected  a   monument  in   the  old 


14  THE    BAII.EV-nAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

burying  ground  called  "  Golgotha,"  at  Salisbury  to  commemo- 
rate Iiis  memory  and  that  of  the  other  original  settlers.  I  am 
not  at  work  on  the  history  ot  the  Association  now,  hut  I  sliould 
tike  very  much  if  you  would  take  up  the  work  where  1  left  it 
and  publish  a  new  edition  of  the  John  of  Salisbury  branch. 

REPORT  ON  GENEALOGY  BY  IIOLLIS  R.  BAILEY. 
Ladies  and  Genteemen: 

I  have  one  or  tw<j  letters,  portions  of  which  ought  to  be  read. 
The  lirst  is  from  a  lady  member  of  the  Association  living  in 
Cheyenne  in  the  state  of  Wyoming. 

When  I  got  that  letter  I  felt  very  much  pleased  to  think  that 
a  lady  who  lived  away  out  West  foimd  the  gathering  of  this 
Association  such  that  she  could  say  that  it  was  one  of  the  pleas- 
antest  happenings  of  her  life,  and  as  one  of  the  committee  in 
charge,  I  felt  repaid  for  what  little  I  had  done.  She  says  that 
her  ancestor,  Samuel  Bailey,  was  with  Avnohl  at  (Quebec,  anil 
another  ancestor  served  in  the  W^ir  of  1S12.  We  don't  know 
where  she  comes  in,  Init  I  have  written  her  that  I  think  she  is  a 
descendant  of  Jolm  of  .Salisbury.  If  that  is  true,  that  line  will 
be  getting  so  proud  that  we  shall  not  be  able  to  get  along  with 
them. 

I  have  another  letter  that  is  interesting,  and  also  profitable. 

Those  of  you  who  two  years  ago  were  at  Cambridge  will 
recall  Thomas  Bailey  of  Camp  Point,  111.,  who  was  with  us 
then,  and  told  us  that  lie  went  out  West  with  all  his  belongings 
done  up  in  a  small  bundle.  I  think  he  observed  his  eighty- 
feighth  birthday  a  year  ago.  He  writes  to  me  that  he  does  not 
feel  quite  strong  and  well  this  year,  but  is  exceedingly  interested 
in  having  published  a  separate  edition  of  the  John  of  Salisbury 
line,  lie  promised  last  year  $100  toward  the  expense  of  such  a 
publication.  This  year  he  offers  to  make  it  $200,  if  the  work 
is  completed  in  his  lifetime. 

This  Mr.  Thomas  Bailey  is  a  descentlant  also  of  John  of 
Salisbury.      He    has    worked   out   his   own    immediate    line   and 


REPORT    ON    GENEAI.<5GY    UY    IIOLLIS    R.    RAILEV.  I  5 

sent  it  to  me,  and  that  is  what  he  means  when  lie  speaks  in  his 
letter  of  having  his  own  line  printed.  There  certainly  is  a 
strong  incentive  for  the  officers  of  the  Association  to  (ind  others 
who  will  contribnte,  so  that  we  may  have  the  henelit  of  this 
generous  offer,  and  may  secure  a  separate  edition  of  the  John  of 
Salisbury  line.  We  have,  or  can  get,  photographs  and  pictures 
to  make  the  book  attractive,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  this  offer  of 
Thomas  Bailey  is  certainly  a  most  generous  one,  and  1  move 
that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  extended   to  Mr.  Bailey. 

(It  was  voted  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  tendered,  and  that  the 
Secretary  notify  Mr.  Bailey  of  the  same.) 

Now,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  I  don't  propose  to  take  time  in 
giving  you  details  of  our  genealogy.  Two  years  ago  a  manu- 
script came  to  me  through  Mrs.  Edward  M.  Bailey,  containing 
the  history  of  Goldsmith  Fox  Bailey  of  the  James  of  llowley 
line,  prepared  by  his  brotlier,  Ebenezer  F.  Bailey  of  Fitchl)urg. 
This  will  be  something  suitable  to  jirint  in  the  report  of  this 
gathering.  It  shows  that  the  James  of  Rowley  line  is  one  of 
which  we  may  be  proud. 

We  also  have  an  account  of  another  of  the  same  line,  viz.. 
Elder  Ebenezer  Bailey  (a  descendant  of  James  of  Rowley), 
who  moved  up  tlie  Merriniac  river  to  Tewksbury  about  1735. 

This  account  is  certainly  worth  being  printed  and  made  a 
part  of  the  permanent  records  of  the  Association.  (See  iji/ra, 
p.  35  ct  sc<].^  for  these  memoirs.) 

We  have  met  here  to-day  at  what  used  to  be  known  as  Policy 
pond.  It  is  partly  in  the  town  of  Salem,  N.II.,  and  partly  in 
the  town  of  Windham,  N.II.,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  it  is 
worth  while  to  carry  our  thoughts  back  to  the  former  occujjants 
of  the  place.  The  Hon.  Isaac  W.  Smith,  a  judge  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  Hampshire,  in  an  address  delivcreil  at 
the  celebration  of  the  250th  Anniversary  of  the  Settlement  of 
Ilampstead  said, — 

"  Our  imagination  takes  us  back  to  the  time  when  this 
land  was  inhabited  by  the  Indian  only,  and  t(j  scenes  wit- 
nessed or  enacted  by  him  alone  in  centuries  gone  by.      A 


l6  THE    HAILEV-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

wild  and  roving  i:>eople  once  lived  in  these  places,  once  per- 
formed their  sacred  rites  in  these  beautiful  groves,  cele- 
brated their  festive  days  with  strange  ceremonies  and  paid  trib- 
ute to  the  memory  of  their  dead  with  strange  lamentations." 

In  tlie  history  of  Windham  we  find  the  following:  — 

"The  Indians  who  were  the  early  inhabitants  of  this 
town  were  of  the  Pawtncket  nation  and  their  domain  in- 
cluded all  of  New  Hampshire. 

"The  last  great  chief  of  this  tribe  was  Passaconaway. 

"  In  early  days  the  Indians  used  to  encamp  on  the  shores 
of  Policy  Pond  and  many  arrow  heads  and  Indian  imple- 
ments have  been  found  near  the  shore. 

"After  the  settlement  of  the  town  wandering  parties 
were  occasionally  here,  but  they  finally  retired  to  Canada 
and  this  place  afterwards  knew  but  little  of  them.  Hardly 
a  memento  now  exists  to  show  us  that  such  a  race  ever 
existed  here. 

"It  causes  a  thought  of  sadness  when  we  think  of  the 
passing  away  of  an  entire  race.  The  wail  of  the  red  man 
as  he  looked  for  the  last  time  upon  the  graves  of  his  kin- 
dredand  set  his  face  towards  the  sunset  touches  a  responsive 
chord  in  all  sympathetic  breasts." 

We  have  met  to-day  for  the  fourth  time  north  of  the  Merri- 
mac  river,  and  it  seems  a  litting  occasion  to  say  something  con- 
cerning that  ancestor,  John  Bailey  of  Salisbury,  who  came  to 
these  shores  in  the  year  163^,  and  two  years  later  plunged  into 
the  wilderness  and  made  his  home  north  of  the  Merrimac  river. 
He  and  his  son  originally  settled  at  Newbury,  but  very  soon 
afterwards  made  their  home  on  the  banks  of  the  Merrimac,  in 
what  is  now  a  part  of  the  town  of  Amesbury. 

I  have  here  a  poem  written  concerning  him,  prepared  by 
Alfred  Bailey  of  Amesbury,  and  recently  read  at  the  Old  Home 
Week  anniversary  at  Amesbury.  As  Mrs.  Ellsworth  has  tokl 
you,  it  was  then  known  us  Colchester  on  Massachusetts  bay. 


REPORT    ON    GENEALOGY     bY    IIOLLIS    R.    BAILEY.  1 7 

MEMORIAL    HYMN. 

By  Alkked  Bailey. 

We  come  to  honor  them, 
That  band  of  eighteen  men, 

All  good  and  true. 
They  crossed  tlie  ocean  wide, 
West  of  tlie  l*owow's  tide ; 
Prefaced  our  town  in  pride  — 

Its  dawn  tlie;  knew. 

They  tilled  these  wooded  hills  ; 
They  built  the  early  mills; 

This  worthy  band. 
In  love  they  lived  and  thrived  ; 
Descendants  multi[ilied, 
And  spread  on  every  side, 

O'er  our  broad  land. 

This  spot  so  hallowed, 
They  lay  their  early  dead 

'Mid  falling  tears. 
No  record  tells  their  fame  ; 
No  tablet  bears  their  name; 
All  silent  they  remain 
g  Tlirough  passing  years. 

This  Rock,  so  grand  and  rare. 
This  tablet,  bright  and  fair, 

Will  honors  bring; 
Centuries  of  coming  time, 
Pilgrims  from  every  clime. 
Will  greet  these  names  sublime  — 

Their  praises  sing. 

We  come  to  honor  them, 
That  band  of  eighteen  men. 

All  good  and  true. 
They  crossed  the  ocean  wide. 
West  of  the  Powow's  tide ; 
Prefaced  our  town  in  pride  — 

Its  dawn  they  knew. 


l8  TIIK    IJAII.EY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

John  Bailey  and  his  son,  it  would  seem,  were  for  a  time 
solitary  pioneers  on  the  frontier  of  civilization,  north  of  the 
Mcrrimac  ;  but  in  1639  they  were  joined  by  other  settlers  to  the 
number  of  seventeen,  and  formed  a  settlement  which  lifty  years 
later  became  the  town  of  Amesbury. 

We  have  met  to-day  in  the  town  of  Salem  in  New  Hampshire. 

It  is  both  a  pleasure  and  a  duty  to  make  mention  of  one  of 
our  family  who  was  for  over  fifty  years  a  respected  citizen  of 
this  town.  I  refer  to  tlie  Rev.  Abner  Bailey,  a  descendant  in 
the  filth  generation  of  John  of  Salisbury.  lie  was  born  in 
Newbury,  Mass.,  January  15,  17 15,  and  was  the  third  child  of 
Joshua  Bailey  and  Sarah  Cotrm  Bailey.  His  father  was  a 
farmer  and  had  nine  children.  Four  of  these  children,  viz., 
Joshua,  Abner,  Enoch,  and  Jacob,  all  achieved  considerable 
distinction.  Joshua  became  a  deacon  of  the  Second  Church  of 
Newbury,  Mass.,  and  also  held  the  office  of  Lieutenant. 

Abner  and  Enoch  both  became  graduates  of  Harvard  College, 
Abner  in  1736,  and  Enoch  in  1742,  and  both  entered  the  min- 
istry. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  Abner  is  described  in  the  college 
catalogue  by  the  name  of  "■  Bailey,"  while  his  brother  Enoch  is 
described  as  "  Bayley." 

Enoch  Bayley  entered  the  army  as  chaplain,  and  served  in 
the  French  and  Indian  War,  and  died  in  the  service  in  1757. 

The  Rev.  Abner  Bailey  married  Mary  Baldwin  of  Woburn 
in  173S,  and  in  1740  was  ordained  as  a  minister  in  that  part 
of  Methuen  which  afterwards  became  Salem,  N.H.  He  was 
the  fust  pastor  of  what  was  known  as  the  North  Parish,  and 
his  pastorate  continued  fifty-eight  years,  until  his  death  in  1798, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-three.  I  recall  no  single  pastorate  of  greater 
length. 

That  he  was  held  in  great  respect  by  his  parishioners  isshown 
bv  his  gravestone,  still  standing,  which  bears  the  following  trib- 
ute to  his  reverend  memory  :  — 

"To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  Abner  Bailey 
who   like   a    shock   of    corn    fully   ripe,  departed    this    life 


MONUMENT    AT    AMESBURY. 


REPORT    ON    GENEALOGY    RY    IIOLI.IS    R.    HAILEY.  19 

March  lo,  179S,  in  the  eighty  third  year  of  his  age  and  in 
the  fifty  eiglith  of  his  ministry.  Blessed  are  the  dead  who 
die  in  the  Lord  for  they  rest  from  their  labors  and  their 
works  do  follcjw  them." 

Tlie  fourth  brother,  Jacob,  is  also  entitled  to  mention  on  this 
occasion.  He  was  bora  in  Newbury,  Mass.,  July  19,  1726, 
being  ten  years  younger  than  Abncr.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  married  Prudence  Noyes,  and  at  once  settled  in  Idampstead, 
N.II.,  being  the  town  next  east  of  Salem.  lie  at  once  became 
active  in  church  and  town  affairs,  and  soon  showed  himself 
worthy  to  lead.  The  town  records  of  Ilampstead  show  that  in 
March,  1746,  Jacob  Bailey  had  a  pew  in  the  meeting  house 
next  to  Lieut.  James  Graves  "  at  the  left  hand  of  the  ally  in  ye 
inner  tear." 

In  1752  the  meeting  house  was  apparently  still  incomplete, 
and  it  is  recorded  that  "Jacob  liayley  "  bought  two  pews. 

He  served  twice  as  moderator  at  the  town  meetings. 

He  was  selectman  in  1749,  175^,  1761,  and  1762. 

In  Book  I.  of  the  town  records  there  is  a  record  of  the  births 
of  seven  children  of  Jacob  antl  Prudence  (Noyes)  Bailey,  as  fol- 
lows :  — 

Abigail,  b.  i,  15,  1748. 

Noyes,  b.  2,  15,  1750;   d.  8,  6,  1750. 

Joshua,  b.  6,  7,  1753. 

Jacob,  b.  10,  3,  1755. 

Ej:>hraim,  b.  10,  i,  1757  (?). 

James,  b.  10,  i,  1757. 

Jeffers  Amos,  b.  12,  10,  1760. 

There  are  apparently  some  errors  in  the  alcove  list.  Eph- 
raim,  according  to  the  book  of  Bailey  genealogy,  was  born  in 
1746,  and  Jeffers  Amos  is  given  as  Amherst.  The  name  is 
doubtless  Amherst,  as  Jacob  Bailey  was  serving  in  the  French 
War    tr<jm    17^6  to    1759  and    was   made  a  colonel  by   General 


20  THE    HAILEY-HAYLP:y    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Amherst.  Abner,  John,  and  Isaac,  other  sons  of  Gen.  Jacob 
Bailey,  do  not  appear  in  this  record. 

After  the  close  of  the  h'rench  VV^ir  Jacob  Hailey  left  Ilamp- 
stead  and  became  the  leading-  settler  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

There  is  not  time  to-day  to  speak  of  his  later  distinguished 
career  as  a  general  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  and  afterwards 
as  the  chief  judge  of  the  Orange  County  court.  It  is  his  early 
life  at  Ilanipstead  that  chietly  interests  us  to-day.  The  records 
are  indeed  brief,  but  how  full  of  meaning.  To  be  a  pewhulder 
at  the  age  of  twenty  shows  a  maturity  beyond  his  years.  To  be 
elected  as  selectman  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  was  no  small 
distinction. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  his  memory  is  still  kept  green  in 
the  town  of  Ilampstead,  not  by  a  moimment  of  stone  or  bronze, 
but  by  a  living  tree,  a  beautiful  and  stately  elm  on  the  farm 
where  he  lived  while  a  resident  of  the  town.  It  is  known  as 
the  General  Bailey  Elm,  and  it  was  growing  when  he  lived 
there.  It  is  nineteen  feet  in  circumference  at  a  distance  of  two 
feet  above  the  ground. 

This  is  my  last  word  to  you  as  Secretary  of  the  Association, 

I  have  not  lost  in  any  way  my  interest  in  the  Association  and 
its  work,  but  the  pressure  of  other  duties  makes  it  necessary 
that  I  should  ask  to  be  relieved.  There  are  others,  I  am  sure, 
who  will  take  up  the  work  and  carry  it  forvvard. 

Edwin  A.  Bailey. — The  motion  is  made  that  the  report  be 
accepted  and  adopted.      It  is  a  vote. 

At  this  time  the  President  of  the  Association  arrived,  and  on 
taking  the  chair  said,  — 

My  Friends  : 

I  hope  you  will  pardon  your  President  for  appearing  upon  tiie 
scene  so  late,  but  an  electric  car  took  off  the  forvvard  wheel  of 
my  carriage  as  I  was  on  my  way  to  the  depot,  and  that  is  the 
reason  of  my  being  delayed. 

The  next  business   is  the  election   of  oflicers  for  the  ensuing 


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GENERAL    BAILEY    ELM. 


REPORT    OF    COMMITTKE    ON    NOMINATION    OF    OFFICERS.     2  1 

year.     The  nominatin<^  committee  report  the  following  list  of 
candidates  :  — 

President. 
Col.  Edwin  \V.  M.  Bailey,  Amesbury,  Mass. 

Vice  Presidents. 

1.  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  5.    Edwin  A.  Bayley, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Lexington,  Mass. 

2.  Horace  W.  Bailey,  6.    John  Alfred  Bailey, 

Newbury,  Vt.  Lowell,  Mass. 

3.  Andrew  J.  Bailey,  7.    Eben  IL  Bailey, 

Boston,  Mass.  Boston,  Mass. 

4.  George  Edson  Bailey,  S.    J.  Warren  Bailey, 

Mansfield,  Mass.  Somerville,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee. 

1.  Charles  O.  Bailey,  7.    Elmer  S.  Bailey, 

Newbury,  Mass.  Boston,  Mass. 

2.  James  A.  Bailey,  Jr.,  8.    Mrs.  Larkin  T.  Trull 

Arlington,  Mass.  (Jennie  B.) 

Lowell,  Mass. 

3.  William  P.  Bailey,  9.    Dudley  P.  Bailey, 

Maiden,  Mass.  Everett,  Mass. 

4.  Mrs.  Gertrude  E.  Bailey,      10.    ILirrison  Bailey, 

Millis,  Mass.  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

5.  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  11.    Henry  T.  13ailcy, 

Pcabody,  Mass.  North  .Scituate,  Mass. 

6.  Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey,         12.    Orrin  D.  Bailey, 

Lowell,  Mass.  Lakeport,  N.IL 

Committee  on  Genealogy. 
Ilollis  R.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Gertrude  E.  Bailey, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Millis,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth,  William  IL  Reed, 

Rowley,  Mass.  .South  Weymouth,  Mass. 


22  THE    BAILEY-HAYI.EY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Auditor. 
Walter  E.  Robie,  Waltham,  Mass. 

Treasurer. 
James  R.  Bailey,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Secretary. 
J.  Whitman  Bailey,  Boston,  Mass. 

A  motion  is  made  that  the  report  be  accepted  ami  that  the 
persons  nominated  be  elected.      It  is  a  vote. 

Mr.  Edwin  A.  Bayley.  —  I  am  informed  that  our  Secretary, 
Mr.  Ilollis  R.  Bailey,  who  has  served  the  Association  so  long 
and  so  etiiciently,  finds  it  impossible  to  continue  longer  in  that 
office,  and  has  declined  a  re-election.  It  seems  to  me  that  his 
service  for  the  Association  has  been  such  that  we  ought  not  to 
let  this  opportunity  pass  without  some  expression  showing  our 
appreciation  of  what  he  has  done  and  the  esteem  in  which  he  is 
held  by  the  Association,  and  so  I  have  prepared  a  resolution 
which  I  desire  to  present  at  this  time. 

"  Whereas  Ilollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  who  has  served  the 
Association  most  efficiently  and  acceptably  for  eight  years, 
has  positively  declined  a  renomination,  and  — 

"  Whereas  the  Association  owes  him  a  debt  of  gratitude 
which  it  can  never  suitably  repay,  for  his  constant  interest 
in  and  devotion  to  the  general  work  of  the  Association  and 
the  publication  of  the  various  reports  of  meetings  and  its 
book  on  genealogy  : 

"  Therefore  be  it  resolved  that  the  Association  hereby 
heartily  acknowledges  Mr.  Bailey's  very  faithful  and  effi- 
cient services  in  all  that  relates  to  the  important  office 
which  he  has  iilled  so  long  and  acceptably,  and  extends 
to  him  its  most  cordial  and  hearty  thanks  for  the  same." 

It  is  a  unanimous  vote. 


ADDRESS    BY    KEV.   AMOS    JUDSON    HAILKY.  23 

RESPONSE    BY   MOLLIS    R.    BAILEY. 

Mr.  President  and  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

I  thank  you  each  and  all  for  your  many  very  kiml  words. 

Singing  by  Mr.  Bert  O.  Wetniore  —  "The  Palms." 

ADDRESS    BY    REV.    AMOS    JUDSON     BAILEY    OF 
MERIDEN,  N.il. 

Mr.   President,  Friends  of  this  Association: 

I  am  reminded  as  I  stand  here  to-day  that  each  special  situa- 
tion has  its  own  peculiar  embarrassments.  I  don't  know  that  1 
need  tell  you  all  my  embarrassments  at  this  time.  This  is  the 
first  meeting  of  this  kind  that  I  have  attended.  I  shall  not, 
however,  venture  to  give  you  my  biography.  I  take  occasion 
to-day  to  exj^ress  some  thoughts  thai  come  to  my  mind  as  to  the 
influences  which  are  exerted  by  Associations  of  this  kind.  I 
think  a  wholesome  reverence  for  our  ancestors  will  be  recognized 
as  a  proper  sentiment;  it  is  a  sentiment  which  inspires  reverence 
for  truth,  and  impels  us  to  do  our  best.  Each  one  of  us  is  ask- 
ing himself.  How  came  I  here.''  What  is  there  in  the  past 
that  I  must  consider.-'  And  all  the  way  along  the  great  thought 
of  our  life  is.  How  may  I  do  my  best?  We  begin  life  by 
considering  the  things  which  belong  to  nature  and  the  persons 
who  are  related  to  us.  We  say,  Such  a  person  is  my  ancestor. 
My  relation  to  him  fixes  my  place  in  the  great  family.  We 
considered  the  blood  name  first.  It  is  one  of  the  things  that  we 
ought  to  consider  first.  Of  course,  after  a  time  we  read  about 
others  and  talk  about  others  as  we  are  drawn  together  in  the 
common  course  of  life.  But  one  can  never  ignore  the  blood  of 
his  ancestors,  because  he  can  never  exchange  it  for  other  blood, 
better  or  otherwise.  By  and  by  we  shall  know  more  fully  what 
is  meant  when  we  say,  I  am  related  to  you. 

What  are  we  to  each  other.''  What  are  we  to  the  great  wide 
world.''  The  great  wide  world  is  ours,  —  God  made  it  so.  It 
is  to  me  a  beautiful  world. 


24  THE    IJAILEY-BAYLEY    EAIMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

One  thing  fliat  I  claim  for  myself  is  the  name  of  Bailey,  by 
whatever  spelling  they  give  it.-  We  know  that  whether  it  he 
spelled  Bailey  or  Bayley  we  all  share  it  with  each  other. 

Along  the  plains  of  Idaho  I  was  taken  one  day  to  see  a  strange 
land  about  which  nobody  has  ever  written.  We  simply  know 
that  some  unknown  race  has  in  times  past  lived  there,  but  what 
this  race  was  nobody  knows  and  nobody  cares.  We  are  not 
passing  through  the  world  in  that  way.  We  are  writing  our 
names  so  that  our  descendants  shall  be  glad  to  lind  them  anil 
read  them.  This  means  something  to  me.  And  it  ought  to 
mean  more  and  more  as  the  years  go  by.  We  are  standing  here 
before  this  beautiful  scene.  God  made  it  for  us,  and  God  has 
made  it  very  comfortal;le  for  us  at  this  time. 

The  wild  Indian  formerly  roamed  here,  and  then,  we  aretokl, 
our  fathers  came  here  and  our  mothers.  It  is,  however,  not 
enough  that  we  should  be  what  our  fathers  were.  VVe  should 
aim  to  be  what  our  fatlieis  ani.1  mothers  made  it  possible  for  us 
to  be.  We  should  hope  and  plan  that  our  children  may  be 
greater  than  we. 

We  should  not  ignore  these  higher  ambitions  of  life.  We 
cannot  ignore  the  blood  of  our  ancestors  ;  it  is  ours,  and  we  are 
influenced  by  it  in  our  larger  experiences. 

What  are  we  to  the  great  wide  world.?  What  influences  are 
we  exerting  in  the  affairs  of  life.''  Whatever  honor  we  gain, 
every  Bailey  should  share  it  with  us. 

I  went  once  to  a  fountain.  I  was  thirsty  and  1  reached  out 
and  took  the  cup  that  was  there  and  I  stepped  up  to  read  tlie 
legend  of  the  fountain.  I  saw  some  who  were  there  who  weie 
not  thirsty,  who  were  there  because  they  were  interested  in  the 
story  of  the  fountain.  The  story  of  our  ancestors  is  to  us  as  a 
fountain.  It  has  many  legends.  Let  us  drink  and  read,  and  be 
inspired  and  refreshed,  and  make  records  by  which  others  not 
only  may,  but  must,  be  inspired  as  these  records  are  read. 

John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell  read  the  following  memoir 
of  William  Uriah  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  prepared  by  his  son, 


MEMOIR    OF    WII.I.IAM     UUIAII    liAII.KY.  25 

Horace  W.  Bailey,  giving  an  account  not  only  of  the  life  of 
William  U.  Bailey,  but  also  an  account  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father and  their  descendants  :  — 

MEMOIR   OF   WILLIAM    URIAH    BAILEY   OF   NEW- 
BURY, VT.,   i;y  Horace  W.   Bailey,  his  son. 
[Richard    (i),   Joseph    (2),   Joseph,   Jr.    (3),    Ezekiel    (.[), 
Webster  (5),  Parker  Webster  (6),  William  Uriah  (7)]. 

My  great  grandfather,  Webster  Bailey,  in  the  fifth  generation 
from  Richard  of  Rowley,  the  first  chiKl  of  Ezekiel  to  live  to 
maturity,  was  born  at  West  Newbury,  Mass.,  August  23,  1747. 
He  was  the  father  of  eleven  children,  seven  of  whom  were  Vxjrn 
in  the  Massachusetts  home,  and  four  at  Newlniry,  Vt.  Only 
five  of  these  eleven  children  had  childi-en.  It  is  of  these  grand- 
children of  Webster  Bailey  that  I  wish  to  speak. 

Wel)ster  Bailey  was,  so  far  as  I  am  able  to  learn,  the  first 
descendant  of  Richard  to  permanently  settle  in  Vermont,  emi- 
grating from  Massachusetts  in  17SS.  The  oldest  child  at  the 
time  of  the  arrival  of  Webster's  family  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  was 
fourteen  years  of  age,  so  that  it  follows  that  all  of  Webster's 
children  who*  married  at  all  were  married  in  Vermont.  Five 
of  the  eleven  never  married.  The  homes  of  the  eleven  childien 
of  Webster  were  in  Vermont,  and  seven  of  the  eleven,  together 
with  Webster  and  Mollie  Noyes,  their  parents,  repose  beneath 
the  greensward  of  the  Oxbow  cemetery  at  Newbury,  Vt. 

Lydia  ( I  ). 
The  oldest   of   Webster's   chiklren   was    Lydia,   who   married 
Jesse  White  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  settled  in  the  adjoining  l(jvvn 
of  Topsham.      They  had  five  children  —  all  born  in  Tojisham  : 

Amos,  born  October  2,  1801,  died   in  Topsham  May  i,  1S6S. 
Jesse,  born  January  28,   181)3,  died  in  Topsham  I'\'briiarv  23, 
18S6. 

Son,  born  June  28,  i8of,  died  in  Topsham  same  ilay. 
Ezekiel,  born  October  1 ,  180S,  died  in  Topsham  July  31,  1899, 
Phoebe,  born  June  3,   181  i,  died  in  Corinth  March  26,  1876. 


26  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

The  descei^ants  of  these  grandchildren  of  Webster's  (only 
three  having  issue)  number  upwards  of  seventy,  many  of  them 
settled  near  the  old  home  ;   others -are  widely  scattered. 

William,  the  second  child  of  Webster,  never  married,  and 
Ezekiel,  the  third  child,  although  married,  had  no  children. 

Sally  (4th). 
Sally  married  Whitefield  Bailey,  who  was  descended  from 
James  (in  the  sixth  generation),  a  brother  of  our  Richard. 
Sally  settled  in  Ilardwick,  Vt.,  and  became  the  mother  of  nine 
children,  all  born  in  that  town  in  a  log  house,  only  five  growing 
to  maturity  : 

Frederick,  born  April  12,  1801,  died  October  15,  1803. 
William,  born  November  7,  1805,  died  May  10,  1S63. 
Mary,  born  June  6,  iSoS,  died  April  11,  181 1. 
Hannah,  born  October  14,  1810,  died  June  7,  181 1. 
Lucy,  born  February  24,  18 13,  died  June  22,  18S1. 
Kiah,  born  May  14,  1815,  died  March  23,  1890. 
Ezekiel  W.,  born  March  30,  1820,  died  August  21,  1896. 
George  W.,  born  February  7,  1822,  died  August  18,  1824. 
Harvey,  born  October  5,  1824,  died  February  21,  1897. 

Kiah  died  and  was  buried  at  Delevan,  Wis.  ;  Ezekiel  W.  at 
Grinnell,  Iowa.  The  others  died  near  the  ancestral  home.  In 
my  sketch  of  the  Webster  Bailey  family  at  our  Sixth  Annual 
gathering  I  published  a  genealogical  table,  and  stated  that  at 
that  time  (1S98)  the  Sally  branch  of  Webster  was  the  most  pro- 
lific; that  her  descendants  numbered  seventy-one  in  all,  and  I 
expect  that  during  the  six  intervening  years  the  Sallys  have  held 
their  own,  and  still  lead  the  grand  procession  of  Websters. 

Mauy  (5th). 
Mary   married   Samuel    Hibbard,   and   settled    in    Haverhill, 
N.H.,  just  across  the  Connecticut  river  from   Newbury,  where 
their  seven  children  were  born  : 


MEMOIR    OF    WILLIAM    URIAH    RAILEY.  27 

Lydia  W.,  born  December  14,  1S04,  died  in  Haverhill  March 
28,  1811. 

Lucy  B.,  born  January  21,  1S07,  died  in  Haverhill  April  i, 
1811. 

Ezekiel  B.,  born  December  12,  18 10,  died  in  Newbury  Novem- 
ber 27,  1892. 

Thomas  W.  B.,  born  February  8,  181 4,  died  in  Haverhill 
May   25,    1S87. 

Parker  B.,  born  April  4,  1817,  died  (place  not  known)    1851. 

William  B.,  born  March  28,  1820,  died  in  Cliicago  Septem- 
ber 2,  1899. 

Mary,  born  March  22,  1829,  now  living. 

In  1898  this  family  numbered  thirty-one  descendants. 

Betsy  (6th). 
Betsy,  the  sixth  child,  married  Rev.  John  Dutton,  a  Congre- 
gational minister.  In  my  genealogical  ta])le  (see  report  of  the 
Sixth  Annual  gathering,  p.  196'/  scq.)^  I  make  the  grandchil- 
dren of  Webster  number  twenty-five,  giving  to  Betsy  only  one 
child.  I  have  since  learned  there  were  two  children,  making  the 
grandchildren  of  Webster  number  twenty-six  : 

Daniel  Dutton,  born  in  Pomfret,  Vt.,  November  29,  iSi9,died 
December  26,  18 19. 

Dorcas  Dutton,  born  in  Pomfret,  Vt.,  September  4,  1824,  died 
February  1 1,  1S97. 

Dorcas  died  at  South  Royalton,  Vt.,  in  which  vicinity  her 
descendants  now  live.     In  189S  they  numbered  fifteen. 

Tempy  (7th). 
Tempy,  or  Temperance,  the  seventh  child,  died  in  infancy. 
The  second  Temperance,  the  eighth  child,  was  unmarried. 

Parker  W.  (9th). 
Parker  Webster   Bailey  was   the   ninth   child.     He  was  the 
grandfather  of  the  writer,  and  his  home  during  the  major  por- 


38  TIIK    BAlI.Ey-nAYI.KY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

tioii  of  his  life  was  at  or  near  the  ancestral  home  in  Newbury, 
Vt.      He  had  three  children  : 

Henry  W.,  born  in  Newbury  January  i8,  1S19,  died  in  New- 
bury March  5,  1897. 

William  U.,  born  in  Newbury  September  25,  1820,  died  in 
Newbury  June  19,  I90.j_. 

Horace  W.,  born  in  Newbury  Novem])er  13,  1822,  dieil  in 
Newbin-y  June  2,  1824. 

Of  the  twenty-six  *,^randchildren  of  Webster,  William  Uriah, 
my  father,  who  died  June  19,  1904,  was  the  last  to  depart  this 
life,  he  being  the  last  survivino  grandson.  The  only  survivor 
of  the  twenty-six  grandchildren  is  Mary  llibbard  Bailey,  widow 
of  Langdon  Bailey,  wiio  lives  at  WcKnlsville,  N.ll.  Nine  of 
the  twenty-six  grantlchildreu  never  reached  maturity. 

The  descendants  of   Barker  were  the  only  family  to  cling  to 
the  old  home  town  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  where  they  now  all  reside 
numbering  ten  persons  now  living.      Seventeen  of  the  twenty-six 
grandchildren  were   married  ;   four  were  twice  married.     Two 
of  the   married  never  bore  offspring.      The  oldest  grandchild  to 
live  to   maturity  was  Amos  White.      The  youngest  grandchild, 
Mrs.  Mary"  llibbard  Bailey,  now  the  only  survivor,  was  born  in 
1829.      These  grandchildren  were  not  in  the  professions,  —  they 
were  farmers,  tradespeople,  and  mechanics.      Not  one  of  them 
was   college   bred.       With    the   exception    of    Horace    W.,    the 
youngest    son   of    Barker,    who    was    drowned    in    a    tan-vat    in 
infancy,  they  all   died   a   natinal    ik-ath.      They    were   nearly  all 
church   members,   and,   without  exception,  strong  Whigs,  then 
Republicans.      These  twenty-six  persons  enumerated  constitute 
the  entire   seventh   generation    tri>m    Richard   through    Webster 
and  withal   were  a  very  industrious  generation,  strong  in  good 
citizenship,  and  beloved  by  all  within  their  radius. 

The  following  sketch  of  William  LJ.  Bailey  was  prepared  for 
the  Bradford,  Vt.,  "  Opinion,"  a  local  paper,  by  Mr.  Frederick 
P.  Wells,  the  historian  of  Newbin^y  :  — 


SKETCH    OF    WILLIAM    URIAH    BAILEY.  29 

WILLIAM  URIAH  UAILEY. 

The  death  of  Mr,  Bailey  at  his  home  in  this  town  on  Snnday 
evening,  June  19,  ends  a  long  and  useful  life,  singularly  de\oid 
of  incident  or  change,  save  such  as  must  come  to  every  man 
who  lives  to  the  age  of  eighty-four. 

He  was  born  September  35,  1S20,  on  the  farm  next  south  of 
the  one  on  which  lie  died,  and  on  which  his  father  was  also 
born,  in  1792,  the  father,  Parker  \V.  IJailey,  dying  in  1881,  also 
on  the  farm  where  his  son  has  just  died,  Webster  Bailey, 
father  of  Parker,  and  in  the  lilth  generation  from  Richard 
Bailey,  who  came  from  England  before  1640,  settled  in  New- 
bm-y  about  17S9,  was  a  farmer  and  tanner  and  reaicd  a  family 
of  sons  and  daughters  wliose  descendants  are  settled  all  over  the 
country. 

He  was  a  man  of  high  standing  in  town,  and  a  member  and 
longtime  clerk  of  the  Congregational  Church.  Parker  Webster, 
his  son,  married  Eliza  Ward  of  Haverhill,  who  was  his  wife 
sixty-four  years.  He  was  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  town  ami 
church.  They  had  twcj  sons  who  lived  to  manhood,  Hon. 
Henry  W,  Bailey  and  the  deceased. 

William  U.  Bailey  married  happily,  December  2.|,  1S.14, 
Abigail  II.  Eaton  of  Wentvvorth,  and  lived  there  until  i^S'? 
when  they  came  here  and  he  bought  the  "  Samuel  While  place" 
on  the  river  road,  next  nortli  of  the  homestead.  The  old  house 
was  replaced  b)-  a  new  one  in  1875,  which,  with  all  the  farm 
buildings,  was  burned  October  3,  1895,  and  rebuilt  the  next 
year. 

Mrs.  Bailey  died  suddenly  Ncuember  25,  1880.  They  were 
the  parents  of  five  children  :  Ellen,  Mrs.  R.  S.  Chamberlin  ; 
Henry  J.,  drowned  in  1862;  Horace  \V.,  now  Unitetl  States 
marshal  for  Vermont;  Warren  \\^,  on  the  homestead,  and 
Jesse  P.,  who  died  on  January  J9,  1S99,  Tlicy  had  eight  grand- 
children, all  living  but  one.  Of  tiic  twenty-live  grandcliildien 
of  VVebster  and  Mary  (Noye-,)  Paiiey,  only  one,  Mis.  Mary 
Hibbard  P>ailev  of  Woodsvillc,  i--  mkw  living. 


30  THE    liAILEY-nAYI.KV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

William  Bailey  led  a  singularly  quiet  life.  Excepting  the  few 
years  in  Wentworth,  it  was  all  passed  in  the  immediate  vicin- 
ity of  his  birthplace.  He  made  few  journeys,  held  no  olHce, 
but  devoted  his  entire  time  to  tlie  interests  of  his  extensive  farm 
and  his  family.  No  man  ever  cared  less  for  display  or  notoriety. 
He  was  not  impidsive,  formed  his  convictions  slowly,  but,  when 
convinced,  was  immovable.  From  two  places  he  was  rarely  ab- 
sent, his  home  and   his  place  at  church. 

His  memory  was  tenacious,  and  stored  with  reminiscences  of 
his  youth,  his  business,  and  the  events  of  Newbury  and  Haver- 
hill. His  nature  was  generous  and  kind,  his  life  above  re- 
prt)ach,  and  his  home  an  hospitable  one.  His  parents  were 
eminent  for  their  God-fearing  li\es,  and  he  joined  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  1875.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig,  and  on  the 
formation  of  the  Republican  party  counted  himself  with  it.  In 
person  he  was  like  his  father,  tall  anil  broad  shoiddered,  and,  in 
his  prime,  a  man  of  great  strength.  He  was  an  industrious 
man,  and,  until  his  body  failed,  always  found  enough  to  do. 
He  died  of  old  age,  having  failed  slowly  during  the  past  six 
months.  Mr.  Bailey  was  a  fine  representative  of  a  class  of 
men  who  came  into  active  life  in  the  '40s,  men  who  owed  little 
to  schools  find  teachers,  but  by  sterling  wortli  and  energy  nobly 
sustained  the  honorable  reputatitni  which  their  predecessors  had 
given  to  their  town.  His  funeral  on  Tuesday  was  largely 
attended,  and  he  was  laid  away  among  his  kindretl  dead  in  the 
Oxbow  cemetery.  Mr.  Dan  V.  Ford,  now  the  only  survivor  of 
four  boys  born  in  the  South  Newbury  school  district  in  Septem- 
ber, 1S20,  of  wlujni  the  other  three  were  the  deceased,  William 
Atwood,  and  Geoige  S.  B.  Stevens,  was  present  at  the  funeral, 
as  were  Edwin  R.  Davenport  and  Merrill  Goodwin,  born  in  the 
same  year. 

MR.  EDWIN    A.  BAYLEY. 

Mu.   PUESIDKNT  : 

I  have  been  asked  to  read  the  following  poem,  written  by 
\\'illiam    Whitman    Baile)    of   Providence,    R.I.,   a   professor  in 


EDWIN    A.    BAYI-KY.  3 1 

Brown  University.      It  is  contained    in  a  letter  addressed  to  llol- 
lis  R.  Bailey  :  — 

Providence,   R.I.,  U.S.A., 

Februauv  20,  1904. 
HoLLis  R.   Bailey,  Esq., 

My  dear  Clansman  :  —  The  suggestion  in  the  last  Report,  that 
there  are  "  millions  in  it,"  lo  wit,  our  family,  has  inspired  an 
impecunious  member,  during  convalescence  from  well-nigh  fatal 
illness,  to  pen  the  following  lines  :  — 

THE    BAILEY    MILLIONS. 

Those  "  Bailey  millions  !  "     Where  are  they .'' 

I'd  like  to  see  the  same  to-day  I 

It  I  a  quarter  part  could  get, 

I'd  stand  to  treat  the  crowd,  you  bet! 

But  sad  experience  seems  to  tell 

I  must  to  such  thoughts  say  farewell, 

And  if  I  lack  the  ready  chink, 

I'll  have  lo  grub  for  it,  I  think. 

I  should  not  let  such  hope  arrest 

My  peace  of  mind,  for  all  the  West ; 

But  if  some  fellow  of  the  clan. 

Or  lady,  in  despite  of  man, 

Updn  tlie  treasure  lays  a  hand. 

My  heart  to  him,  or  her'U  expand. 

The  fact  at  once  I  will  proclaim. 

That  I  too  am  of  Bailey  name ! 

Most  cordially  yours, 

William  Whitman  Bailey, 

of  John  of  Salisbury  Line. 

Musical  entertainment  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eben  H.  Bailey  of 
Boston. 

Recitation  by  Mr.  F.  O.  Wheeler  of  Salem,  N.II.  — "  Feed- 
ing the  Stock." 

Mr.  Wheeler  was  dressed  in  an  old  pair  of  overalls,  an  old 
brown  coat,  with  a  red  handkerchief  hanging  from  a  pocket, 
goggles,  a  gray  wig,  false  gray  beard,  red   kerchief  around  his 


32  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

neck,  old  gray  derby,  and  an  old  stick  for  a  cane.  'JMie  andiunce 
were  greatly  entertained,  and  manifested  tlieir  pleasure  by  fre- 
quent applause. 

REMARKS    BY   HON.    HORACE    W.    BAILEY   OF 
NEWBURY,   VT. 

Mr.   President,  Meimheus  ok  the  Association: 

I  have  come  down  from  Vermont.  I  bring  you  from  all  the 
Baileys  —  and  they  are  numerous  up  there  —  glad  tidings.  I 
happen  to  be  the  only  representative  from  Vermont.  I  was 
born  in  Vermont,  and  am  to-day  residing  in  Vermont.  The 
Baileys  in  Vermont  are  on  the  eve  of  a  political  campaign. 

It  is  a  mystery  how  the  Baileys  spell  their  names.  Some  of 
you  spell  your  names  with  an  z',  and  some  of  you  spell  it  with  a 
j>/,  and  others  with  a  ee.  I  received  a  letter  the  other  day  ad- 
dressed to  me  as  "  Ilorris  Bely." 

Let  me  ask  as  many  of  you  as  are  descendants  of  Richard 
Bailey  to  hold  up  your  hands. 

Once  more,  I  am  glad  to  have  met  you. 

The  PRiiSiDENT.  —  It  is  getting  late  and  the  seals  at  the  rear 
of  the  stage  are  crying  for  their  dinner,  but  1  will  ask  you  to 
listen  to  a  few  words  from  Mr.  William  H.  Bailey  of  Boston. 

ADDRESS   BY   WILLIAM   HARRISON    BAILEY   OF 

BOSTON. 
I  remember,  when  I  was  a  very  small  boy,  the  Rev.  John 
Pierpont  saying  that  he  knew  that  he  should  be  uiiexpededly 
called  upon,  whereupon  he  drew  from  his  pocket  a  long  poem 
written  for  the  occasion  ;  but  I  didn't  know  anything  about  it, 
consequently  I  am  not  prepared  to  say  much  of  anything.  Ac- 
cording to  the  genealogy  of  our  friend  Poor  I  don't  exist.  He 
wiped  me  out  of  existence  with  one  stroke  of  his  pen.  I  re- 
minded him  of  it  when  he  tried  to  sell  me  a  book. 

It   happened  that  my  father,   who  belonged   to   the    Richard 


ADDRESS    Ijy    WILMAM    HARRISON    BAILEY.  33 

Bailey  family,  was  a  personal  friend  and  great  admirer  of  Gen. 
W^illiam  Ilemy  Harrison.  lie  had  a  child  born  in  1836  and 
named  it  William  Henry  Harrison.  This  child  dictl  in  infancy, 
and  two  years  afterwards,  in  1S38,  when  I  came  along  he  named 
me  William  Henry  Harrison,  bnt  on  arriving  at  years  of  discre- 
tion I  concluded  the  whole  would  be  too  great  a  burden  to  carry 
through  life,  so  I  dropped  the  Henry.  When  Mr.  Poor  came 
to  me  with  his  book  i  told  him  about  it,  and  he  said  that  what 
he  had  written  must  be  correct,  —  "  I  got  it  from  your  father." 
But  linally  he  recollected  that  he  found  in  reading  the  proof  of 
his  book  two  William  Henry  Harrisons,  and  thinking  it  a  mis- 
take of  the  printer,  he  drew  his  pen  through  one  of  them,  and  it 
happened  that  the  one  he  left  was  the  other  fellow,  who  died  a 
natural  death,  and  that  he  had  killed  me;  another  illustration 
of  "The  pen  is  mightier  than  the  sword." 

The  Baileys  are  not  all  of  them  rich,  but  they  are  mostly  fairly 
well  to  do,  and  there  is  not  one  of  them  in  the  State's  Prison.  I 
never  heard  of  one  that  was  hanged.  I  am  very  sure  none  oi  j/07c 
are  in  the  State's  Prison  and  none  oiyo7i  have  ever  been  hanged. 
My  opinion  of  the  Baileys,  so  far  as  I  have  known  them  in  the 
past,  is  that  they  are  a  people  of  very  set  opinions.  There  is 
another  characteristic  of  the  Baileys,  their  proneness  to  contro- 
versy over  the  question  how  to  spell  their  names.  They  are  a 
good  deal  like  the  man  who  was  very  willing  to  be  convinced, 
but  he  would  like  to  see  the  man  who  could  convince  him. 

In  the  famous  case  of  Bardell  v.  Pickwick,  Samuel  Weller, 
being  called  as  a  witness,  was  asked  his  name  and  he  having 
given  it,  the  Judge  impiired  of  him,  "Do  you  spell  it  with  a 
'v'  or  a  'w'  r"  Samuel  replied,  "That  depends  upon  the 
taste  and  fancy  of  the  speller,  my  lord  .  .  .  Init  I  spells  it  with 
a  '  v'."  A  voice  in  the  gallery  exclaimed,  "  C^uite  right,  too, 
Samivil,  quite  right.  Put  it  down  a  we,  my  lord,  put  it  down 
a  we,"  and  the  Judge  very  sternly  ordered  silence  and  inquired 
who  it  was  that  dared  to  address  the  court.  Samuel  replied 
that  he  suspected  it  was  his  father.  Now  you  have  the  spelling 
Bailey,  and   I   never  heard  of  this  other  spelling  until  I  became 


34  TllK    BAII.EV-BAYLKY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

acquainted  with  sonie  of  the  descendants  of  those  who  in  all 
probability  did  not  know  that  the  name  spelled  with  an  /  was 
derived  from  the  outer  works  and  strong  defences  of  a  castle,  a 
most  noble  origin  ;  also  that  the  most  ancient  Court  House  of 
London,  the  Old  Bailey,  is  spelled  with  an  i  and  takes  its  name 
from  the  same  source,  I  should  wish  to  have  my  grandfather 
committed  for  contempt  of  court  if  he  spelled  it  with  w  y.  1  sus- 
pect that  1  am  related  to  our  friend  who  has  just  spoken,  from 
Vermont.  In  fact,  there  isn't  any  doubt  about  it  in  my  miiul. 
Like  him,  I  spell  my  name  with  an  z,  and  if  you  prove  to  be 
satisfied  with  me,  I  shall  come  again  until  I  see  where  on  the 
family  tree  I  belong,  and  I  trust  by  the  aid  of  the  i  I  shall  be 
able  to  see  that  I  am  in  the  right  place. 

In  the  early  days  our  ancestors  had  a  great  deal  to  do  in 
settling  the  new  country,  and  seemed  to  be  more  anxious  about 
tinding  descendants  than  in  determining  who  their  own  ancestors 
were.  Of  course  we  should  be  very  glad  if  they  had  been  inore 
careful  about  their  genealogical  records. 

REMARKS  BY  MR.  LARKIN  T.  TRULL  OF  LOWELL, 

MASS. 
Mr.  President  : 

This  is  my  second  meeting  with  the  Bailey-Bayley  Family, 

that  is,  with  the  whole  family.  The  pleasure  I  have  had  in 
hearing  that  beautiful  hymn  sung  by  Mrs.  Ebcn  II.  Bailey  has 
more  than  repaid  me  for  coming.  The  hour  for  adjournment 
has  now  arrived,  and  I  must  not  detain  you.  The  Association, 
I  believe,  is  doing  a  good  work,  and  I  hope  it  will  continue  and 
flourish  for  many  years. 

A  duet,  "  Auf  Wiedersehen,"  "Till  we  meet  again,"  com- 
posed by  Eben  11.  Bailey  and  sung  by  Mr.  Bert  O.  Wetmore  of 
Boston,  baritone,  and  Mrs.  Eben  II.  Bailey  of  Boston,  soprano, 
concluded  the  programme. 


SKETCH    OF    ELDER    ERENEZEU    BAILEY.  35 

The  Meeting  adjourned  for  dinner,  after  which  the  company 
spent  the  remainder  of  the  day  socially.  During  the  afternoon 
a  group  photograph  of  most  of  those  attending  the  meeting  was 
taken. 

f  _______________ 

The  following  biographical  sketches,  which  were  referred  to 
in  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Genealogy,  but  not  read,  are 
printed  as  being  properly  a  part  of  this  report. 

SKETCH  OF  THE  LIFE  OF  ELDER  EBENEZER 
BAILEY,  BY  Ebenezeu  Foster  Bailey  of  Fitchbuug, 
Mass. 

My  grandfather,  Ebenezer  Bailey,  was  born  in  Tewksbury, 
Mass.,  April  30,  1739.  He  was  the  third  child  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  (Goss)  Bailey.  1  know  but  little  of  the  life  of  Joseph 
Bailey,  and  nothing  of  his  wife  or  of  her  ancestry.  I  once 
asked  my  uncle  Samuel  what  he  knew  about  his  grandfather, 
and  he  replied  "  Nothing,"  except  that  he  once  heard  his  older 
sister,  Mrs.  Merriam,  say  that  he  met  a  sudden  death,  falling 
dead  while  at  work  in  the  field.  Since  then  I  have  learned  a 
few  more  facts. 

He  removed  from  Bradford,  his  native  town,  to  Tewksbury, 
in  about  1735,  locating  on  a  tract  of  land  lying  on  the  Andover 
town  line,  and  also  adjoining  land  of  his  older  brother  Samuel, 
who  located  on  the  bank  of  the  Merrimac  river  in  Andover, 
on  the  Tewksbury  town  line.  This  must  have  been  about  the 
time  of  his  marriage,  and  so  he  took  his  new  wife  to  his  new 
farm,  and  to  a  new  town,  too,  for  Tewksbury  was  incorporated 
in  1734.  He  was  among  the  first  members  of  the  Congrega- 
tionalist  Church,  and  having  musical  talent,  was,  with  another, 
chosen  to  line  the  hymns  and  give  the  key.  In  the  church  rec- 
ords of  Tewksbury,  where  I  obtained  the  births  of  his  children, 
I  noticed  in  one  place  he  was  recorded  Capt.  Joseph  Bailey, 
which   gives   the  belief   that  he  was   prominent  in    the  military 


36  THE    nAlI.EY-RAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

His  wife  Sarah  died  of  consumption  April  22,  1755.  He 
married,  second,  Apphia  Bartlctt,  October  3,  1755.  He  had 
nine  cliilthen  by  his  first,  antl  two  by  his  second  wife.  The 
two  chikhen  by  the  second  marriage  died  young,  when  two  and 
three  years  old,  and  four  of  the  children  by  his  first  marriage 
died  within  one  year,  between  September  15,  1760,  and  August 
S,  1 76 1,  the  oldest  being  twenty-five,  and  the  youngest  seven 
years.  What  the  malady  was  that  cut  down  so  many  in  so 
short  a  time,  I  do  not  know. 

My  grandfather,  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joseph,  probably  worked 
with  his  father  on  the  farm  until  of  the  proper  age  to  learn  a 
trade,  and  I  shall  presume  he  was  put  an  apprentice  to  some 
shoemaker,  as  I  find,  in  an  old  deed  of  land  to  liim,  he  is  styled 
a  cordwainer. 

October  15,  1762,  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Trull,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  (Hunt)  Trull.  She  was  a  descendant, 
through  her  grandmother,  Sarah  Stearns  (who  married  a  Hunt), 
of  old  Isaac  Stearns  of  Watertown,  Alass.  They  were  married 
by  the  Rev.  Sampson  Spaulding,  the  minister  of  Tewksbury, 
and  an  uncle  by  marriage  of  the  bride.  One  hundred  and  forty 
years  ago  I  have  no  doubt  it  was  a  very  desirable  thing  to  be 
able  to  call  the  minister  of  the  town  "  uncle,"  and  I  shall  pre- 
sume the  bridegroom  fully  appreciated  the  honor  of  his  new 
relationship. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage,  or  soon  after,  he  became  a  citi- 
zen of  Billerica,  as  I  find  the  birth  of  his  first  child,  I'olly,  in 
the  records  of  that  town,  and  here  Ebenezer  was  probably  born. 

In  a  few  years  we  find  him  in  Andover.  I  don't  know  the 
date  of  removal,  but  it  was  subsequent  to  1766,  and  l)efore 
1770.  About  1766,  under  a  new  law,  it  became  the  fashion  for 
the  selectmen  of  the  town  to  warn  away  every  newcomer  who 
held  no  landed  estate,  for  fear  he  might  sooner  or  later  add  to 
the  expenses  of  the  town  in  the  pauper  department.  Miss  C 
H.  Abbott,  in  an  article  in  the  "  Andover  Townsman  "  of  some 
four  years  ago,  says,  in  substance,  that  Ebenezer  Bailey,  his 
wife,    with    three    children,    Molly,    Ebenezer,    and    Elizabeth, 


SKETCH    OF    KLDER    KT5ENHZKR    HAU.EY.  37 

strayed  here  from  Tewksbury,  and  got  tlie  customary  warnino- 
to  depart,  and  she  further  says  that  "  this  warning  appears  to 
have  had  no  terrors  for  tliem,  for  I  (inrl  a  Sara  annexed  to  the 
ineligible  Hst  in  1770,  after  which  Ebenezer  departs."  But  he 
did  not  depart  until  1773,  and  after  the  birth  of  Rhoda,  who  was 
an  infant  when  he  removed  his  family  to  Westmoreland.  And  I 
find,  also,  that  in  1770  his  lather,  Joseph,  conveyed  to  him  a  tract 
of  land  in  Andover  of  ninety  acres,  which  must  have  taken  him 
out  of  the  list  of  prospective  paupers.  So  that  it  is  evident  he 
was  not  driven  out  of  the  town  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  the 
law  of  1766.  All  the  facts  I  have  been  able  to  gather  confirm 
the  statement  that  sometime  in  the  year  1773  he  was,  with  his 
family,  in  Westmoreland,  N.H.,  and  was  set  over  a  little  Bap- 
tist church  in  the  East  Parish  of  that  town  (now  known  as  East 
Westmoreland)  as  their  minister,  with  the  cognomen  of  Elder 
Bailey. 

tJow,  from  being  a  shoeniaker,  and,  as  I  believe,  a  Congrega- 
tionalist,  he  became  a  Baptist  and  an  elder  in  the  church,  I 
know  not.  The  causes  that  led  thereto,  and  the  steps  that 
marked  the  way  of  the  transition,  1  know  not,  no  facts  that 
could  reveal  them  having  come  down  in  veritable  history  to  any 
of  his  now  living  descendants. 

I  believe  it  is  safe  to  presume  that  his  early  life  furnished  him 
with  small  opportunities  for  education  —  nothing  beyond  the 
orilinary  advantages  of  that  day,  which  weic  meagre.  That 
ten  years  of  his  life,  so  barren  of  known  fact,  furnishes  a  fine 
field  for  historical  romance.  When  and  how  did  he  receive  his 
first  aspirations  to  fill  a  larger  place  in  tiie  world  than  was  prom- 
ised by  the  shoemaker's  bench  ?  \V^as  it  when  at  work  with 
hammer  and  lapstone,  pounding  the  stiff  and  unyielding  sole 
leather,  tliat  he  heard  a  still,  small  voice  calling  him  away  from 
his  occupation  to  the  work  of  bieaking  the  hard  hearts  of  unre- 
pentant men,  and  making  human  souls  soft  and  yielding,  fit  for 
the  Master's  service.''  And  if  he  decided  to  resjiond  U>  llie  call, 
how  could  it  be  accomplished.?  With  his  imperfect  attainments 
in   general    learning  he  could  not  expect  success  as  a  Congrega- 


38  TJIE    nAH.EY-HAYLEY    FAINIII.Y    ASSOCIATION. 

tional  clergyman,  of  whom  a  liberal  education  was  recjuired,  but 
there  was  the  Baptist,  who,  in  those  days,  had  no  appreciation 
for  written  sermons  or  orieat  learning.  Here,  now,  was  his 
opportunity;  over  in  Andover,  near  the  town  line  of  Tevvks- 
bury,  was  a  little  Baptist  community  in  the  full  enjoyment  of 
all  the  services  and  sacraments  of  the  Baptist  faith.  This  may 
or  may  not  have  been  the  time  he  changed  his  opinions  in 
regard  to  the  quantity  of  water  indispensable  to  salvation,  ami  this 
may  or  may  not  have  been  the  motive  of  his  removal  to  AndtA'er. 
But,  once  there,  and  we  know  he  was,  I  am  sure  he  sought  to 
improve  himself  intellectually  and  religiously,  tliat  he  labored  to 
excel  as  an  exhorter  in  the  Baptist  meetings,  and  that  he  accjuired 
an  induence  that  securetl  the  otlice  of  elder  in  the  church. 

How  he  came  to  locate  in  Westmoreland  is  also  a  held  for 
historical  romance.  The  Baptists  of  those  days  were  usually 
men  of  humble  origin,  but  full  of  energy  and  zeal,  and  devoted 
to  the  propagation  of  the  faith.  Thev  cultivated  a  strong  per- 
sonal attachment  to  the  whole  brotherhood  of  Baptist  saints ; 
and  to  any  brother  of  the  faith,  and  especially  a  preaclier  of  the 
everlasting  gospel  by  immersion,  hospitality  was  sure  and  gen- 
erous. It  was  then  usual  to  send  out  into  the  sparsely  populated 
region  of  the  newly  settled  states  of  New  Hampshire  and  Ver- 
mont horseback  missionaries,  who  would  go  into  the  little  vil- 
lages and  hamlets,  gather  the  faithful,  and  establish  churches, 
and  thus,  while  the  missionary  contributed  to  tlie  spread  and 
enlargement  of  the  denomination,  he  was  given  the  opportunity 
to  select  a  place  for  settlement  and  for  the  location  of  his  fam- 
ily. Thus  the  proceeds  of  agriculture  which  he  might  gather 
from  the  soil  by  his  six  days'  labor,  added  to  the  small  stipend 
he  received  for  his  services  on  the  seventh  day,  would  furnish  a 
livelihood  for  himself  and  family.  This  was  a  simple  and 
cheap  way  for  the  Baptists  to  propagate  their  religion  ;  the  only 
equipment  needed  was  a  horse,  bridle,  saddle,  saddle-bags, 
Bible,  and  hymnbook  ;  the  pious  hospitality  of  the  Baptist 
brotherhood  who  lived  on  his  circuit  supplied  the  needs  of  tiie 
missicjnary   during   liis  journey   from   home. 


SKETCH  OK  ELDER  EHENEZER  HAII.EY.  39 

My  graiulfatlier  may  have  selected  Westmoreland  lor  his 
home  while  serving  on  this  circuit  as  a  missionary,  or  he  may 
have  l)een  introduced  to  it  by  some  missionary,  or  he  n)ay  have 
been  induced  to  go  there  by  his  two  brothers,  who  1  know  lived 
at  one  time  in  that  town,  although  I  am  inclined  to  believe  that 
they  went  there  after  my  grandtather.  Be  that  as  it  may,  the 
fact  lemains  that  he  removed  his  family  to  East  Westmorehuid 
in  1773,  and  probably  went  thrtnigh  the  usual  experiences  of 
new  settlers  in  erecting  a  habitation  and  in  clearing  the  land. 

His  family  then  consisted  of  himself,  wife,  and  five  children, 
—  Polly,  El)enezer,  Betsey,  Sarah,  and  Rhoda,  —  four  girls  and 
one  boy,  the  oldest  about  ten  and  the  youngest  less  than  two 
years  of  age.  For  six  or  seven  years  he  labored  on  his  farm 
during  the  week  to  supply  the  needs  of  his  growing  family,  and 
on  Sunday  ministered  to  the  still  greater  spiritual  needs  of  his 
little  dock  of  saints  and  sinners.  Within  these  years  three  more 
children  were  boin  :  Thirza,  born  May  1=^,  1774  I  Sanuiel,  born 
May  25,  1777,  who  died  in  infancy  ;  and  Hannah,  born  Septem- 
ber 21,  1778. 

About  this  time,  when  the  boy  Ebenezer  was  about  fifteen 
years  old,  a  very  sad  event  occuired  in  the  tragic  death  of  this 
only  son,  who  had  become  the  endeared  object  of  his  father's 
affections  and  hopes.  One  day  he  went  out  with  a  young  man 
on  a  hunting  expedition  for  wild  turkey  and  was  brought  home 
helpless  and  bleeding  from  a  gunshot  lired  by  his  companion, 
who  alleged,  in  palliation,  that  he  heard  a  rustling  in  the  bushes 
and  supposed  it  was  a  turkey  and  so  lired,  with  the  fatal  result. 
He  lingered  a  few  days  under  the  doctor's  care  antl  died.  We 
can  imagine  the  anguish  that  tilled  the  hearts  of  the  family,  and 
especially  of  the  stricken  father,  at  the  loss  of  this  beloved  son, 
in  whom  were  centered  so  many  precious  hopes. 

From  circumstances  in  the  case  my  grandfather  came  to  be- 
lieve that  the  killing  of  his  boy  was  the  result  of  gross  careless- 
ness on  the  part  of  the  young  man.  It  is  probable  that  in  the 
intensity  of  his  emotions,  he  did  not  duly  consider  the  mitigating 
circumstances  of  the  other  side.      When  the  doctor  sent  in   his 


40 


THE    HAir.iiY-HAYLKY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


bill  for  attendance  on  the  son,  the  young  man  who  shot  him  was 
asked  to  pay  it,  but  refused  to  do  so.  The  matter  was  placed  in 
arbitration,  with  a  decision  in  favor  of  my  grandfather.  The 
young  man  still  declined,  and  not  until  the  commencement  of 
legal  proceedings  did  he  settle  the  bill.  My  grandfather  got  his 
doctor's  bill  paid,  but  in  so  doing,  he  made  two  unrelenting 
enemies,  who  did  what  they  could  thereafter  to  destroy  his  in- 
tluence  in  the  church,  and  drive  him  from  the  pidpit.  These 
two  men  now  on  the  warpath  soon  had  their  opportimity.  I 
believe  that  in  those  days  many,  if  not  the  majority,  of  the 
Baptist  churches  had  no  creed  to  which  the  members  were 
required  to  subscribe,  but  the  church  in  Westmoreland  had  one, 
and  I  presume  it  was  hyper-Calvinistic.  Now  my  grandfather 
had  modified  somewhat  his  views  of  the  Calvinistic  faith.  He 
seems  to  have  dropped  entirely  the  doctrine  of  election,  antl 
to  have  placed  an  interrogation  point  against  some  sections  in 
the  doctrine  of  the  atonement  relative  to  its  vicarious  feature. 
Grandfather  desired  to  have  new  members  admitted  without 
being  required  to  subscribe  to  the  creed,  which  was  objected  to 
by  a  few  of  the  church,  including,  of  course,  the  two  implacables 
referred  to.  The  church  voted  on  the  question  and  decided  to 
dispense  with  the  creed.  Then  tlie  two  hostile  members,  with 
ten  others,  separated  from  the  majority  and  set  up  the  conten- 
tion that  the  creed  could  not  be  dispensed  with,  or  changed, 
without  the  consent  of  every  member,  and  therefore,  they,  this 
little  minority,  were  the  church,  and  that  the  majority,  by  tlieir 
action,  were  unchurched.  They  assumed  church  authority,  and 
called  the  majority  to  account  for  their  conduct,  and  threatened 
discipline.  The  majority  responded  by  instituting  proceedings 
in  discipline  against  the  minority  members  and  putting  them 
under  admonition.  In  about  one  year  the  minority  came  back, 
having  discovered  the  weakness  of  their  position.  But  the  war- 
fare against  the  pastor  was  still  kept  up  all  the  same,  so  that  for 
the  lalt  twenty-five  years  of  grandfather's  ministry,  there  was  a 
long  series  of  church  meetings  and  councils.  It  was  during 
these  troublous  times  that  my  grandfather  did  what  seems  to  me 


SKETCH    OF    ELDER    E15ENEZER    IJAII-EY.  4I 

to  have  been  a  very  unwise  thing.  The  young  man  who  killed 
grandfather's  only  son  in  so  careless  a  manner  as,  in  his  view, 
to  constitute  the  crime  of  manslaughter,  had  never  manifested 
any  regret  for  the  act,  and  grandfather  believed  that  as  they  both 
were  members  of  the  same  church,  it  was  a  proper  subject  to  be 
acted  upon  by  that  body.  He  accordingly  made  his  complaint, 
which  action,  being  taken  some  fifteen  or  more  years  after  the 
event  occurred,  did  not  meet  the  approval  of  the  majority  of  the 
church.  He  then  brought  the  matter  before  a  council,  whose 
deliverance  in  favor  cjf  gramlfather  was  not  agreed  to  by  the 
church.  And  thus  the  war  continued  until  he  was  about  seventy 
years  old,  when,  disheartened  and  broken  somewhat  in  mind,  he 
was  dismissed  by  council.  The  church,  rent  and  torn  by  divi- 
sions and  controversies,  soon  went  to  pieces,  and  for  some  time 
the  religious  wants  of  the  little  community  were  met  by  short, 
temporary  supplies  and  by  itinerant  preachers  who  happened 
that  way.  About  fifty  years  ago,  the  little  church  in  which 
grandfather  used  to  preach  was  taken  down  into  the  valley,  now 
a  little  village  (East  Westmoreland),  and  is  run  as  a  union 
church,  where  all  persuasions  of  the  evangelical  type  harmonize 
their  differences  in  one  preacher. 

The  year  1797  was  memorable  to  my  grandfather  and  family 
as  one  of  deep  sorrow  and  atlliction  in  the  death  of  his  beloved 
daughter,  Rhoda,  by  the  smallpox.  This  occurred  in  May  of 
that  year.  The  chikhen  living  at  home  with  grandfather  at 
that  time  were  Betsey,  Thirza,  Khoda,  among  those  1  have 
before  named,  —  Polly,  Sally,  and  Hannah  having  been  married, 
(Ilamiah  was  married  in  Fel)ruary  of  that  year),  and  Ebenezer, 
born  March  15,   17S1,  and  Samuel,  born  March  25,  1786. 

Rhoda  contracted  the  disease  from  a  girl  who  had  come  into 
the  family  about  two  weeks  before  she  (the  girl)  was  taken 
sick.  When  the  doctor  came,  he  pronounced  it  the  smallpox, 
and  put  the  whole  family  into  quarantine,  and  inoculated  every 
member  with  the  smallpox  virus,  as  that  was  the  mode  of  deal- 
ing with  the  disease.  Vaccination  was  not  in  vogue  at  that 
time.      The  whole  family  was  sick  with   the  dread  disease,  iso- 


42  THE    IJAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

lated,  shut  out  from  the  world,  and  filled  with  forebodings  for 
the  result.  Rhoda,  who  had  taken  care  of  the  girl  upon  her 
first  being  sick,  took  the  disease  from  her,  and  had  it  in  malig- 
nant form.  She  died  May  14,  1797.  The  same  night  of  her 
deatl^  the  coffin  was  made,  and  in  the  morning,  not  being  allowed 
to  take  the  body  to  the  cemetery,  she  was  buried  on  grand- 
father's land,  a  sliort  distance  from  the  house.  Shut  in,  stricken, 
and  alone,  the  faiiiily  watched  in  sorrow  the  weary  hours  and 
days,  as  they  slowly  came  and  went,  until  it  was  pronounced 
safe  to  be  released  from  the  quarantine. 

The  dismissal  of  my  grandfather  from  his  pastorate  at  his 
age,  in  connection  with  infirmities  of  mind  consequent,  no 
doubt,  partly,  at  least,  on  the  harassing  controversies  he  had 
passed  through,  made  it  equivalent  to  a  permanent  cessation 
from  preaching,  and  which,  I  have  no  doubt,  grieved  him 
much.  After  tiairty  years  of  leadership,  this  sudden  transition 
from  priest  to  layman  was  not  smooth  and  easy.  His  last  years 
were  marked  by  a  tendency  to  live  over  again  his  troublous  life, 
to  mourn  the  tragic  death  of  his  son,  to  deprecate  the  apologiz- 
ing and  degenerate  views  others  entertained  in  regard  to  the  sin 
of  manslaughter,  and  to  give  instruction  on  the  scriptural  re- 
quirements for  church  discipline.  Notwithstanding  his  impair- 
ment of  mind,  his  physical  strength  and  vigor  continued  una- 
bated, and  he  still  pursued  his  old  mode  of  travel  on  horseback 
and  would  maintain  his  seat  in  the  saddle  with  an  erectness  and 
firmness  very  unusual  for  one  of  his  years.  But  his  mental 
malady  increased,  and  he  came  to  manifest  eccentricities  not 
altogether  pleasing  to  his  family.  He  died  in  1S15.  "After 
life's  fitful  fever,  he  sleeps  well." 

I  do  not  feel  that  I  am  in  possession  of  sufficient  data  to 
make  an  accurate  and  full  estimate  of  grandfather's  character 
and  abilities.  But  when  I  consider  how  handicapped  he  was 
in  the  beginning  of  his  ministry  by  that  unfortunate  event  which 
procured  for  him  the  personal  enmity  of  two  active  and  persist 
ent  church  members,  and  his  change  of  theological  views,  and 
his  securing  by  church  action  the  setting  aside  of  the  church 


SKETCH    OF    GOLDSMITH    FOX    BAILEY.  43 

creed  (always  a  delicate  and  dangerous  business),  it  becomes 
very  evident  to  iny  mind  that  if  grandfather  had  not  possessed 
in  a  good  degree  the  virtues  of  rectitude  of  conduct  and  a  blame- 
less Christian  life,  vs^ith  also  a  good  ability  to  set  forth  the  rea- 
sons and  scriptural  authority  for  his  positions  taken  in  regard  to 
church  government  and  doctrinal  views,  he  could  not,  antag- 
onized as^he  was  by  such  hostile  opposition,  have  been  able  so 
well  to  hold  the  majority  of  the  church,  and  continue  his  pastor- 
ate so  long. 

Two  or  three  years  ago,  I,  with  my  two  sons,  Eben  and  Har- 
rison, went  on  a  short  pilgrimage  to  our  ancestral  homestead. 
We  found  the  building  gone ;  but  the  straggling  remains  of  the 
tansy  bed  and  the  lilac  bushes  and  a  few  broken,  crumbling 
bricks  told  where  the  house  used  to  stand,  a  home,  which  family 
pride  and  affection  prompts  me  to  say,  in  which  was  reared  one  of 
the  best  families  of  New  England.  We  then  directed  our  steps 
southeastward  one  hundred  rods  to  the  site  of  the  little  village, 
once  the  centre  of  East  Westmoreland  civilization.  The  church 
building  where  grandfather  used  to  preach,  and  the  schoolhouse, 
which  once  housed  for  instruction  one  huntlred  scholars  during 
winter  months,  were  both  .gone,  and  the  old  store  was  now  no 
moi-e,  arKl  the  dwelling  house  adjoining  was  in  ruins,  with  roof 
fallen  in,  and  broken  timbers  and  rubbish  lying  in  chaos  around, 
a  sight  sad  to  behold.  And  Cook's  old  quasi-tavern,  with  its 
smashed-in  windows,  and  rotten  floors,  and  fallen  plastering, 
and  loosened  clapboards,  presented  a  sadder  spectacle.  It  all 
reminded  me  of  ancient  Eastern  ruins,  described  as  the  abode  of 
bats,  the  hiding  place  of  serpents,  and  the  habitation  of  dragons. 
Taken  altogether  it  was  not  a  pleasant  place  to  revisit. 

SKETCH     OF     THE     LIFE     OF     GOLDSMITH     FOX 
BAILEY,  uv  Ehenezeu  Foster  Bailey. 

Goldsmith  Fox  Bailey  was  the  s'on  of  Ebenezer  and  Lucy 
Goldsmith  Bailey,  the  youngest  of  four  children,  and  was  born 
in    Westmoreland,    N.il.,    July    17,    1S23.      Ilis    father   was   a 


44  THE    HAILEY-UAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

farmer,  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence  and  versatility 
of  talent.  In  his  early  manhood  he  tanght  school  in  the  winter 
months.  He  was  interested  in  public  matters,  and  served  his 
town  in  various  capacities,  was  inrtuential  in  the  deliberations 
at  town  meetings,  and  his  judgment  in  the  management  of  town 
affairs  was  respected.  He  acquired  considerable  knowledge  of 
the  law,  and  of  practical  surgery,  and  actually  performed  some 
surgical  operations  requiring  some  skill.  It  was  said  that  a 
noted  business  man  of  those  days  declared  that  Mr.  Bailey  could 
manage  a  case  in  court  better  than  one  half  of  the  professionals. 
As  a  neighbor  he  was  sympathetic  and  generous  in  his  dealings, 
and  was  continually  rendering  assistance  to  tlie  widow  and 
fatherless.  He  died  February  26,  1S25,  when  the  son  was  less 
than  two  years  old. 

In  al)out  one  year,  and  after  the  settlement  of  the  estate,  which 
proved  to  be  insolvent,  the  widowed  mother  took  her  two  chil- 
dren, some  household  furniture,  and  the  scanty  proceeds  of  her 
dower,  and  removed  to  Fitch1)urg,  Mass.,  as  a  residence  prom- 
ising better  opportunities  for  schooling,  and  for  gaining  a  liveli- 
hood. Until  he  was  twelve  years  old,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
received  the  best  school  advantages  that  Fitchburg  could  give, 
and  the  best  moral  and  religious  training  that  a  wise  and  affec- 
tionate mother  could  bestow.  At  this  early  age  of  twelve  he 
went  forth  from  home  to  seek  a  livelihood,  and  to  solve  for  him- 
self the  problems  of  life.  On  farm,  in  shop,  and  facttiiy,  he 
found  that  employment  v/hich  gave  him  a  living,  and  some 
schooling  during  each  winter,  until  he  was  seventeen  years  old, 
when  he  removed  to  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  to  learn  the  printer's 
art  in  the  office  of  John  W,  Moore,  who  published  and  edited 
the  "  Bellows  Falls  Gazette."  After  being  there  nearly  three 
years  Mr.  Moore  decided  to  change  his  residence  and  sokl  out, 
.S.  M.  Blake  and  G.  F.  Bailey  being  the  purchasers.  They  to- 
gether conducted  the  business  about  one  year,  when  Mr.  Bailey 
retired  from  the  lirm,  and  soon  after  enteretl  the  law-  oiiicc  of 
William  C.  Bradley  of  Westminster,  Vt.,  as  a  student.  In 
184s  he  came   to    Fitchburg  and  became   a    slutlenl   in    ihe    law 


HON.    GOLDSMITH    FOX    BAILEY. 


SKETCH    OF    GOLDSMITH    FOX    HAILEY.  45 

office  of  Toirey  &  Wood.  Such  was  the  readiness  with  which 
lie  gained  a  knowledge  of  the  principles  and  practice  of  the  law 
that  he  soon  won  the  favor  and  confidence  of  the  firm  to  that 
degree  that  they  gave  to  him  the  management  of  all  the  cases 
tried  in  the  Justice  Court,  and  when,  in  1848,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  he  was  received  into  the  firm  as  a  partner. 

In  May,  185  i,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Fitchburg  by 
President  Fillmore,  which  office  he  held  two  years. 

December  21,  1853,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sophia  F. 
Billings  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  daughter  of  Oel  and  Sophia  W. 
Hillings. 

In  the  fall  of  1S56  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  and  the  next 
year  to  the  Massachusetts  vSenate,  and  again  to  the  Senate  for 
i860,  during  which  3'ear  he  served  as  Chairman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee. 

In  the  fall  of  i860  he  was  nominated  and  elected  a  member 
of  the  Thirty-Seventh  United  States  Congress  froni  the  Ninth 
Massachusetts  District.  It  was  a  fiercely  contested  election. 
The  excitement  was  intense,  and  the  congressional  issue  within 
the  bountlaries  of  the  district  absorbed  the  attention  of  the  peo- 
ple beyond  any  other  issue  in  the  ])residential  campaign.  Hon. 
Eli  Thayer,  the  incumbent,  was  a  man  of  ability,  of  aml)itious 
aims,  energetic,  courageous,  and  irrepressible,  and  also  had 
been  popular  with  the  people.  Having  differed  from  his  parly 
on  the  question  of  the  prohibition  by  law  of  slavery  in  the  terri- 
tories, and  failing  of  a  nomination,  he  ran  as  an  independent 
candidate.  He  made  a  vigorous  campaign  through  the  entire 
district,  speaking  night  and  day  up  to  the  time  of  election.  He 
succeeded  in  dividing  the  Republican  party,  and  in  securing  to 
himself  almost  the  entire  Democratic  vote.  But,  notwithstand- 
ing, Mr.  Thayer  met  with  a  decisive  defeat,  and  Mr.  Bailey 
was  elected. 

The  election  was  succeeded  by  great  rejoicing,  by  torchlight 
processions  and  speeches,  bonfires  and  illiuninations.  But  amid 
all   these   rcjt)icings  and   congratulations,    Mr.    Bailey,   knowing 


46  THE     nAILEV-lJAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

well  the  fatal  inroads  that  consumption  had  made  upon  him, 
could  not  Init  be  coascicnis  that,  standing  behind  the  veil,  the 
ant^cl  of  death  was  already  numberinij  liis  few  remaining  days  on 
earth.  Yet  he  bravely  ner\cd  himself  to  meet,  as  best  he  could, 
all  the  duties  of  his  ollice. 

Near  the  close  of  winter,  in  order  to  escape  the  damp  ami 
chilly  east  winds  of  New  l^iyland,  he  went  South,  visited  Cuba, 
and  then  Florida,  where  he  remained  until  the  bombardment  and 
surrender  of  Fort  Sumier,  which  event  fdled  the  whole  country 
with  intense  excitement,  especially  the  Southern  states,  that  very 
soon  became,  as  it  were,  one  threat  military  camp,  in  busy  prepara- 
tion for  the  impending  conllict.  It  was  with  consideiable  dilli- 
culty  that  he  made  his  way  home  through  the  states  of  Georgia, 
'I'ennessee,  and  Kentucky,  emerging  into  the  free  states  at  Cin- 
cinnati. On  his  homeward  journey  he  stopped  in  Washington 
a  few  days,  where  his  friends  were  eager  to  get  an  accoimt  of 
his  experiences  and  observations  in  the  South. 

lie  attended  the  extia  session  of  Congress  in  Jidy,  and  was 
there  during  the  excitement  consequent  upon  the  first  battle  of 
l)ull  Run.  Again,  upon  the  convening  of  Congress  in  Decem- 
ber, he  went  to  Washington,  taking  with  him  his  wife  and 
child,  lie  attended  the  sessions  so  far  as  his  failing  stiengtii 
would  permit,  and  when  no  longer  able  to  go  to  the  Capitol  he 
came  home  to  Fitchbiug,  in  the  month  of  March,  wlicre  he  dietl 
May  S,  1S62.  And  thus,  in  early  manhood,  was  extinguished 
the  earthly  life  of  one  who  had,  in  promise,  a  career  of  useful- 
ness and  eminence. 

Mr.  Bailey  possessed  in  well-rounded  form,  and  in  full  meas- 
ure, all  those  elements  of  mind  and  heart  so  favorable  to  success 
and  to  the  building  of  a  symmetrical  character.  Ilis  mind  very 
readily  comprehended  the  general  princij^les  and  the  essential 
pcnnts  in  any  subject  under  consideration,  and  he  could  express 
himself  with  clearness  and  iluency.  He  was  fairly  quick  of 
perception,  had  a  retentive  memory,  understood  thoroughly  the 
importance  of  the  gathering  and  arrangement  of  facts  as  a 
foniulalion  for  conclusions  that  would   stanil   the  test,      lie   was 


SKETCH    OF    GOLDSMITH    FOX    HAILEY.  47 

cordial  and  generous,  a  pleasant  and  genial  companion,  cpiick  to 
sec  the  humorous  side  of  things,  and  could  so  illumine  a  dull 
narrative  with  wit  and  imagery  as  to  make  it  spicy  and  enter- 
taining. Warm  hearted  himself,  he  made  friends  wherever  he 
went,  and  many  of  such  friendships  were  lasting  and  valualde. 
And  yet,  if  occasion  required,  he  could  make  manifest  an  un- 
bending firmness,  and  could,  under  unusual  provocation,  spirit- 
edly defend  himself  by  the  use  of  terse  sentences,  wrought  of 
plain  Saxon  words. 

But  it  was  within  the  realm  of  the  domestic  affections  that  he 
found  the  sources  of  his  highest  happiness.  Home,  to  him, 
was  the  palace  of  the  soul.  His  love  for  wife,  child,  and 
mother  was  strong,  tender,  and  constant,  and  any  contribution 
to  their  happiness  was  a  joy  to  him.  His  filial  affection  for  his 
mother  was  a  prominent  feature  of  his  life.  In  a  letter  to  her 
from  Key  West,  Fla.,  dated  March  i8,  iS6i,  he  wrote,  "  How 
much  I  long  to  see  you  all  at  home  no  one  can  tell.  I  do  hope 
that  you  continue  in  health  and  that  all  I  love  are  prusiK-ring. 
That  God  may  bless  you,  my  dear  mother,  fure\cr,  is  the 
prayer  of  your  affectionate  son."  And  in  a  letter  to  her  from 
Washington,  dated  February  23,  1S62,  he  wrote,  "  I  do  long 
for  the  quiet  of  my  own  home,  witli  you  there  to  make  it  still 
more  homelike."  Referring  to  his  own  health  he  wrote,  "  I 
sometimes  wish  for  restored  health,  but  it  is  best  as  it  is.  He 
who  doeth  all  things  well  should  be  truste(i  even  in  the  issue  of 
life  and  death.  My  days  on  earth  must  be  few.  I  hope  they 
will  not  be  days  of  murmuring  or  repining,  although  they 
should  be  days  of  suffering.  Into  the  hands  of  the  Infinite 
Father  I  commit  all,  and  await  His  will.  May  God  bless  you, 
my  dear  mother,  alway." 


-}8  THE    nAIMiY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

TRIBUTES   TO    1 1  IS    MEMORY. 
In  the  House  ok  Rei'kesentatives. 

Mr.  Thomas  ok  Massachusetts.  —  My  colleagues,  Mr. 
Speaker,  liave  assigned  to  me  the  duty  of  announcing  to  the 
House  the  deatli  of  one  of  our  number,  lion.  Goldsmith  F. 
Bailey,  at  his  home  in  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  on  the  Sth  inst. 

The  story  of  his  life  is  a  brief  and  manly  one.  lie  was  born 
on  the  17th  of  July,  1S23,  in  Westmoreland,  N.II.,  a  state  that 
has  given  to  her  sisters  so  many  of  her  jewels,  and  yet  always 
kept  her  casket  full  and  sparkling.  Fatherless  at  the  age  of 
two,  he  was  thrown  wliolly  upon  his  own  resources  at  the  age 
of  twelve.  What  we  ordinarily  call  education  (schooling)  was 
finished  substantially  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  But  he  early  dis- 
covered that  the  only  true  culture  is  self-culture,  the  only  true 
development  self-development ;  that  in  the  sweat  u[  a  man's  own 
face  he  must  eat  the  brcad-of  knowledge  ;  and  that  in  the  school 
of  narrow  fortune  and  of  early  struggle  are  often  to  be  found  the 
most  invigorating  disciplines  and  the  wisest  teachers. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  began  to  learn  the  art  of  printing. 
We  need  but  glance  at  our  history,  or  look  around  us  at  either 
end  of  the  Capitol,  tu  learn  that  as  printing  is  the  most  encyclo- 
pedic of  arts,  so  the  printing  oiHce  is  among  the  best  places  of 
instruction.  In  diffusing  knowledge,  the  pupil  acquires  it,  and 
in  preparing  the  instruments  for  educating  others,  educates  him- 
self. I  have  revered  the  art  from  my  forefathers,  as  Faul  would 
have  said,  and  mine,  therefore,  may  be  a  partial  judgment;  but 
some  of  the  best-educated  men  it  has  been  my  pleasure  to  know 
received  their  degrees  at  the  printer's  college. 

Mr.  Bailey,  having  learned  his  art,  was  for  some  time  the 
associate  printer,  publisher,  and  editor  of  a  country  newspaper, 
a  business,  I  suspect,  not  very  lucrative  or  attractive.  It  did  not 
till  the  measure  of  his  hopes,  and  in  1S45  he  left  the  printing 
office  for  the  study  of  the  law.  He  pursued  his  studies  in  the 
office  of  Messrs.  Torrey  &  Wood  of  Fitchburg,  sound  lawyers 
and   most  estimable   men.      Their  appreciation  of  their  student 


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49 


was  such  Ihat,  upon  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  December,  i8.|S, 
lie  was  received  into  the  iirm  as  a  partner. 

Mr.  Bailey  had  been  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  some 
thirteen  years  before  his  election  to  this  House.  A  leading 
position  al  the  bar  in  New  England  is  seldom  attained  in  thir- 
teen years,  and  especially  at  a  Iku"  which,  even  from  days  before 
the  Revolution,  has  been  so  eminent  as  that  of  the  county  of 
Worcester.  But  Mr.  Bailey  had  acquired  high  rank  among  his 
brethren,  and  l)y  courteous  manners,  careful  learning,  sound 
judgment,  and  sterling  integrity  had  secured  the  respect  of  the 
people  and  of  courts  and  juries. 

His  public  life  was  very  brief.  In  1S56  he  was  elected  a 
representative  in  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts,  and  in  1S5S 
and  i860  was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate.  In  this  new  field 
of  labor  he  was  eminently  successful,  and  in  his  second  year 
in  the  Senate  it  may  be  fairly  said  there  was  no  man  in  the 
body  in  whom  his  colleagues  or  the  public  reposed  more 
confidence. 

The  ability  and  fidelity  with  which  he  discharged  these  high 
duties  attracted  the  attention  and  won  the  regard  of  the  people 
of  his  district,  and  in  November,  1S60,  in  a  canvass  warmly 
contested  by  an  able  and  popular  man,  he  was  elected  to  this 
House. 

He  took  his  seat  at  the  extra  session  in  July.  But  over  his 
new  and  expanded  horizon  the  night  was  already  shutting  down. 
The  hand  of  death  was  laid  visibly  upon  him.  You  could  hear 
the  very  rustling  of  his  wings. 

He  came  back  in  December  apparently  a  little  better.  It  was 
but  the  gl(jw  of  sunset,  the  llickering  of  the  llame  before  it  goes 
out.  He  lost  strength  from  day  to  day,  and  at  last  went  home 
to  die  —  to  realize  the  Spanish  benediction,  "  xvlay  you  die  among 
your  kindred,"  and,  what  is  of  infinitely  greater  moment,  the 
divine  benediction,  ''  Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord." 

To  om-  narrow  vision,  Mr.  Speaker,  such  a  life  seems  imper- 
fect, such  a  death  premature.  To  wrestle  with  adverse  fortune, 
as  Jacob  with   the   angel,  until  you  wrest  from  it  its   blesings,  to 


50  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

struggle  through  youth  and  early  manhooil  ;  to  reach  the  thresh- 
okl  of  mature  lile,  of  usefulness  and  of  lionor,  and  to  sink  weary 
and  exhausted  before  the  open  door. 

It  is  a  narrow  view,  Mr.  Speaker,  which  a  serene  trust  in  God 
and  in  His  infinite  wisdom  and  inlinite  goodness  at  once  dispels. 
We  wipe  the  mist  from  our  eyes,  and  see  that  all  is  well.  In 
the  presence  and  with  the  consciousness  of  an  immortal  life, 
what  matters  it  whether  much  or  little  be  spent  this  side 
the  veil,  provided,  as  with  our  departed  brother,  it  is  well 
spent. 

Mr.  Speaker,  death  is  busy  everywhere  around  us.  The  ac- 
complished jurist,  the  pure  patriot,  the  statesman,  wise  and 
good,  passes  away  in  the  Sabbath  stillness.  Amid  the  thunders 
of  artillery,  rocking  like  a  cradle  land  and  sea,  amid  lire  and 
smoke,  the  shrieks  of  the  wounded,  the  groans  of  the  dying,  the 
wail  of  defeat,  and  the  shouts  of  triumph,  the  angel  reapers  are 
garnering  in  fields  seemingly  not  white  for  the  harvest.  The 
flower  of  our  youth,  the  beauty  of  our  Israel,  is  slain  in  our  high 
places.  The  victories  in  this  holy  struggle  for  national  life  and 
"  liberty  in  law"  are  sealed  with  our  most  precious  blood.  Yet 
in  this  hour  of  chastened  triumph,  of  mingled  joy  and  sadness, 
that  tranquil  death  in  a  far-off  New  England  home  comes  very 
nigh  to  us,  with  its  solemn,  I  trust  not  unheeded,  warning. 
"  Be  ye  also  ready." 

I  offer  the  following  resolutions  :  — 

"  Resolved,  That  the  House  has  heard  widi  profound 
sorrow  the  announcement  of  the  death  of  Hon.  Goldsmith 
F.  Bailey,  a  member  of  this  House  from  the  ninth  congres- 
sional district  of  the  state  of  Massachusetts. 

"  Resolved,  That  this  House  tenders  to  the  widow  and 
relatives  of  the  deceased,  the  expression  of  its  deep  sym- 
pathy in  this  afflicting  bereavement. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Clerk  of  this  House  communicate 
to  the  widow  of  the  deceased  a  copy  of  these  resolutions. 

"  Resolved  (as  a  further  mark  of  respect).  That  a  copy 


SKETCH    OF    GOLDSMITH    FOX    nAII.EY.  5 1 

of   these  resolutions  be  communicated   to  the  Senate,   and 
that  the  House  do  now  adjourn," 

Remarks  were  also  made  by  Messrs.  Ashley,  Train,  and 
Eliot. 

In  the  Senate. 

A  message  from  the  House  of  Representatives,  by  Mr.  James 
W.  Clayton,  annoiniced  the  death  of  Hon.  Goldsmith  F.  Hailey, 
late  a  member  of  the  House  from  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  and 
communicated  the  proceedings  of  the  House  thereon. 

Hon.  Charles  Sumner,  senator  from  Massachusetts,  spoke  as 
follows  :  — 

Mr.  President :  The  last  Representative  of  Massachusetts 
snatched  away  by  death  during  the  session  of  Congress  was 
Robert  Rantoul.  Rijoe  in  years  and  brilliant  in  powers,  this 
distinguished  person  tardily  entered  these  Halls,  and  he  entered 
them  not  to  stay,  but  simply  to  go.  Congress  was  to  him  only 
the  antechamber  to  another  world.  Since  then  ten  years  have 
passed,  and  we  are  now  called  to  commemorate  another  Repre- 
sentative of  ISIassachusetts,  snatched  away  by  death  (hn-ing  the 
session  "of  Congress.  Less  ripe  in  years  and  less  brilliant  in 
powers,  Mr.  Bailc}'  occupied  a  less  space  in  the  eyes  of  the 
country  ;  but  he  had  a  soul  of  perfect  purity,  a  calm  intelligence, 
and  a  character  of  his  own  which  inspired  respect  and  created 
attachment ;  and.  he,  too,  was  here  for  so  brief  a  term  that  he 
seems  only  to  have  passed  through  these  Halls  on  his  way,  with- 
out alas,  the  privilege  of  health  as  he  passed. 

l?orn  in  1S23,  Mr.  Bailey  had  not  yet  reached  that  stage  of  life 
when,  according  to  a  foreign  proverb,  a  man  has  given  to  the 
world  his  full  measure,  and  yet  he  hail  given  such  a  measure  of 
himself  as  justified  largely  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  citizens. 
This  was  the  more  rcmarkalde,  as  he  commenced  life  without 
those  advantages  which  assure  early  education  and  open  the  way 
to  success.  At  two  years  of  age  he  was  fatherless,  of  Innnble 
parentage    and    scanty    means.      I'rom    school    he    followed    the 


52  THE    nAlLHY-UAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

example  of  Franklin,  and  became  a  printer.  There  is  no  call- 
ing, not  professional,  which  to  an  intelligent  mind  affords  better 
opportunities  of  culture.  The  daily  duties  of  the  young  printer 
are  daily  lessons.  The  printing  oHice  is  a  school,  and  he  is  a 
scholar  in  it.  As  he  sets  types  he  studies  and  becomes  familiar 
at  least  with  language  and  the  mystery  of  grammar,  orthography, 
and  punctuation,  which,  in  early  education,  is  much.  Aiul,  if 
he  reads  proofs,  he  becomes  a  critic.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two 
our  young  printer  changed  to  a  student  of  law,  and  in  184S  was 
admitted  to  the  bar. 

It  was  the  very  year  of  his  admission  to  the  bar  that  the  ques- 
tion of  slavery  assumed  impreccdentetl  proportions  from  the 
efforts  made  to  push  it  into  the  territories  of  the  United  States. 
Although  he  took  no  active  part  in  the  prevailing  controversy,  it 
must  have  produced  its  impression  on  his  mind.  It  was  to 
maintain  the  proliibition  of  slavery  in  the  territories  and  to  repre- 
sent tliis  principle  that  he  was  chosen  to  Congress.  In  a  speech 
at  the  time  he  uphekl  this  cause  against  the  oj^en  opposition  of 
its  enemies  and  the  more  subtile  enmity  of  those  who  disparaged 
the  importance  of  the  principle.  Never  had  Representative  a 
truer  or  nobler  constituency.  It  was  of  Worcester,  that  large 
central  county  of  Massachusetts  and  broad  girdle  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, which,  since  this  great  controversy  began,  has  been 
always  iirm  and  solid  for  freedom.  To  represent  a  people  so 
intelligent,  honest,  and  virtuous  was  in  itself  no  small  honor. 

IJut  with  this  honor  came  soon  those  warnings  which  teach 
the  futility  of  all  honor  on  earth.  What  is  honor  to  one  whom 
death  has  alreaily  marked  for  its  own.''  As  life  draws  to  its 
close,  the  consciousness  of  duty  done,  especially  in  softening  the 
lot  of  others,  must  be  more  grateful  than  anything  which  the 
world  alone  can  supply.  Even  the  spoiler.  Death,  cannot  touch 
such  a  possession.  But  this  consciousness  was  not  wanting  to 
the  invalid  who  was  now  a  wanderer  in  quest  of  health.  Com- 
pelled to  escape  the  frosts  of  his  Massachusetts  home  during  the 
disturbed  winter  of  1S61,  when  these  civil  coimnotions  were 
l)eginning  to  gather,  he  journe\eil    nearer  to  the  sun,  and  in  the 


SKETCH    OF    GOLDSMITH    FOX    BAH-EY.  53 

soft  air  of  the  Mexican  gulf  found  respite,  if  not  repose,  when 
he  was  overtaken  by  that  blast  of  war,  which,  like  "  A  vicjlent 
cross-wind  from  either  coast  "  swept  over  the  country.  Escaping 
now  from  the  menace  of  war  in  Florida,  as  he  had  already 
escaped  from  the  menace  of  climate  in  Massachusetts,  he  trav- 
ersed the  valley  of  the  Mississippi,  and  succeeded  in  reaching 
his  home.  At  the  session  of  Congress  called  to  sustain  the 
Government  he  appeared  to  take  his  seat ;  but  a  hand  was  fast- 
ened upon  him  which  could  not  be  unloosed.  Again  he  came 
to  his  duties  here  during  the  present  session.  But  while  his 
body  was  weak,  his  heart  was  strong.  He  often  mourned  his 
failing  strength,  because  it  disableil  him  from  speaking  and  act- 
ing at  this  crisis.  lie  longed  to  be  in  the  front  rank.  But  he 
was  not  a  cipher.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  on 
Territories  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  and  its  chairman 
relates  that  this  dying  Representative  was  earnest  to  the  last  that 
his  vote  should  be  felt  for  freedom.  "  Let  me  know  when  you 
wish  my  vote,  and  tliough  weak,  I  shall  surely  be  with  you," 
said  the  faithful  child  of  Massachusetts.  This  is  something  for 
his  tombstone,  and  I  should  fail  in  just  loyalty  to  the  dead  if  I 
did  not  mention  it  here. 

As  a  member  of  this  committee  he  put  his  name  to  a  report 
which  became  at  once  a  political  event.  In  the  uneventful  life  of 
an  invalid,  who  was  here  for  a  few  weeks  only,  it  ought  not  to 
be  passetl  over  in  silence.  By  a  resolution  adopted  on  the  23d 
of  December,  1861,  the  Committee  on  Territories  was  instructed 
"•  to  inquire  into  the  legality  and  expediency  of  estal)lishing 
territorial  governments  within  the  limits  of  disloyal  States  or 
districts."  After  careful  consiileratioii  of  this  momentous  ques- 
tion, the  committee  reported  a  bill  to  establish  temporary  pro- 
visional governments  over  the  districts  of  covmtry  in  rel)trllion 
against  the  United  States.  This  bill  assimied  two  things,  which, 
of  course,  cannot  be  called  in  question  :  first,  that  throughout 
the  rel)el  region  the  old  loyal  state  governments  had  ceased  to 
exist,  leaving  no  person  in  power  there  whom  we  could  right- 
fully  recognize;     ami,    secondly,   that    the    Constitution    of    the 


54  THE    HAILEV-RAYr.EY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

United  States,  notwithstanding  all  the  efforts  of  rebellion,  was 
still  the  supreme  law  throuj^diout  this  rcj^ion,  without  a  foot  of 
earth  or  an  inhabitant  taken  from  its  rightful  jurisdiction.  As- 
suming the  absence  of  state  governments  and  the  presence  of  the 
national  Constitution,  the  bill  undertook,  through  the  exercise  of 
congressi(jnal  jurisdiction,  to  supply  a  legitimate  local  govern- 
ment, with  a  governor,  legislature,  and  court;  but  it  exj^ressly 
declared  that  "  no  act  shall  be  passed  establishing,  protecting, 
or  recognizing  the  existence  of  slavery;  nor  shall  saitl  tempo- 
rary government,  or  any  department  thereof,  sanction  or  declare 
tiie  right  of  one  man  to  property  in  another."  In  a  succeeding 
section  it  was  made  the  duty  of  the  authorities  "  to  establish 
schools  for  the  moral  and  intellectual  culture  of  all  the  inhabi- 
tants, and  to  provide  by  law  for  the  attendance  of  all  children 
over  seven  and  under  fourteen  years  of  age  not  less  than  three 
months  in  each  year."  It  was  with  a  thrill  of  joyful  assent  that 
Mr.  Bailey  united  with  the  majority  of  the  committee  in  this 
V)ill.  It  was  his  last  public  act,  almost  his  (ndy  public  act  in 
Congress,  and  certainly  tlie  most  important  of  his  puldic  life. 
As  a  record  of  purpose  and  aspiration  it  will  not  be  forgotten. 

To  sucli  a  measure  he  was  instinctively  moved  by  the  strength 
of  his  convictions  and  his  sense  of  the  practical  policy  needed 
for  the  sup))ort  of  the  Constitution.  lie  had  no  tenderness  for 
the  rebellion,  and  he  saw  with  clearness  that  it  could  be  ended 
only  by  the  removal  of  its  single  cause.  His  experience  at  the 
South  added  to  his  appreciation  of  the  true  character  of  slavery, 
and  increased  his  determination,  lie  did  not  live  to  see  this  re- 
bellion siibdued,  but  he  has  at  least  left  his  testimony  behind. 
He  has  taught  by  what  sign  you  are  to  concpier.  He  has  siiown 
the  principle  which  must  be  enlisted.  Better  th;m  an  army  is 
such  a  principle  ;   for  it  is  the  breath  of  God. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  clear  in  understanding  as  he  was  pure  in 
heart.  His  life  was  simple,  and  his  manners  unaffected.  His, 
loo,  were  all  the  household  virtues  which  make  a  heaven  of 
home,  and  he  was  bound  to  this  world  by  a  loving  wife  and  an 
(ndy  chiKl.      lie    was   happy  in   l)eing  spared   t(j    reach    his  own 


SKETCH    OF    TIMOTHY    HAII.KY.  55 

fireside.  Sensible  that  death  was  approaching,  he  was  unwilHng 
to  continue  iicre  among  strangers,  and,  tliough  feeble  and  fail- 
ing, he  was  conveyed  to  Fitchburg,  where,  after  a  brief  periotl 
among  kindred  and  friends,  he  closed  his  life.  His  public  place 
here  is  vacant,  and  so  also  is  his  public  place  in  Massachusetts. 
lint  there  are  other  places  also  vacant :  in  his  home,  in  his  luisi- 
uess,  and  in  his  daily  life  among  his  neighbors,  in  that  beautiful 
town  scooped  out  of  the  wooded  hills,  where  he  was  carried 
back   to   die. 

I  offer  resolutions,  identical  with  those  adopted  on  the  death 
of   Robert   Rantoul  : 

"  Resolved,  unanimously,  that  the  Senate  mourns  the 
death  of  Hon.  Goldsmith  F.  Bailey,  late  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  from  Massachusetts,  and  tenders 
to  his  relatives  a  sincere  sympathy  in  this  afflicting  bereave- 
ment. 

''  Resolved  (as  a  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the 
deceased),  that  the  Senate  do  now  adjourn." 

The  resolutions  were  agreed  to,  and  the  Senate  adjourned. 
SKETCH   OF   THE    LIFE  OF    TIMOTHY  BAILEY   OF 

MALDEN,      WRITTEN     liV     HIMSELF     IN     1852,     AND     PUB- 
LISHED   IN     1857     IN    THE    "  MaLDKN    MESSENGER." 

By  courtesy  of  his  son,  George  T.  Bailey  of  Maiden,  the 
paper  was  loaned  to  Mr.  Ebenezer  F.  Bailey  of  Fitchburg,  from 
whose  copy  this  one  is  made.  It  is  a  frank  and  simple  state- 
ment, a  plain  and  truthful  narration  unadorned  by  the  flowers 
of  rhetoric  or  the  beauties  of  diction,  but  it  reveals  traits  of 
character,  in  the  boy  and  in  the  man,  that  must  command  ad- 
miration. 

Timothy  Bailey,  the  writer  of  this  autobiography  was  a  de- 
scendant in  the  sixth  generation  of  James  Bailey  of  Rowley,  as 
follows  :  — 

James  (i),  John  (2),  James  (3),  Joseph  (4),  William  (5), 
Timothy  (6). 


56  THE    13A1LEV-BAYI.EY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

1  was  born  in  VVestiuorelaiid,  N.H.,  September  30,  17S5. 
My  father  and  mother  were  Inmi,  one  in  Andover  and  the  other 
in  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  near  the  Merrimac  river.  When  married, 
they  moved  to  Westmoreland  and  lived  there  several  years,  and 
then  moved  to  Otter  Creek,  in  Vermont.  Not  liking  that  coun- 
try at  that  time  they  moved  to  Reading,  Vt.,  and  not  liking  that 
place  they  moved  to  Springfield,  Vt.,  and  there  they  stayed  .some 
years,  but  were  very  poor.  1  remember  very  well  when  1  was 
about  seven  years  old  being  put  to  bed  in  a  straw  bunk  at  bud- 
time  with  the  small  morsel  for  supper  of  only  one  roasted  potato, 
and  I  cried  for  more,  but  could  not  get  it,  for  it  was  not  to  be 
had  in  the  house.  My  life  has  been  one  of  labor  and  toil  up  to 
sixty  years  of  age.  When  I  was  eight  years  old  I  had  to  take 
my  little  hoe  with  my  father  and  elder  brothers  and  go  into  the 
field  and  hoe  in  spring  grain,  instead  of  harrowing  it  in,  as  my 
father  was  too  poor  to  own  a  horse  or  an  ox.  My  mother  had 
twelve  children,  and  I  am  the  youngest  but  one  of  the  twelve. 

In  the  year  1794,  in  February,  an  uncle  of  mine,  whom  I  was 
named  for,  the  youngest  brother  of  my  mother,  came  to  Spring- 
field, where  my  father  yet  lived  in  a  log  house,  and  made  us  a 
visit.  When  he  was  ready  to  go  home,  he  wanted  me  to  go  with 
him  to  Tewksbury,  where  he  lived,  and  he  would  make  an  heir 
of  me,  for  he  had  no  children.  I  was  at  the  time  nine  years  and 
four  months  old.  My  parents  finally  gave  way,  and  I  went  home 
with  him,  a  journey  of  one  hundred  miles,  where  I  was  never 
before.  I  lived  with  him  about  nine  years.  My  uncle  was  a 
good  boot  and  shoe  maker  by  trade,  and  he  agreed  to  teach  me 
his  trade  when  I  should  be  old  enough.  lie  was  a  very  active 
man  in  business,  and  the  town  chose  him  for  the  collector  of 
taxes  for  several  years.  But  while  he  gathered  taxes  abroad, 
he  became  an  intemperate  man.  Both  he  and  his  wife  would 
drink  themselves  drunk  every  day  when  they  could  get  rum.  I 
remember  very  well  how  he  used  to  send  me  with  the  old  horse 
two  miles  to  the  store,  with  a  yellow  wooden  bottle  for  rum  at 
one  end  of  the  saddle  bags  and  a  rock  put  into  the  other  end  to 
balance  it.      As  soon  as  1  got  home  they  would  take  the  wooden 


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57 


bottle  from  the  saddle  bag,  and  pour  the  rum  into  scjuare  bottles 
that  would  hold  a  quart  each,  and  then  drink  to  drunkenness, 
and  so  kept  it  up  as  long  as  tliey  lived.  They  both  died  drunk- 
ards. I  have  thought  a  thousand  times  how  wonderfully  I  es- 
caped from  being  a  drunkartl  myself,  for  they  used  to  give  me 
some  of  the  toddy  in  the  bottom  of  the  tumbler  where  the  sugar 
was  left. 

When  I  was  sixteen  I  went  into  the  shop  to  learn  the  trade  of 
boot  and  shoe  making,  but  after  a  few  months  I  found  my  uncle 
was  gone  so  much  from  home,  or  on  the  bed  in  the  house,  that 
there  was  no  chance  for  me  to  learn  the  trade  ;  I  therefore  gave 
it  up,  and  went  to  work  on  the  farm  about  two  years  longer, 
and  I  worked  hard,  too.  A  short  time  before  I  left  my  uncle, 
I  found,  by  what  the  neighbors  said,  that  his  property  was  all 
mortgaged  for  more  than  it  was  worth,  and  that  my  heirship 
would  not  amount  to  much.  I  went  home  in  the  month  of 
April  to  see  my  father,  and  told  him  just  how  I  was  situated. 
He  told  me  I  might  come  home  when  I  pleased.  I  went  back 
and  told  my  uncle  that  I  must  leave  him,  for  1  could  not  work 
for  him  any  longer  for  nothing.  He  said,  "  If  you  go  now,  you 
go  just  as  you  are."  He  kept  the  best  clothes  that  I  had,  and 
what  I  wore  off  was  not  worth  twelve  dollars.  The  schooling 
that  I  received  while  I  was  with  him  was  about  six  weeks  each 
year,  to  a  common  district  school. 

I  finally  left  my  uncle's  house  and  went  home  to  my  father's. 
I  said  to  my  father,  "  What  shall  I  do.''  You  have  no  farm  for 
me  to  work  on.  Will  you  give  me  my  time,  or  will  you  sell  it 
to  me.''"  He  said  in  reply  that  I  might  have  my  time  by  pay- 
ing him  forty  dollars  in  the  course  of  that  year,  which  I  agreed 
to,  and  to  take  care  of  myself  from  that  time  through  life.  I 
was  very  small  of  my  age,  but  I  was  very  smart  to  work  at  that 
time.  I  went  to  work  that  spring  after  I  left  my  father's  house 
for  Dr.  Benjamin  Kittredge  of  Tewksbury,  near  my  uncle's 
where  I  had  lived  so  long,  for  the  small  simi  of  eight  dollars 
per  month,  for  eight  months.  After  I  had  worked  my  time  out 
with  the  doctor,  I  went  home  to  my  father's  house  and  paid  him 


58  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

the  forty  dollars  for  my  time,  and  went  to  school  and  boarded 
in  my  father's  family  during  the  school  term,  and  paid  him  for 
my  board,  and  clothed  myself  with  the  remainder  of  my  money. 
The  next  spring  I  engaged  myself  to  Deacon  Poor  of  Andover, 
to  work  for  him  eight  months  for  ten  dollars  per  month,  on  the 
farm  and  in  the  tanyard.  The  deacon's  family  was  a  very 
pleasant  one.  The  next  winter  I  again  went  home  to  my 
father's,  and  attended  school  as  long  as  it  kept,  paid  my  board, 
and  had  a  little  money  left. 

In  the  spring  of  1S05,  in  April,  I  went  to  work  for  Dr. 
Adams  of  Lynnfield,  Mass.,  eight  months  on  the  farm,  at  four- 
teen dollars  per  month.  In  the  month  of  May  following,  I 
made  a  public  profession  of  religion,  and  was  baptized  by  im- 
mersion on  the  first  Lord's  Day  in  May  by  Ebenezer  Nelson, 
and  joined  the  Baptist  Church  in  South  Reading.  I  remained 
a  member  of  that  church  for  some  years.  At  last  I  removed 
my  relation  to  the  Baptist  Church  in  Maiden,  where  I  now 
I'eside. 

I  went  home  from  Dr.  Adams'  in  the  fall,  to  my  father's  in 
Andover,  and  visited  some  of  my  friends  in  New  Hampshire 
and  Vermont  during  the  following  winter.  The  next  spring  I 
went  to  work  again  for  Dr.  Adams  in  Lynnfield,  and  worked 
almost  through  haying,  when  one  very  hot  day  about  noon,  I 
was  mowing  alone,  when  all  at  once  my  side  gave  way  by  being 
melted  by  the  heat,  and  I  fell  to  the  ground  and  was  struck 
blind,  and  became  cold  and  chilly.  How  long  I  laid  there  I 
know  not,  but  when  I  came  to  I  went  to  the  house  and  told  the 
doctor  what  had  happened  to  me.  He  said  he  thought  I  should 
get  better  in  a  few  days,  but  I  did  not  for  months  after.  My 
side  was  lame  and  felt  numb  for  three  years  afterwards,  just 
like  one's  foot  asleep,  as  some  say. 

I  went  home  to  my  father's  in  Andover,  and  told  him  my 
difficulty,  and  what  had  happened  to  me.  They  could  not  di- 
rect me,  and  in  fact  the  doctors  did  not  know  what  to  do  for 
me.  I  was  a  poor,  broken-down  boy,  and  what  to  tlo  I  did  not 
know.      Finally,  I  went  to  see  Mark  Newman,  the  preceptor  of 


SKETCH    OF    TIMOTHY    BAH.EY.  59 

Phillips  Academy,  to  see  if  I  could  get  into  that  school  for  the 
next  term,  that  I  might  be  able  to  get  some  learning  to  keep  a 
common  school  in  the  back  towns,  and  get  some  money  to  sup- 
port me  to  go  to  school  again,  which  favor  he  granted  me.  1 
went  to  school  three  months,  and,  when  I  left,  Mark  Newman 
gave  me  a  good  recommendation  for  keeping  a  c(jmmon  gram- 
mar school.  I  kept  the  winter  following  in  Dracut,  and  had  a 
very  good  school,  but  my  wages  were  only  fourteen  dollars  per 
month,  and  I  found  my  income  was  insuihcient  to  keep  me  in 
school,  and  what  else  to  do  I  did  not  know.  I  could  not  work 
on  a  farm  on  account  of  my  lame  side,  and,  having  no  trade,  I 
was  somewhat  discouraged. 

Finally,  in  the  spring  of  1S07,  I  went  down  to  South  Read- 
ing, as  it  is  now  called,  and  had  an  interview  with  Deacon 
Eaton  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  that  place,  about  my  situation. 
lie  thought  I  had  better  try  to  get  work  of  Burrage  Yale  ped- 
dling tin  wares,  as  it  was  not  very  hard  work.  I  told  him  I 
thought  peddlers  did  not  bear  a  very  good  name  abroad,  there- 
fore I  thought  I  should  not  like  the  business.  The  deacon  said 
that  it  made  no  difference  whether  a  man  peddled  tin  wares 
from  house  to  house,  or  whether  he  was  a  clerk  and  stood  be- 
hind the  counter  and  sold  goods  to  those  who  came  in  to  buy, 
but  it  was  the  character  of  the  man  that  would  sustain  hiiu  at 
home  or  abroad,  ami  "This  character,"  said  he,  ''you  have 
made  a  public  profession  to  sustain,  and  I  think  you  are  able  to 
sustain  it." 

I  then  went  to  see  Mr.  Yale  and  had  an  interview  with  him, 
and  finally  engaged  myself  to  work  for  eight  months  and  iind  a 
good,  able  horse  to  perform  the  labor  of  drawing  the  load,  for 
eighteen  dollars  per  month,  he  boarding  me  out  antl  in.  I  went 
from  town  to  town,  and  from  state  to  state,  peddling  wares  until 
I  sold  my  load  ;  then  I  went  home  for  another  load.  I  had  to 
drive  a  two-wheeled  horse  cart  with  a  box  made  fast  on  the 
shafts  and  axle-tree  to  hold  the  wares.  The  harness  for  the 
horse  to  draw  it  with  was  a  tree  saddle,  leather  breast-plate  and 
rope  tugs,  a  wooden  whillle-tree,  and  a  bridle  without   reins.      I 


6o  THE    nAILEY-RAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

had  to  walk  beside  the  horse  all  day  long,  hot  or  cold,  and  put 
up  at  night  with  private  families  as  I  could  find  them.  I  drove 
this  same  cart  and  harness  for  Mr.  Yale  eight  years  in  succes- 
sion with  the  exception  of  the  cold  season  of  the  winter.  I 
walked  beside  my  horse,  on  an  average,  about  two  thousand 
miles  a  year  for  eight  years. 

An  older  brother  than  myself  (Calvin)  worked  for  Mr.  Yale 
the  same  year  with  me,  but  he  was  taken  sick,  and  died  in  the 
fall,  of  a  fever.  His  tleath  was  a  great  loss  to  the  family,  as  my 
father  and  mother  looked  to  him  for  support  in  that  time  of  their 
infirmities.  But  God  ordered  it  otherwise.  My  mother  was 
taken  sick  with  consumption  and  died  in  about  one  year  after 
my  brother's  death.  I  took  care  of  my  mother  through  her  sick- 
ness, and  paid  all  the  expenses,  as  my  father  was  not  able  to  do 
any  labor  at  that  time.  I  had  to  take  care  of  him  also  after  my 
mother's  death,  and  l)oarded  hiui  out,  for  I  was  the  only  one 
that  could  do  anything  for  him.  My  only  brother  living  at  this 
time  was  at  Dartmouth  College,  and  he  had  to  work  his  way 
through.  I  took  care  of  my  father  twenty  years  from  that  time, 
meeting  all  of  his  expenses  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  at  my 
house  in  Maiden  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years. 

A  sisteV  became  deranged  a  few  years  after  my  mother  died, 
and  it  fell  on  me  to  take  care  of  her  also,  which  I  did  for  twenty 
years,  and  she  also  died  at  my  house  at  the  age  of  seventy  years. 
The  cost  of  supporting  my  father,  mother,  and  sister  amounted 
to  four  thousand  dollars,  which  I  paid  out  of  my  hard  earnings. 

After  I  had  worked  for  Mr.  Yale  eight  years,  I  set  up  busi- 
ness for  myself  in  Roxbury,  near  Boston,  where  I  made  and 
sold  tin  wares  for  four  years  (1S19).  I  then  bought  a  place  in 
Maiden,  where  I  now  live,  for  which  I  was  to  pay  $1^00.  One 
half  I  paid  down,  and  gave  a  mortgage  for  the  balance;  that 
was  thirty-two  years  ago  last  October.  I  have  been  making  and 
selling  tin  wares  up  to  the  present  time. 

My  neighbors  say  that  I  am  a  very  temperate  man,  but  one 
thing  I  know,  that  1  was  somewhat  intemperate  in  the  use  of 
tobacco,  snuff,  and   coffee.      I  drank   coffee   for   forty  years  and 


v.)'' 


SKETCH    OF    TIMOTHY    BAILEY.  6l 

then  left  it  off  at  once  and  have  not  tasted  a  drop  for  eight  years. 
I  used  tobacco  for  twenty-five  years,  and  rinding  that  it  was 
undermining  my  constitution,  I  left  off  chewing  at  once.  I  used 
snuff  for  twenty  years,  and  found  it  was  producing  another  dis- 
ease in  my  head.  1  left  that  off  about  two  years  ago  and  have 
not  taken  a  pinch  since.  My  advice  to  both  young  and  old  is 
to  refrain  from  the  use  of  tobacco  in  all  of  its  forms  if  they 
would  enjoy  health  in  after  years. 

I  lived  to  be  thirty-one  before  I  was  married.  I  married  the 
daughter  of  Paul  Sweetser  of  South  Reading  in  the  year  1817, 
with  whom  I  lived  sixteen  years,  when  she  died,  February  14, 
1833.  I  naarried,  the  second  time,  a  daughter  of  Charles  Dingley 
of  Waterville,  Me.,  November  28,  1833.  My  second  wife  died 
December  18,  1S40.  I  married,  the  third  time,  the  sister  of  mj' 
second  wife  in  May,  1842.  I  am  the  father  of  twelve  children  ; 
six  of  them  are  dead.  I  have  met  with  a  great  deal  of  atlliction 
and  sorrow  and  sickness  in  my  day.  I  have  been  brought  down 
to  the  borders  of  the  grave  once  and  again,  but  the  Lord  hus 
raised  me  up  and  prolonged  my  days  to  the  present  time. 
'  Just  before  my  first  wife  died,  I  was  chosen  treasurer  of  the 
town  of  Maiden  and  collector  of  taxes,  which  offices  I  held 
eight  years  in  succession.  In  the  mean  time  several  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Maiden  petitioned  the  General  Court  for  a  bank- 
ing institution  of  deposit  and  discount,  which  was  granted,  and 
I  was  chosen  to  be  its  treasurer,  which  office  1  held  for  eighteen 
years  in  succession.  At  the  same  time  I  had  to  look  after  six- 
teen peddlers,  and  eight  workmen  in  the  shop,  and  go  to  Boston 
about  twice  a  week  on  business  of  different  kinds.  In  the  year 
1836  I  was  chosen  by  the  town  to  represent  it  in  the  (jeneral 
Court  of  our  state. 

I  have  been  prosperous  in  selling  a  large  amount  of  wares  and 
merchandise  year  after  year,  but  have  lost  a  good  deal  of  money 
by  dishonest  men,  besides  having  a  very  expensive  family  to 
look  after  and  provide  for ;  still  I  feel  disposed  to  bless  the  great 
Giver  of  our  mercies  that  I  have  enough  left  to  support  me  and 
mine  through  life  without  mucli  labor. 


62  THE    BAILEY-nAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

The  population  increased  so  fast  in  Majden  that  withiq  a  few 
years  we  found  that  our  little  bank  of  deposit  and  discount 
would  not  afford  us  money  enough  for  the  people  ;  therefore 
there  was  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  Maiden  petitioned  the 
General  Court  in  iS^^i  to  grant  them  a  charter  for  a  bank  of 
$100,000,  which  was  granted  without  any  trouble.  The  stock- 
holders of  the  bank  wanted  me  to  be  their  president.  I  declined 
serving  on  account  of  my  age  and  infirmity.  But  the  stock- 
holders said  that  I  must  be  president,  and  after  so  much  had 
been  said  and  done  I  accepted  the  oflice.  The  bank  has  been 
in  operation  almost  a  year  ami  is  doing  a  very  good  business. 


BAILEY-BAYLEY   FAMILY   ASSOCIATION 


REV.    NATHAN    BAILEY, 
President    of   the    Association,    1906-1908. 


ACCOUNT  OF  THE  ELEVENTH  GATHERING 

OF  THE 

Bailey=Bayley    Family 
Association 


JUNE  2,  1906 
HELD  IN  BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS 


ADDISON    C.    GETCHELL    &    SON,    PRINTERS 
BOSTON 


INDEX 


Report  of  treasurer 

Poem     . 

Ancestral  pedigrees 

Election  of  officers 

Reading 

New  edition  of  John  of  Salisbury  genealogy 

Dinner  ..... 

Address  of  Prof.  Solon  I.  Bailey 

Address  of  Mr.  Henry  Daily  . 

Address  of  J,  Warren  Bailey,  Esq 

Address  of  Mr.  Edwin  A.  Bayley 

Address  of  Mr.  William  II.  Reed  . 

Address  of  James  H.  Bayley,  Jr.,  Esq 

Address  of  Hon.  Dudley  P.  Bailey 

Address  of  Dr.  Marshall  H.  Bailey 

Address  of  IloUis  R.  Bailey  . 

Appendix       ..... 

Sketch  of  James  Bayley,  prepared  by  himself 

Life  of  James  Bayley,  by  William  C.  Iloyt 

Brief  sketch  of  James   Bayley,  by  Volney  Pearsall 

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ACCOUNT    OF    THE    ELEVENTH    GATHERING 

OF  THE 

Bailey-Bayley  Family 
Association 

HELD    IN   BOSTON,   MASSACHUSETTS 
JUNE    3,    1906 

This  gathering  was  held  in  Kingsley  Hall  in  the  new  Ford 
Building  on  Beacon  Hill  in  Boston,  on  Saturday,  June  2,  1906. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  consisted  of  Hollis  R. 
Bailey,  Edwin  VV.  M.  Bailey,  Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Mrs.  Hannah 
J.  Trull,  and  J.  Whitman  Bailey. 

The  usiiers  were  John  Alfred  Bailey,  John  T.  Bailey,  Fred- 
erick Bailey,  Elmer  S.  Bailey,  and  Edwin  A.  Bayley. 

The  exercises  consisted  of  the  business  meeting,  literary  and 
musical  exercises,  and  a  tliimer,  followed  ]>y  speaking,  recita- 
tion, and  music. 

Preceding  the  exercises  a  reception  was  held  at  10.30  a.m., 
by  the  President,  Col.  E.  \V.  M.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Hannah  J.  Trull, 
and  Mollis  R.  Bailey. 

This  reception  proved  to  be  a  pleasant  feature  of  the  occasion, 
giving  the  members  present  an  opportunity  to  meet  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Association. 

At  1 1  o'clock  the  business  meeting  was  iield  in  a  smaller 
hall  upon  the  same  floor,  and  interspersed  with  the  business 
there  was  literary  and  musical  entertainment  of  a  very  enjoy- 
able kind. 


8  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Col.  Edwin  W.  M.  Bailey  of  Amesbury,  Mass.,  President  of 
the  Association,  presided  and  made  a  short  address  of  welcome. 

This  was  followed  by  singing  by  Mrs.  Emma  H.  Bailey 
Miss  Ella  A.  Fiske,  and  Mr.  J.  II.  Wetmore,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Mr.  Eben  II.  Bailey. 

A  Committee  was  then  appointed  to  nominate  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year. 

REPORT  OF  TREASURER. 

Mr.  James  R.  Bailey  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  presented  his 
report  as  Treasurer.  This  report  showed  the  finances  of  the 
Association  to  be  in  a  healthy  condition,  there  being  no  deficit 
and  no  considerable  surplus.  The  Association  has  never  under- 
taken to  accumulate  any  permanent  fund.  It  depends  upon  the 
annual  dues  and  membership  fees  to  meet  its  running  expenses. 
The  largest  item  of  expense  is  the  printing  of  the  report  of  the 
gathering.  By  vote  of  the  Association  all  members  who  have 
paid  their  dues  are  entitled  to  a  report  free  of  charge. 

The  total  receipts,  as .  shown  by  the  Treasurer's  report, 
amounted  to  $240.40,  and  the  total  disbursements  to  $154.51, 
leaving  a  balance  on  hand  of  $85.89. 

This  report,  having  been  duly  examined  and  approved  by  the 
Auditor,  Mr.  Walter  E.  Robie  of  Waltham,  Mass.,  was  accepted 
and  ordered  to  be  placed  on  file, 

POEM. 

Prof.  William  Whitman  Bailey  of  Brown  University  sent  the 
following  letter  and  poem  :  — 

"  Brown  University,  Providence, 

May  10,  1906. 
Dear  Kinsman  : 

I  wish  it  were  possible  for  me  to  say  surely  to  your  issuance 
of  the  Fiery  Cross  '  I  will  meet  the  Clan.'  Alas  !  it  is  far  from 
probable  that  if  I  promised  I  could  fulfil.   .   . 

I  am  in  a  miserable  state  of  health  in  which  I  really  do  not 


LETTER    OF    W.    W.   BAILEY.  9 

dare  to  undertake  any  engagement  or  do  any  new  work.   .   .   . 

Still  I  am  greatly  interested  in  tlie  event  and  do  not  like  to  have 

it  pass  without  some    recognition   from   me.      I   therefore    send 

you  the  poem  of  which    I   ;im   proudest  —  and    which    has    liad 

the   best   recognition.      Tell    the    Clan    that   although    it   is   not 

appropriate  perhaps  to  the  family  it  is  to  the   month  and   that  I 

feel   I  have  done   my  completest  duty  when  I  send  them  surely 

my  very  best. 

Fraternally  or  Cousin-ically, 

W.  W.  Bailey." 

The  following  poem  was  originally  published  in  the  "New 
York  Evening  Post"  and  widely  copied  in  books,  magazines, 
and  papers.  The  poem  is  entitled  by  its  author,  "  Calypso  (A 
Rare  Orchid  of  the  North)." 

The  dower  referred  to  is  also  called  "  Lady's  Slipper." 
Handsome  specimens,  procured  for  the  occasion  by  Miss  Han- 
nah R.  Hailey,  were  exhiluted  in  connection  with  the  reading 
of  the  poem. 

CALYPSO. 
(A  Rare  Orchid  of  the  North.) 
Calypso,  goddess  of  an  ancient  time 
(I  learn  it  not  from  any  Grecian  rhyme, 
And  3et  the  story  I  can  vouch  is  true), 
Beneath  a  pine-tree  lost  her  dainty  shoe. 

No  workmanship  of  mortal  can  compare 
With  what's  exhibited  in  beauty  there; 
And  looking  at  the  treasure  'nealh  the  tree, 
The  goddess'  self  I  almost  hope  to  see. 

The  tints  of  purple  and  the  texture  fine. 
The  curves  of  beauty  shown  in  every  line, 
With  fringes  exquisite  of  golden  hue, 
Perfect  the  wonders  of  the  fairy  shoe. 

The  goddess  surely  must  have  been  in  haste. 
Like  Daphne  fleeing  when  Apollo  chased  ; 
And  leaving  here  her  slipper  by  the  way, 
Intends  to  find  it  on  another  day. 


lO  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

And  will  she  come  to  seek  it  here  or  no? 
The  day  is  leiigtiiening,  but  I  cannot  go 
Until  1  see  her  bring  the  absent  mate 
Of  this  rare  beauty,  though  the  time  is  late. 

I  watch,  but  still  no  classic  form  I  see; 
Naught  but  the  slipper  'neath  the  forest  tree; 
And  so,  for  fear  of  some  purloining  elf. 
The  preciouh  relic  I  secure  myself. 

W.M.    WUIT.MAN  BaILKY. 

The  next  number  on  the  programme  was  .singing  by  Miss 
Elli  A.  Fiske,  Mrs.  Eben  II.  liailcy,  and  Mr.  J.  II.  Wctmore. 

The  following  paper,  prepared  by  the  Secretary,  J.  Whitman 
Bailey,  Esq.,  entitled  "Ancestral  Pedigrees,"  was  then  read. 
The  chart  or  family  tree  prepared  by  Mr.  Bailey  to  accompany 
and  illustrate  his  article  was  marvellously  constructed  and  was 
most   interesting. 

ANCESTRAL   PEDIGREES. 

Many  interesting  and  frequently  unausweralde  queries  arise 
as  we  contemplate  a  long  line  of  descent.  A  family  may  be 
spoken  of  as  "good,"  the  word  "good"  being  here  equivalent 
to  aristocratic,  yet,  unless  the  requisite  social  elevation  attentls 
the  name  during  the  later  generations  in  any  given  linj,  the 
members  thereof  can  lind  but  slight  solace  to  their  possil)le 
vanity  in  bearing  the  ancient  and  once  honcjred  appellation.  If 
the  last  ancestor  of  the  name  to  hold  high  place,  intellectual  c^r 
social,  is  ten  degrees  removed,  a  member  of  the  present  genera- 
tion, prcjvided  there  have  been  no  cousinship  intermarriages, 
can  have  inherited  only  1/513  of  his  blood  from  him.  In  fact, 
a  stranger  to  the  name  may  be  a  larger  inlieritor  of  the  desired 
sanguineous  fluid,  by  reason  of  these  collateral  intermarriages, 
than  one  who  is  ostensibly  connected.  At  least  a  slight  degree 
of  social  elevation,  however,  must  attach  to  any  family  capable 
of  tracing  its  descent  at  all,  for  seldom,  in  these  days,  can  de- 
scents be  traced  —  if,  indeed,  anybody  desired  to  do  so,  — through 
a  half  dozen  illiterate  generations  and  the   mournful   history  of 


ANCESTRAL    PEDIGREES.  II 

the  Potters'  Field.  What  conclusion,  then,  can  be  reached  by 
inspection  of  remote  pedigrees?  Let  us  take,  for  example,  the 
case  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley,  who  arrived  from  England  in 
1635,  and  speedily  became,  by  the  w^ide  spread  of  liis  descend- 
ants, an  ancestor  of  many  New  England  families,  including  at 
least  two  branches  of  Baileys,  of  the  John  of  Salisbury  line. 
The  Rev.  Peter's  grandmother  was  Elizabeth  Grosvenor,  and 
by  the  marriage  of  her  grandparents  the  ancient  houses  of 
Grosvenor  and  Mainwaring  became  united,  and  the  descendants, 
male  and  female,  are  traced  back,  on  one  of  the  many  lines,  to 
Hugh  the  Great,  third  Earl  of  Vermandois,y?<;/r  uxoris^  who 
staunchly  aided  Duke  William  of  Normandy  in  the  successful 
predatory  raid  of  1066.  In  fact,  a  descent  is  traced,  although 
illej.itimate,  from  the  Conqueror  himself,  through  his  grandson 
Ro'  :  rt.  Earl  of  Gloucester.  Hugh  of  Vermandois  was  the 
third  son  of  Henry  I  of  France,  who  was  a  grandson  of  Hugh 
Capet,  ancestor  of  so  many  sovereign  lines.  Capet  was  de- 
scended maternally  from  Henry  the  Fowler,  founder  of  a  great 
German  dynasty,  and  in  various  ways  from  the  mighty  Charle- 
magne, and  from  the  hitter's  ancestor,  St.  Arnulf,  Bishop  of 
Metz  A.D.  580.  Indeed,  the  ingenious  Betham,  whose  authori- 
ties we  have  tiot  investigated,  carries  this  line  back  to  Antenor, 
King  of  the  Cimmerians,  a  possible  relative  of  the  nearly  con- 
temi)oraneous  Antenor,  King  of  Troy,  who  flourished  by  die 
shores  of  the  Pontus  Euxinus  B.C.  443.  A  side  line  brings  us 
to  the  unfortunate  Qiiecn  Boadicea.  But  this  is  not  all.  Ver- 
mandois' maternal  grandfather  was  the  Duke  of  Novgorod  and 
Kiev,  a  direct  descendant  of  Rurik,  the  first  great  Russian. 
Even  here  we  need  not  pause.  Novgorod's  father,  besieging 
Constantinople,  compelled  the  Emperor  Romanus  II  to  give 
him  his  fair  daughter  in  marriage,  and  thus  successive  Byzantine 
Emperors  are  added  to  the  great  chain  back  to  Basil  I,  who 
seems  to  have  been  maternally  descended  fron^  King  Philip  of 
Macedon.  If  we  thus  acknowledge  Philip,  we  adopt  the  far- 
extending  lines  of  Macedon,  of  Mycenae,  of  Corinth  ;  until  the 
historical  fades  into  the  mythical,  and  tiirough  the  offspring  of 


12  THE    BAII-KY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Hercules  and  Dejanira,  we  finally  stand,  uncovered,  before  the 
throne  of  Jupiter. 

Prior  to  the  Norman  conquest  of  England  the  Carlovingian 
pedigree  may  be  likened  to  the  backbone  of  mediaeval  history, 
which  has  been  constantly  focused  in  the  bright  lights  of  pub- 
licity and  assiduous  investigation,  and  is  strengthened  by  many 
interlocking  collateral  lines.  So  may  the  mysterious  thread  of 
kinship  be  traced  through  the  Dark  Ages,  binding  the  practical 
present  to  the  luminously  historic  past. 

IIow  iniproba])le  that  the  genealogist,  if  such  there  be,  of  a 
thousand  years  to  come,  will  ever  trace  this  way  from  our  time. 
The  democratic  spirit,  bringing  both  blessings  and  attendant 
evils  in  its  train,  and  slowly  and  surely  dimming  the  lustre  of 
gi -at  family  names  ;  the  replacement  of  the  ancestral  homestead 
an^^-  feudal  castle  by  the  apartment  hotel  or  other  transient  abode  ; 
and  the  lessening  of  cousinship  intermarriage  by  ihe  broad  scat- 
tering of  individuals,  must  eventually  reduce  mankind  to  a  level 
where,  while  racial  movements  are  chronicled  more  industri- 
ously than  ever,  no  family  can  long  maintain  prestige  in  the 
ceaseless  undulations  of  a  vastly  increased  population. 

In  the  pedigree  above  outlined  the  difficulty  of  ascertaining 
what  percentage  of  blood  —  in  any  case  infinitely  small  —  a  mem- 
ber of  the  present  generation  inherits  from,  let  us  say,  the  saintly 
Arnulf,  is  apparent.  Indeed,  it  is  possible  that  about  every 
existing  American  family  may  be  in  some  way  a  partitioncr  of 
his  pious  principles.  It  seems  conservative  to  estimate  each  gen- 
eration as  containing  ordinarily  thrice  as  many  members  as  the 
next  preceding,  the  excess  above  three  children  to  each  mar- 
riage—an excess  undoubtedly  existing  prior  to  the  so-called 
'Mace  suicide"  of  the  present  day  — being,  in  general,  counter- 
balanced by  the  number  of  barren  stocks.  If  we  should  treble 
St.  Arnulf 's  descendants  in  each  generation,  we  would  have,  in 
the  thirty-seventh  tier  of  descent,  a  ludicrously  impossible  num- 
ber, much  exceeding  the  population  of  our  planet  added  to  any 
imaginative  census  of  Mars.  The  proper  reduction  of  this 
absurd   total  depends  on  collateral  or  cousinship  intermarriages, 


ANCESTRAL    PEDIGREES. 


13 


the  effect  of  each  such  marriage  to  reduce  the  total  doubling 
with  each  ascent  on  the  pedigree.  Such  intermarriages  were 
naturally  frequent  in  English  families  of  rank,  often  occupying 
neighboring  estates  for  several  successive  centuries,  and  possi- 
bly yet  more  frequent  with  the  feudal  aristocracy  of  France  ; 
while  the  number  of  them  so  differs  with  every  family  tree  that 
no  rule  or  law  of  average  can  be  applied.  It  is  positive  that 
such  unions  have  always  been  the  more  frequent  in  the  higher 
circles,  as  the  daughters  of  Lords  B  or  C  might  only  hnd  their 
eligible  equals  in  the  families  of  Lords  X  and  Y,  while  Tommy 
Atkins  was  free  to  elope  with  any  servant  girl  in  the  county. 
The  higher  the  quality,  therefore,  the  fewer  the  number  of  any 
person's  ancestors.  Similar  observations  relating  to  the  spread  of 
a  "  tree  "  are  true  of  ascending  lines,  except  that  the  gross  total 
to  be  cut  down  by  collateral  convergences  is  the  exact  number 
reached  by  doubling  the  units  in  each  successive  generation. 

Genealogical  research  is  attracting  more  general  attention  than 
formerly,  as  will  appear  by  the  most  casual  glance  at  our  libra- 
ries. We  believe  this  movement  has  its  raison  (T^irc.  The 
tendency  is  quite  general,  both  in  New  England  and  the  South, 
to  decry  attempts  to  trace  pedigrees  beyond  the  first  American 
arrivals,  notwithstanding  that  our  Colonial  is  yet  considerably 
longer  than  our  Federal  reghnc.  This  feeling  seemed  mine 
natural  in  the  past,  at  least  in  New  England,  where  most  people 
were  of  English  descent,  than  now,  when  ''  the  Ancient  Ameri- 
can," as  we  may  term  him,  threatened  with  absorption  in  the  poly- 
glot wave  of  foreigners  so  carelessly  invited  to  these  shores, 
should  turn  with  some  pride  to  the  association  of  his  family  and 
race  with  that  mother  country  of  whose  blood,  language,  law, 
and  custom  he  has  become  an  inheritor.  It  is  indeed  curious 
how  belts  of  water,  broad  or  narrow,  have  inlluenced  the  gene- 
alogist. The  Englishman,  of  Norman  origin,  having  traced  his 
lineage  to  some  invader  who  fought  at  Hastings,  usually  stops 
abruptly  in  his  search,  however  interesting  may  have  been  his 
ancestry  south  of  the  Channel,  while  our  local  pedigree  hunter 
places  his  ultima  thulc  where  the  keel  of   the  Jl/ayjlower  first 


14  THE    BAILUY-BAVI.EV    FAMIIA'    ASSOCIATION. 

stirred  the  mud  of  Plymouth  Bay.  IIow  much  broader  it  seems 
to  trace  the  history  of  tlie  family  in  its  association  with  the 
grander  history  and  development  of  the  race  ! 

Having  at  one  time  become  familiar  with  numerous  and  once 
illustrious  Norman  names,  I  was  led  to  glance  at  a  Boston  directory 
of  our  time,  to  see  how  the  possible  descendants  of  these  people 
had  nourished  in  this  vicinity.  The  result  was  most  surprising. 
The  greater  names  had  usually  disappeared,  or  were  represented 
by  the  more  humble  callings.  One  of  the  greatest  baronial  houses 
was  represented,  as  regards  the  name,  by  two  people  only,  stated 
to  be  laborers.  It  ^\'as  a  forceful  illustration  of  the  well-worn 
quotation  "  Tenipora  mutantur^  et  7ios  vuitamiir  hi  illis." 

ELECTION    OF   OFFICERS. 

The  committee  appointed  to  nominate  officers  reported  the 
following,  who  were  duly  elected  :  — 

President. 
Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  Peabody,  Mass. 

Vice-Presidents. 
John  Alfred  Bailey,  Eben  H.  Bailey, 

Lowell,  Mass.  Boston,  Mass. 

Horace  W.  Bailey,  Edwin  \V.  M.  Bailey, 

Newbury,  Vt.  Amesbury,  Mass. 

George  Edson  Bailey,  J.  Warren  Bailey, 

Mansfield,  IMass.  Somerville,  Mass. 

Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Dudley  P.  Bailey, 

Lexington,  Mass.  Everett,  Mass. 

William  W.  Bailey,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

Executive  Committee. 
[The  foregoing  ex  officio  and] 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Larkin  T.  Trull, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  (Hannah  J.) 

Lowell,  Mass. 


NEW    EDITION    OK  JOHN    OF    SALISBURY   GENEALOGY.  15 

Harrison  Bailey,  Henry  T,  Bailey, 

Fitchburg,  Mass.  North  Scituate,  Mass. 

Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey,  Orrin  D.  Bailey, 

Lowell,  Mass.  Lakeport,  N.H. 

James  H.  Bayley,  Jr.,  Braintree,  Mass. 

Committee  on  Genealogy, 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Gertrude  E.  Bailey, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Tewksbury,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth,  William  H.  Reed, 

Rowley,  Mass.  South  Weymouth,  Mass, 

Auditor. 
Walter  E.  Robie,  Waltham. 

Treasurer. 
James  R.  Bailey,  Lawrence,  Mass. 

Secretary. 
J.  Whitman  Bailey,  Boston,  Mass. 

READING. 

The  principal  feature  of  the  literary  entertainment  was  a 
reading  of  "Selections  from  Hawthorne's  Scarlet  Letter"  by 
Miss  Velma  A.  Bailey.  The  Association  was  fortunate  in  hav- 
ing Miss  Bailey  to  assist  in  the  entertainment.  The  selection 
was  approjoriate  to  the  occasion,  the  scene  of  this  story  of  Haw- 
thorne being  laid  in  Boston  in  the  seventeenth  century. 

NEW    EDITION    OF    JOHN    OF    SALISBURY 
GENEALOGY. 

Edwin  A.  Bayley  made  a  brief  report  for  the  committee 
appointed  to  consider  as  to  the  desirability  and  feasibility  of  a 
new  edition  of  the  Genealogy  of  John  J^ailey  of  Salisbury, 
being  part  two  of  the  volume  of  genealogy  published  by  tlie 
Association. 

He  stated  that  there  was  on   hand  already  considerable   addi- 


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tional  material  for  a  new  edition,  and  that  a  new  edition  is 
desirable.  His  committee,  however,  had  not  been  able  as  yet 
to  procure  the  funds  necessary  for  such  an  undertaking. 

After  brief  remarks  by  the  Hon.  Andrew  J.  Bailey  of  Bos- 
ton, Mr.  Francis  Bailey  Woodbury  of  Greenfield,  and  Dr. 
Stephen  G.  Bailey  of  Lowell,  the  forenoon  exercises  were 
closed  with  the  singing  of  "  America." 

DINNER. 

The  dinner  was  served  in  Kingsley  Hall,  the  caterer  being 
Mr.  D.  Maddalena  of  Boston.  It  was  the  unanimous  opinion 
of  all  present  that  the  dinner  provided  was  entirely  satisfactory. 

The  after-dinner  entertainment  was  made  interesting  by  a 
humorous  recitation  by  Miss  Velma  A.  Bailey,  by  singing  by 
Mrs.  Emma  11.  Bailey  and  Miss  Ella  A.  Fiske,  and  by  after- 
dinner  speaking. 

Letters  were  read  from  United  States  Senator  Joseph  W. 
Bailey  of  Texas,  Mr.  George  Edson  Bailey  of  Mansfield,  Mass., 
Mr.  Frank  M.  Bailey  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  Prof.  A.  E.  Dolbear  of 
Tufts  College,  Henry  T.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  North  Scituate,  Mrs. 
Milton  Ells\vorth  of  Rowley,  Mass.,  Hon.  Horace  W.  Bailey 
of  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  Mr.  Henry  C.  Bailey  of  Belfast,  Me. 

Col.  E.  W.  ]\L  Bailey  was  master  of  the  feast  during  a  por- 
tion of  the  after-dinner  exercises.  Being  called  to  the  State 
House  on  important  business  his  place  was  tilled  by  Edwin  A. 
Bayley,  Esq. 

ADDRESS    OF   PROF.  SOLON   L  BAILEY. 

Prof.  Solon  I.  Bailey,  Professor  of  Astronomy  in  Harvard 
University,  spoke  as  follows  :  — 

I  have  had  no  intimate  knowledge  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  Fam- 
ily Association,  but  have  known  of  its  existence.  [  have  won- 
dered why  it  was  not  referred  to  as  the  Bailey-Bayley-Baily 
Family  Association,  as  there  are,  and  have  been,  various  mem- 
bers of  the  family  who  spell  the  name  in  the  last  way.     Indeed, 


ADDRESS    OF    PROF.    SOLON    I.    BAILEY.  ly 

as  a  resident  for  many  years  in  a  Spanish  country,  I  have  been 
accustomed  to  all  sorts  of  spelling,  such  as  Bailly,  liaillie,  Baly, 
Beli,  Bely,  Bale,  and  even  Belly,  and  have  received  letters  ad- 
dressed in  most,  if  not  all,  of  these  forms. 

As  an  astronomer  I  have  always  thought  with  pride  of  Francis 
Baily,  the  "Philosopher  of  Newbury,"  one  of  the  striking  fig- 
ures of  the  last  century.  lie  was  a  successful  broker  and  also 
a  celebrated  astronomer. 

Then  there  was  Jean  .Sylvain  Bailly,  the  celebrated  French 
astronomer  and  man  of  affairs. 

It  occurred  to  me  that  you  might  be  interested  in  knowing 
how  many  Baileys  there  are  who  are  members  of  the  faculty  in 
our  chief  universities.      I  have  found  the  following  :  — 

Yale,  —  W.  B.  Bailey,  Assistant  Professor  of  Political  Econ- 
omy. 

Brown,  —  W.  W.  Bailey,  Professor  of  Botany,  and  author. 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  —  F.  II.  Bailey,  Asso- 
ciate Professor  of  Mathematics. 

Columbia, — F.  R.  Bailey,  Adjunct  Professor  Histology  and 
Embryology,  and  author ;   Pearce  Bailey,  lecturer  and  author. 

Cornell,  —  L.  li.  Bailey,  Director  of  College  of  Agriculture 
and  Professor  of   Rural  Economy,  and  author. 

Chicago, — J.  W.  Bailey,  Reader  in  Biblical  and  Palmistic 
Greek. 

Michigan,  —  B.  F.  Bailey,  Instructor  in  Electrical  Engineer- 
ing. 

Harvard,  —  M.  II.  Bailey,  Medical  Visitor;  S.  I.  Bailey, 
Associate  Professor  of  Astronomy. 

Over  at  Tufts  we  have  another  Bailey,  or,  what  is  next  thing 
to  it,  he  is  going  to  marry  a  Bailey ;  and  if  I  may  believe  my 
eyes,  —  and  I  think  I  can  believe  them,  —  it  is  better  to  marry 
a  Bailey  than  to  be  a  Bailey. 

As  to  B-a-y-1-e-y-s,  I  did  not,  of  course,  investigate  all  the 
institutions  of  learning.  There  are  some  seven  hundred  of  them. 
I  have  only  looked  at  a  few  of  the  leading  institutions  which  I 
have  referred  to.      I  find  but  one  Bayley  engaged   in   university 


l8  THE    BAILEY-BAYI.EY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

work,  and  tliat  is  Prof.  W.  G.  Bayley,  Professor  of  Geoloj:!^y  at 
Colby  University. 

There  are,  I  am  soiry  to  say,  some  few  very  prominent  insti- 
tutions in  the  country  that  attempt  to  get  along  without  a  Bailey. 
Princeton  has  no  Bailey  in  its  faculty  ;  but  you  know  it  takes 
the  exception  to  prove  the  rule,  and  su  we  will  take  it  tliat 
Princeton  and  Pennsylvania  and  a  few  others  that  have  no 
Baileys  are  the  exceptions  to  the  rule. 

ADDRESS   OF    MR.   HENRY    BAILY. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

That  branch  of  the  Bailey  family  to  which  I  have  the  honor 
to  belong  came  over  to  this  country  about  the  time  William  Penn 
came,  and  settled  in  that  part  of  Pennsylvania  known  as  Chester 
County,  near  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  They  spelled  the  name, 
as  the  Chairman  has  already  stated,  '"Baily."  Just  why  they 
spelled  it  that  way  is  something  of  a  mystery,  and  perhaps  always 
will  be.  I  understand  that  the  Baileys  of  New  England  often 
wonder  how  the  "  e  "  ever  got  out  of  the  name,  when  they  see  it 
spelled  that  way.  The  liailys  of  Pennsylvania,  when  they  see 
it  spelled  with  an  "  c,"  wonder  how  in  the  world  the  "e" 
ever  got  into  the  name. 

So  far  as  I  know,  the  name  Bailey  has  never  l)een  traced  back 
to  its  origin  in  accordance  with  the  rules  that  govern  scientific 
questions  of  that  nature,  but  it  is  certainly  very  interesting,  and 
gratifying,  perhaps,  to  one's  fancy,  to  endeavor  to  trace  back 
the  word  "Bailey"  at  least  to  its  Latin  origin,  supposing,  oi 
course,  that  the  tracing  is  true.  You  are  able  to  do  that  by 
getting  at  what  seems  to  be  the  determining  principle  or  idea 
underlying  the  word  "  Bailey."  Like  all  proper  names,  I  sup- 
pose that  the  word  "  Bailey  "came  from  some  cununon  noun,  and 
you  can  trace  it  back  to  a  common  noun  through  the  word  used 
in  France  and  Scotland  for  an  olhcer  of  the  law,  who  was,  if  1 
understand  the  use  of  the  word  correctly,  a  sort  of  deputy  sheriff 
and  also  a  notary  public.      That  use  of  the  word  has  been  im- 


ADDRESS    OF    MR.     HENRY    BAILY.  ig 

mortalized  by  Sir  Walter  Scott  in  "  Rob  Roy,"  one  of  his  novels. 
You,  of  course,  are  familiar  with  Bailie  Nicol  Jarvie  ;  and  in 
French  literature  we  liave  all  seen  the  word  used  in  the  way  I 
have  mentioned. 

Then  you  get  it  in  the  name  "  Old  Bailey,"  which,  as  you 
know,  is  the  name  simply  of  a  Criminal   Court  in  the  city  of 

London    popularly   called    by    the    name    "Old  Bailey" the 

Newgate  prison  and  the  enclosure  which  surrounds  the  prison. 

The  idea  which  underlies  the  word,  as  you  get  it  in  the  case 
of  the  deputy  sheriff  and  in  the  Criminal  Court  of  the  city  of 
London,  is  the  idea  of  protection  —  not  Protection  versus  Free 
Trade,  but  the  kind  of  protection  we  mean  when  we  speak  of 
protection  to  "  Life,  Liberty,  and  the  pursuit  of  ILappiness." 

Now  you  can  trace  this  back  to  the  word  "vallum"  which 
means  wall,  and  is  the  word  from  which  wall  comes.  What  is 
a  wall.?  Why,  a  wall  is  something  that  is  built  for  protection. 
And  so  we  carry  the  word  '•  Bailey"  from  its  use  as  a  proper 
noun  to  a  common  noun,  and  through  its  use  at  a  later  time  back 
through  the  Middle  Ages  to  its  Roman  source,  wliere  we  can 
trace  it  to  the  word  "  vallum,"  a  word  meaning  "  wall."  That 
may  not  be  a  correct  scientific  tracing  of  the  word  back  to  its 
origin,  but,  so  far  as  I  know,  I  have  never  seen  the  word  traced 
back  scientifically. 

Professor  Bailey  of  ILirvard  has  spoken  to  us  very  interest- 
ingly about  the  astronomer  Francis  Baily.  There  was  also  a 
very  famous  Bailey  —  perhaps  the  most  famous  of  the  Baileys 
up  to  the  time,  at  least,  when  Senator  Joseph  W.  Bailey  came 
into  contact  with  President  Roosevelt  —  Jean  Silvain  Bail!)-, 
who  spelled  the  name  B-a-i-1-l-y,  so  tiiat  when  it  comc^>  to  die 
spelling  of  names  you  will  have  to  make  the  two  Baileys  some- 
thing like  three  or  four.  This  Jean  Silvain  Bailly  was  a 
famous  scientist  in  France  at  the  time  of  the  French  Revolution. 
He  was  president  of  the  National  Assembly  in  17S9,  and  in  the 
year  1792  he  was  mayor  of  Paris.  He  was  an  independent  sort 
of  a  man.  He  was  true  to  his  jjrinciples,  and  wlien  the  mob 
wanted  him  to  do  something  contrary  to   his  principles   he   re- 


20  TJIE    BA1LEV-15AYI.EY    i^AMILV    ASSOCIATION. 

fused,  and  he  suffered  death  in  consequence;  so  tliat  in  the  past 
we  have  had  some  men  Avhose  careers  have  added  a  j^reat  deal 
of  histre  to  the  name  of  Hailcy,  ))articularl)'  that  astronomer  of 
\vhom  Professor  liailey  has  spoken  and  this  l^rencli  scientist 
whom   I  have  referred  to. 

Now  if  you  will  allow  me  to  say  a  few  words  more  I  will 
speak  hrieliy  of  my  own  branch  of  the  family.  'Jdie  IJaily  who 
settled  in  Pennsylvania,  and  who-,e  descendants  still  live  there 
in  that  part  t)f  l*enns}-l\ania  known  as  Chester  County,  were 
largely  (Quakers  ori^inall)-,  and  their  descendants  are  to  tiiis 
day.  For  all  I  know,  the  cni^inal  settlers  in  New  I'^nj^land  were 
Qiiakers.  Whether  they  were  or  not,  their  descendants,  1  un- 
derstand, belon<4"  to  varicnis  denominations,  hut  in  Tennsylvania 
they  are  still  largely  mendK'r.-,  of  the  ()jiaker  faith.  M\-  aunt, 
Sarah  Haily,  was  a  (Quaker.  .She  wore  one  of  tlnise  bonnets 
which  ha\e  now  practically  gcjue  out  of  style.  'J'he\'  were 
almost  all  portico  and  very  little  1/onnet.  This  bonnet  pro- 
jected six  inches  beyond  the  face.  W^hile  it  was  made  of  the 
most  expensive  materials,  it  was  also  made  in  the  most  severe 
style.  This  aunt  of  mine  was  a  teacher  for  thirty-three  years  in 
the  West  Town  boartling  school  for  boys  and  girls,  the  largest 
Qiiaker  Injaiding  scho(d  in  this  country. 

If  you  will  allow  me  to  refer  to  it  in  passing,  1  will  say 
just  a  few  words  about  my  father.  These  things  1  would  not 
mention  outside  of  this  Association,  but  we  are  interested,  (jf 
course,  in  each  other  —  in  whatever  concerns  the  famil)-.  My 
father,  Joseph  Baily,  served  his  coiuitry  by  re]:)resenting  the 
15th  Congressional  District  of  remis)Kania  in  the  Congress 
during  the  four  years  of  the  war,  and  his  duties  as  a  Congress- 
man brought  him  into  very  close  personal  acquaintance  with 
President  Lincoln,  Secretary  .Stanton,  Tliaddeus  Stevens,  and 
other  men  prominent  at  that  time.  Put  I  want  to  refer  particu- 
larly to  one  thing  which  he  always  mentif>ned  with  great  satis- 
faction, lie  was  elected  to  Congress  as  a  Democrat,  but  he 
was  what  was  known  as  a  "  War  Democrat,"  —  that  is,  lie  sup- 
ported Piesident  Lincoln  in   his   plans  lor  carrying   ihrongh   the 


ADDRESS    OF    MR.     HENRY    BAILY.  21 

war.  Well,  you  know  that  iu  1S64-65  a  resolulioii  was  pre- 
sented to  Con<,n-ess  submitting-  to  the  votes  of  the  States  the  13th 
amenchiient  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  which 
amendment  prohibited  shivery.  It  was  impossible  to  pass  that 
resolution  without  some  Democratic  votes,  and  in  those  days  it 
recjuired  a  good  ileal  oi:  independence  and  moral  couraj^e  to  vote 
contrary  to  your  party.  Ihit  1  want  to  state  to  you  with  due 
modesty  that  my  father  was  one  of  seven  or  eijj^ht  Democrats 
who  voted  for  the  resolution,  and  through  the  votes  of  those 
seven  or  eight  Democrats  that  resolution  was  passed  through 
Congress,  and  the  amendment,  as  }ou  Icnow,  was  submitted  to 
the  States  and  linally  became  a  part  ui  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 

That  part  of  Pennsylvania  in  which  the  Bailys  settled  is  about 
as  much  the  opposite  of  that  part  of  New  iMigland  wliere  the 
New  England  Baileys  settled  as  anything  you  can  imagine.  It 
is  a  beautiful,  siuniy  upland  — a  line  ag>icnltural  country  .  It  is 
almost  literally  a  region  oi  milk  and  lionc)-,  as  ihe  farmers  there 
nearly  all  sell  milk  and  most  of  tiiem  keep  liees,  and  their  farms 
are  among  the  finest  of  their  kind  and  Ijeautifully  situated. 
Even  so  excellent  a  judge  as  Oliver  W^endell  Holmes  said  that 
Chester  County  leniinded  him  ver)  vixidly  in  its  j:)astoral  a.spects 
of  the  best  parts  of  agricultural  England,  it  i.^  the  count)  in 
which  Bayard  Taylor  was  born,  (jeneral  Anthony  Wayne  was 
also  born  in  that  coimt)'  ;    and  just  over  the  line  lies  \'alley  Forge. 

Just  one  word  about  another  member  of  the  Bailey  family. 
Senator  Joseph  VV.  liailey,  to  whom  1  have  alieady  leferied,  is, 
I  think,  one  of  the  brightest  men  in  Congress.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  lie  is  a  man  of  a  gieat  deal  of  abililv.  lie  has  some 
of  the  characteristics  that  have  made  I*re-,ident  Roosevelt  so 
popular  and  successful.  No  one  can  predict  \\  li.it  is  going  to 
take  place  in  a  republic  such  as  this  countiy  i^.  It  is  therefore 
altogether  possible  that  Senator  Joseph  \V.  Bailey  —  improba- 
ble as  it  seems  at  the  present  time  —  may  some  da)'  be  Bresident 
of  the  United  States,  and  what  a  happy  day  that  will  be  for  us  ! 
just  think  of   having  a  reunion  of  the  Bailey  i\ssociation   at  the 


22  THE    BAILEV-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

White  House !  And  if  Senator  Joseph  W.  Bailey  will  not 
come  to  us  I  think  we  can  assure  him  that  we  shall  certainly 
in  that  case  go  to  him.  I  am  particularly  fortunate  myself;  for 
my  wife  —  who  is  unable  to  be  present  to-day  —  is  a  member 
of  the  Fairbanks  Association,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  family 
associations  in  the  country,  I  think,  and  numbers  several  thou- 
sand people  in  its  membership.  They  are  to  meet  at  Dedham, 
the  old  family  homestead,  I  think,  next  week.  Now  one  of 
the  members,  Charles  W.  Fairbanks,  is  Vice-President  of  the 
United  States,  and  if  he  can  have  his  own  way  will  be  the  next 
President.  So  you  see  that  whichever  way  things  go  —  whether 
a  Democrat  or  a  Republican  is  elected  President  —  there  is  a 
possibility  of  my  getting  into  the  White  House. 

The  Chairman.  —  I  will  call  on  Mr.  J.  Warren  Bailey, 
Secretary  of  the  JMassachusetts  Board  of  Prison  Commissioners  ; 
and  we  are  glad  he  is  on  the  outside  of  the  prison,  not  on  the 
inside. 

ADDRESS  OF  J.  WARREN  BAILEY,  ESQ.. 
Brothers  and  Sisters  : 

The  gentlemen  who  have  preceded  me  have  been  able  to  speak 
of  their  family  connections,  having  regard  to  their  particular  pro- 
fessions. You  will  vmderstand  that  I  can  find  very  little  in  my 
profession  to  say  about  the  Baileys.  Josh  Billings  I  believe, 
once  said  that  he  did  not  care  how  much  a  man  said  so  long  as 
he  was  brief  about  it.  I  am  a  good  deal  in  that  position  to-day. 
My  remarks  will  be  extremely  brief. 

Speaking  of  my  occupation,  the  Old  Bailey  has  been  referred 
to  and  1  am  very  glad  to  hear  as  to  its  peculiar  origin,  and  why 
it  was  designated  in  that  peculiar  way.  The  history  of  the 
Bailey  Family  Association  has  been  gone  over  so  many  times 
that  I  presume  it  is  hardly  worth  while  for  ine  to  attempt  to 
review  it.  My  good  friend  on  the  right,  Mr.  Ilollis  R.  Bailey, 
has  it  at  his  fingers'  ends  and  could  tell  where  every  one  of  us 
came  from  —  that  is,  what  particular  branches  we  each  belong 
to.     The  trouble  with  me  is  I  don't  know  where  to  place  my- 


ADDRESS    OF   J.    WARREN    BAILEY,    ESQ_.  23 

self  —  just  what  branch  I  came  from.  Doubtless  my  ancestry 
could  be  traced  from  some  particular  branch  of  the  family  here 
represented,  but  just  which  it  is  it  has  always  been  ditiicult  for  me 
to  determine.  After  attending  these  gatherings,  however,  and 
becoming  acquainted  with  tlie  Association  and  its  members  one 
feels  lilvc  holding  the  name  in  higher  esteem.  He  comes  in 
contact  with  men  and  women  he  is  delighted  to  call  kindied  — 
bearing  tlie  same  name  as  himself.  I  recollect  clearly  and  very 
pleasantly  the  meeting  we  held  in  Groveland  —  and  the  one  in 
Cambridge.  They  were  both  delightful  occasions  and  no  doubt 
productive  of  much  good.  I  did  not  suppose  1  should  be  ex- 
pected to  say  a  word  here  to-day.  I  came  in  only  at  tlie  last 
moment  with  the  expectation  that  I  shouKl  have  the  privilege 
of  listening  to  others. 

I  have  at  home,  among  my  letters  that  I  prize  quite  highly, 
a  letter  from  our  distinguished  Texan  friend  who  has  been  re- 
ferred to.  At  the  time  I  had  the  houijr  of  being  President  of 
this  organization  I  wrote  him  —  I  presume  he  gets  an  annual 
letter  from  this  Association,  inviting  him  to  be  present  —  and  I 
received  in  reply  such  a  letter  as  has  been  read  to-day.  I 
suppose  even  in  Massachusetts  a  Republican  might  almost  be 
pardoneil  if  he  voted  for  Joseph  W,  Bailey  for  President.  I 
am  quite  sure  our  friend  liollis  would,  at  all  events.  As  I  was 
coming  over  here  to-day  I  met  a  man  who  asked  me  where  I 
was  going.  I  told  him  1  was  going  to  the  meeting  of  the 
Bailey  Family  Association,  lie  said,  "  One  of  the  ablest  men 
in  the  United  States  Senate,  if  not  tlie  ablest  one,  is  named 
Bailey."  I  lind  this  a  very  general  opinion  of  the  distinguished 
Texan.  lie  is  regarded  as  an  extremely  able  man.  AVhile  we 
in  the  Old  Bay  State  are  btnnetimes  too  apt  to  claim  a  monopoly 
of  great  men  in  public  life,  stranger  things  have  happened  than 
that  a  man  way  down  in  the  Lone  Star  State  might  become  the 
next  President  of  the  United  States.  Unless  we  are  to  have  a 
Republican  for  our  next  President,  it  is  probably  not  too  much 
to  say  that  Joseph  W.  Bailey  of  Texas  would  find  many  warm 
supporters  in  this  Association.      I  thank  yon  for  your  courtesy. 


24  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

The  Chairman.  —  It  appears  to  me  there  has  been  a  good 
deal  said  about  John  of  Salisbury,  and  it  seems  fitting  we  shouhl 
hear  from  one  of  his  descendants.  I  live  in  Amesbury,  where 
John  died,  and  the  Baileys  are  all  around  there.  The  town  is 
all  cluttered  up  with  them.  I  find  here  to-day  they  are  promi- 
nent just  the  same.  I  will  call  on  Mr.  Edwin  A.  Baylcy  to 
read  a  paper  which  he  has,  and  will  ask  him  to  take  the  chair 
in  a  few  minutes. 

ADDRESS  OF  MR.    EDWIN  A.  BAYLEY. 
Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

I  think  I  have  said  enough  already,  and  there  is  nothing  I 
could  add  to  what  has  l)een  said  that  would  be  interesting  to 
you  as  coming  from  me.  What  our  President  has  said  with 
reference  to  my  reading  from  a  paper  indicates  that  he  wishes 
to  limit  me  in  my  remarks.  It  is  certainly  a  very  delicate  hint, 
and  one  I  will  take.  But  I  have  some  cjucstion  whether  it 
would  be  advisable  at  this  time  to  read  this  paper.  It  is  rather 
lengthy.  It  is  an  autobiography  of  one  of  the  Baileys,  a  de- 
scendant, I  believe,  of  John  of  Salisbury,  written  by  himself  in 
1872.  He  was  a  self-made  man.  He  had  no  school  education 
except  for  a  few  months  when  he  was  a  boy  under  twelve  years 
of  age,  and  he  educated  himself  by  reading  good  authors  and 
good  literature.  He  became  quite  a  man  in  his  community,  and 
was  appointed  to  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture  of  the  State 
of  Michigan,  where  he  did  good  work.  I  shall  submit  it  to  the 
committee,  however,  and  if  they  deem  it  appropriate  it  will  be 
published.  It  shows  what  a  man  who  started  out  in  life  in  very 
humble  circumstances  was  able  to  make  of  himself.  I  think  it 
would  be  better  to  defer  reading  it,  so  you  will  excuse  me  from 
the  very  delicately  appointed  task  \vliich  the  President  has  given 
me. 

(See  appendix  to  this  report  for  the  autobiography  men- 
tioned.) 

Mr.  Edwin  A.  Bayley  here  took  the  President's  place  and 
continued  as  follows  :  — 


ADDRESS    OF    MR.    WILLIAM    H.    REED.  2K 

It  certainly  seems  to  me  that  we  ought  to  say  a  word  in  pass- 
ing about  our  music.  Mr.  Eben  H.  Bailey  and  his  wife  have 
supplied  us  every  year  with  music  of  a  very  high  order,  and  we 
owe  them  our  thanks.  We  all  appreciate  how  much  the  music 
has  added  to  our  meetings. 

We  have  heard  from  some  new  members  and  some  invited 
guests,  but  1  am  now  going  to  call  on  a  gentleman  who,  from 
the  outset,  has  been  deeply  interested  in  the  work  of  this  Asso- 
ciation, and  has  rendered  it  much  assistance,  —  Mr.  William 
II.  Reed,  of  South  Weymouth,  Mass. 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  WILLIAM  H.  REED. 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  be  here  on  this  occasion.  I  have 
been  absent  from  some  of  your  meetings  on  account  of  my 
health,  which  has  been  poor  for  the  last  few  years.  To-day 
I  feel  like  a  bluebird  in  the  spring.  I  will,  however,  make 
my  story  short.  I  shall  not  detain  you  with  any  long  genea- 
logical matters.  The  old  sa3'ing  is  that  everything  comes  to 
those  that  wait.  It  is  only  within  a  very  few  years  that  Boston 
has  furnisiied,  in  print,  the  Boston  records.  1  never  was  able, 
during  my  looking  through  the  old  records,  to  find  the  marriage 
of  the  Rev.  James  Bailey  of  Weymouth  to  his  wife  Sarah.  I 
searched,  but  never  could  find  it.  I  never  knew  who  his  wife 
was — what  family  she  belonged  to.  No  person  in  Weymouth 
knew  —  no  person  for  more  than  one  hundred  years  has  known 
it.  Some  three  or  four  weeks  ago  John  Jacob  Loud,  President 
of  the  Genealogical  Society,  was  looking  over  the  Boston  rec- 
ords printed  at  a  recent  date,  and  there  he  found  the  marriage 
of  James  Bailey  and  Sarah  Goddard  of  Roxbury.  That  told 
the  story.  There  was  the  marriage  of  James  Bailey  three  years 
before  he  came  to  Weymouth,  two  years  before  he  taught  school 
in  Andover  —  married  right  here  in  Roxbury,  adjoining  Boston. 
I  can't  give  you  the  exact  date,  but  about  twelve  years  after  Mr. 
Bailey  settled   in  Weymouth  he   made  a   record  on  his  books  of 


26  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

the  marriage  of  John  Shaw  of  Weymouth  and  Elizabeth  God- 
dard.  Now  there  was  no  Elizabeth  Goddard  —  no  family  of 
the  name  of  Goddard  living  in  Weymouth  —  in  fact,  there  never 
was  a  family  named  Goddard  in  Weymouth.  But  as  soon  as  I 
found  the  marriage  of  Rev.  James  Bailey  with  Sarah  Goddard, 
then  I  went  to  work  and  found  that  Elizabeth  Godtlard,  wife  of 
John  Shaw,  was  a  sister  of  Sarah  Goddard,  wife  of  Rev,  James 
Bailey.  Elizabeth  Goddard  married  John  Shaw  and  they  had 
nine  children,  and  then  she  died.  John  Shaw  married  a  second 
wife  and  had  nine  more  children,  —  making  in  all  two  wives  and 
eighteen  children,  —  and  the  most  remarkable  thing  about  it  was 
that  he  lived  to  be  one  hundred  years  old,  lacking  two  months. 
I  would  like  to  say  one  word  about  John  Goddard.  I  think  he 
was  a  tutor  engaged  in  preparing  students  for  Harvard  College. 
In  his  will  he  speaks  of  his  daughter  Sarah  Bailey  and  gives  her 
jCioo,  and  also  of  his  daughter  Elizabeth  Shaw,  and  gives  her 
£ioo.  This  is  proof  positive  that  we  are  correct  as  to  the 
genealogy  above  stated. 

ADDRESS    OF    JAMES    H.    BAYLEY,    JR.,    ESQ.,    OF 
BRAINTREE,  MASS. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

Now  we  have  gotten  down  to  common  Baileys  you  must  ex- 
pect common  talk.  There  has  been  a  great  deal  said  here  about 
lawyers.  I  was  about  five  years,  I  think,  getting  Mr.  II.  R. 
Bailey  and  the  other  members  of  the  Board  of  Bar  Examiners 
to  give  me  a  license  to  practise  my  profession.  Then  I  began  to 
look  about  to  find  a  place  to  locate.  I  heard  of  a  lawyer  by  the 
name  of  Bayley  who  was  looking  for  a  young  man  to  go  into  his 
ofHce.  I  did  not  know  how  he  spelled  his  name,  but  I  said  I 
would  go  down  and  look  him  over  and  find  out.  I  don't  recall 
what  the  conversation  was  particularly,  but  we  discovered  that 
we  spelled  the  name  the  same  way  and  came  from  the  same  branch 
of  the  family,  so  I  started  in  there,  in  Mr.  Edwin  A.  Baylcy's 
oftice,  and  remained  about  a  year.     Mr.  Bayley,  as  most  of  you 


ADDRESS    OF    HON.    DUDLEY    P,     BAILEY.  2'J 

know,  is  what  might  be  called  a  very  strenuous  man.  Every  one 
in  his  office  is  doing  something  all  the  time,  and  one  thing  he 
impressed  upon  me  was  that  if  I  had  nothing  particular  to  do 
I  could  always  read  law,  or  I  could  read  Bailey  genealogy,  and 
it  was  through  his  inlluence  that  I  have  since  learned  to  know 
how  famous  we  all  are.  I  have  no  special  message,  hut  am 
very  glad  to  be  here  to-day,  and  trust  I  may  have  the  privilege 
again. 


ADDRESS  OF  HON.  DUDLEY  P.  BAILEY. 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen  : 

I  regret  to  say  I  have  made  no  progress  in  linding  my  connec- 
tion with  the  Bailey  family,  but  the  Bailey  family  is  rather  more 
tolerant  than  the  Hebrews  were.  You  remember  that  some  of 
the  Levites  could  not  make  out  their  genealogy,  and  they  put 
them  right  out ;  but  the  Bailey  family  is,  as  I  said,  more  tolerant, 
and  they  give  us  time  to  find  out  where  we  belong,  if  we  can. 
I  have  not  given  it  up.  I  have  no  doubt  I  am  there  in  the  book 
somewhere.  Douglas  once  twitted  Lincoln  with  having  tended 
bar,  and  when  it  came  Lincoln's  time  to  reply  he  got  up  and 
said,  ''  Well,  it  is  true  that  I  tended  bar.  I  tended  bar  on  the 
inside;  Judge  Douglas  tended  it  on  the  outside,  and  if  he  had 
not  tended  it  so  well  on  the  outside  I  should  have  given  up  the 
idea  of  tending  it  on  the  inside."  Now  that  reminds  me  of  the 
connection  of  the  Baileys  with  the  State's  Prison.  I  am  happy  to 
say  that  our  friend  here,  J.  Warren  Bailey,  attends  the  State 
Prison  on  the  outside,  and  that  is  characteristic  of  the  Bailey 
family,  so  far  as  1  know.  They  all  manage  to  keep  outside  of 
that  structure.  I  suppose  it  is  too  much  to  expect  that  every 
one  of  them  is  an  honest  man,  but  in  all  my  experience,  I  don't 
recall  a  single  one  of  the  name  who  was  guilty  of  any  dishonest 
practice,  or  any  one  of  them  who  was  a  criminal.  I  think  that 
is  a  pretty  good  record  for  a  family  as  numerous  as  ours  is.  I 
hope  we  shall  all  strive  to  keep  up  the  record.     I  was  yesterday 


28  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

over  at  the  registry  in  Cambridge  and  noticed  that  attachments 
against  persons  bearing  the  name  of  Bailey  are  very  few.  I 
don't  know  whether  this  is  because  there  are  not  many  Haile)s 
owning  real  estate  or  whether  they  pay  their  bills.  While,  per- 
haps, they  may  not  all  be  as  distinguished  as  Daniel  Webster  or 
Rufus  Choate,  I  think  we  can  say  we  have  a  very  good  representa- 
tion in  the  various  professions  and  in  positions  of  public  trust. 
I  hope  we  shall  strive  not  only  to  maintain  the  high  standard  of 
character  handed  down  to  us  in  the  IJailey  family,  but  also  to 
improve  upon  it. 

ADDRESS  OF  DR.  MARSHALL  H.  BAILEY. 

I  don't  see  how  you  can  expect  a  man  to  get  up  here  without 
notice  and  say  anything  after  eating  such  an  excellent  dinner  as 
we  have  had.  It  occurs  to  me  on  the  spur  of  the  moment  that 
some  time  ago,  when  I  was  a  boy,  I  had  a  chum  who  told  me 
this  story  of  one  of  his  acquaintances  in  the  town  he  lived  in 
down  in  Cape  Porpoise,  in  Maine.  This  is  a  true  story.  It 
seems  this  acquaintance  of  his  was  not  overladen  with  gray 
matter  in  his  u])per  story,  and  some  one  said,  "  Henry,  why  in 
the  world  don't  you  keep  still?  If  you  keep  still  people  will 
not  know  you  are  a  fool."  He  replied,  "Well,  I  don't  think 
that  is  true.  If  I  keep  still  all  the  time  people  will  be  sure  I 
am  a  fool,  but  if  I  talk  all  the  time  I  may  say  something 
bright."  Now  one  of  the  professions  represented  here  to-day 
has  been  credited  with  talking  a  good  deal.  They  also  were 
able  to  say  a  great  many  bright  things.  I  learn,  regarding  one 
or  two  of  them,  that  they  are  able  to  say  something  bright  all 
the  time.  The  medical  profession,  however,  is  supposed  to 
give  drugs,  keep  their  mouths  closed,  and  look  wise.  So,  if 
you  will  pardon  me,  I  will  tell  one  more  story  and  sit  down. 
The  medical  profession,  you  know,  are  credited  —  some  of 
them  —  with  telling  the  truth.  This  also  is  a  true  story.  Two 
or  three  summers  ago  I  was  on  my  vacation  in  Maine  and  went 
one  day  to  take  a  walk  with   my  wife's  father  and   mother  —  I 


ADDRESS    OF    HOI. LIS    R.    BAILEY.  21) 

forget  whether  my  wife  was  with  me  or  not  —  and  as  we  walked 
we  got  thirsty  in  the  hot  sun  and  stopped  at  a  house  and  asked 
for  a  drink  of  water.  We  found  the  Uidy  quite  attractive  and 
interesting,  and  incidentally  my  father-in-law  stated  that  he 
came  from  Concord,  N.II.,  "Oh,  yes,"  she  said,  "I  have  a 
son  up  there."  "  Indeed,  what  is  his  name?"  "  His  name  is 
so  and  so"  (the  story  of  the  preceding  speaker  reminded  me  of 
this).  "  Yes,  he  is  up  there.  He  is  in  the  State's  Prison!" 
Pie  was  on   the   inside. 

I  was  very  glad  to  hear  from  one  of  our  speakers  who  had 
looked  up  the  records  of  legal  proceedings  against  the  Bailey 
family  that  its  members  were  not  found  inside  the  prison, 
although  he  did  not  know  whether  the  small  number  of  suits 
entered  against  them  was  due  to  lack  of  property  or  because 
they  paid  their  bills.      We  hope   the  latter. 

The  Chairman.  —  I  admit  I  took  rather  an  unjust  advantage 
of  the  Doctor.  I  wanted  to  see  what  that  branch  of  the  family 
could  do  without  preparation.  I  think  we  are  all  satisfied  that 
they  are  always  ready  whenever  called  upon. 

No  gathering  of  the  Bailey  family  would  be  complete  without 
a  salutation  or  benediction  from  Ilollis  R.  Bailey.  I  am  sure 
we  shall  all  be  glad  to  hear  fi'om  him. 


ADDRESS   OF   IIOLLIS   R.  BAILEY. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  that  we  have  met  to-day  upon  the  exact 
summit  of  the  original  Beacon  Hill.  Yonder  monument  marks 
the  site  of  the  beacon  itself,  which  from  1635  fur  more  than 
one  hundred  years  stood  ready  to  alarm  the  country  in  the  case 
of  invasion. 

We  are  at  the  very  center  of  the  "  hub  of  the  Universe,"  and, 
if  we  are  so  minded,  may  consider  that  the  Bailey  family  to-day 
is  at  the  apex  of  modern  cis  ilization. 

It  was  an  ancient  saying  that  all  roads  led  to  Rome.  To-day 
all  roads  lead  to  Boston. 


30  THE    BAlLJiY-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Various  members  of  the  Bailey  family  have  had  a  part  in  the 
history  of  Boston. 

On  the  bronze  tablets  erected  by  the  city  on  the  southern 
slope  of  Bunker  Hill,  to  commemorate  those  who  fell  on  that 
bloody  field,  appears  the  name  of  Samuel  Bailey,  Jr.  lie  ga\e 
his  life  for  the  cause  of  freedom,  and  we  do  well  to  honor  his 
memory. 

Thomas  Bailey  was  collector  of  taxes  for  many  years  prior  to 
1800,  and  also  held  the  ollice  of  Deacon. 

There  were  several  Baileys  living  in  Boston  during  the  eigh- 
teenth century. 

In  1752  Thomas  Bayley  petitioned  for  the  privilege  of  keep- 
ing the  tavern  called  "  Near  Olivers  Dock." 

October  5,  1762,  Thomas  Bayley  was  married  by  the  Rev. 
Joseph  Sewall  to  Abigail  Casneau. 

August  15,  1 77 1,  Thomas  Bayley  was  married  by  the  Rev. 
Mather  Byles  to  Hannah  Bradshaw. 

April  28,  1774,  Thomas  Bayley  was  married  in  the  New 
South  Church  to  Abigail  Savell. 

June  I,  1777,  Thomas  Bayley  was  married  in  Christ  Church 
to  Susanna  Britton. 

January  12,  1786,  Thomas  Bayley  was  married  by  the  Rev. 
John  Eliot  to  Lydia  Rogers. 

Whether  it  was  the  same  Thomas  Bayley  who  ofiiciated  as 
bridegroom  at  all  these  weddings  I  am  unable  to  state. 

Benjamin  F.  Bayley  for  many  years  prior  to  1880  served  as 
a  deputy  to  Sheriff  Clark. 

Our  former  President,  Andrew  J.  Bailey,  was  for  many  years 
city  solicitor  and  corporation  counsel  for  the  city  of  Boston. 

The  lion.  James  Bailey  Richardson  was  also  for  many  years 
corporation  counsel. 

There  have  been  many  Boston  merchants  of  the  name  of 
Bailey.      Time  forbids  that  I  should  undertake  to  name  them. 

On  the  iron  gate  of  the  old  Granary  Burying  Ground  you  may 
see  the  name  of  the  Rev.  John  Bailey,  who  came  from  England 
in  16S4,  and  after  a  short  pastorate  in  Watertown  became  assist- 


ADDRESS    Ol-     HOI. LIS    R.     BAILEY. 


31 


ant  to  the  Pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston.  He  died 
December  12,  1697,  aged  fifty-three  years.  It  is  said  that  his 
father  was  a  wicked  man,  and  that  his  mother,  John  being  yet 
a  child,  called  the  family  together  and  caused  her  son  to  piay 
for  them.  The  father,  hearing  the  prayer,  was  so  struck  with 
conviction  of  sin  that  it  proved  the  beginning  of  his  conver- 
sion to  a  better  life. 

The  following  story  was  told  me  many  years  ago  by  a  lady 
whose  maiden  name  was  Bailey.  Her  husband  was  a  Judge  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State.  Their  son,  then  a  child  of 
three,  being  about  to  say  his  evening  prayer,  stopped  and  asked 
his  mother  :  "  Mother,  do  you  say  a  prayer  every  night?"  His 
mother  replied  that  she  did.  "  What  do  you  pray  for,  Mother.''  " 
the  boy  continued.  His  mother  answered  that  she  prayed  that 
she  might  be  a  good  woman.  '•'■  Pshaw,  Mother,  you  are  good 
enough  !      Why  don't  you  pray  for  Fatlier.?" 

The  Chairmax.  —  We  could  go  on  with  the  speaking,  but 
perhaps  we  have  had  enough  for  one  day.  I  don't  want  any  of 
you,  however,  who  have  come  for  the  first  time  to  think  this  is 
all  we  can  give  you.  The  next  meeting,  in  all  probability,  will 
be  held  in  two  years  from  this  time,  and  we  hope  you  can  all  be 
present  and  that  you  will  all  bring  others.  Our  Association 
numbers  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  members.  Of  course, 
they  are  so  situated  they  cannot  all  attend  at  one  time.  We 
have,  considering  the  time  of  year,  a  good  lepresentation  here, 
and  I  believe  we  have  all  enjoyed  it.  I  think  you  will  be  glad 
to  come  again  and  I  hope  we  shall  feel  a  responsibility,  each 
one  of  us,  to  take  hold  and  carry  on  the  work.  Some  of  us  are 
so  situated  that  we  can  do  more  than  others,  but  I  believe  we 
are  all  agreed  as  to  one  thing  —  that  the  Association  has  been  a 
benefit  to  the  family,  —  and  that  as  we  are  able  to  gallier  more 
and  more  information  we  shall  see  that  the  work  does  not 
slacken,  but  we  shall  take  in  all  the  Baileys  in  the  world  as  far 
as  possible.  And  now,  in  the  name  of  the  President  of  the 
Association  I  bid  you  good-bye  and  hope  we  may  all  meet 
again. 


32  THK    BAILKY-HAVLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION, 

APPENDIX. 
Sketch  of  James  Bayley,  prepared  by  himself. 

BiUMiNCHAM,  Michigan, 
February  23,  1874. 

I  was  born  in  Scipio,  Cayuga  County,  N.Y.,  on  the  7th  day 
of  July,  1S02.  My  father's  name  was  Isaac  Bayley,  and  my 
mother's  Rebecca  Adams.  They  came  from  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont about  the  year  1791,  and  were  among  the  fust  settlers  in 
Cayuga  County,  N.Y.  They  moved  into  what  was  afterwards 
the  town  of  Aurelius,  in  the  vicinity  of  what  is  now  the  flourish- 
ing city  of  Auburn,  where  the  State  Prison  was  built  in  iSiS- 
20,      My  father  died  September  21,  1806. 

My  education  was  conhned  entirely  to  our  small  district 
school,  and  mostly  in  a  log  schoolhouse.  My  studies  were 
reading,  spelling,  and  writing,  and  I  learned  to  cipher  in  Day- 
ball's  arithmetic  as  far  as  the  "  Rule  of  Three."  I  never  studied 
grammar  or  geography  in  school.  After  I  left  the  farm,  at 
twelve  years  of  age,  I  spent  all  my  odd  moments  in  reading,  as 
I  had  free  access  to  the  village  library  and  I  was  very  fond  of 
reading  the  news  of  the  week. 

My  first  step  after  leaving  school  was  to  learn  a  trade,  being 
sent  by  my  mother,  when  twelve  years  old,  to  learn  the  tanner's 
trade  with  Willard  J.  Chapin,  who  resided  in  the  village  of 
Throopsville  in  said  county.  I  soon  Jjcgan  to  take  a  lively 
interest  in  politics,  as  my  employer,  Mr.  Chapin,  was  a  Demo- 
crat, or,  as  called  at  that  time,  a  Bucktail,  in  distinction  fnnu 
what  was  called  a  Clint(jnian.  My  reatling  being  mostly  upon 
the  Democratic  side,  my  sympathies  were  strongly  on  that  sitle, 
until  after  I  came  to  the  State  (then  territory)  of  Michigan  in 
1S25. 

1  lived  with  Mr.  Chapin  six  years,  when  he  sold  out  his 
business  to  his  brother-in-law,  Harvey  Cooley,  and  received  an 
appointment  as  an  officer  of  the  State  Prison  then  being  Iniilt  in 
the  village  (now  city)  of  Auburn,  N.Y.  As  he  couKl  not  now 
fulfil  his  part  of  the  contract  with  me,  my  indentures  were  given 


APPENDIX. 


33 


up,  and  I  became  free  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  which  was  thought 
by  many,  as  I  well  recollect,  would  be  the  ruination  of  me.  But 
I  was  not  long  in  iinding  a  new  place  to  finish  learning  my 
trade.  I  hired  out  to  Justus  Allen  at  a  small  village  called,  at 
that  time.  Fitch's  Corners  (now  Mechanicsvalle)  in  the  west  part 
of  the  town  of  Scipio.  I  was  to  work  under  instruction  for  one 
or  two  years.  For  the  first  year  I  was  to  receive  $73,  for  the 
second  $96,  a  total  of  $i6S  for  the  two  years.  The  third  year 
I  worked  at  the  same  place  for  $15  per  month.  At  this  time  I 
was  in  my  twenty-second  year,  and  had  a  capital  of  $240,  which 
I  thought  of  investing  in  some  small  western  village,  and  com- 
mencing my  trade  in  a  small  way.  To  find  a  suitable  place  for 
this  venture  in  the  winter  of  1833-24  I  traveled  some  time  in 
the  western  part  of  New  York.  But  at  this  time  I  found  I  was 
more  interested  in  farming,  and  in  farm  locations  and  buildings, 
stock,  etc.,  and  I  resolved  if  I  ever  became  able  to  own  a  farm  I 
would  like  to  have  one  for  a  home.  As  I  went  through  the 
country,  I  became  more  and  more  interested  in  the  farming  lands 
through  which  I  passed,  and  by  the  time  I  got  back  from  my 
western  trip  I  had  made  up  my  mind  to  go  to  Michigan  and  lay 
out  $200  for  160  acres  of  timbered  land  and  make  my  own  farm. 
I  would  have  $40  left  for  expenses.  I  left  for  Michigan  in 
April,  1824,  in  the  company  of  Clement  Pearsall  and  Elias 
Daniels.  We  were  detained  in  Buffalo  some  two  weeks  on 
account  of  ice  in  the  lake,  when  we  went  aboard  the  steamboat 
Superior,  the  only  steamboat  on  the  lake.  We  arrived  in  De- 
troit on  Sunday,  about  the  last  of  April,  and  started  the  same  day 
for  Oakland  County.  The  first  night  we  stayed  at  the  house  of 
Diodate  Hubbard,  situated  about  one  mile  from  Birmingham  on 
the  Saginaw  turnpike.  The  next  morning  we  came  to  where 
the  village  of  Birmingham  now  stands,  and  found  Mr.  West 
Hunter,  Mr.  John  Hamilton,  and  Mr.  Willetts  had  each  made 
a  beginning.  Dr.  Swan  was  then  hoeing  a  little  north  of  above 
settlers,  and  Asa  Vastle  was  living  over  on  the  Ball  Line  road. 
I  purchased  land  the  loth  day  of  May,  it  being  the  east  half  of 
the  southwest  quarter  and  the  west  half  of  the  southeast  quarter 


34  THE    UAILEY-UAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

of  section  twenty-one  of  town  two   north,  ninge  eleven  east,  in 
the  town  of  Troy,  OaldancI   Connty,  the  farm  that  I  now  own, 
occupied   by  my  son   Adams  I.    Bayley.      1  concluded  to  com- 
mence at  once  on  my  land  to   make  a  clearing.      There  were   no 
roads  in  the  vicinity.      We  followed  the  section  lines  by  marked 
trees,  sometimes  getting  lost.     My  fust  day's  chopping  was  on 
the  ground  where  I  aft"rwards  built  my  house.      I  saved  quite 
a  number  of  small  shade  trees  that  seemed  too  beautiful  to  cut 
down,  but  they  were  all  afterwards  destroyed  except  one,  a  small 
sugar  maple  which  I  bent  over  witli  one  hand  and  held  it  wlnle 
I  cut  off  the  top  with   the  axe  held   in  the  other  hand.      It  was 
then  about  the  size  of  my  arm  below  the  elbow.      This  tree  is 
now  standing  in  front  of  my  liouse  on  the  farm   and  can  be  seen 
for  a  mile  or  more   as   you   come    from    the   west.      The   top  is 
about  thirty  feet  across  and  the  body  of  the  tree  about  two  feet 
in  diameter.      I  value  it  higher  than   any  other  tree  on  the  farm. 
I  cleared  the  land  and  sowed  four  acres  of  wheat  that  season. 
I  changed  work  with   men   living  four   miles  away  and   boarded 
most  of  the   time    the  same    distance,   carrying  provisions  and 
staying  three  or  four  days  at  a  time.      I  built   me  a  small  cabin, 
six  by  eight  feet,  to  live  in  and  also  for  a  lodging  room.      I  did 
my  cooking  outside  of  the  cabin,  near  the  entrance  or  doorway. 
I   always  selected  nice   large  chips  for  plates,   and  when  done 
with  them  for  that  lime  threw  them  away,  so  you  see  I  had  no 
dishes  to  wash  and   had  clean   plates  every  time.      After  I   had 
built  my  shanty,  as  I  called   it,  I  made  a   very  large  brush   Jieap 
over  it,  covering  it  up  completely  except  one  end,  which  was  left 
for    the    entrance    to  the  cabin.      I    recollect    one    night,    being 
alone,  that  I  felt  quite  sick,  having  taken  a  severe  cold,  and  the 
next  morning  I  could  hardly  crawl  out  of  my  cabin.      I  tiiought 
I  should  not  be  able  to  do  any  work  and  did   not  feel   able  t(;  go 
to  my  boarding  place.      But  after  getting  my  breakfast  as  well 
as  I  could.  I  felt  considerably  better  and  soon  went  to  work,  and 
before  night  felt  quite  well. 

I  left  for  home  the  9th   of  October.      My  wheat   was  then  up 
and   looking   first  rate,  and  I   had   put  a   good   fence  around   it. 


APPENDIX. 


35 


Before  leaving  I  hired  Mr.  John  Jones  to  chop  two  acres  of 
land  for  me  to  be  cleared  off  in  the  spring,  after  my  return  for 
spring  crops.  On  my  way  to  my  old  home  in  vScipio,  where  I  was 
born  and  where  my  mother  and  two  brothers  then  lived,  bcino- 
short  of  money,  I  stopped  at  a  place  called  Eleven  Mile  Creek 
(it  being  that  distance  east  of  Buffalo),  and  worked  for  about 
two  weeks  at  my  trade  as  currier;  but,  beginning  to  feel  a  little 
homesick,  I  concluded  to  take  the  stage  the  next  mornin"-,  and 
so  informed  my  employer  over  night.  Although  1  had  made 
the  bargain  that  I  was  to  leave  when  I  wished  to,  he  seemed 
much  surprised  and  refused  to  pay  me  that  night.  As  the  stao-e 
I  wished  to  take  would  be  along  quite  early,  I  felt  some  uneasi- 
ness, but  the  next  morning  he  concluded  to  pay  me  and  let  me  go. 

But  to  shoi'ten  up  my  New  York  State  history,  I  will  only  say 
that  I  was  married  on  the  20th  day  of  January,  1825,  to  Miss 
Dorcas  N.  Pearsall,  and  in  April  we  started  for  our  new  home 
in  Michigan.  We  had  to  come  with  a  hired  team  to  Buffalo,  as 
the  Erie  Canal  Avas  not  Hnished  at  that  time.  We  took  passage 
on  the  steamboat  S^iperior  for  Detroit.  There  was  at  this  time 
no  other  steamboat  on  the  lakes.  (3n  arriving  at  Detroit  I  met 
Mr.  William  Staidey,  who  lived  about  a  mile  from  my  farm. 
He  had  a  team,  and  we  loaded  oui  goods  and  started  quite  early 
in  the  day  and  had  to  go  about  eigliteen  miles.  It  took  us  all 
day.  We  arrived  at  Mr.  Stanley's  on  Friday  night,  and  the 
next  day  I  went  with  my  wife  to  see  our  new  home,  and  one 
week  from  the  next  Monday  we  moved  into  our  house.  We  had 
a  shake  roof  and  loose  boards  for  an  upper  and  under  Hoor  ; 
not  a  chink  between  the  logs.  My  wheat  was  looking  fine,  and 
I  went  to  work  to  clean  off  the  tw(;  acres  which  I  had  hired 
Jones  to  chop  in  my  absence  and  put  it  into  spring  crops.  We 
lived  in  the  house  through  the  summer  without  any  door  or 
windows  or  chimney.  We  built  our  lire  against  the  logs  of  the 
house,  as  it  was  the  rule  to  burn  out  three  logs  bcfoic  Ijuilding 
chimneys. 

In  1830  I  left  my  farm  for  two  years  to  take  cliarge  of  a  large 
tannery,    two    miles  on   the    river    above    Detroit,   for    Phineas 


36  THE    J5A1LEY-BAYI.EY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION, 

Davis,  a  merchant  of  Detroit.  He  gave  me  $500  a  year.  I  had 
built  a  good  frame  barn  by  this  time  on  my  farm,  and  also  had 
hired  cleared  some  thirty  acres  of  land  in  addition  to  thirty 
acres  cleared  before. 

In  i860  I  removed  to  Lansing,  having  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  superintendent  of  the  State  Agricultural  Farm.  I  was 
there  two  years.  In  186S  I  left  my  farm,  and  removed  to  the 
village  of  Birmingham,  four  miles  away,  where  I  now  live,  and 
draw  my  supplies  from  the  farm.  I  am  in  no  business  now, 
except  in  summer  attending  to  my  garden.  I  am  now  in  my 
seventy-fifth  year,  in  good  health.  My  farm  has  now  two  hun- 
dred eleven  and  one  half  acres.  I  have  taken  the  first  premium 
of  fifty  dollars  at  the  county  fair  on  my  farm.  I  have  been 
offered  seventy-five  dollars  per  acre  for  the  same.  When  I  first 
settled  on  my  farm,  I  felt  the  need  of  that  practical  knowledge 
which  some  of  my  neighbors  seemed  to  have,  and,  as  I  was  fond 
of  my  business,  I  was  determined  to  succeed.  My  motto  was  to 
do  everything  the  best  it  could  be  done.  This  I  carried  out  in 
clearing  and  fencing,  putting  in  crops,  tilling,  etc.  I  took  a 
deep  interest  in  agricultural  papers,  and  I  thought  if  1  could 
not  farm  it  as  well  on  my  new  farm  as  was  done  on  the  model 
farms  of  the  East,  it  helped  me  to  form  a  liking  and  taste  for 
farming  which  has  l)een  a  great  benefit  to  me.  When  our 
county  agricultural  society  was  first  formed,  I  took  an  active 
part  in  the  same,  was  frequently  chosen  as  one  of  the  board  of 
managers,  —  executive  committee,  as  they  were  called,  —  and 
was  twice  elected  president  of  the  same.  I  was  also  elected 
on  the  executive  committee  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society, 
and  also  president  of  the  same.  I  was  one  of  the  committee 
and  prcsiilcnt  of  tlie  State  Agricultural  Society  at  the  time  the 
state  legislature,  in  fullihnent  of  a  requirement  of  the  state  con- 
stitution, passed  an  act  authorizing  the  State  Agricultural  Soci- 
ety to  purchase  a  site  for  the  State  Agricultural  College  Farm, 
which  was  located  three  miles  east  of  the  city  of  Laubing.  We 
were  required  to  locate  the  farm  within  ten  miles  of  Lansing, 
at  a  price  not  to  exceed   fifteen   dollars  per  acre. 


APPENDIX.  37 

I  had  a  captain's  commission  given  me  in  our  military  com- 
pany by  Gov.  Stephen  T.  Mason  when  Michigan  was  a  terri- 
tory. I  never  sought  office.  I  left  the  Democratic  party,  feeling 
that  it  was  too  much  in  favor  of  slavery  and  too  much  in  symjjathy 
with  the  doctrine  of  state  rights.  My  experience  and  taste  of 
early  life  was  work,  and  plenty  of  it.  1  took  a  deep  interest  in 
my  employer's  business,  and  learned  that  whatever  was  worth 
doing  at  all  was  worth  doing  well.  In  early  life  my  habits  were 
formed  of  industry,  and  I  at  that  time  formed  the  habit  of  read- 
ing, which  has  followed  me  through  life,  and  I  am  more 
indebted  to  this  habit  for  what  education  I  have  than  to  all 
other  sources.  My  tastes  were  all  for  farming.  I  admired  the 
farmer's  life.  I  believe  at  this  time,  after  having  spent  over  fifty 
years  of  my  life  on  a  farm,  tliat  I  could  not  have  enjoyed  myself 
as  well  in  any  other  pursuit.  I  was  always  considered  a  suc- 
cessful farmer,  and  took  pride  in  my  business,  and  used  my 
spare  means  in  building  and  improving  my  farm  and  enlarging 
it  whenever  I  had  a  chance  to  purchase  a  few  acres  convenient 
to  it.  I  have  five  deeds  of  land,  comprising  over  two  hun- 
dred acres,  besides  two  deeds  of  village  lots   in   the  village  of 

Birmingham. 

* 

January  20,  1S85,  being  the  sixtieth  wedding  anniversary  of 
James  and  Dorcas  Bayley,  William  C.  Iloyt  read  the  following 
sketch  of  the  life  of  James  Bayley  :  — 

Life  of  James  Baylev,  by  William  C.  Iloyt. 

James  Bayley  was  born  in  the  town  of  Scipio,  Cayuga  County, 
N.Y.,  on  the  7th  day  of  July,  1802,  and  is  the  second  son  of 
Isaac  Bayley,  formerly  of  Windsor  County,  Vt.  Mr.  Bayley  is 
an  early  pioneer,  and  first  saw  Detroit  on  the  last  day  of  April, 
1824,  coming  from  Buffalo  on  tiie  old  steamer  Superior,  a 
plain,  stout,  and  rough  craft,  mostly  built  from  the  remains  of 
the  first  steamer  on  the  lakes,  The  Walk  in  the  Water.  His 
first  night  in  Michigan  was  spent  with  an  old  friend,  the  late 
Diodate  Hubbard,  who  kept  a  house   of  entertainment  about  a 


38  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

mile  from  Birmingham,  on  the  phice  now  owned  and   occupied 
by  James  McBride. 

Among  the  persons  who  lived  on  the  road  from  Detroit  to 
Birmingham  was  Henry  Stevens  and  an  eccentric  woman  com- 
monly called  "Mother  Handsome,"  but  whose  real  name  was 
Chappell.  Her  locality  and  place  of  entertainment  was  about 
five  miles  from  Detroit.  The  place  was  afterwards  called  the 
"  Young  Place."  She  kept  a  temperance  house  even  at  that 
early  date,  perhaps  on  the  stupid-pig  principle.  She  abhorred 
liquor,  thought  it  was  a  great  evil,  but  sold  vinegar,  which  ilid 
no  harm.  There  was  a  great  demand  for  her  vinegar  by  old 
soakers,  who  said  it  was  well  seasoned  with  old  rye.  "  I  know 
not,"  says  Mr.  Bayley,  "  why  she  was  called  '  handsome,'  for  she 
was  not  a  beauty,  but  had  an  ugly  visage,  which  would  occa- 
sionally exhibit  its  deformity  when  a  dead  beat  was  around,  or 
when  some  old  vinegar  customer  didn't  pay  up  for  his  drinks." 
Mother  Handsome  went  to  Heaven  or  some  other  good  place 
many  years  ago,  and  left  a  name  and  reputation  which  will  not 
be  forgotten  by  old  settlers. 

When  Mr.  Bayley  first  came  to  Birmingham  he  found  three 
families  residing  here:  John  W.  Hunter,  John  Hamilton,  and 
Elijah  Willetts;  the  latter  tlien  kept  a  tannery,  and  his  worthy 
widow  is  now  living  liere.  The  same  day  Mr.  l^aylcy  landed 
in  Birmingham  he  went  to  the  house  of  Captain  Robert  Parks, 
then  in  Bloomfield,  now  Troy.  Soon  after  he  went  to  Farm- 
ington  and  stayed  over  night  with  Ziba  Blakeslee,  the  father  of 
the  go-ahead  George,  who  has  succeeded  in  raising  a  larr^e 
family  and  in  accumulating  worltlly  goods.  Mr.  Bayley  re- 
mained in  Farmington  two  days  and  there  formed  an  acquaint- 
ance with  the  well-known  Green  and  I'owers  families,  who 
have  made  their  maik  in  the  history  of  Oaklautl  County.  Frcjiii 
there  he  went  to  Troy,  where  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  a 
young  man  named  John  Jones,  who  was  then  living  on  the  west 
half  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  twenty-one.  He  was 
then  in  poor  circumstances  and  very  willingly  aided  Mr.  Bayley  in 
clearing  off  a  few  acres  of  land.      "  h^rom  my  acquaintance  with 


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39 


him,  which  embraced  a  period  of  about  sixty  years,  I  can  truth- 
fully say,"  says  Mr,  Bayley,  "  he  was  one  of  nature's  noblemen, 
honest,  industrious,  and  frugal,  possessing  good  judgment,  ster- 
ling common  sense,  which  tjualilies  enabled  him  to  accumulate 
a  large  fortune,  which  he  left  in  worthy  hands." 

After  wandering  around  and  looking  over  the  wilderness 
where  is  now  the  township  of  Troy,  most  of  which  has  been 
cleared  away  by  industrious  pioneers,  who  possessed  good  sense, 
bony  hands,  and  strong  muscles,  JSIr.  Bayley  went  to  Auburn, 
N.Y.,  and  remained  about  two  months,  working  as  a  joiu-ney- 
man  at  the  tanning  and  currier's  trade,  for  which  he  received 
the  sum  of  $25,  which  appeared  a  large  sum  to  him  at  that 
time.  After  laboring  faithfully  at  this  place,  which  has  since 
become  celebrated  as  the  home  of  the  distinguished  statesman, 
William  H.  Seward,  he  returned  to  Scipio  and  engaged  in  the 
employ  of  his  old  boss,  Justus  Allen,  late  of  Pontiac.  While 
living  in  the  place  of  his  nativity  he  had  early  formed  the 
acquaintance  of  a  damsel  whom  he  then  thought,  and  still  thinks, 
was  fair  to  look  upon,  named  Dorcas  N.  Pearsall,  who  was 
united  with  him  in  the  pleasant  bonds  of  matrimony  on  the  20th 
day  of  January,  1825,  sixty  years  ago  to-day.  The  minister 
who  officiafed  on  the  eventful  occasion  bore  the  name  of 
Philander  Kelsey,  and  was  a  worthy  minister  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  Strange  as  it  may  appear,  the  following-named  per- 
sons are  living  who  were  present  at  this  wedding  :  Mrs.  Laura 
Pearsall  Philbrick,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bayley  Alexander,  Mrs. 
Henry  Pearsall,  Mrs.  Fanny  Martin  Pearsall,  Benjamin  Daniels, 
Sherman  N.  Pearsall,  and  Mrs.  Robert  Parks,  all  of  whom, 
says  Mr.  Bayley,  have  acted  their  part  in  the  drama  of  life,  and 
-when  the  curtain  falls  will  be  remembered  for  their  worthy 
deeds. 

In  the  month  of  April,  1S25,  young  Bayley  hired  a  team  at 
Scipio,  where  he  and  his  companion  spent  their  early  days,  and 
with  her  bade  farewell  to  early  friends,  and  started  for  the 
West,  toward  what  was  then  the  territory  of  Michigan.  A  long 
journey  lay  before  them,  and   they  were   six  days   on   their  way 


40  THE    BAILEY-I5AYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

before  they  reached  Buffalo,  then  a  small  shipping  port  at  the  foot 
of  Lake  Erie.  Here  they  embarked  aboard  the  once  celebrated 
steamboat  Superior^  and  after  a  voyage  of  six  days  landed  on 
the  dock  at  Detroit,  which  then  contained  a  population  prob- 
ably not  exceeding  four  thuusand  persons,  a  large  proportion  of 
whom  were  of  French  origin.  They  immediately  went  to  their 
farm,  now  occupied  by  their  son,  Adams  1.  Hayley,  which  had 
been  taken  up  on  the  loth  day  of  May,  1S24.  Here  they  en- 
tered as  their  abiding  place  the  pioneer's  early  home,  the  old  log 
cabin.  Here  in  their  rude  structure  made  of  logs,  Dorcas  and 
James  entertained  their  guests,  told  their  stories,  chatted  and 
talked,  usually  in  gentle  tones,  made  their  butter  and  cheese, 
laid  their  plans,  and  dreamed  of  the  future.  They  remained  on 
the  farm  until  1830.  Their  neighbors  at  the  last-mentioned 
period  were  William  Stanley,  the  father  of  the  enterprising, 
jocose,  gay,  and  festive  youth.  Lute  Stanley,  John  Jones,  Riley 
Crooks,  John  Sprague,  Clement  Pearsall,  and  Ira  Toms.  His 
more  distant  neighbors  were  Harvey  Perkins,  Guy  Phelps,  W'il- 
lard  Daniels,  John  Waldron,  Michael  Beech,  and  James  Skid- 
more.  At  what  is  now  Troy  Corners  lived  Johnson  Niles,  a 
very  peculiar,  eccentric,  and  go-ahead  pioneer,  whose  name  is 
familiar  to  the  early  settlers  of  Oakland  County.  Mr.  Niles  set- 
tled in  Troy  at  an  early  day,  and  was  an  intUiential  man,  and 
gave  a  willing,  helping  hand  to  the  settlers  when  beginning  in 
the  wilderness.  He  was  a  zealous  politician,  and  a  Democrat  of 
the  Old  Hickory  school,  and  usually  was  a  delegate  to  the  Dem- 
ocratic county  conventions  held  at  Pontiac,  where  were  also 
such  men  as  William  Popleton,  Oren  Popleton,  Alfred  Hans- 
com,  Moses  Spears,  Dr.  James  W.  Hoyt,  vXugustus  C.  Baldwin, 
John  Davies,  Edward  Martin,  A.  G.  Hovey,  Joseph  R.  Bow- 
man, O.  D.  Richardson,  Zebina  Barrett  Mowry,  Sardis  F. 
Hubbell,  Hiram  Barrett,  William  C.  Hoyt,  Arthur  Davis,  and 
other  influential  and  successfid  politicians  who  exerted  much 
influence  in  rolling  up  the  great  Democratic  majorities  in  Oak- 
land County  and  State  of  Michigan  before  the  Republican  party 
came  into  power.     His  son,  living  on   the  old    farm   in    Troy, 


APPENDIX.  41 

possesses  many  of  the  peculiarities  of  his  father,  with  the  same 
generosity  and  political  proclivities  of  that  sturdy  and  stiff- 
backed  Democrat  ancestor. 

After  the  year  1830  Mr.  Bayley  removed  his  family  to  the 
city  of  Detroit,  and  took  charge  of  Phineas  Davis'  large  tannery, 
where  he  remained  for  nearly  three  years,  and  succeeded  in 
establishing  that  business  upon  a  substantial  and  pacing  basis. 
After  this  he  returned  to  his  farm  in  Troy,  on  which  he  had  a 
clearing  of  thirty  acres  and  had  built  a  barn,  a  portion  of  which 
is  now  standing.  The  present  frame  house  on  tlie  farm  was 
erected  in  1840,  in  which  he  remained  until  1S60,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Lansing,  and  became  superintendent  of  the  State  Agri- 
cultural Farm.  Mr.  R.  F.  Johnstone  of  Detroit,  who  was  his 
immediate  predecessor,  left  the  property  in  a  very  unprosperous 
condition.  It  was  deeply  in  debt,  and  the  finances  of  the  state 
were  in  a  depressed  condition,  owing  to  the  large  defalcation  of 
*'  Honest  John  McKinney,"  state  treasurer.  This  criminal 
abstraction  of  the  funds  created  great  excitement  throughout  the 
state.  Mr.  McKinney  was  tried  and  punished  by  imprisonment 
in  the  State  Prison,  which  he  left  a  disgraced  man  after  having 
been  pardoned  out  by  Kingsley  S.  Bingham,  the  governor  of  the 
state.  Through  Mr.  Bayley's  exertion  and  influence  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture  was  organized  in  1S62,  and  he  left  the 
farm  out  of  debt,  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  $415  to  its 
credit.  Mr.  Bayley  further  states  that  he  bore  the  expenses  out 
of  his  own  pocket  the  first  year,  except  $50,  which  was  after- 
wards repaid  him  by  the  state.  In  the  month  of  February, 
1863,  he  returned  to  his  homestead  in  Troy,  and  remained  there 
until  1S68,  wlien  he  removed  to  Birmingham,  where  he  now 
resides. 

Mr.  Bayley  was  in  the  state  legislature  of  1865,  when  Gov- 
ernor Crapo  was  the  chief  executive  ofiicer  of  the  state.  Here 
'  terminates  the  somewliat  eventful  history  of  one  of  the  early 
pioneers  of  Michigan,  who  is  upwards  of  eighty-two  years  of 
age.  He  saw  Michigan  when  it  was  a  wilderness  ;  he  now  sees 
it  dotted  all  over  with  cities  and  villages  and  fruitful  farms,  and 


42  THE    BAlLEY-nAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

with  a  population  of  nearly  two  millions  of  human  beings.  But 
few  of  his  early  friends  and  neighbors  remain.  They  erected 
the  schoolhouses,  l)uilt  the  churches,  made  the  roads,  and  cleared 
the  way  for  the  coming  generations.  They  saw  hard  times,  and 
leave  with  those  who  follow  them  their  worldly  deeds,  which 
will  last  forever.  When  Mr.  Bayley  was  born,  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son was  President  of  the  United  States,  and  he  cast  his  first  vote 
for  John  Qiiincy  Adams.  He  lived  during  the  administration 
of  eighteen  presidents.  Eighty  years  ago  no  steamboats  were  on 
the  lakes  or  the  seas.  The  Erie  Canal  was  not  even  thought  of. 
A  raih-oad  was  unknown.  The  news  was  conveyed  on  horse- 
back or  by  slow  coaches.  The  route  of  the  telegraph  was  on 
the  clouds,  and  the  untamed  fluid  which  now  conveys  ideas 
around  the  globe  in  one  moment  of  time  at  the  bend  of  the  fin- 
ger was  quivering  unchained  throughout  the  universe.  Detroit 
was  a  small  village.  jMichigan  was  a  portion  of  the  Northwestern 
Territory.  Chicago  was  unknown  except  to  Indians  and  skunks. 
Napoleon  was  deploying  his  triumphal  eagles  in  several  kingdoms 
of  the  world.  Louisiana  was  owned  by  France,  and  negro 
slavery  existed  in  nearly  every  state  of  the  Union.  Mr.  Bayley, 
during  his  sojourn  on  earth,  can  truthfully  say  that  art,  inven- 
tion, and  science  have  progressed  more  than  tliey  did  in  two 
thousand  years  previous. 

In  his  day  he  saw  the  old  wooden  clock  hung  up  in  the  cor- 
ner of  the  kitchen,  with  heavy  weights  rimning  down  to  the 
floor.  He  saw  the  old  mother  turning  the  spinning-wheel  while 
.she  rocked  the  baby  in  the  craille.  lie  saw  "  Bessie"  carding 
the  wool  with  the  hands,  and  spinning  the  rolls  on  the  humiuing 
wheel.  He  saw  the  victuals  cooked  in  a  large  fireplace  in  the 
kitchen,  where  hung  the  crane  and  burned  a  fire  from  nearly  a 
cord  of  wood.  He  has  seen  the  goodwife  work  over  a  day  in 
making  a  plain  pair  of  pantaloons  for  her  husband  or  one  of  her 
tall  and  muscular  boys  with  the  aid  of  a  little  one-eyed  needle. 
He  has  seen  many  a  pair  of  socks  and  mittens  knit  by  hand  with 
the  small  knitting  needles.  He  has  paid  twenty-five  cents  post- 
age  on  a  one-half  ounce  letter,  written   with   a  goose  quill.      A 


APPENDIX.  43 

day's  journey  in  a  wagon  when  he  was  a  lad  was  not  over  forty 
miles,  and  now  the  wagons  drawn  by  the  steam  horse  can  carry 
a  passenger  in  one  day  eight  hundred  miles.  The  little  lucifer 
match  and  the  deadly  six-shooter  rifle  were  invented  in  his  da)'. 
When  he  was  young  the  smoke  of  the  Indian  wigwam  curled 
among  the  trees  in  the  village  where  he  now  resides.  Mr. 
Bayley  is  now  in  the  twilight  of  life,  his  sun  will  soon  set  for- 
ever, and  he  leaves  these  words  to  his  kindred  who  follow  him  : 
"  Act  well  your  part  as  a  good  citizen  ;  sustain  and  be  ready  to 
defend  the  flag  of  your  country.  Be  honest,  economical,  and 
industrious.  Listen  to  the  dictates  of  a  good  conscience,  and 
bring  no  disgrace  upon  yourself  or  family."  In  the  language  of 
Simeon  he  says,  "  Now  let  thy  servant  depart  in  peace,  for  mine 
eyes  have  seen  thy  salvation  which  thou  hast  prepared  before  the 
face  of  all  people." 

"  Life's  race  well  run, 
Life's  work  well  done, 
Life's  crown  well  won, 
Now  comes  rest." 

James  Bayley  died  May  i,  1S87. 

Dorcas  Pearsall  Bayley  died  July  14,  1S89. 

Briek  Sketch  of  James  Bayley,  by  Volney  Pearsall  Bayley. 

Volney  Pearsall  Bayley  of  Detroit,  son  of  James  and  Dorcas 
Bayley,  contributes  the  following:  "My  father  must  have  pos- 
sessed pluck  to  have  persevered  alone  all  summer,  sleeping  in  that 
little  log  place  six  by  eight,  with  brush  for  roof.  The  rain 
rpust  have  come  down  inside  sometimes.  To  work  haril  and 
eat  cold  pork  and  potatoes  on  chips  out  doors  (or  perhaps  to 
have  warmed  them  a  little),  I  am  afraid  would  have  taken  the 
farming  proclivities  all  out  of  me,  and  the  farm  would  have 
been  for  sale  before  the  summer  was  over.  My  mother  must 
,  have  made  him  '  two  of  a  kind  '  to  luive  gone  with  him  into  the 
woods.  What  a  cold  house  that  must  have  been  that  was  built 
in  a  week  !  That  kind  of  people  will  later  put  up  good  build- 
ings, build  good  roads,  and  they  will  never  forget  to  build  good 


44  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION, 

churches  and  have  good  ministers,  and  they  will  worship  in 
spirit  and  in  truth.  They  will  make  good  people  anywhere, 
and  a  community  that  has  the  necessary  salt  that  will  save  them 
and  make  them  have  friends  who  are  proud  of  them.  My 
mother  made  her  own  carpets  for  over  twenty  years  out  of  car- 
pet rags,  and  wove  tliem  on  her  loom.  I  was  horn  in  1843,  and 
never  had  any  houghtcn  clothes  until  after  I  was  ten  years  old. 
Mother  carded  the  wool  after  washing  it;  she  spun  the  yarn,  got 
the  cloth  woven,  and  made  us  boys  clothes.  She  spun  tiie  Hax 
and  made  all  the  linen  tablecloths,  napkins,  towels,  etc.  ;  she 
knit  socks  for  the  whole  family;  she  drove  up  the  geese,  picked 
them,  and  furnished  the  feather  beds.  She  bold  cliickens,  eggs 
and  butter  and  cheese,  which  paid  for  all  the  groceries.  But 
she  never  milked  the  cows  or  fed  the  horses  or  pigs,  and  never 
had  anything  to  do  with  them.  There  were  some  things  father 
would  not  have  her  do.  If  she  wanted  to  take  the  horse  and 
buggy  it  was  brought  round  to  the  door  for  her,  and  she  left  it 
at  the  door  when  she  returned.  She  had  a  hard,  steady  time  of 
it  for  over  twenty  years  ;  then  came  the  finer  carriages,  brussels 
carpets,  gold  false  teeth,  and  silk  dresses." 


TWELFTH  GATHERING  OF  THE 

BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION 


IIo.N.    CUAKl.KS    O.     KMI.ICY, 

rresidciii    of  the-   .IssucKilioji,    /yo^'-zy/o. 


ACCOUNT  OF  THE  TWELFTH  GATHERING 


OF  THE 


Bailey =Bayley    Family 
Association 


HELD  IN  THE  UNION  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH 

SALISBURY  POINT,  AHESBURY,  MASS. 

FRIDAY,  JUNE  26,   1908 


SAMUEL    USHER 

176   TO    184   HIGH    STREET 

BOSTON,    MASS. 


CONTENTS. 


Pace. 

Business  Meeting 7 

Address  of  Welcome,  by  Hollis  R.  Bailey 8 

Address  of  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey o 

Music II 

Address  of  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  entitled  "  Bailey  Migrations  "  12 

Verses  of  Capt.  Samuel  E.  Bayley,  written  in  1793 14 

Treasurer's  Report 17 

Address    of    Edwin    A.    Bayley,    entitled    "  John    Bayly,    Sr.,    of 

Salisbury  " 18 

Will  of  John  Bayly,  Sr 29 

Officers  Elected 32 

Poems  Read  by  Miss  Ella  A.  Piske: 

"  Mixed  Ancestry  " 33 

How  About  You  .^  " -34. 

Report  of  Committee  on  Genealogy 34 

Report  on  Genealogy,  by  Mrs.  Abbie  E.  Ellsworth 35 

Luncheon 37 

Address  of  Volney  P.  Bayley 38 

Address  of  Hollis  R.  Bailey 42 

Letters  of  Absent  Members  read 44 

Sketch  of  Ezekiel  Bailey  White  and  His  Wife,  Laura  Dustin  44 

Address  of  Henry  Baiiy 47 

Remarks  of  Hon.  John  Bailey 50 

Conclusion 51 


ACCOUNT    OF    THE    TWELFTH    GATHERING 

OF  THE 

Bailey-Bayley  Family 
Association. 

HELD    IN    THE    UNION    CONGREGATIONAL    CHURCH. 

SALISBURY  POINT,  AMESBURY.  MASS.. 

FRIDAY.  JUNE  26.  1908. 

The  committee  having  in  charge  the  selection  of  the  time  and  place 
for  this  gathering  were  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  of  Providence,  R.  L; 
HoUis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Cambridge;  Prof.  Solon  L  Bailey,  of  Cam- 
bridge; Mrs.  Larkin  T.  Trull,  of  Lowell,  and  Edwin  A.  Bayley,  of 
Lexington.  They  were  unusually  fortunate,  for  the  weather  was  perfect, 
—  an  ideal  June  day,  —  and  the  place  was  one  of  the  most  interesting, 
from  an  historical  point  of  view,  of  any  yet  chosen  for  our  meetings,  as 
it  was  situated  in  close  proximity  to  the  site  of  the  ancient  homestead  of 
"  John  Bayly,  of  Salisbury,"  the  pioneer  ancestor  of  one  of  the  branches 
of  our  family  in  this  country. 

The  meeting  was  appointed  for  10.30  a.m.,  but  some  time  before 
that  hour  members  and  friends  began  to  gather,  and  a  very  pleasant 
social  time  was  enjoyed  with  old  and  new  acquaintances  until  the 
business  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  il  o'clock. 

BUSINESS  MEETING. 

In  consequence  of  the  absence  of  the  president  of  the  Association, 
Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  the  meeting  was  called  to 
order  by  Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey,  of  Lowell,  the  senior  vice-president, 
who  made  a  few  pleasant  opening  remarks  and  asked  tor  nominations 
for  a  president  pro  tem.,  and,  on  motion  duly  made,  Mollis  R.  Bailey, 
Esq.,  of  Cambridge,  was  elected. 


8  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  Franklin  W.  Barker,  of  Amesbury,  pastor 
of  the  Union  Congregational  Church,  after  which  the  president  pro  tern, 
dehvered  the  following  cordial  address  of  welcome: 

ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME  OF  HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY,  ESQ. 

1  thank  you  for  the  honor  you  have  done  me  in  selecting  me  to  preside 
at  this  gathering. 

We  are  all  sorry  that  the  Rev.  Nathan  Bailey,  our  president,  is  un- 
able to  be  with  us.  It  is  a  part  of  the  duty  of  your  presiding  officer  to 
say  a  few  words  in  the  way  of  welcome  to  those  who  are  present. 

We  have  with  us  to-day  a  considerable  number  of  those  who  have  been 
constant  in  their  attendance  at  the  gatherings  of  the  Association.  I  am 
sure  that  I  express  their  feelings  as  well  as  my  own  when  I  say  that  the 
friendships  which  we  have  formed  at  the  meetings  held  in  the  years 
now  gone  are  among  our  most  valuable  possessions  and  increase  in 
value  as  each  new  meeting  adds  to  our  store  of  pleasant  recollections. 

We  have  with  us  also  to-day  some  who  attend  for  the  first  time.  To 
these,  the  president  and  the  older  members  extend  a  very  hearty  and 
cordial  welcome. 

We  meet  under  very  favorable  auspices.  We  have  come  back,  as  it 
were,  to  the  old  homestead,  and  we  find  it  to-day  more  beautiful  than 
ever  before.  The  noble  Merrimac,  separating  the  home  of  John 
Bailey,  of  Salisbury,  on  the  north,  from  the  later  home  of  John  Bailey, 
at  Newbury,  on  the  south,  was  never  more  beautiful  than  it  is  upon  this 
perfect  June  day.  This  place  is  rich,  if  not  with  precious  memories, 
at  least  with  those  things  which  stir  our  hearts  and  quicken  our  imagina- 
tion. We  can  almost  see  John  Bailey  casting  his  nets  in  the  river,  or 
sitting  at  the  door  of  his  log  cabin  on  yonder  hillside,  thinking  of  the 
wife  and  children  across  the  water  who  never  came  to  join  him. 

But  I  must  not  detain  you. 

The  secretary  then  read  a  letter  received  from  the  president.  Rev. 
Nathan  Bailey,  expressing  his  regret  at  not  being  able  to  be  present, 
accompanied  by  the  following  address  regarding  his  own  branch  of  the 
family. 


ADDRESS    OF    REV.    NATHAN    BAILEY. 


ADDRESS  OF  REV.  NATHAN  BAILEY. 

I  deeply  regret  my  inability  to  be  present  with  you  in  this  the  twelfth 
gathering  of  the  Bailey-Hayley  Family  Association.  1  trust  the  occa- 
sion will  be  one  of  profit  and  pleasure  to  all,  and  that  it  may  help  to 
strengthen  tlie  ties  which  bind  us  together.  We  are  creatures  of  social 
t  instincts,  and  the  social  aspect  of  these  gatherings  cannot  be  over- 
j  estimated. 

In  going  about  from  place  to  place,  I  have  frequently  been  asked  as 
to  which  branch  of  the  family  I  belong.  I  am  obliged  to  answer,  "  To 
neither,  yet  to  all."  While  there  are  several  ways  of  spelling  the  name, 
there  can  be  no  doubt  but  that  in  its  beginning  it  was  the  same. 

Like  the  founders  of  the  name  in  its  different  branches  here,  I  came 
across,  not  in  the  Mayflower  or  some  similar  ship  in  the  early  Colonial 
period,  but  in  the  Germanic,  in  the  year  1882.  There  are  a  goodly 
number  of  Baileys,  and  some  who  spell  their  names  b-a-y-l-e-y,  now  in 
New  England  who  have  come  from  the  other  side  and  who  in  their  line 
are  pioneers. 

Regarding  my  own  branch  of  the  family  name,  I  know  but  little 
My  ancestors  for  generations  have  been  identified  with  the  crockery 
trade  in  England.  Coming  from  France  during  the  Huguenot  perse- 
cution, our  ancestors  are  supposed  to  have  settled  in  Wales,  and  from 
there  drifted  into  Yorkshire. 

My  grandfather,  whose  name  I  bear,  a  name  which  has  been  handed 
down  through  succeeding  generations,  came  to  Lancashire  in  his  early 
married  life,  and  was  a  pioneer  in  that  section  of  England  \n  the  glass, 
china,  and  earthenware  business.  He  was  also  a  farmer,  owning  and 
cultivating  one  of  the  largest  and  most  productive  farms  to  be  found  in 
that  section  of  England.  He  lived  in  Turton,  which  lies  between 
Darwen  and  Bolton.  Those  members  of  our  Association  who  contem- 
plate a  trip  to  England  this  summer,  who  should  be  so  fortunate  as  to 
spend  a  little  while  in  Bolton,  Lancashire,  will  do  well  to  go  into  the  mar- 
ket hall  and  stop  at  the  glass  and  china  stalls  which  bear  our  name.  You 
find  there  the  two  names  which  give  the  title  to  our  Association.     You 


10  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

will  find  on  inquiry,  that  these  names  are  of  relatives,  or  were  less  than 
thirty  years  ago.  When  a  lad  in  England,  I  did  not  think  enough  about 
the  matter  to  inquire  as  to  why  this  difference.  However,  we  who 
spell  our  name  13-a-i-l-e-y  are  just  as  strenuous  in  our  insistence  on  the 
correct  spelling  as  is  our  genial  and  efficient  secretary,  Mr.  Edwin  A. 
Bayley.  So  far  as  1  know,  1  am  the  only  one  of  our  branch  of  the  family 
who  is  in  the  ministry.  Had  my  father  had  his  way,  1  should  have 
succeeded  him  in  his  business  as  a  wholesale  glass,  china,  and  earthen- 
ware dealer. 

Like  the  Baileys  here,  we  have  had  the  bugbear  of  an  estate  in 
chancery.  I  presume  it  will  stay  there,  for  who  ever  heard  of  such  a 
thing  as  the  "  Crown  "  relinquishing  its  hold  upon  anything  so  valuable 
as  one  of  these  great  estates  upon  which,  through  some  technicality,  it 
has  been  able  to  get  its  grip.  If  any  of  the  members  of  this  Association 
are  haunted  by  such  illusions,  be  wise,  and  don't  waste  time  dreaming 
about  it.  If  it  is  there,  it  will  stay  there,  for  there  is  no  power  in  this 
universe  that  can  ever  get  it  out.  In  my  boyhood  I  used  to  chase  the 
"  will  o'  the  wisps,"  on  the  moors  near  my  home,  only  to  find,  as  I 
reached  out  to  touch  them,  that  they  were  yet  a  step  further  off.  So 
with  these  great  estates  in  chancery,  you  reach  for  them,  but  they  are 
further  off. 

The  Baileys  seem  to  have  been  a  frugal  folk,  possessed  of  habits  of 
thrift.  Here  in  Rhode  Island  I  find  they  have  been  characterized  as 
industrious.  Here  also  we  come  across  another  spelling  of  the  name 
which  might  suggest  how  these  varied  spellings  have  come.  In  a  vote 
of  the  town  council  of  East  Greenwich,  in  1724,  I  find  letters  of  ad- 
ministration granted  to  one  Samuel  Bealey,  son  of  Hugh  Beaky.  This 
Hugh  Bealey  is  evidently  the  Hugh  Bailey  who  was  made  a  free  man  of 
the  Colony  of  Newport  in  1702.  Where  the  Rhode  Island  Baileys 
came  from  seems  to  be  unknown.  In  interviewing  many  who  bear  the 
name,  I  find  a  lack  of  knowledge  of  their  ancestry.  Perhaps,  having 
asked  some  questions,  I  have  set  in  motion  inquiries  that  may  result  in 
more  definite  knowledge  in  the  near  future. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  the  varied  spelling  of  the  name, —  Baillie, 
Baily,  Bailey,  Bailly,  Bayly,  Bayley,  Bayliss.  It  seems  quite  reason- 
able that  the  spelling  b-a-i-l-l-i-e  may  indicate  the  origin  of  the  name 


MUSIC.  11 

as  coming  from  the  occupation  of  its  founder,  bailiff.  In  my  boyhood, 
the  steward  of  a  large  estate  in  the  near  town  of  Longworth  was  always 
referred  to  as  the  bailiff. 

An  interesting  topic  for  a  paper  at  some  future  gathering  would  be 
the  place  which  the  name  has  filled  in  history,  literature,  science,  and 
politics,  and  in  the  commercial  world,  and  to  note  that,  in  the  varied 
departments  of  life's  activities,  we  are  still,  as  for  many  generations,  an 
important  factor. 

Members  of  the  Association,  it  is  an  honored  name  that  you  bear, 
whether  you  spell  it  one  way  or  the  other.  It  is  a  name  of  which  you 
are  not  ashamed. 

The  motto  of  this  Association,  Semper  Fidelis,  lays  upon  us  obliga- 
tions which  reach  backward  as  well  as  forward;  Backward,  that  to 
coming  generations  there  may  be  given  accurate  records  of  the  Bailey- 
Bayleys  of  the  past;  forward,  that  there  may  be  transmitted  to  those 
who  follow  us  a  name  untarnished.     This  is  both  a  duty  and  a  privilege. 

MUSIC. 

The  musical  part  of  the  exercises  was,  as  usual,  in  charge  of  Prof, 
and  Mrs.  Eben  H.  Bailey,  who  always  make  it  a  very  interesting  and 
entertaining  feature  of  the  program  of  our  meetings,  and  this  year, 
as  at  several  other  gatherings  of  the  Association,  they  were  assisted  by 
Miss  Ella  A.  Fiske,  of  Clinton  (a  descendant  of"  John  Bayly  of  Salis- 
bury "),and  also  by  Mr.  Burton  O.  Wetmore,  of  Boston,  who,  though  not 
a  Bailey  by  blood,  has  almost  become  one  by  adoption.  After  a  musical 
selection  by  this  quartet,  Mollis  K.  Bailey,  Es().,  of  Cambridge,  gave 
the  following  interesting  address. 


12  THE    UAILEV-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


ADDRESS  OF  HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY. 
Baii.ey  Migrations. 

The  story  of  the  removal  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley  from  Newbury,  Mass., 
fust  to  Hampsttail,  N.  H.,  and  later  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  has  been  fully 
narrated  by  his  descendant,  Franklin  L.  Bailey,  who  is  with  us  to-da)'. 
But  the  migration  of  Baikys  from  Newbury,  Mass.,  to  Newbury,  Vt., 
or  to  places  in  that  vicinity,  was  not  confined  to  the  descendants  of 
John  Bayly  of  Salisbury. 

Webster  Bailey,  son  of  Ezekiel,  a  descendant  of  Richard  Bailey,  of 
Rowley,  was  another  emigrant.  He  was  born  in  West  Newbury,  in 
1747,  on  the  homestead  which  had  belonged  to  his  grandfather.  He 
moved  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  in  1787,  when  he  hud  seven  children,  the 
youngest  only  two  years  old. 

The  following  account  of  such  a  migration  in  1796,  written  by  Sarah 
Anna  Emery,  nee  Smith,  who  was  living  at  the  time,  gives  us  a  vivid 
picture  ol  the  manner  of  traveling  trom  Massachusetts  to  Vermont  in 
those  days. 

Her  uncle,  Samuel  Smith,  who  had  married  a  Bailey,  had  decided  to 
emigrate  from  Nev.bury  to  the  new  country.  Several  of  his  wife's 
relatives  Iwid  recentlj-  located  themselves  upon  farms  in  Vermont.  Mrs. 
Smith  was  an.vious  to  join  tlieni.  In  Vermont,  land  was  cheap,  and  they 
could  secure  a  goodly  number  of  acres.  A  tract  of  land  in  the  town  of 
Berlin  was  purchased  anJ  tlie  preparations  for  a  removal  tiiither 
commenced. 

February  was  the  time  set  for  the  moving,  as  that  month  usually 
gave  the  best  sledding,  which  was  a  great  desideratum  for  the  trans- 
porting of  the  household  goods.  I'he  whole  family,  including  col- 
lateral branches,  v.as  in  a  flurry  for  several  weeks.  One  sister  cut  a 
generous  i]uarter  from  her  web  of  luun;  another  from  her  fulled  cloth; 
a  third  presented  blankets.  There  was  a  round  of  farev.ell  visits,  each 
of  which  was  turned  into  a  sewing  bee  for  the  benefit  of  the  enngrants. 

A  large  sleigh  was  constructed  which  v.as  covered  by  one  of  the 
checked,  woolen  coverlets  then  so  much  used.  A  quantity  of  pro- 
visions was  provided,  cooked  meats  and  poultry,  pies,  cakes,  doughnuts, 


ADDRESS    OF    HOLLIS    R.    BAILEV.  I3 

bread,  butter,  cheese,  all  packed  into  a  wooden  box.  Other  luggage, 
including  a  feather  bed,  bedding,  and  coverlets,  were  placed  in  the 
sleigh  along  with  the  family. 

It  was  necessary  to  thus  prepare  for  the  night's  accommodation,  as 
the  houses  of  entertainment  on  the  route  were  few  in  number,  small, 
and  often  overcrowded.  The  furniture  was  loaded  upon  two  ox-sleds. 
James  Smith,  a  brother  of  Samuel,  drove  one  sled,  to  which  was  attached 
a  yoke  of  oxen  and  a  horse.  Mr.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Samuel  Smith's  brother, 
drove  the  other  team.  Uncle  Sam  Smith,  as  he  is  called  by  our  his- 
torian, had  a  yoke  of  oxen  forward  of  his  brother's  pair,  and  his  four 
cows  were  driven  by  another  relative.  It  was  a  clear,  frosty  morning 
when  the  cavalcade  took  its  departure.  A  sad  parting  for  all,  both  for 
those  going  and  those  remaining. 

Twenty-one  days  later,  James  Smith  reached  home  again.  As  the 
news  spread  that  "  Jim  Smith  had  got  home,"  the  neighbors  flocked  in 
to  hear  of  the  journey  and  of  the  new  country  he  had  visited.  "  I  was 
permitted,"  says  the  writer,  "  to  sit  up  till  an  unwonted  hour  to  hear  a 
description  of  the  journey;  of  the  slow  progress  through  the  long,  cold 
days;  and  the  weary  nights  at  the  small,  inconvenient  taverns,  which 
were  often  so  crowded  that  the  males  of  the  company  were  obliged  to 
sleep  on  the  kitchen  floor  wrapped  in  their  coverlets.  At  the  end  of  a 
tedious  week  the  new  home  was  reached.  One.  of  Aunt  Smith's 
brothers  (a  Mr.  Bailey)  lived  in  a  log  house  roofed  with  bark,  with  a 
stone  chimney.  The  other  Mr.  Bailey  had  put  up  a  good-sized  frame 
house.  The  brick  chimney  was  built  and  the  floors  laid,  but  the  rooms 
were  not  partitioned.  Quilts  and  coverlets  were  suspended  from  the 
beams.  Uncle  Sam's  family  went  to  housekeeping  on  one  side  of  the 
chimney,  while  Mr.  Bailey's  family  occupied  the  other  side." 

Vermont,  as  Mr.  James  Smith  judged,  was  a  fine  state,  a  grain  and 
grazing  country. 

The  Baileys  had  raised  a  large  crop  of  wheat  of  an  extra  quality. 
Father,  i.  e.,  James  Smith,  bought  a  quantity  of  the  grain  and  brought 
it  home  to  Newbury  on  a  board  chest  which  he  constructed  and  fas- 
tened to  his  sled  for  that  purpose.  This  was  quite  a  successful  specula- 
tion, as  he  paid  only  a  dollar  a  bushel  and  sold  it  readily  at  home  for  a 
dollar  and  a  halt. 


14  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Speaking  ot  things  in  1799,  a  few  years  after  the  migration  above 
related,  Mrs.  Emery  says:  "  Uncle  Smith  had  prospered  on  his  Ver- 
mont farm.  Good  buildings  had  been  erected  and  most  of  the  land 
cleared  and  brought  under  cultivation.  He  usually  visited  his  native 
place  every  winter,  bringing  a  sleigh-load  of  country  produce,  which  was 
exchanged  for  dry  goods  and  groceries." 

The  Baileys  above  referred  to  were,  1  think,  descendants  of  Richard, 
of  Rowley. 

The  descendants  of  James,  of  Rowley,  were  of  an  equally  enterprising 
character,  not  to  say  roving  disposition. 

James  Bailey,  born  in  1722,  a  great-grandson  of  the  first  settler,  was 
born  in  Bradford,  later  married,  and  lived  first  at  Newburyport  and 
then  at  Falmouth  (now  Portland),  Me. 

After  the  French  war  he  moved  to  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  just  across  the 
Connecticut  River  from  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  later  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Peacham,  Vt. 

He  served  in  the  French  war,  having  enlisted  from  Falmouth,  Me. 
He  had  a  very  interesting,  not  to  say  trying,  experience.  Having  been 
taken  prisoner  by  the  French  at  Lake  George,  he  was  carried  to  France 
and  confineil  in  a  prison  for  nineteen  months.  He  was  finally  ex- 
changed and  sent  to  England,  from  whence  he  returned  to  Falmouth. 

As  he  had,  when  he  enlisted,  a  wife  and  eight  children,  the  youngest 
only  a  few  years  old,  and  the  oldest  less  than  twenty  yt  ars  old,  we  can 
well  imagine  that  the  prisoner  underwent  an  agony  of  torment  during 
his  long  confinement  in  France. 

The  following  lines,  written  by  Capt.  Samuel  E.  Bayley,  of  the  brig 
Polly,  who  was  captured  by  Algerian  pirates  in  1793,  and  held  in  cap- 
tivity in  Algiers  until  1796,  are  interesting  as  showing  the  feeelings  of  a 
man  held  a  prisoner  among  barbarians.  The  verses  are  addressed  to 
the  young  lady  to  whom  he  was  betrothed.  He  was  finally  ransomed, 
but  died  of  the  plague  on  the  homeward  voyage,  after  an  illness  of  only 
two  days. 

*'  To  you,  my  friend,  these  lines  I  send, 
Though  distant  far  from  me; 
Though  we're  apart,  my  aching  heart 
Is  ever  still  with  thee. 


secretary's   report.  15 

"  To  let  thee  know  my  grief  and  woe 
Is  far  beyond  my  art; 
1  can't  express  the  sore  distress 
That  racks  my  pained  heait. 

"  1  mourn  and  weep  while  others  sleep, 
My  nights  are  turned  to  day; 
While  time  runs  on,  and  hope  forlorn. 
And  rest  goes  far  away. 

*'  I  think  of  thee  where'er  I  be,  — 
Of  thy  unhappy  state; 
My  thoughts  and  care  are  always  there  — 
On  thee  1  contemplate. 

"  Though  hard  my  fate  and  wretched  state, 
I  pray  for  a  relief; 
That  God  would  bless  me  in  distress. 
And  mitigate  my  grief. 

"  Without  neglect  1  shall  respect 
My  parents  till  1  die, 
Their  tender  care  for  my  welfare 
Lives  in  my  memory. 

"•I  trust  in  God  who  holds  the  rod 
And  doth  chastise  in  love; 
He  can  relieve  the  captive  slave 
And  hear  him  from  above." 

His  father,  Mr.  Samuel  Bayley,  one  of  the  richest  merchants  of  New- 
buryport,  I  have  not  been  able  to  place  as  regards  his  ancestry. 


The  president  then  called  upon  the  secretary  for  his  report,  which 
covered  various  matters  of  interest  to  the  Association,  includmg  refer- 
ence to  the  proposed  new  edition  of  the  history  of  the  "  John  Bayly  of 
.Salisbury  "  branch  of  the  family,  the  material  for  which  the  Committee 
on  Genealogy  have  been  gathering  during  the  last  few  years,  and  which 
can  be  published  soon  provided  sufficient  financial  support  can  be 
secured. 


l6  THE    BAII.EV-BAVLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIAirON. 

The  secretary  made  particular  mention  of  the  death  of  James  H. 
Bayley,  Jr.,  of  Braintree,  which  occurred  on  May  3,  1908.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Association,  a  lawyer,  and  a 
young  man  of  much  promise,  and  liis  early  death  is  a  loss  to  our  Associ- 
ation as  well  as  to  all  other  activities  in  which  he  was  interested.  Ap- 
propriate mention  was  also  made  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Bailey,  wife  of 
Hon.  Andrew  J.  Bailey,  who  was  president  of  our  Association,  I902-04. 

The  secretary  reported  that  two  hundred  and  seventy-seven  certifi- 
cates of  membership  have  been  issued,  and  that  there  seems  to  be  a 
healthy  growth  and  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Association.  He  also 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  a  few  more  copies  of  the  "  Bailey 
Genealogy,"  covering  ten  generations,  and  four  thousand  descendants, 
still  remain  for  sale  at  ^2.50  each;  also  that  reports  of  each  preceding 
gathering  can  be  had  at  fifty  cents  per  copy. 

The  attendance  at  this  meeting  was  about  one  hundred,  and  while 
naturally  most  of  those  present  were  from  Massachusetts  and  New 
hngland,  there  were  several  in  attetidance  from  the  West. 

The  oldest  Bailey  present  appears  to  have  been  Hon.  John  Bailey,  of 
Wells  River,  Vt.,  age  eighty-six,  of  whom  more  particular  mention  will 
be  made  later  in  this  report,  and  the  youngest  was  Altreda  Jane  Bailey, 
age  eleven  months,  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  Lovejoy  Bailey, 
of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Following  the  secretary's  report,  the  quartet  sang  Barnby's  "  Sweet 
and  Low,"  after  which  Mr.  Ralph  O.  Bailey,  of  Amesbury,  exhibited 
a  Bailey  coat-of-arms,  which  interested  the  members  of  the  Association 
very  much.  In  giving  its  history,  Mr.  Bailey  stated  that  it  had  been  in 
his  family  for  many  generations,  and  the  tradition  was  that  it  came  from 
England. 

The  president  then  appointed  a  Nominating  Committee,  composed 
of  Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey  and  John  Alfred  Bailey,  both  of  Lowell,  and 
Milton  Ellsworth,  of  Rowley,  to  pre-.cnt  nominations  for  officers  for  the 
ensuing  term. 

The  president  then  called  upon  the  treasurer  of  the  Association,  Mr. 
James  R.  Bailey,  of  Lawrence,  for  his  report,  which  in  substance  was 
as  follows: 


TREASURERS    REPORT.  I7 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 

June  23,  1908. 

Receipts. 

Balance  on  hand  as  per  report  of  June,  1906 ^85.89 

Amounts  received  from  annual  dues,  etc.,  and  for  dinner  in 

June,  1906 270.50 

Payments. 

Paid  for  use  of  Ford  Building  for  gathering,  June,  1906      .      .  ^25.00 

Paid  for  dinner,  June,  1906 81.25 

Paid  for  printing,  postage,  and  incidental  expenses       .      .      .  '74-47 

Balance  on  hand  June  23,  1908 75-67 

^356.39 
Balance  forward  to  new  account $7S-(>7 

After  making  his  report,  which  was  duly  accepted,  the  treasurer 
stated  that  he  had  served  the  Association  continuously  since  its  organiza- 
tion, in  1893,  and  in  consequence  of  his  private  business  he  felt  that  it 
was  necessary  for  him  to  decline  a  reelection. 

Remarks  were  made  by  members,  e.xpressing  their  appreciation  of 
Mr.  Bailey's  long  and  faithful  service  to  the  Association  as  its  treasurer, 
and  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  him. 

An  address  commemorative  of  "  John  Bayly  of  Salisbury,"  covering 
his  immigration  from  Old  England  and  his  life  in  New  England,  was 
then  presented  by  Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Esq.,  of  Lexington,  a  descendant 
from  him  in  the  ninth  generation. 


l8  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


ADDRESS  OF  EDWIN  A.  BAYLEY,  ESQ. 

An  Account  of  the  Immigration  of  John  Bayly,  Sr.,  ok  Salisbury, 
Mass.,  from  Old  England,  and  His  Life  in  New  England. 

Our  place  of  meeting  to-day  is  on  historic  Bayly  ground.  No  meet- 
ing place  could  have  been  chosen  which  would  be  of  as  much  interest 
to  at  least  one  branch  of  the  family. 

On  yonder  hill,  now  long  known  by  his  name  as  "  Bayly's  Hill,"  but 
then  only  a  part  of  a  wilderness,  designated,  for  lack  of  any  other  name, 
as  "  beyond  the  Merrimac,"  two  hundred  and  seventy-one  years  or 
more  ago  our  ancestor,  John  Bayly,  acquired  the  land  and  built  the 
humble  log  cabin  which  during  the  remaining  fourteen  or  fifteen  years 
of  his  life  was  his  only  home.  He  was  the  first  of  his  family  in  Old 
England  to  seek  a  home  in  the  New  World,  and  it,  therefore,  is  particu- 
larly befitting  that,  gathered  as  we  now  are  at  this  starting  point,  or 
birthplace,  of  one  branch  of  the  family  in  this  country,  we  should  have 
presented  as  complete  an  account  as  may  be  of  the  life  of  him  to  whom 
so  many  of  us  trace  our  ancestry,  and  to  whose  memory  we  all  gladly 
pay  our  tribute  of  respect  to-day. 

While  circumstances  have  seemed  to  place  upon  me  the  duty  of  pre- 
paring this  sketch,  1  should  have  much  preferred  that  it  had  fallen  to 
some  one  better  qualified  to  perform  it  satisfactorily,  for  the  proper 
presentation  of  such  a  matter  requires  much  painstaking  care  and  in- 
vestigation; but  fortunately  this  has  already  been  done  quite  fully, 
which  renders  my  part  little  more  than  the  bringing  together  and  the 
arrangement  of  the  results  of  the  careful  investigation  of  others. 

It  is,  of  course,  fully  realized  that  the  complete  presentation  of  the  life 
of  any  character  but  dimly  outlined  on  the  distant  horizon  of  the  past 
is  well-nigh  impossible,  unless  that  character  happened  to  have  been  a 
very  important  factor  of  the  times  in  which  he  lived,  and  usually,  as 
in  the  present  case,  the  subject  can  only  be  properly  considered  and 
presented  in  connection  with  some  review  of  the  tmies,  the  conditions, 
and  the  circumstances  surrounding  the  life  under  consideration. 

The  great  religious  awakening  of  the  si.xteenth  century,  known  in 


ADDRESS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAVLEV,    ESQ.  I9 

history  as  the  Protestant  Reformation,  or  Revolution,  brought  out  and 
developed  an  independence  of  thought  in  rehgious  matters  which 
created  an  active  opposition  to  the  abuses  of  the  Church  of  Rome. 
This  was  particularly  true  in  France  and  England;  in  the  former,  the 
protestants  were  known  as  Huguenots,  and  m  England  as  the  Puri- 
tans, and  so  active  did  the  persecutions  become  that  the  Protestants 
sought  relief  by  immigration,  many  of  the  Huguenots  going  to  the  South- 
ern states,  and  the  Puritans  to  the  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts  Bay 
colonies  in  New  England,  and,  during  the  twenty  years  succeeding  the 
founding  of  the  Plymouth  Colony,  from  1620  to  1640,  many  thousands 
ot  immigrants  from  England  sought  a  refuge  and  home  on  the  shores  of 
Massachusetts. 

Among  the  immigrants  arriving  in  the  year  1635  was  our  John 
Bayly,  vsith  his  son,  who  bore  the  same  name.  From  what  part  of 
England  he  came  I  regret  to  say  is  not  at  present  satisfactorily  estab- 
lished, but  1  trust  that  later  it  may  be  definitely  ascertained.  Mr. 
Joshua  Coffin,  in  his  history  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  published  in  1845, 
states  as  a  fact  that  John  Bayly,  St.,  was  a  weaver  by  trade  and  that 
he  came  from  the  town  of  Chippenham,  in  the  County  of  Wilts,  Eng- 
land; that  while  a  passenger  to  New  England,  on  the  vessel  called  the 
Angel  Gabriel,  he  was  shipwrecked  at  Pemaquid,  now  Bristol,  Me.,  in 
the  great  storm  of  August  15,  1635;  ^^^^  'i^  settled  in  Salisbury,  Mass., 
removing  to  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1650;  where  he  died  on  November  2, 
1651. 

While  it  does  not  appear  from  what  source  Mr.  Coffin  obtained  the 
information  upon  which  he  based  the  foregoing  statements,  yet,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  he  was  a  descendant  of  John  Bayly,  and  maybe  assumed 
to  have  made  extensive  investigation  and  research  in  connection  with 
the  matters  recorded  in  his  history,  we  may  be  justified  in  accepting 
his  account,  particularly  as  no  facts  in  contradiction  have  been  dis- 
covered. 

There  is  also  a  tradition,  though  at  present  seeming  to  lack  authentic 
confirmation,  that  John  Bayly's  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth  Knight,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Jane  (Langbourne)  Knight,  of  Embourne 
Berkshire  County,  England. 

If,  then,  as  we  may  believe,  this  ancestor,  with  his  son  John,  was  a 


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passenger  on  the  Angel  Gabriel  on  her  ill-fated  voyage  to  New  England, 
it  becomes  both  interesting  and  important  to  learn  what  we  can  of  that 
vessel  and  its  movements  at  about  that  time.  We  find  from  the  en- 
tertaining volume  entitled  "  Ten  Years  at  Pemaquid,"  published  by 
J.  Henry  Cartland  in  1899,  that  this  vessel,  the  Angel  Gabriel,  was  built 
for  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  and  while  we  have  no  record  of  this  eventful 
voyage  from  any  of  her  passengers,  we  are  particularly  fortunate  in 
having  a  fully  authenticated  account  of  some  matters  relating  to  it, 
from  the  diary  of  Rev.  Richard  Mather,  who  was  a  passenger  on  the 
vessel  called  the  James,  which  sailed  from  the  harbor  of  Bristol,  England, 
with  the  Angel  Gabriel  on  this  same  voyage.  Rev.  Richard  Mather 
was  the  father  of  Increase  Mather,  once  president  of  Harvard  College, 
and  his  diary  was  published  by  Dr.  Young,  in  his  "  Chronicles  of 
Massachusetts,"  in  1846. 

The  account  of  the  experiences  recorded  by  Mather  is  of  particular 
interest  to  us  as  bearing  upon  what  must  have  been  similar  e.xperi- 
ences  of  John  Bayly  and  his  fellow-passengers  on  board  the  Angel 
Gabriel,  for  these  vessels  were  of  nearly  the  same  size;  they  both  sailed 
from  the  same  harbor,  at  the  same  time,  and  over  the  same  course  to 
New  England;  their  passengers  and  cargoes  were  of  the  same  general 
character,  and  for  about  two  weeks  of  the  voyage  these  vessels  sailed  as 
companrons,  with  frequent  communications  with  each  other,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  shipwreck  of  the  Angel  Gabriel  they  were  only  a  few  hundred 
miles  apart. 

From  Mather's  diary  it  appears  that  he  took  passage  on  the 
vessel  James,  at  Bristol,  England,  going  on  board  May  23,  1635.  Then, 
as  now,  Bristol  was  an  important  seaport,  situated  about  ninety-five 
miles  due  west  from  London,  and  near  the  junction  of  the  Avon  and 
Severn  rivers.  From  its  port  many  important  voyages  of  discovery 
have  set  out,  including  those  of  both  John  and  Sebastian  Cabot,  and 
in  its  shipyards,  in  1838,  was  built  the  Great  Eastern,  the  first  steamship 
to  cross  the  Atlantic.  Mather's  diary  states  that  the  James  was 
considerably  delayed  in  stowing  away  her  cargo  and  by  adverse  winds, 
and  while  thus  delayed,  on  May  26,  a  ship  called  the  Angel  Gabriel, 
also  bound  for  New  England,  came  into  Bristol  Harbor.  During  the 
delays,  which  continued  some  days  longer,  there  were  interchanges  of 


ADDRESS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAYLEY,    ESQ.  21 

\^  its  between  the  masters  of  these  vessels  and  some  of  the  passengers, 
and  as  a  result  it  was  arranged  that  these  vessels  should  accompany 
each  other  on  their  voyage  to  New  England.  It  appears  that  the  James 
was  a  vessel  of  two  hundred  and  twenty  tons,  unarmed,  and  the 
Angel  Gabriel  was  somewhat  larger,  being  of  two  hundred  and  forty 
tons,  and  carried  fourteen  or  sixteen  pieces  of  ordnance.  On  June  ^ 
these  vessels  set  sail,  accompanied  also  at  the  start  by  three  other 
vessels,  bound  for  Newfoundland,  namely,  the  Dilligence,  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  tons;    the  Mary,  of  eighty  tons;  and  the  Besse. 

Unfavorable  winds  were  soon  encountered  and  landings  were  made 
at  Lundy  Island,  situated  in  the  outer  Bristol  channel,  and  also  at  Mil- 
ford  Haven,  on  the  northerly  side  of  the  channel  in  Wales.  At  the 
latter  port  they  waited  twelve  days,  and  on  the  Sunday  spent  there 
Mather  says  that  some  of  the  passengers  from  both  the  Angel  Gabriel 
and  the  James  attended  church  and  heard,  as  he  expresses  it,  "  two  good 
comfortable  sermons  made  by  an  ancient,  grave  minister."  It  appears 
that  the  minister  preached  especially  for  their  comfort  and  encourage- 
ment, and  later  visited  the  passengers  on  both  ships.  On  June  22,  the 
change  of  the  wind  enabled  them  to  leave  Milford  Haven,  and,  on  the 
following  day,  the  three  Newfoundland  bound  ships,  which  were  sailing 
faster,  finally  parted  company  with  the  James  and  the  Angel  Gabriel, 
and  though  the  James  was  much  the  faster  sailing  vessel  of  the  two,  her 
captain  decided  to  stay  in  the  company  of  the  Angel  Gabriel,  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  the  latter  was  the  largest  and  strongest  budt  of  the  vessels 
and  appears  to  have  been  the  only  one  carrying  arms,  but  it  is  stated 
that  the  James  was  obliged  to  go  with  three  sails  less  than  she  might,  in 
order  not  to  outsail  her  slower  companion. 

On  June  23  both  the  Angel  Gabriel  and  the  James  spent  the  greater 
part  of  the  day  pursuing  a  vessel  supposed  to  be  a  Turkish  pirate  and 
which  was  thought  to  have  captured  the  Mary,  one  of  the  above-named 
vessels  bound  for  Newfoundland. 

It  is  evident,  as  the  story  of  the  voyage  progresses,  that  a  very  con- 
genial acquaintance  arose  between  the  officers  and  some  of  the  passen- 
gers of  these  two  vessels,  and  it  seems  that  considerable  seasickness  pre- 
vailed on  both  ships. 

On  June  29  the  Angel  Gabriel  sent  a  boat  to  intjuire  how  the  passen- 


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gers  on  the  James  were  getting  along,  and  later  that  same  Jay  Captain 
Taylor,  of  the  James,  with  Mather  and  another  passenger,  went  aboard 
the  Angel  Gabriel.  He  states  that  they  found  the  passengers  doing  well, 
and  remained  to  supper.  1  hat  they  fared  well  svill  be  readily  seen,  for 
Mather  says  that  they  dined  on  boiled  and  roasted  mutton,  roasted 
turkey,  good  sack,  etc.  What  the  "  etc."  included  we  do  not  know, 
but  as  sack  was  a  good  quality  of  Spanish  wine,  wc  may  well  believe 
that  the  bill  of  fare  was  ample,  satisfying,  and  e.xhilarating. 

It  appears  that  these  immigrants  included  many  of  the  well-to-do 
class,  and  that  the  cargoes  contained  their  cattle  and  supplies,  to  estab- 
lish as  comfortable  homes  as  possible  in  the  new  world.  The  pleasant 
companionship  of  these  vessels,  however,  was  destined  to  be  terminated, 
for  Mather  reports  that  on  July  4  very  rough  weather  was  encountered 
and  on  that  day  the  ships  finally  separated,  his  quaint  entry  being, 
"  This  day  we  lost  sight  ot  the  Angel  Gabriel  sailing  slowly  behind  us,  and 
we  never  saw  her  again  any  more."  That  this  separation  was  regretted 
is  shown  from  Mather's  entry  on  July  6,  stating  that  he  advised  Captain 
1  aylor  to  wait  for  the  Angel  Gabriel,  as  he  doubted  whether  their  own 
supjily  of  hay  and  water  would  liolJ  out,  to  which  advice  he  says  the 
captain  readily  assented,  but  it  does  not  appear  that  the  Angel  Gabriel 
was  ever  sighted  again,  and  after  waiting  some  time  the  James  pro- 
ceeded on  her  course.  Although  the  vessels  thus  ceased  to  be  sailing 
companions,  yet  no  doubt  many  of  the  experiences  of  the  James  as 
reported  by  Mather  were  the  counterpart  of  those  met  with  by  the 
slower-sailing  Angel  Gabriel.  Mather  reports  changes  in  the  course  of 
the  winds,  varying  conditions  of  seasickness  among  the  passengers,  the 
encountering  of  large  schools  of  porpoises,  grampuses  and  dolphins, 
as  well  as  flocks  of  seagoing  birds,  and  the  frequent  appearance  of 
whales,  all  of  which  broke  the  monotony  and  added  interest  to  the  long 
voyage. 

On  July  25  the  James  was  approaching  the  Grand  Banks  of  New- 
foundland, and  on  July  27  her  supply  of  hay  and  water  was  getting 
scarce  and  it  became  necessary  to  fill  casks  with  sea  water  to  serve  as 
ballast  for  the  vessel,  v/hich  had  become  too  much  lightened  from  the 
loss  of  weight  of  the  water,  beef,  and  other  provisions  and  supplies  which 
had  been  used  in  the  course  of  the  voyage. 


ADDRKSS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAYLEY,    ESQ.  23 

On  August  3  a  very  severe  storm,  of  short  duration,  was  encountered, 
followed  by  a  dense  fog. 

On  August  8  land  was  first  sighted  along  the  coast  of  Maine,  in  the 
vicinity  of  I'emaquid,  and,  skirting  along  the  New  England  coast,  the 
James  reached  the  Isles  of  Shoals  on  August  14.  On  the  following 
morning,  August  15,  at  daybreak,  the  terrible  easterly  storm  which 
wrecked  the  slower  sailing  Angel  Gabriel  as  she  lay  in  the  outer  harbor 
at  Pemaquid,  now  Bristol,  Me.,  broke  upon  tlie  James  in  all  its  fury. 
Mather  in  his  description  of  the  effect  of  the  storm  on  the  J.xmes  says, 
'■  The  ship  lost  three  great  anchors  and  cables,  sails  were  rent  in  sunder 
and  split  in  pieces  as  if  they  had  been  but  rotten  rags,"  but  she  success- 
fully, although  in  a  very  much  disabled  condition,  outrode  the  storm, 
and  on  the  following  day,  August  16,  reached  Nantasket  Bay,  and  ended 
her  long,  hard  voyage  of  eighty-five  days  at  Boston. 

Of  the  terrific  force  of  this  storm,  which  proved  so  nearly  fatal  to  our 
ancestor,  there  can  be  no  doubt,  tor,  besides  Mather's  account,  we  have 
that  given  by  the  Rev.  Anthony  Thatcher,  who  suffered  an  almost  fatal 
shipwreck  on  the  island  which  has  since  borne  his  name,  off  Cape  Ann, 
at  Rockport,  Mass.;  also  the  following  very  quaint  and  graphic  account 
given  by  Gov.  William  Bradford  in  his  "  History  ot  Plimoth  Planta- 
tion," his  language  is,  "  This  year  [1635]  the  14th  or  15th  of  August 
being  Saturday,  was  such  a  mighty  storm  of  wind  and  rain  as  none  living 
in  these  parts,  either  English  or  Indians,  ever  saw,  being  like  for  the 
time  it  continued  to  those  hurricanes  and  typhoons  that  writers  make 
mention  of  in  the  Indies.  It  began  in  the  morning  a  little  before  day 
and  grew  not  by  degrees,  but  came  with  violence  in  the  beginning,  to 
the  great  amazement  ot  many. 

"  It  blew  down  sundry  houses  and  uncovered  others,  divers  vessels 
were  lost  at  sea,  and  many  more  in  extreme  danger.  It  caused  the  sea 
to  swell  to  the  southward  of  this  place,  above  twenty  foot,  right  up  and 
down,  and  made  many  Indians  to  climb  into  trees  for  their  safety.  It 
took  off  the  board  roof  of  a  house  which  belonged  to  the  plantation  at 
Manamet  and  floated  it  to  another  place,  the  posts  still  standing  in  the 
ground;  it  blew  down  many  hundred  thousand  of  trees,  turning  up 
the  stronger  by  the  roots  and  breaking  the  higher  pine-trees  off  in  the 
middle  and  the  tall  young  oaks  and  walnut-trees  of  good  bigness  were 
wound  like  a  withe,  very  strange  and  fearful  to  behold. 


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"  It  began  in  the  south  east  and  parted  toward  the  south  and  east 
and  veered  sundry  ways,  but  the  greatest  force  was  from  the  former 
quarters.  It  continued  not,  in  the  extremity,  above  five  or  six  hours, 
but  the  violence  began  to  abate.  Signs  and  marks  of  it  will  remain 
this  hundred  years  in  these  parts  where  it  was  sorest." 

Such  was  the  final  storm,  which,  after  the  rough  passage,  burst  upon 
and  wrecked  the  staunch  little  Angel  Gabrtet,  as  she  lay  in  the  outer 
harbor  of  ancient  Pemaquid,  now  known  as  Bristol,  Me. 

In  Mr.  Cartland's  interesting  volume,  above  mentioned,  we  find  an 
account  of  the  storm  and  the  shipwreck  of  this  vessel.  Cartland  does 
not  give  the  source  of  his  information,  but  he  says  that  the  Angel  Gahntl 
was  dashed  to  pieces,  that  one  seaman  and  three  passengers  were  lost, 
and  most  of  the  animals  and  goods.  He  also  states,  as  a  cjuotation,  that 
one  Bayly  was  a  passenger  on  the  Angel  Gabriel,  who  came  to  settle  in 
this  country,  leaving  his  wife  in  the  old  country,  until  he  could  make 
himself  a  little  acquainted  and  provide  a  suitable  place  for  his  family 
here.  His  narrow  escape  from  death  in  this  shipwreck  affected  him 
deeply,  and  he  wrote  his  wife  such  a  doleful  account  of  the  matter  that 
she  never  could  be  persuaded  to  undertake  the  voyage,  even  to  join  her 
husband,  and  as  he  did  not  care  to  again  risk  himself  on  the  stormy 
Atlantic  they  remained  separate  the  rest  of  their  lives.  Although 
Cartland  does  not  give  his  authority  for  this  evident  reference  to  our 
ancestor,  it  is  reasonable  and  natural  and  is  borne  out  by  all  the  facts 
so  far  as  known. 

It  further  appears  that  among  the  passengers  in  the  Angel  Gabriel 
was  one  John  Cogswell,  a  merchant  from  London,  who,  with  his  three 
sons  and  quite  an  amount  of  goods,  was  on  his  way  to  establish  a  home 
in  New  England.  Cogswell,  soon  after  the  shipwreck,  in  company  with 
Captain  Andrews,  of  the  Angel  Gabriel,  came  to  Ipswich,  Mass.,  and 
there  established  himself  in  business. 

Of  the  journey  of  our  ancestor  and  his  son  from  Pemaquid  to  Ipswich 
or  Newbury,  we  know  nothing.  Whether  he  came  with  Cogswell  and 
Captain  Andrews,  as  might  naturally  be  expected,  we  can  only  surmise, 
but  be  that  as  it  may,  he  with  his  son  soon  found  their  way  to  the  land 
to  which  their  journey  was  originally  begun,  and  although  the  date  of 
their  arrival  is  not  definitely  known,  it  is  certain  that  their  coming  was 


ADDRESS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAYI.EY,    ESQ.  25 

not  long  delayed.  That  John  Bayly  possessed  the  brave,  adventurous 
spirit  of  the  pioneer,  there  can  be  little  doubt,  for  neither  the  rapidly 
growing  seaport  of  Ipswich  nor  the  recently  settled  plantation  of  New- 
bury seemed  to  have  sufficient  attraction  to  him  to  make  either  his  home, 
and  he  pushed  forward  across  the  Merrimac  River  and  became  the  first 
permanent  settler  of  that  wilderness,  then  known,  for  want  of  any  other 
name,  as  simply  "  beyond  the  Merrimack."  Since  his  son  seems  to 
have  preferred  to  remain  in  the  settlement  at  Newbury,  a  few  miles 
away,  John  Bayly  at  first  dwelt  alone  in  his  log  cabin  on  yonder  hillside, 
which  then  as  now  overlooked  a  wide,  picturesque  stretch  of  country 
and  the  waters  of  the  Merrimac  in  their  winding  course  towards  the 
sea,  and  here  he  may  have  been  a  year  oreven  more,  when,  in  June,  1637, 
the  first  authentic  record  of  his  presence  appears. 

It  seems  that  a  certain  William  Schooler  had  undertaken  to  conduct  a 
young  woman,  Mary  Schoolee,  from  Newbury  to  Portsmouth.  Some 
time  after,  her  dead  body  was  discovered  by  an  Indian.  As  Schooler 
may  have  been  in  the  employ  of  Bayly  or  his  neighbor  in  that  lonely 
region,  and  as  Bayly  might  be  expected  to  be  able  to  throw  some  light 
on  the  matter,  it  appears  from  the  records  of  the  Court  at  Boston  that 
on  June  6,  1637,  an  order  was  issued  for  the  appearance  of  Schooler, 
Bayly,  and  an  unnamed  person,  all  described  as  dwelling  "  beyond  the 
Merrimack,"  to  appear  at  the  Court  at  Ipswich,  or  before  the  magis- 
trates there,  who  have  power  to  take  further  order,  as  they  might  see 
cause.  As  the  Bayly  referred  to  was  doubtless  our  ancestor,  this  order 
establishes  the  fact  that  he  was  then  a  resident  "  beyond  the  Merri- 
mack." It  is  also  interesting,  in  this  connection,  to  know  that  the  Court 
records  show  that  Schooler  was  subsequently  indicted  and  tried  for  the 
murder  of  Mary  Schoolee  and  was  found  guilty  on  August  7,  1637,  and 
was  later  hanged  in  Boston.  There  is  nothing  to  show  that  John  Bayly's 
name  was  connected  with  the  trial,  not  even  as  a  witness,  and  it  is  need- 
less to  add  that  he  was  entirely  innocent  of  any  connection  with  the 
crime. 

The  finding  of  many  Indian  relics  in  this  immediate  vicinity  estab- 
lishes the  fact  that  it  had  been  for  a  long  time  important  Indian  ground. 
On  these  hills  and  along  the  banks  of  this  tributary  stream  the  Indians 
frequently  met  in  conference.      Here  they  held  their  pow-wows  and  went 


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forth  to  war  or  to  pillage,  and  the  stream,  in  consequence  of  these  Indian 
conferences,  has  long  been  known  as  Powow  River. 

The  advance  of  the  white  man  could  not,  however,  be  longer  stayed, 
and  on  September  6,  1638,  on  the  petition  of  Simon  Bradstreet  and  his 
associates,  the  Court  granted  to  them  the  right  of  establishing  a  planta- 
tion at  Merrimack,  giving  to  them  the  right  to  associate  with  themselves 
such  other  persons  as  they  deemed  desirable,  to  locate  a  seat  of  their 
town  and  to  allot  the  lands  among  the  proprietors.  Under  these  impor- 
tant powers,  the  plantation  known  as  "  Merrimack  "  was  begun,  within 
the  limits  of  which  was  John  Bayly's  home.  Whether,  und  erthese 
circumstances,  he  had  some  disputes  as  to  ownership  with  the  pro- 
prietors does  not  distinctly  appear,  but  the  records  ol  the  Court,  under 
date  of  June  4,  1639,  show  that  John  Bayly  was  fined  five  pounds  for 
buying  land  of  the  Indians  without  leave,  with  condition  that  if  he  would 
yield  up  the  land  the  fine  would  be  remitted;  that  the  occasion  for  the 
fine,  whatever  it  may  have  been,  was  but  a,  slight  offense,  is  amply  shown 
from  the  fact  that  when,  in  September  of  the  same  year,  the  name  of  the 
plantation  was  changed  from  Merrimack  to  Colchester,  John  Bayly's 
name  appears  among  the  thirty-seven  names  of  those  who  shared  in  the 
first  division  or  allotment  of  the  land  under  the  Bradstreet  petition. 
What  lands  his  allotment  included  we  do  not  know,  but  presumably 
that  which  he  was  already  in  possession  of.  The  particular  location  of 
his  home  on  yonder  hill  is,  of  course,  a  matter  of  great  interest,  and  from 
the  extensive  investigation  of  the  late  Alfred  Bailey,  of  Amesbury,  Mass., 
who  resided  many  years  in  this  immediate  locality,  it  is  quite  clearly 
established  that  our  ancestor's  homestead  comprised  a  triangular  tract 
of  about  fifty  acres  on  Bayly's  Hill,  bounded  by  the  Powow  River  on 
the  east,  and  the  Merrimac  on  the  south,  the  boundaries  of  which  may 
even  now  be  satisfactorily  determined.  Very  interesting  accounts 
with  reference  to  it  and  its  location  may  be  found  in  the  address  of  Mr. 
William  H.  Reed,  who  quotes  from  a  paper  prepared  by  the  said  Alfred 
Bailey,  and  also  from  an  address  of  the  said  Alfred  Bailey  entitled 
"  John  Bayly's  Cellar."  Both  addresses  will  be  found  in  the  report  of 
the  third  gathering  of  the  Association.  Further  reference  to  it  will  also 
be  found  in  the  address  of  Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth,  printed  in  the 
report  of  the  ninth  gathering  of  the  Association,  all  of  which  furnish 
valuable  additional  facts  for  the  family  history. 


ADDRESS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAYLEY,    ESQ.  27 

In  October,  1640,  by  order  of  the  Court,  the  name  of  the  plantation 
was  changed  from  Colchester  to  Sahsbury.  As  the  phintation  came  to 
be  more  settled,  the  right  of  fishing  in  the  Powow  River  began  to  assume 
considerable  importance,  and,  as  the  first  settler,  we  may  believe  that 
John  Bayly  had  from  his  coming  exercised  the  natural  right  of  fishing 
in  its  waters,  which  might  be  assumed  to  follow  with  his  priority  of 
occupancy  of  the  locality,  and  though  soon  after  the  organization  of  tiie 
town,  in  1640,  the  proprietors  assumed  the  authority  over  the  fishing 
rights,  yet  it  appears  that  they  gave  to  John  Bayly  the  exclusive  right 
of  establishing  a  weir  for  fishing  in  the  Powow  River.  It  would  also 
seem  that  this  right  was  granted  on  certain  terms  which  were  not  en- 
tirely satisfactory  to  Bayly,  for,  on  January  10,  1642,  the  records  show 
that  the  right  was  taken  from  him  by  reason  of  some  alleged  failure  to 
perform  the  conditions  on  which  it  was  granted  to  him.  In  view  of  the 
fact  that  Bayly  may  have  felt  that  his  priority  of  occupancy  and  use 
gave  him  the  rights  which  the  proprietors  under  their  plantation  decree 
had  no  authority  to  limit,  it  is  not  strange  that  there  should  have  been 
some  disagreement  between  them.  This,  however,  was  very  soon 
adjusted  and  the  exclusive  right  was  almost  immediately  restored  to  him, 
to  continue  for  two  years,  upon  terms  which  appear  to  have  been  after- 
wards satisfactory  to  all  parties. 

In  October,  1644,  the  records  show  that  there  was  a  further  grant  or 
allotment  of  land  to  John  Bayly,  as  well  as  an  allotment  to  his  son  John, 
but  where  these  lands  were  located  I  have  been  unable  to  determine. 

During  the  next  five  years  I  find  no  definite  reference  to  our  ancestor, 
and  we  may  presume  that  he  continued  his  simple  pioneer  life  at  this 
home,  during  which  time  the  permanent  settlement  of  the  vicinity  was 
steadily  going  on. 

The  next  definite  reference  we  have  to  him  occurs  in  1649,  under 
the  following  circumstances:  Some  years  previous,  in  1637,  the  Court 
had  made  an  order  requiring  all  married  persons  residing  within  its 
jurisdiction,  whose  families  were  residing  elsewhere,  "  to  repair  to  their 
relationships  upon  the  first  opportunity  of  shippmg,"  under  a  penalty 
of  the  payment  of  twenty  pounds,  unless  they  showed  just  cause  to  the 
contrary  at  the  next  county  court.  It  appears  that  some  time  prior  to 
April,   1649,   John    Bayly  was  summoned   to   make  answer   under  the 


28  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

above-mentioned  order  for  not  going  to  his  wife,  or  bringing  her  to  hinu 
His  answer  was  duly  and  satisfactorily  made  to  the  Court  on  April  24, 
1649,  ^s  appears  from  the  following  entry  upon  the  Court  records, 
namely,  "  By  good  evidence  to  the  Court  that  John  Bayly,  Sr.,  of 
Salisbury,  hath  used  good  and  sufiicient  means  to  procure  his  wife  over 
from  England,  and  she  utterly  refusing  to  come,  it  is  thought  meet  by 
said  Court  that  he  shall  not  be  constrained  to  go  over  to  her,  using  still 
what  means  he  may  to  get  her  over."  This  record  constitutes  a  com- 
plete justification  of  John  Bayly's  course  in  the  matter,  and  fully 
corroborates  the  statement  of  Mr.  Cartland  as  to  why  he  and  his  son 
John  remained  separate  from  the  rest  of  his  family.  Some  writers,  in 
mentioning  this  matter,  have  not  stated  all  the  facts,  which  should  in 
justice  have  been  done,  and  for  this  complete  record  I  am  indebted 
to  Franklin  Ladd  Bailey,  of  Boston,  one  of  John  Bayly's  descendants, 
who  has  made  a  most  thorough  and  exhaustive  study  of  the  family 
genealogy,  the  results  of  which  are,  and  will  continue  to  be,  of  great  and 
permanent  value  to  the  family. 

It  further  appears  thatat  the  same  term  of  Court  last  mentioned,  April, 
1649,  «*"  order  was  entered  that  John  Bayly  be  relieved  from  all  military 
service  at  the  trainings,  providing  he  paid  five  shillings  annually  to  the 
military  company  of  Salisbury.  Such  an  order  naturally  raises  the 
question  of  his  age,  and  on  this  point  there  is  no  definite  information. 
It  appears  from  other  records  that  his  son  John,  who  is  presumed  to 
have  been  his  oldest  child,  was  twenty-two  years  of  age  when  they  came 
to  New  England  in  1635,  and  it  is,  therefore,  fair  to  presume  that  John 
Bayly,  Sr.,  was  at  the  time  of  his  arrival  somewhere  between  forty  and 
fifty  years  of  age,  and  at  the  time  this  order  was  passed,  fourteen  years 
after  his  arrival,  he  may  have  been  from  fifty-five  to  sixty-five  years  of 
age. 

As  I  have  already  said,  there  is  a  tradition  that  John  Bayly  removed  to 
Newbury  in  1650,  but  I  have  found  no  corroboration  of  this  statement. 
On  the  contrary,  I  find  in  the  record  of  a  sale  of  land  in  1650,  reference 
made  to  a  road  leading  by  the  house  of  John  Bayly,  Sr.,  which  while  not 
conclusive,  would  seem  rather  to  contradict  the  tradition  that  he 
removed  to  and  was  a  resident  of  Newbury  at  that  time. 

There  remains  little  to  add  to  this  sketch,  for  the  life  of  this  brave, 


ADDRESS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAYLEY,    ESQ.  29 

Sturdy  old  pioneer  was  nearing  its  close,  and  we  learn  from  his  will, 
which  bears  the  date  of  August  28,  1651,  that  his  final  sickness  was 
serious  and  of  at  least  some  considerable  duration,  for  at  the  time  his 
will  was  executed  he  was  confined  to  his  bed.  His  death  occurred 
not  quite  three  months  later,  on  November  2,  1651.  It  is  probable  that 
his  death  may  have  occurred  at  the  home  of  his  son  in  Newbury,  where 
he  may  have  gone  to  be  better  attended  and  cared  for  in  his  last  sick- 
ness, which  may  have  been  the  foundation  of  the  tradition  of  his  removal 
to  Newbury. 

By  his  will,  above  mentioned,  it  is  so  apparent  that  he  sought  to  deal 
justly  and  fairly  with  those  who  stood  closest  to  him,  and  who  would 
naturally  share  in  what  he  had  accumulated  from  the  lonely  toil  of  his 
life  as  a  pioneer,  that  I  cannot  refrain  from  quoting  it  in  full,  for  it  is  the 
only  writing  left  by  him,  and  may  be  taken  as  the  best  indication  of  his 
character. 

WILL  OF  JOHN  BAYLY,  SEN. 

NORFOLK  CO.  RECORDS  28  OF  THE  8tH  MO.    1651. 

This  the  last  will  of  John  Bayley  sen.  being  on  his  sick  bed,  he  being 
yet  in  his  right  mind  and  senses. 

First.  I  give  unto  my  son  John  Bayley  (aged  38)  my  house  and  land 
lying  and  being  in  the  town  of  Salisbury,  during  his  life,  and  after  my 
son's  death  his  second  son  Joseph  Bayley  (aged  3  y.  6  mo.  24  days)  is 
to  enjoy  it,  and  if  Joseph  doth  not  live  to  enjoy  it,  then  his  younger 
brother  is  to  enjoy  it  —  (James  aged  i  y.  I  mo.  16  days),  and  when 
Joseph  Bailey  or  his  younger  brother  cometh  to  enjoy  this  laml,  lie  is 
to  pay  to  his  eldest  brother  John  Bayly  (aged  8  years.  5  mo.  10  d.)  the 
sum  of  forty  pounds  as  his  grandfather's  gift.  And  I  do  likewise  make 
my  son  John  Bayly  sole  executor  of  all  that  ever  I  have,  only  my  execu- 
tor is  to  pay  to  my  wife  his  mother  the  sum  of  six  pounds  a  year  during 
her  life  provided  she  cometh  over  hither  to  New  E.nglatid.  Likewise 
my  executor  is  to  pay  to  my  son  Robert  fourteen  pounds  provided  also 
he  come  over  hither  to  New  England.  Likewise  my  executor  is  to  pay 
to  my  daughters  his  sisters  the  sum  often  pounds  apiece  provided  they 
come  over  here  to  New  England.  But  in  case  they  do  not  come  over 
hither  but  do  send  by  any  messenger  for  their  portions  they  are  to  re- 


3°  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

ceive  five  shillings  apiece  for  their  portions  whether  sons  or  daughters, 
and  all  these  sums  are  to  be  paid  according  as  it  can  be  raised  out  of 
my  land  and  stock,  and  likewise  it  is  to  be  paid  to  every  one  of  them 
according  as  the  overseers  and  executors  shall  see  cause.  And  farther, 
my  executor  is  to  pay  for  the  passages  of  those  who  do  come  over 
hither,  of  them  whether  it  be  of  wife  or  children,  or  any  of  them.  And 
further  1  do  give  to  my  son  John  Bayly's  children  either  of  them  a 
young  beast  as  soon  as  may  be  with  conveniency  and  my  son  their 
father  is  to  breed  these  beasts  for  every  of  his  children  till  these  beasts 
groweth  to  cows  or  oxen,  and  the  children  are  to  have  the  profit  of  them. 

And  I  do  make  my  brother  John  Emery  Sen.  of  Newbury  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Bradbury  of  Salisbury  to  see  as  this  to  be  performed. 

In  witness  hereof  1  do  set  my  hand  the  day  and  year  above  written. 

Witness  hereof 
William  Illsley 

John  Emery  Jun.  This  the  mark  (J.  B.)  of 

John   Bayly  senior. 

A  codicil.  —  Likewise  1  do  give  to  Will.  Huntington  wife  and  chil- 
dren the  house  and  land  1  bought  of  Valentine  Rowell,  and  1  do  desire 
my  overseers  to  see  it  made  good  to  her  and  her  children. 

From  this  testamentary  document,  it  appears  that  he  was  survived  by 
his  son,  John,  who  came  with  him  and  who  shared  in  the  hardships  of 
the  ever-memorable  voyage  and  the  trying  experiences  of  pioneer  life 
in  New  England,  and  that  he  also  was  survived  by  his  wife  and  at  least 
one  son,  Robert,  and  several  daughters,  none  of  whom,  so  far  as  at 
present  known,  ever  crossed  the  Atlantic. 

There  is  a  tradition,  which  some  appear  to  accept  as  a  fact,  that 
Joana  Huntington,  the  wife  of  William  Huntington,  mentioned  in  the 
codicil  of  his  will,  was  his  daughter,  but  I  am  unable  to  find  any  suffi- 
cient corroboration  of  such  a  claim.  Doubtless  the  Huniingtons  had 
been  kindly  neighbors  to  him  in  his  lonely  life  and  he  lelt  that  they  were 
fully  entitled  to  the  recognition  which  his  codicil  gives  them,  but  I  find 
no  proof  of  a  closer  relationship.  His  will  was  allowed  on  February 
13,  1652,  and  may  be  found  among  the  records  of  Essex  South  District 
Registry  of  Deeds,  having  come  down  as  part  of  the  record   of  Old 


Monument,  Gulcmtha  Cemktkkv,  A.meshuky,  Mass. 


ADDRESS    OF    EDWIN    A.    BAYLEY,    ESQ.  31 

Norfolk  County  (Book  i,  page  15)  which  at  the  time  included  the  town 
of  Salisbury  and  the  towns  across  the  present  border  of  New  Hamp- 
shire as  far  as  Exeter  and  Dover.  While  his  place  of  burial  is  un- 
known, it  doubtless  was  either  in  Salisbury  or  Newbury,  and  it  is  hoped 
that  it  may  yet  be  identified.  Perhaps  the  ancient  burying  ground 
called  "  Golgotha,"  located  near  the  scenes  of  his  active  life,  was  his 
final  resting  place  and  that  the  monument  recently  placed  there  in  com- 
memoration of  the  names  of  the  eighteen  first  settlers  of  the  town,  among 
whom  his  name  appears,  is  his  only  tombstone.  It  may  be,  however, 
that  if  his  death  occurred  in  Newbury,  his  burial  was  there  also. 

And  thus  ends  the  sketch  of  this  humble,  hardy,  energetic  pioneer, 
who  lived  his  lite  courageously  and  well,  according  to  his  opportunities 
and  surroundings.  If  thereby  we  are  enabled  to  gain  a  clearer  view  of 
what  he  really  was,  the  object  is  fully  accomplished. 

It  will  soon  be  two  hundred  and  fifty-seven  years  since  John  Bayly 
died,  and  to-day  his  descendants  are  numerous  and  widely  scattered. 
Some  still  reside  in  this  immediate  locality,  yet  long  ago,  by  natural 
migration,  the  dispersal  of  his  name  and  blood  began.  First  to  Boston 
and  its  immediate  vicinity,  then  to  Vermont,  Connecticut,  and  New 
York,  and  later  to  the  West  and  the  South,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to-day 
to  be  able  to  say  that  many  of  the  descendants  have  rendered  valuable 
and  important  service  both  in  public  and  in  private  life,  and  that  all, 
according  to  their  opportunities  and  abilities,  liave  assisted  in  estab- 
lishing and  maintaining  a  good  reputation  of  the  family  name  and  blood. 

Finally,  may  we  not  hope  that  among  a  considerable  number  of  his 
descendants,  in  token  of  their  appreciation  of  his  earnest  though 
humble  efforts,  there  may  be  aroused  a  desire  and  a  purpose,  which 
shall  assume  the  force  of  a  duty,  to  seek  out  his  burial  place  and  erect 
thereon,  as  well  as  on  the  site  of  his  home  on  yonder  hillside,  some 
simple,  suitable,  and  permanent  monument  to  his  memory. 

Following  this  address,  Mrs.  Moses  E.  Davis,  of  Pleasant  Valley, 
Amesbury,  a  descendant  through  her  father,  Alfred  Bailey,  from 
Richard  Bailey,  of  Rowley,  and,  through  her  mother,  of  John  Bayly,  of 
Salisbury,  made  a  few  interesting  remarks,  and  also  read  extracts  from 
her  father's  account  of  the  home  of"  John  Bayly  of  Salisbury." 


32  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

The    president    then    called     for   the     report    of    the    Nominating 
Committee,  which  was  presented  as  follows:. 

President. 
Hon.  Charles  O.  Bailey,  Byfield,  Mass. 

Vice-Presidents. 

John  Alfred  Bailey,  James  R.  Bailey, 

Lowell,  Mass.  Lawrence,  Mass. 

J.  Warren  Bailey,  Horace  W.  Bailey, 

Somerville,  Mass.  Newbury,  Vt. 

Prof.  Solon  L  Bailey,  George  Edson  Bailey, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Mansfield,  Mass. 

Volney  P.  Bayley,  Dudley  P.  Bailey, 

Detroit,  Mich.  Everett,  Mass. 

William  W.  Bailey,  Edward  P.  Bailey, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Chicago,  111. 

Executive  Committee. 
The  above  officers,  ex  ojfictts,  and 
Eben  H.  Bailey,  Alfred  S.  Bailey, 

Boston,  Mass.  Boston,  Mass. 

Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey,  Henry  Baily, 

Lowell,  Mass.  Newton,  Mass. 

•  Mrs.  Larkin  T.  Trull,  Lowell,  Mass. 

Secretary. 
Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Lexington,  Mass. 

Treasurer. 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Auditor. 
Walter  E.  Robie,  Waltham,  Mass. 

Committee  on  Genealogy. 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Gertrude  T.  Bailey, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Tewksbury,  Mass. 

William  H.  Reed,  Mrs.  Abbie  T.  Ellsworth, 

South  Weymouth,  Mass.  Rowley,  Mass. 

On  motion,  the  report  of  the  committee  was  accepted,  and  the  nomi- 
nees duly  elected. 


HUMOROUS    POEMS.  33 

The   following  humorous  poems  were  then   read   by  Miss   Ella   A. 
Fiske,  of  Clinton. 

Mixed  Ancestry. 

It's  all  the  rage 
To  now  engage 

In  many  odd  researches 
For  what  is  told 
In  records  old 

In  safety  vaults  and  churches. 

We  aim  to  know 
If,  long  ago, 

Our  forbears  honors  carried, 
And  if  they  came 
In  time  to  fame, 

And  whom  the  maids  they  married. 

We  search  to  see 
If  we  may  be 

From  kings  or  knaves  descended. 
And  learn,  forsooth, 
The  simple  truth  — 

That  both  in  us  are  blended. 

We  find,  it's  true, 
4  There's  blood  that's  blue 

That  in  our  veins  is  flowing, 
And  then  we  find 
Some  other  kind, 

O'er  which  we  do  no  crowing. 

It's  very  sad, 

But  through  this  fad 

It  seems  that  we  are  fated, 
To  learn  of  knaves, 
Who're  in  their  graves, 

To  whom  we  are  related. 

'Twould  be  more  fun 
For  every  one 

If  blood  could  be  selected, 
And  forebears  bad 
We  may  have  had 

Could  calmly  be  rejected. 

—  Chicago  Evening  Post. 


34  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

How  About  You  ? 

It  matters  little,  dear  young  man,  v.here  your  grandsires  were  born, 
Or  if  your  great-great  grandfather  read  law  or  planted  corn; 
Nor  does  it  matter  much  to-day  what  your  grandmother  knew. 
But  what  the  world  desires  to  know  is,  what  is  there  to  you  ? 

Perhaps  some  of  your  ancestors,  with  sabre  or  with  gun. 
Helped  rout  the  English  forces  from  the  plains  of  Lexington; 
Or  else,  perchance,  at  Hunker  Hill,  their  swords  with  valor  drew, 
Hut  what  the  world  to-day  demands  is  service  good  from  you. 

^  our  mother's  uncle  may  have  been  a  soldier  brave  and  great. 

Have  made  some  great  discovery,  or  colonized  a  state, 

Or  with  the  thousands  that  he  made  some  college  have  endowed, 

liut  what,  young  man,  have  you  e'er  done  of  which  the  world  feels  proud  ? 

There  is  no  harm  for  you,  young  man,  your  lineage  to  trace 

Hack  to  some  mighty  giant  mind  whose  deeds  have  blessed  the  race. 

Hut  let  me  whisper  this  to  you,  in  a  soft  undertone, 

If  you  a  laurel  wreath  would  wear,  weave  for  yourself  your  own. 

—  Thomas   F.   Porter. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  GENEALOGY. 

An  interesting  report  of  the  Genealogical  Committee  of  the  Associ- 
ation was  next  presented  by  Mrs.  Gertrude  T.  Hailey,  of  Tewksbury, 
in  which  further  reference  was  made  to  the  pioposed  new  edition  of 
the  descendants  of  "  John  Bayly  of  Salisbury."  Mrs.  Hailey  has  de- 
voted a  great  deal  of  time  and  labor  to  collecting  material  for  this 
history,  and  the  Association  in  general,  and  the  descendants  of  John 
Bayly  in  particular,  are  under  lasting  obligations  to  her  tor  her  efficient 
and  faithful  services  thus  rendered. 

Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth,  of  Rowley,  who  gathered  a  large  part  of 
the  material  for  the  John  of  Salisbury  branch,  contributed  the  following 
paper: 


REPORT   ON    GENEALOGY.  35 

REPORT  ON  GENEALOGY. 

BY  MRS.  ABBIE   F.   ELLSWORTH,  OF  ROWLEY,  MASS. 

Any  additions  I  have  made  to  the  genealogy  of  the  John  Bailey  of 
Salisbury  branch  have  been  obtained  more  by  the  way  ot  correspond- 
ence than  by  that  of  research. 

Sometimes  1  receive  a  letter  concerning  a  Revolutionary  soldier, 
written  in  order  that  his  descendant  may  be  able  to  join  the  Colonial 
Dames  or  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution.  Then  there  are  others 
who  write  me  because  they  desire  to  find  their  right  line  from  John 
Bailey,  the  first  settler.  When  their  place  in  the  direct  line  is  found,  it 
is  easy  to  get  from  them  intormation  concerning  a  number  of  Imes  to 
the  present  time.  In  the  '"  Bailev-Bayley  Genealogy,"  there  are  many 
noted  and  interesting  families  that  are  only  partly  given,  and  there  is 
much  need  of  a  more  complete  account  of  them. 

I  have  two  interesting  letters  from  the  South,  one  from  Mrs.  .\costa, 
nee  Bailey,  of  Jacksonville,  Fla.  The  other  one  is  from  Mrs.  James 
Stacy  Bailey,  of  Waycross,  Ga.  The  latter  is  quite  interested  to  know 
the  correct  coat  of  arms.  She  said  she  had  in  her  possession  three,  and 
did  not  knoNV  the  right  one.  In  that  respect  she  does  not  differ  from 
the  rest  of  us.  I  referred  her  to  Mr.  Ralph  O.  Bailey,  of  Amesbury, 
and  they  have  traced  the  ancient  one  in  their  possession,  taking  a  great 
deal  of  time  and  care. 

She  has  sent  me  a  good  deal  of  the  James  Stacy  Bailey  line  to  the 
present  time,  with  possible  avenues  for  more.  This  line  is  very 
interesting. 

We  attribute  great  ability,  courage,  and  enterprise  to  the  ''  John  of 
Salisbury  "  line,  and  this  family  is  not  without  its  share.  I  will  not 
read  all  we  have  of  it,  but  will  quote  some  parts  of  it. 

John  Bailey  (No.  170,  page  175,"  Bailey-Bayley  Genealogy"),  born 
in  Weymouth,  Mass.,  died  in  Woolwich,  Me.  He  was  an  officer  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  in  Col.  Michael  Jackson's  regiment.  He  en- 
listed January  i,  1777  (see  "  Massachusetts  Soldiers  and  Sailors  of 
the  War  of  the  Revolution,"  Vol.  I.,  page  830).     He  was  also  a  repre- 


36  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

sentative  to  the  legislature  of  Massachusetts  from  the  district  of 
Maine.  He  married  Annie  Memory,  a  French  girl,  and  they  had  eight 
children. 

John  Maximilian,  one  of  the  eight,  born  at  Woolwich,  Me.,  August  8, 
1764,  died  at  Woolwich,  October  5,  1857.  He  married  first,  Susan 
Hodgson,  and  second,  Susan  Brookings,  and  had  seven  children. 

Abner,  one  of  the  seven,  by  the  second  wife,  was  born  at  Woolwich, 
Me.,  March  14,  1796,  died  at  Libertyville,  III.,  1871.  His  first  wife 
was  Mahala  Marshall,  of  Wiscasset,  Me.;  his  second  wife  was  Priscilla 
Speed,  of  Washington,  Me. 

Abner  Bailey  had  ten  children  by  the  first  wife,  and  eleven  by  the 
second  one.     How  would  that  please  our  President  t 

The  ten  children  of  Abner  Bailey  and  his  first  wife,  Mahala  Marshall, 
all  born  in  Maine,  have  settled  in  various  parts  of  the  United  States. 
Four  of  them,  William  Stacy,  John,  Frank,  and  James  Sylvester, 
moved  to  South  Georgia  before  the  Civil  War.  All  were  engaged  in 
lumber  manufacturing.  James  Sylvester  Bailey  had  a  large  lumber 
business  near  the  Georgia  coast,  and  the  place  Bailey's  Mills  was 
named  for  him.  He  was  also  associated  with  Mr.  Sewall,  of  Maine 
(candidate  for  the  office  of  Vice-President),  in  the  shipbuilding  business. 
William  Stacy  Bailey,  after  being  engaged  in  the  lumber  business, 
settled  on  a  farm  of  several  hundred  acres  near  Waycross,  Ga.,  and 
was  for  twelve  years  county  treasurer  of  Ware  County,  Georgia. 

Mrs.  Bailey  also  says  that,  as  far  as  her  knowledge  goes,  the  only 
child  living,  of  Abner  Bailey  and  his  first  wife,  is  Isaac  Bailey,  who  lived 
for  many  years  in  Virginia,  and  now  lives  in  Chestcrtown,  Md. 

Of  the  children  of  the  second  wife,  one  Ada,  now  Mrs.  Perry,  lives  in 
Boston,  No.  20  Chisholm  Park  (now  Kim  Hill  Park),  Ro.xbury. 

James  Stacy  Bailey,  child  of  William  Stacy  Bailey,  was  born  in 
Montgomery  County,  Georgia,  October  9,  1848,  and  married  Mattie 
May  Taylor,  daughter  of  Rev.   John   R.  Taylor. 

Another  writer,  in  a  letter  from  Manistee,  Mich.,  says  her  grand- 
mother's maiden  name  was  Polly  (or  Mary)  Bailey.  She  married 
Aaron  Gregory.  She  adds  that  her  great-grandfather  was  Jacob 
Bailey,  of  Long  Island,  son  of  Jacob  Bailey,  ami  that  he  had  many 
thrilling  experiences  with  the  British,  being  captured  once  and  rescued 


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by  his  wife.  After  the  war,  he  moved  to  Delaware  County,  New  York. 
In  looking  over  the  Bailey  genealogy,  she  finds  sixteen  Jacob  Haileys, 
but  not  one  of  them  seems  to  be  the  right  one. 

As  there  has  never  been  any  money  to  pay  car-fares,  postage,  etc., 
we  must  depend  a  great  deal  on  these  seekers  of  knowledge  to  aid  us  in 
connecting  them  with  their  early  ancestors. 

It  is  tedious  to  have  long  genealogies  read  at  the  meetings,  but  those 
that  are  put  in  the  report  may  be  helpful  to  the  seekers,  especially  to 
those  who  are  members  of  the  Association,  and  so  are  entitled  to  a  report. 

I  have  considerable  material  that  is  not  yet  connected  at  all  with  the 
lines  we  know  of.  I  have  also  written  in  my  book  of  genealogy  much 
additional  that  has  come  to  me  since  it  was  published. 

The  morning  session  closed  with  the  singing  of  Faure's  "  Palms," 
by  Mr.  Wetmore,  with  Prof.  Eben  H.  Bailey  accompanying  him  on  the 
organ. 

LUNCHEON. 

A  substantial  lunch  was  served  in  the  vestry  of  the  church,  at  one 
o'clock,  by  the  ladies  of  the  Union  Congregational  Church. 

After  the  lunch,  a  picture  of  the  officers  of  the  Association  was  taken 
for  publication  in  the  Newburyport  News,  which  paper  had  an  excellent 
and  comprehensive  report  of  the  gatiiering,  with  several  pictures. 


AFTERNOON  EXERCISES. 

The  members  reassembled  in  the  church  at  about  2.30  p.m.,  and  the 
afternoon  session  was  opened  with  the  singing  of  "  Annie  Laurie  "  by 
the  quartet. 

The  president  then  called  upon  Mr.  Volney  P.  Bayley,  of  Detroit, 
Mich.,  who  responded  by  giving  the  following  interesting  address. 


38  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 


ADDRESS  OF  VOLNEY  P.  BAYLEY. 

Mr.   Chairman,   Ladies  and  Gentlemen  of  the   Bailey-Bayley 
Association  ; 

When  I  say  that  I  am  glad  to  be  with  you  to-day  it  is  no  idle,  per- 
functory statement.  It  is  the  first  meeting  of  this  character  that  1  have 
attended.  The  Association  is  unique  in  itself,  and  to  me  the  occasion 
is  of  absorbing  interest  and  deep  genuine  pleasure. 

It  is  a  grateful  tribute  to  the  virtues  of  those  of  our  kin  who  have  gone 
before,  as  well  as  uplifting  to  ourselves,  to  pause  for  a  moment  in  the 
mad  rush  for  gain  and  position  —  to  stop  the  flight  of  time  for  a  little  — 
while  we,  through  reminiscences,  associations,  story,  and  thought,  link 
the  present  to  the  past,  live  in  memory  over  again  the  days  gone  by, 
and  draw  inspiration  from  the  honorable,  unselfish  lives  and  kind, 
Christian  deeds  of  our  forefathers. 

You  know  we  are  inclined  to  live  very  much  in  the  present;  ordinarily, 
the  past  is  quickly  forgotten.  In  a  sort  of  faint,  indistinct  way,  fancy 
pictures  some  of  the  difficulties  John  of  Salisbury  and  his  immediate 
kin  must  have  encountered  in  those  early  colonial  days.  But  those 
difficulties  molded  and  developed  character,  the  influence  of  which  is 
manifest  in  our  midst  to-day.  The  struggles  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  are  matters  of  history,  and  it  is  worth  something  to  us  of  to-day 
to  feel  and  to  know  that  in  those  early  struggles  and  sacrifices  our 
ancestors  took  part. 

It  has  been  said  by  great  writers  that  there  was  little  in  a  name, — 
that  a  rose  by  any  other  name  would  smell  as  sweet.  VieucJ  lit-  r-iUy, 
I  am  inclined  to  believe  this  is  true.  As  an  abstract  proposition  purely, 
a  name  is  simply  a  means  of  identification.  It  is  an  mherent  ([uality 
of  the  object  or  thing  —  good  or  bad  —  as  associated  with  the  name, 
that  gives  character  to  the  latter.  When  the  rose  is  mentioned,  as  a 
matter  of  association  it  brings  to  our  minds  something  delicious  to 
smell  and  beautiful  to  look  upon  —  not  because  of  the  name,  but 
because  of  the  inlierent  qualities  of  the  object  itsell.  A  name,  like  a 
life,  is  just  what  we  make  it. 


ADDRESS    OF    VOLNEY    P.    BAYLEY. 


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niL-. 


The  name  Bayley  spelled  with  the  middle  "  y  "  sounds  good  to 
I  like  It,  not  simply  because  it  is  the  one  I  bear,  but  rather  for  the 
reason  that  back  of  the  name,  giving  it  vitality,  strength,  and  character, 
stand  the  lives  and  records  of  reputable  antecedents. 

As  I  view  it,  it  is  the  character  and  personality  of  past  and  present  that 
make  a  name  what  it  is,  and  it  is  for  this  reason,  it  seems  to  me,  that  we 
have  a  duty  to  perform  to  that  name.  Is  it  not  in  the  nature  of  a  sacred, 
invaluable  heritage,  just  intrusted  to  our  care  and  keeping  for  a  little 
as  we  pass  along  through  life  r  Is  not  my  sacred  duty,  as  a  man,  if 
possible  to  add  to,  or  at  least  to  safeguard,  a  name  made  honorable  by 
my  father  ?  Is  it  not  my  duty  to  impress  upon  my  children  the  impor- 
tance of  keeping  unsullied  and  untarnished  the  name  they  bear  ?  I 
believe  I  owe  this  to  the  past,  to  the  present,  and  to  the  future. 

In  a  gathering  of  this  sort,  where  we  are  engaged  more  or  less  in  look- 
ing backward,  it  is  natural  I  think  for  our  minds  to  revert  to  the  late 
past,  and  to  dwell  upon  those  who  were  responsible  for  our  being.  I 
regard  my  mother  and  father  in  life  as  having  been  splendid  types  of 
manhood  and  womanhood;  the  longer  I  live  the  more  I  appreciate 
their  virtues. 

My  mother  was  a  woman  of  great  force  of  character  in  a  quiet,  modest, 
unassuming  way.  No  truer  saying  lives  than  that  "  the  hand  that 
rocks  the  cradle  rules  the  world."  The  early  training  of  the  child, 
the  early  formation  of  character,  is  of  necessity  left  largely  tu  the  mother. 
God  bless  our  mothers. 

My  father  was  a  large  man  physically,  and  well  balanced  mentally, 
earnest  and  just  in  his  convictions,  and  strong  in  his  likes  and  dislikes- 
He  stood  high  in  his  community,  and  was  looked  upon  as  a  leader.  He 
came  to  Michigan  in  1824  and  began  clearing  his  farm,  thus  being  one 
of  the  early  pioneers  of  Michigan.  There  in  the  woods,  close  to  nature, 
he  and  my  mother  worked  side  by  side.  What  they  accumulated  came 
to  them  through  hard,  earnest  labor,  for  those  were  the  days  when  every 
man  stood  on  his  own  land  and  chopped  down  his  own  tree. 

Father  was  chairman  of  the  Building  Committee  that  erected  the 
first  church  in  that  district,  and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
pulpit  supply  after  the  church  was  erected.  He  was  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  a  member  of  the  legislature  of  the  state.      He  aided  in  getting 


40  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

throuoh  the  legislature  a  bill  to  establish  a  state  agricultural  college. 
He  was  one  of  a  committee  to  locate  the  college,  and  was  its  president 
and  manager  for  a  time.  He  helped  to  organize  a  county,  and  the 
State  Agricultural  Society,  and  at  times  was  president  of  each. 

I  am  deeply  impressed  with  the  beautiful  location  and  surroundings 
of  this  ancestral  home.  It  ought  to  be,  and  1  feel  it  is,  full  of  historic 
and  intimate  interest  to  us  all.  Here  many  of  our  colonial  ancestors 
lived  and  died;  here  they  endured  hardships  and  privations,  strugghng 
onward  and  upward,  ever  striving  toward  their  higher  ideals.  Trying 
to  live  a  little  better  to-day  than  yesterday,  laboring  to  bring  up  and  to 
educate  their  children  so  that  through  the  advantages  of  education  they 
might  with  their  lives  exercise  a  great  influence  in  the  world  for  good. 
After  all,  it  is  the  good  and  the  pure  in  life  that  endures  —  the  product 
of  virtue,  of  industry,  and  of  brain.  It  is  very  fitting  that  we  should 
gather  here  and  commemorate  their  past. 

I  long  had  a  great  desire  to  visit  the  former  home  in  England  of  John 
of  Salisbury,  and  three  years  ago  1  had  the  pleasure  of  visiting  Chip- 
penham, in  the  west  of  England,  near  Bristol,  his  former  home.  It  is  a 
city  of  about  five  thousand  inhabitants,  very  quaint.  I  searched  for 
Bayleys  but  could  find  no  one  of  that  name.  A  little  more  than  a  hun- 
dred years  after  John  of  Salisbury  came  away,  there  was  a  Bayley  who 
represented  Chippenham  in  Parliament,  but  I  could  find  no  record  of 
any  Bayleys  there  at  a  later  date.  Notwithstanding  this,  1  was  very 
much  interested  in  the  place. 

I  have  visited  Venice,  and  St.  Mark's,  and  walked  over  the  Rialto.  1 
have  ridden  in  the  gondolas  upon  the  streets  of  water;  visited  the 
beautiful  churches,  and  e.xamined  the  Venetian  art  glass,  art  furniture, 
mosaic  and  tapestry  pictures,  and  lace.  In  my  school  days  1  knew  well 
the  picture  of  the  "  Leaning  Tower  of  Pisa."  I  never  shall  forget 
looking  upon  it.  How  much  we  have  heard  of  Ancient  Rome  !  It  was 
the  time  of  my  life  to  visit  its  old  Coliseum,  the  Arch  of  1  itus,  St.  Paul's 
Church,  built  near  where  St.  Paul  was  beheaded,  the  ancient  Catacombs 
which  were  the  refuge  of  the  faithful  Christians  of  the  first  and  second 
centuries,  old  St.  Peter's  with  St.  Peter's  seated  figure,  the  Vatican  and 
the  Pope.  I  have  visited  other  cities  that  1  read  much  about  in  my 
youth,  those  by  the  Spree,  the  Danube,  Po,  Elbe,  Tiber,  Seine,  Thames. 


ADDRESS    OF    VOLNEY    P.    BAYLEY.  4I 

I  have  climbed  Mt.  Vesuvius,  and  have  shivered  in  July  on  top  of  one 
of  the  Alps. 

But  Chippenham  had  a  peculiar  charm  tor  me,  a  charm  akin  to  my 
old  home.  It  was  the  home  of  my  ancestor,  and  so  I  photographed  the 
place  in  my  memory.  I  he  main  street  was  High  Street.  On  it  were 
plain  and  somber  buildings,  some  a  thousand  years  old.  They  were 
si.x  hundred  years  old  when  John  Bayly  left  the  place.  Up  and  down 
this  old  macadamized  street  I  went  inquiring  about  the  Bayleys,  and 
the  same  on  the  macadamized  side  streets  which  were  originally  laid  out 
by  the  cows  in  their  goings  to  and  fro.  These  were  a  little  wider  now, 
but  the  two  narrow  boards  for  a  sidewalk  were  only  on  one  side.  The 
small  two-story  frame,  mostly  white,  houses  and  shoi)s  were  built  up 
to  the  street  line.  The  first  floors  were  on  a  level  with  the  street.  The 
windows  had  small  panes  of  glass.  There  were  brass  knockers  on  the 
doors.  Some  houses  had  two  brass  knockers,  one  marked  to  call  the 
servant.  Roofs  were  often  moss-covered.  People  were  standing  at  the 
doors  so  close  as  to  almost  make  any  one  passing  turn  aside  a  little  to  get 
by.  I  wonder  if  John  Bayly's  home  is  still  standing.  The  people 
looked  at  one  another  and  shook  their  heads  when  I  asked  tor  the  in- 
formation. They  could  not  give  me  the  street  and  number  or  tell  me 
anything  about  my  ancestors.  In  vain  I  had  the  church  records  and  the 
records  of  the  city  searched.  Yet  this  must  have  been  the  home  of  John 
Bayly.  The  town  was  not  so  very  large,  his  home  could  not  have  been 
so  far  away.  In  my  mind  1  can  see  the  Chippenham  of  to-day,  and 
though  I  may  go  to  the  ends  of  the  earth  and  slc  the  wonders  of  the 
world,  yet  there  will  aluays  be  a  place  in  my  memory  for  the  old 
Chippenham  in  "  Merry  England." 

I  live  in  Detroit,  the  metropolis  of  Michigan.  It  is  a  beautiful  city, 
blessed  with  natural  advantages  far  above  most  cities.  The  greatest 
body  of  fresh  water  in  the  world  passes  its  doors.  Monster  vessels 
carrying  commerce  of  untold  wealth  pass  and  repass.  Beautiful 
pleasure  craft  dot  its  broad  expanse. 

I  extend  to  you,  one  and  all,  a  most  cordial  invitation  to  visit  me  in 
Detroit.  For  you,  the  latchstring  hangs  upon  the  outside  of  my  door. 
My  family  and  I  would  be  only  too  glad  of  the  privilege  and  pleasure  of 
entertaining  you,  and  showing  you  some  of  the  beauties  of  our  city. 


42  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

I  say  again  that  1  am  glad  1  am  h-erc  to-day,  —  glad  to  mingle  with 
you,  glad  to  take  you  by  the  hand  and  feel  the  warm,  inspiring  touch  of 
kin  and  close  friendship,  glad  to  look  into  your  faces. 

I  hope  this  occasion  has  done  you  as  much  good  as  1  know  it  has 
-^ione  me.  I  thank  you;  you  have  made  it  possible  for  me  to  forever 
cherish  the  memory  of  a  very  happy  day. 

The  president  then  addressed  the  Association,  as  follows: 

ADDRESS  OF  HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY. 

As  we  meet  to-day  the  word  comes  to  us  that  one  of  the  great  Presi- 
dents of  the  United  States  is  dead  —  for  Grover  Cleveland  was  a  great 
President;  and  now  that  he  has  gone  we  can  all,  regardless  of  party 
affiliations,  join  for  a  single  moment  in  paying  him  a  just  tribute  of 
praise.  He  was  not  perfect,  but  he  was  honest,  and  he  had  the  courage 
of  his  convictions. 

The  country  mourns  his  loss  and  will  not  soon  forget  his  public 
service. 

At  each  of  our  gatherings  we  like  to  bring  to  mind  some  member  of 
the  Bailey  family  who  has  made  a  name  for  himself  in  history. 

To-day  I  shall  say  a  word  about  one  of  the  very  early  Baileys,  who, 
if  he  did  not  have  a  real  existence,  lives  to-day,  and  will  live  hereafter  as 
long  as  English  literature  and  poetry  find  readers  upon  the  earth. 

I  refer  to  Harry  Bailey,  made  immortal  by  the  poet  Chauctr  in  his 
"  Canterbury  Tales." 

Geoffrey  Chaucer  has  been  very  generally  designated  the  father  of 
English  poetry.  He  wrote  his  famous  poem  in  1388,  when  he  was 
sixty-one  years  old.  He  died  in  1400,  and  was  buried  in  Westminster 
Abbey. 

Harry  Bailey  was  "  mine  host  "  of  the  Tabard  Inn  at  Southwark, 
whence  the  pilgrims,  according  to  the  poet,  started  on  their  pilgrimage 
to  Canterbury.  The  host  makes  himself  the  master  of  ceremonies  and 
accompanies  the  pilgrims  on  their  journey. 

It  is  at  his  suggestion  that  each  one  ttlls  a  story  in  verse  or  in  prose  as 
they  wend  their  way  south  on  their  pious  errand  to  the  shrine  of  Thomas 
a  Becket. 


ADDRESS    OF    MOLLIS    R.    BAILKY. 


43 


The  following  is  a  description  of  Harry  Bailey,  as  given  by  Chancer 
in  the  Prologue: 

"  A  semely  man  our  hoste  was  with  alle 
For  to  han  been  a  marshal  in  an  halle. 
A  large  man  he  was  with  eyen  stepe, 
A  fairer  burgeis  is  ther  non  in  Chepe: 
Bold  of  his  speche,  and  wise  and  wel  ytaught, 
And  of  manhood  him  lacked  righte  naught. 
Eke  thereto  was  he  right  a  mery  man 
And  after  souper  plaien  he  began.   ..." 

If  any  of  you  wish  to  see  Harry  as  he  rode  forth  in  the  midst  of  the 
company  clad  in  the  costume  of  the  period,  you  can  gratify  your  curi- 
osity by  paying  a  visit  to  the  Public  Library  in  Boston,  where  the  whole 
procession  is  seen  painted  upon  the  walls  of  one  of  the  rooms  at  the 
left  of  the  entrance. 

But  I  must  not  keep  you  longer  in  the  distant  past. 

Since  out  last  gathering,  our  former  member,  Alfred  Bailey,  has 
passed  away.  We  miss  his  presence  to-day.  It  was  he  who,  at  our 
gathering  at  Grovcland,  told  us  about  Bailey's  Hill  in  Amesbury,  and 
the  old  cellar  hole  showing  the  spot  where  "  John  Bayly  of  Salisbury  " 
for  a  time  had  his  home. 

At  the  close  of  these  exercises  we  are  to  make  a  pilgrimage  to  this 
interesting  spot,  and  by  the  aid  of  our  imagination  reproduce  the  scene 
as  it  was  in  1640. 

We  have  with  us,  I  am  happy  to  say,  a  daughter  of  Alfred  Bailey,  and 
we  shall  be  glad  to  hear  what  she  may  have  to  say  to  us. 

We  have  also  with  us  a  member  who  takes  much  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  the  Association,  Prof.  Solon  I.  Bailey,  of  Cambridge,  professor 
of  astronomy  in  Harvard  University.  He  has  recently  traced  his 
descent  to  Richard  Bailey,  of  Rowley.  We  are  always  interested  in 
what  he  has  to  say. 

The  president  next  called  upon  Prof.  Solon  I.  Bailey,  of  Harvard 
University,  who  made  an  interesting  address,  in  which  he  expressed  the 
pleasure  he  derived  from  his  attendance  upon  the  gatherings  of  the 
Association.     He  spoke  also  of  the  assistance  he  had  received  in  tracing 


44  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

his  ancestry  back  to  Richard  of  Rowley,  and  of  the  satisfaction  which 
he  felt  in  knowing  something  ahout  his  ancestors. 

The  secretary  then  read  several  letters  of  regret  from  members  who 
were  unable  to  be  present,  expressing  their  interest  in  the  work  of  the 
Association,  and  extending  their  greetings  to  those  who  were  able  to 
attend,  and  their  best  wishes  for  a  pleasant  and  interesting  meeting. 
Those  sending  such  letters  were  Hon.  J.  Warren  Bailey,  of  Somerville; 
George  J.  Bailey,  Es(|.,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  E.  H.  Bailey,  of  Streator, 
111.;  Ferdinand  Bailey,  of  Readville;  IVof.  L.  H.  Bailey,  of  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.;  George  T.  Bailey,  of  Maiden;  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Bailey,  of  North- 
boro;  Harrison  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  litchburg;  Hon.  Andrew  J.  Bailey, 
of  Boston;  Edward  G.  Bailey,  of  New  York  City;  Amos  Judson  Bailey, 
of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Miss  Mary  A.  Bailey,  of  Cheyenne,  Wyo.;  Mr. 
G.  F.  Newcombe,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.;  and  Hon.  Horace  VV.  Bailey, 
of  Newbury,  Vt.,  United  States  marshal  for  the  District  of  Vermont. 
The  latter,  in  addition  to  his  cordial  letter  of  greeting  from  the  Vermont 
Baileys,  sent  an  interesting  sketch  of  Ezekiel  Bailey  White  and  his 
wife,  Laura  Dustin,  which  he  had  recently  written  and  published,  which 
was  in  part  as  follows: 

EZEKIEL  BAILEY  WHITE  AND  HIS  WIFE,  LAURA  DUSTIN. 

The  record  of  Ezekiel  White  and  his  wife,  Laura  Dustin,  is  both  re- 
markable and  interesting,  and  deserving,  in  the  superlative  degree,  of  a 
place  in  the  annals  of  the  liailey  famdy. 

Ezekiel  White  was  in  the  eighth  generation  from  William  White,  who 
came  from  England  to  Ipswich,  Mass.,  in  1635. 

In  the  fifth  generation  from  William  was  Deacon  Nicholas  White, 
who  had  fifteen  children,  of  whom  four  sons,  Noah,  Ebenezer,  Joseph, 
and  Dr.  Samuel,  came  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  as  did  their  sisters,  the  wife  of 
Col.  Jacob  Kent,  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Hale.  F.  P.  Wells,  Newbury's 
historian,  says,  "  More  people  in  Newbury  are  descended  from  William 
White  than  from  any  other  immigrant."  Of  these  sons  Ebenezer  came 
to  Newbury  in  1763,  one  of  the  very  first  settlers,  representing  the  town 
in  1784,  always  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  new  settlement,  and  did 
service  in  the  Revolutionary  War.     His  last  years  were  spent  in  the  home 


EZEKIEL   BAILEV  WHITE   AND   HIS  WIFE. 


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of  his  son  Jesse,  in  Topsham,  where  he  died  July  4, 1807,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Currier  Hill  graveyard.  Jesse,  ninth  child  and  fifth  son  of 
Ebenezer,  was  born  in  Newbury,  February  4,  1771,  settled  in  Topsham 
on  the  farm  afterwards  owned  by  his  son  Amos. 

Jesse  married,  December  4,  1800,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Webster  l^ailey, 
of  Newbury.  Lydia  Bailey's  first  American  ancestor  was  Richard 
Bailey,  who  came  to  Rowley,  Mass.,  from  England  in  1638  or  1639. 
The  generations  of  Ezekiel  White  on  his  mother's  side  in  this  country 
are,  Richard  (i),  Joseph  (2),  Joseph,  Jr.  (3),  Ezekiel  (4),  Webster  (5), 
Lydia  (6),  Ezekiel  White  (7). 

Webster  Bailey  came  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  from  West  Newbury,  Mass.,  in 
1788  and  settled  on  the  river  road  about  one  and  one-half  miles  south  of 
Newbury  Village,  where  James  Johnson  now  lives.  Webster  Bailey 
established  the  first  tannery  and  wholesale  manufactory  of  boots  and 
shoes  in  this  section  of  the  state,  if  not  the  first  in  Vermont.  Lydia,  the 
mother  of  Ezekiel,  was  the  oldest  of  the  eleven  children  of  Webster 
Bailey. 

The  children  of  Jesse  White  and  his  wife  Lydia  Bailey  were,  Amos, 
Jesse,  Ezekiel,  and  Phoebe.  Ezekiel  was  born  in  Topsham,  October  i, 
1808;  died  in  Topsham,  July  31,  1899.  Laura  Dustin  was  born  in 
Topsham,  September  15,  1813;  died  at  Ryegate,  February  25,  1902. 
Ezekiel  and  Laura  were  married  February  14,  1832,  and  a  happy 
married  life  of  sixty-seven  years,  five  months,  and  fifteen  days  was 
terminated  by  Mr.  White's  death. 

The  ancestry  of  Laura  Dustin  is  part  and  parcel  of  colonial  history. 
Laura  was  a  daughter  of  John  K.  Dustin,  and  is  in  the  sixth  genera- 
tion from  Hannah  Dustin,  famous  in  history  as  the  Indian  slayer. 
She  was  a  sister  of  Daniel  Dustin,  a  brigadier-general  under  Ben- 
jamin Harrison,  who  later  as  President  appointed  him  United  States 
sub-treasurer  at  Chicago,  which  position  he  held  until  his  death  a 
few  years  ago.  Mrs.  White  was  the  last  survivor  in  a  family  of  thir- 
teen children. 

In  an  historical  gazetteer  of  New  Hampshire  by  Edwin  A.  Charlton, 
published  in  1855,  is  found  at  page  iii  the  following  account  (under 
the  town  of  Boscawen)  of  the  historically  famous  Hannah  Dustin. 

"  The  island  lying  at  the  mouth  of  Contoocook  River,  within  the 


46  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

limits  of  this  town,  named  Dustin's  Island,  was  the  scene  of  the  heroic 
deeds  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Dustin,  which  may  appropriately  be  noticed 
here.  Mrs.  Dustin,  her  infant  babe,  only  a  week  old,  and  her  nurse 
were  taken  captive  by  the  Indians  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  March  15,  1698. 
The  mother,  still  confined  in  bed,  was  forced  by  the  savages  to  rise  and 
accompany  them.  The  infant,  showing  signs  of  uneasiness,  was 
dispatched  by  an  Indian,  who  dashed  its  head  against  a  tree,  before  the 
party  had  proceeded  far  from  the  place  of  capture.  They  conveyed  the 
mother,  feeble  and  exhausted,  and  the  nurse,  up  the  Merrimac,  and 
halted  at  the  island  mentioned  above.  Here  they  rested  for  a  while, 
intending  soon  to  proceed  on  their  way,  a  considerable  distance  farther 
up  the  river,  to  an  Indian  town,  where  the  captives  were  informed  that 
they  would  be  compelled  to  run  the  gauntlet  through  the  village.  Aware 
of  the  cruelties  that  awaited  her,  Mrs.  Dustin  formed  a  determination  to 
exterminate  the  whole  party  should  an  opportunity  present  itself. 
Her  companions  consisted  of  her  nurse  and  an  English  boy  who  had 
been  taken  from  Worcester.  She  prevailed  upon  them  to  assist  her  in 
this  daring  enterprise.  The  wished-for  time  was  close  at  hand.  The 
Indians,  having  refreshed  themselves  on  this  island,  being  still  tired 
from  the  long  and  rapid  march,  and  apprehensive  of  no  danger,  lay 
down  and  quickly  sank  into  a  profound  sleep.  Mrs.  Dustin,  viewing 
the  circumstance  as  favorable  to  her  deliverance,  seized  upon  it  at  once. 
By  the  aid  of  the  nurse  and  boy,  with  the  deadly  weapons  of  her  brutal 
captors,  she  despatched  ten  of  the  number.  Of  the  remaining  two,  a 
woman  made  her  escape,  and  a  boy  they  intentionally  left.  Taking  the 
scalps  of  the  slain,  and  one  of  their  birch  canoes,  she  returned  down  the 
river  to  Haverhill  in  safety,  to  the  joy  and  astonishment  of  her  friends." 

Hayward,  in  his  Gazetteer  of  New  Hampshire,  says,  "  The  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts  made  Hannah  Dustin  a  grant  of  fifty  pounds, 
and  she  received  many  other  valuable  presents." 

In  1845,  Mr.  White  bought  the  Adam  Dickey  farm,  which  became 
the  happy,  hospitable  home  of  a  couple  who  did  honor  to  the  town  of 
their  nativity.  We  doubt  if  the  rugged  hills  and  pleasant  dales  of 
Topsham  ever  supported  a  home  more  renowned  for  its  good  cheer 
and  unostentatious  hospitality,  or  a  man  and  woman  more  highly 
esteemed  for  their  integrity,  or  better  citizens  at  large,  or  more  sincere 


ADDRESS    OF    HENRY    BAILY.  47 

Christians.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  having  twenty- 
three  grandchildren  and  eight  great-grandchildren.  Of  these  forty 
descendants,  thirty-one  are  now  living.  Under  a  burden  of  disease  and 
pain,  the  last  years  of  Ezekiel  White  were  remarkable  for  their  strength 
of  character  and  freedom  from  complaint.  After  Mr.  White's  death, 
Mrs.  White  made  her  home  with  her  son  Fred,  at  Ryegate,  who  with  his 
most  excellent  wife  made  their  good  mother  comfortable  and  happy. 
After  only  four  days  of  sickness  Mrs.  White  died  at  her  son's  home  in 
Ryegate,  February  25,  1902. 

The  president  then  called  upon  Henry  Baily,  Esq.,  of  Newton,  who 
very  pleasantly  responded  in  an  interesting  address  upon  the  Quaker 
branch  of  the  family,  as  follows: 

ADDRESS  OF  HENRY  BAILY. 

The  Quaker  branch  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  family  came  to  this  country 
with  William  Penn's  colonists  and  settled  first  on  the  banks  of  the 
Delaware  in  what  is  nov.'  Philadelphia.  Many  of  them  afterwards 
moved  inland  a  few  miles  and  made  their  homes  m  the  section  which 
became  in  due  time  Chester  County.  In  that  beautiful  upland  country, 
watered  by  the  historic  Brandywine,  their  descendants  still  cultivate  the 
soil  and  preserve  in  modified  form  the  habits  and  customs  of  their 
forefathers. 

Because  there  is  thus  a  bond  between  the  Bailey-Bayley  Association 
and  the  people  called  Quakers,  and  also  because  this  place  in  which  we 
hold  our  reunion  to-day  is  intimately  bound  up  with  the  memory  of 
John  G.  Whittier,  the  best-known  of  all  American  Quakers,  some  allu- 
sion to  Quakers  and  their  institutions  seems  a  most  apjiropriate  part  of 
the  day's  program. 

Quaker  was  originally  a  term  of  derision  —  misapplied,  of  course,  like 
most  terms  of  the  kind.  No  true  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  as 
they  call  themselves,  was  ever  knuwn  to  (piake  at  anything.  Peace  is 
a  cardinal  principle  of  the  Quakers,  but  not  from  any  motives  of  fear. 
They  believe  in  peace  because  to  them  it  is  sensible  and  right;  war, 
foolish  and  wron". 


4^  THE    BAILEY-BAVLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Quakerdom  naturally  centers  in  Philadelphia.  There  is  a  great  deal 
that  is  bad  in  the  City  of  Brotherly  Love,  but  it  is  not  the  fault  of  the 
Quakers.  So  long  as  they  governed  Philadelphia  it  was  a  model  town. 
Quakers  are  not  politicians.  It  was  when  the  latter  superseded  the 
former  that  the  trouble  began  with  Philadelphia. 

The  work  of  the  Quakers  has  been  in  the  realm  of  education,  thrift, 
and  plam  living.  They  have  been  consistent  followers  and  apostles 
of  the  Simple  Life  from  the  beginning.  Education  has  always  had  the 
most  liberal  support  from  them.  Their  leading  college,  Haverford, 
located  just  outside  of  Philadelphia,  is  an  almost  ideal  institution  for 
both  students  and  teachers.  It  stands  high  up  among  the  best  of 
American  small  colleges.  Swarthmore,  in  the  same  vicinity,  also  takes 
high  rank.  Bryn  Mawr  College  for  women,  Cornell,  and  Johns  Hop- 
kins, all  owe  their  first  foundations  to  Quakers. 

One  of  Haverford's  graduates,  a  member  of  the  class  of  1885,  is 
counted  among  the  greatest  scholars  of  the  world.  This  is  Prof. 
Theodore  W.  Richards,  of  the  Chemistry  Department  at  Harvard.  A 
good  authority  recently  stated  that  America  had  but  three  original 
scholars,  one  of  them  being  Professor  Richards.  Additional  evidence  as 
to  Professor  Richards'  ability  is  found  in  the  fact  that  he  is  the  only 
American  scholar  ever  invited  to  occupy  a  permanent  chair  at  a  German 
university.  The  number  of  teachers,  instructors,  and  professors,  of 
lesser  fame,  sent  out  by  Haverford  to  spread  the  gospel  of  education  is 
a  strong  witness  to  the  educational  usefulness  of  that  institution. 

It  is  somewhat  paradoxical  for  a  Quaker  college  to  produce  a  man  of 
mark,  musically.  The  Quakers  have  never,  until  the  present  genera- 
tion, concerned  themselves  to  any  extent  with  music.  None  the  less 
they  have  given  the  world  one  eminent  singer.  Mr.  David  Bispham, 
some  years  ago  a  favorite  opera  singer  of  Wagnerian  roles,  both  in  New 
York  and  London,  and  still  popular  on  the  concert  stage,  is  a  graduate 
of  Haverford  in  the  class  of  1876. 

The  Quakers  have  also  proved  the  exception  to  the  rule  in  the  still 
more  striking  case  of  war.  In  spite  of  their  opposition  to  mortal  com- 
bat, they  have  produced  two  well-known  American  generals.  One  of 
these  was  the  Revolutionary  soldier.  General  Greene,  a  Rhode  Island 
Quaker,  who  rose  to  the  post  of  second  in  command  to  Washington. 


ADDRESS    OF    HENRY    BAILY. 


49 


The  other  was  a  Confederate  soldier,  Lieut. -Gen.  John  C.  Pemberton, 
a  Philadelphia  Quaker  by  descent,  who  defended  Vicksburg  and  finally 
surrendered  it  to  General  Grant.  There  was  apparently  a  good  deal  of 
substantial  Quaker  substance  in  the  makeup  of  Abraham  Lincoln, 
derived  presumably  from  some  early  Quaker  ancestors.  Many  inci- 
dents in  the  life  of  Lincoln  show  that  "  in  spirit  and  in  truth  "  he  was 
more  nearly  an  Orthodox  Quaker  than  anything  else. 

It  may  be  well  to  say  in  passing  that  the  word  "  orthodo.x  "  distin- 
guishes the  out-and-out  Quaker  from  the  more  liberally  inclined 
Hicksite,  or  follower  of  Elias  Hicks.  The  division  was  caused  by  the 
same  difference  in  belief  that  separated  the  Unitarians  from  the 
Orthodox  Congregationalists. 

Quakers  have  always  been  well-to-do.  Wherever  found,  they  stand 
at  the  front  in  prosperity.  This  is  due  to  their  thrift  and  absence  of  all 
luxury  in  their  manner  of  life.  Yet  they  never  deny  themselves  the 
things  that  constitute  real  comfort.  An  absolutely  poor  or  stingy 
Quaker  is  seldom  seen. 

Devoted  as  the  society  has  always  been  to  high  intellectual  standards, 
it  is  not  surprising  that  two  of  America's  famous  poets  were  Quakers. 
Whittier  and  Bayard  Taylor  have  world-wide  reputations.  Taylor 
adds  to  his  poet's  laurels  those  of  the  traveler  and  the  general  literary 
man.  Yet  it  is  more  in  the  making  of  useful  men  and  women  in  every 
field  of  labor  that  the  Quakers  have  done  their  best  work.  They  have 
never  aspired  to  the  glory  of  producing  what  are  called  great  men. 

Even  in  as  brief  a  record  as  this,  what  the  Society  of  Friends  did  to 
make  this  country  a  free  country  in  every  sense  and  to  all  races  should 
not  be  forgotten.  Their  constant  efforts  in  that  direction  at  a  timt 
when  it  required  more  than  ordinary  courage  to  hold  anti-slavery  views, 
and  publish  them  too,  stamps  them,  better  than  anything  else  could,  as 
a  brave  people. 

In  numerical  strength  the  Quakers  are  doubtless  decreasing.  Their 
influence  for  good,  on  the  other  hand,  is  increasing.  The  world  no 
longer  taboos  the  subject  of  universal  peace.  It  has  become  a  universal 
topic  of  discussion  in  the  councils  of  civilized  nations.  Universal  edu- 
cation is  rapidly  nearing  achievement.  Simple  speech  is  now  taught  as 
the  only  right  use  of  speech.     Honorable  dealing  with  all  men  and  all 


50  THE    BAILEV-BAYLEV    FAMILV    ASSOCIATION. 

nations  is  the  constant  theme  of  great  statesmen  and  wise  lawgivers. 
Plain  living  is  the  rule  prescribed  by  eloquent  preachers  and  all  sound 
teachers.  The  foundations  laid  by  the  Quakers  are  now  being  built 
upon  by  the  most  powerful  organizations  in  the  world.  The  Quakers 
may  drop  their  distinctive  dress  and  form  of  speech,  adapt  themselves 
to  modern  ways,  change  their  outward  form  of  worship  to  the  Episcopal 
in  the  East  and  the  Methodist  in  the  West,  enjoy  in  moderation  present- 
day  recreations,  and  make  their  general  unlikeness  to  other  people 
invisible  at  first  glance,  but  it  is  none  the  less  true  that  their  hearts  are 
still  the  Quaker  heart  and  their  understanding  of  things  spiritual  is  still 
the  Quaker  understanding. 

It  has  been  clearly  demonstrated  since  this  Association  began  holding 
reunions  that  the  Bailey-Bayley  branch  of  the  human  family  has  justi- 
fied its  existence  at  all  times  by  the  varied  and  useful  lives  ot  its  mem- 
bers. If  this  brief  chronicle  of  the  13-a-i-l-y  Quaker  end  of  the  Asso- 
ciation has  made  the  argument  a  little  stronger  and  we  are  all  satisfied 
that  it  is  a  good  thing  to  have  a  tie  that  binds  us  to  the  ancient  and 
honorable  Society  of  Eriends,  the  addition  of  these  rambling  remarks  to 
the  program  will  not  have  been  in  vain. 


HON.  JOHN  BAILEY. 

The  president  then  called  upon  Hon.  John  Bailey,  of  Wells  River, 
Vt.,  whose  presence  and  remarks  formed  one  of  the  memorable  features 
of  the  gathering.  As  already  stated,  he  was  the  oldest  Bailey  present, 
having  been  born  on  January  30,  1S22,  and  besides  bearing  the  same 
name  as  the  pioneer  ancestor,  the  story  of  whose  life  and  home  formed 
the  central  theme  of  this  gathering,  was  also  a  direct  descendant  in  the 
seventh  generation.  He  is  the  great-grandson  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bailey, 
the  founder  of  the  town  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  where  Mr.  Bailey  was  born 
and  has  always  lived,  and  where  he  has  always  been  held  in  high  esteem, 
having  served  the  town  in  almost  every  elective  office,  having  also  held 
the  important  position  of  sheriff  of  his  county  for  twenty-five  years.  In 
connection  with  Mr.  Bailey's  remarks,  the  secretary  read  from  the 
June,  1907,  number  of  The  Ft'rmonter,  a  very  interesting  account  of  Mr. 
Bailey's  successful  experience  in  the  capture  of  the   Bane  (Vt.)  bank 


Hon.  Juhn    IJaii.kv, 
Ifeiis   A'nrr,    /  V. 


CLOSING  FEATURES  OF  TWELFTH  GATHERING.  5I 

robbers  in  1875,  while  he  was  serving  as  sheriff.  Mr.  Bailey  is  a 
remarkably  wcll-preserved  man  for  his  years  and  active  life,  and  greatly 
enjoyed  the  gathering,  to  th.e  success  of  which  his  presence  contributed 
an  important  part. 

A  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Union  Congregational  Church 
and  Society  was  passed,  for  its  hospitality  and  courtesy,  which  con- 
tributed so  much  to  the  convenience  and  success  of  the  gathering,  and 
an  appropriate  resolution  of  sympathy  was  passed  on  account  of  the 
serious  illness  of  Mrs.  George  F.  Newcombe,  of  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Mrs.  Newcombe  is  a  descendant  of"  John  Bayly  of  Salisbury,"  and  has 
always  taken  a  great  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Association,  having 
assisted  greatly  in  an  effort  to  connect  the  branches  of  the  family  in 
America  with  their  ancestors  in  England. 

The  afternoon  closed  with  the  duet  composed  by  Prof.  E.  H.  Bailey, 
entitled  "  Till  We  Meet  Again,"  sung  by  Mrs.  Eben  H.  Bailey  and  Mr. 
Wetmore;  and  to  a  most  hearty  encore  they  responded  with  Hildach's 
"  Earevvell  to  the  Swallows." 

The  funeral  services  of  ex-President  Cleveland  occurred  during  the 
afternoon,  and  in  connection  with  the  remarks  of  the  presiding  of^cer, 
and  at  his  suggestion,  the  entire  audience  stood  silently  for  a  tew  mo- 
ments, in  respect  to  Mr.  Cleveland's  memory. 

At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  with  Mrs.  Milton  Ellsworth,  of  Rowley, 
and  Mrs.  Moses  E.  Davis,  of  Pleasant  Valley,  as  guides,  many  of  the 
members  visited  the  site  of  John  Bayly's  homestead  on  Bayly's  Hill, 
and  also  the  ancient  burying  ground  called  "  Golgotha,"  both  of  which 
are  located  nearby  our  place  of  meeting.  On  Bayly's  Hill,  the  depres- 
sion believed  to  be  the  cellar  of  John  Bayly's  house  is  plainly  visible,  and 
in  the  burying  ground  is  a  memorial  bowlder  to  the  eighteen  settlers 
of  the  town  of  Amesbury,  bearing  a  tablet  upon  v.hich  their  names, 
including  that  of  John  Bayly,  appear.  The  visit  to  these  points  of 
historical  interest  added  very  much  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  gathering. 

This  closed  the  twelfth  gathering  of  the  Association,  which  will  be 
long  remembered  by  those  present  as  one  of  the  most  pleasant  and 
instructive  meetings  of  the  Association. 


BAILEY-BAYLEY  FAMILY  ASSOCIATION 


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PUKSIDF.NT    Ol-    THE    AsSOCM  A  1  lOX,     191I- 


ACCOUNT  OF  THE  THIRTEENTH   GATHERING 

OF  THE 

BaiIey=Bayley  Family 
Association 


PARTICULARLY  COMMEflORATIVE 

OF  THE  LIFE  AND  SERVICES  OF 

BRIGADIER  GENERAL 

JACOB  BAYLEY 

1726-1815 


A  PIONEER  OF  STRONG,  UNSELFISH   PURPOSE 
.  A     PATRIOT    OF    UNCOMPROMISING    FIDELITY 
A  SOLDIER  UNSTAINED  BY  PERSONAL  AMBITION 
A  CITIZEN  EVER  DEVOTED  TO  THE  PUBLIC  GOOD 


HELD  IN  WEST  NEWBURY,  MASS. 
AUGUST   19,  1911 


MOTTO 

SEMPER   FIDELIS 

(ALWAYS  FAITHFUL) 


ADDISON    C.    GETCHELL    &    SON,    PRINTERS 
BOSTON 


CONTENTS 

Page 

Introductory  and  business  meeting            ....  7 

Report  of  the  Secretary           ......  8 

Report  of  the  Treasurer          .          .          .          .          .          .  10 

Report  of  Nominating  Committee  and  election  of  officers  10 
Commemorative  address  l)y  Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Esq.,  en- 
titled :   "  A  History  of  the  Life  and  Times  of  Brigadier 

General  Jacob  Bayley"       .          .          .          .          .          .  12 

Vote  of  thanks  to  Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Esq.        .          .          .  51 

Visit  to  site  of  General  Bayley's  birthplace      ...  52 
Address  by  Hon.  Horace  W.  Bailey,  President-Elect       .  52 
Address  prepared   by  Mr.   Frederic  P.  Wells  and    pre- 
sented by  John  W.  Bailey,  Esq.,  entitled  :   "  A  General 
Estimate  of  the  Services  of  General  Jacob  Bayley  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  War  "•••..  55 
Vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Frederic  P.  Wells          ...  59 
Memoir  of  James  Dyas  Bailey  by  Mr.  Walter  E.  Robie  59 
Copy  of  commission  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Bailey, 
dated  May  15,  1S14,  shown  by  Mr.  Alfred  Haynes  of 
Lowell,  and  reference  to  genealogy  of   Haynes  family  61 
Address  of  Rev,  George  A.  Smith,  Secretary  of  the  Society 

of  Colonial  Families  .......  62 

Letters  from  absent  members  read  by  Hollis  R.  Bailey, 

Esq 63 

Remarks  by  Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth     ....  63 

Remarks  by  John  VV.  Bailey,  Esq.          ....  63 

Remarks  by  Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey          ....  64 

Memoir  of  Henry   Bradley  Bailey,  by  Mr.  John  Alfred 

Bailey         .........  64 

Memoir  of  Rebecca  Miriam  Morse  Plummer  Page,  by 

Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey 65 

Remarks  by  Rev.  Alvin  F.  Bailey            ....  66 

Vote  of  thanks  to  board  of  selectmen  of  West  Newbury  .  66 

Ode  composed  by  Mrs.  Hollis  R.  Bailey          ...  66 

Memoir  of  William  Wallace  Bailey         ....  67 


11  CONTENTS 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

Page 

Hon.  Horace  W.  Bailey,  President-Elect         .  Frontispiece 

Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Esq.,  Secretary  .  ,  .  .  12 

The  General  Jacob  Bayley  Elm      .  .  .  .  .  14 

Plan  of  the  original  site  of  Dartmouth   College,  showing 

also  ''The  Great  Ox-Bow,"  in  1769    ....  26 

Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  Treasurer  ....         62 


W' 


ACCOUNT  OF  THE  THIRTEENTH  GATHERING 

OF  THE 

Bailey-Bayley  Family 
Association 

HELD  IN  THE  TOWN  HALL, 

WEST  NEWBURY,  MASSACHUSETTS, 

SATURDAY,  AUGUST  19,  1911. 

The  committee  having  the  meeting  in  charge  were  Hon. 
Charles  O.  Bailey  of  Byfield,  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Prof.  Eben  H.  Bailey  of  Boston,  Mrs.  Jennie  B.  Trull 
of  Lowell,  Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Mr.  Milton  Ells- 
worth of  Rowley,  and  Edwin  A.  Bayley,  Esq.,  of  Lexington. 

They  evidently  had  found  favor  with  the  weather  bureau,  for 
the  day  was  all  that  could  be  desired  and  should  have  called  out 
a  larger  attendance  even  than  was  present. 

Following  the  plan  of  the  last  meeting,  at  which  the  life  of 
'*  John  Bayly  of  Salisbury,"  the  pioneer  ancestor  of  one  branch 
of  our  family  in  this  country,  was  the  leading  feature,  the  com- 
mittee thought  best  to  make  this  meeting  particularly  commemo- 
rative of  the  life  and  public  services  of  Brigadier  General  Jacob 
Bayley,  who  was  perhaps  the  most  distinguished  representative 
of  his  name  or  blood  in  this  country. 

West  Newbury  was  naturally  selected  as  the  place  of  holding 
this  meeting,  because  it  was  the  birthplace  and  boyhood  home 
of  General  Bayley. 

BUSINESS   MEETING. 

The  meeting  was  appointed  for  10.45  a.m.,  but  in  consequence 
of  unavoidable  delays,  it  was  nearly  an  hour  later  when  the 
Secretary  called  the  meeting  to  order.  The  time,  however,  was 
pleasantly  spent  socially. 


8  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Among  those  present  was  Rev.  Dr.  Rufus  Emery  of  New- 
buryport,  eighty-four  years  old,  a  "  distant  cousin"  of  ours  by 
the  way  of  Eleanor  Emery,  who  married  John  Bayley,  Jr.,  some 
time  during  the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Dr.  Emery 
has  done  much  valuable  work  in  connection  with  the  genealogy 
of  his  family.  He  was  informally  introduced  to  those  present, 
and  spoke  of  his  interest  in  and  connection  with  the  genealogy 
of  our  family,  particularly  that  of  General  Bayley,  upon  whose 
life  he  had  some  years  ago  prepared  and  delivered  an  interesting 
address.  All  regretted  that  Dr.  Emery's  health  did  not  permit 
him  to  remain  and  take  further  part  in  the  meeting. 

We  were  disappointed  that  our  President,  Hon.  Charles  O. 
Bailey,  was  unable  to  be  present,  and  in  consequence  of  his  ab- 
sence, Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell,  senior  Vice-President, 
was  called  upon  to  preside.  Upon  taking  the  chair,  Mr.  Bailey, 
in  his  usual  happy  way,  extended  a  cordial  greeting  to  all  pres- 
ent. He  then  called  upon  Rev.  Alvin  F.  Bailey  of  Barre  to 
offer  prayer,  after  which  a  musical  selection  was  rendered  by 
Prof,  and  Mrs.  Eben  H.  Bailey. 

The  Secretary  then  made  his  report  as  follows  : 

REPORT   OF    EDWIN   A.   BAYLEY,  SECRETARY. 

Your  Secretary  would  briefly  call  the  attention  of  the  Asso- 
ciation to  several  matters  which  should  be  of  interest  to  all. 

1st.  There  have  been  two  hundred  and  ninety-seven  certifi- 
cates of  membership  issued,  twenty  of  these  since  our  last  meet- 
ing three  years  ago.  While  the  nominal  membership  is,  there- 
fore, two  hundred  and  ninety-seven,  our  actual  live  membership 
is  considerably  less,  due  to  deaths  and  lack  of  active  interest.  It 
is  a  pleasure  for  your  officers  to  devote  the  necessary  time  to  the 
affairs  of  the  Association  when  they  feel  that  they  have  the  active 
interest  and  support  of  each  member,  and  it  is  very  desirable 
that  this  fact  be  kept  in  mind. 

2d.  We  need  new  members ;  each  of  us  meet  many  of  our 
name  or  blood  who  have   never  joined  the  Association.      They 


REPORT    OF    EDWIN    A,    BAVLEV,    SECRETARY.  9 

could  bring  in  new  life  and  interest,  and  I  am  sure  would  find 
the  work  of  the  Association  both  interesting  and  helpful.  Let 
each  member  make  an  earnest  effort  to  interest  some  who  are 
not  now  members  of  our  Association. 

3d.  While  the  edition  of  our  family  history  is  entirely  ex- 
hausted, there  still  remain  quite  a  number  of  reports  of  the 
gatherings  of  the  Association  which  contain  much  valuable  and 
interesting  historical  matter.  These  reports  should  be  placed 
where  they  will  be  doing  some  good.  There  are  sufficient 
copies  for  twenty  full  sets,  covering  our  thirteen  meetings  from 
1S93  to  191 1,  both  inclusive.  They  can  be  furnished  in  bound 
sets  at  a  price  not  exceeding  five  dollars  per  set,  and  the  Secre- 
tary will  be  glad  to  furnish  such  sets,  as  long  as  they  last,  in  the 
order  in  which  applications  are  received. 

4th.  Some  members  of  the  Association  have  suggested  that 
annual  gatherings  would  tend  to  arouse  an  increased  interest 
and  attendance  ;  others  feel  that  a  meeting  each  year  is  too  often. 
The  Secretary  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  members,  either  per- 
sonally or  by  letter,  as  to  how  they  feel  with  reference  to  this 
matter,  for  the  life  and  usefulness  of  the  Association  must  de- 
pend not  upon  the  efforts  of  a  very  few,  but  upon  the  interest 
and  support  of  the  membership  as  a  whole. 

We  all  miss  from  our  gathering  today  the  presence  of  Mrs. 
Gertrude  T.  Bailey,  one  of  our  most  interested  and  valued  mem- 
bers, who  is  still  confined  to  her  home  by  ill-health.  I  am  sure 
all  present  extend  to  her  our  sincere  sympathy  and  most  earnest 
and  cordial  wishes  for  her  early  and  complete  recovery. 

Since  our  last  meeting  death  has  removed  several  of  our  faith- 
ful members,  among  whom  are  Mr.  William  Wallace  Bailey  of 
Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  B.  Bailey  of  Lowell,  Mr. 
Thomas  Bailey  of  Camp  Point,  111.,  Mrs.  Dudley  P.  Bailey  of 
Everett,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  T.  Bailey  of  Maiden, 

The  report  of  the  Secretary  was  duly  accepteil  and  placed  on 
file. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted  that  the  President  appoint  a  commit- 


lO  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

tee  of  three  to  nominate  officers  for  the  ensuing  term,  and  he 
appointed  Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey,  and 
Mrs.  jMilton  Ellsworth  as  such  committee. 

After  another  musical  selection  by  Prof,  and   Mrs.  Eben  II. 
Bailey,  the  Treasurer  presented  the  following  rep<;rt : 

REPORT  OF  HOLLIS  R.  BAILEY,  TREASURER. 

August  i8,  191  i. 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Treasurer 

in  account  with  Bailey-Bayley  Family  Assn.  Dr. 

To  Cash  reed,  as  follows  : 

1909 
July    13,    From  James  R.  Bailey,  former  Treas.  $84.17 

1911 
Aug.  18,    From  Dues  and  Sale  of  Reports,  &c.  197-95 

$282.12 


1911  Cr. 

Aug.  18,  By  Cash  paid  out  for  postage,  printing 

stamped  envelopes,  &c.,  $138,02 

Bal.  on  hand  144.ro 

•  $282.12 


Audited  August  18,  1911,  by  Walter  E.  Robie. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  duly  accepted  and  placed  on 
file. 

Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  in  behalf  of  the  committee  appointed 
for  the  nomination  of  officers,  made  the  following  report : 

President. 
Hon.  Horace  W.  Bailey,  Newbury,  Vt. 

Vice-Presidents. 

Volney  P.  Bayley,  J-  Warren  Bailey, 

Detroit,  Mich.  Somerville,  Mass. 


NOMINATION    OF    OFFICERS.  I  i 

Prof.  Solon  I.  Bailey,  George  Edson  Bailey, 
Cambridge,  Mass.  Mansfield,  Mass. 

Hon.  Charles  O.  Bailey,  James  R.  Bailey, 

Byfield,  Mass.  Lawrence,' Mass. 

Edward  P.  Bailey,  Charles  H.  Bayley, 
Chicago,  111.  Boston,  Mass. 

Executive  Committee. 
With  the  foregoing  officers, 
Prof.  Eben  H.  Bailey,  John  Alfred  Bailey, 

Boston,  Mass.  Lowell,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Jennie  B.  Trull,  Mrs.  William  Gerry  Slade, 

Lowell,  Mass.  New  York  City. 

John  W.  Bailey, 
Topsfield,  Mass. 

Secretary. 
Edwin  A.  Bayley,  30  Court  street,  Boston. 

Treasurer. 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  19  Congress  street,  Boston. 

Auditor. 
Walter  E.  Robie,  Waltham,  Mass. 

Committee  on  Genealogy. 
Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth, 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Rowley,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Gertrude  T.  Bailey,  Edwin  A.  Bayley, 

Tewksbury,  Mass.  Lexington,  Mass. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted   that  the   report  of  the   nominating 
committee  be  accepted,  and  that  the  nominees  be  elected. 

The  following  commemorative  address  on  the  life  and  public 
services  of  Brigadier  General  Jacob  Bayley  was  then  given  : 


12  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

A   HISTORY    OF   THE  LIFE   AND   TIMES  OF  BRIG- 
ADIER GENERAL  JACOB  BAYLEY. 

Prepared    and     presented    by    Edwin    A.    Bayley,    Esq., 
OF  Lexington,  Mass.,  a  descendant  i-hom   him   in   the 

FIFTH    generation. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Kinsmen,  and  Friends:  — 

Once  again  at  the  invitation  of  our  Association  we  gather 
together  on  the  banks  of  the  Merrimac,  in  the  midst  of  a  local- 
ity rich  in  historic  associations  with  various  branches  of  our 
family.  Our  meeting  today  is  in  particular  commemoration  of 
the  life  of  a  most  worthy  ancestor,  one  who,  judged  by  the  ser- 
vices he  rendered  to  his  town,  his  state,  and  his  country,  earned 
a  distinction  which  still  remains  unequaled  by  any  of  his  name 
or  blood,  and  we  surely  do  well  to  carefully  gather,  and  thought- 
fully consider,  the  story  of  his  life. 

For  many  years  it  has  been  one  of  my  strongest  desires  that 
the  history  of  the  life  of  General  Jacob  Bayley  should  be  writ- 
ten out  as  it  deserves  to  be  and  preserved  in  a  connected  and 
permanent  form,  and  if  what  I  have  prepared  for  this  meeting 
shall  serfe  as  some  assistance  to  that  end,  I  shall  feel  amply 
repaid,  for  I  am  convinced  that  few  have  deserved  more  and  re- 
ceived less  from  their  posterity  than  he  in  honor  of  whose  mem- 
ory we  gather  today. 

In  preparing  this  address  I  have  confined  myself  to  well  au- 
thenticated facts  collected  from  the  most  reliable  sources  of  the 
history  of  his  times,  which  clearly  show  him  to  have  been  not 
only  the  leading  man  of  his  own  locality,  but  one  of  the  most 
prominent  citizens  of  the  whole  state. 

General  Bayley  was  born  in  that  part  of  Newbury  now  West 
Newbury,  Mass.,  on  the  19th  day  of  July,  1726.  The  house  in 
which  he  was  born  stood  on  or  near  what  was  then  known  as 
the  "  Training  Fields,"  and  its  exact  site  is  definitely  shown  by 
the  walls  of  its  cellar  and  the  foundation  of  its  huge  chimney, 
which  are  still  in  good  condition.      Through  the  public  spirit  of 


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l'i{i.:sinR\i'   oi-  TiiK    AssociAMoN,   i9()0-i(/)J. 

SECHiriAKV   ()!■     riiic    Association    sinck    1907. 


HISTORY    OK    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  I3 

the  citizens  of  the  town,  an  appropriate  tablet  marks  its  location 
on  the  easterly  side  of  the  road  known  as  "  Bailey's  Lane,"  which 
runs  northerly  from  the  highway  directly  opposite  the  town  hall 
in  which  we  are  now  assembled.  He  was  a  descendant  in  the 
fifth  generation  from  John  Bayly,  Sr.,  who  emigrated  from 
Chippenham,  Eng.,  in  1635,  and  settled  in  Salisbury,  Mass., 
an  outline  of  whose  life  appears  in  the  report  of  the  twelfth 
gathering  of  our  Association,  held  in  June,  190S.  (John,  Sr. 
(i),  John,  Jr.  (2),  Isaac  (3),  Joshua  (4),  General  Jacob  (5).) 

General  Bayley  was  the  eighth  child  of  the  family  of  nine 
children  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  (Cofhn)  Bayley;  the  latter  was  a 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Sarah  (Atkinson)  Coffin,  families  of 
high  standing  and  influence  in  their  communities.  Several  of 
Joshua  Bayley's  children  besides  General  Jacob  attained  posi- 
tions of  unusual  prominence,  influence,  and  usefulness.  Two 
of  his  sons,  Abner  and  Enoch,  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
and  both  became  ministers.  Abner  was  ordained  at  Salem, 
N.H.,  where  during  his  pastorate,  covering  the  unusually  long 
period  of  flfty-eight  years,  he  exerted  a  far-reaching  influence 
throughout  that  portion  of  New  England.  Enoch,  after  preach- 
ing for  some  time,  entered  the  army  during  the  French  and 
Indian  War,*  as  chaplain,  and  died  at  Albany,  N.Y.,  while 
occupying  that  position.  Two  of  his  daughters,  Judith  and 
Abigail,  married,  respectively.  Deacon  Stephen  Little  of  New- 
buryport,  and  Colonel  Moses  Little  of  West  Newbury,  who 
were  brothers,  and  members  of  a  prominent  and  influential 
family. 

Joshua  Bayley  appears  to  have  been  an  extensive  and  well-to- 
do  farmer,  owning  lands  not  only  in  the  town  of  Newbury,  but 
in  the  adjoining  towns  of  Chester  and  Hampstead,  N.H.,  and 
here  in  Newbury,  which  then  included  both  W^est  Newbury 
and  Newburyport,  General  Bayley's  youth  was  spent,  and  here 
his  deeply  religious  and  strongly  patriotic  character  was  formed. 
He  was  energetic,  self-reliant,  and  public-spirited,  and  early 
assumed  the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  life.  In  the  year  1744, 
when  but  eighteen    years   of    age,   he   united  with   the  Second 


14  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Church  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  which  later  became  the  First 
Church  of  West  Newbury.  In  October,  1745,  shortly  after 
his  nineteenth  birthday,  he  married  Prudence  Noyes,  daugh- 
ter of  Ephraim  and  Prudence  (Stickney)  Noyes.  Within  tiie 
next  year  or  two  this  young  couple  moved  to  that  part  of  the 
adjoining  town  of  Haverhill,  then  known  as  "  Timberlane," 
which  was  subsequently,  in  1749,  organized  into  the  town  of 
Hampstead,  N.H.  ;  where  they  made  their  home  for  the  next 
seventeen  or  eighteen  years,  and  where  seven  of  their  ten  children 
were  born. 

The  records  of  the  town  of  Hampstead  show  that  General 
Bayley  soon  won  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  fellow- 
townsmen,  and  early  took  a  prominent  and  responsible  position 
in  town  affairs.  At  the  first  meeting  after  the  organization  of 
the  town,  in  1749,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of 
selectmen,  being  then  only  twenty-three  years  of  age,  and  sub- 
sequently he  was  three  times  re-elected  to  that  position.  Mis 
interest  in  the  cause  of  religion  was  one  of  his  strong  and  dis- 
tinguishing characteristics,  and  it  appears  from  the  church  rec- 
ords of  the  town  of  Hampstead,  that  in  March,  1746,  while  he 
was  still  only  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  owned  a  pew  in  the 
meeting  house  (which  was  then  probably  only  partly  completed  ), 
its  prominent  location  being  thus  quaintly  described,  as  ''  next 
to  Lieutenant  James  Graves*  at  the  left-hand  of  the  alley  in  the 
iner  tear,"  and  the  records  also  show  that  in  the  year  1752  he 
became  the  owner  of  two  more  pews  in  the  church. 

His  settlement  in  Hampstead  was  doubtless  primarily  due  to 
the  fact  that  his  father  had  given  him  some  lands  there,  as  ap- 
pears from  the  will  of  the  latter,  which  bears  the  date  of  June 
li  J  757-  The  first  eight  or  nine  years  of  his  life  at  Hampstead 
covered  a  period  of  quiet  development  and  strengthening  of 
character,  during  which  he  grew  steadily  in  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens,  and  soon  became  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  of  the  town,  and  one  of  its  largest  land  owners. 
His  extensive  farm  of  several  hundred  acres  was  situated  in  the 
southeasterly  part  of  the  town,  about  half  way  between  Ayer's 


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Corner  and  Garland's  Corner,  on  the  southerly  side  of  the  road 
which  now  leads  from  Westville  to  Hampstead  Center.  All  the 
buildings  have  long  since  gone,  and  his  lands  now  form  parts  of 
several  smaller  farms;  one  landmark,  however,  still  remains,  a 
mammoth  elm  at  the  roadside  next  his  farm  (opposite  the 
Hutchens'  house,  later  the  house  of  Edward  F,  Noyes)  said  to 
have  been  planted  by  him  and  now  long  known  as  the  "  General 
Bayley  Elm,"  stands  as  a  silent,  living  witness  of  his  connection 
with  that  locality. 

In  the  year  1755  General  Bayley  entered  the  service  of  the 
English  Army  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,»  which  marks  a 
very  important  turning  point  in  his  life,  as  it  was  the  beginning 
of  his  distinguished  military  career. 

To  properly  determine  the  motives  and  estimate  the  services 
of  any  public  man,  it  is  imperative  to  understand  the  history  of 
the  times  in  which  he  lived,  and  the  relation  in  which  he  stood 
to  the  important  events.  Let  us,  therefore,  pause  for  a  few 
moments  to  get  a  proper  understanding  of  the  historical  situa- 
tion of  that  period.  The  history  of  our  country  prior  to  the 
permanent  establishment  of  our  independence,  may  be  divided 
into  three  epochs  or  periods — the  first  was  one  of  exploration 
and  settleme.nt,  extending  from  the  time  of  its  discovery  down  to 
the  year  16S9,  which  practically  marks  the  ending  of  the  found- 
ing of  colonies  in  America  by  European  powers;  the  second 
epoch  was  one  of  struggle  for  the  mastery  of  North  America 
between  England  and  France,  the  principal  colonizing  powers  of 
Europe;  it  covered  the  period  from  1689  to  1763,  when,  by  the 
Treaty  of  Paris,  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  Indian  War,  the 
supremacy  of  England  was  finally  established  ;  during  this  period 
the  history  of  Europe  presents  an  almost  unbroken  story  of  jeal- 
ousies, animosities,  and  warfare,  which,  as  might  naturally  be 
expected,  were  reflected  in  conflicts  between  their  respective 
colonies  in  North  America  ;  the  third,  epoch  covered  the  suc- 
cessful struggle  of  the  American  colonies  for  their  own  inde- 
pendence, extending  from  1763  to  1783.  It  thus  appears  that 
the   last   half  of  the  eighteenth   century  was  an  epoch-making 


l6  THE    BAILEY-BAVLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

period  on  this  continent,  witnessing  not  only  the  final  establish- 
ment of  the  supremacy  of  England  over  France,  but  also  of  the 
independence  of  the  American  colonies. 

General  Bayley's  active  life  covered  the  concluding  and  most 
important  part  of  the  second  period  and  extended  through  the 
whole  of  the  third  period.  Those  were  indeed  troublous  times, 
when  the  military  spirit  and  training  were  not  only  popular, 
but  were  of  the  greatest  importance  for  the  protection  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  rapidly  growing  communities. 

The  English  or  American  colonies  were  confined  to  the  terri- 
tory along  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  east  of  the  Alleghany  Moun- 
tains, and  south  of  the  St.  Lawrence  River,  while  the  French,  by 
exploration  and  settlement,  held  the  valleys  of  the  St.  Lawrence 
and  the  Mississippi  Rivers,  and,  in  general,  the  territory  north 
of  the  Great  Lakes  and  west  of  the  Alleghanies.  The  encroach- 
ment of  each  of  these  great  contending  powers  upon  the  terri- 
tory claimed  by  the  other,  precipitated  active  warfare  at  the 
points  of  communication  or  natural  gateways  between  their 
respective  territories.  There  were  three  principal  gateways ; 
namely,  one  through  Pennsylvania  to  the  Valley  of  the  Ohio, 
passing  the  point  at  the  junction  of  the  Allegheny  and  Monon- 
gahela  Rivers,  which  was  early  fortified  by  the  French  and 
named  Fort  Duquesne,  and  subsequently  became  the  site  of  the 
city  of  Pittsburg ;  the  second  gateway  was  westward  through 
New  York  up  the  valley  of  the  Mohawk  River  through  Fort 
Oswego  to  Fort  Niagara,  which  was  also  fortified  by  the  French  ; 
and  the  third  gateway  was  northward  along  Lakes  George  and 
Champlain  to  Montreal  and  Qiiebec  ;  this  too  was  strongly  forti- 
fied by  the  French  at  Fort  Ticonderoga  ;  and  it  is  with  this  last 
gateway  that  we  are  particularly  interested  for  the  purposes  of 
this  history. 

It  should  also  be  mentioned  that  one  of  the  powerful  factors 
affecting  the  situation  was  the  assistance  of  the  Indian  tribes  or 
nations  dwelling  along  the  northern  frontier.  At  first  the 
Indians  seem  to  have  favored  the  English,  but  the  early  suc- 
cesses of  the  French  finally  won  their  support,  and  the  barba- 


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rous  methods  of  these  savages  added  greatly  to  the  horrors  of  the 
following  warfare,  making  it  in  very  fact  a  French  a7id  Indian 
War  against  the  American  Colonies. 

This  will  serve  as  a  general  outline  of  the  situation,  when  in 
the  year  1755  the  English  planned  several  aggressive  campaigns, 
including  one  against  Fort  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point.  It  is 
interesting  to  know  that  this  crisis  found  General  Bayley  not 
only  ready,  but  eager  to  answer  to  the  call  of  his  country.  He 
promptly  volunteered  his  services  to  the  New  Hampshire  militia, 
and  was  appointed  a  Lieutenant  in  General  Olco^t's  Company, 
in  the  regiment  of  Col.  Peter  Gilman,  which  was  raised  in 
September,  1755;  this  regiment  marched  westward  through 
Charlestown,  N.H.,  then  known  as  "No.  4,"  over  the  Green 
Mountains  to  Albany,  N.Y.,  where  it  arrived  after  the  French 
had  been  defeated  by  the  English  forces  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
George ;  and  the  campaign  of  that  year  ended  without  further 
service  for  Colonel  Gilman's  regiment. 

During  the  following  year,  1756,  there  was  no  active  cam- 
paign in  the  Champlain  Valley,  and  General  Bayley  appears  to 
have  remained  in  Hampstead,  where  he  again  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  selectmen. 

The  year  1757  witnessed  an  active  campaign  in  the  vicinity  of 
Lake  George.  General  Bayley  raised  a  company,  of  which  he 
was  made  Captain,  and  which  formed  the  second  company 
in  the  regiment  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Meserve,  of  which  John 
Goffe  was  Lieutenant-Colonel.  This  regiment  proceeded  to 
Albany,  N.Y.,  where  it  was  divided,  and  a  part  under  Colonel 
Meserve  was  sent  east  to  Halifax,  and  the  remainder,  under 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Goffe,  which  included  General  Bayley's 
company,  was  ordered  to  Fort  William  Henry  on  the  shores  of 
Lake  George,  where  the  English  forces  were  in  command  of 
Colonel  Munroe.  Early  in  August  a  strong  force  of  French 
and  Lidians,  under  command  of  General  Montcalm,  attacked 
the  fort ;  the  bombarding  lasted  for  several  days ;  the  English 
forces  put  up  a  stubborn  defense,  until  their  ammunition  became 
exhausted,  and  then  honorable  terms  of  surrender  were  agreed 


l8  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

to  by  the  French,  who  promised  the  garrison  a  safe  escort  to 
Fort  Edward,  twelve  miles  distant  on  the  Hudson  River.  This 
promise,  however,  was  not  kept,  for  General  Montcalm  appears 
to  have  been  unable  to  control  his  Indian  allies,  who  ruthlessly 
and  savagely  attacked  the  English  forces  as  they  left  the  fort, 
and  massacred  many  of  them.  The  New  Ilampsliire  troops 
were  the  last  to  leave  the  fort  and  consequently  suffered  most ; 
General  Bayley  was  among  them,  and  after  a  very  narrow  escape 
he  reached  Fort  Edward. 

I  have  been  unable  to  ascertain  what  General  Bayley's  move- 
ments were  during  the  year  1758,  but  as'there  was  an  active 
campaign  against  Ticonderoga,  it  is  more  than  probable  that  he 
was  either  there  with  the  army,  or  engaged  elsewhere  in  the 
enlistment  of  troops. 

The  campaign  of  the  following  year,  1759,  was  a  very  active 
and  important  one,  as  the  English  were  everywhere  victorious 
and  their  ultimate  success  became  assured.  In  May  of  that 
year  General  Bayley,  with  a  company  of  militia  of  which 
he  was  Captain,  joined  tlie  regiment  of  Col.  Zacciieus  Lovell, 
which  was  mustered  in  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  proceeded 
to  Lake  George,  where  it  formed  a  part  of  the  main  army 
under  tjeneral  Amherst,  which  made  a  successful  attack  upon 
Fort  Ticonderoga,  and  forced  the  French  to  retreat,  first  to 
Crown  Point,  and  then  down  Lake  Champlain  to  Canada. 
As  the  retreat  of  the  French  ended  the  fighting  in  that  vicinity, 
a  part  of  the  army,  including  General  Bayley's  company,  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Niagara,  which  had  also  been  captured  by  the 
Colonial  forces.  The  course  of  this  march,  as  appears  from 
the  somewhat  fragmentary  journal  kept  by  General  Bayley, 
was  through  Fort  Edward,  Saratoga,  and  Schenectady,  then 
up  the  Valley  of  the  Mohawk,  through  Oneida,  and  down 
the  Oswego  River  to  Oswego,  where,  after  waiting  several 
weeks,  they  were  ordered  to  return  to  Albany;  this  changft 
of  plan  was  doubtless  due  to  the  belief  that  the  close  of  the 
war  was  near  at  hand,  in  consequence  of  the  brilliant  vij^ory 
of  General  Wdlfe  over  General  Montcalm  on  the  famous  "Plains 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    IJAYLEY.  I9 

of  Abraham,"  which  was  followed  immediately  by  the  capture 
of  Qiiebec. 

Tlie  campaign  of  the  following  year,  1760,  was  directed 
against  Montreal,  which  still  remained  in  the  control  of  the 
French,  and  in  May  of  that  year,  General  Bayley  received  or- 
ders from  Colonel  Goffe  directing  him  to  proceed  at  once  with 
the  officers  and  men  under  his  command  to  Charlestown,  No.  4, 
where  he  doubtless  met  Colonel  Goffe's  regiment,  and  with  it 
proceeded  over  the  Green  Mountains,  through  Rutland,  to  Lake 
Champlain,  and  joined  the  main  army  at  Crown  Point. 

From  Crown  Point  General  Bayley  proceeded  with  the  Eng- 
lish forces  down  Lake  Champlain  and  the  Sorel  River  to  Mon- 
treal. During  this  campaign  there  were  numerous  encounters 
with  the  retreating  French  forces,  but  there  was  no  very  seri- 
ous fighting,  and  after  a  short  siege  Montreal  surrendered, 
and  the  fall  of  Canada  was  complete.  This  terminated  the 
campaign,  and  most  of  the  New  England  forces  returned  to 
Crown  Point,  and  although  peace  was  not  formally  declared 
until  nearly  three  years  later,  there  were  no  further  important 
engagements. 

It  was  during  this  year  that  General  Bayley  was  commissioned 
Lieutenant-Colonel  in  Goffe's  regiment,  and  when  the  latter  was 
promoted,  he  succeeded  him  as  Colonel. 

From  well-authenticated  sources,  it  appears  that  General  Bay- 
ley  and  several  of  his  olhcers,  including  Capt.  John  Hazen  (as 
their  services  were  not  required),  did  not  return  from  Montreal 
to  Crown  Point  with  the  main  part  of  the  army,  but  took  a 
shorter  course  to  their  homes,  across  the  country,  down  through 
the  Connecticut  Valley.  On  this  trip  he  and  his  associates 
passed  through  the  broad  meadow  lands,  known  as  "  Lower 
Coos,"  bordering  upon  the  River,  where  Newbury,  Vt.,  and 
Havt-rhill,  N.H.,  are  now  situated.  The  natural  beauty  of  the 
locality  and  the  richness  of  the  soil  strongly  impressed  them, 
and  doubtless  then  and  there  Bayley  and  Hazen  formed  the  pur- 
pose of  acquiring  grants  of  that  particular  land  from  the  Colo- 
nial Government,  and    as  the  war  was  substantially  over,  we 


20  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

may  believe  that  they  immediately  set  about  carrying  their  pur- 
pose into  effect. 

General  Ba}ley  appears  to  haw  spent  the  greater  part  of  the 
next  two  years  (1761  and  1762)  at  his  home  in  llampstead, 
where  he  again  took  an  active  part  in  town  affairs,  serving  as 
chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen  during  both  years.  lie  was 
also  chosen  a  memlier  of  the  committee  ap[)ointed  to  apportion 
the  amount  of  money  necessary  to  settle  an  important  land  dis- 
pute with  the  neighboring  town  of  Kingston.  Captain  llazeii, 
however,  seems  to  have  continued  his  service  in  General  Goffc's 
regiment  and  was  stationed  at  Crown  Pcjint;  both,  however, 
were  doubtless  busily  engaged  planning  /or  the  settlement  of 
the  new  territory,  and  meanwhile  probably  visited  it  several 
times. 

In  the  year  1762  Benning  W'entworth,  the  Provincial  Gov- 
ernor of  New  Hampshire,  desired  a  new  survey  to  be  made  of 
the  Connecticut  Valley  for  a  distance  of  about  ninety  miles 
north  of  Charlestown,  No.  4,  in  which  he  had  begun  to  grant 
charters  of  land,  and  General  Bayley,  with  the  King's  surveyor, 
was  assigned  to  make  this  survey.  During  this  year  General 
Bayley  appears  to  have  spent  some  time  with  the  army  at  Crown 
Point,  foi-  on  September  30,  1762,  he  wrote  from  there  to  his 
brother-in-law,  Moses  Little,  asking  him  to  purchase  a  stock  of 
oxen,  cows,  and  young  cattle  for  him  and  to  have  them  driven 
to  Coos,  where  he  already  had  a  winter's  su])ply  of  hay  cut  for 
them.  In  this  letter  General  Bayle>^  writes,  "  I  have  forty 
families  now  ready  to  move  on  the  town.  I  presume  to  go  up 
myself  in  the  spring  if  I  am  well."  The  locality  selected  by 
General  Bayley  for  his  township  included  the  rich  meadow  lands 
known  as  the  "  Great  Ox-Bow,"  which  were  considered  the 
choicest  in  the  whole  Valley  of  the  Connecticut.  Others  were 
making  strong  efforts  to  secure  them,  but  both  Bayley  and 
Hazen  stood  high  in  the  estimation  of  the  Colonial  Government, 
in  consequence  of  their  long  service  in  the  war,  and  they  were 
also  greatly  aided  in  their  efforts  by  their  iniluential  friends  in 
eastern  Massachusetts.     Matters  proceeded  very  favorably,  and 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOR    BAYLKY.  2  1 

on  the  1 8th  day  of  May,  1763,  Governor  Wcntwortli  signed  tlie 
mucli  desired  charter  coverinj^  a  tract  of  huid  six  miles  scjnare 
on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut  River.  General  Baylev,  as 
was  to  l)e  expected,  headed  the  list  of  proprietors  or  ji;raiitees, 
and  to  the  lands  covered  hy  this  charter  he  gave  the  name  of 
"  Nevvhury,"  in  honor  of  the  town  of  his  birth  in  ^hlssachusetls. 
Already  settlers  in  his  behalf  iiad  taken  possession  of  the  lantls, 
but  as  none  of  the  grantees  or  proprietors  themselves  had  then  re- 
moved to  Newbury,  their  first  meeting  was  held,  as  provided  by 
the  terms  of  the  charter,  in  Plaistow,  N.Il.,  011  Jiuie  i.|,  1763. 
This  place  of  meeting  was  chosen,  no  doubt,  on  account  of  its 
convenience  for  those  most  interested,  and  several  other  meetings 
of  the  proprietors  for  the  organization  of  the  town  were  held 
during  the  next  few  months  at  Plaistow,  or  in  its  immediate 
vicinity.  The  last  one  occurred  on  March  i,  1764,  and,  as  the 
record  shows,  was  adjourned  "to  Col.  Jacob  Bayley's  att  New- 
bury, Coos,  on  the  fifteenth  of  October  next."  It  ajjpears,  how- 
ever, that  circumstances  required  an  earlier  meeting,  for  the 
first  town  meeting  in  Newlniry  was  held  on  June  12,  1764,  in 
the  house  of  General  Bayley.  At  this  meeting  he  was  chosen 
first  selectman  and  was  doubtless  present,  although  his  family 
did  not  arrive  until  October  of  that  year.  His  extensive  farm 
included  the  larger  part  of  what  has  ever  since  been  known  as 
the  "  Great  Ox-Bow,"  *  so  named  from  the  shape  of  the  broad, 
sweeping  bend  made  by  the  Connecticut  Hiver  at  that  point. 
His  house  stood  on  the  east  side  of  the  ni;ftn  road  overlooking 
the  expansive  meadows,  its  site  being  now  occupied  by  the  sub- 
stantial brick  residence  of  Richard  Doe. 

In  September,  1764,  General  Bayley,  with  others,  organized 
the  first  church  in  the  town,  and  for  some  time  the  regular  church 
services  were  held  in  his  house,  until  a  little  log  meeting  house 
was  built  just  south  of  it  at  the  foot  of  the  hill.  He  wms  elected 
one  of  its  first  two  deacons,  and  continued  to  hold  that  office 
during  the  remainder  of  his  long  life.  Rev.  Grant  Powers,  in  his 
interesting  "History  of  Coos,"  comprehensively  and  somewhat 

*  See  plan  opposite  page  26. 


22  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

quaintly  describes  General  Bayley's  coming  and  the  important 
part  which  he  took  in  the  early  history  of  the  locality  in  the 
following  language :  "  He  had  been  the  principal  mover  in 
every  proceeding  and  now  he  had  come  to  bless  himself  and  to 
save  much  people  alive  in  the  apjiroaching  struggle  between 
Great  Britain   and   her  colonics." 

We  have  now  followed  General  Bayley  to  his  removal  to  his 
new  home  "in  Coos,  where  he  became  a  pioneer  on  the  frontier 
of  the  northern  wilderness  of  New  England,  in  the  settlement, 
protection,! and  development  of  which  he  was  destined  to  play 
a  very  important  and  conspicuous  part ;  and  as  his  enlistment 
in  the  English  army  in  1755  marked  the  beginning  of  an  impor- 
tant epoch  in  his  life,  so  his  removal  to  ^ewbury  in  the  Valley 
of  the  Connecticut  marked  the  beginning  of  another  and  far 
more  important  period.  And  here,  again,  we  must  pause  in 
the  course  of  our  narrative  to  consider  the  political  situation  of 
the  times  and  his  relation  to  it,  in  order  that  we  may  properly 
judge  his  motives  and  understand  his  actions. 

The  land  covered  by  the  charter  to  General  Bayley  was  situ- 
ated in  what  is  known  in  history  as  the  "  New  Hampshire 
Grants."  The  territory  included  in  the  Grants  extended  from 
the  ncH'thern  boundary  of  Massachusetts  on  the  south  to  Canada 
on  the  north,  and  was  bounded  on  the  east  by  Mason's  Grant, 
so  called,  running  north  and  south  through  New  Hampshire, 
about  twenty  miles  east  of  the  Connecticut  River,  and  on  the 
west  by  a  line  extending  from  the  northwestern  corner  of  Massa- 
chusetts to  Lake  Champlain  and  thence  northward  along  the 
Lake.  The  Province  of  New  ILampshire  claimed  that  its  sov- 
ereignty extended  over  the  whole  of  this  territory.  New  York 
also  claimed  a  substantial  portion  of  it,  and  when  in  the  year 
1749,  Governor  Wentworth,  in  pursuance  of  the  claim  of  New 
Hampshire,  granted  the  charter  of  a  township,  adjoining  the 
New  York  boundary  line,  which  later  became  Bennington,  Vt,, 
the  Province  of  New  York  immediately  disputed  New  Hamp- 
shire's claim,  and  a  bitter  controversy  was  precipitated,  which 
lasted   for  more  than   forty   years,    until    Vermont   was    finally 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  23 

admitted  into  the  Union  as  an  independent  state  in  1791.  At 
times  tliis  controversy  almost  reached  a  state  of  civil  warfare, 
and  its  effect  upon  the  inhabitants  equaled,  if  not  exceeded, 
that  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  which  was  begun  and  fought 
through  well  within  the  period  ;  and  as  General  Bayley  was 
an  active  and  important  factor  in  this  controversy,  we  must 
briefly  review  its  course. 

From  the  initial  grant  in  1749,  above  mentioned,  down  to  the 
year  1764,  the  controversy  was  confined  mainly  to  diplomatic 
correspondence  between  the  Governors  of  the  two  Provinces. 
Meanwhile,  however,  Governor  Wentvvorth  had  industriously 
continued  to  grant  charters  of  townships  within  the  disputed 
territory,  against  the  bitter  and  stubborn  opposition  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New  York.  Despairing  of  reaching  any  amicable  settle- 
ment, and  thoroughly  aroused  at  what  they  regarded  as  the  alarm- 
ing and  unjust  encroachment  of  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire, 
the  authorities  of  New  York  quietly  and  shrewdly  presented 
their  claims  to  the  King  and  asked  for  a  declaration  by  him  of 
the  disputed  boundary  line.  As  a  result,  upon  June  20,  1764, 
the  King,  by  proclamation,  duly  declared  "  the  Western  banks  of 
the  Connecticut  River  to  be  the  boundary  line  between  the  said 
two  provinces."  Instead  of  settling  the  rising  controversy,  the 
Royal  decree  served  rather  to  increase  and  intensify  it,  for  New 
York,  relying  upon  the  language  of  the  King's  proclamation, 
claimed  that  all  the  charters  granted  by  the  Governor  of  New 
Hampshire  in  the  territory  west  of  the  Connecticut  River  were 
originally  issued  without  right,  and  were,  therefore,  void  and  of 
no  effect  whatever.  New  York  then  proceeded  to  issue  charters 
of  its  own  covering  the  territory  already  granted  by  the  Province 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  authorized  proceedings  to  dispossess 
settlers  holding  under  the  New  Hampshire  charters  ;  thus  "  The 
War  of  the  New  Plampshire  Grants"  began.  Naturally,  from 
their  location,  the  settlers  of  the  southwestern  part  of  the  Grants 
in  the  vicinity  of  Bennington  suffered  first  and  most  seriously 
from  the  arbitrary  authority  of  New  York  thus  adversely  ex- 
erecised  against    them,  and,  as    a    result,  many  of   the  settlers 


24  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

associated  themselves  together  to  resist  the  officers  in  currying 
into  effect  the  decree  of  the  New  York  courts  ejecting  them  from 
their  homes.      From  these  associations  of  resisting  settlers  came 
the  famous  "  Green  Mountain   Boys,"  who  rendered  such  effec- 
tive service  during  the  Wav  of  the  Revolution.      The  effect  of  the 
Royal  proclamation,  and   the  action  of  the   New  York  govern- 
ment seriously  disturbed  the  settlers  throughout  the  whole  of  the 
territory  in  dispute,  separating  them  into  parlies  or  factions,  ac- 
cording to  what  they  believed  should  be  done  in  urder  to  relieve 
the  unfortunate  and  complicated   situation.      There  was  the  so- 
called  "Bennington  Party,"  composed   largely  of  settlers  in  the 
western  part  of  the  Grants,  who  were  inHuenced  ciiietly  by  hos- 
tility towards  New  York  and  the  desire  to  establish  an  independ- 
ent state  comprising  the  land  west  of  the  Connecticut   River  on 
either  side  of  the  Green  Mountains  to  the  Cistern  boundary  of 
New  York,   with   the    seat  of  government  or   control,   west  of 
the  Green  Mountains.      Among  the  leaders  of  this  faction  were 
Thomas  Chittenden,  who  later  became  the  first  governor  of  Ver- 
mont,  and  the  three  Allen  brothers,   Ethan,   Ira,  and   lleman. 
They  were  practical  politicians,  able,  bold,  resourceful,  and  in- 
triguing.     Another  faction  was  known  as  the  '•  New  Hampshire 
Party,"  and  comprised  those  settlers  residing  east  of  the  Green 
Mountains,  who,  in  consequence  of  their  scattered  and   unpro- 
tected  situation,   were  opposed  to  establishing  an   independent 
state,  favored  annexation  with   New  Hampshire,  and  advocated 
that  the  Green  Mountains,  rather  than   the  Connecticut  River, 
was  the  more  natural  division  of  the  Grants.      Of  this  faction, 
General  Bayley  was  the  acknowledged  leader.      Their  patriotism 
and  loyalty  were  never  questioned,  and  their  service  along  the 
northern  frontier,  in  protecting  southern  New  England,  has  never 
been  fully  recognized,  perhaps  because  their  desire  for  annexation 
failed  to  be  realized.      There  was  a  third  faction,  knuwn  as  the 
"College  Party,"  which  for  a  few  years  was  a  powerful  factor, 
first  against  the  Provincial  Government  of  New  Hampshire,  and 
later  against  the  Bennington  Party.      The  purpose  of  the  College 
Party  was  to  organize  the  territory  between  the  Green  M(nmtains 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  25 

on  the  west,  and  Mason's  Grant  on  the  east,  into  an  independent 
state,  with  the  seat  of  government  at  or  near  Hanover  in  the 
Valley  of  the  Connecticut.  The  party  derived  its  name  from 
the  fact  that  its  leaders  were  officers  in  or  closely  associated 
with  Dartmouth  College.  They  may  well  he  descrihed  as  "  in- 
tellectual statesmen,"  aggressive  and  well  educated,  but  un- 
able to  cope  successfully  with  the  practical  politicians  at  the 
head  of  the  Bennington  Party.  There  was  also  a  fourth  faction, 
known  as  the  New  York  Party  or  "  Yorkers,"  which  during  a 
part  of  the  period  exerted  some  influence,  and  comprised  the 
settlers  who  favored  the  sovereignty  of  New  York,  or  a  division 
of  the  Grants  at  the  Green  Mountains.  During  some  portions 
of  this  period  the  New  Hampshire  and  College  Parties  worked 
together  and  against  the  Bennington  Party.  The  contention 
between  these  various  factions  was  at  times  ^'ery  strong  and 
bitter  and  continued  with  varying  success  until  finally  the  gen- 
eral plan  contended  for  by  the  Bennington  Party  prevailed  and 
the  State  of  Vermont  was  organized  and  later  added  to  the  Union. 
It  was  during  this  period  that  Dartmouth  College  was  estab- 
lished at  Hanover,  N.H.,  and  as  General  Bayley  was  deeply 
interested  in  the  selection  of  its  location,  and  was  intimately 
associated  with  the  leaders  of  the  College  Party,  a  brief  state- 
ment with  reference  to  the  matter  will,  I  am  sure,  be  of  inter- 
est. About  the  year  1767,  Rev.  Eleazer  Wheelcjck,  who  had 
been  for  some  years  conducting  a  school  at  Lebanon,  Conn., 
known  as  "Moors'  Indian  Charity  School,"  desired  to  remove 
it  to  some  location  on  the  frontier,  where  it  would  be  able 
to  assist  more  directly  in  the  education  of  the  Indians.  John 
Wentworth,  who  about  this  same  time  succeeded  his  uncle, 
Benning  Wentworth,  as  Provincial  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, secured  the  removal  of  the  school  to  some  place  within 
that  state,  its  definite  location  to  be  determined  by  a  committee. 
General  Bayley  at  once  became  very  much  interested  to  have  it 
located  near  Newbury.  He  visited  President  Wheelock  at  his 
home  in  Connecticut  and  offered  to  contribute  one  thousand 
acres  of  land  if  it  was  located  within  ten  miles  of  Newbury,  and 


26  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

subsequently  he*  accompanied  President  Wheelock  when  the  hitter 
visited  the  various  k)cations  which  were  being  considered.  Mat- 
ters progressed  favorably,  and,  largely  through  General  Bayley's 
efforts  and  influence,  the  selection  of  that  part  of  Haverhill  di- 
rectly opposite  the  ''  Great  Ox-13ow  "  as  the  much-coveted  loca- 
tion seemed  fully  assured.  Deeds  of  a  large  number  of  acres  of 
land  for  the  college  were  executed  and  tlelivercd  into  the  hands 
of  a  committee  of  three,  of  which  General  Bayley  was  one,  to 
await  President  Wheelock's  acceptance. 

These  deeds  included  extensive  tracts  on  the  Ox-Bow  in 
Newbury,  and  at  North  Haverhill,  N.II.  The  granting  of  the 
charter  to  Dartmouth  College  in  1769  served  to  intensify  the 
rivalry  for  the  college  location,  and,  early  in  the  following  year. 
General  Bayley  personally  offered,  in  addition  to  his  previous 
subscription  of  land,  to  erect  a  building  two  hundred  feet  long 
for  the  college,  on  the  land  already  donated  in  Haverhill. 
Finally,  however,  other  considerations  prevfliled  and  Hanover, 
N.H.,  was  selected  in  July,  1770.  Even  then  General  Bayley 
would  not  entirely  give  up,  and  wrote  President  Wheelock  a  kind 
and  loyal  letter,  in  which  he  stated  that  if  the  location  could 
even  then  be  removed  to  Haverhill,  he  would  raise  enough  to 
build  the  whole.  Although  his  desire  in  the  matter  was  not 
attained,  it  will  ever  be  a  cause  of  satisfaction  for  his  descend- 
ants to  know  of  the  generous  and  puldic-spirited  efforts  which 
he  made,  and  that  his  interest  in  the  college  ami  his  friendship 
for  its  president  and  his  associates  thus  begun  continued  for  many 
years. 

After  this  brief  review  of  the  situation,  let  us  trace  General 
Bayley's  course  through  this  important  period,  and  study  the 
motives  which  influenced  his  course  in  the  conspicuous  and 
important  part  he  took  during  the  next  twenty  years.  That 
he  regardetl  the  Royal  proclamation  as  a  very  serious  menace, 
and  that  his  feelings  were  fully  shared  by  his  fellow-citizens,  is 
clearly  shown  from  the  fact  that  the  Newbury  town  records 
have  the  following  entry:  "May  ist.  1765.  The  proprietors 
met  to   consult    what   measures  to  take   in   consequence  of  the 


I'loiii  "  CliasfV  ilisiorv  ot  l):iri- 
inoulli  Collc-c  ;iinl  llaiiovei,  X.ll.,'" 
sci-iiix-il  thiinii^li  llic  i-oiirtcs^  of  I'lof. 
jolin  K.  I.oitl  :uul  I'rot.  Ilerhcil  1). 
I'uNid  ot   Darlmoiith  Collejic. 


C'OI'V      Ol        IllK     I'l.AN     ()|-       lllh:     OKK.IXAI.     Sill,     ()|        D  \  K  IM( )(    l' 1 1 

Coi.i.K(;ii  A  r  NoiMii  ILw  i;i{iiii.i..  X.ll.,  siiowisc;  also 
(jiixitUAi,  Ba\i.i:\''s  i.ai<(;i:  ow  \  i;i;siiii'  oi  •'  Tin-;  (JuicAr 
()\-B()\\  "  Ai    .\i-.\\iiiin,  \'r.,  i\    IIII-;    \ kai;    1769. 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIEK    GENERAL   JACOIJ    BAYLEY.  27 

King's  proclam^rtion,  declaring  the  west  bank  of  the  Connecti- 
cut River  the  dividing  line  between  New  Hampshire  and  New 
York ;  "  and  it  further  appears  that,  after  due  consideration, 
they  concluded  that  the  wisest  course  was  to  accept  and  make 
the  best  of  what  seemed  to  be  inevitable,  and  accordingly 
voted  "To  send  agents  to  New  York,  to  acknowledge  their 
jurisdiction,  and  that  Jacob  Bayley,  Moses  Little  and  Benjamin 
Whiting  should  be  agents  to  act  together,  or  singly,  as  occasion 
served,  with  each  other."  Moses  Little,  it  will  be  remembered, 
was  General  Bayley's  brother-in-law,  and  although  not  a  resi- 
dent of  Newbury,  was  one  of  the  grantees  named  in  its  charter, 
and  a  man  of  prominence  and  influence  in  the  Province  of 
Massachusetts;  Benjamin  Whiting  was  the  town  surveyor  of 
Newbury.  It  does  not  appear  whether  this  committee  visited 
New  York,  but  they  seem  to  have  made  sufficient  investigation 
to  conclude  that  there  was  no  occasion  for  apprehension  of  im- 
mediate trouble  for  Newbury.  ' 

A  general  idea  of  the  great  change  which  occurred  within 
the  first  few  years  after  General  Bayley  began  his  settlenient 
is  obtained  from  a  letter  written  by  him  in  October,  1768,  in 
which  he  said  :  "  'Tis  but  seven  years  since  I  struck  the  first 
stroke  herg  at  which  time  there  was  not  one  inhabitant  on  the 
river  for  seventy  miles  down,  none  eastward  for  sixty  miles, 
none  between  us  and  Canada,  and  now  almost  all  the  lands  ure 
settled  and  settling  in  almost  every  town  on  the  east  side  of  the 
river." 

Mr.  Frederic  P.  Wells,  the  author  of  the  "  History  of  New- 
bury, Vt.,"  and  the  "History  of  Peacham,  Vt.,"  says  that  it 
was  largely  through  General  Bayley's  influence  that  a  very  de- 
sirable class  of  settlers  was  induced  to  locate  in  the  vicinity  of 
Newbury,  and  mentions  particularly  two  colonies  from  Scotland 
which  settled  nearby  towns  with  men  of  sterling  worth. 

As  time  passed  on,  there  was  a  growing  sentiment  among  the 
settlers  east  of  the  Green  Mountains  in  favor  of  the  reannexation 
of  that  portion  of  the  Grants  to  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  General  Bayley,  as  the  leader  of  the  New  Hampshire  Party, 


28  THE    BAILEY-CAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION'. 

was  very  active.  At  first  this  party  had  the  earnest  support  of 
Governor  Wentvvorth,  ])ut,  later,  liis  sudden,  and  at  tirst  unex- 
phuned,  change  of  mind  caused  much  anxiety  among  the  settlers 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  Grants,  and  intluenced  General  Bayley 
to  secure  from  the  Province  of  New  York  a  new  charter  for  the 
town  of  Newhury,  in  order  to  protect  the  settlers  in  their  titles 
to  their  hinds,  as  the  following  clearly  shows.  In  a  letter  to 
President  W^heelock  dated  January  15,  1771,  General  Bayley 
wrote:  '' You,  sir,  was  pleased  to  promise  your  assistance  that 
lands  on  the  west  side  of  the  Connecticut  River  might  be  ceded 
back  to  New  Hampshire,  and  depend  upon  it,  your  advice  is 
wanted  by  this  unstable  people.  Temptations  and  threats  are 
made  use  of,  I  am  writing  Governor  Wentworth  on  the  affair, 
but  what  shall  I  write?  If  I  appear  active  for  New  Hampshire, 
where  is  my  credit  in  New  York?  If  that  sinks  we  have  a 
separate  (Bennington)  party  —  who  1  may  particularly  say  are 
avowed  enemies  to  the  cause  of  Christ,  at  le'.ist  by  practice,  by 
which  means  we  are  tied  up,  but  God  overrules  all  things,  and 
deliverance  will  come  to  his  people  some  way  most  to  his  glory." 
In  his  reply,  under  date  of  January  22,  1771,  President  VVheelock 
wrote  :  ''I  should  act  out  of  character  if  I  should  move  anything 
in  the  affair,  nor  is  there  need  that  I  should,  since  you  \vho  are 
the  most  proper  man  are  already  embarked  in  it.  I  wish  you 
success  and  pray  God  to  give  you  the  desire  of  your  heart."  A 
few  days  later,  in  a  letter  from  Governor  Wentvvorth  to  Presi- 
dent Wheelock,  dated  January  31,  1771,  the  governor  writes: 
"The  appointment  of  a  new  governor  of  New  York  is  a  happy 
circumstance  for  the  aggrieved  inhabitants  of  the  contesting  river 
claims.  If  they  are  wise,  they  will  eagerly  embrace  the  oppor- 
tunity, in  furnishing  a  proper  petition  to  accomplish  their  pur- 
pose." The  evident  purpose  of  the  suggested  petition  was  the 
reannexation  of  the  river  claims  to  the  Province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  two  months  later,  in  March,  177  i,  we  find  that  Gen- 
eral Bayley  was  actively  and  successfully  circulating  such  a  peti- 
tion through  the  valley  towns.  General  Bayley's  course  at  that 
time,  as  explained  by  his  own  statement  made  to  Asa  Benton  of 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL    JACOB    BAYLEY.  2q 

Thetford  early  in  1773,  \vas  substantially  as  follows:  "When 
Governor  VVentworth  came  up  to  the  first  commencement  of  Dart- 
mouth College  in  August,  1771,  he  visited  me  at  my  home  in 
Newbury  and  while  there  he  appeared  to  be  very  jealous  to  get 
the  lands  on  the  western  side  of  the  Connecticut  River  added  to 
the  Province  of  New  Hampshire  and  desired  my  assistance  in  the 
affair,  and  when  he  took  his  leave  of  me,  lie  gave  mc  his  hand  and 
added  that  he  would  use  his  utmost  efforts  to  recover  the  aforesaid 
lands.  About  two  months  afterwards  I  received  a  letter  from  Gov- 
ernor \Ventworth  in  the  following  tenor  :  namely,  —  That  1  must 
make  the  best  terms  1  could  with  New  York,  for  he  could  do  no 
more  to  help  me  toward  my  getting  into  tlie  Pros  ince  i;f  New 
Hampshire,  I  was  very  much  surprised  and  ilisturbed,  and  im- 
mediately went  to  Portsmouth  to  ascertain  from  tlie  governor, 
why  he  had  so  suddenly  changed  his  mind,  but  1  could  not  get 
the  satisfaction  from  liim  that  I  desired  and  expected.  He  put 
me  off  and  seemed  cold  and  indifferent."  Very  much  perplexed 
and  disturbed,  General  Bay  ley  returned  to  Newbury  and  laid 
the  situation  before  his  people.  A  town  meeting  was  held  on 
November  20,  1771,  to  consider  what  action  should  be  taken, 
and  General  Bay  ley  was  authorized  to  go  to  New  York  and 
secure  a  new  charter  for  the  town  of  Newbury,  in  order  that  the 
proprietors  might  thereby  be  protected  in  the  titles  to  their  lauds. 
In  pursuance  of  this  vote  General  Bayley  proceeded  to  New 
York  (probably  in  the  following  December  or  January).  On 
his  way  he  visited  the  scenes  of  the  troubles  in  southwestern 
Vermont  and  there  met  and  conferred  with  the  Aliens,  Chitten- 
den, and  other  leaders,  who  desired  him  to  join  with  them  in 
resisting  the  authority  of  New  York.  General  Bayley,  how- 
ever, did  not  believe  such  a  course  was  advisable,  and  stated  that 
the  people  of  Newbury  were  poor  and  far  from  aid  and  could 
not,  from  their  remoteness,  act  in  conjunction  with  the  people 
of  southwestern  Vermont.  Proceeding  on  his  trip,  General 
Bayley  went  on  to  New  York,  where,  upon  his  arrival,  he  was 
met  by  the  governor's  secretary.  General  Bayley's  statement 
continues  as  follows  :   "  The  governor's  secretary  smilingly  said  : 


30  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION, 

'  What,  you  are  come  now ;  now  you  are  obliged  to  come,  for 
your  governor  has  come  before  you  and  now  you  are  come.' 
Says  I,  'What  do  you  mean  by  your  governor's  coming?  I 
don't  understand  you.'  '  Why,'  says  he,  handing  me  a  letter, 
'  you  may  see  what  I  mean,'  the  contents  of  which  ran  thus  : 
namely,  —  That  if  the  governor  of  New  York  would  grant  pat- 
ents to  the  governor  of  New  Hampshire  of  those  five  hundred 
acre  lots  which  old  Governor  Went  worth  had  reserved  for  him- 
self in  every  town  on  the  western  side  of  the  river  when  he  gave 
charters  of  said  towns,  then  he,  namely,  Governor  Wentworth, 
would  be  contented  to  resign  his  claims  to  those  towns  and 
would  exert  himself  no  more  to  have  them  revert  to  the  Province 
of  New  Hampshire." 

General  Bayley  evidently  felt  that  he  had  discovered  the  cause 
of  Governor  Wentworth's  sudden  change  of  heart  with  refer- 
ence to  the  reannexation  of  the  Grants  to  New  Hampshire,  and 
his  subsequent  disclosure  to  his  friends  of  what  he  had  found 
called  forth  from  Governor  Wentworth  the  charge  that  General 
Bayley  had  wilfully  misrepresented  tlte  purport  of  his  letter. 
That  such  was  not  the  fact,  and  that  General  Bayley's  statement 
was  correct  and  fully  justified,  is  shown  by  the  letter  itself,  which 
was  dcrted  December  14,  1771,  and  read  as  follows: 

"  To  his  Excellency,  Governor  Tryon,  New  York  : 

I  beg  leave  to  entreat  your  friendship  to  me,  which  may  in 
some  degree  relieve  a  misfortune  lately  thrown  upon  me.  The 
late  governor  of  this  province,  Benning  Wentworth,  Esq. ,  —  at  an 
advanced  age,  and  extremely  debilitated  with  infirmity,  was  pre- 
vailed on  to  destroy  his  will  and  make  a  new  one  some  time 
after,  to  the  utter  disinheriting  of  myself  and  every  other  relation 
he  had.  Many  particular  circumstances  aggravated  this  event. 
During  his  administration  were  granted  by  him  many  townships 
of  Crown  Lands,  both  on  the  east  and  west  sides  of  the  Con- 
necticut River,  in  each  of  which  was  one  lot  of  five  hundred 
acres  reserved,  which  he  intended  as  a  grant  to  himself.  The 
impropriety  of  this  mode  was  often  represented  to  him,  but  he 


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Still  persisted  until  my  arrival,  when  he  thought  it  best  to  desire 
some  more  valid  security,  but  through  delay  natural  to  old  age 
he  neglected  acquiring  it.  Since  his  death  all  those  lots  that 
are  in  this  province  have  been  granted  to  his  majesty's  subjects, 
being  esteemed  only  resen-ations  and  insufficient  to  convey  any 
property  to  him.  If  the  lots  in  like  circumstajices  that  have 
falleyi  into  the  Province  of  Neiv  York  are  yet  u?igra?ited  and  it 
is  consistent  with  yonr  intentions,  I  should  be  happy  in  solicitin{r 
a  grant  thereof,  and  should  place  an  additional  value  on  any 
such  recovery,  as  being  effected  through  favor,*  which  permit  me 
to  assure  your  Excellency  I  shall  rejoice  to  cultivate  and  estab- 
lish with  the  greatest  attention,      I  am,  etc., 

John  Wentwcmitm." 

It  thus  appears  from  Governor  Wentworth's  own  letter  that 
his  change  of  heart  regarding  the  recession  of  the  Grants  to  New 
Hampshire  was  due  to  his  desire  to  secure  for  himself  charters 
of  the  land  west  of  the  river,  whichhis  predecessor  had  reserved, 
but  had  not  taken  title  to.  His  cupidit}vhas  thus  left  the  gov- 
ernor in  a  very  unenviable,  if  not  dishonorable,  situation,  but 
inasmuch  as  he  placed  himself  there,  as  his  own  letter  shows,  we 
have  little  sympathy  for  him,  and  his  attempt  to  justify  his  own 
course  by  his  unwarranted  censure  of  General  Bayley  and  others 
who  had  discovered  and  made  public  the  real  cause  of  his 
change  of  mind,  simply  recoils  upon  himself,  and  injures  no 
one's  reputation   but  his  own. 

Upon  being  thus  received  in  New  York,  General  Bayley 
doubtless  realized  that  he  was  acting  at  some  disadvantage ; 
nevertheless,  he  was  not  discouraged,  and  on  February  6,  1772, 
he  presented  to  Governor  Tryon  and  his  council  his  petition  for 
a  new  charter  for  Newbury.  So  well  did  he  conduct  the  matter 
that  within  two  weeks,  on  February  19,  it  was  agreed  that  a 
new  charter  should  be  granted  which  would  securely  confirm, 
through  General  Bayley,  to  the  residents  of  Newbury,  the  valid- 
ity of  the  titles  to  their  lands.      In  this  charter,  which  bears  the 

*  The  italics  are  mine. 


32  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

date  of  April  13,  1772,  General  Bayley's  name  again  heads  the 
list  of  the  proprietors,  and,  thus,  for  the  second  time,  he  became 
"  The  Father  of  Newbury." 

The  object  of  his  trip  having  been  thus  successfully  accom- 
plished, he  hastened  to  return  home,  where  we  may  well  believe 
the  news  of  the  new  charter  brought  great  general  satisfaction 
and  relief.  The  expense  of  securing  this  charter,  Avhich  was 
considerable,  was  borne  by  General  Bayley,  and  after  it  was 
issued  and  delivered  he  kept  it  in  his  personal  possession  for 
sixteen  years  before  recording  it,  apparently  fearing  for  its 
safety  if  it  left  his  custody. 

One  of  the  indirect  results  of  this  trip  deserves  particular 
mention,  as  it  doubtless  exerted  a  strong  influence  upon  General 
Bayley's  future  course  in  this  controversy  ;  this  was  the  confirma- 
tion of  the  unfavorable  opinion  which  he  and  others  in  his  local- 
ity held  of  Ethan  Allen  and  the  other  Bennington  Party  leaders, 
whom  he  found  to  be  very  outspoken  free  thinkers  and  avowed 
disbelievers  of  the  Bible.  Although  General  Bayley  was  far 
from  being  a  religious  fanatic,  or  c\'en  an  emotional  Christian, 
he  was,  nevertheless,  a  man  of  a  deeply  religious  nature,  with  a 
strong  reverence  for  the  Bible  and  its  teachings,  and  was  nat- 
urally adverse  to  allying  himself  with  a  party  composed  of,  and 
dominated  by,  men  holding  such  ideas,  as  he  found  the  leaders 
of  the  Bennington  Party  to  be.  Previously,  in  the  year  176S, 
the  Province  of  New  York  had  divided  the  Grants  into  two 
counties,  Bennington  on  the  west  of  the  Green  Mountains  and 
Cumberland  on  the  east,  with  Newbury  as  the  shire  town  of  the 
latter.  In  the  year  1770  Cumberland  County  was  divided  on  a 
line  running  east  and  west  between  the  towns  of  Norwich  and 
Hartford  (Vt.),  the  southern  portion  still  retaining  the  name  of 
Cumberland  County,  and  the  northern  portion  receiving  the 
name  of  Gloucester  County ;  and  in  the  year  1772  New  York 
established  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  for  Gloucester 
County,  and  appointed  General  Bayley  as  judge  of  the  new  court, 
which  position  he  held  continuously  for  the  next  five  years. 

As  time  ran  on  the  settlement  of  the  Grants  went  rapidly  for- 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  33 

ward,  but  the  jurisdiction  of  New  York  became  more  and  more 
arbitrary  and  unsatisfactory  and  it  was  clear  that  sooner  or  hiter 
the  territory  must  be  organized  into  an  independent  province, 
or  be  divided  between  the  Provinces  of  New  Hampshire  and 
New  York.  This  feeling  took  definite  form  when,  in  January, 
1775,  the  Bennington  Party  called  a  convention  of  the  resi- 
dents of  the  Grants  to  meet  at  Manchester.  Several  other  con- 
ventions were  held  during  that  and  the  next  year,  but  few  of 
the  towns  in  Cumberland  or  Gloucester  Counties  took  part  in 
them.  The  members  of  these  conventions  earnestly  sought  the 
co-operation  of  General  Bayley,  and  several  times  votes  were 
passed  naming  him  a  member  of  committees  to  interest  the  in- 
habitants of  these  counties  in  support  of  the  objects  of  the  con- 
ventions. General  Bayley,  however,  had  neither  time  nor  in- 
clination to  attend  these  conventions,  for  from  the  beginning 
of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  had  been  continually  occupied  in 
enlisting  men  and  raising  equipment  to  be  used  by  the  rangers 
in  guarding  and  scouting  along  the  northern  frontier,  for  he 
realized  that  the  protection  of  the  flintier,  upon  which  the 
safety  of  southern  New  England  depended,  rested  almost  en- 
tirely upon  him  ;  and  therefore,  under  existing  conditions,  he 
believed  it-  was  unwise  for  the  Grants  to  be  organized  as  an 
independent  state. 

In  June,  1775,  the  New  York  Provincial  Congress  requested 
Newbury  to  send  a  delegate  to  represent  it,  and  (jleneral  Bayley 
was  chosen  ;  he  was  unable  to  attend,  however,  in  consequence 
of  the  disturbed  condition  of  his  locality.  It  now  became  ap- 
parent that  the  public  safety  required  a  commanding  officer  over 
all  the  militia  of  the  frontier  and  river  towns,  and  as  the  military 
experience,  ability,  and  patriotism  of  General  Bayley  were  well 
known,  he  was,  in  May,  1776,  noininated  Brigadier  General  of 
Gloucester  and  Cumberland  Counties,  and  was  duly  confirmed 
oy  the  Provincial  Congress  of  New  York  on  August  i  of  that 
year.  During  the  same  year  General  Bayley  was  with  the  army 
before  Boston.  General  Washington,  who  was  also  there, 
was  very  desirous  of  establishing  a  shorter  military  route  from 


34  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATIOX. 

eastern  New  England  to  Canada,  than  by  the  way  of  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  and,  from  General  Bayley,  Washington  learned  that  a 
mnch  shorter  route  could  l)e  laid  out  through  the  Coos  country. 
Accordingly,  soon  after,  with  the  approval  of  liis  commander  in 
chief,  General  Bayley  began  the  laying  out  of  such  a  road  from 
Newbury  to  St.  John's,  Canada,  a  distance  of  about  one  hun- 
dred miles.  Over  this  route  it  was  found  that  troops  could  be 
sent  to  Canada  ten  da^s  more  quickly  than  by  way  of  Lake 
Chainplain,  and  the  actual  construction  of  this  road  was  forth- 
with begun  by  General  Bayley;  but  after  it  had  been  partially 
constructed,  for  a  distance  of  tifteen  or  twenty  miles  northward 
from  Newbury,  through  the  town  of  Peacham,  the  work  was 
temporarily  interruptetl  by  the  report  that  Canadian  troops  were 
advancing  down  the  line  of  the  proposed  route  to  attack  the 
frontier.  Three  years  later,  in  1779,  the  further  construction  of 
this  road  was  continued  through  to  the  northern  part  of  Ver- 
mont, under  the  immediate  direction  of  General  Ilazen,  and 
although  it  was  never  much  used  for  military  purposes,  it  was 
of  great  assistance  in  the  settlement  of  that  region,  and  is  prop- 
erly known  as  "  The  Bayley-ILizen  Military  Road." 

During  this  period,  for  better  public  protection,  committees 
of  safety  were  organized  in  many  of  the  towns  along  the  valley. 
They  were  under  the  direction  of  a  central  committee,  of  which 
General  Bayley  was  chairman,  with  headquarters  at  Newbury, 
and  when  funds  were  not  forthcoming  to  provide  for  the 
equipment  and  maintenance  of  troops,  General  Bayley  drew 
on  his  own  private  means,  even  to  the  extent  of  mortgaging 
his  farm. 

The  year  1777  was  an  exceedingly  active  one  throughout  the 
Grants.  In  January  a  convention  met  at  Westminster,  with  the 
College  Party  in  control ;  a  declaration  of  indej^endence  of  New 
York  was  adopted,  and  a  separate  state  set  up  under  the  name 
of  "  New  Connecticut."  A  committee  of  five,  which  included 
Thomas  Chittenden,  Heman  Allen,  and  General  Bayley,  were 
appointed  as  delegates  to  present  the  proceedings  of  this  con- 
vention to  the  Continental  Congress  and  there  negotiate   in  be- 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  35 

half  of  the  neW  state.  General  Bayley,  however,  was  not  a 
member  of  the  convention  and  did  not  accept  the  appointment, 
as  he  could  not  be  spared  from  his  military  duties,  and  also  be- 
cause he  was  opposed  to  any  separation,  until  the  public  safety 
was  better  provided  for. 

The  great  need  of  funds,  and  his  own  self-sacrifice,  is  shown 
in  a  letter  addressed  by  him  to  the  New  York  Provincial  Con- 
gress, dated  February  36,  1777,  in  which  he  states  that  the  only 
soldiers  in  his  locality  were  those  under  pay  from  him,  whom 
he  had  employed  to  construct  the  military  road  above  mentioned, 
and  that  he  was  in  great  need  of  funds  to  provide  for  the  equip- 
ment and  maintenance  of  the  soldiers  necessary  for  the  protec- 
tion of  the  frontier.  Of  himself  he  says,  "  I  am  continually 
employed  in  the  service,  but  have  no  pay  and  am  willing  as  long 
as  I  can  live  without  beggiiig^* 

In  May  of  this  year,  the  Council  of  Safety  of  New  York  re- 
quested General  Bayley  to  order  a  company  of  rangers  from 
Gloucester  and  Cumberland  Counties  to  inarch  to  Kingston, 
N.Y.,  to  do  service  there,  but  General  Bayley  remonstrated 
against  complying  with  this  order, *because  it  would  strip  the 
frontier  of  men,  who  could  not  be  spared,  as  they  were  needed 
for  the  present  defense. 

About  this  time.  New  York  ordered  throughout  the  Grants  an 
election  of  Provincial  officers  under  its  constitution.  The  Ben- 
nington Party,  in  opposition  to  this  move  of  New  York,  and 
with  its  customary  adroitness,  had  circulated  copies  of  the  New 
York  constitution  throughout  the  Grants,  the  effect  of  which, 
upon  the  sentiment  of  the  inhabitants,  and  upon  the  attitude  of 
General  Bayley,  is  clearly  shown  in  a  letter  addressed  by  him  to 
the  New  York  Assembly,  under  date  of  June  14,  1777,  in  which 
he  says,  "Gentlemen,  —  I  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  an  ordi- 
nance from  you  for  the  election  of  governor,  lieutenant  governor, 
and  senators,  and  representatives,  etc.,  but  I  am  happy  to  think 
that  our  people  will  not  choose  to  sit  in  the  State  of  New  York. 
The  people  before  they  saw  your  constitution  were  not  willing 
*  The  italics  are  mine. 


36  THE    BAILEV-BAYLKY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

to  trouble  themselves  with  a  separation  from  New  York,  but 
now,  almost  to  a  man,  are  violently  for  it."  It  seems  that  con- 
ditions had  now  reached  a  crisis,  and  General  Bayley  and  others 
felt  that  the  time  had  come  when  they  must  decide  between  the 
supremacy  of  New  York  or  the  establishment  of  an  independent 
state,  and  at  a  town  meeting  held  in  Newbury,  on  June  23, 
1777,  it  was  voted  "  to  be  separate  from  the  State  of  New  York 
and  formed  into  a  state  by  the  name  of  Vermont,"  also  "  to 
accept  the  independence  voted  in  the  convention  held  at  West- 
minster on  the  fifteenth  of  January,  with  the  amendments,  ami 
that  Colonel  Jacob  Bayley  and  Reuben  Foster  be  delegates  "  to 
the  next  convention.  General  Bay  ley's  letter,  above  mentioned, 
and  the  action  of  his  town,  were  a  practical  renunciation  of  his 
allegiance  to  the  State  of  New  York,  and  his  approval  of  the 
establishment  of  the  Grants  as  an  independent  state.  General 
Bayley  took  his  seat  in  that  memorable  convention  which  met 
at  Windsor  on  July  2,  1777,  which  considered  and  adopted  a 
constitution  for  the  new  State  of  Vermont.  One  of  the  impor- 
tant requirements  of  this  new  constitution  was  a  provision  for  a 
Council  of  Safety  which  should  administer  the  affairs  of  the  new 
state,  until  the  organization  ot  a  permanent  government  under 
the  constitution  was  completed. 

It  embraced  the  three  functions  of  Governor,  Council,  and 
General  Assembly,  and  was  all-powerful  until  the  election  of  ofli- 
cers,  provided  for  by  the  constitution,  took  place  the  following 
March.  This  Council  is  famous,  not  only  for  the  authority  with 
vvhich  it  was  invested,  but  also  for  the  character  of  tiie  men 
who  composed  it.  It  appears  to  have  comprised  twelve  mem- 
bers, the  names  of  eight  of  whom  have  been  positively  ascer- 
tained ;  at  its  head  was  Thomas  Chittenden,  soon  to  become  the 
first  governor  of  the  new  state  ;  Ira  and  Ileman  Allen,  brothers 
of  Ethan  Allen,  were  both  members,  as  was  also  General  Bayley, 
who  was  chosen  at  the  personal  solicitation  of  President  Chitten- 
den, for  the  reason,  as  the  latter  stated,  that  General  Bayley  was 
''the  strongest  man  east  of  the  mountains."  This  must  be  re- 
garded  as  a   very  high  compliment,  coming  from  such  a  con- 


HISTORY    OF    BniGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAVLEV.  37 

temporary,    with  whose  course   and    ideas   it   was   well-known 
General  Bayley  had  at  times  little  sympathy. 

While  these  important  political  events  were  happening  in  the 
new  State  of  Vermont,  the  Revolutionary  War  was  heing  aggres- 
sively pushed.  During  this  same  year  (1777)  General  IJayley 
received  from  General  Washington  his  appointment  as  Com- 
missary General  of  the  Northern  Department  of  the  Colonial 
Army.  In  July,  General  Burgoyne,  who  had  been  advancing 
southward  from  Canada,  with  a  strong  force  of  British,  attacked 
and  captured  Fort  Ticonderoga,  and  was  planning  to  fight  his 
way  down  the  Hudson  River,  and  thus  cut  off  New  England 
from  the  rest  of  the  colonies.  The  gravity  of  the  situation  was 
everywhere  fully  realized,  and  General  Bayley  and  all  the  other 
colonial  officers  were  straining  every  nerve  to  marshall  a  sulh- 
cient  force  to  prevent  the  success  of  this  plan  of  the  British. 
Events  moved  rapidly;  on  August  15  the  battle  of  Bennington 
was  fought  and  won,  adding  the  name  of  John  Stark  to  the  long 
list  of  American  heroes ;  General  Bayley  was  at  Castleton  on 
the  day  of  the  battle,  but  immediately  proceeded  to  Bennington 
and  shared  in  the  inspiration  of  that  important  victory.  It  was 
imperative  that  the  American  forces  should  follow  up  the  advan- 
tage which  , they  had  thus  gained,  and  every  availaljle  man  was 
rushed  to  the  front.  The  following  quotation  from  a  letter 
written  by  General  Bayley  to  Colonel  Morey  under  date  of  Sep- 
tember 22,  1777,  shows  the  urgency  of  the  situation  and  his 
hope  of  early  success ;  namely,  "You  and  all  the  militia  east- 
ward must  turn  out  and  with  horses  and  one  month's  provisions, 
which  will,  I  hope,  put  an  end  to  the  dispute  this  way."  Gen- 
eral Bayley's  prophecy,  that  one  month  would  end  the  fighting, 
was  realized,  for  after  several  minor  encounters,  in  which  the 
Americans  were  generally  successful,  Burgoyne  was  forced  to 
retreat  to  Saratoga,  where,  on  October  17,  after  an  overwhelm- 
ing defeat  at  the  hands  of  the  brilliant,  but  treacherous,  Benedict 
Arnold,  he  was  forced  to  surrender;  General  Bayley  was  pres- 
ent, in  command  of  his  regiment  and  contributed  to  the  victory 
there    won.      Saratoga    is    recognized    as   one    of    the    decisive 


38  THE    BAILEY-RAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

battles  of  history,  and  its  far-reaching  effect  upon  the  Colonial 
cause  can  scarcely  be  overestimated,  and  it  will  ever  be  a  source 
of  pride  and  satisfaction  to  the  descendants  of  General  Bayley 
to  know  that  he  took  the  part  he  did  in  the  events  leading  up  to 
this  decisive  battle  and  that  he  was  present  and  contributed  to 
its  successful  result. 

In  this  connection  it  is  an  interesting  fact  to  recall  that  three 
sons  of  General  Bayley,  —  Ephraini,  Joshua,  and  Jacob,  —  his 
nephew,  Colonel  Frye  Bayley,  and  his  kinsman,  Captain  John 
G.  Bayley,  all  residents  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  served  with  him  in 
this  memorable  campaign  against  Burgoyne. 

While  the  war  continued  for  nearly  three  years,  the  subse- 
quent fighting  was  coniined  to  the  southern  part  of  the  Colonies, 
and  New  England  was  relieved  in  a  great  measure  from  its  pre- 
vious strain  and  anxiety.  The  war  of  the  Grants,  however, 
"went  steadily  on.  Early  in  February,  177S,  several  towns  on 
the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut  River  petitioned  the  Vermont 
Assembly  to  be  annexed  to  the  new  state.  Their  admission  was 
bitterly  opposed  by  the  Bennington  Party,  and  as  earnestly 
championed  by  the  College  Party.  The  matter  was  submitted 
to  popular  vote,  which  decided  in  favor  of  the  admission  of  the 
town*;  and  as  an  offset  the  Beitnington  Party  some  time  after- 
wards secured  the  annexation  to  Vermont  of  several  towns  situ- 
ated on  the  west  side  of  the  Grants  along  the  New  York  border. 
.  In  March  of  this  same  year  (177S)  the  state  was  organized 
under  the  constitution,  which  provided  for  a  government  through 
a  Governor,  a  Lieutenant  Governor,  a  Council  of  twelve  mem- 
bers, and  an  Assembly  of  Representatives.  General  Bayley 
was  elected  a  member  of  this  first  Governor's  Council,  which 
combined  the  functions  ami  powers  of  a  Governor's  Council  and 
a  Senate. 

The  attitude  of  those  residents  who  were  British  sympathizers 
or  Tories,  was  particularly  offensive  to  the  patriotism  of  the 
citizens  in  general,  aiul  one  of  the  first  acts  of  the  new  state  was 
to  establish,  in  March,  1778,  a  Court  of  Confiscation,  which 
should  seize  and  order  the  sale  of  the   real   and   personal   estate 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  39 

belonging  to  such  enemies  of  the  United  States ;  and  General 
Bayley  was  appointed  a  member  of  this  court  with  the  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  and  five  others. 

The  Assembly  also  provided  for  a  probate  court  for  the 
Newbury  District,  and  appointed  General  Bayley  as  its  Judge. 

The  second  election  under  the  constitution  occurred  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year,  and  General  Bayley  was  again  elected 
a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council.  The  Assembly  provided 
for  a  Supreme  Court  for  the  County  of  Gloucester,  and  ap- 
pointed  General   Bayley  its  Chief  Judge. 

The  Bennington  Party  was  now  in  control  of  the  Assembly, 
and  through  its  influence  those  towns  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Connecticut   River  which,  against  its  opposition,  had  been  ad- 
mitted to  Vermont,  were  denied  and  deprived  of  certain  powers 
and  privileges  which  were  enjoyed  by  the  other  towns  of  the 
state,  and  which  they  claimed  were  guaranteed  them  by  the  act 
of  union.     This  aroused  the  opposition  not  only  of  the  College 
Party,  but  of  the  residents  generally  of  the  valley,  and  resulted 
in  the  representatives  uf   the  east-side  towns  withdrawing  from 
the  Assembly  ;  and  with  them  went  also  the  representatives  of 
several  of  the  towns  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  who  shared  in 
the  resentment  aroused  by  this  unjust  course  of  the  Bennington 
Party.      These    included,   amoitg    others,   the    Lieutenant    Gov- 
ernor and  General  Bayley,  and  at  a  town  meeting  held  in  New- 
bury  in  December,  1778,  of  which  General  Bayley  was  modera- 
tor, the  town  by  vote  approved  of  the  action  of  its  representa- 
tives in  withdrawing  from  the  Assembly.      A  convention  of  the 
seceding    towns   was   immediately   called   to    meet   at   Cornish, 
N.H.  ;   and  action  was  taken  favoring  a  return  of  the  river  towns 
in  Vermont  to  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  or,  as  an  alterna- 
tive, a  union  of  the   river  towns  in   New   Hampshire  with  the 
State  of  Vermont. 

General  Bayley  was  a  very  active  member  of  this  convention, 
and  was  one  of  a  committee  of  two  appointed  to  present  the 
action  of  the  convention  to  the  New  Hampshire  Assembly. 
Public  feeling  ran  high,  and  when  the  Vermont  Assembly,  in 


40  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

February,  1779,  voted  to  dissolve  the  union  with  the  east-side 
towns,  the  adherents  of  the  College  and  New  Hampshire  Par- 
ties immediately  and  strenuously  pushed  forward  the  proposi- 
tion of  having  New  Hampshire  reassert  her  old  jurisdiction  over 
all  the  Grants;  General  Bayley  was  one  of  a  special  committee 
of  two,  who  prepared  and  presented  to  the  New  Hampshire 
Assembly  a  petition  embodying  this  proposal.  The  Bennington 
Party  had  exerted  every  effort  to  head  off  this  movement,  but 
were  only  partially  successful,  for  the  Assembly  recommended 
"  that  New  Hampshire  should  lay  claim  to  the  jurisdicti(jn  of  the 
whole  of  the  Grants  lying  west  of  the  River,  but  allowing  and 
conceding,  nevertheless,  that  if  the  Honorable  Continental  Con- 
gress should  permit  them  to  be  a  separate  state,  as  now  claimed 
by  some  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  by  the  name  of  '  Vermont,' 
New  Hampshire  would  acquiesce  therein."  Action  on  this  rec- 
ommendation was  delayed  until  the  following  session,  in  June, 
17791  ^'""d  the  Cornish  Committee  were  requested  to  ascertain 
meanwhile  the  sentiment  of  the  people  west  of  the  river,  which 
was  found  to  be  favorable  to  the  recommendation  ;  and  accord- 
ingly the  claim  was  formally  made  by  the  New  Hampshire 
Assembly.  It  will  be  readily  appreciated  that  the  State  of  Ver- 
mont was  in  an  exceedingly  embarrassed  situation  —  New  York 
and  New  Hampshire  each  claimed  the  whole  of  the  territory, 
while  Massachusetts  now  put  in  a  claim  for  a  strip  along  the 
southern  border;  Congress  seemed  indifferent  and  the  feeling 
between  the  rival  parties  in  the  state  was  very  intense  and  bitter. 
The  leaders  of  the  Bennington  Party  were  greatly  angered  by 
the  persistent  claims  of  the  adjoining  states,  and  despairing  of 
the  immediate  recognition  of  the  State  of  Vermont  through  any 
course  theretofore  pursued,  they  proceeded  to  develop  a  scheme 
which  they  hoped  would  force  the  final  recognition  of  the  state  ; 
this  plan  embraced  the  carrying  on  of  secret  negotiations  with 
General  Haldimand,  the  commander-in-chief  of  the  British 
forces  in  Canada,  the  ostensible  object  being  to  detach  V^ermont 
from  the  United  States  and  annex  her  to  the  King's  Dominion  ; 
at  first  only  eight  men  in  Vermont  were  in  the  secret,  and  these 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    RAYLEY.  4 1 

included  the  leaders  of  the  Beniungton  Party.  With  this  object 
in  view  they  agreed  upon  a  truce  with  the  British,  by  which  the 
troops  of  the  latter  were  withdrawn  from  western  Vermont, 
and  the  Colonial  forces  in  that  part  of  the  state  disbanded,  with 
the  expectation  on  the  part  of  the  British,  at  least,  that  Vermont 
was  presently  to  be  annexed  to  Canada.  This  was  certainly  a 
bold  and  desperate  scheme.  The  negotiations  were  carried  on 
for  nearly  four  years,  from  1779  to  17S3,  and  a  large  anu)unt  of 
the  correspondence  has  never  been  satisfactorily  explained,  for 
some  of  the  letters  written  by  the  Aliens  to  the  British  authori- 
ties in  Canada  apparently  indicate  that  they  were  ready  to  turn 
Vermont  over  to  Canada.  It  is  little  wonder,  therefore,  that 
General  Bay  ley  and  his  associates  in  the  Connecticut  Valley, 
who  had  for  a  long  time  entertained  a  strong  aversion  for  Allen 
and  his  associates,  on  account  of  their  infidel  beliefs,  should 
now,  in  consequence  of  the  apparent  character  of  these  nego- 
tiations, distrust  their  patriotism  and  oppose  uniting  with  any 
party  or  state  dominated  by  the  influence  of  men  such  as  they 
now  regarded  the  leaders  of  the  Bennington  Party  to  be.  Gen- 
eral Bayley's  views  upon  the  apparent  situation  are  well  shown 
in  a  letter  written  by  him  under  date  of  November  6,  iSSo,  in 
which  he  says,  "-  All  the  force  that  can  be  spared  from  Canada 
is  at  Crown  Point  and  Onion  River;  and  though  they  have  been 
for  six  weeks  in  that  quarter,  and  it  has  been  in  their  power  to 
distress  fhe  people  on  the  Grants  west  of  the  mountains,  yet 
not  a  man  killed  or  captivated,  nor  a  house  burnt;  but  look  on 
this  side,  where  people  are  opposed  to  the  people  on  the  west,  — 
in  their  extravagances  they  burn,  kill  and  captivate,  and  have 
been  and  now  are  watching  to  destroy  this  and  other  places  on 
these  rivers." 

The  same  feeling  of  suspicion  and  some  of  the  reasons  why 
he  advocated  annexation  with  New  Hampshire,  and  his  fixed 
determination  regarding  his  own  course  were  clearly  shown  in  a 
remarkably  strong  and  patriotic  letter  written  by  him  to  Presi- 
dent Weare  of  the  New  Hampshire  Assembly,  under  date  of 
November  22  of  the  same  year,  in  which   he  says,   "  I  under- 


42  THE    UAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Stand  General  Allen  has  made  peace  for  Vermont  till  that  time 
[February,  1781 J  but  as  we  do  not  own  that  btate  we  shall  be 
their  only  butt.  If  the  United  States  and  you  in  particular  do 
not  take  notice  of  such  treasonable  conduct  we  had  better  let 
this  cause  drop.  If  you  had  the  jurisdiction  of  the  whole 
Grants  which  I  am  sure  you  cuuld  if  you  only  desire  it  the 
country  would  be  safe  ;  but  if  you  split  at  the  [Connecticut] 
river  you  keep  all  in  confusion  .  .  .  while  the  matter  hangs 
in  suspense  the  enemy  may  take  possession,  then  where  is  your 
state.''  For  my  part  I  am  determined  to  fight  for  Neiu  Hamp- 
shire ayid  the  United  Slates  as  long  as  I  am  alive  and  have 
one  copper  in  viy  hand^  but  if  oiu-  exertions  are  not  greater  and 
more  effectual,  another  year  will  end  the  dispute  [and]  not  in 
our  favor."* 

It  appears  that  at  this  time  General  Bayley  believed  that  a 
public  sentiment  in  favor  of  a  union  with  the  British  Govern- 
ment in  Canada  was  spreading  throughout  the  Grants  and  that 
it  was  imperative  that  the  Colonial  forces  should  take  some 
open,  aggressive  attitude  in  order  tu  counteract  and  check  this 
growing  British  sentiment,  and  for  this  reason  he  was  strongly 
in  favor  of  an  invasion  of  Canada,  and  was  willing  to  risk  his 
own  life  in  such  an  attempt,  as  appears  from  the  following  ex- 
tract from  the  foregoing  letter  :  "  The  United  States  suffer  them- 
selves to  be  attacked  front  and  rear  and  on  the  Hanks ;  Did 
Bjufoyne  get  clear  ivhcn  that  was  the  case  udth  him;  Our 
chariot  is  in  the  mire;  Praying  to  Hercules  or  France  zcithout 
putting  to  the  shoulder  with  all  our  might  will  not  do;  This 
frontier  is  the  07ily  one  for  five  hundred  miles  west  remaining; 
It  is  near  the  enemy;  It  is  of  great  importance  to  you  as  well  as 
to  the  other  New  England  states  and  the  cause  is  general.  Shall 
we  forever  be  on  the  defetisive  and  yet  not  be  able  to  defend  our- 
selves as  it  is  impossible  ive  should  while  Canada  is  in  the  hands 
of  the  enemy;  Shall  we  not  make  an  attempt  on  Canada  —  that 
harbor  of  spoils,  thieves,  and  njbbers  —  I  nmst  confess  the  cause 
is  sinking  so  fast  in  my  view,  I  am  willing  (as  I  see  no  other 

*  The  italics  are  mine. 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY,  43 

remedy)  to  viake  the  attempt  if  1 7  mi  ten  chances  to  one  to  die  in 
the  attempt."* 

The  view  of  the  British  in  Canada  regarding  the  situation  in 
Vermont  at  this  time,  and  of  General  Bayley's  rehition  to  it,  is 
interesting  and  significant,  and  is  well  shown  from  a  report 
made  to  General  Haldimand,  Commander-in-Chief  of  the  British 
forces,  by  one  of  the  secret  British  commissioners  under  date  of 
September  30,  17S1,  from  which  the  following  is  quoted:  "  I 
beg  leave  to  trouble  you  with  a  few  remarks  of  my  own  founded 
on  the  closest  observation  and  scrutiny  that  I  was  able  to  make 
on  the  words  and  actions  of  Messrs.  Allen  and  Fay  while  I  was 
with  them,  I  am  fully  of  the  opinion  that  Messrs.  Chittenden, 
Allen,  and  Fay,  with  a  number  of  the  leading  men  of  Vermont, 
are  making  every  exertion  in  their  power  to  endeavor  to  bring 
about  a  reunion  with  [the  British]  Government  and  that  at  least 
one  third  part  of  the  populace  sincerely  wished  for  such  a  change. 

"  But  I  find  that  Congress  are  much  alarmed  and  have  lately  at 
great  expense  employed  a  number  of  emissaries  in  Vermont  to 
counteract  underhand  whatever  is  doing  for  [the  British]  Gov- 
ernment. The  principal  of  those  are  General  Bayley,  Colonels 
Charles  Johnson,  Morey,  Brewster,  and  Major  Childs  on  the 
Connectiqut  River. 

"  This  Junto  of  which  General  Bayhy  is  the  soul*  are  endeavor- 
ing to  set  the  populace  against  their  present  leaders  by  insinuat- 
ing to  them  that  they  are  Tories  and  intend  to  sell  Vermont,  etc. 

"  I  believe  that  Congress  intend  to  bring  tlie  populace  of  Ver- 
mont to  a  general  vote  whether  they  will  relinquish  their  pres- 
ent claim  or  not,  at  which  time  they  hope,  by  the  influence  of 
Bayley's  party,  to  turn  out  the  present  leaders  and  at  least  have 
their  own  creatures  appointed,  whom  they  will  endeavor  to  sup- 
port by  establishing  a  considerable  force  somewhere  on  the 
frontiers  of  Vermont  next  spring.  Messrs.  Allen  and  Fay  have 
very  sincerely  acknowledged  to  me  their  embarrassment  and 
their  fears  that  the  populace  could  not  be  easily  gained,  and  in  a 
very  sensible  manner   pointed  out   the  difliculties   and   dangers 

*  The  italics  are  mine. 


44  "^'^^    liAILEV-RAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

attending  sudi  an  attempt,  while  the  rebellious  part  of  the  popu- 
lace, however  few,  had  reason  to  suspect  so  much  more  assistance 
from  the  southward  than  the  friends  of  [the  British]  Govern- 
ment could  at  present  expect  from  the  Northward,  they  observed 
that  so  long  as  these  !n(jtives  emboldened  the  former  and  de- 
pressed the  latter  there  would  be  but  little  hopes  of  success. 
They  however  requested  (as  the  last  resource)  that  General 
Haldimand  would  issue  a  proclamation  pointing  out  in  a  very 
particidar  manner  the  privileges  he  was  authorized  to  grant  Ver- 
mont. This  proclamation  they  hoped  would  be  acceptable  to 
so  large  a  part  of  the  people  that  by  the  ensuing  spring,  with 
the  assistance  and  protection  of  General  Ilaldimand,  they  could 
effectually  establish  a  British  Government,  but,  if  this  failed,  they 
know  of  no  other  method  at  present." 

The  foregoing  report  also  clearly  shows  how  firmly  convinced 
the  British  authorities  were  as  to  what  was  the  real  purjiose  of 
the  western  Vermont  leaders  in  their  negotiations  with  General 
Haldimand. 

General  Bayley's  feelings  during  this  period  are  further  shown 
in  a  letter  written  by  him  to  General  Washington,  dated  Ajjril 
lo,  17S3,  in  which,  referring  to  the  Haldimand  correspondence, 
he  says,  '•  I  must  say  the  correspondence  of  Vermont  with  the 
enemy  is  not  to  deceive  them  but  was  actually  designed  to  de- 
stroy the  United  States  —  the  question  —  whom  did  they  mean 
to  deceive,  Congress  or  the  enemy.?"  And,  again,  in  another 
letter  to  General  Washington  under  date  of  May  30  of  the  same 
year,  he  says,  "  Major  James  Rogers  has  been  in  here  and  has 
gone  back  satisfied  that  most  of  the  leading  men  in  Vermont 
will  not  oppose  British  government;  I  believe  he  will  not  find 
it  true,  although  many  are  gone  back,  this  town  and  some  adja- 
cent stand  fast."  Again,  writing  to  General  Washington  under 
date  of  September  16  of  the  same  year,  speaking  of  the  need  of 
funds  and  how  he  had  impoverished  himself,  he  says,  "  If  it  is 
consistent,  I  wish  some  gentleman  at  Boston  might  be  appointed 
to  settle  the  account,  as  it  is  very  expensive  for  me  to  go  to 
Philadelphia  ;  have  nothing  left  but  my  farm  but  zuhat  I  have 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLKV.  45 

advanced  for  the  public;  even  my  tiyne  as  much  as  though  I  had 
been  the  whole  time  in  the  army  since  the  present  war,  I  have 
not  received  ayiything  for  my  time  {and  I  think  it  ivell  spent  if 
I  have  done  any  good)  but  little  for  my  advancements.* 

Colonel  Thomas  Johnson,  :i  neighbor  and  firm  £riend  of  Gen- 
eral Bayley,  as  well  as  a  prominent  citizen  of  the  town  and 
an  ardent  patriot,  who  had  been  captured  and  kept  a  prisoner 
in  Canada  during  a  portion  of  the  time  covered  by  the  Ilaldi- 
mand  correspondence,  in  writing  to  General  Washington  under 
date  of  Alay  30,  17S2,  regarding  his  experiences  antl  view  of  the 
matter  says,  "  I  heard  many  of  the  [British]  officers  often  say  that 
Allen  might  easily  have  cut  them  off  if  he  would,  but  he  had  agreed 
to  the  contrary.  The  rehearsal  of  these  actions  of  the  infernal 
villains  is  enough  to  make  my  blood  run  cold  in  every  vein." 

The  causes  which  inspired  tlie  writing  of  the  foregoing  letters 
served  still  further  to  arouse  the  activities  of  General  Bayley  and 
his  associates  in  behalf  of  the  colonies,  and  his  outspoken  criti- 
cism made  him  particularly  offensive  to  the  British  in  Canada, 
and  those  who  sympathized  with  them.  That  he  was  so  re- 
garded is  clearly  shown  by  a  report  that  "  Governor  Chittenden 
had  received  an  account  that  all  Newbury  but  three  or  four  had 
voted  to  make  application  to  New  Hampshire  to  be  received  and 
protected,  and  that  General  Bayley  zcas  vety  active  in  the  matter, 
and  that  Haldimafid  could  not  carry  his  plans  into  ejfect  unless 
he  sent  immediately  and  took  General  Bayley  off  the  ground,  as 
he  kept  this  part  of  the  country  in  tumult  and  confusion."  In 
consequence  of  this  well-founded  belief  a  reward  of  rive  hundred 
guineas  was  offered  for  the  capture  of  General  Bayley  "  dead 
or  alive,"  and  a  carefully-planned  but  ineffectual  attempt  to 
surprise  him  at  his  home,  in  June,  17S2,  only  failed  through  the 
timely  warning  given  to  him  by  Colonel  Thomas  Johnson.  The 
incident,  I  think,  is  well  worth  repeating  here.  It  appears  that 
for  several  days  some  British  soldiers  had  been  lurking  in  the 
vicinity  of  General  Bayley's  home  for  the  purpose  of  effecting 
his  capture.  On  the  afternoon  of  the  day  of  the  proposed 
*The  italics  are  mine. 


46  THE    BAILEY-BAVLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

attempt,  General  Bayley  and  some  of  his  men  were  ploughing  on 
his  meadow.  Colonel  Johnson,  who  was  at  home  on  parole 
after  his  capture  by  the  British,  was  made  aware  of  the  plan  for 
the  proposed  capture,  and  being  determined,  at  all  hazards,  to 
prevent  his  friend  from  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  British,  and 
fearing  on  account  of  his  own  safety  to  personally  give  him 
warning,  he  wrote  this  brief  and  non-committal  message  on  a 
slip  of  paper  :  "  The  Philistines  be  upon  tliee,  Samson,"  which 
he  folded  and  handed  to  a  friend,  directing  him  to  cross  the 
meadow  and  drop  the  paper  in  sight  of  General  Bayley  and  near 
where  he  was  to  pass.  He  did  so  ;  General  Bayley  saw  it, 
picked  it  up  and  after  reading  it  and  plowing  a  little  longer, 
directed  his  men  to  stop  work  and  look  after  themselves,  as  he 
wovdd  go  across  the  river.  That  evening  the  soldiers  surrounded 
General  Bayley's  home  and  captured  the  inmates,  but  he  was 
safe  among  his  friends  in  Haverhill. 

Two  records  of  the  town  of  Newbury  of  this  year  are  inter- 
esting, as  showing  the  strong,  public  sentiment  in  support  of 
General  Bayley's  efforts  for  annexation  with  New  Hampshire. 
One  passed  May  31,  1782,  was  as  follows:  "  At  a  legal  meet- 
ing of  said  town  on  said  day,  being  a  full  meeting,  voted  to  be 
under  the  government  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  at  the 
same  time  chose  Gideon  Smith  to  meet  a  convention  of  members 
from  towns  who  should  be  of  our  opinion,  at  Thetford,  in  order 
to  make  application  to  said  State  of  New  Hampshire  ;  "  and 
another  on  November  7,  1782,  signed  by  the  board  of  select- 
men, as  follows:  "Whereas  application  was  made  to  the  State 
of  New  Hampshire  at  their  session  at  Concord  in  June  last  by 
Mr.  Curtis,  agent  for  five  towns,  and  encouragement  given  for 
jurisdiction  and  protection,  and  we  are  sensible  that  protection 
has  been  afforded  from  said  state,  for  which  we  return  said  state 
thanks  in  the  name  of  this  town  and  now  desire  said  state  would 
extend  jurisdiction  over  said  town  in  its  fullest  extent,  as  it  is 
the  desire  of  the  town  in  general." 

It  therefore  appears  that  Newbury  held  out  strongly  to  the 
last,  but  with  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  with  the 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    HAYLEV.  47 

powerful  influence  exerted  by  General  Washington  to  clear  up 
the  situation,  the  internal  controversy  of  the  Grants  came  to  an 
end,  for  Congress  had  declared  "that  the  relinquishment  by 
Vermont  of  all  demands  or  jurisdictions  on  the  east  side  of  the 
west  bank  of  the  Connecticut  River  and  west  of  a  line  twenty 
miles  east  of  the  Hudson,  was  an  indispensable  preliminary  to 
the  state's  recognition,"  and  finally,  in  June,  17S2,  the  Vermont 
Assembly  accepted  this  ultimatum  and  dissolved  the  union  with 
any  territory  outside  the  limits  prescribed  by  Congress. 

The  causes  of  danger,  disagreement,  and  suspicion  having  been 
thus  removed,  General  Bayley  resumed  his  activity  in  the  affairs 
of  the  state,  and  in  October,  17S3,  he  was  appointed  and  quali- 
fied as  Chief  Judge  of  the  Orange  County  Court,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  he  was  elected  as  the  representative  from  Newbury  to 
the  General  Assembly.  In  1786  he  was  elected  to  his  former 
position  as  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council,  and  thereafter, 
for  seven  consecutive  years,  he  was  annually  re-elected.  Dur- 
ing the  same  year,  1786,  he  was  again  appointed  Chief  Judge  of 
the  Orange  County  Court,  and  served  continuously  until  1791. 
He  was  also  elected  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
which  met  in  1793. 

With  the  close  of  his  term  as  a  member  of  the  Governor's 
Council,  in  1794,  General  Bayley's  long  active  public  life  came 
to  an  end.  He  had  passed  his  sixty-eighth  birthday,  and  had 
earned  his  release  from  the  labor  and  turmoil  of  further  public 
service.  It  is  also  true  that  the  financial  expenditures  which  he 
had  made,  and  the  losses  which  he  had  suffered,  for  the  public 
welfare,  and  for  which  he  never  received  any  return,  left  him 
for  the  remainder  of  his  life  a  poor  man.  In  his  retirement 
among  his  family  and  friends  in  Newbury,  his  life  flowed 
quietly  on  for  twenty  years  ;  he  died  on  March  i,  1815,  in  the 
eighty-ninth  year  of  his  age,  carrying  with  him  to  his  grave  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him.  He  died  in  the 
house  of  his  son  Isaac,  which  is  still  owned  and  occupied  by  his 
descendants,  and  is,  and  should  long  continue  to  be,  one  of  the 
historic  landmarks  of  the  town. 


48  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

His  burial  place  is  in  the  ancient  Ox-Bow  Cemetery,  nearby 
his  home,  and  overlooking  the  beautiful  meadow  and  the  wind- 
ing river  which  first  attracted  him  so  strongly  to  that  localit)' ; 
and  thus  he  was  laid  at  rest  in  thu  town  which  he  founded,  loved 
so  well,  and  served  so  long  and  faithfully. 

Although  I  have  made  a  careful  search,  I  regret  to  say  that  I 
have  been  unable  to  find  any  picture  of  General  Bayley  and, 
consequently,  the  following  personal  description  of  him,  given 
by  Mr.  Wells,  in  his  ''  History  of  Newbury,  Vt.,"  will  prove  all 
the  more  interesting:  "  In  person  he  was  about  middle  height, 
a  stature  not  exceeded  by  any  of  his  sons  or  grandsons,  with  a 
muscular,  well-knit  frame  capable  of  great  endurance,  and  the 
lineaments  of  his  countenance  could  be  easily  traced  in  his 
descendants." 

The  following  is  a  brief  summary  of  General  Bayley's  many 
public  activities,  gathered  from  this  long  account  of  his  life. 
Besides  the  important  town  oflices  which  he  held  in  Hampstead 
and  Newbury  (seven  years  as  selectman  and  more  than  twenty 
tiines  as  moderator),  his  activity  in  wider  fields  included  his  ser- 
vice through  the  French  and  Indian  War  (Lieutenant,.  1755  ; 
Captain,  1757;  Colonel,  1760);  through  the  RevoK  .^^.nary 
War  (Brigadier  General,  1776;  Commissary  General  ]',])', 
andin  civil  affairs  as  first  proprietor  under  the  New  Ha  .pshire 
and  New  York  charters  of  Newbury  (1763  and  1772)  ;  dele^^.uc 
to  the  New  York  Provincial  Congress  (1777)  ;  representative  U» 
the  Vermont  General  Assembly  (1777  and  1784);  member  of 
Council  of  Safety  (1777)  ;  member  of  Court  of  Confiscation 
(177S)  ;  Judge  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  (1772- 
1777)  ;  Judge  of  Probate  Court  for  Newbury  District  (177S)  ; 
Chief  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Gloucester  County 
(1778);  Chief  Judge  of  Orange  County  Court  (1783,  1786- 
1791)  ;  member  of  Constitutional  Conventions  (1777  and  1793)  ; 
delegate  to  the  Continental  Congress  (1777);  and  ten  terms  a 
member  of  the  Governor's  Council  (177S,  1786-1794).  Such, 
in  brief,  is  his  public  record,  one  which  marks  him  as  a  man  of 
extraordinary  prominence,  ability,  and  usefulness,  and  of  which 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYLEY.  49 

his  descendants  and  the  citizens  of  his  town  should  always  be 
proud.  In  this  connection  it  will  be  instructive  to  consider  the 
estimates  placed  upon  his  services  by  disinterested  writers,  who 
have  been  careful  students  of  the  history  of  his  times. 

Joshua  Coffin,  in  his  '■'■  History  of  Newbury,  Mass.,"  speaking 
of  General  Bayley's  services,  says,  "These  positions  involved 
great  responsibility  and  subjected  him  to  danger,  difficulties  and 
sacrifices  of  an  extraordinary  character,  and  many  anecdotes 
might  be  related  of  his  exploits,  hair-breadth  escapes,  encounters 
with  the  enemy,  Indians  and  Tories ;  his  constant  vigilance  to 
escape  scouts  sent  from  Canada  to  take  him,  for  whom  a  re- 
ward of  tive  hundred  guineas  had  been  offered,  dead  or  alive  ; 
by  means  of  spies  he  acquired  important  intelligence  of  the 
enemy  in  Canada  and  rendered  great  service  with  his  purse, 
person  and  pen  at  and  before  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  where 
he  was  engaged  with  two  or  three  of  his  sons ;  he  made  a  treaty 
of  friendship  with  the  St.  Francis  Indians,  and  by  his  kindness 
to  them  won  their  attachment,  and  many  of  the  tribe  were  of 
great  service  to  the  colonies  during  the  Revolutionary  War ;  he 
sacrificed  a  large  estate  in  the  service  of  his  country,  for  which 
he  ii>  er  received  any  compensation,  and  was  equally  distin- 
guii'h       for  his  talents,  his  patriotism  and  his  piety." 

Adt  ocendantof  Governor  Chittenden  has  well  described  Gen- 
eral Bayley  as  "  One  of  tlie  neglected  patriots  of  the  Revolution," 

Wells,  in  his  excellent  "  History  of  Newbury,  Vt.,"  estimates 
General  Bayley  as  follows  :  "  He  had  great  talents  and  his  use- 
fulness to  the  American  cause  was  very  great ;  it  is  believed 
that  losses  which  he  suffered  by  his  service  to  the  patriot  cause 
amounted  to  sixty  thousand  dollars,  for  which,  notwithstanding 
his  applications  to  Congress,  he  received  no  return  ;  he  sacri- 
ficed all  his  estate  to  pay  his  debts  and  died  a  poor  man  ;  he  has 
been  well  called  '  The  Father  of  Newbury,'  and  his  services  to 
the  town  and  the  church  can  hardly  be  over-estimated  ;  his  in- 
fluence with  the  Indians  doubtless  prevented  many  disasters  to 
the  frontier,  and  his  sacrifices  in  behalf  of  the  American  cause 
contributed  toward  the  establishment  of  her  colonies  ;   his  fame 


50  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

will  always  be  great  in  this  town,  but  by  the  present  generation 
even  of  his  descendants,  the  services  which  he  rendered  are  very 
imperfectly  understood  ;  his  sphere  of  operations  was  narrow, 
but  in  it  no  man  could  have  accomplished  a  more  durable  work  ; 
his  loyalty  to  the  patriot  cause  was  never  questioned,  and  his 
course  during  the  war  has  never  needed  apology  or  required 
vindication ;  it  is  unfortunate  for  his  fame  that  he  took  the 
course  which  he  did  regarding  the  motives  and  inHucnce  of  the 
Aliens,  Governor  Chittenden  and  the  other  leaders  of  the  Ver- 
mont cause  ;  had  he  understood  their  plans  and  acted  with  them, 
his  name  would  have  gone  into  history  second  in  fame  to  that  oj 
no  man  in   Vcrtnont."* 

Coming  from  such  authorities,  the  foregoing  estimates  of 
General  Bayley  must  be  reganled  as  competent  and  deserved. 
While  his  fame  has  suffered,  as  above  suggested,  yet  any  care- 
ful student  of  those  times  and  conditions  will  admit  that  Gen- 
eral Bayley  had  large  and  natural  groumls  for  his  suspicion  of 
the  western  Vermont  leaders.  When,  however,  the  peace  and 
independence  of  his  country  were  finally  established,  and  the 
safety  and  protection  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  frontier  were  fully 
assured,  he  was  loyal  and  broad-minded  enough  to  forget  the 
differences  which  had  once  separated  them  and  to  join  heartily 
with  them  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  new  state,  in  which  they 
also  were  leaders. 

Little  can  be  added  to  the  comprehensive  estimates  of  his 
public  life,  from  which  I  have  above  quoted,  and  I  will  only 
attempt  to  summarize  his  character  and  services.  He  was  a 
pioneer  of  strong,  unselfish  purpose  ;  a  patriot  of  uncompromis- 
ing fidelity  ;  a  soldier  unstained  by  personal  ambition  ;  a  citi- 
zen ever  devoted  to  the  public  good.  While  he  lacked  the  fire 
of  a  Sam  Adams,  his  patriotism  was  equally  deep  and  strong, 
and  not  less  severely  tested  ;  although  he  never  possessed  the 
swaying  eloquence  of  a  Patrick  Henry,  nevertheless,  he  easily 
won  and  maintained  the  confidence  of  those  who  knew  him; 
while  he  did  not  have  the  genius  for  government  of  a  Franklin, 

*  The  italics  are  mine. 


HISTORY    OF    BRIGADIER    GENERAL   JACOB    BAYI.EY,  5  I 

yet  his  counsol  was  wise  and  his  judgment  sound,  and  although 
his  name  is  not  conspicuously  hnked  with  any  great  battle,  yet 
his  untiring  and  self-sacrilicing  services  in  raising,  equipping, 
and  maintaining  the  militia  throughout  the  large  district  under 
his  command  contributed  very  materially  to  those  successes  which 
gave  to  the  names  of  others  undying  glory  and  fame. 

Nearly  a  century  has  passed  since  his  death,  and  today  his 
descendants  are  numerous  and  widely  scattered  from  ocean  to 
ocean,  but  wherever  they  dwell,  they  can  always  turn  with  hon- 
est pride  to  the  self-sacrificing  and  distinguished  public  services 
of  this  most  deserving,  yet  most  neglected,  ancestor.  It  is  with 
a  feeling  of  deep  personal  regret,  amounting  almost  to  shame, 
that  I  must  add  that  his  grave,  as  well  as  his  memory,  has  been 
inexcusably  neglected,  for  in  a  seldom-noticed  spot  in  the  Ox- 
Bow  Cemetery  a  small  weather-beaten  stone  slab,  fast  crum- 
bling to  decay,  bearing  a  brief  and  well-nigh  illegible  inscription, 
is  all  that  marks  his  humble  grave.  Such  thoughtless  neglect, 
inexcusable  as  it  is  on  the  part  of  his  town,  becomes  little  less 
than  disgraceful  to  those  who  carry  his  name  and  Idood.  I  am 
glad  to  say,  however,  that  a  movement  already  well  begun, 
which  should  include  every  one  of  his  desce7idants^  will,  I  be- 
lieve, soon  remedy,  as  far  as  can  now  be  done,  the  long-continued 
wrong  thus  done  to  his  memory  and  last  resting  place,  by  the 
early  erection  of  suital)le  monuments  to  forever  perpetuate  the 
memory  of  his  life  and  self-sacriticing  services  for  his  town,  his 
state,  and  his  country. 

Realizing,  as  I  do,  how  imperfect  and  inadequate  this  narra- 
tive is  of  the  life  and  services  which  it  seeks  to  portray,  I,  never- 
theless, have  confidence  that  you  who  have  so  patiently  followed 
it  through   with   me,   will    unanimously  join    in    the   confession 

"  That  they  who  on  glorious  ancestors  enlarge 
Produce  their  debt  instead  of  their  discharge." 


At  the  conclusion  of  the  foregoing  address  Dr.  Stephen  G. 
Bailey  of   Boston,   in  a  few  well-chosen  words,   expressed  his 


52  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

high  appreciation  of  its  historical  merit  aiul  importance,  and 
moved  that  tlie  Association  extend  to  Mr.  Hayley  a  unanimous 
vote  of  thanks,  which  was  accordingly  done. 

Diu'ing  the  noon  intermission  most  of  those  present  visited 
the  site  of  General  Bayley's  birthplace,  which  is  appropriately 
marked  and  is  only  a  very  short  walk  from  the  town  hall. 

An  excellent  dinner  was  served  by  the  ladies  of  the  West 
Newbury  Grange,  in  their  hall,  where  the  after-dinner  exercises 
were  held. 

Hon.  Horace  W.  Bailey  of  Newbury,  Vt.,  United  States 
Marshal  for  the  district  of  Vermont,  and  the  newly-elected 
President  of  the  Association,  was  called  upon  and  made  the  fol- 
lowing address  : 

ADDRESS   OF   HON.  HORACE    W.  BAILEY. 
Mr.  President  and  Cousins  : 

I  bring  you  the  greetings  of  nine  persons — myself  included  — 
from  Newbury,  Vt.  My  disposition  is  good  enough  to  bring 
you  the  greetings  from  all  the  Baileys,  and  of  the  balance  of  the 
inhabitants  of  my  native  town,  but  such  a  greeting  would  over- 
step the  bounds  of  social  and  family  ties  and  infringe  upon  the 
rights  of  a  far  more  numerous  branch  of  our  Association. 

At  the  taking  of  the  1910  census  of  Newbury  (Vt.)  the  re- 
turns gave  us  a  population  of  2035,  and  of  this  population  the 
descendants  of  Richard  Bailey  of  Rowley  numbered  eight  souls, 
and  another  one  has  come  along  since,  increasing  the  number  to 
nine  and  the  joys  of  our  small  family  circle  a  thousand  fold. 

At  former  meetings  I  have  exploited  our  branch  of  Richard's 
family,  and  my  exploitations  have  been  made  a  part  of  the 
printed  record  ;  therefore,  unless  something  new  can  be  said, 
the  time  of  this   Association  should   not  be  used  by   me. 

I  cannot,  however,  refrain  from  saying  that  this  meeting  in 
this  place  is  of  great  interest  and  importance  to  me. 

Ezekiel  Bailey,  my  great-great-grandfather,  was  born  in  this 
town  (West  Newbury,  Mass.)  in  July,  17  17,  lived  on  the  Bailey 


ADDRESS  OF  HON.  HORACE  W.  BAILEY.  53 

homestead  all  his  life,  and  died  here  February  6,  1S13,  aged 
ninety-six  years.  Ezekiel  was  the  father  of  eij^ht  children,  the 
second  being  Webster,  my  great-grantlf:ither,  born  here  August 
23,  1747.  It  was  here  that  he  married  Molly  Noyes,  August 
25,  1772;  it  was  here  that  seven  of  his  eleven  children  were 
corn;  it  was  here  he  lived  for  forty  years,  and  it  was  from  here 
that  he  emigrated  to  Newbury,  Vt.,  in  17S7-17SS. 

It  was  also  here  that  General  Jacob  Bayley,  the  Patriarch  of 
Newbury  (Vt.),  was  born  in  1726,  taking  possession  of  the 
town  in  1761,  becoming  its  principal  figure  for  many  years, 
his  family  arriving  in  1764,  at  which  time  the  town  could  boast 
of  several  substantial  families. 

Jacob  had  ten  children  —  eight  living  to  maturity  —  against 
the  eleven  children  of  Webster,  ten  of  whom  lived  to  maturity, 
but  a  careful  estimate  made  by  Mr.  Wells,  our  town  historian, 
gives  the  number  of  persons  now  living  in  Newbury  (Vt.)  hav- 
ing the  blood  of  Jacob  Bayley  in  their  veins  as  above  two  hun- 
dred, or  one  tenth  of  our  entire  population. 

So  far  as  I  am  informed  there  are  no  ties  of  relationship  be- 
tween Richard  of  Rowley  and  John  of  Salisbury,  nor  between 
Jacob  and  Webster ;  hence  you  may  comprehend  why  the 
speaker  may  well  practise  modesty  in  bringing  greetings  from 
the  Jacobs  unless  delegated  to  do  so,  or  if  perchance  he  is  the 
only  Bailey  present  from  Newbury  (Vt.)  he  would  certainly 
assume  the  responsibility  and  pleasure  of  bringing  to  you  most 
cordial  and  Godspeed  greetings  from  them  all. 

The  reason  for  this  excess  in  our  population  of  the  descend- 
ants of  Jacob  at  the  present  time  is  not  because  a  large  portion 
of  our  family  are  serving  time  in  penal  institutions,  —  therefore 
not  at  large,  — but  rather  because  the  other  family  clung  to  the 
old  rooftree  and  were  more  prolific. 

Twelve  years  ago  (1899)  I  made  a  careful  canvass  of  all  the 
descendants  of  Webster  Bailey,  living  and  dead,  and  found  the 
number  to  be  217.  Could  the  same  canvass  have  been  made  of 
General  Jacob's  family,  I  have  no  doubt  but  that  the  number 
would  have  been  equal  to  that  of  the  Continental  Army  at  the 


54  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

time  that  Ethan  Allen  took  Ticonderoga,  and  of  which  army 
Jacob  Bayley  himself  was  a  heroic  leader. 

The  only  joining  hands  by  and  between  these  families  was 
when  Ezekiel,  a  son  of  Webster,  married  Lncy,  a  granddaughter 
of  Jacob,  and  lived  in  peace  many  years,  but,  much  to  my  regret, 
no  offspring  blessed  their  home.  I  would  like  to  have  seen  what 
such  a  progeny  would  be  like. 

The  year  1761  was  a  prolific  one  for  the  granting  of  township 
charters  in  the  New  Hampshire  Grants  (now  V^ermont).  Several 
of  these  towns  are  now  celebrating  the  150th  anniversary  of  the 
granting  of  their  charter,  but  of  the  fifty-three  townships  char- 
tered in  that  year  not  a  single  one  was  settled  during  that  year, 
and  many  of  them  not  until  several  years  had  elapsed. 

Next  year  (1912)  Newbury  (Vt.)  proposes  to  celebrate  the 
150th  anniversary  of  its  settlement  by  an  Old  Home  Week  gath- 
ering and  the  marking  of  historic  spots. 

Newbury  is  small  in  population,  but  great  in  area,  being  the 
fourth  in  size  in  the  state  ;  it  is  even  greater  in  the  wealth  of  its 
history  and  citizenship.  Its  eastern  shore  is  bathed  in  the  waters 
of  the  Connecticut  River,  where  begin  its  broad  intervales  which 
push  westward  seven  or  eight  miles  to  an  elevation  of  a  thousand 
feet.  The  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  skirts  its  eastern  boundary, 
trailing  along  its  river  bank,  and  the  Montpelier  &  Wells  River 
Railroad  skirts  its  northern  boundary  ;  she  has  four  railroad  sta- 
tions and  six  post-offices ;  about  one  half  her  population  resides 
in  her  two  villages  (Newbury  and  Wells  River)  ;  her  farms  and 
farm  buildings  are  the  best  in  the  valley. 

When  you  of  this  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  were  in 
the  exceeding  earnest  period  of  your  settlement,  what  is  now 
Vermont  territory  was  in  its  prehistoric  state,  a  vast  wilderness 
park  of  10,000  square  miles,  through  whose  valleys  and  over 
whose  mountain  trails  roamed  the  native  North  American  sav- 
age in  all  his  unhampered  primeval  glory. 

Then  came  the  Caucasian,  .some  bringing  the  news  of  the 
gospel  of  Nazareth,  .some  holding  aloft  the  lamp  of  learning, 
and  still  others  promulgating  the  arts  of  civilization,  and  com- 


ADDRESS    OF    MR.    FREDERIC    P.     WELLS.  55 

municating  the  accursed  vices  of  the  white  man,  —  all  more  or 
less  determined  on  conquest,  regardless  of  the  cost  in  treasure 
and  in  blood. 

Among  the  pioneers  in  a  part  of  this  wilderness  park  known  as 
the  Coos  country  were  frontiersmen,  men  whose  lives,  though  rug- 
ged and  stern  and  strenuous,  had  been  lived  in  the  warm,  mellow 
sunlight  of  a  humane  brotherhood,  who  believed  that  an  Indian 
was  entitled  to  a  square  deal.      Such  a  man  was  Jacob  Bayley. 

Some  enthusiastic  but  truthful  writer  has  said  that  Vermont 
was  the  scenic  playground  of  New  England,  another  has  said 
that  the  Connecticut  Valley  was  the  marvelous  panoramic  route 
to  Paradise ;  and  may  I  be  permitted  to  add  that  I  believe  New- 
bury is  the  Eden  spot  of  the  universe,  full  of  glorious  history, 
grand  men  and  women  who  live  in  contentment  midst  God's 
unparalleled  handiwork.  It  is  planned  by  tiie  descendants  of 
Gen.  Jacob  Bayley,  at  our  next  year's  celebration^  to  erect  and 
dedicate  a  suitable  memorial  to  their  illustrious  ancestor,  in 
which  all  Bayleys  will  join,  for  he  was  the  most  heroic  and 
historic  of  them  all ;  and  in  which  the  people  will  join,  for  he 
was  the  noblest  Roman  of  them  all. 


At  the  invitation  of  the  Secretary,  Mr.  Frederic  P.  Wells, 
historian  of  the  towns  of  Newbury  and  Peacham,  Vt.,  had  very 
kindly  prepared  the  following  comprehensive  address  on  General 
Bayley's  services  during  the  Revolutionary  War,  which  in  Mr. 
Wells'  absence  was  most  acceptably  read  to  the  Association  by 
John  W.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Topsfield  : 

ADDRESS  OF  MR.  FREDERIC  P.  WELLS. 

A  GENERAL    ESTIMATE    OF    THE    SERVICES    OF    GENERAL    JaCOB 

Bayley  during  the    Revolutionary  War,  —  prepared 

FOR    THIS    meeting    BY    Mr.    FrEDERIC    P.   WeLLS    OF    NeW- 

bury,  Vt.,  the  author  of  the  History  of  Newbury,  Vt. 

The    service   which   General   Jacob    Bayley   rendered    to    his 

country  in  the  Revolutionary  \Var  was  of  such  a  character,  and 


56  THE    BAILEY-RAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

performed  in  a  quarter  so  remote  from  the  theater  of  military 
operations,  that  it  has  escaped  the  attention  of  historians.  But 
it  was  none  the  less  important,  for,  ^vithout  his  sagacity  and  self- 
sacrificing  patriotism,  the  annals  of  the  War  for  Independence 
might  have  included  a  fearful  chapter  upon  the  horrors  of  the 
conflict  in  the  Connecticut  Valley.  It  is  necessary  in  entering 
into  the  details  of  his  work  to  consider  that  there  were  no  bril- 
liant achievements  in  his  career  to  captivate  the  imagination. 
He  surprised  no  forts,  made  no  speeches,  commanded  no  armies, 
but  simply  went  about  the  business  of  the  war  which  fell  to 
him,  with  the  same  resolution,  sagacity,  and  thoroughness  with 
which  he  transacted  the  affairs  of  his  daily  life.  He  saw  it 
to  be  his  duty  to  begin  a  new  settlement  in  a  remote  quarter 
of  New  England,  and  he  did  it.  Duty  called  him  to  take  a 
prominent  part  in  the  protection  of  the  frontier,  and  he  at- 
tended to  the  call,  without  thought,  apparently,  of  fame,  and 
indifferent  to  the  means  by  which  his  work  would  be  known 
to  posterity. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolution,  the  towns  of  Newbury  and 
Haverhill,  which  Bayley  and  his  associates  had  founded  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  Connecticut  Valley,  were  practically  the  out- 
posts -of  civilization  in  the  Northern  wilderness.  The  settle- 
ments had  grown  with  remarkable  rapidity,  considering  that  a 
space  of  sixty  miles,  without  an  inhabitant,  separated  the  first 
settlers  from  their  nearest  neighbors.  The  cleared  intervales  on 
the  river  invited  settlers,  and  by  the  year  1775  the  two  towns 
numbered  a  population  of  nearly  eight  hundred  souls,  a  hardy 
race,  a  people  of  sterling  character,  whose  first  act  was  to  found 
a  church,  and  in  twelve  years  there  was  good  society,  and  also 
schools,  roads,  framed  houses,  and  all  the  adjuncts  of  civilization 
in  that  day.  Indeed,  James  Whitelaw,  the  leader  of  the  Scotch 
colony  which  settled  Ryegate,  himself  afterward  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  the  state,  gives  testimony  as  to  the  prospects 
and  character  of  the  community.  He  had  traveled  through  the 
colonies  as  far  as  South  Carolina,  and  writing  to  Scotland  from 
Newbury  in  December,  1773,  stated  that,  considering  the  new- 


ADDRESS  OF  MR.  FREDERIC  P.  WELLS.  57 

ness  of  the  settlement,  the  people  at  Coos  were  living  in  larger 
comfort,  and  with  a  greater  abundance  of  what  was  necessary 
than  those  of  any  place  he  had  visited.  A  still  further  testimony 
to  the  character  of  the  people  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the 
Scotch-American  Company  selected  that  next  town  north  of 
Newbury  as  the  most  desiral)le  location  for  settlement,  for  they 
liked  the  Newbury  people  best  of  any  they  had  seen,  as  their 
ways  conformed  more  nearly  to  those  they  were  accustomed 
to  in  Scotland.  When  the  war  broke  out,  scattered  settle- 
nients  had  pushed  their  way  far  up  the  river,  and  people  had 
begun  to  clear  land  in  several  towns  in  what  is  now  Caledonia 
County. 

Beyond  them,  to  the  French  settlements  along  the  St.  Law- 
rence, stretched  a  wilderness  of  wooded  hills  and  uplands,  deep 
valleys,  and  high  mountain  chains,  the  sources  of  rivers  flowing 
East  and  West.  It  was  a  wilderness,  but  not  a  pathless  one. 
Threading  the  forests,  fording  the  streams,  crossing  the  moun- 
tains, but  always  in  the  best  location  for  travel,  ran  a  network 
of  Indian  trails,  intersecting  and  dividing,  by  means  of  which 
the  men  of  the  forest  made  their  way,  and  along  them  hundreds 
of  captives  had  been  hurried  to  Canada. 

They  would  thus  furnish  a  ready  means  by  which  Canadian 
troops  and  Indian  bands  might  invade  the  settlements  on  the 
river,  which  were  thus  in  the  path  of  danger. 

Without  entering  into  details,  which  would  fill  a  volume,  it  is 
enough  to  say  that  througli  the  bravery  and  military  experience 
of  Jacob  Bayley,the  frontier  was  defended  during  the  war.  He 
secured  the  friendship  of  the  Indians,  many  of  whom  became 
valuable  aids,  and  established  a  system  of  patrols,  by  which  the 
wilderness  was  so  carefully  watched  that  no  force  strong  enough 
to  do  much  harm  ever  penetrated  to  the  settlement.  Il  was  at 
his  urgency,  and  largely  at  his  expense,  that  a  military  road  was 
constructed  from  Newbury  to  Canada  line,  which  remains  to 
this  hour  a  monument  to  the  patriotism  of  the  pioneers  of  those 
early  days.  By  this  means,  not  only  the  settlements  of  the 
Connecticut  Valley,  but  the  whole  of  southern  New  England, 


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were  protected  from  invasion.  By  the  testimony  of  the  British 
in  Canada,  it  is  evident  that  he  was  regarded  as  the  most  dan- 
gerous man  in  this  region. 

The  instructions  of  Burgoyne  to  Colonel  Baum,  and  the  for- 
mer's testimony  before  the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Commons 
upon  the  conduct  of  the  war  in  America  show  that  the  Valley 
of  the  Connecticut  was,  north  from  Brattleboro,  considered  as  a 
most  valuable  prize,  and  at  the  same  time  an  invasion  was  too 
dangerous  to  be  attempted.  For  the  security  from  the  ravages 
of  war  which  the  Connecticut  Valley  enjoyed  during  the  strug- 
gle for  Independence,  it  was  indebted,  more  than  to  any  one  else, 
to  General  Bayley. 

He  organized  the  militia  of  the  river  towns,  and  skilfully 
arranged  the  scattered  forces  in  such  a  manner  that  each  man 
should  serve  a  few  days  each  year  in  guarding  and  scouting; 
reviewed  the  work,  and  directed  the  operation  of  his  subordinate 
officers,  raised  stores  and  provisions  for  the  campaign  against 
Burgoyne,  and  his  hand  is  seen  in  all  the  military  operations  in 
the  Connecticut  Valley. 

It  is  well,  indeed,  that  the  numerous  descendants  shoidd  unite 
in  measures  tending  to  rescue  from  oblivion  the  acts  of  this 
remarkable  man.  His  ashes  rest  under  a  crumbling  stone,  upon 
which  the  dates  of  his  birth  and  death  are  both  incorrectly  given. 
None  of  his  sons  or  grandsons  appear  to  have  taken  any  interest 
in  securing  his  records  and  military  [)apers  from  destruction,  and 
it  is  within  the  knowledge  of  the  writer  that  large  cjuantities  of 
his  papers  were  used  to  kindle  the  domestic  fires  of  one  of  his 
descentlants. 

General  Bayley  seems  to  have  been  indifferent  to  his  own 
fame.  He  kept  no  journal,  wrote  letters  only  when  necessary, 
but  did  the  duty  which  came  to  him  as  a  soldier,  a  pioneer,  a 
deacon  in  the  church,  or  as  a  judge  upon  the  bench.  Unlike 
some  of  his  contemporaries,  his  patriotism  has  never  been  ques- 
tioned, or  his  acts  required  vindication. 


MEMOIR    OF   JAMES    DYAS    BAILEY.  59 

A  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  Mr.  Wells  for 
his  able  and  interesting  paper,  and  the  Secretary  was  instructed 
to  communicate  the  same  to  Mr.  Wells. 

Mr.  Walter  E.  Robie  of  Waltham  was  then  called  upon  and 
presented  the  following  memoir  of  James  Dyas  Bailey  : 

MEMOIR   OF   JAMES   DYAS   BAILEY. 

I  have  been  asked  to  write  a  short  notice  of  James  Dyas 
Bailey,  a  member  of  the  big  Bailey  family,  who  died  at  his 
home  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  on  February  7,  191 1. 

James  Dyas  Bailey  was  born  in  East  Boston  on  July  16,  1839, 
the  oldest  but  one  of  a  family  of  ten  children  born  to  Edwin 
Bailey  and  his  wife,  Margaret  Dyas  Bailey. 

Edwin  Bailey  was  born  in  Scituate,  Mass.,  on  the  old  farm 
which  in  1670  belonged  to  John  Bailey,  his  ancestor,  and  which 
has  been  occupied  by  the  Bailey  family  to  this  time.  When  a 
yoimg  man  Edwin  Bailey  went  to  Boston  and  learned  the  trade 
of  a  carpenter,  later  becoming  a  builder  of  considerable  promi- 
nence there,  but  about  the  year  1858  he  returned  to  Scituate, 
built  a  new  house  on  the  site  which  the  old  house  had  occupied 
for  one  hundred  and  twenty  years,  and  became  a  farmer. 

James  Dyas  Bailey  attended  the  Lyman  School  in  East  Boston, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1852,  when  thirteen  years  of  age, 
taking  the  Franklin  medal  of  that  year. 

He  says  of  himself  that  "  desiring  to  see  something  of  the 
world  I  shipped  as  cabin  boy  on  the  ship  Lowell  for  a  voyage 
to  the  East  Indies." 

I  do  not  know  how  long  he  remained  a  cabin  boy,  but  prob- 
ably not  a  great  while,  as  he  appears  to  have  been  an  ambitious 
boy  and  was  soon  a  sailor,  able  to  reef  topsails  in  a  gale  of  wind 
off  Cape  Horn,  and  appears  to  have  passed  rapidly  through  the 
various  grades  of  sailor  life,  becoming  an  officer  and  sailing  on 
some  of  those  splendid  clipper  ships  which  in  the  years  between 
1850  and  i860  were  the  pride  of  the  American  people.  After 
his   voyage   on    the   Lowell  he  sailed  to  China   on   the   famous 


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clipper  ship  Flying  Fish.  His  next  ship  was  the  Quickstep, 
and  after  that  he  sailed  on  the  Nabob,  all  in  the  China  tea 
trade.  It  was  while  he  was  second  mate  of  the  Nabob  that 
she  was  dismasted  in  the  Indian  Ocean,  and  for  his  good  work 
at  that  time  he  was  presented  by  the  owners  with  a  valuable 
chronometer  watch,  which,  I  think,  he  carried  always  after- 
wards. 

He  next  sailed  as  first  mate  of  the  ship  Magenta  when  he 
was  about  twenty-three  years  of  age,  going  around  Cape  Horn 
and  up  the  Pacific  Ocean  to  San  Francisco.  Here,  after  ten 
yecirs  of  sea  life,  he  decided  to  remain  on  dry  land  and  soon 
became  interested  in  the  business  of  insurance,  taking  a  position 
in  the  office  of  the  Hartford  Insurance  Company. 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  Union  Insurance  Company  of 
San  Francisco  in  1S65  he  joined  that  company,  later  becoming 
its  secretary  and  general  agent.  He  was  with  this  company 
twenty- seven  years. 

In  August,  1892,  he  was  appointed  general  agent  for  the 
Pacific  Department  of  the  Insurance  Company  of  North  America, 
remaining  with  this  company  seventeen  years,  when  he  retired. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Rebecca 
A.  Hartley  and  the  second,  who  survives  him,  was  Maria  F. 
Sweetser.  His  oldest  son,  Albert  Edwin,  now  lives  in  Seattle, 
his  second  son  in  San  Francisco,  and  his  daughter  resides  a  few 
miles  out  of  New  York  City. 

It  may  be  proper  here  to  say  that  a  sister  of  Mr.  Bailey,  Mrs. 
Annie  Bailey  Curtis,  a  member  of  this  Association,  died  in 
Brookline,  Mass.,  on  July  30,    191 1. 


Mr.  Albert  S.  Haynes  of  Lowell  added  to  the  interest  of  the 
meeting  by  a  short  adtlress  and  by  showing  the  original   com- 
mission as  Colonel,  issued  by  President  Madison  to  John  Bayley 
of  Newbury,  Vt.  (son  of  General  Jacob  Bayley). 
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AN    OLD    BAVLEY    COMMISSION.  6l 

AN    OLD   BAYLEY   COMMISSION   AND   THE 
HAYNES   FAMILY. 

Col.  John  Bayley  was  the  ninth  child  of  Gen.  Jacob  Bayley 
the  patriarch  of  Newbury,  Vt.  Col.  John  Bayley  had  a  son 
Jeffrey  Amherst  Bayley,  who  had  a  daughter,  the  mother  of 
Mr.  Albert  S.  Haynes.  Rev.  Zadoc  S.  Ilaynes,  the  father  of 
Mr.  A.  S.  Haynes,  was  born  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  May  15,  1816, 
and  died  at  Willimantic,  Conn.,  in  March,  18S1,  while  visiting 
his  daughter.  He  was  educated  at  Old  Newbury  Seminary  and 
entered  the  ministry  in  1S42,  from  which  time,  till  1S71,  he  held 
many  of  the  best  appointments  in  the  Vermont  Methodist  Con- 
ference. He  was  always  a  beloved  pastor,  as  well  as  a  loyal 
patriotic  citizen. 

He  married  (January  2,  1S43)  Marian  Bayley  at  the  Amherst 
Bayley  homestead  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  having  become  acquainted 
with  her  while  a  student  at  the  Old  Seminary.  Their  oldest 
son,  born  iit  Cabot,  Vt.,  February  6,  1846,  is  the  Rev.  Emery 
James  Haynes,  D.D.,  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.,  formerly  pastor 
of  several  prominent  Boston  and  New  York  churches,  author, 
etc.  Rev.  Joseph  E.  King,  D.D.,  of  Fort  Edward  Institute, 
N.Y.,  Principal  of  Old  Newbury  Seminary  184S-1853,  married 
Melissa,  a  daughter  of  Jeffrey  Amherst  Bayley,  and  sister  of 
Mrs.  Haynes  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  July  22,  1S50. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
To  all  who  shall  see  these  presents  Greeting  : 

Know  Ye,  That  reposing  special  Trust  and  Confidence  in 
the  Patriotism,  Valour,  Fidelity  and  Abilities,  of  John  Bayley, 
I  have  nominated,  and  by  and  with  the  Advice  and  Consent  of 
the  Senate,  do  appoint  him  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  twenty 
fourth  Regiment  of  Infantry  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  : 
to  rank  as  such  from  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  eighteen  hundred 
and  fourteen. 

He  is  therefore  carefully  and  diligently  to  discharge  the  duty 
of  Lieutenant  Colonel  by  doing  and  performing  all  manner 
of  things  thereunto  belonging.      And   I  do  strictly  charge  anil 


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require  all  Officers  and  Soldiers  under  his  Command,  to  he  ohedi- 
ent  to  his  Orders  as  Lieutenant  Colonel.  And  he  is  to  ohserve 
and  follow  such  Orders,  and  Directions,  from  time  to  time,  as 
he  shall  receive  from  me  or  the  future  President  of  the  United 
States  of  America  or  the  General,  or  other  superior  OtHccrs 
set  over  him,  according  to  the  Rules  and  Discipline  of  War. 
This  Commission  to  continue  in  force  during  the  Pleasure  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  for  the  time  being. 

By  Command  of  the 
President  of  the  Uniteil  States  of  America. 

JAS.  MONROE. 

Given  under  my  hand  at  Washington  this  lirst  day  of  January 
in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  eight  hundred  and 
fifteen  and  in  the  Thirty  Ninth  Year  of  the  Independence 
of  the   United   States. 

JAMES   MADISON. 

Mr.  Haynes  is  a  great-grandson  of  Colonel  John  Bayley,  and 
consequently  a  great-great-grandson  of  General  Jacob  Bayley. 

After  another  musical  selection,  the  President  pro  tern  called 
upon  Rev.  George  A.  Smith  of  Boston,  General  Secretary  of  the 
American  Society  of  Colonial  Families,  who  delivered  an  inter- 
esting and  eloquent  address,  in  substance  as  follows  : 

ADDRESS  OF  REV.  GEORGE  A.  SMITH,  SECRETARY 
OF  THE  SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  FAMILIES. 
There  is  an  increasing  interest  among  Colonial  descendants  in 
matters  ancestral.  Family  associations  are  forming  to  revive 
memories  of  the  olden  times  and  to  perpetuate  the  principles  of 
the  fathers.  The  American  Society  of  Colonial  Families  has 
been  organized  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  about  the  co-opera- 
tion of  all  family  associations  and  Colonial  descendants  of  every 
name  in  some  very  distinctive  and  practical  work.  That  work 
is  twofold  —  the  revival  of  memories  and  the  quickening  of 
ancestral  pride  to  the  end  that  the  number  of  lasting  memorials 


IIoLi.is   R.  Baii.icv,  Ks(t,  oi    Camukiixjii:,  Mass, 

FoRMF.n    Pni:sii)i:.\  1    and   Si:cui:rAm    o\    Associaiion 

AM)    NOW     IIS     ri{i:Asi'i{i:K. 


THE    BAILEY-BAYLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION.  63 

of  the  heroic  founders  of  our  country  may  be  greatly  nuiUiplicd 
and  the  story  of  their  lives  more  adequately  written,  —  and  that 
efficient  agencies  shall  be  employed  to  awaken  the  newer  gen- 
erations of  Colonial  descendants  to  an  active  interest  in,  not 
only  the  ideals  of  the  fathers,  but  their  actual  realization  in  the 
life  of  this  new  century.  The  several  associations  will  do  this 
to  a  degree,  ])ut  only  by  the  co-operative  spirit  and  method  can 
any  great  enthusiasm  be  aroused,  or  any  very  efficient  things  be 
brought  to  pass.  We  invite  you  to  earnestly  consider  with  us 
the  propriety  of  uniting  all  our  associations  under  the  ausjiices 
of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Families  to  do  a  great  work,  the 
details  of  which  will  be  easily  defined,  once  we  are  minded  to 
work  together. 

The  Association  passed  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Smith  for  his  interesting  and  timely  address. 

Hollis  R.  Bailey,  Esq.,  of  Cambridge,  then  read  several  letters 
from  absent  members,  expressing  their  regret  at  not  being  able 
to  be  present. 

Mrs.  Abbie  F.  Ellsworth  of  Rowley  then  read  a  valuable  his- 
torical paper  which  she  had  prepared  upon  the  meeting  houses, 
schoolhouses,  and  ferries  of  "  Ould  Newbury,"  and  mentioned 
many  interesting  customs  of  the  early  settlers  of  the  town,  bring- 
ing in  the  names  of  several  Bayleys,  and  showed  that  those  of 
the  Bayley  name  or  blood  had,  from  the  earliest  times,  been 
prominently  connected  with  the  locality.  Her  audience  heartily 
joined  in  her  wish  that  "  long  may  the  people  of  West  Newbury 
live  to  enjoy  their  beautiful  town,  with  its  high  hill,  large  farms 
and  peaceful  surroundings." 

The  Fvesklent  pro  ^em  next  called  upon  John  W.  Bailey,  Esq., 
of  Topsfield,  who  responded  all  too  briefly,  for,  although  this 
was  his  first  meeting,  he  had  shown  himself  so  interested  and 
helpful  that  all  wished  to  hear  more  from  him.  His  activity  is 
probably  accounted  for  on  the  ground  that  he  is  a  '' double 
dyed"  Bailey,  being  descended,  on  his  father's  side,  from  the 
Baileys  of  Rowley,  and,  on  his  mother's  side,  from  "John  of 


64  THE    BAILEY-BAYLEV    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

Salisbury,"  which,  evidently,  is  a  happy  crossing  of  the  family 
lines,  and  we  shall  hope  to  hear  from  him  later. 

Dr.  Stephen  G.  Bailey  of  Boston  was  then  called  upon,  and 
responded  with  a  few  interesting  remarks.  Dr.  Bailey's  speeches 
always  show  that  he  has  studied  our  family  history  extensively. 
He  has  always  been  of  great  assistance  to  the  Association. 

Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey  of  Lowell  presented  the  following 
memoirs  of  Henry  B.  Bailey  and  Mrs.  Moses  C.  Page,  early 
members  of  the  Association  ; 


MEMOIR   OF   HENRY    BRADLEY    BAILEY, 
By  Mr.  John  Alfred  Bailey. 

Henry  Bradley  Bailey  was  born  in  Haverliill,  Mass.,  July  30, 
1834.  He  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Bailey  and  a  de- 
scendant of  James  Bailey,  who  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
Rowley,  Mass. 

When  a  young  child  his  parents  removed  from  Haverhill  to 
Nashua,  N.IL,  and  after  a  short  residence  there  they  removed 
to  Newbury,  Vt.  There  he  attended  the  schools  of  the  town, 
including  Newbvu-y  Seminary,  which  was  a  school  of  high  stand- 
ing in  that  community. 

He  was  married  September  6,  1853,  at  Newbury,  to  x\nn  S. 
Lother,  who  was  born  in  Haverhill,  N.IL,  December  15,  1S34. 
In  1S67  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he 
subsequently  resided,  and  where  he  was  employed  by  the  Bos- 
ton &  Lowell  Railroad  practically  all  the  time  up  to  the  year 
1880,  when  he  decided  that  his  health  required  a  change  of 
occupation  and  he  became  interested  in  orange  raising  in  San 
Mateo,  Fla. 

He  died  in  Lowell,  April  19,  1910.  He  was  survived  by  his 
wife,  who  died  September  11,  1910;  by  a  son,  Lewis  B.  Bailey, 
born  April  3,  1S57,  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  who  now  resides  in  San 
Mateo,  Fla.  ;  and  by  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Hannah  J.  Trull,  who 
was  born  August  30,  1863,  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  and  is  the  wife  of 
Larkin  T.  Trull,  Esq.,  and  now  resides  in  Lowell. 


MEMOIR    OF    REBECCA    M.   M.   P.   PAGE.  65 

MEMOIR  OF  REBECCA  MIRIAM  MORSE   PLUMMER 

PAGE. 

Mrs,  Rebecca  Miriam  Morse  Plummer  Page  was  born  Octo- 
ber 6,  182S,  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  was  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  Plummer  and  his  wife,  Louise  Morse.  Mr.  Plummer 
was  born  March  5,  1798,  in  Washington,  Vt.  His  wife  was 
born  February  26,  1802,  in  Canaan,  N.H.,  and  they  were  mar- 
ried in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  1822. 

Mrs.  Page  was  a  school  teacher  for  many  years,  teaching  in 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  Salem,  N.H.,  Nashua,  N.H.,  Methuen,  Mass., 
and  several  other  towns.  She  married  Moses  Colby  Page,  whose 
mother  was  born  Ruthena  Bailey  of  Salem,  N.H.,  a  descend- 
ant in  the  direct  line  from  Richard  Bailey  of  Rowley,  Mass., 
and,  through  her  mother,  from  Hannah  Dustin,  the  noted  heroine. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Page  spent  much  of  their  married  life  in 
Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  was  a  successful  contractor  and  builder. 
They  were  constant  attendants  of  the  John  Street  Congregational 
Church,  where  Mrs.  Page's  ability  as  a  singer  was  very  mani- 
fest. In  later  life  they  moved  to  Windham,  N.H.,  close  by 
Canobie  Lake,  where  the  first  gathering  of  the  Bailey-Bayley 
Family  Association  was  held,  at  the  grove  owned  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Abel  Dow,  Mrs.  Dow  being  sister  of  Mrs.  Page. 

To  the  best  of  my  recollection,  Mrs.  Page  attended  every 
meeting  of  the  Association  while  she  lived,  and  was  enthusi- 
astic in  her  appreciation  of  the  good  times  enjoyed  at  these 
meetings. 

During  the  winter  of  191 1,  which  she  spent  in  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  at  the  home  of  her  sister,  who  had  moved  from  Canobie 
Lake,  she  was  planning  to  attend  the  meeting  of  this  year,  but 
in  April  she  decided  to  pay  a  visit  to  her  sisters  and  nieces  in 
Massachusetts,  and  at  the  home  of  one  who  lived  in  Lynn,  Mass., 
she  contracted  a  severe  cold,  and  on  the  second  day  after  she 
took  her  bed  she  passed  away,  her  death  being  occasioned  by  a 
severe  attack  of  pneumonia.  Her  funeral  was  at  Salem,  N.H., 
in  the  Methodist  church  April  27,  191 1,  and  interment  was 
made  in  the  cemetery  at  Windham,  N.H. 


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The  issue  of  the  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Page  was  one 
daughter,  Annie,  whose  death  occurred  within  a  year  after  her 
marriage.      This  ends  this  branch  of  the  Bailey  family. 

Those  who  met  Mrs.  Page  at  our  meetings  will  join  with  me 
in  saying  that  it  was  a  pleasure  to  listen  to  her  memories  of  the 
past,  which  were  related  in  a  manner  wholly  her  own,  and  were 
almost  absolutely  correct  in  their  details.  Her  manner  was  very 
pleasant,  and  this,  combined  with  her  dignity  of  carriage,  will 
make  her  one  who  will  be  remembered  for  a  long  time  by  her 
friends  and  acquaintances. 


The  closing  remarks  were  made  by  Rev.  Alvin  F.  Bailey  of 
Barre,  who  presents  a  rare  combination,  being  not  only  a  min- 
ister, but  a  politician  as  well ;  at  least  he  has  served  his  district 
very  efficiently  in  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  and  his  genial 
presence  and  earnest  remarks  contributed  to  the  success  of  the 
meeting. 

A  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  Board  of 
Selectmen  of  West  Newbury  for  their  courtesy  to  the  Associa- 
tion in  the  use  of  the  town  hall,  and  in  various  other  ways. 

The  exercises  were  closed  with  the  singing  of  the  following 
ode,  composed  by  Mrs.  HoUis  R.  Bailey,  and  sung  to  the  tune 
of  "  Fair  Harvard,"  the  audience  joining  in  the  singing,  led  by 
Prof,  and  Mrs.  Eben  H.  Bailey. 

"  On  this  day  we  are  gathered,  old  ties  to  renew, 
On  this  spot  in  our  history  dear, 
Where  our  pioneer  ancestors  brought  the  old  name 
Which  we  fondly  cominemorate  here. 
Name  borne  by  our  forefathers,  dear  to  us  all! 
May  we  keep  it  unsullied  and  pure; 
A  heritage  sacred  from  over  the  sea. 
To  be  cherished  while  life  shall  endure. 


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As  years  s-wiftly  passing  their  sad  changes  bring, 

And  old  faces  give  place  to  the  new, 

May  our  children  be  worthy  of  those  who  have  gone. 

Be  as  loyal,  as  faithful,  as  true ! 

And  now,  as  we  part,  let  us  tenderly  think 

Of  our  friends  who  have  passed  on  before. 

Who  wait  for  us  yonder  to  welcome  us  home 

When  our  labors  and  sorrows  are  o'er." 


The  following  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mr.  WiUiam  Wallace 
Bailey,  whose  death  has  already  been  referred  to,  was  received 
too  late  to  be  read  at  the  gathering,  but  is  properly  made  a  part 
of  this  report,  and  will  be  appreciated  by  all  who  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  knowing  him  : 

MEMOIR   OF   WILLIAM   WALLACE   BAILEY. 

William  Wallace  Bailey  was  born  August  26,  1S32,  at  Rut- 
land, Vt.,  and  died  March  iS,  1910,  at  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  His 
father  was  William  Wallace  Bailey  and  his  mother  Betsy  But- 
man,  both  of  Rutland,  where  they  lived  and  died.  In  early  life 
Mr.  Bailey  showed  a  decided  inclination  towards  mechanics,  and 
when  a  mere  lad  of  twelve  built  a  clock  for  the  village  church, 
which,  it  is  said,  kept  good  time  for  mnny  years.  This  was  the 
beginning  of  a  long  life  of  industry  and  perseverance,  residting  in 
a  well-earned  reputation  of  note  as  a  consulting  mining  engineer. 
In  this  capacity  he  was  at  different  times  connected  with  some  of 
the  most  important  engineering  feats  of  the  country.  At  the 
time  of  the  construction  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  he  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Burleigh  Rock  Drill  Company  of  Fitchburg, 
Mass.  The  air  compressors  and  drills  of  this  company  were 
used  in  this  remarkable  work,  and  Mr.  Bailey  had  charge  of  this 
department.  When  the  last  two  divisions  of  the  tunnel  met  in 
the  center  of  the  mountain  he  was  one  of  the  first  persons  to 
pass  through  the  opening.  He  was  also  connected  with  the 
building  of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge  and  the  excavations  at  Hell 
Gate,  together  with  the  opening  up  of  many  of  the  silver  and 


68  THE    BAILEV-UAVLEY    FAMILY    ASSOCIATION. 

copper  tiiifi^o  of  Lake  Superior,  the  mining  machinery  of  which 
he  had  charge  being  used  in  all  of  these  stupendous  undertak- 
ings. He  spent  a  number  of  years  in  California,  living  in  San 
Francisco,  where,  as  a  mining  expert,  he  was  connected  with 
many  important  mining  enterprises  :  chief  among  them  were  the 
gold  mines  of  J.  B.  Haggin  and  the  quicksilver  mines  at  New 
Almaden.  The  last  business  with  which  he  was  connected 
was  the  De  La  Vergne  Refrigerating  Company  of  New  York, 
with  which  company  he  was  associated  for  several  years,  thus 
rounding  up  a  life  of  wide  influence  and  interesting  personality. 
He  never  held  any  public  office,  but  was  always  keenly  alive  to 
his  country's  welfare.  Quiet  and  retiring  by  nature,  kind  and 
courteous  to  every  one,  it  may  be  truly  said,  he  never  had  an 
enemy,  but  has  left  behind  a  host  of  loving  friends  who  will 
always  cherish  his  memory. 


Thus  closes  the  report  of  the  thirteenth  gathering  of  our 
Association,  one  of  the  results  of  which  we  trust  will  be  to 
rescue  from  careless  and  undeserved  neglect,  and  to  perpetuate 
through  all  the  coming  years,  the  memory  of  the  life  and  self- 
sacrificing  public  services  of  General  Jacob  Bayley.