The Bailey family of Wicken, . Compiled by Andrew Martin. www.familytreeuk.co.uk Last updated: 23rd October 2005.

1. William Bailey (b.c.1783) married Elizabeth Bird (b.c.1780) a. William Bailey (bpt.23/09/1804, Wicken) married Elizabeth ? (b.c.1809, Wicken). William, Elizabeth and Solomon appear on the Wicken 1871 Census at Dewey Lane. William and Solomon are listed as “Sedge Labourers”. i. Solomon Bailey (b.c.1850, Wicken) b. Oliver Bailey (bpt.20/04/1806, Wicken) married Ann ? (b.c.1801) and later to Susannah (b.c.1798, Eriswell, Suffolk). Oliver and Susannah appear on the 1871 Wicken Census at “North Corner”. i. William Bailey (b.c.1833, Wicken) ii. Caroline Bailey (b.c.1835, Wicken) iii. Jane Bailey (b.c.1838, Wicken) iv. Sophia Bailey (b.c.1840, Wicken) c. James Bailey (bpt.25/09/1808, Wicken) married Jane ? (b.c.1809) i. Phebe Bailey (b.c.1829, Wicken) ii. Sarah Bailey (b.c.1830, Wicken) d. Ann Bailey (bpt.03/05/1811, Wicken) married Henry Bowers (b.1812, Wicken, d.1847, Wicken) on 27th October 1832 at Wicken and later to Jackson Layton th (b.c.1817) on 28 January 1851 at Wicken. Ann and Jackson appear on the 1881 Census at Guinea Hall in Burwell. It is believed that both died before the 1891 Census. i. Emily Bowers (b.c.1833, Wicken) ii. Isaac Bowers (b.c.1835, Wicken) iii. Mary Bowers (b.c.1836, Wicken) iv. Elizabeth Bowers (b.c.1838, Wicken) v. Maurice Bowers (b.c.1840, Wicken) vi. Sarah Bowers (b.c.1841, Wicken, d.1920) married George Farby (b.c.1839, d.1920) vii. Ann Bowers (b.c.1843, Wicken, bur.1889 Little ) married James Simpson Bishop (b.1842, , d.1901 Wicken) See BISHOP and BOWERS trees viii. Eliza Bowers (b.c.1846, Wicken) ix. William Bailey Layton (b.c.1852) x. Sarah Ann Bailey Layton (b.c.1853) xi. Sarah Bailey Layton (b.c.1855) e. Isaac Bailey (bpt.27/03/1814, Wicken) f. Rebecca Bailey (bpt.22/09/1816, Wicken) married George Pollard on 20th January 1834 at Wicken. g. Sarah Bailey (bpt.23/04/1820, Wicken) h. Richard Bailey (bpt.13/04/1823, Wicken) married Sophia (b.c.1824, Soham). Richard and Sophia appear on the 1861 Soham Census. The handwriting is particularly bad but it does appear that between 1855 and 1859 they were in Australia. i. Harriet Bailey (b.c.1848, Wicken) ii. Charlotte Bailey (b.c.1853, Wicken) iii. James Bailey (b.c.1855, Australia) iv. John H. Bailey (b.c.1857, Australia) v. William W. Bailey (b.c.1859, Australia) vi. Pleasant M. Bailey (b.c.1860, Soham)