BAILEY Family.Pdf

BAILEY Family.Pdf

Bailey Family OCCGS REFERENCE ONLy s~ KEEPING UP WITH THE /\JONESES PART 4: OTHER JONES FAMILIES Frederick C. Hart Jr., CG 1311 Great Hill Road North Guilford, CT 06437-3649 This final part of the series on the Jones families of Stamford will take note of the various other isolated Jones individuals and families that appeared in Stamford up to about 1800 - but who are not associated with any of the three major groups already outlined in previous installments. The Rev. Eliphalet Jones ("Mr. Jones'') The Rev. ELIPHALET JONES, son of the Rev. John1 Jones of Concord and Fairfield, was born at Concord, Massachusetts on 9 January 1640/41 , and died at Huntington, Long Island, New York on 5 June 1731. 1 He married at an unknown place and time MARTHA LAWRENCE, baptized 9 August 1646, the daughter of Thomas and Martha L_) Lawrence of Milford. Thomas Lawrence had died in 1648 when his daughter was an infant and his only son Thomas Jr. had not yet been born. His widow married (2) John Chapman of Stamford, and (3) on 17 December 1657, Francis Brown, also of Stamford. Martha's brother Thomas Lawrence Jr. married Hannah (Smith) Knapp, daughter of Henry Smith and widow of Caleb Knapp, both ofStamford.2 Eliphalet Jones studied at Harvard College in Massachusetts, but did not graduate.3 He apparently preached briefly in Huntington, Long Island in 1664.4 The connections with Stamford families may have had something to do with a pastoral assignment beginning at 1 Frederick Lewis Weis, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches ofNew England (Lancaster, MA: Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, 1936, repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1977), 118, hereafter Colonial Clergy. 2 All information from Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families ofOld Fairfield, two volumes in three (Fairfield: Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, DAR, 1930), 1:376. 3 Colonial Clergy, 118. 4 Charles R. Street, Huntington Town Records Including Babylon, Long Island, NY, 1653-1688 three volumes (Huntington, NY: the town, 1887), 63 , hereafter Huntington TR's. ORANGE COUNTY CAlfFORNrA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 115 22 Haddam Deeds Bk. 16, p. 221. 23 Ibid., Bk. 14, p. 251. 24 Revol. War Pension Appl. File for Christopher Bailey, in U. S. National Archives. 25 Haddam Vital Records in Deed Bk. 9. 26 Revol. War Pension Appl. File for Eliakim Bailey, in U. S. National Archives. 27 Headstone Inscriptions, Town of Haddam, p. 107. 28 Brainard, Lucy Abigail. The Genealogy of the Brainerd­ Brainard Family in America, 1649 - 1908 (in vol. 2, pp. 48- 49). Hartford. 1908. 29 Clark, Mrs. Flora S. The Four Spencer Brothers. Edited & indexed by Rowena Spencer, M. D. Published by the Spencer Family Association Library, New Orleans, La. 1987. 30 Headstone Inscriptions, Town of Haddam, pp. 105 & 107. 31 Records of the First Congregational Church of Haddam, marriage and death records. [FHL film #4,480]. 32 Ibid., and Haddam Vital Records in Haddam Deed Bk. 9, p.532. 33 Records of the First Congr. Ch. of Haddam, marriage & death records. 34 Middletown Probate Dist., Probate Record Book 10, pp. 158 - 160; Will, Court Order for notice to creditors of the Estate, and Inventory & Appraisal of Personal and Real Estate. [FHL film #4, 836]. 35 Records of the First Congr. Ch. of Haddam, marriage & death records. Mr. Simpson may be contacted at: I .I / ' Genealogical & Family History Research P.O.Box 1468 Salt Lake City, UT 84110-1468 or: Telephone (801) 521-9356 114 is mention of the death of both. Under date of Feb., 1798, is stated that "the wife of Ebenezer Thomas diea in child bearing, age about 30 years." Ebenezer's death is given as 27 Nov., 1811, aged 47.33 The early death of Elizabeth explains why the deed record (discussed above) of 1806 gives Ebenezer Thomas as one of the heirs of William Bailey but does not mention Ebenezer's wife. F. Samuel Bailey. No marriage record is found yet for Samuel but his will names his wife, Jemima, and his children.34 The Congregational Church records give the date of Samuel's death as 21 June, 1813, "age 40 years & 10 months."35 1 Haddam Vital Records in Haddam Deed Book 2, pp. 4 & 29. 2 Dewey, Louis Marinus. John Bailey of Haddam, Conn., and some of his descendants. The New England Hist. & Geneal. Register, vol. 61, pp. 60-64. 1907. 3 Haddam Deed Book 5, p. 210. 4 Ibid., Bk. 6, p. 174, & Bk. 8, p. 232. 5 Haddam Vital Records in Deed Bk. 7, p. 226. 6 Haddam Deed Bk 8, p. 444. 7 Haddam Vital Records 8 Middletown Probate Packets, packet for Isaac Thomas, 1783 [FHL film #1,023,570]. 9 Hale Coll.; Haddam Cemetery Records. 10 Heads of Families, the 1790 census Middlesex Co., Ct., Town of Haddam, p. 84 of printed census. 11 Middletown Probate District, Record Book 5, p.440. 12 Ibid., Bk. 6, p. 100. 13 Middletown Probate Packets, Packet for Desire Bailey. 14 Records of the First Congregational Church of Haddam, \. marriages & deaths [FHL film #4,480]. This is one of several marriages which were·not recorded until some years afterward, as is explained there by the recording clerk of the Church. Thus only the month and year were remembered for some, and in this case the name of the groom was entered in error as "Robert" instead of Richard Skinner. 15 Ibid., Packet for [Guardianship of] Isaac Bailey. 16 Haddam Deed Bk. 14, p. 24. 17 Headstone Inscriptions, Town of Haddam, Connecticut, (p.105} in Hale Collection of Cemetery Records of Connecticut. [FHL film #3,337]. 18 Haddam Vital Records, in Deed Book 2, p. 4. 19 Headstone Inscriptions, Town of Haddam, p. 106. 20 Middletown Probate Packets: Packet for John Bailey, 1767. 21 The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from May, 1726, to May, 1735, inclusive. Transcribed & edited by Charles J. Hoadley. Hartford. 1873. \. ' 113 B. Eliakim Bailey. Eliakim also made appiication for a Revol. War Pension and in it stated that he was born "in the Town of Haddam in the year 1759," although "he has no record of his age."26 He is hurried in Old Higganum Cemetery where the tombstone states he died 31 Oct., 1836, age 80.27 These two records disagree as to his year of birth ( 1759 vs. ca. 1756) and since the tombstone was probably erected some years after his death, it is more likely that the date given by himself on the pension application is nearer correct. The extensive Brainerd Genealogy compiled about a century ago gives his date of birth as 29 Sept., 1758, but does not cite source.28 That work states his first wife, Thankful, was daughter of Samuel Brainerd, and his 2nd wife, Mary, was daughter of Daniel Spencer and widow of James Treadwell. ) However, a published genealogy of the Spencers identifies the Mary Spencer who married James Treadwell as the daughter of Elizur Spencer, but does not mention a second marriage.29 Thus, the identity ofEliakim's second wife is uncertain. The cemetery records for Eliakim' s two wives are: "Thankful Bailey, wife of Mr. Eliakim, died Sept. 25, 1798, age 41 years;" and "Mary Bailey, wife ofEliakim, died April 21, 1832, age 75 years."30 C. William Bailey. Records of the First Congregational Church in Haddam include the marriage of William. It reads, "William Bailey, Jr., & Ruth Thompson or Thomas ?" suggesting uncertainty by the recording clerk about her 31 ) i sumame. While there were few Thompsons in Haddam and adjacent areas, / there were some Thomas families. Still, it has not yet been possible to relate Ruth to any of those Thomas families, and her identity remains uncertain. D. Christian Bailey. The marriage of Christian to William Clark, Jr., and the births of three of their children are entered in Haddam Vital Records. Their marriage is also recorded in the Congregational Church records, as also the deaths of both William and Christian. 32 E. Elizabeth Bailey. The name Elizabeth is given only in the Thomas genealogy. In all original records seen so far she is referred to as the wife of Ebenezer Thomas, without mention of her name. Their marriage does not seem to have been entered in the the Congregational Church records although there 112 Militia of Haddam, and for the rest of his life he was called "Ensign John" in the records ofHaddam.21 Presumably this title was perpetuated as a means of distinguishing him from his relatives of the same name. In his will, "Ensign John" mentioned his wife, Esther, and children. He devised his land to his four surviving sons, including part to "my fourth son, William." In addition to the land inherited from his father, William purchased other lands in Haddam and during his lifetime sold parts thereof to his children. However, even at his death he still owned land which fell to his heirs. Two deeds that document that inheritance can be mentioned. In Sept., 1806 (William died in Aug.), "Christopher Bailey, William Bailey, William Clark and Christian his wife, and Ebenezer Thomas" all of Haddam, sold to Eliakim Bailey and Samuel Bailey, also of Haddam, their interest in "the Estate both real and personal left by our honored father, William Bailey, late of Haddam, deceased."22 Then in 1813, Eliakim Bailey of Haddam sold to "my brother Samuel Bailey" his right in "the Estate .... of our honored father, William Bailey, late of Haddam, deceased."23 The children of William Bailey are given here, with sources cited in the following discussion. The names are documented, but their dates of birth are not all known.

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