Individual Details
James Bailey
(15 April 1680 - 13 January 1769)
His marriage to his second wife, widow Mary Bacon, was a "smock" marriage. The wife is married with the complete absence of any property including her smock. This keeps the new husband from being responsible for the debts of the widow's deceased husband.
He then Declared that he took the said person without anything of estate and that Lydia, the wife of Eliazer Burbank, and Mary, the wife of Thomas Stickney, and Margaret the wife of Caleb Burbank, all of Bradford, were witnesses that the Cloaths she then had on ware of his providing and bestowing upon her. William Balch, minister of ye Gospell.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1850, Bradford Volume-1, p. 179
He then Declared that he took the said person without anything of estate and that Lydia, the wife of Eliazer Burbank, and Mary, the wife of Thomas Stickney, and Margaret the wife of Caleb Burbank, all of Bradford, were witnesses that the Cloaths she then had on ware of his providing and bestowing upon her. William Balch, minister of ye Gospell.
Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1850, Bradford Volume-1, p. 179
Events
| Birth | 15 April 1680 | Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay | |||
| Marriage | 14 July 1702 | Bradford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts - Hannah Wood |  |  | |
| Marriage | 22 November 1733 | Bradford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts - Mary Bacon | | ||
| Death | 13 January 1769 | Bradford, Essex, Province of Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Wood (1681 - 1733) |
| Child | Abigail Bailey (1703 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Bailey (1705 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Bailey (1706 - ) |
| Child | Joseph Bailey (1708 - 1782) |
| Child | Mehetabel Bailey (1709 - ) |
| Child | Edward Bailey (1711 - ) |
| Child | Edna Bailey (1713 - ) |
| Child | Stephen Bailey (1714 - ) |
| Child | Marriem Bailey (1716 - ) |
| Child | Bula Bailey (1718 - ) |
| Child | James Bailey (1720 - 1721) |
| Child | James Bailey (1721 - ) |
| Child | Hepzibah Bailey (1724 - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Bacon ( - ) |
| Father | John Bailey (1642 - 1690) |
| Mother | Mary Mighill (1649 - 1694) |
Notes
Marriage
James, and Hannah Wood, July 14, 1702.Marriage
Mary Bacon was a widow at the time of the marriage, and do not know her maiden name.Death
James, a very aged man, Jan. 13, 1769His will mentions wife Mary; three eldest sons Samuel, Joseph, and Edward; grandson Micah Carlton only child of daughter Abigail; daughter Hannah Hardy; granddaughter Hannah Goss daughter of Mehitabel; the grandchildren of daughter Edna Griffin; daughter Miriam Tyler; daughter Bulah Griffin; daughter Hebzibah Beal; two remaining sons Stephen and James.
Endnotes
1. Marriage record, Essex County, Bradford for , .