Person:James Bailey (47)

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James Bailey
b.31 May 1612
  • HJames Bailey1612 - 1677
  • WLydia Emery1616 - 1704
m. 1640
  1. John Bailey1642 - 1690
  2. Lydia Bailey1644 - 1722
  3. Jonathan Bailey1646 - 1665
  4. Damaris Bailey1648 - 1730/31
  5. James Bailey1650 - 1714/15
  6. Thomas Bailey1653 - 1675
  7. Samuel Bailey1655 - 1657
  8. Samuel Bailey1658 - 1677
Facts and Events
Name James Bailey
Gender Male
Birth? 31 May 1612
Marriage 1640 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Emery
Death? 9 Aug 1677 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

(From S1): Born about 1612 in Yorkshire, England. Came to Rowley, Mass., in the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1640. He married Lydia Emery. He died in Rowley August 9, 1677. She died in Rowley, April 29, 1704. It appears from the town records that James Bailey acquired by allotment and purchase considerable real estate... He held various town offices, including the office of Overseer of the Poor and also that of selectman for several years... James Bailey was a brother of Richard Bailey who came to New England in 1638...

References
  1.   Bailey, Oscar Elwyn. Bailey Genealogy: Account of James Bailey of Yorkshire, England and Rowley, Mass. and Some of His Descendants 1612-1962. (Carlsbad, CA, 1962)
    p. 9, 1962.