Person:John Bailey (37)

Origins

He came from Chippenham, Eng., and was a weaver by trade.^{Citation needed}

Discrepancy re: Parentage

Bailey family historian, James Bailey, indicates his parents were Robert Bayley and Jane Oxford.

Life in New England

First record of him in New England concerns his being shipwrecked at Pemaquid (now Bristol), ME., in the great storm of August 15, 1635. He had a wife, son Robert, and two or more daughters in England. His son John came with him, and his daughter Johanna either came with him or soon after joined him.

He settled first at Newbury, in the vicinity of Parker River. Newbury had been settled two years, when in 1637, John Bailey, Sr., moved further into the forest, and established a solitary home beyond the Merrimac, near the mouth of the Powow River, where he built his log cabin, had the companionship of William Scholar, settled in solitude and began to fish and cultivate the soil.

He received the sole right of fishing in the Powow River was granted to him. It was provided, however, that a certain proportion of the fish takenbe given to the town, for in those early days fish was an important article of food.

In the year 1639 began the settlement of Colchester, afterwards called Salisbury. On the lists of names of those who had lots granted to them in thetown of Colchester in the first division of land is the name of Johh Bailey, Sr.

In the year 1651, John Bailey, Sr., was sentenced by the court to return to England by the next vessel or send for his wife to come over to him, but the order was never obeyed as he died soon after.

Legacy

John Bailey died November 3, 1651.

His will was proved April 13, 1652. He gave his home at Salisbury to his son John during his lifetime, then to John (3), son of John (2), they paying his widow six pounds if she came over to New England. He gave to his daughter Johanna (wife of Wm. Huntington) and her husband the house and five acres of land which he bought of Mr. Rowell; his son Robert 15 pounds and his daughters ten pounds apiece if they came over to New England and five pounds if they did not.

Children:

1. John, b. 163_; married Eleanor Emery
2. Johanna, b. ??; married William Huntington of Amesbury, 1640.
3. Robert remained in England with his mother and one or more sisters.

References

• HR Bailey, Bailey Genealogy (1899), p. 155-156

1. ↑ Bailey Genealogy: James, John & Thomas
   p. 155.
2. ↑ Bailey Genealogy: James, John & Thomas
   p. 156.