Person:John Bailey (44)

John Bailey, son of John Bayley and his wife, Hannah Bourne, was born in Weymouth. He was made a Freeman in Massachusetts Colony (as of Weymouth), May 23,1677. He went to Scituate as a young man, before 1670, to take charge of the farm of Capt. John Williams at the Neck. The will of Captain Williams is dated at Scituate, 1691. "To my ancient servant (tenant), John Bailey," he gave the farm on which he lived at the Neck in Scituate. This farm contained about 175 acres and was considered one of the finest farms in Plymouth Colony. John Bailey married first, Sarah, daughter of Gowin and Elizabeth (Ward) White, January 25,1672. She was the mother of all his children. Elizabeth Ward, aged 38, came to New England in the ship, Increase, of London, (Robert Lea, master), in 1635. She came with the family of Thomas Jestlin (Josselyn). See Barry's History of Hanover, page 336. He married second, Ruth Clouthier, December 9,1699. Jeremiah Clouthier was in Weymouth early and served as one of Weymouth's Quota during King Phillip's War, and some of his family are buried in the old North Cemetary, and their gravestones are still standing. John Bailey died in Scituate in 1718, and in his will, gave to his sons John, Joseph, Benjamin, William, and Samuel, 4 sterling, each, in addition to what they had already received. To daughter, Mary Perry, he gave 60 sterling. He named his son William, executor. His children were born in Scituate. Bailey Family