Family:Thomas Bayes and Anna Baker (1)

Facts and Events
Marriage[2][3] 26 Dec 1639 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Children
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17 Nov 1669
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Bef 14 Feb 1679/80
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Settled at Bayes' Neck in Edgartown, on Martha's Vineyard. "So-called as early as 1666 from Thomas Bayes, its first owner. Situated on the eastern shore of the Great Herring Pond."S4, Vol II p. 22

References
  1.   "Notes and Queries", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol 53 p 130.

    "Thomas Bayes married Anna Baker, Oct. 26, 1639, at Dedham."
    [Note: this clearly is a misinterpretation of the month number by the correspondent. The 10th month was December, not October, in the old-style calendar.]

  2. "Marriage Records of Dedham, Massachusetts", in The Connecticut Nutmegger. (East Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Society of Genealogists)
    Vol 18 p. 194.

    "1639: Baker, Ann & Thomas Bayes 26 Dec"

  3. Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 126.

    "1639
    ...
    Thomas Bayes & An Baker, were married the 26 of the 10 m'o."
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the tenth month is December. More info may be found here.]

  4.   Banks, Charles Edward. The history of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts. (Boston: G H Dean, 1911)
    Vol 2 p. 22, 38-41.

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