Person:Henry Bailey (37)

Henry Bailey was baptised on 4th August 1816 at Pagham in Sussex, son of Mary Bailey, formerly Edwards, and her husband Joseph Bailey, an agricultural labourer. Henry was the fifth of their eleven children. The family lived in the hamlet of Lagness. Henry's maternal grandmother, Susannah Edwards, lived at Lagness too. She died in 1832. Henry's mother died in 1833, when Henry was sixteen years old.

The 1841 census finds Henry living with his aunt, Charlotte Green and her family at Lagness. She was Henry's late mother's sister.

Henry was married on 20th October 1841, aged 25, to Mary Bulbeck. They had two children, a daughter and a son, born in Pagham in the 1840s. Henry worked as a farm bailiff and they lived at Willow Hale, appearing there in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses. By 1861 their son was working as an apprentice wheelwright.

Mary died in 1863, aged 48. The following year Henry married again, with his second wife being a cook named Ellen Pollington. They married at South Bersted, and continued living at Willow Hale in Pagham. They had one daughter in 1866. The 1871 census finds them living at Willow Hale.

By 1881 they had moved to Nyewood Lane in Bognor, and Henry was described as a dairyman. Henry died on 11th July 1882, aged about 66. Ellen survived him by seven years.

1. ↑ Pagham baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 118
   When Baptized: 4 Aug 1816
   Name: Henry
   Parents: Joseph & Mary
   Surname: Bailey
   Abode: Lagness
   Occupation: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: William Marler

   This baptism has been linked to the Henry Bailey who married Mary Bulbeck on the basis that their marriage record gives his father's name as Joseph Bailey, whilst in the censuses after their marriage Henry claimed to have been born around 1816 in Pagham. It is worth noting there was another Henry Bailey who claimed to have been born around the same time in Pagham, who married an Ellen (probably Ellen Bard, married Portsea 1843). That couple can be found in the 1851 and 1861 censuses. That Henry had died by 1871 as that Ellen appears in the 1871 census a widow at Westbourne.

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1099; Book 4; Folio 5; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Lagness, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag Lab, born in county
   Charlotte Green, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Harriet Green, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   James Green, male, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Susanna Green, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Ann Green, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Stephen King, male, 55 [1781-6], Ag Lab, not born in county
   Henry Bailey, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag Lab, born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1652; Folio 139; Page 20, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Willow Hale, Pagham, Sussex
   Percival Warnham, head of house, unmarried, male, 21 [1829/30, Farmer of 200 acres emp. 20 labs, b. S. Bersted, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, head of family, married, male, 34 [1816/17], Farm Bailiff in Farmers house, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Mary Bailey, wife, married, female, 36 [1814/15], Farm Bailiff wife, b. Lewis [sic], Sussex
   Harriett Bailey, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, male, 6 [1844/5], b. Pagham, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 618; Folio 78; Page 22, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Willow Hale, Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, head, married, male, 44 [1816/17], Farm Bailiff, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Mary Bailey, wife, married, female, 46 [1814/15], b. Lewes, Sussex
   Harriett Bailey, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1842/3], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1844/5], Wheelwright ap., b. Pagham, Sussex

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1112; Folio 79; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Willow Hale, Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, head, married, male, 54 [1816/17], Farm Bailiff, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ellen Bailey, wife, married, female, 45 [1825/6], b. North Bersted, Sussex
   Ellen Bailey, daughter, female, 5 [1865/6], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Rhoda Hedgecock, servant, unmarried, female, 13 [1857/8], Dom. Serv. General, b. Pagham, Sussex

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1124; Folio 46; Page 51, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 1 Percy Cottage, Nyewood Lane, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
   Henry Bailey, head, married, male, 64 [1816/17], Dairyman, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ellen Bailey, wife, married, female, 55 [1825/6], b. Bersted, Sussex
   Mary E. Bailey, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1865/6], b. Pagham, Sussex

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Henry BAILEY, September Quarter 1882, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 225; aged 66 [1815/16]

8. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1882
   BAILEY Henry
   Personal Estate £101 5s. 6d.
   19 August. The Will of Henry Bailey late of Nyewood-lane Bognor in the County of Sussex Yeoman who died 11 July 1882 at Nyewood-lane was proved at Chichester by Alfred Adames Butcher and Charles Bennett Grocer both of Bognor the Executors.

9. ↑ England. Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com).

   bur. 16 Jul 1882, South Bersted, Sussex: Henry Bailey, aged 66