James Bailey

James Bailey Lydia Emery John Bailey Mary Mighill James Bailey

m.Hannah Wood Samuel Bailey Abigail Bailey Samuel Bailey Hannah Bailey Joseph Bailey Mehitable Bailey Edward Bailey Ednah Bailey Stephen Bailey Miriam Bailey Beulah (Bula) Bailey James Bailey James Bailey Hepzibeh Bailey

Father: John Bailey
Mother: Mary Mighill

Married Hannah Wood on 14 JUL 1702 at Bradford, Mass.

Child 1: Samuel Bailey

Child 2: Abigail Bailey

Child 3: Samuel Bailey

Child 4: Hannah Bailey

Child 5: Joseph Bailey

Child 6: Mehitable Bailey

Child 7: Edward Bailey

Child 8: Ednah Bailey

Child 9: Stephen Bailey

Child 10:

Child 11: Miriam Bailey

Child 12: Beulah (Bula) Bailey

Child 13: James Bailey

Child 14: James Bailey

Child 15: Hepzibeh Bailey

Notes: He lived in Bradford, Mass. The will of James Bailey was probated 2/27/1727 in Salem, Mass. Second marriage to the widow Mrs.Mary Bacon, 22 Nov., 1733. This second marriage is cited as an instance of the custom in New England of what were known as "smock" weddings. If a widow came to a marriage in clothes provided by her husband to be, he did not have to assume her debts. Frequently the bride was married in a sheet, hence the name smock.

"He then declared that he took the maid person without anything of Estate and Lydia, the wife of Elizaer Burbank and Mary, the wife of Thomas Stickney and Margaret the wife of Caleb Burbank, all of Bradford, were witnnesses that the Cloaths and then had on were of his providing and bestowing up on her. William Bales, minster of ye Gospel." Nov. 22, 1733.

From Bradford, Mass.. Vital Records to the end of year 1849. Wayland, Mass. public library, p.179

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