Mary (Bailey) Day (1719 - 1780)

Born 14 Jan 1719 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Day — married 25 Jan 1738 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1780 at age 61 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Bailey was born in 1718/19, the daughter of Joseph Bailey and Abigail Webster.^[1] She married Abraham Day in Newbury, in 1737/38.^[2] Abraham was the brother of the John Day who had married Mary's first cousin Abigail Bailey (daughter of Deacon Richard) 7 years earlier.

Mary and Abraham lived near the old homestead of his father in the western part of Bradford, where their ten children were born:^[3][4]

1. Abraham, b. 22 Mar. 1738/39; m1. Betty Little, 12 Jan. 1764; m2. Sarah Campbell, 9 Apr. 1778; d. 3 July 1819
2. Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1741; d. 2 Aug. 1829 (unm.)
3. Joseph, b. 16 Apr. 1742; m. Priscilla Livermore, 7 May 1772; d. 5 Feb. 1806
4. Samuel, b. 7 Feb. 1746/47; m1. Sarah Stevens, 30 Aug. 1774; m2. Hannah Annis
5. Abigail, b. 18 Aug. 1749; d. 27 Apr. 1752
6. Abigail, b. 25 Aug. 1752; d. 22 Sep. 1753
7. Elizabeth, b. 14 Nov. 1754; m. Stephen Webster, 4 May 1775; d. 16 Nov. 1834
8. Sarah, b. 12 June 1757; d. 14 June 1792 (unm.)
9. Bailey, b. 26 Apr. 1760; m. Hannah Carleton, 5 May 1787 (dau. of Sarah (Bailey) Carleton), 5 May 1787; d. 28 Feb. 1825, and
10. Moses, b. 27 May 1763; m. Martha Carleton (dau. of Sarah (Bailey) Carleton), int. 18 Oct. 1785; d. 26 Feb. 1796.

Mary passed away in 1780, at age 61.^[5] She was buried in the Ancient Burying Ground of Bradford, where she would be joined by her husband 14 years later.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, 1911)| Volume I, Page 49
2. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, 1911)| Volume II, Pt. 1, Page 27
3. ↑ Ransome, Jeanne Bailey, (1991) The Bailey family: a history and genealogy ... Ann Arbor, MI: J. B. Ransom, (Page 82) Available at FamilySearch.org
4. ↑ Leonard Allison Morrison A.M. and Stephen Paschall Sharples S.B., History of the Kimball Family in America, From 1634 to 1897, and of Its Ancestors, The Kemballs or Kemboldes of England (Boston, Massachusetts: Damrell & Upham, 1897), Rec. Date: 29 Mar 2015. Cit. Date: 29 Mar 2015| Page 45
5. ↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 309
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18149387 for Mary Bailey Day
7. ↑ Sidney Perley, editor, The Essex Antiquarian (Salem, Massachusetts: n.p., n.d.), Vol. V: 4. Rec. Date: 26 Mar 2015. Cit. Date: 27 Mar 2015| Gravestone Inscription, Page 42

See Also:

• Family Search | Mary Bailey
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill,| Page 144, top, left-hand column
• Ransome, Jeanne Bailey, (1991) The Bailey family: a history and genealogy ... Ann Arbor, MI: J. B. Ransom, (Page 82) Available at FamilySearch.org