Jesse Bailey (1752 - 1836)

Born 26 Mar 1752 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Philbrick) Bailey — married 3 Sep 1776 in Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1836 at age 83 in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Private Jesse Bailey served with 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Jesse Bailey is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A004668.

This profile is part of the Bailey Name Study.

Jesse Bailey was born to Ebenezer Bailey and Sarah Palmer on 26 March 1752 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[1]

While the family was still living in Haverhill, Jesse's father had purchased a property called "Lot 54, Range 1" in Weare, New Hampshire, which he then divided among his sons, Daniel, Samuel and Ebenezer Jr. for their own settlement in about 1767.^[2] Jesse also moved to Weare, NH some time after those three brothers had established themselves there. All four brothers, Daniel, Ebenezer, Jesse and Samuel were listed in Weare on the 1776 List of New Hampshire Inhabitants.^[3]

Jesse, along with his brothers Ebenezer and Daniel, signed the Test of the New Hampshire Committee of Safety in April 12, 1776, pledging support of the American cause against the British: "We the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will to the utmost of our power, at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and armies against the United American Colonies."^[4]

Jesse served in the American Revolutionary War, stationed in Roxbury, as follows: ^[5][6]

• "Pvt. New Hampshire State Militia - 2 mos Service at Cambridge in 1775;
• Pvt. New Hampshire State Militia - 2 mos. Guarding prisoners enroute to Cambridge - 1777

Jesse married Sarah Philbrook, ^[5] daughter of Samuel and Phebe Sanborn Philbrook, 3 September 1776 in New Hampshire.^[7] The couple had 11 children, all born in Weare, NH, as follows:

1. Phebe, b. 25 June 1777; m. Jesse Bailey, 7 Dec. 1797; d. 17 Dec. 1854
2. Samuel Philbrick, b. 27 Feb. 1780; m1. Betsey Balch, 22 June 1802; m2. Betsey Harriman, 14 March 1816; d.12 July 1880
3. Bradbury, b. 30 May 1782; m. Agnes Marshall, 2 Mar. 1809; d. 10 Oct. 1859
4. Jesse, b. 29 Sep. 1784; m. Polly Barnard, 16 March 1807; d. 29 Jan. 1864
5. Ebenezer, b. 26 June 1786; m. Miriam Barnard, 8 Oct. 1806; d. 4 Sep. 1870
6. David H., b. 10 Jan. 1790; m. Sabra Philbrick, 2 July 1820; d. 30 Jan. 1875
7. Jonathan, b. 19 Jan. 1792; m. Sarah Marshall; d. 11 June 1866
8. Sarah, b. 13 Aug. 1794; m. Christopher Cross, 4 July 1819; d. 1 March 1888
9. Gilman, b. 26 Aug. 1797; d. 4 Sep. 1800
10. Ira, b. 20 Dec. 1800; d. 22 June 1822; and
11. Solomon Sanborn, b. 16 Sep. 1803; m. Elvira C. Manahan, 7 Nov. 1833; d. 11 Nov. 1891.

Jesse died at the age of 83 on Jan 10, 1836 and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Weare, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1910)| "Vital Records of Haverhill, Births, Page 32"
2. ↑ The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| Page 676
3. ↑ Inhabitants of New Hampshire: 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, 1983, page 1028
4. ↑ The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| Page 204
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} National Number 42510; State Number 272 (The Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution) - Volume: 213; "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. [1]
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of 6 Sep 2021", Ancestor # A004668.
7. ↑ 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 106
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 74303815. | Memorial 74303815

See Also:

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Haverhill Births, page 32.

• 1790 - 1830 US Federal Censuses, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

• History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co.,1885, 878 pgs. WEARE, N.H., p. 678

• Year: 1810; Census Place: Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Roll: 24; Page: 683; Image: 00197; Family History Library Film: 0218685 - showing Jesse resident in Weare, NH in 1810 [2]

• Family Search | Jesse 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 106, continuing pg. 107

• Bailey Family Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1942, Volume 96, Page 303| NEHGR 96:303

• The Granite Monthly A New Hampshire Magazine (The Granite Monthly Co., Concord, NH), Volume 3, page 538, "The Late Centenarian of Washington, NH".| Page 537

• The History of Weare, New Hampshire (Little, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1888)| Pages 722-3

Acknowledgments

• Many thanks to Chris H. Bailey, Accredited Genealogist, Eustis, Florida, for the "Descendants of Jesse Bailey", dated November 2019.