Edna (Halsted) Northend (1626 - 1705)

Born 1 Oct 1626 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Bailey — married about 1645 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Wife of Ezekiel Northend — married 1 Dec 1648 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1705 at age 78 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Edna (Halsted) Northend immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

It has in the past been said (without corroboration) that Edna Halsted may have been born at Halifax Parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.^[1] However, she was in fact born in Bradford Parish, Yorkshire, England, the place her parents were married and resided. A search of the Bradford records shows four christenings in Bradford attributed to parent Nathan Halstead:

1. Edna, christened 4 Nov. 1621; buried 6 Nov. 1621
2. William, christened 16 March 1622/23
3. Henrie, christened 29 August 1624, and
4. Edith, christened 1 Oct. 1626.

It is supposed that this "Edith" was in fact a mis-recording of "Edna", thus in fact being the person profiled here. Note that there were two other children of Nathan Halstead buried in Bradford, one July 30, 1628 and one Mar. 16, 1628 (prob. 1628/29), for which there were no christenings.

It has also been said that Richard Bailey "brought with him to Rowley his wife Edna." Let's examine this assumption. It is believed that researchers in times past were simply not aware that Edna's parents had migrated to New England with their children William, Henry and Edna. While there is no surviving record of the date of their crossing, it is known conclusively that the family was "of Concord" by 1640/41. Her father was made freeman of Massachusetts Bay on 2 June 1641. (See Nathan Halsted Profile) Also her mother's death record for March 1641/42 survives, (See Isabel Halsted Profile) as does William Halsted's Will (Concord, 1646, reproduced on Page 21 of Ransome's Genealogy) which identified Henry and Edna as his siblings. Since Edna would have been 14 years of age or even less at the time of migration, the notion that she had been married beforehand in England is not supportable. It needs now be said that she met and married RIchard Bailey in New England. The fact that no marriage record survived, though unfortunate for us, does not suggest let alone prove any different conclusion.

Edna was a sister of Henry Halstead. In a letter from her brother Henry Halstead: " Your ant marvelled at you that you can have such a good heart to marry againe soe sonne being in a strange country."^[1] Henry is the brother who had returned to England, being where the above letter was written. This letter was written in 1650 (transcribed in full on Page 22 of Ransome's genealogy), and is referring to Edna's second marriage, happening as it did just 9 months after Richard Bailey's death.

Marriages

Edna married twice.

• First, to Richard Bailey.^[1]. No marriage record has survived. The "about 1645" date is a guess based on their only son's birth in 1646.

• She married on 1 Dec 1648 at Rowley, MA, as her 2nd, to Ezekiel Northend.^[1][2]

Death

Edna died on 3 February 1704/5 at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1][3]

Children

Edna and Richard Bailey had only one child:^[1]

1. Joseph Bailey, b c. 1646; m. Abigail Trumbull

Children of Edna and Ezekiel Northend:^[1]

1. Edna Northend, b 1 Jul 1649; m 1) Thomas Lambert, 2) Andrew Stickney
2. Elizabeth Northend, b 17 Sep 1651
3. Elizabeth Northend, b 19 Oct 1656;m Humphrey Hobson, 2) Ezekiel Mighill, 3) Thomas Gage
4. John Northend, b 18 Jan 1658, d young
5. Sarah Northend, b 3 Jan 1661; m Thomas Hale
6. Ezekiel Northend, b 8 Nov 1666; m Dorothy Sewall
7. Mary Northend, bpt 25 Nov 1669

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Ransome, Jeanne Bailey, (1991) The Bailey family: a history and genealogy ... Ann Arbor, MI: J. B. Ransom, Available at FamilySearch.org (Pages 1-16).
2. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849" (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 356
3. ↑ Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849" (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928-31)| Page 498

See also:

• Bartley, Scott Andrew. Letters to Ezekial and Edna (Halstead) (Bailey) Northend of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1650 and 1652", The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2019) Vol. 173, WN 690, Pages 147-154.
• Blodgett, George. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts (Amos Everett Jewett, Rowley, Massachusetts, 1933) Pages 256 - 257.
• Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
• Find A Grave memorial #58576410
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joansovelenko&id=I92337
• "Descendants of Ezekial Northend of Rowley", Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XII, No. 1., 1874, page 5.
• Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496782.
• The Chandler family, the descendants of William and Annis Chandler who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts| Page 591
• Proceedings of the 8th Annual Bailey-Bayley Family Association, 1900| Edna Halsted, Pages 21-24

Acknowledgments

• Profile updated 2019 by Dave Bailey to reflect the research of Chris H. Bailey of Eustis, Florida. Dave and Chris are both descendants of Richard Bailey.