Jesse Bailey

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Bailey was born on 25 September 1776, in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Captain John Bailey, was 39 and his mother, Anne Marmoy, was 38. He married Eunice Gould on 2 March 1799, in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1850. He died on 30 April 1859, in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Grover Cemetery, Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Bailey
1776–1859
Eunice Gould
1774–1867
Marriage: 2 March 1799
George Bailey
1799–1837
Eunice Bailey
1801–1822
David Bailey
1804–1876
Warren Bailey
1806–1888
Louisa Bailey
1809–1878
Clarissa Bailey
1811–1867
Jessie Bailey
1815–1892
John Buzzell Bailey
1819–1902

Sources (27)

  • Jesse Bailey, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jesse Baley, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Jesse Bayley, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

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World Events (8)

1779

Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).

English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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