Brief Life History of William
When William Bailey was christened on 28 July 1805, in Wilcot, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Bailey, was 28 and his mother, Rachel Ward, was 26.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- William Bailey, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
Spouse and Children
1805– Male
1808– Female
Parents and Siblings
1778– Male
1779–1866 Female
Siblings (5)
1804– Male
1805– Male
1808– Female
– Male
– Male
World Events (3)
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
1815
1823
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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