Mary Bailey

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Bailey was born about 1722, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She married William Brown on 13 October 1744, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.

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Family Time Line

William Brown
1682–1768
Mary Bailey
1722–
Marriage: 13 October 1744
Thaddeus Brown
1746–1823
Mary Brown
1752–
Susannah Brown
1761–
Abijah Brown
1763–
Susanna Brown
1748–1800
Seth Ingersol Brown
1750–1809
Jonathan Brown
1754–
Abijah Brown
1756–
Josiah Brown
1758–
Lucy Brown
1760–

Sources (3)

  • Mary Brown in entry for Peter Bray, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • Mary Brown in entry for Peter Bray, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
  • Mary in entry for Josiah Brown, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

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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