Brief Life History of James
When James Bailey was born in 1746, in Helpringham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Bailey, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca Foster, was 47. He was buried in Helpringham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Baily, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Baly, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- James Baly, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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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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