The young Captain Oliver Bailey was named after his father, Oliver Bailey, Sr. (1738-1822), who was born in Haddam, Connecticut. His grandfather John Bailey, Jr. (1661-1734) was the first Bailey to live there, making Oliver, Sr. the third generation of Baileys in the Haddam settlement. Oliver was the tenth child of Ephraim Bailey (1691-1761) and Deborah Brainerd (1698-1745). He was only seven years old when his mother died. His only surviving sister was married when he was four. The six older brothers and one younger one must have been a challenge for his father to manage.
Oliver married Hannah Scovil (1739-1826) on the 14th of May, 1761. She was the third of twelve children whose family came to the colonies in 1686. Hannah was the daughter of William Scovil Jr. and Hannah Shailer. Hannah’s maternal grandfather, Thomas Shaler, was one of the original proprietors of Haddam, Connecticut. The first Scovil(l)e settlers are credited with being the founders of Farmington, Connecticut. The couple had twelve children together.
The young Oliver spent a great deal of his life soldiering. He was not a career soldier, but he served in at least two wars. Before he married Hannah, he was a drummer in Captain Hull’s 13th Co., 1st Regiment (6 March to 12 November 1760), during the French and Indian War. He signed up again in 1775 as a private in Captain Cornelius Higgins 8th Company, 5th Battalion and in General Wadsworth's Brigade. The brigade was raised in June 1776 to reinforce General Washington’s Army at New York. He fought in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. The young Oliver may have responded to the many broad solicitations for Connecticut recruits (c.1775) like the one that appears on this page.
His military records show that he served in at least a half a dozen regiments between 1776 and 1777. He is also listed as having served as a private in both Captain Hodges Company and in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment, May 5, 1777. He was discharged on July 6, 1777 having served two months and nine days at Rhode Island. He enlisted as a corporal in Captain Hodges Company, Job Cushing Regiment July 27, 1777 and after serving one month seven days was discharged on August 27, 1777. A regimental return of Capt. John Ventres’s company dated August 30th, 1777, shows the company having a captain, lieutenant and ensign, three sergeants, a clerk, drummer, two corporals, and 27 privates. An endorsement, acknowledging the receipt of money for public service in the company bears Oliver Bailey’s signature. So, he may have served in this regiment as well.
After the American Revolution Oliver returned to his family and they moved to Middlefield, Connecticut around 1785. They built a large house on a hill with lumber that they carried up on their backs because there was not yet a road. About twenty years after the family moved to Middlefield, Oliver and all of his children, with the exception of our ancestor Oliver Jr., the moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Three of their daughters were married there and remained. In about 1803 Oliver and his wife followed their son, Scovil, their daughter, Martha, and her husband, Jeremiah Taylor, to Granville Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Scovil and his family had moved to the area earlier and sent glowing accounts of the farming opportunities there.
The family put down enduring roots in the area. After his death the Towanda newspaper, The Settler, wrote: "Mr. Bailey was a soldier of two wars. He served through the whole of the old French War and was one of the first who asserted our independence in 1775. He served through the whole of that ardous struggle for liberty and was in many of the most important battles. He was one of the most respected and first settlers of Franklin (then including part of Granville), having resided in that place 19 years. He had 12 children, all of whom lived to have families and to an advanced age." He is the progenitor of all of the Bailey lines in the Granville Center area.
The couple are buried in Granville Center, Pennsylvania along with many of their descendants.
Sources: Azel Washburn Hazen, A Brief History of the First Church of Christ in Middletown Connecticut for Two Centuries and a Half. n.p.: Middletown, CT, 1920. History of Middlesex County Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men. New York: J. Beers, 1884 Available from Google Books: https://ia600309.us.archive.org/10/items/cu31924097556595/cu31924097556595.pdf. Betty Hall, “A Proper House,” lecture given at the Bailey family reunion, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1991.
Oliver and Hannah's 12 children were:
1. Oliver
2. Keturah
3. Thomas
4. Martha
5. Hannah
6. Phebe
7. Mary "Polly"
8. Scovil
9. Timothy
10. David
11. Ezra
12. Prudence
Oliver married Hannah Scovil (1739-1826) on the 14th of May, 1761. She was the third of twelve children whose family came to the colonies in 1686. Hannah was the daughter of William Scovil Jr. and Hannah Shailer. Hannah’s maternal grandfather, Thomas Shaler, was one of the original proprietors of Haddam, Connecticut. The first Scovil(l)e settlers are credited with being the founders of Farmington, Connecticut. The couple had twelve children together.
The young Oliver spent a great deal of his life soldiering. He was not a career soldier, but he served in at least two wars. Before he married Hannah, he was a drummer in Captain Hull’s 13th Co., 1st Regiment (6 March to 12 November 1760), during the French and Indian War. He signed up again in 1775 as a private in Captain Cornelius Higgins 8th Company, 5th Battalion and in General Wadsworth's Brigade. The brigade was raised in June 1776 to reinforce General Washington’s Army at New York. He fought in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. The young Oliver may have responded to the many broad solicitations for Connecticut recruits (c.1775) like the one that appears on this page.
His military records show that he served in at least a half a dozen regiments between 1776 and 1777. He is also listed as having served as a private in both Captain Hodges Company and in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment, May 5, 1777. He was discharged on July 6, 1777 having served two months and nine days at Rhode Island. He enlisted as a corporal in Captain Hodges Company, Job Cushing Regiment July 27, 1777 and after serving one month seven days was discharged on August 27, 1777. A regimental return of Capt. John Ventres’s company dated August 30th, 1777, shows the company having a captain, lieutenant and ensign, three sergeants, a clerk, drummer, two corporals, and 27 privates. An endorsement, acknowledging the receipt of money for public service in the company bears Oliver Bailey’s signature. So, he may have served in this regiment as well.
After the American Revolution Oliver returned to his family and they moved to Middlefield, Connecticut around 1785. They built a large house on a hill with lumber that they carried up on their backs because there was not yet a road. About twenty years after the family moved to Middlefield, Oliver and all of his children, with the exception of our ancestor Oliver Jr., the moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Three of their daughters were married there and remained. In about 1803 Oliver and his wife followed their son, Scovil, their daughter, Martha, and her husband, Jeremiah Taylor, to Granville Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Scovil and his family had moved to the area earlier and sent glowing accounts of the farming opportunities there.
The family put down enduring roots in the area. After his death the Towanda newspaper, The Settler, wrote: "Mr. Bailey was a soldier of two wars. He served through the whole of the old French War and was one of the first who asserted our independence in 1775. He served through the whole of that ardous struggle for liberty and was in many of the most important battles. He was one of the most respected and first settlers of Franklin (then including part of Granville), having resided in that place 19 years. He had 12 children, all of whom lived to have families and to an advanced age." He is the progenitor of all of the Bailey lines in the Granville Center area.
The couple are buried in Granville Center, Pennsylvania along with many of their descendants.
Sources: Azel Washburn Hazen, A Brief History of the First Church of Christ in Middletown Connecticut for Two Centuries and a Half. n.p.: Middletown, CT, 1920. History of Middlesex County Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men. New York: J. Beers, 1884 Available from Google Books: https://ia600309.us.archive.org/10/items/cu31924097556595/cu31924097556595.pdf. Betty Hall, “A Proper House,” lecture given at the Bailey family reunion, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1991.
Oliver and Hannah's 12 children were:
1. Oliver
2. Keturah
3. Thomas
4. Martha
5. Hannah
6. Phebe
7. Mary "Polly"
8. Scovil
9. Timothy
10. David
11. Ezra
12. Prudence
The young Captain Oliver Bailey was named after his father, Oliver Bailey, Sr. (1738-1822), who was born in Haddam, Connecticut. His grandfather John Bailey, Jr. (1661-1734) was the first Bailey to live there, making Oliver, Sr. the third generation of Baileys in the Haddam settlement. Oliver was the tenth child of Ephraim Bailey (1691-1761) and Deborah Brainerd (1698-1745). He was only seven years old when his mother died. His only surviving sister was married when he was four. The six older brothers and one younger one must have been a challenge for his father to manage.
Oliver married Hannah Scovil (1739-1826) on the 14th of May, 1761. She was the third of twelve children whose family came to the colonies in 1686. Hannah was the daughter of William Scovil Jr. and Hannah Shailer. Hannah’s maternal grandfather, Thomas Shaler, was one of the original proprietors of Haddam, Connecticut. The first Scovil(l)e settlers are credited with being the founders of Farmington, Connecticut. The couple had twelve children together.
The young Oliver spent a great deal of his life soldiering. He was not a career soldier, but he served in at least two wars. Before he married Hannah, he was a drummer in Captain Hull’s 13th Co., 1st Regiment (6 March to 12 November 1760), during the French and Indian War. He signed up again in 1775 as a private in Captain Cornelius Higgins 8th Company, 5th Battalion and in General Wadsworth's Brigade. The brigade was raised in June 1776 to reinforce General Washington’s Army at New York. He fought in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. The young Oliver may have responded to the many broad solicitations for Connecticut recruits (c.1775) like the one that appears on this page.
His military records show that he served in at least a half a dozen regiments between 1776 and 1777. He is also listed as having served as a private in both Captain Hodges Company and in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment, May 5, 1777. He was discharged on July 6, 1777 having served two months and nine days at Rhode Island. He enlisted as a corporal in Captain Hodges Company, Job Cushing Regiment July 27, 1777 and after serving one month seven days was discharged on August 27, 1777. A regimental return of Capt. John Ventres’s company dated August 30th, 1777, shows the company having a captain, lieutenant and ensign, three sergeants, a clerk, drummer, two corporals, and 27 privates. An endorsement, acknowledging the receipt of money for public service in the company bears Oliver Bailey’s signature. So, he may have served in this regiment as well.
After the American Revolution Oliver returned to his family and they moved to Middlefield, Connecticut around 1785. They built a large house on a hill with lumber that they carried up on their backs because there was not yet a road. About twenty years after the family moved to Middlefield, Oliver and all of his children, with the exception of our ancestor Oliver Jr., the moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Three of their daughters were married there and remained. In about 1803 Oliver and his wife followed their son, Scovil, their daughter, Martha, and her husband, Jeremiah Taylor, to Granville Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Scovil and his family had moved to the area earlier and sent glowing accounts of the farming opportunities there.
The family put down enduring roots in the area. After his death the Towanda newspaper, The Settler, wrote: "Mr. Bailey was a soldier of two wars. He served through the whole of the old French War and was one of the first who asserted our independence in 1775. He served through the whole of that ardous struggle for liberty and was in many of the most important battles. He was one of the most respected and first settlers of Franklin (then including part of Granville), having resided in that place 19 years. He had 12 children, all of whom lived to have families and to an advanced age." He is the progenitor of all of the Bailey lines in the Granville Center area.
The couple are buried in Granville Center, Pennsylvania along with many of their descendants.
Sources: Azel Washburn Hazen, A Brief History of the First Church of Christ in Middletown Connecticut for Two Centuries and a Half. n.p.: Middletown, CT, 1920. History of Middlesex County Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men. New York: J. Beers, 1884 Available from Google Books: https://ia600309.us.archive.org/10/items/cu31924097556595/cu31924097556595.pdf. Betty Hall, “A Proper House,” lecture given at the Bailey family reunion, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1991.
Oliver and Hannah's 12 children were:
1. Oliver
2. Keturah
3. Thomas
4. Martha
5. Hannah
6. Phebe
7. Mary "Polly"
8. Scovil
9. Timothy
10. David
11. Ezra
12. Prudence
Oliver married Hannah Scovil (1739-1826) on the 14th of May, 1761. She was the third of twelve children whose family came to the colonies in 1686. Hannah was the daughter of William Scovil Jr. and Hannah Shailer. Hannah’s maternal grandfather, Thomas Shaler, was one of the original proprietors of Haddam, Connecticut. The first Scovil(l)e settlers are credited with being the founders of Farmington, Connecticut. The couple had twelve children together.
The young Oliver spent a great deal of his life soldiering. He was not a career soldier, but he served in at least two wars. Before he married Hannah, he was a drummer in Captain Hull’s 13th Co., 1st Regiment (6 March to 12 November 1760), during the French and Indian War. He signed up again in 1775 as a private in Captain Cornelius Higgins 8th Company, 5th Battalion and in General Wadsworth's Brigade. The brigade was raised in June 1776 to reinforce General Washington’s Army at New York. He fought in the battles of Long Island and White Plains. The young Oliver may have responded to the many broad solicitations for Connecticut recruits (c.1775) like the one that appears on this page.
His military records show that he served in at least a half a dozen regiments between 1776 and 1777. He is also listed as having served as a private in both Captain Hodges Company and in Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment, May 5, 1777. He was discharged on July 6, 1777 having served two months and nine days at Rhode Island. He enlisted as a corporal in Captain Hodges Company, Job Cushing Regiment July 27, 1777 and after serving one month seven days was discharged on August 27, 1777. A regimental return of Capt. John Ventres’s company dated August 30th, 1777, shows the company having a captain, lieutenant and ensign, three sergeants, a clerk, drummer, two corporals, and 27 privates. An endorsement, acknowledging the receipt of money for public service in the company bears Oliver Bailey’s signature. So, he may have served in this regiment as well.
After the American Revolution Oliver returned to his family and they moved to Middlefield, Connecticut around 1785. They built a large house on a hill with lumber that they carried up on their backs because there was not yet a road. About twenty years after the family moved to Middlefield, Oliver and all of his children, with the exception of our ancestor Oliver Jr., the moved to Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Three of their daughters were married there and remained. In about 1803 Oliver and his wife followed their son, Scovil, their daughter, Martha, and her husband, Jeremiah Taylor, to Granville Center, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Scovil and his family had moved to the area earlier and sent glowing accounts of the farming opportunities there.
The family put down enduring roots in the area. After his death the Towanda newspaper, The Settler, wrote: "Mr. Bailey was a soldier of two wars. He served through the whole of the old French War and was one of the first who asserted our independence in 1775. He served through the whole of that ardous struggle for liberty and was in many of the most important battles. He was one of the most respected and first settlers of Franklin (then including part of Granville), having resided in that place 19 years. He had 12 children, all of whom lived to have families and to an advanced age." He is the progenitor of all of the Bailey lines in the Granville Center area.
The couple are buried in Granville Center, Pennsylvania along with many of their descendants.
Sources: Azel Washburn Hazen, A Brief History of the First Church of Christ in Middletown Connecticut for Two Centuries and a Half. n.p.: Middletown, CT, 1920. History of Middlesex County Connecticut with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men. New York: J. Beers, 1884 Available from Google Books: https://ia600309.us.archive.org/10/items/cu31924097556595/cu31924097556595.pdf. Betty Hall, “A Proper House,” lecture given at the Bailey family reunion, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1991.
Oliver and Hannah's 12 children were:
1. Oliver
2. Keturah
3. Thomas
4. Martha
5. Hannah
6. Phebe
7. Mary "Polly"
8. Scovil
9. Timothy
10. David
11. Ezra
12. Prudence
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