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Pvt Joseph Bailey Jr.

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Pvt Joseph Bailey Jr. Veteran

Birth
Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
15 Sep 1802 (aged 69)
Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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NOTE: Cemetery Records were transcribed Bailey, but marker shows Bayley.

"Joseph Bailey, born in Lebanon, Conn., May 4, 1733, was the son of Joseph Bailey and his wife, Abigail (Ingraham) Bailey. He married Jerusha Webster, November 23, 1758. She was the daughter of Peletiah Webster, and his wife, Joanna (Smith) Webster. Joseph Bailey settled in Sharon, Conn., 1774, joined the Continental Army, 1776, served under General Washington until the end of the Revolution, 1783, then joined a company of householders in the town of Sharon. He left to his descendants an excellent record as a soldier and an unquestioned moral character."

Children:
Jerusha Bailey (b: 29 Jan 1760 and m: Luke Woolcot on 17 Mar 1792)
Abigail Bailey (b: 01 Apr 1762 and m: Solomon Young(s)? on 12 Aug 1785
Mercy Bailey (b: May 1764 and m: Sylvester Babcock on 17 Mar 1792
Sarah Bailey (b: 22 Dec 1765 and m: Samuel S Elliot on 17 Jul 1803
Deacon Joseph Bailey III (Memorial #21575494) (b: 1767 and m Jerusha Wadsworth; d: 03 Oct 1836
Peletiah Webster Bailey (Memorial #21006477) (b: 21 Mar 1778 and m: Phebe Baldwin 26 Nov 1801; d: 03 Dec 1812
Benjamin Bailey (Memorial #21575475) b: 1780 and m: Loranie Unknown; d: 1850
Joanna Bailey (b: 1789 and m: John A Elliot in 1809; and d:1948

--Bailey Genealogy, Part Two, Account of John Bailey of Salisbury and some of his descendants. Compiled by Mrs. Abbie F. Ellsworth, of Rowley, Mass., 1899; pg 192.

Note: DAR Revolutionary War Patriot - Private A004704
--Lineage Book of DAR 26627
NOTE: Cemetery Records were transcribed Bailey, but marker shows Bayley.

"Joseph Bailey, born in Lebanon, Conn., May 4, 1733, was the son of Joseph Bailey and his wife, Abigail (Ingraham) Bailey. He married Jerusha Webster, November 23, 1758. She was the daughter of Peletiah Webster, and his wife, Joanna (Smith) Webster. Joseph Bailey settled in Sharon, Conn., 1774, joined the Continental Army, 1776, served under General Washington until the end of the Revolution, 1783, then joined a company of householders in the town of Sharon. He left to his descendants an excellent record as a soldier and an unquestioned moral character."

Children:
Jerusha Bailey (b: 29 Jan 1760 and m: Luke Woolcot on 17 Mar 1792)
Abigail Bailey (b: 01 Apr 1762 and m: Solomon Young(s)? on 12 Aug 1785
Mercy Bailey (b: May 1764 and m: Sylvester Babcock on 17 Mar 1792
Sarah Bailey (b: 22 Dec 1765 and m: Samuel S Elliot on 17 Jul 1803
Deacon Joseph Bailey III (Memorial #21575494) (b: 1767 and m Jerusha Wadsworth; d: 03 Oct 1836
Peletiah Webster Bailey (Memorial #21006477) (b: 21 Mar 1778 and m: Phebe Baldwin 26 Nov 1801; d: 03 Dec 1812
Benjamin Bailey (Memorial #21575475) b: 1780 and m: Loranie Unknown; d: 1850
Joanna Bailey (b: 1789 and m: John A Elliot in 1809; and d:1948

--Bailey Genealogy, Part Two, Account of John Bailey of Salisbury and some of his descendants. Compiled by Mrs. Abbie F. Ellsworth, of Rowley, Mass., 1899; pg 192.

Note: DAR Revolutionary War Patriot - Private A004704
--Lineage Book of DAR 26627

Inscription

This Monument is erected/ to perpetuate the Memory of/ Joseph Bayley/ who departed this life/ September 15th 1802;/ aged 69 years./ Beneath this Monument I lie/ Benumb'd in silent dust;/ When Christ shall raise the dead may I/ Be Found among the...[remainder of epitaph is obliterated]



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