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1 Caleb BAILEY1,2,3 (1732-1817) [3578]. Born 7 Jan 1731/32, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1,3 Marr Mehitable ROBBARDS 25 Mar 1756.1,3 Died 9 Feb 1817.3
2 Ephraim BAILEY1,2 (1691-1761) [3553]. Born 1 Jan 1690/91, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1 Marr Deborah BRAINERD 3 Oct 1716, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3 Died 7 Mar 1761, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1
4 John BAILEY1,2 (1655-1734) [3593]. Born 15 Jan 1654/55, Hartford, Hartford, CT.1 Marr Elizabeth GERRARD Oct 1689. Died 28 Sep 1734, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1 Buried 1734, Old Burying Ground, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1
8 John BAILEY1,2 (c. 1618-1696) [3594]. Born c. 1618, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.1,4 Marr Lydia BACKUS c. 1655, Hartford, Hartford, CT.1 Died 26 Aug 1696, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1
From: CROOK - An American Family, 1698-1955.
Compiled and Published by CHARLES HENRY LEAVITT
"JACOB4 BAILEY (Ephraim,3 John,2 John1) was born October 21, 1720 in Haddam, Connecticut--the second son in a family of ten sons and one daughter. The emigrant ancestor was John Bailey or Bayley, as the name was then spelled. This first member of the Bailey family in America came from England in 1648 and lived in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was made a Freeman in 1657. While in Hartford he held one or two offices including that of constable. This great-grandfather of Jacob Bailey was among the first settlers of Haddam.
"About one month after Charles II signed the Charter of Connecticut in April, 1662, a committee of the Connecticut Colonial Legislature bought a large tract of land from the Wangunt Indians for a trifling sum (about $100.00). The town of Haddam is today a part of that tract. The same summer John Bailey was one of twenty-eight young men, of Hartford and near by towns, who took up the purchase and started a plantation on the lower Connecticut River. This region was called "Thirty Mile Island Plantation." It was opposite a small island in the river, which was about thirty miles from Long Island Sound. Six years later that location became the town of Haddam, named after Great Haddam, England. John Bailey established himself on land at Higganum in the northern part of Haddam where he died in 1696. This founder of the Bailey family in America is of special interest since the Crook and Bailey families intermarried."
John came to America from England in 1638 on the ship Bevis. He was one of the 28 orignial proprietors of Haddam, CT.
In his Will he speaks of his father having left a sum of money for his grandson, John Bailey Jr., to buy a Bible.
Following from: Connecticut Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s; Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. 1, John Bailey of Haddam, CT and some of his descendants. p. 66. Genealogy.com, Nov. 2001.
John Bailey was a viewer of chimneys and ladders at Hartford in 1648, a constable in March 1656-57, was made freeman in May, 1657, and moved to Haddam, about 1662, as one of the 28 original purchasers. His will was dated June 17, 1696, and the inventory, amounting to 186 pounds, was taken Aug. 29, 1696. He gave to sons John, Benjamin, and Nathaniel his land at Higganum; mentioned daughters Lydia, Susanna, and Mary. He lived at Higganum, in the northern part of Haddam. His wife was probably Lydia, daughter of Thomas Smith of Haddam.
Following from: Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District), Charles W. Mainwaring, Hartford, 1902, Vol 1, p 535-536.
BAILEY, John, sen., Haddam. Invt. £186-10-06. Taken 29 August, 1696, by Daniel CONE, Timothy SPENCER, & James WELLES. Will dated 17 June, 1696.
I John BAILEY sen. of Haddam, in the County of Hartford, doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give half of my Lands, both Meadow & Upland, to my eldest son John, to be his on an equal division with his two brothers Benjamin & Nathaniel, to whome I doe give the other half to be equally divided between them two. I mean all that my Land at a place in Haddam Bounds called Higganum. I give to my son John 20 acres of that 40 acres of upland I have in the upper Meadow on the East side of the Great River. Also I give to my daughter Lydia 20 shillings. I give unto my two sons Benjamim and Nathaniel all my other Land in Haddam and all Rights, to be divided equally between them, only that Nathaniel shall have that Lott whereon the house stands, & the house I now dwell in, as part of his division, and Benjamin the other half, the house to be Nathaniel's. And It is my Will that my daughters Susannah and Mary shall continue in the house until one or both of them marryeth or when they see cause of their own Will to leave the same; and when Susannah marryeth I would have her take the Care of Mary and let her live with her until she be married away. It is my Will to give to my daughter Susannah 8. My Will is that my two Executors shall pay 40 Shillings yearly until she marry away; and if in seven years she marryeth, I give her 7. My sons Benjamin and Nathaniel I appoint to be my Executors. And my neighbors Timothy SPENCER & James BRAINARD to be Overseers.
Witness: Jeremiah HOBERT, JOHN BAILE.
James WELLES,
Upon the other side of the paper, Haddam July 3d, 1696 (was written) : Account of my several debts sch I will my Exequators to pay unto the several Creditors after my decease. Imprs. I owe to Samll STONE of Salem fiftie four Shills in pay, & 6 shll in money. It. Debts to the Widd Mrs. WAIE of Hartford, two pounds 16s & six pence in pay. It. To Ensign STANLY of Hartford, seventeen Shills & odd pence, to be payd by my Exequtors out of my small share of Hartford mill, viz, the rent for it; & the rest of the soms aforesayd to be payd & made up to him pr my Exequators, the wholl in pay. It. To my son John ten shills given him pr his grand father to buy him a Bible. It. To my Daughter Lydia ten shs given her pr ditto to buy her a Bible with (all). It. To my Daughter Elizab. CLARK fifty shills in pay for a weding gown I promised her. It. To my son Thomas CLARK pr an old debt of five pounds 5s, & for work of himself & teame thirty six shills; both added together make in all seven pounds one shs in or pay. It. Debts to Thomas Dunke deceased, ye sum of fourteen shs in pay. These are the principal of my debts as far as I know at present, which I require you to pay or cause to be payed, as witness my hand on the day of the date hereof. JOHN BAILY.
(Copied from original Paper on file.)
Court Record, Page 114 -- (Vol. V) 3 September, 1696: The last Will now exhibited and Proven. Nathaniel BAILEY, Executor, accepted of being Executor with his Brother in Court.
9 Lydia BACKUS1,5 (1637-c. 1696) [3595]. Born 31 Dec 1637, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.1 Died c. 1696, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.4
5 Elizabeth GERRARD1 (c. 1666-1729) [3596]. Born c. 1666.1 Died 20 Mar 1728/29, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1
10 Robert GERRARD1 (c. 1641- ) [3597]. Born c. 1641, Prob. New London, CT.1
11 Elizabeth BECKWITH1 (c. 1646-c. 1692) [3598]. Born c. 1646, New London, CT.1 Died c. 1692, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1
3 Deborah BRAINERD1,3,6,7 (1698-1745) [3554]. Born 3 Apr 1698, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.6,7 Died 1745, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.3,7
6 James BRAINERD1,7 (1669-1743) [3565]. Born 2 Jun 1669, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1,7 Marr Deborah DUDLEY 1 Apr 1696.6,8 Marr Sarah ? 23 May 1711.6 Died 10 Feb 1742/43, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1,7
From: Ancestors of Daniel Brainerd by Jane Devlin.
James Brainerd was born on 2 Jun 1669 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT and died on 10 Feb 1741/42 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.
Documented events in his life were:
1. VR - Marriage; 1 Apr 1696; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Married Deborah Dudley
2. Executor or Overseer of Will; 17 Jun 1696; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. John Bailey, Sen., in his will dated 17 Jun 1696, appointed "my neighbors Timothy Spencer & James Brainard to be Overseers."
3. Guardian; Bet 7 Sep 1704 And 5 Apr 1708; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Ruth Spencer, daughter of Timothy Spencer, chose James Braynard of Haddam to be her guardian; allowed. Page 110--5 April, 1708: James Braynard, guardian to Ruth Spencer, exhibits in Court an acquittance or discharge, under the hand of sd. Ruth, now of age. Bond now cancelled.
4. Military Service; May 1714; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Colonial records of Conn (1706-1717) Vol V p. 427 May 1714..This assembly do establish and confirm Mr. James Brainerd to be Lieutenant of the company or the trailband on the west side of said town of Haddam and that he be commissioned accordingly"
5. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 2 May 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Reached an agreement with his siblings to a distribution of his father's estate.
6. Military Service; Oct 1722; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. "This assembly do establish and confirm Mr. James Brainerd of Haddam Conn to be Captain of the company or trailband on the west side of said Connecticut River, in the town of Haddam, and that he be commissioned accordingly".
12 Daniel BRAINERD1,7 (c. 1641-1715) [3617]. Born c. 1641, Braintree, Essex, England.1,7,9 Marr Hannah SPENCER 1655, Lynn, MA.1 Marr Elizabeth Arnold WAKEMAN 30 Mar 1693.10 Marr Hannah SPENCER 3 Nov 1698.10 Died 11 Apr 1715, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.7,9 Buried Old burying-ground in the village of Haddam.9
From Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex Co., Connecticut, 1903
BRAINERD. The Brainerds in America are descended from Daniel Brainerd, one of the proprietors of Haddam. Undoubtedly he came as a child, with some relatives who were emigrating from Essex or Warwick Co., to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When about eight years old, in 1649, he was brought to Hartford, and lived in the family of Gov. George Wyllys, who had in 1636 purchased a property which included the land on which the Charter Oak grew, and had occupied it in 1639. The Brainerd boy grew to manhood in his family, and in 1662, when 21, became one of the 28 original proprietors of the old town of Haddam. He is described by Dr. Field as a prosperous, influential and very respectable man, a justice of the peace and a deacon in the church, and the largest landholder in the town. He married (first) Hannah Spencer, a daughter of Gerrard Spencer of Lynn, Massachusetts, who afterword removed to Haddam, and subsequently married Hannah Sexton. All his children, seven sons and one daughter, were by the first marriage. Daniel Brainerd died April 11, 1715, and is buried in the old burying-ground in the village of Haddam. His children all lived in Haddam or East Haddam. The only daughter, Hannah, married George Gates, one of the proprietors, and also dwelt in the old town of Haddam.
NOTES FROM TIMOTHY W. TUCKER, HADDAM, CT. RESEARCHER
Daniel Brainerd was the progenitor of nearly all who bear the name Brainerd/Brainared. He was born in 1641. His name, originally, was Brainwood. He was stolen from his native town of Braintree, Essex, England, when he was about eight years old and brought to America. He was sold to a Mr. Wadsworth, farmer in Hartford, for his passage: "To be learned to read and write and at the time of his freedom when twenty-one years old to be given two suits of clothes." It is difficult to see what advantage was gained from all this business by whoever it was that "stole" young Daniel if all he got for the boy was the recovery of the expense of passage. Farmer Wadsworth, of course, got thirteen years of service form the lad; and the boy himself seems not to have done badly, besides getting an education of sorts and two suits of clothes. He lived with the Wadsworth family in Hartford, and remaining there until 1662 when he turned 21 and was freed. Then, with others, he went to Haddam and took up land and made the new town his permanent home, where there was still unbroken wilderness. He and the others had to fell trees for their houses. He, his wife Hannah Spencer, and their eight children worshiped in Middletown, CT (about 8 miles away) before permission was granted to the citizens of Haddam, by the General Court of CT, to build a church. He became a merchant in Haddam and built a store out of logs. He became a Deacon of the Church, a Commissioner in 1669, and a Deputy to the General Court. Deacon Daniel Brainerd died April 1, 1715 at age 74. He is buried in the ancient burying ground in Haddam, a few rods east of the Courthouse. His home is town plot No.5 1/2 and bounded on the west by Main St., north by John Bailey (my ancestor), east by the river, and south by Joseph Stannard. Home lot was 4 acres. Daniel married 1st Hannah Spencer (daughter of Gerrard (Ensign) Spencer and Hannah Hills) in 1663, 2nd Elizabeth Arnold Wakeman on March 30, 1693, and 3rd Hannah Spencer (daughter of Thomas (Sargent) Spencer and Sarah Bearding) on November 3, 1698.
Daniel Brainerd's children were baptized in Middletown, about eight miles distant, before permission was granted to the citizens of Haddam by the General Court to build a church and with a settled minister to maintain independent worship, to baptize the children, to perform the marriage ceremony, and to bury the dead. The journey thither was on horseback, following the Indian trail, which became a bridle path, with the wife seated on a pillion, carrying the child in her arms. The children were baptized as "children of ye church of Christ in Lyn (Lynn, Mass.) received ye Initiatory seal of ye covenant baptism by virtue of Communion of Churches
Daniel Brainerd held many public offices of that day. He was repeatedly honored by reappointment to the office of constable, surveyor, fence viewer, town assessor, collector, and justice of the peace, and with others was one appointed to stake out land and to lay out highways. He was elected Commissioner by the General Court in Hartford, Conn., in 1669. He was one of a committee to secure a minister, Jan. 1, 1682, and was elected deacon of the Congressional Church in that place, serving in that capacity through his life.
From: Ancestors of Daniel Brainerd by Jane Devlin.
Daniel Brainerd was born abt. 1641 and died on 1 Apr 1715 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. [one web source gave his birthplace as Braintree, Essex, Eng., & his parents as Daniel Brainerd and Hannah Vantree, but this has not in any way been verified.]
Documented events in his life were:
1. Emigrant Ancestor; 1649; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
2. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; 11 Nov 1674; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. 22 September, 1674. Thomas Smith of Haddam.. I give to the wife of Daniel Brainwood all my Household Stuffe & Moveables that by this Will are not otherwise disposed of, and my Hay to Daniel Brainwood.. I make John Bailey sen. and Daniel Brainwood my Executors to see this my Will fulfilled
Court Record, Page 144--11 November, 1674: Daniel Brainard refused the Executorship, & this Court grant Adms. unto John Bailey
3. Mention in Will, Inv. or Prob.; Bef 3 Aug 1682; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Given custody of Rebeckah Spencer, 16, and Jarrard Spencer, 14, childern of his brother-in-law, John Spencer. Appointed administrator of the will, 7 Sep 1682.
4. Administrator of Will / Estate; 7 Sep 1682; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Along with Thomas Spencer, appointed administrator of the estate of John Spencer, who died 3 Aug 1682.
5. Took Inventory; 2 Mar 1691/92; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Along with Timothy Spencer, took inventory of the estate of Joseph Arnold, who died 22 Oct 1691
6. Debt Owed To; 7 Sep 1693; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Owed debt of unstated amount by the estate of James Cockshott of Machamoodas who died 11 Jan 1692/3.
7. Inventory Taken; 19 Apr 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Invt. £834-10-03.
8. Probate; 2 May 1715; Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT. Invt. and Agreement in Vol. IX, Page 37 Name: Daniel Brainard Location: Haddam
Invt. œ834-10-03. Taken 19 April, 1715, by Nathaniel Spencer, Gerrard Spencer and Joseph Arnold.
An agreement, dated the 2nd of May, 1715: A distribution of the estate by an agreement among the children, Daniel, James, Joshua, William, Caleb, Elijah and Hezekiah (sons), Thomas Gates and Hannah his wife (only daughter): Our father's will not being so full and clear as we could wish, we have thought best to agree upon a distribution of the estate of our hond. father. And having first come to a loving agreement with our hond. mother-in-law, Hannah Brainard, we have proceeded to make the following distribution: I, Thomas Gates, acting in behalf of my wife Hannah, and we, Daniel, James, Joshua, William, Caleb, Elijah and Hezekiah, have fully and freely made up our hond. father's Daniel Brainard his estate, and do hereby promise and engage, for ourselves and heirs, each to take up satisfied of lands heretofore set down to us and to make no more challenges or demands of any more lands or rights, neither by virtue or under color of any deed of gift received from our father in his life-time or upon any other color or pretense whatsoever, and that we do receive sd. lands and every parcel of them as our sd. father held them the day of his death, each running the risk of the title our father had to them, and being obliged to defend the same for his own part if there (was) occasion. Moreover we the sd. Daniel, James, Joshua, William, Caleb, and Elijah, do hereby (declare) that we have received œ8-01-00 apiece out of the personal estate. I, Thomas Gates, do acknowledge that I have received œ33-01-00, and I, Hezekiah Brainard, have received œ32-12-00. Moreover we do all and each of us for ourselves and heirs hereby covenant and promise that we shall make no more demands of estate, real or personal, that was our father's, and that we will in no wise disturb or annoy each other, but each of the eight aforementioned and their heirs may quietly enjoy his part aforementioned. Under the full ratification of all which premises we have all and each of us hereunto set our hand and affixed seal this 2nd May, 1715.
Daniel Braynard, ls. James Braynard, ls. Joshua Braynard, ls. William Braynard, ls. Caleb Braynard, ls. Elijah Braynard, ls. Hezekiah Braynard, ls.
To Thomas Gates, acting in behalf of his wife Hannah (only daughter to our hond. father) 50 acres of land bought of Mr. Blackleach, on the north side of Haddam bounds in Colchester bounds more, in personal or moveable estate. Total, œ45-10-00.
Court Record, Page 253--14 April, 1715: Adms. granted to Daniel and Hezekiah Brainard jointly. They exhibited an invt. of sd. estate and also an agreement for a division of the estate, which was accepted by the Court.
Daniel married Hannah Spencer, daughter of Ensign Gerard Spencer and Hannah Joannis Hills, about 1663. (Hannah Spencer was born about 1640 and died on 1 Apr 1715 in Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT.)
Documented events in her life were:
1. Lawsuit; 7 Mar 1660/61; Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. Quarter Court, March 7 1660/61: Simon Lobdell Plt cont: Jared & Hannah Spencer in an action of ye case shee for refuseing to marry with him according to promis and Jared for breach of promis to ye balue of 150£ damadg. [p 232] The Magistrates and Jury in Simon Lobdels case doe returne this as a special Verdict. That ye find not any possitiue engagemt broken by her respecting coniugal relation or absolutely binding her to consummate such a relation: Neuertheles we find vpon Evidenc that Simon hath susteined much damadge by their occasion And therfore doe find it iust and meet that all expences that he hath bin at in referenc to these proceedings ec Jared shal repay to the said Simon and to returne any Goods or money receaued by Jared or any of his family from ye said Simon. And futher that the said Simon shal haue paid vnto him as recompense for his damadge Ten pounds wthin ye space of six months.
[155] Mrch: 14. 60 The Genll Court doth further act in reference to ye Just expenses mentioned in ye special verdict that Jared Spencer shal pay to Simon Lobdel fiue pounds besides the 10£ forementioned in ye verdict all wch Sum of ffifteen pounds shal be paid in wheat and pease or other estate Equivalent therto: Fiue pounds to be paid by the 10th of Aprill the other Ten pounds according as is specified in ye special verdict and this is to be a final issue of yt case.
13 Hannah SPENCER1,7,9 (1641-1691) [3618]. Born 1641, Lynn, Essex, MA.1,7 Died 1691, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.1,7
7 Deborah DUDLEY1,7 (1670-1709) [3566]. Born 11 Nov 1670, Saybrook, CT.1,7 Died 22 Jul 1709, Haddam, Middlesex, CT.6,7
14 William DUDLEY , Jr1,7 (1639-1701) [3619]. Born 8 Jun 1639, At sea aboard the St. John.1,7 Died 17 May 1701, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.1,7
15 Mary ROE1,7 (1643-1727) [3620]. Born 1643, Weymouth, MA (Possibly in England).1,7 Died 23 Sep 1727, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT.1,7
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| 10 | "Notes from Timothy W. Tucker, Haddam, CT. researcher". |