See also
1 Henry EDSILL1 ( - ) [9635].
2 Miller EDSILL1,2,3,4 (1808-1883) [9625]. Born 1808, PA.2,5 Died 30 Oct 1883.5 Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek, IA.5
3 Mary C. BAILEY1,2,3,4 (1816-1881) [9623]. Born 16 Aug 1816, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.1 Died 9 May 1881.1,5 Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek, IA.5
6 Comfort BAILEY6,7 (1792-1877) [9575]. Born 15 Aug 1792.1,6 Marr Eunice BRAINERD 11 Jul 1814. Died 29 Dec 1877, Cuyahoga Falls, OH or Laporte City, IA.1,6
12 Abijah BAILEY6 (c. 1755- ) [9031]. Born c. 1755, Haddam, CT.6 Marr Hannah CROOK 1785.6
From Crook; An American Family, 1698-1955 compiled by Charles Henry Leavitt, 1956..
"17. v. ABIJAH (MIJAH) BAILEY (Elizabeth Crook, Thomas) was born about 1755 in Haddam, Connecticut. He served in the War for Independence, enlisting as a private May 11, 1775. His was the First Company, Second Regiment, Connecticut Line, commanded by General Joseph Spencer of East Haddam, Connecticut. The regiment was raised during April and May, 1775, when the State Legislature first called for troops. The men came mainly from MIddlesex County and the eastern part of the Colony.
The men of this early regiment of Connecticut troops marched by companies to camps around Boston and served during the siege of Boston. Several detachments of officers and men were engaged at the Battle of Bunker Hill and in General Benedict Arnold's Quebec Expedition.
General Richard Montgomery was authorized to make the attempt to reach Quebec by the way of Lake Champlain - at the same time General Washington organized an expedition to proceed up the Kennebec River through the Maine Woods to Quebec. General Benedict Arnold was placed in command of the thirteen companies of volunteers for this effort. The Connecticut quota was one full company of one hundred strong, commanded by Captain Oliver Hanchett if Shuffield, Connecticut. It is presumed Private Abijah Bailey was in this company.
The army of 1300 officers and men under the command of General Arnold started from Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 11, 1775. Sloops and Schooners took them from Newburyport to the mouth of the Kennebec River. More than 200 badly constructed boats were awaiting them in which they ascended the river, poling, rowing and dragging the boats around waterfalls and over rocks and rapids. The enterprise proved to be a difficult and dangerous undertaking.
Towards the end of October, when it was cold and snowing, three companies of musketmen, appalled at the hazards they were undergoing, abandoned the expedition and returned to Cambridge. At that time officers and men each had to carry packs. Some were not able to do so, and some were sick so that guards had to accompany them on the return. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Spencer, in command of Arnold's rear division, returned with his party at the same time. Abijah Bailey was probably among the returning Connecticut troops in that he was discharged , December 3, 1775. Had he gone to Canada he hardly could have been discharged at that early date. There seem to be no further records of his army service. The hardships suffered in the Quebec campaign may have rendered him unfit for further military service.
Abijah Bailey married his cousin Hannah, daughter of Shubel and Hannah (_____) Crook, in November, 1785. She was the young widow of ______ Cone. They were married in Haddam by the Reverend Eleazer May of the First Congregational Church, who baptized Hannah in March, 1760.
Like most Americans of the period, Abijah was a farmer and his "Mark for creatures" (domestic animals) was recorded by the Haddam Town Clerk, March 1, 1800. He was living in Haddam in May, 1806 but probably moved son after that date, or about the same time as his brother Timothy and cousin Joseph Crook, to Leydon, New York. Abijah or Mijah Bailey's eight children are listed with their mother, Hannah (Crook) Cone Bailey, No. 25.".
13 Hannah CROOK6 (c. 1760- ) [9099]. Born c. 1760, Haddam, CT.6 Marr ? CONE bef 1784.8
7 Eunice BRAINERD1,7 (c. 1791-1867) [9622]. Born c. 1791.7 Died 26 Mar 1867, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.1
14 Eliakim BRAINERD1 ( - ) [8779].
| 1 | "Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1549-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard, 1908". |
| 2 | "1850 OH, Summitt, Stow census". |
| 3 | "1870 IA, Black Hawk, Big Creek census". |
| 4 | "1880 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census". |
| 5 | "Cemeteries Black Hawk County, Iowa". |
| 6 | "From Crook; An American Family, 1698-1955 compiled by Charles Henry Leavitt, 1956.". |
| 7 | "1860 OH, Summit, Stow census". |
| 8 | "Estimated based on related dates and information". |