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Thomas Bailey

Male 1690 - 1741  (51 years)

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  • Name Thomas Bailey 
    Born 1690  Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried Feb 1741  Old Commons Cem., Little Compton, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 4 Feb 1741  Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I336  Alford Hathaway
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 

    Father John Bailey,   b. 1653, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1735/36, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Lydia Sutton,   b. Abt 1654,   d. 13 Feb 1729/30  (Age 76 years) 
    Family ID F500111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Wood,   b. 14 Mar 1691, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1745, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 10 Jul 1712  Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Spouse: Mary Bailey (born Wood)
    Children 
     1. John Bailey,   b. 16 Jun 1713, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1777, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     2. Thomas Bailey,   b. 31 Mar 1715, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1793, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Constant Bailey,   b. 1 Apr 1717, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1793  (Age 75 years)
     4. Joseph Bailey,   b. 2 Nov 1719, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1798, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     5. Oliver Bailey,   b. 25 Sep 1721, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1778, Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     6. Berzillah Bailey,   b. 20 Oct 1724, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1758  (Age 33 years)
     7. James Bailey,   b. 12 Apr 1728, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. William Bailey,   b. 12 Mar 1730, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1733  (Age 2 years)
     9. Lemuel Bailey,   b. 21 Jun 1732, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1745, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     10. Mary Bailey,   b. 14 Oct 1733, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1814  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Area where Thomas lived
    Area where Thomas lived
    Aerial photo showing the area where Thomas Bailey built his home that he gave to Thomas, Jr.
    Little Compton Burial Ground
    Little Compton Burial Ground
    Thomas Bailey's House
    Thomas Bailey's House
    This photo of Thomas Bailey's house is more recent and shows an attached garage that was not there when the Bailey's lived there. The house, located at 14 Grinnell Rd, in Little Compton, is still in use.
    Location of Thomas Bailey House
    Location of Thomas Bailey House
    Thomas Bailey's House
    Thomas Bailey's House
    An early picture of the house built by Thomas Bailey Sr. on Warren Point in Little Compton. Thomas gifted it and the farm to Thomas Jr. This is the home where Phoebe Bailey was born and raised.

    Documents
    The Last Will of Thomas Bailey
    The Last Will of Thomas Bailey
    An image of the Last Will of Thomas Bailey, Sr. written in early 1740. shortly before he dies.

    Headstones
    Mary Wood Bailey
    Mary Wood Bailey
    Mary died on October 7, 1645, at the age of fifty-four. Her headstone reads: “In Memory of Mary ye Wife of Lieutenant Thomas Bailey died October 1745 in ye 54th year of her age.” She died two weeks after her youngest son, implying they died from an infectious disease. Two of her living children were still minors at her death. Her daughter,…
    Thomas Bailey, Sr. headstone
    Thomas Bailey, Sr. headstone
    Thomas Bailey died February 4th, 1740/41. His grave is in the Old Common Burial Ground in Little Compton.
    The headstone reads: “In Memory of Lieutenant Thomas Baley died February 2, 1740 in ye 49th year of his life.”

    Flipbooks
    Thomas Bailey and Mary Wood
    Thomas Bailey and Mary Wood
    Thomas and Mary Bailey lived in Little Compton in the early part of the 1700s. This is their story.

    Timelines
    Thomas and Mary Wood Bailey
    Thomas and Mary Wood Bailey
    The lives of Thomas and Mary Wood Bailey mapped against historical events.