Richard Bailey, baptized 21 August 1614, at Bradford parish, York, England, son of Godfrey Bailey. He brought with him to Rowley, Massachusetts, his wife Edna Halsted, born in Halifax parish, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. They settled in Rowley in the early 1640's where he was one of a company that setup the first cloth mill in America. He died young, in 1647 leaving his widow with one child a son named Joseph Bailey. Edna married Ezekiel Northend, born 10 February 1621, on December 1, 1648. Edna died after her second husband on 3 February 1705-6 at Rowley. Descendants and relatives lived in California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York and elsewhere.

The original immigrant was Thomas Bailey, Sr. (1602-1681), who came to America about 1639 and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. By 1623 in England he had married a Hester (Esther) or Lydia Slade.

Bailey Family

Bailey Family