* Contains over 800 names * Completely indexed * Referenced forward and backwards. * Easy to read format *Follows Peter Bailey's family to the 8th generation.

William Bailey became a resident of Newport, Rhode Island soon after its settlement. He married Grace Parsons and they had six children. Tradition holds that William was a weaver of silk ribbon. He died before July, 1670. Descendants listed lived in Rhode Island, Ohio, Connecticut, and elsewhere.

Excerpt from Bailey Genealogy: James, John, and Thomas, and Their Descendants; In Three Parts In 1858 Alfred l'oor of Salem, Mass, published an extended account of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Mass, and his descend ants ih a book entitled Historical and Genealogical Researches in the Merrimack Valley. In 1891 Miss Anna M. Bailey of Lynn, Mass, published a pamphlet entitled A Sketch of One Branch of the Bailey Family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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.