There is a lot of research about the Baileys out there, so basically all I have done is to find where our twig joins onto the tree, and voila! Instant ancestors.
Our Baileys have been traced back to Wigan in Lancashire. Lancashire is on the west of England, just north of Liverpool and just a bit south of Scotland. Wigan is inland, about halfway between Liverpool and Manchester.
"Traditionally Baillie is believed to be a corruption of the once illustrious name of Bailliol which was changed on account of the unpopularity of the two Scottish Bailliol kings. Most authorities agree, however, that Baillie is derived from the office of bailie or bailiff, being either an officer administering an estate or the equivalent of a magistrate in a burgh.
The earliest record of this name in Scotland occurs in 1311-12 when one William de Bailli
appears as a jury member at an inquest concerning forfeited lands; he is also recorded as
one of the witnesses to a charter by John de Graham, Lord of Abercom in 1315. There are
a number of prominent families of this name, most notably those of Lamington, Polkemett,
Jerviswood, Dochfour and Dunain. The William de Bailli mentioned above is believed to be"Baillie of Hoperig", ancestor of the Baillies of Lamington, who was granted the lands of
Lamington by David II, with whom he fought at the Battle of Durham. The title, Bailllie of
Lamington, having often been held by females, finally fell vacant in 1880. The Baillies of
Dochfour and Dunain in the Inverness area are descended from a son of the laird of
Lamington who fought at the Battle of Brechin in 1452. The Earl of Huntly awarded his
gallantry with the Dochfour lands. In 1894 Col. James Baillie, member of Parliament of
Inverness, married Nellie Lisa Bass and brought the title of Baron Burton into the Dochfour
family."
Susan C. Richmond, website.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~richmond/ancestors/baile001.htm#t2
accessed 1 Dec 2003. "Descendants of Samuel L. Bayley."
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Our particular Baileys haven't been traced back so far. The first we have is Samuel Bayley, born about 1690 in Wigan. Since I haven't done the research myself, I have nothing on him except names and dates supplied by others. Born: about 1690. Married: 28 October 1713, either at Wallgate Parish, Wigan, Lancashire County OR at Measham, Derby County. His wife was Sarah Dodge, born ~1695. Their son James (1714-1764 or 1772) emigrated to America; his son Richard (1735-1818) moved on to western Virginia, where his daughter Sarah (1775-aft. 1850) married Samuel Lusk. And that, to be brief, is our Bailey line.
Susan Richmond's site is quite wonderful - link
The Bailey-Coulter Archives by Walter Bailey are also extremely useful - link
A good book for our particular people is: The Bailey Family : Ancestors and
Descendants of George Patton Bailey . . . / edited by Netti Schreiner-Yantis. [S.l]: The
Bailey Family Foundation, 1999.
(Title page credits N S-Y, but dedication is by Ronnie K. Bailey.)
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Samuel Bayley 1690 - ? Lancashire, England
James Bailey 1714 - 1764 Lancashire - Chesterfield County, Virginia
his children
Richard Bailey 1735 - 1818 Lancashire OR Virginia - Tazewell County, Virginia
Children of Richard
John
Richard
James
Chloe
[Elizabeth]
Micajah
Reuben
Archibald
[Naomi]
Sarah
Elijah
Henry
Sarah Ann Bailey ~1778 - aft 1850 Bedford County, Virginia - Carter County,
Kentucky
her husband, Samuel Lusk
their children
Bailey Census
Bailey Marriages
These are all from western Virginia
contact me at: lee@leesgenes.com
page last updated 11 Aug 2004