Joel Baily

Bef 1658 - 1732  (> 74 years)

• Name	Joel Baily
  Birth	Bef 29 Jan 1658  [1, 2]
  Baptism	29 Jan 1658	Bromham, Wiltshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 9 Feb 1732 and 8 Apr 1732	West Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I38581	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Daniel Baily,   b. Bef 14 Mar 1601   d. Bef 15 Apr 1674 (Age < 73 years)
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F22654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Short,   b. 1666, England d. 9 Dec 1731, Pennsylvania (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Aft 11 Apr 1687	Chester County, Pennsylvania   [3, 6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Baily,   b. 10 Nov 1688, Chester County, Pennsylvania d. Sep 1741, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F22653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2022

  
  

• Notes

  "BAILY, Joel, is said to have come from Wiltshire, England. Among the purchasers of land in Pennsylvania was Daniel Baily, of Westbrook, in the parish of Bromham, Wiltshire, weaver, who in 1681 bought 125 acres, which was subsequently located in Birmingham township. He did not come over, but Joel Baily, doubtless a relative, appears to have been concerned in the sale to of the land to William Radley in 1713." [History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, citation details below] The above supposition appears to have been correct, as the database "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" on familysearch.org includes the 29 Jan 1658 baptism in Bromham, Wiltshire of "Joel Baylie", son of Daniell Baylie. Wikitree identifies this Daniel as the Daniel Bailey born 1 Mar 1599 in Bromham, husband of one Mary Sullivan born 1601 in "Westbrook, Broomham, Wiltshire", a daughter of "[father unknown] and [mother unknown]. Based on exactly zero evidence this Mary Sullivan is called on her own Wikitree page "Lady Mary Bailey". Leaving aside this particular foolishness, it seems very unlikely that the immigrant Joel Baily was born to a 57-year-old woman.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2737] England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, on familysearch.org. [S6702] The Welcome Claimants Proved, Disproved and Doubtful with an Account of Some of Their Descendants by George E. McCracken. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970. [S6703] Genealogy of the Baily Family of Bromham, Wiltshire, England, and More Particularly of the Descendants of Joel Baily Who Came from Bromham about 1682 and Settled in Chester County, Pa. by Gilbert Cope. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing Company, 1912. [S571] History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881., year and town only. [S6700] Find a Grave page for Joel Baily., year and county only. [S6702] The Welcome Claimants Proved, Disproved and Doubtful with an Account of Some of Their Descendants by George E. McCracken. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970., date only. [S571] History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881., year and county only.