A Labor of Love

   I have just finished my book called An Amazing Journey. It is the complete book on the Bailey family, the ancestry and the lineage that has so eluded genealogists for decades. But it is far more than a "black and white" genealogical work. I have added a TON of information on the early families of New England in the Massachusetts colony, as well as way too much data to even begin listing here. Containing hundreds of names and old New England families, I have added so much information on exactly how our ancestors lived, and not the affluent inhabitants. It just so happens that my family were simply...well, simple in means. We worked for a living and always have. I go into detail about every day lives of every day citizens of Puritan New England, Massachusetts and Maine and continue up until the start of the 20th century.

   Going back to the times before the early 17th century, I take you on a journey through England, the greatest storm ever to hit New England's coast and continue backward to the Norman Conquest, the castles and lands held not only by our family but others of prominence.
Continuing back, I solve many mysteries and place the "missing brick" back into the wall that has so often hindered historians.

   I take you to a time where our family was murdered on one hand, yet crowned King on the other. We break open the secret veil of adultery that is STILL not talked about in English stories of the monarchy.

   I take you through biblical times and beyond in order to continue one family's line, unbroken, to the beginning of time. This is an accomplishment that is rarely completed and I am proud to have finished.

   From the founding of small towns such as Baileyville, Topsfield, Princeston, Maine and surrounding towns, to the Bailey records of Newburyport and Salisbury, MA and continuing on back in time to Chippenham, Scotland and Wales, find information not in print and undiscovered as you read yourself back in time. I give you information that has never been sought out and linked together in order to  complete this family history. A very comprehensive book that reads like a fiction. You will also find some valuable information for the beginning genealogist as well as some data that professional genealogists have overlooked all these years.

   But my proudest literary achievement in this book has to do with Nathaniel Bailey. He was the founder of Baileyville in Maine and there is so much missing about his life....up until this book! I have closed every single missing year and added so much data on him that I am proud to have descended from him.


   This truly is a wondrous Trek Through Time and I urge you to grab your copy. I will add, however, that at times, I am simply black and white. What I mean is I give precise and concise data on food prices, home living, how our ancestors named their children and a lot of information that I did not take the poetic license to glorify or dramatize it. What was it that Sgt. Friday always said on Dragnet? "Just the facts!". If I had taken the drama route in order to hyperbolize some of these stories, the book would have easily been a thousand pages.
 

   If you want a book that ensnares you in a fictional world and keeps you enraptured an imaginative tale , pay attention to my next book, which will be a novel full of....well, you will soon see.

For those of you who wish to order, please go to:

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/179644247X

.....or simply email me directly using the contact form to your right. 

Fascinating Discoveries, History, Genealogy and More

Massachusetts Bay Seal

     I decided NOT to sit here and type more names, dates and places of our Puritan forefathers today. Instead, I opted to sit back and do some reading. And then it hit me. Why not share some links to what I find to be interesting, informative and entertaining to genealogists, family historians, book worms and those simply wanting a change of pace from fiction.
I would like to begin with what probably is my favorite book in the world to read, and it is an account of a woman who suffered great tribulations during the New England puritan era. Her name is Mary Rowlandson and in her own words, read about her captivity and ultimate escape. This story, written by Mary herself, truly should be part of history classes throughout New England.

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/851?msg=welcome_stranger

Here is a link to a webpage that came in extremely helpful as I was doing my own genealogy, and the interactions of my Yankee family with the original inhabitants of this land. It is jam-packed with the meanings of words that belong to the Maliseet and Passmamaquoddy languages, as well as many other interesting tidbits about these tribes.

Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language

A Maliseet Woman

http://pmportal.org/about-language-keepers

 

 

 

Looking for what life was like in the 1600s and 1700s in New England? This link is also a great read and well worth the time.

 

Every day life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, by George Francis Dow

 

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43970/43970-h/43970-h.htm



 

 

 

 

And last, but not least, are my favorite articles from a magazine(or several I might add) that can be found now online. I implore anyone who is researching their town or family to take a peak at all these links. All you need to do is scroll down to the third page and read the table of contents of each of these issues to see all the fascinating topics, people, places and lore that is found in each and every link. Amazing read and make sure you have plenty of time because you are going to get hooked.

 

The Maine Historical Magazine, 1885-1894

 

Volume 1

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=TgE8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 2

https://books.google.com/books?id=aRY8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 3

https://books.google.com/books?id=qvY7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 4

https://books.google.com/books?id=0PY7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 5

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ifc7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 6

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ifc7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 7

https://books.google.com/books?id=bL8-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

　

Volume 8

https://books.google.com/books?id=dvc7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Volume 9

https://books.google.com/books?id=nvc7AAAAIAAJ&dq=editions%3AOCLC30571364&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

 

 

 



New England Colonists, 1600-1700 Burmin-Butts

Colonial Boston

Burman

Thomas, at Barnstable, Mass. pre-1663.

Burn or Burns

Edward, was a freeman at Hingham, Mass. in 1666.
John was at Plymouth in 1651.
Lawrence was a resident of Marblehead, Mass. in 1668.
Richard was at Lynn, Mass. in 1635, before removing to Sandwich, Mass. in 1637.
Thomas was at Marshfield, Mass. in 1648.
William was living at Duxbury, Mass. in 1638.

Burnap

Robert was born in England in 1595 before settling at Roxbury pre-1642 when he is seen at Reading, Mass..


Burnwell

William was of Yorkshire, England and settled at Boston in 1630.


Burnham

John was a carpenter and the son of Robert. John was born in 1616 and came to Ipswich, Mass. in 1639.
Robert, brother of the preceding, was born at Norwich, Norfolk, England and came to Boston in 1635. He then removed to Dover, NH..
Thomas was a brother of preceding and a carpenter. He was born at Norwich as well, in 1619, and settled at Ipswich, Mass. in 1639.
Thomas was a lawyer who was born at Hatfield, Herefordshire, England in 1617 before removing to Barbadoes in 1635. He then went to Hartford, Conn. in 1649.

　
Burpee

Thomas came from England to Mass. sometime around 1644. He is first seen at Rowley, Mass. in 1651.

Burr

Benjamin was the first settler of Hartford, Conn. in 1635.
Jehu was born in England and came with Winthrop's Fleet in 1630 to Boston. He is found as a freeman at Rowley in 1632, then a pioneer at Springfield, Mass. in 1636 and lastly at Fairfield, Mass. in 1636.
Rev. Jonathan was born at Redgrave, Suffolk, England in 1604 and came to Dorchester, Mass. in 1639. He died of smallpox there in 1641.
Simon, brother of the preceding, was a settler of Hingham, Mass. pre-1645.

Burrage

John, son of John and the 4th generation from Robert of Seething(a small parish near Norton, Subcourse, which is about 9 miles south of Norwich, England)was a freeman at Charlestown, Mass. in 1637.
Thomas was married at Lynn, Mass. in 1687.

　

What is deemed to mightiest hurricane ever to hit New England was in 1635, August 15th to be precise. My ancestors ship, the Angel Gabriel didn't make it but my ancestors(John Bayley and family) did, as their sister ship the James did as well. here is a great link to some of the story.

http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/remembering-great-colonial-hurricane-1635/

Burrill

George was a resident of Lynn, Mass. in 1630.
John was at Roxbury, Mass. pre-1632.
John was a resident of Weymouth pre-1659.
William was at New Haven, Conn. in 1650.

Burritt

William was born at England and one of the first settlers of Stratford, Conn. in 1640.

Burroughs or Burrows

Francis was a merchant at Boston in 1685.
Jeremiah was at Scituate, Mass. in 1647.
John was a cooper and came from Yarmouth, England to Salem in 1637.
John was at New Haven, Conn. in 1644.
John was at Enfield, Conn. in 1684.
Peter was of Wethersfield, Conn before removing to New London, Conn..
Robert was at Wethersfield, Conn. in 1645, the year of his marriage.
William was born in 1616 and came to New England in 1635, living at Providence, R.I. in 1641.

Bursley

John was at Weymouth pre-1630, when he is found as a freeman at Dorchester, Mass..

Burt or Burr

George was at Lynn in 1635.
Henry was at Roxbury pre-1640, where and when he is found at Springfield, Mass..
James came from England to Newport, R.I. in 1639 before removing to Taunton in 1645.
Richard was one of the first purchasers at Taunton, Mass. in 1639.
Roger was at Cambridge in 1643.

Burton

Boniface was at Lynn in 1630, then a freeman at Salem in 1635 and finally at Reading, Mass. in 1644.
Edward was at Charlestown, Mass. in 1633. He then removed to Hingham, Mass by 1647.
John was a tanner at Salem in 1637.
Thomas was at Hingham in 1640.
William was at Warwick, R.I. before removing to Providence, R.I. pre-1714, the date of his death.

Burwell

John came from County Herts, England to Milford, Conn. in 1639.

Busby

Nicholas was born in England in 1587 and was a weaver before coming from Norwich, England to Boston in 1635. He then removed to Watertown, Mass. in 1637 and then back to Boston by 1646.

Bush

Edward was at Salem in 1665.
John was at Cambridge in 1652.
John was at Wells, Maine in 1654.
Randolph, Randolf or Renold was at Brighton, Mass. in 1641.
Samuel was at Suffield, Conn. in 1679.

Bushell

Edward was a merchant at Boston in 1635.

Bushnell

Francis was born in England and came to New England in 1635, settling at Guilford, Conn. by 1639.
John was a glazier and born in England in 1614. He was a resident of Boston in 1635.


More of the story on the hurricane of 1635.

https://storiesfromipswich.org/2014/08/27/the-great-colonial-hurricane-and-the-wreck-of-the-angel-gabriel-august-25-1635/

The ship James unloading at Pemaquid after the great storm

Buss, Busse or Bussey

Isaac was a weaver who was born in England in 1592. He was at Salem in 1639 and then Salisbury in 1640.
John was a brother of the preceding and also a resident of Salisbury in 1640.
William was married at Portsmouth, N.H. in 1687.

Butcher

John was married at Boston in 1662.

Butler

Daniel was at Wickford, R.I. in 1674.
Henry was a schoolmaster who came from County Kent, England in 1642. He went to Dorchester that year but returned to England the same year.
James was at Lancaster, Mass. in 1663, removed to Woburn and then to Billerica, Mass., where he died in 1681.
John was a physician at Boston in 1644. He was at Hartford, Conn. by 1666, then at Branford, Conn. by 1669.
John was at New London, Conn. pre-1685.
Nicholas came from Eastwell, Kent, England to Dorchester, Mass. in 1637, removed to Martha's Vineyard in 1651.
Peter was at Boston pre-1655.
Richard came from Braintree, England in 1632 to Cambridge, then removed to Hartford pre-1643.
Stephen was at Boston in 1652.
Thomas was at Lynn, Mass. before removing to Sandwich, Mass. in 1637.
Thomas was born in 1674 at England and settled at Berwick, Maine in 1690.
Walter was at Greenwich, Conn. in 1672.
William, borther of Richard, was at Cambridge in 1634, then to Hartford, pre-1641.

Butman

Jeremiah was at Salem pre-1659.

Butts or Butt

Richard was at Dorchester, Mass. pre-1675.

Bunch of Grapes Tavern in Boston, Mass..

William Hudson, one of the earliest inhabitants of Boston lived at the site where the Bunches of Grapes would build. The first recorded owner of this tavern, that is located at the corner of King Street and Mackrell Lane, was William Davis, who then sold it to William Ingram in 1658. William then sold it to John Holbrook in 1680.

Not familiar with the corner of King and Mackrell? It is now the corner of State and Kilby.

As all taverns and inns of the time used painted signs to announce their establishments, this tavern hung gilded grapes over the doorway.

Francis Holmes owned it for about 2 years when it burned down in 1711 during the great Boston fire. The following year, it was replaced as a brick structure, mush as the same as the other wooden properties that were destroyed during the fire.

Called by the patrons at the time as "The best punch house in Boston", it was also renowned for its great food, such as veal, beef, mutton, hams and puddings of all kinds. All these food preceded by a pint of Madeira. It is thought that table carving was first used here in New England, which was the norm in Old English taverns.

For 5s, each overnight guest was offered great fare and Madeira to whatever amount they desired.

The succession of owners were:

William Coffin, 1731

Edward Lutwych, 1733

Joshua Barker, 1749

William Weatherhead, 1750

Rebecca Coffin, 1760

Joseph Ingersoll, 1764

Captain John Marston, 1775

William Foster, 1782

Col. Dudley Coleman, 1783

James Bila and Thomas Lobdel, 1789

James Bowdoin, in 1790.


Upon the latters death, it was bequeathed to his wife as the "...house caled The Bunch of Grapes."

In 1733, it served as the first Provincial Grand Lodge of Masons, known as Saint John's Grand Lodge by a Boston tailor named Henry Price.

During the American Revolution, most taverns served as gathering points for the fledgling 'continental army', and The Bunch of Grapes was no different. Even the Whigs made it their political headquarters at this time, as well as the 'home' of Captain John Marston's military band of patriots between 1775-1778.

Captain John Marston

　
During the famous episode known as the 'evacuation of Boston',

the Bunch of Grapes became the hub of many demonstrations. Even then, General George Washington was entertained at this tavern.

It was in front of this tavern that all the Old English relics, pertaining to the mother country, were piled up and burned after the Declaration of Independence was read aloud just a few blocks away at the Town House on State Street.

On his return to New England from France in 1780, Lafayette was received at the Bunch of Grapes as he pronounced that France was joining the War.

The Ohio Company, a group of veteran officers, was rounded up by Dr. Manasseh Cutler and General Rufus Putnam in order to mete out the million and a half acres of land along the banks of the Ohio River to those who wanted to purchase lots for 67 cents an acre.

Although the building was demolished in 1798, on the 150th birthday of this tavern, the original bunches of gilded grapes, which hung over the door of this Boston landmark, was presented to the St. John's Lodge, A.F. & A.M. by Enoch Paige on Oct. 1, 1883.