The Bailey family
This page tells the story of my maternal line, the Bailey family. The family name has multiple origins including:
1) in Middle English the title of an official or steward
2) a habitational name for someone
living in the outer
courtyard of a
castle known as the "bailey"
3) an Old English word
"begleah" meaning a woodland clearing
4) a habitational name for someone
living in Bailey, in
Lincolnshire.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out which one relates to my Baileys.
The family in Northern England
I say my Bailey family but actually there are two branches as one of my male
bailey ancestors married a woman whose maiden name was also Bailey.
The male side I have traced back to my 4 x Great Grandfather James Bailey who married Elizabeth "Betty" Cheetham and had children.
One of these children was my 3 x Great Grandfather James Bailey born in Northenden in Cheshire in the North West of England. He married Elizabeth Renshaw and had children.
One of these children was my 2 x Great Grandfather James Bailey who was born in Pownall Fee in Cheshire. He married Scottish born Eleanor Bailey. Her parents, my 4 x Great Grandparents John Bailey and Jane Keal were born in Boston Lincolnshire. So far I haven't traced the Boston line further back.
Moving to
Kent
James and Eleanor had children including my Great Grandfather James Bailey born in Hulme near Manchester. At some point he moved to the Medway Towns in Kent in the South East of England where he married Minnie Rouse.
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