Re: LEAH d/o FREDERICK DE VEAUX & TORNEUR
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Re: LEAH d/o FREDERICK DE VEAUX & TORNEUR
Peter McManus 3/19/04
Excellent!Quite a comprehensive collection of records, many of which I had, but some are new to me.Many thanks for posting this. which certainly helps to explain some of your conclusions on the site you sent, for example the marriage to Gendron, which does not appear in any church records I have searched.
Here is his will, which I am sure you already have, much might be useful to others:
Abstracts of Wills Vol III 1730-1744, pages 302 & 303:
Page 409.--In the name of God, Amen, June 2, 1740. I, NATHANIEL BAYLES, of
Rye, in Westchester County, yeoman, being sick. My wife Leah shall have for the
bringing up of our children, and her own support, all the linnen yarn of my
last year's crop of flax, and all last year's wool, and 1/3 of all grain, and
1/3 of the flax now growing, "And all sorts of wheels both linnen and woolen,"
and cards, and my best bed and furniture; Also two horses and ploughs and
utensils of husbandry; Also my Dutch Bible, and Dutch Testament, And the use of 1/3
of my Hopping lot, below the road, and the use of wood and timber on my three
small lots at the rear of the land where I now dwell. I leave to my son
Nathaniel, three small lots, that is, one lot I bought of Moses Galpin, 3 acres;
One lot I bought of Thomas Miner and Sarah Murray, 6 acres; And one lot I bought
of Nicholas Hopping, 5 acres. And he is to pay to my son Nathan œ10. My sons
Levi and Nehemiah are to deliver to my wife 1/3 of all grain threshed, and
flax in sheaf. My executors shall pay to my eldest son Nathaniel 1 shilling, in
full for his claim as eldest son. I leave to my son Levi, all that my lot of
land lying below the Country road, which I bought of Nicholas Hopping, and is
joining to James Horton's land; I also give him my gun and sword and saddle and
bridle. I leave to my youngest son Nehemiah all that lot of land I bought of
Thomas Miner and Sarah Murray, called the Spring lot, joining to Mamaroneck
river; "Also one new Beaver Hatt," and he is to pay to my son Nathaniel œ10. I
leave to my son Nathan all my clothes and apparell. I leave to my daughter Leah
my second best bed. To my daughter Keziah, my Billstede cupboard. All the rest
of my estate I leave to my son Nathan, and my 6 daughters, Jane, wife of
Joseph Harker, Abigail, widow of John Minthorn, Elizabeth, wife of Caleb Hoget,
Ruth, wife of Gideon Bunel, Leah and Keziah. I make my wife and Mr. James Horton
of Rye, executors.
Witnesses, Underhill Budd, Joseph Budd, Benjamin Knap, John Carhart. Proved,
June 27, 1740, before John Robinson, Esq.
The comments about relationships in the notes below, and the primary records I quote came from:
The Colonial Ancestry of the Family of John Greene Briggs and Isabell
Gibbs de Groff
Here are my notes for the Nathan Bailey son of Nicholas and Margaret who married Esther Cenniff, and his son Nathan is mentioned.
"The following records land deeded to Nathan Bailey-2, by his father: Liber B. On P. 88, Nicholas
Bayly now living in Westchester deeded to son Nathan Bayly of the same place, land in the Long
Reach Patent, March 4, 1688/9. Signed "Balie".
This gives us at least a clue to the location of their house. The "Long Reach" is the name given to a
sweep of the river out from the "Manor of Cortlandt" where sailing vessels were able to make a very
long tack (or reach) owing to its shape and width.
More light is thrown on the location of the farm by the record of a Highway laid out in the Town of
Southeast on Nov. 11, 1748 at which time his son Nathan Bailey-3, lived on the homestead, which
runs as follows:--
"Beginning near James Dickinson's from thence by marked trees to Cortlandt Manor by Nathan
Bayley's, four rods wide." Thus it would appear that this farm was situated near the border line of
Cortlandt Manor.
The following record again proves conclusively the father and wife of Nathan Bailey-2: Liber-B p.
85-Nathan Bayly of Westchester deeded to Thos. Baxter of the same place, several lots of land in
Westchester, among them one given him by his father Nicholas Bayly, Apr. 2, 1689.
On p. 86-Deed of Nathan Bayly of Westchester dated 1690. Witness Hester Cannife, (Ester
Kniffen).
Nathan Bailey-1, an uncle to Nathan Bailey-2, seems to have entered the bonds of matrimony...the followingrecords are interesting: Liber A-p. 259-Indenture under March 8,
1687/8 between Mary Squire now living at Mr. Wm. Barnes' house in Westchester, the daughter of
Thos. Squire of Woodbury, Conn., & Nathan Bayly of Westchester, a covenant to marry & the
promise of a settlement of 140 lbs. to be paid the said Mary upon the decease of said NathanBayly:
and as security for the same Nathan Bayly transferred to Wm. Barnes, the title of his home at
Westchester. p. 261.
Page 252
P. 285-Nathan Bayly & Mary Bayly, husband & wife living in Westchester entered into an agreement
that the said Mary Bayly deliver up to her husband all right of dower given her when their contractof
marriage was made, on condition that the said Mary be given liberty to dwell where she please and
take employment as she please for an honest livinghood--except in marriage Dec. 5, 1688.
Liber B-p. 43-Nathan Bayly & wife Mary, annulled their contract of separation Aug. 22, 1689-p.
45-House & lot given Mary as security for dower, sold by Nathan Bayly & Mary his wife Aug. 22,
1689. Mary Manning was a witness to Nathan & Mary (Squire) Bayly's reconciliation in 1689.
B-p. 179-Whereas Nathan Bayly-1 late of Westchester having been a man of considerable estate in
said town, & selling of the same, and having but one son living by name Nathaniel Bayly, born in said
town; "he being not in capacity of settling of himself," the Freeholders of the town granted him six 6)
acres of land on Frog's Neck; Aug. 29, 1689. signed by Freeholders.
The following court record of Nathan Bailey-2 son of Nathan-1 is a quaint affair.
Vol. 51-255-June 13, 1712.
Special Court held at Westchester County.
"Nathan Bayly informs ye court yt there are 2 orphants of Jas. Murray whose mother being lately
deceased and desires yt ye care of ye sd orphants may be given to him and there estate delivered into his hands. John Hawkins who was married to ye wife of ye sd Murray doth likewise appear and desires yt ye children of sd Murray with their estate may be left under his care in respect yt hath made considerable improvement on sd land ye Court have taken into consideration what hath been offered by ye parties before mentioned and do order and direct yt ye orphans of Jas. Murray shall be put out and disposed of their grandmother Mrs. Mary Galpin and Nathaniel Bably their unkel."
The Justices were directed to give them advice and assistance, and an account of their real and
personal estate and what the real estate could be rented for, to be at next court.
But alas the court records are silent as to what disposition was made of the little ones' estate."
I have interpreted this last record to deal with the children of Marytje, daughter of Nathan Bailey and Ester Cenniff.
Her brother Nathan "informs the court" that his sister is lately deceased, and speaks of two children by her marriage to first husband James Murray, and asks that he be made guardian of them and their estate. Their step-father asks for the same, and indictes he made "considerable improvements on the land". Evidently the children were given to Nathan Bailey their uncle, and Mrs. Mary Galpin, their grandmother, who must have been
their father's mother, and the decision about the estate put off.
AH, indeed this discussion has been very useful, for until this moment I had missed that the name Galpin appeared in this record.The will of the Nathan that married Lea De Douw also mentions the name Galpin, and your records do as well.This Nathaniel bought land from Moses Galpin. Here is the first solid link I've found, indicating that the Nathanial of the court record was Nathaniel of the will, and I had it in my own records!"So soon old and so late smart" as they say.
In summary then, I have, based on the above source, and the primary records it provides,three brothers, Nicholas, Nathan and John Bailey appearing together in Westchester.
Nicholas marries Margaret, has Nathan that married Ester Cenniff, they have Nathan that appears in the court record dealing with his sister's orphaned children.This last Nathan is then, almost certainly the husband of Lea De Vouw.
Nathan, brother of Nicholas marries and separates from Mary Squire.
I will review all of these primary records again to make sure I have these relationships correct, as I'm not sure you agree with this.
Thank you for this interesting and valuable sharing of information.
Sharilyn Whitaker
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