Baley (Bailey), Thomas 5th

1745 -

• Name	Baley (Bailey), Thomas
  Suffix	5th
  Christening	28 Jul 1745	Preston, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1768 - 1769	Voluntown, New London, Connecticut
  	Shown by marriage to Elizebeth Aylesworth and birth of son Thomas.
  Land	9 Aug 1773	Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, USA
  	Thomas Baley Junr signed a 13-year lease for farmland at Little Hoosick [later Petersburgh] in the East Manor of Rensselaerwyck for an annual rent of 12 skipples of good winter wheat and four fat fowls (one skipple was about 3/4 of a bushel). Land description: "on the North by lands leased to Christian Gray & Henry Young Junr, on the East by the mountain, on the South & West by lands leased to Thomas Bayley". See image of lease below. Thomas 4th leased neighboring land the same day.
  Military Service	Abt 1777 -1780	New York, USA   [3]
  	Thomas Baley, Stanton Baley, Elisha Baley and Nathan Tanner were enlisted men in the 6th Regiment, Albany County Militia (Land Bounty Rights).
  Residence	1790	Stephen Town, Albany, New York, USA   [4]
  	Household of Thomas Baily: Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2 Free White Persons - Females: 3 Number of Household Members: 8 Household of Thomas Bailey, Jr. Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females: 2 Number of Household Members: 3
  	Both households are included here, because there were potentially three Thomas Baleys in Stephen Town in 1790: Thomas 4th (age 74), Thomas 5th (45) and Thomas 6th(21). As the middle person, Thomas 5th could be either senior or junior.
  Land	6 Apr 1793	Baley property, Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York
  	Thomas Baley sold to Stephen Van Rensselaer for £33 10s forty two acres of land in Petersburgh bounded on the north by Joshua Randall and Jacob Hakes, on the east by James Lewis, on the south by Dayfoot brook and the west by the [Little] Hoosick River. Signed Thomas Baley. (A comparison of the signatures suggests that this was Thomas 5th and not Thomas 4th.)
  Person ID	I1989	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Baley (Baly, Bayley, Bailey), Thomas 4th,   b. 13 Mar 1716, Groton, New London, Connecticut d. Before 1793, Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Stanton, Huldah,   b. 3 Jun 1716, Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Marriage	12 Apr 1739	Preston, New London, Connecticut   [2, 5]
  	Thomas and Huldah's marriage is listed in both the Groton and Preston volumes of the Barbour Collection.
  Family ID	F704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Aylesworth, Elizabeth
  Marriage	18 Aug 1768	Voluntown, New London, Connecticut   [6]
  	married by Rev. Samuel Dorrance [6]
  Children	1. Baley (Bailey), Thomas 6th,   b. 24 May 1769, Voluntown, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2017

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Christening - 28 Jul 1745 - Preston, New London, Connecticut Marriage - 18 Aug 1768 - Voluntown, New London, Connecticut Residence - Shown by marriage to Elizebeth Aylesworth and birth of son Thomas. - 1768 - 1769 - Voluntown, New London, Connecticut Land - Thomas Baley Junr signed a 13-year lease for farmland at Little Hoosick [later Petersburgh] in the East Manor of Rensselaerwyck for an annual rent of 12 skipples of good winter wheat and four fat fowls (one skipple was about 3/4 of a bushel). Land description: "on the North by lands leased to Christian Gray & Henry Young Junr, on the East by the mountain, on the South & West by lands leased to Thomas Bayley". See image of lease below. Thomas 4th leased neighboring land the same day. - 9 Aug 1773 - Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, USA Land - Thomas Baley sold to Stephen Van Rensselaer for £33 10s forty two acres of land in Petersburgh bounded on the north by Joshua Randall and Jacob Hakes, on the east by James Lewis, on the south by Dayfoot brook and the west by the [Little] Hoosick River. Signed Thomas Baley. (A comparison of the signatures suggests that this was Thomas 5th and not Thomas 4th.) - 6 Apr 1793 - Baley property, Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Lease signed by Thomas Baley Junr 9 Aug 1773 for land at Little Hoosick [now Petersburgh] in the East Manor of Rensselaerwyck.
  		Deed for sale of land in Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York by Thomas Baley to Stephen van Rensselaer, 4 Apr 1793. This Thomas Baley is probably Thomas 5th and not Thomas 4th based on their signatures on the 1773 leases and this deed. If so, then Thomas 4th had probably died, as Thomas the 5th was no longer calling himself Thomas Junior. It appears that no Thomas Baley remained in Petersburgh after this sale of land as no Thomas appeared in the 1799 tax roles or the 1800 and later U.S. censuses of Petersburgh. Note: This deed appears as a Rensselaerwyck lease not a deed on the New York State Library website.
  		Signatures of Baley Family Members Taken from Rensselaerwyck Documents. Note that the signature on the 1793 deed differs from that of Thomas Baly (Thomas 4th) on his 1773 lease both in the spelling of Baley and the form of the B, but it is similar to that of Thomas Baley, Jr. (Thomas 5th) on his 1773 lease. The fact that Thomas did not use Junior on 1793 deed, suggests that Thomas 4th was dead at that time. (The deed is shown on the page of Thomas 5th. ) Also, note that Thomas Jr., Stanton, and Elisha all spelled their name Baley.

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, Vol 43 (Griswold), p. 12. [S178] Lorrain Cook White, Ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), Vol 35, Town of Preston, parts I and II, p. 266, 974.6 C752 233-10925. [S216] Office of the Controller, New York in the Revolution Vol. 1 (2nd ed), (J. B. Lyon Co. Printers, Albany, N.Y., 1904), pp. 226-227, 973.3447 qA2a 90-6433. This source lists only name and regiment of enlisted men. [S126] 1790 US Census, (National Archives and Records Administration), Stephen Town, Albany, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 281; Image: 287; Family History Library Film: 0568146 . [S178] Lorrain Cook White, Ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), Vol 15, Groton, p. 76, 974.6 C752 233-10925. [S178] Lorrain Cook White, Ed., The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore), Vol. 47, Voluntown, p. 133, 974.6 C752 233-10925.