Richard,Sr BAILEY

                   [Bailey's for family file.FTW]
[Palmer Bailey.FTW]
WFT Vol 13 #3641
IGI-RI-has a will for Richard dated  13 May 1769 Richmond, Washington Co,
RI-with allchildren listed.
Washington Co, RI was created from Newport Co, RI., 1729
Referring to Richard Bailey; The Application by Miss Lynne Edington
Swanson formembership in the DAR # 732297 reads;
My ancestor's services during the Revolutionary War "while acting in the
capacity of Patriot & Major of Militia" were;
1. Richard Bailey, Sr. was the fifth signer of the Rhode Island
Declaration of Independence 4 May 1776
2. He served as a deputy of the town of Richmondin the Rhode Island
General Assembly May 1776 and
again May 177
3. He procured blankets and received flints for the revolutionary
forces-1777, "Bartlett, Colonial Records of Rhode Island, Vol. VII, p.
5111 and Vol. VIII. pp219,254, 279"
DAR National Numbers 29746, 40650, 110019, 137732
"Civil and Military List of Rhode Island 1647-1850" by Joseph J Smith;
Richard, Sr was a Majorin 1777 p. 279
SEE ALSO==Mildred M Chamberlain;s "The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census"
(Baltimore; Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985)
Joseph J Smith "Civil and Military List of Rhode Island 1647-1850"
(Providence; Preston and Rounds, 1900-07, in 3 volumes, with a full index
in the latter volume.
Bartlett,"Colonial Records of Rhode Island (possibly John R Bartlett's,
"Census of the Inhabitants of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations-1985;reprint, Baltimore; Genealogical Publishing Co; 1969)
data below from KathleenBailey--HC 62 Box 288--Calico Rock, AR 72519 Nov
2000
Notes for MAJOR RICHARD BAILEY SR.: By: K. Bailey
Found in Family Tree Maker CD 80 (Arnold, op. cit., Richmond pp. 5-6, 23:
Richmond Probate, 2:297-300 will of Richard Bailey,Proved 21 Nov. 1780)
March/ 1999
I have a copy of Major Richards Will and Probate.
I have copies of his and his son Richard Jr, Rev. War records.
I have copies of where Richard Sr. was on the assembly of RI.
He was the 5th signer ofRI Declaration of Independence signed 2 months
before the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Richard Sr. was one of the first to take census.
Marriage Certificate reads:
Richard Bailey & Abigail Woodmansee. Both of the Town ofWesterly in the
Colony of Rhode Island appeared in           -Westerly this25th day of
April: 1729 & were Lawfully Joyned to gether in ye Honor'able State
Mattarmoney by me "George Babcock: Jestice  -Richmond, March ye 8th AD
1765
A _____record, a_____    Jr John Webster of the above marriage.