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stable in 1657, in which year he appears
on the list of freemen. In 1662 he removed
to Haddam, Connecticut, of which
he was one of the original proprietors,
and lived in that part of the town now
known as Higganum. He left an estate
valued at one hundred and eighty-six
pounds, ten shillings and six pence. His
wife was, probably, Lydia, daughter of
Thomas Smith, of Haddam. Their eldest
child, John Bailey, lived in that town,
where he died January 15, 1719. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of John and
Elizabeth (Beckwith) Bate, who survived
him. Their second son, Ephraim Bailey,
born January 1, 1691, in Haddam, made
his home in that town, and died March 29,
1761. He married there, October 3, 1716,
Deborah Brainerd, born April 3, 1698, eldest
daughter of James and Deborah (Dud-
ley) Brainerd, granddaughter of Daniel
and Hannah (Spencer) Brainerd; the latter
a daughter of Gerrard and Hannah
Spencer, formerly of Lynn, pioneers of
Haddam, as was Daniel Brainerd. Deborah
(Brainerd) Bailey died about 1746.
Their eighth son, William Bailey, born
August 1, 1736, married Betsey Horton,
and lived in Haddam where the birth of
one child is recorded, namely : Christopher
Bailey, born in March, 1756. The
family history states that Christopher and
Eliakin Bailey were brothers, both serv-
ing in the Revolution. The latter was ten
years younger than his brother, must
have been born about 1766, and entered
the Revolution toward the close, as he
would be too young at the beginning. In
1832 he was living in Middlesex county,
and in receipt of a pension for his Revo-
lutionary service. His son, Enos Bailey,
born October 4, 1788, in Haddam, died
April 1, 1869. He married, in 1811, Ada
Burritt, born in 1790, half-sister of the
celebrated Elihu Burritt, the learned
blacksmith. She was descended from
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William Burritt, who was among the first
settlers of Stratford, Connecticut, where
he died in 1651, being survived many years
by his wife, Elizabeth. Their son, Steven
Burritt, was very active in the Colonial
Militia, and died at Stratford in 1698. He
married Sarah, daughter of Isaac Nichols,
of that town. Their son, Charles Burritt,
born in 1690, married, April 18, 1717, Mary
Lockwood. Their son, Elihu Burritt, was
the father of Elihu Burritt, born in 1764,
and lived in New Britain, where he
was a farmer and shoemaker, died in January,
1827. His daughter Ada became
the wife of Enos Bailey, as above mentioned.
Because of the death of her mother
she was reared in the family of Rev. Dud-
ley Field, of Haddam. Their eldest son,
Arnold Bailey, was born December 17,
1814, in Haddam, and died in Wr
ethersfield,
March 18, 1865. He married Nancy
Lockwood, and they were the parents of
Alice Sophia Bailey, who became the wife
of Clarence Eugene Adams, as previously
noted. Nancy Lockwood was a daughter
of Captain Samuel and Eunice (Crane)
Lockwood, of Wethersfield, and was born
March 13, 1815.
KEEP, William Ezra,
Retired Business Man.
A descendant of sturdy old New England
stock, who bears the distinction of
being one of the oldest members of the
contracting and building profession in the
city of Hartford, William Ezra Keep was
born in Paxton, Massachusetts, September
14, 1844, son of Josiah Otis and Ann
Eliza (Southworth) Keep.
The immigrant ancestor of this family
was John Keep. He was admitted an
inhabitant of Springfield, Massachusetts,
February 18, 1660, and on March 13 following
was granted five acres of meadow
on Fresh Water brook in what is now