Bailey, Jacob
soldier, was born July 2, 1728, in Newbury, Mass. He settled in Hampstead in 1745, and served as a captain during the French war in 1756.
He was with Col. Munroe in the siege of Fort William Henry, and was among those who escaped the subsequent massacre in 1757. He was also present at the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1759. In 1764 he removed to Vermont, and there obtained a township. Later he was appointed brigadier-general of militia by the state of New York. During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general of the northern department. He died March 1, 1816, in Newbury, Vt.