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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
, with houseroom and firing. The labors of the Baileys were comparatively of short duration. Thomas died January 21, 1688-9, aged 35 years; the wife of his brother in April, 1690. They were both buried in the Old Burying Ground, where two horizontal slabs bear quaint epitaphs to their memory. The health of John was feeble, and these bereavements so wore upon him that he was unable to perform his duties. Then, being very melancholy and having the gout, he moved to Boston about the year 1693, where he died December 12, 1697. The earliest book of Church records in the town was kept by him, beginning in 1686, and ending in 1692, during which time he records 39 marriages, 361 baptisms, and 117 persons admitted to the Church. In connection with the installation of Rev. John Bailey an accident happened which resulted in the death of the oldest surviving officer of the Church, Deacon Henry Bright, Junior, at the age of 84 years. Judge Sewall, in his Diary, records his death as foll