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Baylies family of Massachusetts

Note: This is just one of 1,325 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810) — of Massachusetts. Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., January 24, 1733. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1788-89; received one electoral vote, 1789; U.S. Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1809. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass., May 9, 1810 (age 77 years, 105 days). Interment at Hingham Cemetery, Hingham, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Thaxter) Lincoln and Benjamin Lincoln (1699-1771); married 1756 to Mary Cushing; father of Elizabeth Lincoln (who married Hodijah Baylies); second cousin twice removed of Alexander Lincoln; second cousin five times removed of Caro Dawes; third cousin of Joseph Otis, Samuel Huntington and Samuel Allyne Otis; third cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis, Samuel H. Huntington and Asahel Otis; third cousin twice removed of Nathaniel Freeman Jr., Nathaniel Huntington, Day Otis Kellogg, James Huntington, Dwight Kellogg, Asa H. Otis, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Samuel Austin Gager, Elisha Mills Huntington, George Bailey Loring and Abraham Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Fessenden, Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden, Emerson Wight, Alfred Avery Burnham, Charles Augustus Otis, Sr., Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington and James Otis.
  Political family: Baylies family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lincoln counties in Ga., Ky., Mo., N.C. and Tenn. are named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hodijah Baylies (1756-1843) — of Dighton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., September 17, 1756. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; iron works operator; U.S. Collector of Customs at Dighton, Mass., Massachusetts, 1789-1809; Bristol County Probate Judge, 1810-34. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Died in Dighton, Bristol County, Mass., April 26, 1843 (age 86 years, 221 days). Interment at Unitarian Church Cemetery, Dighton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Park) Baylies and Nicholas Baylies; married, June 23, 1784, to Elizabeth Lincoln (daughter of Benjamin Lincoln); uncle of William Baylies and Francis Baylies; granduncle of Edwin Baylies; great-granduncle of Ripley Nicholas Baylies.
  Political family: Baylies family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Baylies (1776-1865) — of Massachusetts. Born in Dighton, Bristol County, Mass., September 15, 1776. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1808-09, 1812-13, 1820-21; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1809, 1813-17, 1833-35 (9th District 1809, at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-17, 10th District 1833-35); member of Massachusetts state senate, 1825-26, 1830-31. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., September 27, 1865 (age 89 years, 12 days). Interment at Dighton Town Cemetery, Dighton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William Baylies (1743-1826) and Bathsheba (White) Baylies; brother of Francis Baylies; nephew of Hodijah Baylies; first cousin once removed of Edwin Baylies; first cousin twice removed of Ripley Nicholas Baylies.
  Political family: Baylies family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis Baylies (1783-1852) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., October 16, 1783. U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1821-27 (10th District 1821-25, 12th District 1825-27); member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1827-32, 1835; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Argentina, 1832. Member, Freemasons. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., October 28, 1852 (age 69 years, 12 days). Interment at Plain Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of William Baylies (1743-1826) and Bathsheba (White) Baylies; brother of William Baylies (1776-1865); married to Elizabeth Moulton; nephew of Hodijah Baylies; first cousin once removed of Edwin Baylies; first cousin twice removed of Ripley Nicholas Baylies.
  Political family: Baylies family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin Baylies (1840-1925) — of Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y. Born in New York, August 23, 1840. Democrat. Postmaster at Johnstown, N.Y., 1894-98. Died in Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., May 18, 1925 (age 84 years, 268 days). Interment at Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Baylies and Sally (Morris) Baylies; married, May 2, 1871, to Agnes E. Nutter; grandnephew of Hodijah Baylies; first cousin once removed of William Baylies and Francis Baylies; second cousin once removed of Ripley Nicholas Baylies.
  Political family: Baylies family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ripley Nicholas Baylies (1845-1937) — also known as Ripley N. Baylies — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, La., September 5, 1845. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; circuit judge in Iowa 5th District, 1885. Died in Los Angeles County, Calif., May 15, 1937 (age 91 years, 252 days). Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Baylies, Jr. and Harriet Helen (Cahoon) Baylies; married to Harriet A. Sinnamon; grandson of William Cahoon; grandnephew of Eleazar Wheelock Ripley and James Wheelock Ripley; great-grandnephew of Hodijah Baylies; first cousin once removed of John Winchester Dana; first cousin twice removed of William Baylies and Francis Baylies; second cousin once removed of Edwin Baylies; third cousin of Benjamin Dyer Manton.
  Political families: Dana-Ripley family of Fryeburg, Maine; Baylies family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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