James BAYLEY^[1]

- 1742

• Name	James BAYLEY
  Gender	Male
  Will	11 Mar 1741/2	Elizabeth City Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	James' nuncupative will directed his mother Judith Bayley to take his Estate into her possession "toward the maintenance of the child Anne Cordert now goes with".
  Death	c. 11 Mar 1741/2  [3]
  	The presentation of a nuncupative will and the subsequent acceptance of that will by the Elizabeth City County Court demonstrates that James was on his death bed on 11 March 1741/2. Had he recovered, the nuncupative will would have been considered invalid and unacceptable for presentation to the Court at a later date.
  Will proved	15 Dec 1742	Elizabeth City Co, Virginia Colony
  	VERIFY DATE
  	Pasco Bayley and Sarah Bayley made oaths as to the authenticity of their bother James' will in Elizabeth City County Court on 15 December 1742. That same day, the Court "Order'd that the Sherif Sumon Judith Bayley to appear at the next Court to declare whether she will prove the Nuncupative Will of James Bayley decd".
  letters of admin	17 Feb 1742/43	Elizabeth City Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	Judith apparently did subsequently prove the will before the Court as Pasco Bayley was granted Letters of Administration on his brother James' Estate by the Elizabeth City County Court on 17 February 1742/3.
  Person ID	I5531	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John BAYLEY   d. 1720
  Mother	Judith CURLE   d. 2 Jan 1751/1752
  Marriage	Before 19 Mar 1713/14  [4]
  	Judith and John were married prior to 19 March 1713/14 when she was named as Judith Bayley in her mother's will of that date.
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Blanche Adams Chapman, Chapman, Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800, ((Berryville, VA: Virginia Book Company, 1980)), ISBN 0-8063-0909-1. p. 13. Will of James Bailey names mother Judith & brother Pascow. [S11] Blanche Adams Chapman, Chapman, Wills and Administrations of Elizabeth City County, Virginia 1688-1800, ((Berryville, VA: Virginia Book Company, 1980)), p. 13: James Bayley will., ISBN 0-8063-0909-1. [S4807] James Bayley, Elizabeth City Co, VA letters of administration (1742/3). [S5007] Sarah Curle will (1715), Elizabeth City Co, VA Deeds, Wills, Inventories & Orders, 1715 - 1721, pp. 13 - 14.