A Wildly Speculative Reconstruction of the Descendants of Josiah Bagley and Ann Lockwood of Fairfield, Connecticut

Josiah Bagley and Ann (Lockwood) Bagley of Fairfield, Connecticut moved to New York City, where Ann died in 1753. There are no records that this couple had any children in either Fairfield or New York. However people with the surname Bagley show up in the city records of New York and in the church records of Trinity Church - the current Trinity Episcopal Church on Wall Street. Volunteers have produced a searchable on-line database of the surviving records from the 18th and 19th centuries. Using histories, probate, land and church records available online here is a very speculative family for Josiah and Ann Bagley:

First Generation

1. Josiah Bagley married Ann Lockwood. Josiah probably moved from Fairfield to New York City between 1737, when he was chosen as the guardian of is sister-in-law Susanna and 1749 when he registered as a freeman mariner.₁
2. Josiah Bagley
3. William Bagley 
4. Mary Bagley 
5. Ann Bagley

Second Generation

2. Josiah Bagley, Jun registered as a freeman carpenter on 7 November 1752. This is probably the Josiah who married Martha Wenman at Trinity on 26 Febuary 1752. In 1761, Josiah was appointed a fireman in the Dock Ward of New York City. In his will probated in 1769 he is listed as a ship joiner. The will also states he has children but only identifies his wife and brother-in-law Richard Wenman. ₂
6. Josiah Bagley
7. Thomas Bagley
8. Catherine Bagley
9. Edward Bagley
10. Elizabeth Bagley

3. William Bagley registered as a freeman laborer on 5 December 1752.₃
4. Mary Bagley married Daniel Williams on 23 December 1750. (25 Oct. 2020, Mary Bagley and Mary Williams are likely not the same person. Caleb Davis is not a descendant of Josiah and Ann.) Mary Williams married John Davis on 30 June 1759. John and Mary Davis had a son, Caleb Davis born 11 November 1759. The sponsors for his baptism at Trinity were Caleb Shreve and Josiah and Elizabeth Bagley. (Why these sponsors?) Caleb Shreve is possibly the husband of Ann Bagley(5). Josiah Bagley is possibly the father (1) or the son (2). Elizabeth Bagley is possibly the second wife of Josiah (1) or another daughter of Josiah. Mary could also the sister of Josiah Bagley(1) born about 1707.₄
11. Caleb Davis born 11 November 1759. (Caleb Davis was likely the Loyalist that moved to New Bunswick.)
    

5. Ann Bagley married Caleb Shreve on 23 July 1750. She is possibly a daughter of Josiah, but could be the sister of Josiah Bagley born in 1711.₅

Third Generation

6. Josiah Bagley was christened at Trinity Church, 13 November 1754. This is probably the same person as Lieutenant Josiah Bagley who served with the New York Line during the Revolutionary War and moved to Hillsdale New York. When he died in 1848, his grandson Lewis B Adsit administered his estate. He is buried in the Green River Cemetery.₆
12. Margaret Bagley

7. Thomas Bagley married Phebe Gray at Trinity church on 21 June 1786. He is probably the Thomas Bagley who died in 6 January 1818 interred in the graveyard at Trinity. He was 59 years, 5 months and 11 days old when he died making his birth date 5 August 1758. Descendants of his son Josiah had an oral tradition that he was the son of Josiah Bagley who served in the Revolutionary War and received a land grant from New York in Genesee county. Possibly, they are confusing Thomas' brother, Josiah (6) with his father Josiah (2). The couple had 6 children baptized at Trinity. The records list sponsors for the three oldest children. Phebe Bagley died in 30 December 1843 in New Brunswick New Jersey. Three of her children were still living a that time. Her son Richardson filed her will in New York.₇
13. Josiah Bagley
14. James Glean Bagley
15. Elizabeth Bagley
16. Henry Dames Bagley
17. Thomas Bagley
18. Richardson Gray Bagley

8. Catherine Bagley married Charles Stewart at Trinity on 28 October 1781. Charles and Catherine had two sons named Charles baptized at Trinity. Charles may be interred at Trinity -  Charles Stewart who died on 30 March 1805 aged 54, could be the husband of Catherine Bagley.₈
19. Charles Stewart was born 3 Feb 1783.  He was baptized at Trinity on 19 March 1783. William Kingston, Charles Stewart, and Matthew Baggley are listed as sponsors.
20. Charles Stewart

9. Edward Bagley was born 26 Jan 1761. He probably served in the Ninth Regiment of the New York Militia during the Revolutionary War. By 1790, he was a neighbor of Josiah Bagley living in Hillsdale, New York. He served as a justice of the peace in Hillsdale. He was active in land speculation buying and selling land in Columbia and Berkshire Counties. His first wife Elizabeth died in 30 Jul 1827 and is buried in the Green River Cemetery. She is probably the mother of all of Edward's children. Edward died 21 April 1837 in Hillsdale. He is buried in the Green River Cemetery. His will listed his wife as Fanny and mentioned six children.₉
21. Sally Bagley
22. Oliver Bagley
23. Pheobe Bagley
24. James E Bagley
25. Polly Bagley
26. Lewis B. Bagley

10. Elizabeth Bagley was born about 1767. She died 22 Aug 1840 in Manhattan. Her will listed as heirs, the grand children of Catherine Bagley (8) and the children of Thomas Bagley (7).₁₀

Fourth Generation

12. Margaret Bagley married Roswell or Rosill Adsit in 1810. Roswell was born in 1773 and died in 1813. He was the son of Elisha and Bathsheba Adsit. The Adsit family history identifies Margaret's father is Josiah Bagley. In 1850, Margaret Adsit born about 1794 in New York is living with Lewis B. Adsit's family. In 1855, Margaret Bagley born in Columbia County about 1792 is living with Lewis B. Adsit. If Margaret went back to using her maiden name, she may be the Margaret Bagley who died 7 Feb 1858 buried in Green River Cemetery.₁₁
27. Lewis B. Adsit

13. Josiah Bagley was born 11 March 1787 and baptized at Trinity on 16 September 1787. The sponsors on his baptism were Josiah Bagley and Martha Bagley. Possibly his uncle and grandmother. Josiah served in the New York Militia during the War of 1812. After the war he settled in Bayardstown, Pennsylvania were he married Joanna "Jane" McDivitte 28 September 1815. Jane was born about 1793 on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Josiah and Jane had seven children in Pennsylvania. In 1840, Josiah moved his family to Liverpool Ohio, where he  served as the mayor. Josiah died in Cincinnati, Ohio on 22 October 1860. Jane Bagley died 1 December 1879 in Indianapolis.₁₂
28. Thomas Bagley
29. Phebe Bagley
30. John Bagley
31. Sarah Bagley
32. Josiah Bagley
33. Emily Bagley
34. Mary Bagley

14. James Glean Bagley was born 11 March 1789 and baptized at Trinity on 31 May 1789. James Glean and Martha Bagley, Junr. are his sponsors. James is probably a family friend. Martha may be an aunt and could be the wife of his uncle Josiah.₁₃
15. Elizabeth Bagley was born in May 1794 and baptized at Trinity 23 July 1794. Her sponsors were Richardson Gray, Elizabeth Gray, and Elizabeth Bagley. ₁₄
16. Henry Dames Bagley was born 12 December 1799. He was baptized at Trinity 2 March 1800. He he might be Bagley's child who died 10 October 1801 at the age of two years.₁₅
17. Thomas Bagley was born 29 May 1802 and baptized at Trinity 27 June 1802. He is likely Bagley's child who died 22 July 1802 at the age of two months.₁₆
18. Richardson Gray Bagley was born 29 July 1803 and baptized at Trinity on October 1803. He married Catherine E Doxey who was born about 1804 in Hempstead, Long Island. Richardson was a carpenter and lived in New Jersey and Brooklyn and died 28 February 1885 in Kings, New York. Richardson and Catherine had seven children.₁₇
35. Josiah Bagley
36. Samuel D. Bagley
37. Richardson Gray Bagley
38. William H. Bagley
39. George H. Bagley
40. Oscar Bagley
41. Kate E. Bagley

20. Charles Stewart was born November 1794. His record at Trinity lists his birth as 23 November 1794 and his baptism as 22 November 1794. His sponsors where Charles Stewart, possibly his father or grand father, John Johnstone, and Martha Bagley, possibly his grandmother. Charles married Ann Pers 19 August 1810 at Trinity. Charles died 8 May 1819 and is buried at Trinity. He and Ann had three children baptized at Trinity. Ann died 14 September 1849 at Cold Spring Harbor. ₁₈
42. Catherine Stewart
43. Charles Parris (or Pers) Stewart
44. Elizabeth Stewart

Updated 17 June 2019 to correct typos - death date for Josiah Bagley was originally typed as 1849 instead of 1848.

 Correction 25 October 2020 updated to acknowledge Mary (Bagley) Williams and Mary (Williams) Davis are not the same person.

Notes and Sources:

1. Donald Lines Jacobus. History and Genealogy of Old Families of Fairfield. p. 22, 367-8; Edward Floyd De Lancey, The Burghers of New Amsterdam and the Freemen of New York. 1675-1866, Volume 18, p. 166
2. De Lancey. Burghers. p. 177. Minutes of the common council of the City of New York from 1675 to 1776. Vol. 6. p. 3, 375-376. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28622-14134-32?cc=1920234 : 28 May 2014), New York > Wills 1767-1769 vol 26 > image 339 of 377; county courthouses, New York. "Search our Parish Registers Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1750" Trinitywallstreet.org(http://registers.trinitywallstreet.org/files/history/registers/registry.php)
3. De Lancey. Burghers. p. 177
4. Trinity Church Registers. Jacobus. Old Families of Fairfield. p.22
5. Trinity Church Registers. Jacobus. Old Families of Fairfield. p.22
6. Trinity Church Registers. Newman Ward Adsit. Descendants of John Adsit of Lyme Connecticut. p. 28. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28498-2595-58?cc=1920234 : 28 May 2014), Columbia > Letters 1847-1866 vol D-E > image 92 of 785; county courthouses, New York. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28497-19964-67?cc=1920234 : 28 May 2014), Columbia > Minutes 1845-1852 > image 399 of 687; county courthouses, New York. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 July 2018), memorial page for Josiah Bagley (unknown–27 Sep 1848), Find A Grave Memorial no. 71427924, citing Riverside Cemetery, Egremont, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mark Wing (contributor 47348447). I believe Green River Cemetery is Riverside Cemetery in Egremont, Berkshire county Massachusetts. 
7. Trinity Church Registers. Ida M. Shirk. Descendants of Richard & Elizabeth (Ewen) Talbott of Popular Knowle, West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. p. 388. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6MZ-XZX : 10 February 2018), Thomas Bagley, 06 Jan 1818; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 447,544. "New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Phelia Bagley." New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Phelia Bagley. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2017. <http: interactive.ancestry.com="" pid="4685174">. "New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Phocbe Bagley." New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Phocbe Bagley. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2017. <http://interactive.ancestry.com/8800/005522062_00651?pid=764037>.
8. Trinity Church Registers.
9. Edward Bagley is the right age to be a child of Josiah and Martha Bagley, Josiah Bagley is his neighbor and many people who settled in Hillsdale came up the Hudson. He could also be a son of William Bagley. He also could have entered the area from Connecticut or from Massachusetts and be part of another related or unrelated family.
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10. "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Elizabeth Bagley." U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Elizabeth Bagley. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2017. <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/50015/40699_1220705043_3570-00246?pid=359971>. "New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Elizabeth Bagley." New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Elizabeth Bagley. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Apr. 2017. <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8800/005523550_00108?pid=1371981>. "New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for." New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8800/005518083_00008?pid=847139>.
11. Adsit. Descendants of John Adsit. p. 28.  Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 July 2018), memorial page for Margaret Bagley (unknown–7 Feb 1858), Find A Grave Memorial no. 20500930, citing Green River Cemetery, Green River, Columbia County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Elsie Scharpf Saar (contributor 46486625).
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17. Trinity Church Registers. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2WS9-PKS : 10 February 2018), Richardson Gray Bagley, 28 Feb 1885; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,799. "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/27B8-YKV : 11 February 2018), Richard G. Bagley in entry for Bagley, 22 Mar 1871; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 64513 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,037. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2WXJ-ZBX : 10 February 2018), Richardson Gray Bagley in entry for Richardson Gray Bagley, 21 Jul 1903; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,024. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2WVB-3DW : 10 February 2018), Richardson Bagley in entry for Kate E. Odell, 29 Nov 1930; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,069,219. 
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