Bagley Families in Columbia County New York and Berkshire County Massachuttes

As far as I can tell, Lt. Josiah Bagley (1759 - 1848) settled in the area of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York. His grave is across the border in Riverside Cemetery, Egremont, Massachusetts,₁ which was the Green River Cemetery in Green River, New York.₂ Another Josiah Bagley (1756 - 1831) is also buried in Riverside cemetery. This is likely the father of Eli Bagley.₃ This may be the Josiah Bagly who served as a private in Van Ness' Albany County Militia - Ninth Regiment.₄ The Ninth Regiment also contains a John Bagly. Edward Bagley, James Bagly and John Bagly were granted land bounty rights for service in the Ninth Regiment.₅ The Ninth Regiment was raised in Claverack which became part of Columbia County.₆ The Church Records of St. James Church in Great Barrington list children born to couples named Bagley living in Nobletown:₇

• Rhoda, Benjamin and Hannah, children of John and Prudence₈
• Elias son of James and Sarah₉
• David, son of Abigail₁₀

Columbia county is a crossroad for people heading west from all over New England. There are different identifiable unrelated and distantly related families migrating at the same time. Lt. Josiah is possibly the great grandson of John Bagley(b 1668) through his son Josiah (b1702).₁₁ John Holroyd Bagley(1806-1891) who settled in Hudson, is probably Josiah's cousin through his grandfather David Bagley(1752-1793), the grandson of Joseph Bagley(1672-1746) of Providence, RI - John's brother.₁₂ The John Bagly who served in the Ninth may be John Bagley (1731-1797) who appears on one of the first Juries in 1787₁₃ and in the 1790 Census₁₄. He is likely buried in Collins Cemetery.₁₅ He may be the father of Rhoda, Benjamin, and Hannah.

Edward Bagley (1761-1837) may be the Edward that received the land bounty for service in the Ninth; he would have been about 16 at the time of the campaign which would have been in the ages defined by the Continental Congress.₁₆ Edward was married at least twice and had several children. He served as a justice of the peace and supervisor in Hillsdale.₁₇ He contracted several land transactions in Columbia and Berkshire Counties in the first decades of the 19th century.₁₈ There is no clear record if he is related to any of his neighbors from the same generation.

James Bagley, the father of Elias and husband of Sarah, is probably not the James Bagly that received land bounty rights from NY. James and Sarah likely migrated to North Eastern Pennsylvania where he serve in the Connecticut 24th.₁₉

¹"Find A Grave Search Results." Find A Grave Search Results. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May. 2017. <https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=Josiah&GSmn=&GSln=Bagley&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=21&GScnty=1174&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n>.
²"Lieut Josiah Bagley (1759 - 1848) - Find A Grave Memorial." Lieut Josiah Bagley (1759 - 1848) - Find A Grave Memorial. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May. 2017. <https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bagley&GSiman=1&GScid=2181015&GRid=42315000&>.
³"Delaware County, New York; history of the centu...." Delaware County, New York; history of the centu.... N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2017. "Biographical review : this volume contains biog...." <https://archive.org/stream/delawarecountyne00murr#page/390/mode/2up/>.; "Biographical review : this volume contains biog...." Biographical review : this volume contains biog.... N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2017. <https://archive.org/stream/biographicalrevi02bost#page/n487/mode/2up/>.
⁴"Documents relative to the colonial history of the ... v.15. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library." Documents relative to the colonial history of the ... v.15. - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library | HathiTrust Digital Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May. 2017. <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002201292;view=1up;seq=330>.
⁵"New York in the Revolution as colony and state;...." New York in the Revolution as colony and state;.... N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May. 2017. <https://archive.org/stream/newyorkinrevolut00newy#page/230/mode/2up>.
⁶"Albany County Militia: Organization." Albany County Militia: Organization. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May. 2017. <http://www.nyhistory.net/drums/militia_albany.htm>.
 ⁷Nobletown is now part of Hillsdale, NY and Egremont, MA.  See "In Search of Nobletown." Hillsdale Historians. (https://hillsdalehistorians.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/in-search-of-nobletown/, Accessed 24 March 2019)
⁸St. James' Church records (1903) 53. (https://archive.org/details/stjameschurchrec00grea/page/n17)
⁹St. James' Church records (1903) 58. (https://archive.org/details/stjameschurchrec00grea/page/58)
¹⁰St. James' Church records (1903) 61. (https://archive.org/details/stjameschurchrec00grea/page/62)
¹¹A Wildly Speculative Reconstruction of the Descendants of Josiah Bagley and Ann Lockwood of Fairfield, Connecticut (https://rabbithelpdesk.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-wildly-speculative-reconstruction-of.html)
¹²John Holroyd Bagley and John Holroyd (https://rabbithelpdesk.blogspot.com/2017/06/john-holroyd-bagley-and-john-holroyd.html) Luther Bagley: a follow up on John Holroyd Bagley (https://rabbithelpdesk.blogspot.com/2017/11/luther-bagley-follow-up-on-john-holroyd.html)
¹³Ellis, Franklin. History of Columbia County, New York. (Everts & Ensign : Philadelphia, 1787) 59. (https://archive.org/details/historyofcolumbi00ever/page/58)
¹⁴p"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-6FF : accessed 23 March 2019), John Bagley, Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 231, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
¹⁵"John Bagley (Unknown-1797) - Find A Grave Memorial." John Bagley (Unknown-1797) - Find A Grave Memorial. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 March 2019 <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22642392/john-bagley>
¹⁶The Continental Congress set the age for militia between 16 and 50. United States Congressional Serial Set, Volume 2809. (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891) 9.
¹⁷Collin, John Francis. A history of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York. (Philmont, New York: 1883).  58, 80. (https://archive.org/stream/historyofhillsda00coll#page/n39/mode/2up)
¹⁸You can see these lists of transactions in the land record index books available on FamilySearch:

Columbia County Grantor Index 1772-1925 A-G. 67.  "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9W7-F2BD?cc=2078654&wc=M7HG-T6N%3A358136801%2C358136802 : 22 May 2014), Columbia > Grantor index 1772-1925 A-G > image 65 of 716; county courthouses, New York.

Columbia County Grantee index 1772-1925 A-D. 67. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89W7-H5YH?cc=2078654&wc=M7HP-F29%3A358136801%2C358190301 : 22 May 2014), Columbia > Grantee index 1772-1925 A-D > image 53 of 494; county courthouses, New York.

Berkshire County Southern District Deed index (grantee) 1825-1874 A-Z "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z8-7HKY?cc=2106411&wc=MCBT-829%3A361613101%2C362632901 : 22 May 2014), Berkshire > Deed index (grantee) 1825-1874 A-Z > image 29 of 592; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

Berkshire County Southern District Deed index (grantor) 1825-1874 A-K "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z8-3JMG?cc=2106411&wc=MCBT-6WG%3A361613101%2C362638201 : 22 May 2014), Berkshire > Deeds 1836-1839 vol 75-76 > image 474 of 619; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

¹⁹James Bagley of Westmoreland County Connecticut