Maj. Richard Bayly was born circa 1645 and died before 4 June 1728 in Accomack County, Virginia. Richard's will was proved on June 4, 1728. He was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Bayly. Richard was named in his father's will on 12 June 1662. Richard married Mary Jones before 3 February 1664 in Accomack County, Virginia. In the will of Henry Jones, Mary Bayly was shown as Henry's sister and Richard Bayly as his brother-in-law.
Richard Bayly witnessed the will of Mary Scarburgh, wife of Col. Edmund Scarburgh on June 14, 1691.
Richard and Mary's Children: 1.Capt. Richard Bayly Jr. (III) (Burgess) b. c 1665, d. May 1708 2.Edmund Bayly b. c 1670, d. Mar 1718 (Click here for his story) 3.Dau. Bayly, b. c 1672, d. b 19 Apr 1726
Sometime after Mary's death, Richard married Elizabeth Lacey in Accomack County, Virginia.
Richard and Elizabeth's Children 1.Elizabeth Bayly b. c 1700 2.Henry Bayly b. c 1710, d. b 30 Sep 1741
Original Will Richard Bayly
Sources: Original Will, pg 1, 1728, Maj. Richard Bayly, Accomack County, Virginia as posted by Martha Sharp on Ancestry.com Miles Files 22.2 100’s of Families from the Eastern Shore, from Charlemagne to the early 1900’s URL: https://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p254.htm#i25326 Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties). James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 65 (will of Richard Bayly). Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p635. Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 1 (will of Henry Jones). Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 10 (will of Southy Littleton). Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 20 (will of Mary Scarburgh at Merry Branch). Nora Miller Turman and Walter M. Parks, Miles Family of Accomack County, Virginia (Some Descendants of Roger Miles). Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), p. 1272 (1725 - Bayly deed to Elizabeth & Valentine Smith). Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 83 (will of Richard Bayly).