Not the daughter of John Bailey of Cople Parish & Elizabeth Bailey. Probably not the wife of Edward Young. Probably not the wife of Capt. Henry Washington; looks like a mixup with Mary Washington.

Biography

Mary Bayley was born about 1685 in Virginia. She was the daughter of Basil Bailey and his wife Anne Robins.

Mary was listed as "Mary Bailey" in the will of her father Basil Bailey written 20 April 1694 and proved in court 28 August 1695.[2]

Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bailey-18671

Basil Bayley was an early Colonial Settler of Westmoreland county, Virginia. He was born before 1657, in the Colony. Abut 1675, Basil married Anne Robins, born before 1657, in Charles county, Maryland, daughter of Robert Robins and Elizabeth (?nee) Robins. as her second husband. [1]

Basil Bailey (aka Bayley) wrote his Will on April 20, 1694. It was recorded on August 28, 1695, in Westmoreland county, Virginia. [3] To my Son in law Caleb Smith; my second son in law John Smith; my daughter Ann Bailey; my daughter Mary Bailey; my wife Ann; my brother in law Thomas Robins. [4]

Contributed by: James Hughes

1654-1800 Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills [Augusta B. Fothergill]; Page 16
Mary Bailey was the wife of Henry Washington who was Admn. of Estate of Thomas Marshall. [who died Stafford Co. Va, 1730)

References

1. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2365...
2. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2364...
3. WikiTree contributors, "Mary (Bailey) Washington (abt.1685-1735)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bailey-15 : accessed 24 January 2024).