Joseph Daley

     Joseph Daley was born circa 1770 at Maine. He was the son of David Daley and Mehitable Webber. Joseph Daley was baptized on 30 August 1791 at Parish of Saint Andrews, St Andrews, Charlotte Co, New Brunswick; Joseph was baptised as an adult.¹ He married Abigail Hammond, daughter of Zebedee Hammond and Martha Bennett, on 15 December 1793 at St Andrews Anglican Church, St Andrews, Charlotte Co, New Brunswick; The existing handwritten page is damaged on the left side so it does not have his first name, but it definitely lists "Dailey and Abigail Hammond".^2,3 Joseph Daley died before 1851 at Saint John Co, New Brunswick.
     On a 10 June 1784 return of the families there, one David DAILEY was listed along with his wife Mehitable and four children, all over the age of 10: Mary, Sarah, Joseph and George. Joseph was present in Saint John in 1801 land records.
     Joseph purchased land in 1801, lot #488, from Samuel Hewey. In 1806, a record shows Mary Ann Smith, widow & heir of George Smith, selling Lot #2 of 200 acres at Red Head, Saint John County to Henry Thomas. It was then occupied by Benjamin Mosely [Land record #1454]. On 25 November 1806 [#1455], Henry and Abigail Thomas sold that same lot of land for 30 pounds to Joseph Dailey, mariner of Saint John [1804-1806, K1-S-1].
     Deed #2151, within the county of Saint John, dated 21 September 1815, concerns a Joseph Daley of the parish of Portland, farmer, and his wife Abigail, selling a lot of land (full description undecipherable from the microfilmed record) to John Scott and wife Martha. It is mentioned that the lot was originally granted to George Smith, deceased, by the Crown.
     Deed #6221 within Saint John County records has Joseph Dailey and wife Abigail of Portland sold to David Dailey for 150 pounds "western half of part of all that certain lot of land situated at or near Red Head in the County of Saint John"...originally a grant from the Crown to George Smith, then deceased. The lot was #200 and contained about 200 acres, and this transaction was dated 29 November 1821. There were other land records found involving both Joseph and Abigail Daley.³
     An Indenture was made between Henry Thomas, and his wife Abigail, and Joseph Daily, mariner, for land situated in or near Red Head, consisting of roughly 200 acres for £30. The land was Lot #2, and was originally granted to George Smith, now deceased.⁴
     On 21 Sep 1815, Joseph Daley and wife, Abigail, of Portland Parish, sold 200 acres in Lot #2, in or at Red Head to Martha Scott, widow and John Scott of Saint John for £100.⁵ On 10 Jun 1819, Moses Scott, cooper, sold land in Lot #513, on the east side of Saint John Harbour, to Joseph "Dayley" for £50.⁶
     On 2 Aug 1819, Joseph and Abigail Daley sold a lot of land, designated as Lot #513, to George Thompson. It consisted of about 40' across the front and 100' deep.⁷
     Joseph Dailey and wife Abigail of Portland Parish sold land to their son David Dailey on 29 Nov 1821 for £150. The land was the western half of a lot in or near Red Head, orginally granted to George Smith, known as Lot #2 of about 200 acres. It is bound on the west by the Bay of Saint John, the north by Lot #1, granted to John Walker, and to the south by Lot #3 granted to John Steit(?)⁸ On 5 Feb 1824, many inhabitants of Red Head signed a petition asking Saint John to continue to support the repairing of bridges and roads in their area. Among the signatures on the document were George Daley, Joseph Daly and David Daley.⁹
     On 1 May 1832, Joseph and Abigail Daly [sic] of Portland, and Ptolemy and Patience Lombard of same, sold three lots of land, located in Saint Andrews, known as Lots #1, 2 and 3 in Morris's Division, Letter G, being the same lots conveyed to Zebedee Hammond in his lifetime of Saint Andrews. They were his heirs, and sold the land for £35 16s and 8 p to Gilbert Ruggles, also of Saint Andrews.¹⁰