Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJoel BAILY 
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2479Birth Date16 Dec 1732
Death Date29 Oct 1797 Age: 64
FatherJoel BAILY Jr. (1697-~1775)
MotherBetty CALDWELL
Misc. Notes
Joel was a person of scientific attainments, and assisted in observing the transit of Venus* in 1769.2919
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Joel and his second wife Margaret were married on the day the Declaration of Independence was announced.3
*A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. For the 1769 transit, scientists traveled to Hudson Bay, Baja, California (then under Spanish control) and Norway.313
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Joel and his second wife Margaret were married on the day the Declaration of Independence was announced.3
*A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. For the 1769 transit, scientists traveled to Hudson Bay, Baja, California (then under Spanish control) and Norway.313