Jacob Bailey (other)
Jacob Bailey is the name of: *Jacob Bailey (author) (1731–1808), Church of England clergyman and author *Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857), American naturalist *Jacob Bailey Moore (1797–1853), American journalist and historical writer *Jake Bailey (make-up artist) (1978–2015), American make-up artist and photographer See also *Jake Bailey (American football) Jacob Bailey (born June 18, 1997) is an American football punter for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford. College career While at Stanford, Bailey had the longest punt in the s ...

Jacob Bailey (author)
Jacob Bailey (16 April 1731 – 26 July 1808) was an author and clergyman of the Church of England, active in New England and Nova Scotia. Biography Bailey was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, and was educated at Harvard College, ranked at the bottom (by social order) of the class of 1755, which notably also included John Adams. He started his career in the ministry as a Congregational preacher in New Hampshire but converted and became an Anglican clergyman in 1760, through his connection with Dr. Silvester Gardiner, a prominent Massachusetts physician, businessman, and landowner. Gardiner, also Anglican, sought a minister to serve the rural parish of Frankfort or Pownalboroug