Nicholas Baylies
Nicholas Baylies | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | |
| In office 1831–1833 | |
| Preceded by | Ephraim Paddock |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Collamer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1768 Uxbridge, Massachusetts, British America |
| Died | April 14, 1847 (aged 79) Lyndon, Vermont, U.S. |
| Resting place | Elm Street Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse | Mary Ripley (m. 1798) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Thomas Baylies (grandfather) |
| Education | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Attorney |
Nicholas Baylies (April 9, 1768 – April 14, 1847) was a Vermont lawyer, politician, and judge. He served as a justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1831 to 1833.
Biography
[edit]Nicholas Baylies was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on April 9, 1768,[1] the son of Deacon Nicholas Baylies (1739–1831) and Abigail Wood Baylies (1742–1788), and the grandson of Thomas Baylies, a well known New England ironmaster.[2] He was educated in Uxbridge, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1794.[2]
Baylies moved to Woodstock, Vermont after finishing college, and studied law with Charles Marsh.[2] After attaining admission to the bar, Baylies practiced law in Woodstock as Marsh's partner until 1809, when he relocated to Montpelier.[2] In 1813, Baylies served on the state Council of Censors, which met every seven years to review actions of Vermont's government and ensure their constitutionality.[3] He served as state's attorney of Washington County from 1813 to 1815.[2][3] From 1814 to 1815 he served on Vermont's executive council.[3] He was state's attorney again from 1825 to 1826.[2][3] In 1831, Baylies was appointed an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, succeeding Ephraim Paddock.[4] He served until 1833, when he was succeeded by Jacob Collamer.[4]
As an attorney, Baylies was recognized for his legal acumen and technical expertise; among his written works was a three volume reference work on British and U.S. common law, 1814's A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law in England and the United States.[2]
In 1835, Baylies moved to Lyndon, Vermont to live with his daughter Mary and son-in-law, George Cahoon.[2] He continued to practice law almost until his death, and argued a case to the Vermont Supreme Court a few months before he died.[2]
Death and burial
[edit]Baylies died in Lyndon on April 17, 1847.[2] He was buried at Elm Street Cemetery in Montpelier.
Family
[edit]In 1798, Baylies married Mary Ripley (1778–1830),[2] the daughter of Dartmouth College Professor Sylvanus Ripley,[2] and granddaughter of Dartmouth's founding president, Eleazar Wheelock.[2] Eleazer Wheelock Ripley was her brother.[2]
The children of Nicholas and Mary Baylies included:
- Horatio Nelson Baylies (1802–1849), a merchant who lived first in Montpelier, and later in Franklin, Louisiana[5]
- Mary Ripley Baylies (1804–1858), the wife of George C. Cahoon[6]
- Nicholas (1809–1893), an attorney who settled in Louisiana, where he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as a judge. He later moved to Des Moines, Iowa and served in the Iowa House of Representatives.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, p. 219.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Men of Vermont Illustrated, p. 181.
- ^ a b c d The History of the Town of Montpelier, p. 273.
- ^ a b History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical, p. 124.
- ^ "Death notice, Horatio N. Baylies", p. 158.
- ^ Successful Vermonters, pp. 230–231.
- ^ A Brief History of the Pioneer Law-Makers Association of Iowa, p. 139.
Sources
[edit]Books
[edit]- Fleetwood, Frederick G. (1902). Vermont Legislative Directory. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Watchman Co.
- Hemenway, Abby M. (1882). The History of the Town of Montpelier, Including that of the Town of East Montpelier. Montpelier, VT: A. M. Hemenway.
- Jeffrey, William Hartley (1904). Successful Vermonters: A Modern Gazetteer of Caledonia, Essex, and Orleans Counties. East Burke, VT: Historical Publishing Company.
- Pioneer Law-Makers Association of Iowa (1890). A Brief History of the Organization and Proceedings of the Reunions of 1886 and 1890.
- Thompson, Zadock (1842). History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical. I. Burlington, VT: Chauncey Goodrich.
- Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company.
Magazines
[edit]- Moore, Charles Whitlock (March 1, 1850). "Death notice, Horatio N. Baylies". Freemason's Monthly Magazine. Vol. 9. Boston, MA: Tuttle and Bennett.
Works by
[edit]- Baylies, Nicholas (1814). A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law in England and the United States. Vol. I. Montpelier, VT: Walton & Goss.
- Baylies, Nicholas (1814). A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law in England and the United States. Vol. II. Montpelier, VT: Walton & Goss.
- Baylies, Nicholas (1814). A Digested Index to the Modern Reports of the Courts of Common Law in England and the United States. Vol. III. Montpelier, VT: Walton & Goss.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1768 births
- 1847 deaths
- People from Uxbridge, Massachusetts
- People from Woodstock, Vermont
- People from Montpelier, Vermont
- People from Caledonia County, Vermont
- Dartmouth College alumni
- U.S. state supreme court judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- Vermont lawyers
- State's attorneys in Vermont
- Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court
- American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law
- 19th-century American lawyers