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Located on a bluff looking over
the Yeocomico River and Potomac,
the original house was
constructed by Stephen Bailey I
shortly after his acquisition of
the land in 1667 -- The original
patentee of the property was
Richard Nelms in 1662. -- Family
tradition maintains that the
original was of brick, but the
belief is undocumented.
The property was sold out of the
family in 1778.
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The
next forty-nine years it was
owned by a total of five
individuals, including John
James Maund who married
Harriet Lucy daughter of
Robert ("Cousncillor") Carter
III, heir of Nomini Hall.
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The property was once again
acquired by the Bailey family in
1827 when purchased by Major
Robert Bailey who died August
13, 1844 at age 57. He
supposed to have built the
present house or a portion
thereof, over the original brick
and sandstone cellar....
In the yard of the plantation
complex are located an original
kitchen with large cooking
fireplace and a smokehouse with
original framing and siding.
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Nearby on a bluff overlooking
the harbor at Kinsale is the
Bailey family cemetery. It
contains the grave of Midshipman
James Butler Sigourney of
Boston, commander of the United
States ship "ASP", who was
killed defending Kinsale on July
14, 1813.
