THE BAYLISES

The Baylis Branch of the Welburn Family

Catharine Welburn was born c.1836 in the farming community of Roxana. In her late teens she worked "out in service in Cedar Neck 3 or 4 miles from home" and came home on alternate Sundays. Shortly afterward, Catharine married Millsboro farmer Clement Baylis, a widower and father of 5 children, whose 1st wife Charlotte died in 1857.

Catharine's father, George Welburn, was quite particular about his daughters. According to her sister Maria's deposition, "Father was a very strict man about who should marry his daughters...He made Clem Bailey who married my oldest sister burn his fiddle before he would permit him to marry Catharine." Catharine & Clement eventually moved to Oceanview in the Baltimore Hundred.

There were a total of 6 children born during the marriage. Catherine Welburn-Baylis eluded the census takers in 1900 & 1910, but she did survive until June 6, 1914 when she gave her deposition in Nancy's widow pension case.

Below is the 1870 Census page with her husband Clem, their 4 children, and Clem's 2 sons from his first marriage. Click on the image to enlarge.

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An Outline of Catharine & Clem's Descendants

I. George W. Baylis (born 10/1859) and his children:

A. Arthur Lee Baylis *stepson (born 2/1883, died ?)
1. Eleanor Thornton-Drew (1915-1981)
a. Fred Lee Drew (1935-2003)
b. Orlando Milton Drew (1937-2005)
c. Catherine E. Drew-Walters (1940-
d. Elwood O. Drew (1943-1995)
e. Martin A. Drew (1944-
f. Stephen E. Drew (1946-
g. C. Claudia Drew-Waters (1947-
h. Edward T. Drew (1949-

B. George Oscar Baylis (born 10/1885, died 1952)
1. Edith M. Baylis (1907-1987)
2. Edna E. Baylis-Caulk (1910-?)
3. Eleanor M. Baylis-Ennis (1911-1981)
4. Mary E. Baylis (1915-1994)
5. Augustine H. Baylis-Smith (1918-1981)
6. William S. Baylis (1920-1990)

C. Emily Viola Baylis-Jackson (born 1/1888, died ?)

D. Edith S. Baylis-Harrison (born 9/1890, died ?)
1. Emily Viola Harrison (1916-?)
2. Eleanor Elizabeth Harrison (1918-?)
3. Arthur L. Harrison (1919-?)
4. Howard A. Harrison (1921- )
5. Floyd E. Harrison (1926-2000)
6. Robert E. Harrison (1929- )

E. Silas Hunter Baylis *adopted (born 9/1895?, died 1983)

II. Isabelle "Bell" Baylis-Short (born 1/1861) and her children:

A. Harry Short (born 2/1882, died ?)

B. Annie M. Short-Helm (born 7/1883, died ?)
1. Herman Leroy Helm (1906-1968)
2. William Herschel Helm (1908-1976)
3. Everett W. Helm (1913-?)
4. Harry Helm (1917-?)

C. Della Short (born 4/1886, died ?)

D. Sallie Short-Sturgis (born 12/1887, died ?)
1. Everett Sturgis (1919-?)
2. Ernest Sturgis (1922- )
3. Bertha Sturgis (1923- )
4. Margarette Sturgis (1924- )
5. Catherine Sturgis (1925- )
6. William A. Sturgis (1928- )
7. Oscar Sturgis (1929- )

E. George Short (born 5/1890, died after 1900)
F. Seymour Short (born 1/1893, died before 1910)

G. Charles E. Short (born 10/1896, died before 1918)

H. Bessie Short (born 6/1897, died after 1910)

III. Anne Sarah Baylis-Andrews (born 1/1863) and her children:

A. Edward Andrews (born 7/1885, before 1918)
B. Carrie Andrews-Johnson-Showell (born 6/1887, died ?)

1. Annie Johnson (1905-?)
2. Edna Johnson (1907-?)
3. Edward J. Johnson (1909-?)

C. Vina Andrews (born 4/1888, died ?)

D. William Cordy Andrews (born 5/1891, died after 1942)
1. Volley Andrews (1912-?)
2. William H.R. Andrews (7/4/1914-12/9/1914)
3. Dorothy Andrews-Sample (192_- )
a. Jacqueline Sample-Wright (1957-
b. Janice Sample-Page (19__-
4. William E. Andrews (1924-1990)
a. Dale Andrews
b. Carolyn L. Andrews-Bailey
c. Daniel Andrews
d. William Andrews Jr.
e. Gary Andrews
f. David Andrews
5. Florence Andrews-Godwin (1926/1927-?)
a. James M. Godwin Jr. (1947-
b. Laverne Godwin-Brockington (1949-
6. Ruth Andrews-Lewis (1927- )
a. Gwendolyn Andrews-Smith
b. Sheila Lewis
7. Howard E. Andrews (1933-2002)
a. Glenn E. Andrews
b. Gregory Andrews
8. Carlton Andrews (193_- )
a. Shana Andrews
b. Amy Andrews
c. Derrick Andrews
9. Harold Andrews (1938-1995)
a. Harold Andrews Jr.
b. Eric Andrews
c. Ronald Andrews
10. Shirley Andrews-Mackey (19__- )
a. Glenda Andrews
b. Bryan Andrews
c. Gene Midgette Jr.
d. Tina Midgette
11. Ronald C. Andrews (1941-2003)
12. Joseph L. Andrews Sr. (1934- )
a. Joseph L. Andrews Jr. (1963-
b. Kevin Andrews
c. Vickie Andrews
d. Michelle Andrews-Cartwright
e. Lisa Andrews-Reaves
f. William Eugene Andrews
g. Pricilla Few
13. Joyce Andrews

E. Maud Andrews-Mears (born 5/1893, died ?)

F. Emma Andrews-Clark (born 4/1895, died 1970)
1. Charles Clark Sr. (1914- )
a. Charles Clarks Jr.
b. Carol Clark
c. Millicent Clark-White
d. Regina Clark-Curry
e. Lisa Clark
2. Albert Clark Jr. (1915- )
a. Virgil Clark
b. Victoria Clark-Smith
c. Valerie Clark-Short
d. Veneer Clark (19__ - ?)
3. William E. Clark Sr. (1916-1991)
a. Patricia Clark-Moore (1939-
b. Lorraine E. Clark-Scott-Smith (1941-
c. Levessa Clark-Glenn (1943-
d. William Clark Jr (1947-
e. Daniel Clark Sr. (1949-
f. Debra Clark (19__ -
g. Jackie Clark-Williams (1963-
4. Edward Clark (19__ -?)
5. Daisy Clark-Houston (1927-1982)
a. Claretta Houston (1946-
b. Judith Houston-Manuel-Tunnell (1954-
c. Harold G. Houston (19__ -
d. Nancy Houston-Handy (19__-
e. Cathy Houston-Hall (19__-
6. Horace Clark (1930- )
a. Bryan Clark
b. Howard Keith Clark
c. Jerry Clark
d. Devon Clark
7. Howard Clark (1930- )

G. John E. Andrews (born 9/1896, died 1970)
1. Catherine Andrews-Harmon (1918- )
a. "Jack" Andrews
b. Charles Harmon
c. Preston Harmon
d. Hester Harmon
e. Sherry Harmon-Hailey
f. Dale Harmon
g. Terry Harmon
h. Anthony Harmon
2. Clara Elsie Andrews-Hart (1921-?)
a. William Andrews
b. Gerald Andrews

H. Clarence McKinley Andrews (born 4/1900, died 1968)
1. James Andrews (19__- )
a. George Woolford
b. Vivian Andrews
c. Gloria Jefferson
d. Paulette Cooper
e. Sheila Andrews
f. Wayne Andrews
g. Rodney Andrews
2. Anna Andrews-Beckett (19__- )
a. William Beckett (1943-?)
b. Linda Beckett (1950-1950)
c. Jerome Beckett
d. Clarence Beckett Sr.
3. Roberta Andrews-Sneed (19__- )
a. Marcus Sneed
b. Bruce Sneed
c. Tiran Sneed
d. Myron Sneed
4. Barbara Andrews-Colbert (19__ -?)
a. Eric Andrews
b. Kenneth Andrews
c. Marlo Andrews
d. Mironda Andrews
5. Hazel Andrews-Graves (19__- ?)
a. Juan Graves
b. Lionel Graves
c. Tracy Graves

I. Clifford M. Andrews Sr. (born 1905, died ?)
1. Clifford M. Andrews, Jr. (1923-1994)
a. Bonnie Andrews
b. Stephanie Andrews
2. William Andrews (1926-?)

J. Harry Andrews (born 1907, died ?

IV. Eliza Baylis (born 1866);

V. Robert Baylis (born 6/4/1870)and his children:

A. Mary Emily Baylis-Brown (born 10/1894, died ?)
1. Robert Brown (1917-?)

B. Elsie May Baylis-Short (born 4/1896, died ?)
1. James Henry Short (1919-?)

C. Robert Elzie Baylis Sr. (born 7/1897, died ?)
1. Irene Baylis (1926- )
2. Margaret Baylis (1928- )
3. Robert Elzie Baylis Jr. (1929-1985)
4. Eva A. Baylis (1929- )
5. Harold Baylis (1931-1985)
6. Connie Baylis (19__- ?)
6. Jane Baylis (19__- )
7. Richard Baylis (19__- )
8. Sonny Baylis (19__- )

D. Archie Baylis Sr. (born 4/1899, died 1963)
1. George Baylis (1921- )
2. Archie J. Baylis (1924-1985)
3. Stanley Baylis (1928- )
4. Elsie Baylis (1930 - )

VI. Charles Baylis (born 12/1873);

VII. Jane Baylis-Moore (born 1/1876) and her children:

A. Bessie Moore (born 9/1896, died ?)

B. George Emery Moore (born 10/1897, died ?)

C. Myrtle Moore-Evans (born 1/1899, died ?)

D. Kalline Moore (born 1904, died ?)

E. Thomas Moore (born 1908, died ?)

and 2 others names unknown