Bacon Michael b. ABT 1575 Suffolk County, England, U.K. d. 18 APR 1648

1575 - 1648

Home Search Search Print Print Login - User: anonymous Login Add Bookmark

Personal Information | Notes | Sources | All | PDF

Birth Abt 1575 Suffolk County, England, U.K. [1, 2]

Gender Male

_UPD 19 JUL 2009 11:40:23 GMT-5

Died 18 Apr 1648 [2, 3, 4]

Person ID I4897 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Family Alice, d. 02 Apr 1648

Married Y [1]

Children

1. Bacon John, d. 17 Jun 1683, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F2035 Group Sheet

Notes	Michael Bacon. d. 1648. Was one of the very small number of the early settlers who came from Ireland. The Irish immigration increased at a later date. He is said to have been born in England and to have gone to the north of Ireland about seven years before his emigration to America. He brought wife and children with him and settled at Dedham in 1640. He signed the church covenant at Dedham. His wife, Alice, was admitted to the church Sept. 17, 1641, and died April 2, 1648. Michael died April 18, 1648. He had children : Michael, Daniel, John, Sarah and Alice, who married at Dedham March 31, 1647, Lieut. Thomas Bancroft.* She died at Dedham March 29, 1648. Bacon is the name of an ancient seigniory in Normandy and from this place the Norman ancestors in England took their name, nearly a thousand years ago. According to the genealogy of the great Suffolkfamily of Bacon, one GrimaM or Grimaldus, a relative of the Norman chieftain. William de Warenne, came to England at the time of the Conquest and settled near Holt in Suffolk. His great-grandson tookthe name Bacon, or rather resumed the use of the place-name as a surname. In the north of France the surname Bacon is still in use. William Bacon in 1082 endowed the Abbey of Holy Trinity at Caen. The surname Bacon is found in the Battle Rolls in England in the eleventh century and in the Hundred Rolls in the thirteenth. There are occasional variations in spelling, such as Bacun and Bachun, and in some instances the surname Bacon may have been corrupted from Beacon. From their connection with Baveux the Bacons were sometimes Latinized De Bajocis. Sir William Bacon of the knights bearing banners in the reign of Philip III in France, bore arms—a beech tree. Grimaldus, mentioned above, had three sons: 1. Radulph. 2. Edmund, took the name of his abode for his surname. 3. Ranulph or Ralph was known as Ralph de Bacons-thorp (thorp means village) ; his son Roger de Bacons- thorp was father of Robert Bacon who assumed the name without the particle implying location, and the name has continued in various lines of descent. George, son of Ralph de Baconsthorp, was father of Roger Bacon who released to his sister Agnes lands belonging to the family in Normandy, and from him for many generations descended the Bacons of Drinkstone and Hessett in county Suffolk. The lineage to Nathaniel Bacon, of Virginia, the famous "Rebel" of early colonial days, has been traced. Michael Bacon, the immigrant ancestor of most of the Massachusetts families, was born in Suffolk, removing to Ireland and thence to Dedham, Massachusetts. The Bacon family at Hessett bears these arms : Argent on a fesse engrailed between three escutcheons gules, three millets or. Richard Bacon (7), whose lineage is Reginald (6), Robert (5), Roger (4), George (3), Ralph (2), Grimaldus (1), was the first to bear the arms of his family : Gules of a chief argent two mullets sable. The original seat of the family was in Suffolk near Ipswich, perhaps Barham, but families of importance of this name have lived and been numerous in Durham, Hampshire, Norfolk, Somerset, York, and other counties. George Bacon, Esq.. of Nottingham family, living at Sutton Bomington, had arms : Vert a cross engraved ermine a chief argent thereon a ducal coronet gules between three millets sable. Crest—a mount vert thereon a boar argent bristled and tusked or semee of mullets sable in the mouth a ragged staff vert. Motto: Mediocria firma. (I) Michael Bacon, immigrant ancestor mentioned above, was born about 1575, probably in county Suffolk, England. He went from England to the north of Ireland in 1633 and seven years later came to NewEngland with Samuel Cooke and John Smyth, also from the province of Ulster, Ireland. They were proposed as proprietors of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, May 23, 1640, and the records show that itwas "agreed upon that the Towne of Dedham shall entertain Mr. Saml. Cooke, together with his estate and also Mr. Smith and Mr. Bacon all from Ireland, and afford to them such accomodation of upland meadow as their estates shall require." From a record made the next month it would appear that the wife of Bacon preceded him. He signed the famous Dedham church covenant. His wife was admitted to the church September 17, 1641. She died April 2, 1648. In 1644 he gave of his land to the town for one of the highways (See page 364, Gen. Reg. 1902). He died April 18. 1648, the same month as his wife. His will was dated four days earner and it mentions all his children except Alice, who died the month previous. The inventory was dated April 20, 1649, and the estate amounted to nearly fifty-five pounds. Some writers state that William Bacon, of Salem, was a brother ; he also was an Englishman born, who lived in Ireland in Dublin in 1639; his wife Rebecca was sister of Humphrey Potter, who was slain in a massacre in Ireland, and daughter of Thomas Potter, some time mayor of Coventry, England. Children of Michael Bacon: 1. Michael, Jr., born in England in 1608, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, of Woburn in 1640; of Bridgewater 1664; of Cambridge Village or Newton 1669; admitted a freeman May 26, 1647. 3. John, admitted a freeman at Dedham, 1647 ; died June 17, 1683. 4. Alice, married, March 31, 1647, Thomas Bancroft, who died March 24, 1648; she died March 29, 1648. 5. Sarah, married, April 14, 1648, Anthony Hubbard. of Dedham ; died 1652. MICHAEL BACON AND HIS DESCENDANTS. By Leon Bbooks Bacon, LL.B., of New York City. 1. MICHAEL1 Bacon, born probably in County Suffolk, England, came to America in 1640, and was one of the early settlers of Dedham, Mass. Tradition says he held the office of captain of a company of yeomanry in County Suffolk.* According to Brown's History of Bedford, Mass, (appendix, page 2), he went from England to the North of Ireland about 1633, seven years previous to his coming to New England. The following is taken from "Dedham Records, Town and Selectmen," \rol. III., page 68: [26 May, 1640.] "Agreed upon that the Towne of Dedham shall euterteyne mr Samuell Cooke together wth his estate And also mr Smith & mr Bacon all from Ireland & afford to them such accomodacons of vpland & medowe as their estates shall Requier." From a record made the following month (ibid, page 69), it would appear that the wife of Mr. Bacon preceded him in Dedham. He was one of the signers of the church covenant of Dedham. In 1644, he granted land to the town for one of the highways. His wife Alice died April 2, 1648, and he died the same month, April 18, 1648. His will, dated April 14, 1648, mentions all his children, except Alice, who died the previous month. Inventory, April 20, 1649, amounted to £54. 15. 04. (See RegIster, Vol. 7, pages 230-1.) His children, born probably in England, were : 2. i. MICHAEL2; Charlestown, 1640, Woburn, 1641, Blllerica, about 1678; d. July 4, 1688. 3. ii. Daniel; Woburu, 1640, Bridgewater, 1664, Cambridge Village (now Newton), about 1669; freeman, May 26, 1647; d. Sept. 7, 1691. 4. iii. John; Dedham; freeman, 1647; d. June 17, 1683. iv. Alice, m. March 31, 1647, Thomas Bancroft of Dedham. He d. March 24, 1648. She d. March 29, 1648. v. Sarah, m. April 14, 1648, Anthony Hubbard of Dedham. She d. 1652.

Sources

[S147] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1908;), 990 (Reliability: 3).
[S72] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, (Name: The Society, 1902;), 364 (Reliability: 3).
[S253] Who Begot Thee? Some Genealogical and Historical Notes Made in an Effort to Trace the American Progenitors of One Individual Living in America in 1903, Gilbert Oliver Bent, Gilbert Oscar Bent, (Name: Printed for private distribution, 1903;), 25 (Reliability: 3).
[S253] Who Begot Thee? Some Genealogical and Historical Notes Made in an Effort to Trace the American Progenitors of One Individual Living in America in 1903, Gilbert Oliver Bent, Gilbert Oscar Bent, (Name: Printed for private distribution, 1903;), 990 (Reliability: 3).