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Michael Bacon

(1579 - 1648)

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Michael Bacon (bef. 1579 - 1648)
Michael
 Bacon
Born before 6 Dec 1579
 in Winston, Suffolk, England
ANCESTORS Son of Michael Bacon and Elizabeth (Wyle) BaconBrother of John Bacon, Joanna Bacon, Thomas Bacon, Mary Bacon, Sarah (Bacon) Yorke, William Bacon, Rose Bacon and Elizabeth BaconHusband of Alice (UNKNOWN) Bacon
 — married about 15 Feb 1607 in EnglandDESCENDANTS Father of Michael Bacon, John Bacon, Sarah (Bacon) Hubbard, Daniel Bacon, John Bacon and Alice (Bacon) BancroftDied 18 Apr 1648
 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
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Michael Bacon migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).
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Biography
Michael Bacon was born in England.
ORIGINS
Michael Bacon, the son of Michael Bacon and Elizabeth Wylie, was born in Winston, Suffolk, England and was baptized there on 6 Dec 1579.[1][2][3]
Michael was named in the will of his father, Michael Bacon of Winston, County Suffolk. His father's will was dated 24 Oct 1614 and proved by John Bacon in Ipswich, England on 20 Apr 1615. The will made bequests to Michael (Jr.'s) mother, Grace; brothers Thomas, John, and William; and sisters Sarah (wife of Daniel Yorke) and Elizabeth.[1] Michael Jr. was given silver spoons and a silver pot, which he in turn bequeathed to his eldest son, Michael.[4]
It is believed that Michael once held the office of Captain of a company of yeomanry in County Suffolk.[5]
MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN
Michael married Alice (----) Bacon[1] about 1607/08 in England.[2][6][7] Alice died in 1647 in Dedham, Massachusetts.[3]
Michael and Alice Bacon had the following children:[1][2]
Michael, b. abt. 1609 in England, d. 4 Jul 1688 in Woburn MA, m1. Mary Jobo in England, m2. widow Mary (----) Richardson in MA, and m.3 widow Mary Noyes in MA;
Daniel, b. abt. 1615 in England, d. 7 Sep 1691 in Newton MA, m. Mary Reed in England;
John, b. abt. 1624 in England, d. 17 Jun 1683 in Dedham MA, m. Rebecca Hall in MA;
Alice, b. abt 1629 in England, d. 29 Mar 1648 in Dedham MA, m. Thomas Bancroft in Dedham MA;
Sarah, b. abt. 1626[3] in England, d. 14 Apr 1652 in Dedham MA, m. Anthony Hubbard in Dedham MA in Apr 1648.
Some believe they had one son who died in childhood, but no definitive proof had been found:
John, born c.1617, and died c.1624 in Winston, England.
IMMIGRATION and LIFE IN AMERICA
It is thought that Michael removed from England to Ireland about 1633. At some point before mid-1636, he traveled from Ireland to New England, where his name appears as one of the signers of the Dedham [Massachusetts] town covenant dated 15 Aug 1636.[8] Before 27 Mar 1640, Michael was again living in England and was a subscriber in the ship money returns for County Suffolk, England.[1][3]
In 1640, Michael immigrated to New England[9] with his wife, children and grandchildren.[1] The date(s) of their arrival and the ship(s) on which they arrived are unknown.
Records of a 26 May 1640 Dedham town meeting show that it was "agreed upon that the Towne of Dedham shall entertain Mr. Samuel Cooke ..., Mr. Smith and Mr. Bacon all from Ireland and afford to them such accommodation of upland and meadow as their estates shall require."[1] And, on 23 Jun 1640, a Dedham town vote was passed giving Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Bacon, "being lately arrived here from Ireland ...their husbands are not yet come, yet liberty is granted unto them to purchase in our town for an habitation."[1][3][4]
On 29 Apr 1641, "Mighill Bacon Sen." appeared in court at Boston, Massachusetts on a matter in which full satisfaction was given, the case was discharged, "it being declared to bee a mistake of ignorance."[10]
Michael's wife, Alice, was admitted to the church on 17 Sep 1641.[3][11]
In 1644, Michael Bacon granted land to the town of Dedham to be used as a highway and agreed to build any necessary fencing between the highway and his planting fields. In return, the town voted to give him a considerable amount of land.[1]
DEATH, WILL AND PROBATE
Michael Bacon died on 18 Apr 1648 in Dedham, Massachusetts [2] just 16 days after the death of his wife, Alice, who died in Dedham on 2 Apr 1648.[1] Michael Bacon's will dated 14 Apr 1648 named his sons Michael, Daniel, and John; daughter, Sarah Bacon; and son in law Thomas Bancroft, with his son John to be executor of his will and residuary beneficiary of his estate.[1]
The inventory of his estate was taken on 20 Apr 1649[4] and totaled £54 15s. 4d.[5] John Bacon was deposed on 26 Apr 1649 to prove the will.[1][3]
OTHER/MISC.
Michael Bacon, the immigrant, is thought to have been closely related to the famous Nathaniel Bacon of Virginia.[12]
It is believed that William Bacon of Salem who came from Ireland was Michael's brother. Both men lived in Ireland and had sent their wives to America ahead of them at the time of the Irish Rebellion of 1640.[4]Research Notes
"Bacon, Michael: Winston, Suffolk (by way of Ireland); 1640; Dedham [MBCR 1:316; DeChR 25; WoTR 2; WoVR; SPR Case #80; NEHGR 57:329-31; NEA 7:2:54-55; Stevens-Miller 1:192-200; Thomas W. Baldwin, Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640, and His Descendants (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1915)]."[13]Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Baldwin, Thomas Williams, "Bacon Genealogy: Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and his Descendants." Cambridge, MA: unknown, 1915. Accessed via Ancestry.com [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005. Pages 17-18, 24-27, will pp.27-8, tree between p.8-9.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bartlett, J. Gardner, "Bacon Family of Helmington and Winston, co. Suffolk, England, and of Dedham and Salem, Mass." published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database, NEHGS, 2014. Online access w/sub. at AmericanAncestors.org. NEHGR vol. 90 (Jul 1936) pp. 301-302.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller. Concord NH: Privately printed at the Rumford Press, 1948. Access online at HathiTrust. Pages 192-200 (GMD).
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online access w/sub. at AmericanAncestors.org. NEHGR vol. 57 (Jul 1903) pp. 329-330. (GMD).
↑ 5.0 5.1 Bacon, Leon Brooks, "Michael Bacon and His Descendants." published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database, NEHGS, 2014. Online access w/sub. at AmericanAncestors.org. NEHGR vol. 56 (Oct 1902) pp. 364-365. (S2).
↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Accessed on Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012: "Bacon, Michael1 (?1579-1648) & Alice ? (-1647); in Eng, [b 1608] Dedham.
↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004: b.1579 in Eng, m.1607 in Eng.
↑ Wikipedia List of Signers of the Dedham Covenant.
↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Gale Research, Ancestry Place: Dedham, Massachusetts; Year: 1640
↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, ed. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Boston MA: The Press of William White, 1853. Access online at Archive.org. Vol. 1, page 316. (GMD).
↑ Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts. Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007: prop 23 May 1640, wife adm. ch. 17 Sep 1641 & d.1647; d.18 Apr 1848, prob 26 Apr 1649.
↑ Cutter, William Richard, "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation." New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913. Accessed online at Ancestry.com. Vol 3, p.1385.
↑ Anderson, Robert Charles, "The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England 1620-1640." Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
See Also:
Heritage Consulting, Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003: bp. 6 Dec 1579, in Winston; died 18 Apr 1648 in Dedham; m.15 Feb 1607 to Alice; parents Michael Bacon & Elizabeth Wylie.
"English Ancestry of New England Families," Vol. 1, pp. 59-60 (S1).
Geni (S10). Michael Bacon II. Born 6 Dec 1579 in Winston, Suffolk, England. Died 18 Apr 1648 in Dedham, Norfolk, England. Son of Michael Bacon I and Elizabeth Marstead. Husband of Alice. Father of 9 listed children.


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Leave a message for others who see this profile.Login to post a comment. Jillaine SmithCAUTION: We may have, at some point, merged father and son. Looking into it now.posted Apr 03, 2018 by Jillaine Smith Heather MeyerThomas W. Baldwin's "Bacon Genealogy, 1915" http://www.baconlinks.com/Genealogy/Bacon_pp025-028.html
"Michael Bacon and His Descendants" by Leon Brooks Bacon https://archive.org/stream/michaelbaconhisd00baco#page/n7/mode/2up
Book Title: Bacon pedigree of William Lincoln Palmer https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290070-00001?pid=1679192&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61157%26h%3D1679192%26tid%3D2975822%26pid%3D160144954125%26hid%3D100141479255%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DlZm2219%26_phstart%3Ddefault%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue&treeid=2975822&personid=160144954125&hintid=100141479255&usePUB=true&_phsrc=lZm2219&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
posted Sep 23, 2017 by Heather Meyer Heather MeyerThis needs to be fact-checked. Doing a quick side by side with authentic, verified sources that have been accepted by the Bacon family, some of the info appears to be incorrect. (For example, I have seen no records that mention Michael being married to anyone other than Alice. Although, I'm thinking the author might have been writing about Michael 1579's father. But it is very unclear! And this guy here is a MAJOR "gateway" ancestor of both American immigration and of English nobility, so it needs to be made more clear.) I'm not an expert Bacon genealogist (yet!), so I'll leave it to those who are.posted Sep 23, 2017 by Heather Meyer Jillaine SmithThe narrative mentions wives Elizabeth and Grace, but no Alice. What's the source for the wife Alice?posted Sep 09, 2015 by Jillaine Smith

Events

Birth1579England
Death1648Dedham, British America
MarriageAlice Unknown

Families

SpouseAlice Unknown ( - )
ChildMichael Bacon (1608 - 1688)