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(1609 - Aft 27 Jul 1653)
For no sufficient reason, Elizabeth BACON is often said to have been the daughter of Col. Nathaniel BACON, Sr. (christened 29 August 1620, Burgate, County Suffolk, England - 16 March 1692, Williamsburg, York County, Virginia, British North America: interment 18 March 1692, Yorktown, York County, Virginia, British North America), President of the Governors Council in Virginia (1657), Burgess from York County (1659), acting Governor of Virginia (1689-90), and first cousin, once removed, of Col. Nathaniel BACON (Jr.), this latter being notorious (or esteemed) as the leader of Bacons Rebellion (1676). The wife of Col. Nathaniel BACON, Sr. and the putative mother of Elizabeth BACON was Elizabeth KINGSMILL (1625, James City County, Virginia, British North America - 2 November 1691, Kings Creek, York County, Virginia, British North America), who was herself the only surviving child and heiress of Richard KINGSMILL (BEF 1616, England - BY 26 September 1638, Virginia, British North America) and Jane UNKNOWN (dead BY 26 September 1638). Elizabeth KINGSMILL had siblings, noted when she and they were residing in 1624, at the "Neck of Land" near James City, Virginia, named Nathaniel, five years of age, and Susan, one year of age. Elizabeth KINGSMILL was first married to Col. William TAYLOE on 26 December 1638. Because Col. Nathaniel BACON, Sr. and Elizabeth KINGSMILL were themselves childless, the KINGSMILL estate, at the "Neck of Land," passed from them to their niece, Abigail SMITH (11 March 1656, Colchester, County Essex, England - 12 November 1693, York County, Virginia, British North America) and her husband, Maj. Lewis BURWELL II (1653, Fairfield, Gloucester County, Virginia, British North America - 19 February 1711, Carters City, Gloucester County, Virginia, British North America). It is, therefore, impossible that Col. Nathaniel BACON, Sr. and Elizabeth KINGSMILL were the parents of Elizabeth BACON; and Col. Nathaniel BACON was styled "senior," as is commonly acknowledged among historians, only to distinguish him from his swashbuckling younger cousin. If it be admissible - as it seems to be - that Elizabeth BACON was indeed the kinswoman of Col. Nathaniel BACON, Sr., then it is rather more likely that she, though not much his elder, was his paternal aunt than that she was his daughter and, therefore, it is more likely that she was one of the untraced daughters of Sir James BACON (1567, Friston Hall, County Suffolk, England; christened 12 October 1567, St. Dunstans, London, England - 17 January 1617/18, Friston Hall, County Suffolk, England , England; interred 11 February 1617/18, St. Giless, London, England) and his cousin, Elizabeth BACON (ABT 1573, Hessett, County Suffolk, England - 1649).
Events
| Birth | 1609 | England | | | |
| Marriage | Abt Jan 1644 | Hungars Parish, Northampton Co., Virginia - John Nuthall IV | | | |
| Death | Aft 27 Jul 1653 | Northampton Co., Virginia | | | |
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