| Show l r 1 b i ir 7 4 I II j ii ii 1111 ll 1111 a 1111 aH I 1 H LZ I BACON FAMILY I Trace Irace Back to Normandy Normandy Name Name on Battle Abbey Roll Rol-On Rol Roll One One Was Lord Keeper of the Great Seals Seals Possessed Possessed of M Manors Mors nors Granted by Henry VIII Romantic Vill-Romantic Romantic Career of Nath Nathaniel Nathani ni l of I Virginia Virginia Family Virginia Family Prom Prominent nent in New England Relics England Relics Preserved Preserved Preserved Pre Pre- served in Pilgrim Hall Hall Affiliation Hal Affiliation With All AU Al Patriotic Soc Societies Societies Socie Socie- j ties May Be Claimed Claimed Also Also With the Coveted Mayflowers Coat Coat Armor Armor Granted Centuries Ago I t. t o BY KY EI ELEANOR LEXINGTON I Mr r. Bacon ma may spell his name Bacon or Bachun if I h he wants a anent neat change Or Ot- it i is All Al three oC of these forms are arc found on Battle Abbey Roll nou which snows shows 9 that tho trio family waR van r represented ed at tho the l batto bat bat- at- at tb to of Hastings and und among the followers fol tol- lowers ot or William tho the Conqueror Tradition has it that thal the Bacons Dacons came tron jn France France- tho J I nit I J 4 fornai in r a 0 II nu u. u J I change chango undergone an almost unrecognizable I I Then there thoro is n a a. more plausible theory theory the the- ory orb and doubtless the time correct one A A. in Normandy was called Bacon or Bacun The first to bear this as a n surname in England was as tho the great grandson of or who was one ono ot or tho the Conquerors Conqueror's knights Taking Taking Tak Tak- ing Ing the tho name Bacon was only a n re resumption lC ie of the ancient Norman orman name which still sti te exists in France Th The rhe great Suro Suffolk family of Bacon as asIt asi asit It i is called is descended front from Grim- Grim haItI bald We Yo have havo a record that William Bacun endowed the Abbey Abbe of Holy Trinity at Caen Hol is the time name of or a n village vill viii- 1 age In Norfolk The Tho family has been heen seated at nt Somerset and Rutland for centuries York House London antI were family es es- es tales tates of or orthe Lord Keeper Bacon the tho keeper the Great Gnat Seals Seal In Elizabeths Elizabeth's reign by whom ho was as knighted wa was Sir Nicholas Bacon His Ills son was the illustrious Lord Lort Bacon who as aH we a all know 9 wrote Shakespeare's A few Cew interrogation and ond exclamation lion tion ton points aro aio are in order here Several manors in Suffolk were granted to Sir Nicholas by Hem Henry VIII Ho lie 10 lived at Redgrave Hou House e. e VII It I has been heen said that If I Nathaniel Bacon had lived longer longer longer-he he died at atthe atthe atthe the a age e of or thirty four our in the the independence of or America ml might ht have havo come Collie tOO years ears earlier earler than it did Ills His untimely death dath postponed the great great Declaration and anti the starry Hag Ilag Haga Ilaga a round century Nathaniel Bacon was a born in Suffolk Suffolk Suf Suf- folk and he had the best blood of oC Britain In his hh veins When about thirty years ears old he joined the thc Jamestown Jamestown James James- town settlement in 11 Virginia and at nt first was a a leader of tho the aristocrats aristocrats- aristocrats rich handsome onH intellectual and amid like he lived in many of ot his neighbors or princely style But at heart he lie was wasa a democrat of or the tho democrats a man who loved Justice und and right ight and it II took him hInt but u-t u a little Itlo while hilo hll to declare himself squarely on the side of or time tho 11 I people is The first American rebel ho called Against A Gov Governor Berkeley tho tw royalist and the time aristocrats Bacon soon oon declared war to the knife In Iti 1675 the there was a great glat Indian uprising antI and Berkol Berkeley did nothing about It but Bacon acted A military force lad made up of or the plain people elected Bacon as their thel general and the plans were tVeIt made tor Ion securing peace anti and safety in the colony On Jul July I 1 I. I 1676 th the 1 fearless arl leader leader with wih hundred demanded demand demand- hi his several se eral patriots patriots ed tho thu governors governor's go signature to his commission com coni- ml mission lon as g general setting out at once on his march against t tao Indians He lie le hind had no sooner gone however than Berkeley proclaimed him him a n rebel a rebel a patriot we call cal him hint Bacons Bacon's romantic romantic roman roman- loran tic tc career has been hn made tho the subject of a n nove novel Drummond also a patriot anti and one ono of or Bacons Bacon's facon's chief supporters fell fel into nerl Berkeley's han hands s. s Mr Mi 1 Drummond said ald tho the governor governor gover gover- nor you ou arc are ct cr very welcome I 1 am more glad to see ee you than any man manIn manIn manIn In Virginia I Mr Mi r. r Drummond you OU shall bo be o hanged bunged In half hal an nn hour hour He- He was executed forthwith In all Berkeley put to death over twenty persons who had been een associated with wih Bacon who Bacon who had died of or a a cr Ce fever When Charles II 11 1 heard of or the governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- nors nor's whole wholesale re hangings lie he salt said sid That old ol fool has put to death more men than titan I did for tho tile murder of or m my father fattier On Only six out of ot tho the fifty tifty- nine nino Judges who ho had hail sentenced sentence Charles to death were executed Michael Bacon who came over soon oon after the la lower band in 1640 was as J. J helping to roUnd found the town o of ot Tt R dham Mass He Hc too came from Suffolk j From a a record of tho the day w we ve h have have- havethe ve the following interesting bit Agreed that this the towne towns ot of Rodham shall han en en 1 Mr Bacon Samuel Smuel C Cooke Cooko oko and Mr r. r Smith and nd afford to to them such uch i accommodations p Pt p xi lun l and J a DB their estates shall nit all lIe He Club quler He an and h hh his s wife 1 Alice Alce died the same year and inU nio sh h.- h. te a nt II 3 g 1 a S 4 BArll a. a i Ji I J d n t ter r r Tho inventory lime Value of or hl t l er e- e eJ r tn tato 1 Old t j uis nl son was one orthe or ortho ortho tho the proprietors of or rl h he is mentioned as a a. citizen of ot Bt and one of oC tho the soldiers of at Philips Philip's war an any therefore who ho trace b back ck hint to ma may claim membership with Wih the Sq 89 clety clew of ot Colonial Wars ar He was wa Michael thrice blessed that 1 J. J r. r he married three times Mary ary Mary lary Richardson 1655 and Mary ral Noes Noyes 1670 Mar Mary was n a favorite name with Wih the Bacons when they were scanning the horizon in iii search of or wives Michael's Michaels brother Daniel married Mary daughter daugh daugh- ter of Thomas Reed heed who was born bornn lit n Essex England John another son of time the pilgrim Michael was also a abold bold jold soldier boy In Philips Philip's war His home was Roxbury BrIdgewater and Bedford are other homes of the Bacons In Bedford time the house built time tho latter part of the seventeenth century is still standing There six generations of Bacons were born The founder of the New Hampshire branch of the family was Jacob great grandson of Michael the pil grim The Tue lIt st Harvard graduate ot of the Bacon family was Ja Jacob ob class of 1731 Jacobs Jacob's granddaughters several soy sev era eral times removed may be Colonial Dames for he was town clerk clerIc and treasurer of Keene N. N II H. where lie he was ti-as called the worthy Mr Bacon He lie was pastor of the ThUd Church in Plymouth and his Bible Is preserved in Pilgrim Hall He too had the luck to get two wives named Mary Mary MaryWood Wood and upon her taking oft olT Mary Whitney The Tho principal inhabitant of Billerica Biller- Biller Ica Jonathan Bacon another great great- grandson of Michael the tho pilgrim was representative to time the General Court anti and appointed to assemble tho people in iii the first town meeting Oct 6 1729 Two wives each named Elizabeth fell to his lot lot ElIzabeth Elizabeth Giles and Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- beth Hancock of Benjamin Wyman of One Bacon mar mar- tinge connection traces back to John and Priscilla Alden thus giving descendants de tie- affiliation if desired with the Mayflower society Of twenty six minute men from Bedford In itt the Concord light fight six were Bacons Lieutenant Joh John n was killed in this engagement Ever Every state state- had its representatives of this family In tile the Continental army from the time time the first gun was fired till this the close e of the tho war One patriot Edmund Bacon of Virginia Vir ginia was honored with a gift of books front from Washington The coat of illustrated is blazoned on a chief argent two mullets sable pierced of the second I. I e. e the second color named above argent Crest a boar ermine armed armed arm arm- ed and hoofed or ci Motto Firma Mediocrity is stable This coat armor was borne borne- by Sir Nicholas Bacon and add by the pilgrim father Nathaniel son of if William Bacon of England Nathaniel's name appears upon the records of MIddletown Comm Conn and of New Haven 1661 Those who desire to procure family genealogical information pedigree or lineages should correspond with tho Genealogical Society of Utah Anthon II H. Lund president Historians Historians Historian's His torian's Salt Lake Lake- City |
