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WILLIAM, of Norwich, m. May 11, 1660, and had issue : John, b. Feb. 9, 1661, d. aged 82 years ; Sarah, b. 1663 ; Samuel, 1665 ; Joseph, 1667 ; Nathaniel, 1669 ; and Hannah.
The following WILLIAM BACKUS is found at Windham.
BACKUS, WILLIAM, of Windham, m. Mary Danton, Aug. 1, or 31, 1692, and had issue : Samuel, b. July 1, 1693 ; Abigail, b. July 1, 1693, d. Sept., 1693 ; Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1694 ; Daniel, b. Oct. 21; William, b. and d. 1695 ; Hannah, b. Nov. 1, 1699; 2d William, b. April 4, 1702 ; Stephen, b. March 12, 1704 ; Peter, b. April 25, 1706 ; Ephraim, b. May 25, 1708. William, the father, d. Jan. 25, 1742-3.
BACKUS, WILLIAM, JUN., m. Sarah Bennit, March 24, 1728.
BACKUS, JOHN, of Windham, probably son of William, of Norwich, one of its first settlers, m. Mary Bingham, Feb. 17, 1692, and had issue : Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1692 ; Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1695 ; John, Jun., b. March 20, 1697, d. the same day ; 2d John, b. Aug. 1, 1698 ; Abigail, b. July 3, 1701 ; Jerusha, b. Sept. 29, 1704.
BACKUS, JOHN, and Mary, his wife, had Zeruiah, b. Aug. 10, 1709 ; Nathaniel, b. 1712, d. 1720. (Perhaps 2 wives.) John Backus, Sen., d. March 27, 1744, aged over 82 years.
BACKUS, JOHN, JUN., of Windham, m. Sibil Whiting, May 12,
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1725, and had Nathaniel, b. Feb. 5, 1726-7, d. Nov., 1727 ; John, Jun., b. March 23, 1728 ; Sibil, b. March 1, 1729-30 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17, 1731-2 ; Lucretia, b. Feb. 22, 1733-4. Sibil, his wife, d. Aug. 7, 1755.
BACKUS, STEPHEN, Norwich, 1660, m. Sarah, a daughter of Lyon Gardiner, the first Lord of Gardiner's Island. His sons, Ste- phen, b. in 1670, and Timothy, in 1682. Stephen moved to Plain- field, afterwards to Canterbury. (F. M. Caulkins.) This family has produced several men of eminence, viz., the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, in 1849.
BACKUS, REV. SIMON, of Wethersfield, m. Eunice, daughter of Rev. Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, Oct. 1, 1729. Issue : Clarinda, b. Oct. 31, 1730 ; Eunice, b. Jan. 15, 1733, at Wethers- field. He was settled in Newington Society, Dec. 28, 1726. He d. 1745, chaplain at Cape Breton. Graduated at Yale College, in 1724. Rev. Joshua Belden succeeded him, Nov. 11, 1747.
BACKUS, REV. AZEL, D. D., son of Jabez Backus, of Norwich, graduated at Yale College, 1787 ; m. Milly Deming, of Wethers- field ; settled first at Bethlem, Conn., 1791, where he succeeded Dr. Bellamy, and remained until he was appointed President of Hamil- ton College in 1813. He was a learned divine, and an eloquent preacher. He d. Dec. 26, 1816, aged 51 years, and left a widow, two sons, and one or more daughters. His son, Dr. Frederick, has been a State Senator in the State of New York.
BACKUS, ISAAC, a distinguished Baptist minister, was b. at Norwich, in 1724. He preached at Middleborough, Mass.
BACKUS, CHARLES, D. D., b. at Norwich, in 1749, graduated at Yale College, 1769 ; ordained at Somers, in 1774, where he preached over 29 years, until he d., Dec. 30, 1803. He was emi- nent as a theologian, and for a time educated many young men for the ministry.
BACKUS, HON. SYLVANUS, of Pomfret, former Speaker of the lower House in the General Assembly of Connecticut, was an emi- nent lawyer. He d. a young man. Fifteen of this name had grad- uated at Yale College, before 1850.
BACCUS, SAMUEL, a planter at Hempsted, Long Island, in 1647.
BACKHOUSE, (Sunderland, Co. Durham.) ARMS, per saltire, or and az. a saltire erm. CREST, upon a snake embowed, nowed at the tail,. an eagle displayed. MOTTO-Confido in Deo. The same (in Cum-
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berland, Kent and London) for name Backhouse, (Swallowfield, Berkshire.) Ar. a saltire erm.
* BACON, ANDREW, was one of the early and leading settlers of Hartford. He received 28 acres of land, in the first land divis- ion in 1639. His house lot in Hartford, in 1640, was south of Little River, and near to it, bounded west on the road, also north on the road along the river bank, and east on Nathaniel Ward's lot. (See NATHANIEL BACON, SEN., of Middletown.) He was a juror at - Hartford, twice in 1641, once in 1643, once in 1644, once in 1645, once in '46, &c. He was first Deputy to the General Court, in April, 1642, and about thirty sessions afterwards, before 1659. He signed the contract, with Gov. Webster and others, to remove from Hart- ford to Hadley, which he performed in 1659, with many others, where he died, Oct. 4, 1669. He was one of the General Court of Connecticut, as early as Nov. 14, 1637, as magistrate, (where he is called Goodman Bacon.) He and his wife, Elizabeth, had children :
* It will be recollected, that the town of Hadley, in Massachusetts, was settled from the Con- necticut Colony, and entered into an agreement, signed by each emigrant, in 1659, as follows, viz.
" At a meeting at Goodman Ward's house, in Hartford, April 18, 1659. The Company here met engaged themselves under their own hands, or by their deputies, (whom they had chosen,) to remove themselves and their families out of the jurisdiction of Connecticut, into the jurisdic- : tion of the Massachusetts, as may appear in a paper dated the day and year above said. The names of the engagers are these :
John Webster, (Govr.) John Marsh,
James Northam,
William Goodwin, (Elder.)
Robert Webster, (not go.)
Samuel Gardner,
John Crow,
William Lewis, Jun. (not go.)
Thomas Edwards, (not go.) John Hubbard,
Nathaniel Ward,
Nathaniel Stanley,
John White,
Samuel Gunn, (not go.)
Thomas Dickinson,
John Barnard,
William Markum,
Robert Boltwood,
Andrew Bacon,
Samuel Moody,
Samuel Smith, Jun.
William Lewis,
Zachariah Field,
William Gull,
William Westwood,
Widow - - -,
Luke Hitchcock, (not go.)
Richard Goodman,
Widow Watson, (not go.)
Richard Montague,
John Arnold, (did not go.)
Andrew Warner,
John Lattimer, (not go.)
William Partridge,
Mr. Russell,
Peter Tilton, John Hawkes, Sen.
Thomas Stanley, Samuel Porter,
Thomas Coleman,
Benjamin Harbert, (not go.)
Richard Church,
Mr. Russell, Sen.
Edward Benton, (not go.)
Ozias Goodwin, (did not go.) Francis Barnard,
Phillip Smith,
Samuel Hooker, (did not go.)
James Ensign, (did not go.)
John Coltman, (not go.)
Capt. John Cullick, (did not go.)
George Steele, (not go.) Thomas Welles,
Dan'I Warner, (did not remove.)"
Gregory Woollerton, (did not go.) Nathaniel Dickinson, Samuel Smith,
Richard Billings,
John Dickinson,
John Catlin, (did not go.)
Elder William Goodwin returned in his old age, and died at Farmington. Elizabeth, the relict of Andrew Bacon, returned to Connecticut, and died here.
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Abigail, who m. Samuel Cowles ; Lois, m. Thomas Porter, of Farm- ington ; his son Isaac, d. before his mother. He gave, in his will, small legacies to Mr. Russell and Peter Tilton, of Hadley, which his widow, Elizabeth, in her will, directed to be paid to them. In 1640, he returned to Court at Hartford, an inventory of the estate of Thomas Johnson, deceased, the cobbler. In 1642, he, with Capt. John Mason and Clark, was appointed by the General Court, to prepare carriages for the pieces (guns) that came from Piscataqua. In 1643, he, with Mr. Talcott, was appointed to take a record of the debts of the country. Also with Mr. Talcott, in 1654, he was appointed by the General Court, to go to Saybrook, and attend to the petition of Hartford. He was also a committee, with Mr. Web- ster, for Hartford, to join the magistrates, in pressing men in each town for service, in 1654. He was exempted from training, watch- ing and warding, by the Court, in 1656. In 1658, a complaint was preferred against him and Gov. Webster, and others, who were about to withdraw from the church, and from Hartford. He was a committee, with Mr. Steele and Boosy, to provide, at Hartford, for the comely meeting of the Commissioners of the United Colonies ; and was frequently honored with offices of the town of Hartford, and was Selectman in 1640. Mr. Bacon, in his will, gave land in Hart- ford, to Nathaniel Bacon, of Middletown, which Nathaniel Bacon sold to Warren, Whiting, Richard Barnard and Henry Hayward ; also, land at Hoccanum, which Elizabeth Bacon, widow of Andrew, quit-claimed to her kinsman, Nathaniel Bacon, Esq., of Middletown, Feb. 6, 1670. His will is dated July 14, 1669. He d. at Hadley, Oct. 4, 1669. Widow Elizabeth Bacon, in her will, mentions Na- thaniel Bacon, of Middletown, as a nephew of her deceased husband. After the decease of Mr. Bacon, his widow, Elizabeth, returned to Hartford, to live with her children. She had been the wife of Tim- othy Stanley. She gave, by her will, dated Oct., 1671, to Caleb Stanley, all her housing and lands at Hadley, which her husband had left to her there, for Mr. Standley's care for her in her old age. She also gave him the use of a share of her son Isaac's estate, which had fallen to her. (Isaac d. before his mother.) Widow Elizabeth d. at Hartford, Feb. 23, 1678-9, aged 76 years. Mr. Bacon was a valuable and highly respected member of the Connecticut Colony, while he remained in it. Andrew Bacon was qualified as a freeman in Massachusetts, March 26, 1661, after his removal from Connecticut. The name of Bacon has 20 coats of arms. Andrew Bacon, of Had-
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ley, by will, gave his nephew, Nathaniel Bacon, of Middletown, ten pieces of land, recorded in Hartford, which was acquitted to said Nathaniel, of Middletown, by Elizabeth Bacon, of Hadley, (whom she calls my kinsman, ) contract signed by said Elizabeth, Jan. 27, 1670. Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon, widow of Andrew, of Hadley, repeat- edly names, in her will, Caleb Standley as her son ; also, his brother Isaac ; gave Caleb Standley all her " housing and lands in Hadley," which had been " my dear husband, Andrew Bacon's, late of Had- ley, and fell to me by his last will, or by the death of my dear sonn Isack," &c. She also calls " Abigail Cowles, the wife of Samuel Cowles," " Lois, the wife of Thomas Porter, both of Farmington," Elizabeth Sension, wife of Mark Sension, her daughters. All are noticed in her will, dated Oct. 30, 1671. She d. at Farmington, Feb. 23, 1678. Inventory, £269, 5s. At a Probate Court, holden at Hartford, March, 1678-9, Nathaniel Bacon, of Middletown, ap- peared and declared that he " quit his clayme " "to any of the hous- ing and lands of his unckell Andrew Bacon, late of Hadley, unto Caleb Standley, his heirs," &c.
BACON, NATHANIEL, EsQ., was a nephew of Mr. Andrew Bacon, a magistrate at Hartford, in 1637. He (Nathaniel) was for a time at Hartford, and became an early and important settler at Middletown. He acted as a magistrate, at New Haven, in 1661, as appears from the Records of the New Haven Colony, p. 297, where the affidavits of John Fletcher and some others, of Milford, were taken, Oct. 17, 1661, before Nathaniel Bacon, Esq., at New Haven, (though he was an inhabitant of Middletown,) in which the depo- nents stated their knowledge of Henry and William Bacon, of Stret- ton, of Rutland County, in England : that Henry removed to Clip- sam, in Rutland County ; that he had but one son, Thomas, who was reported to have died at Barbadoes, W. I .; also stated that Na- thaniel Bacon, Esq., then present, was the eldest son of William Bacon, who must have been a brother of Andrew Bacon, Esq., of Hartford, in 1637, which renders it probable that Andrew and Na- thaniel Bacon were from the same county in England. Nathaniel Bacon's will was presented to the Court at Hartford, in 1705, by his sons, Andrew and John Bacon, Executors. His will dated 1697-8. He owned land at Hartford, which he gave to his sons, John and Andrew. His children, named in his will, were, Thomas, John, Andrew, Nathaniel, Jun., Beriah, Hannah, Mary, Abigail and Lydia. His children, by Ann, his wife, recorded, are: Hannah, b. April 14, 1655, m. John Boarn, Oct., 1677 ; Andrew, b. Feb. 4, 1656-7,
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d .; Nathaniel, Jr., b. July 20 or 25, 1659; (Nathaniel's name was changed to Thomas, and so recorded ;) John, b. March 14, 1661-2, m. Sarah Wetmore, Nov. 26, 1685 ; Mary, b. April 7, 1664, m. Samuel Wetmore, Dec. 13, 1687 ; 2d Andrew, b. June 4, 1666, m. Mehitabel Wetmore, Feb. 12, 1692; Abigail, b. July 13, 1670 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 18, 1672, m. Joseph Wetmore, June 6, 1706. Ann, wife of Nathaniel, d. July 6, 1680, and Nathaniel, Sen., m. for 2d wife, Elizabeth Pirpoint, April 17, 1682, and had Beriah, b. Aug. 17, 1682, m. Ann Odell, of Stratfield, Nov. 10, 1713. Nathaniel, Sen., d. Jan. 27, 1705. There was a Thomas Bacon, who settled in Simsbury. It is supposed that Thomas, the son of Nathaniel, Sen., whose name was changed from Nathaniel to Thomas, was the Thomas Bacon of Simsbury.
BACON, NATHANIEL, JUN., or THOMAS, m. Hannah Wet- more, Feb. 5, 1702, and had children : Catherine, b. Feb. 1, 1703-4, d. April 10, 1746 or '41 ; Nathaniel, 3d, b. Feb. 16, 1706-7 ; Ben- jamin, b. Nov. 28, 1708 ; Hannah, b. April 19, 1712 ; Jeremiah, b. Jan. 9, 1715-16 ; Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1719 ; Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1719, d. Hannah, the mother, d. Sept. 7, 1722, and Sarg't Nathaniel, Jun., m. for his 2d wife, Anne, the widow of John Lane, Jan. 31, 1722-3. Anne, his 2d wife, d. Dec. 26 or 22, 1751. Lieut. Nathaniel, Jun., then m. for his 3d wife, Rebeckah Doolittle, Nov. 28, 1752. Lieut. Nathaniel, Jun., d. Jan. 6, 1759.
BACON, JOHN, son of Nathaniel, Sen., m. Sarah Wetmore, Nov. 26, 1685, daughter of Thomas, Jun., and had children : John, b. Nov. 26, or Jan. 30, 1694 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1695, m. N. Brown. His wife, Sarah, d. Feb. 14, 1698. He m. for 2d wife, Mary, widow of Jacob Cornwell, April 13, 1710. John Bacon d. Nov. 4, 1732, aged 70. Mary, his widow, d. Nov. 15, 1732. His son, John, Executor of his will, dated 1732. He owned a grist- mill at Middletown, and other property.
BACON, ANDREW, son of Nathaniel, Sen., m. Mehitable Wet- more, Feb. 12, 1692, daughter of Thomas, and had children : An- drew, b. Nov. 21, 1692 ; Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1694 ; Nathaniel, b. July 10, 1697 ; Josiah, b. Sept. 27, 1699 ; Daniel, b. March 5, 1701-2; Mehitabel, b. Feb. 28, 1703-4; Joseph, b. April 20, 1706 ; John, b. Oct. 30, 1708 ; Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1710 or 11; Abigail, b. Feb. 5, 1712-13. Andrew, the father, d. June 1, 1723. His widow, Mehitabel, d. Jan. 19, 1731-2. His widow was appointed guardian for Esther, 13, and Abigail, 11 years old.
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BACON, BERIAH, son of Nathaniel, Sen. His first wife, Eliz- abeth Perpoint. She d. He m. Ann Odell, of Stratfield, for his 2d wife. Nov. 10, 1713, and had children : Elizabeth, b. Sept. 17, 1714; Tabatha, b. Nov. 6, 1717 ; Beriah, b. March 20, 1719-20, d. May 15, 1730; Annah, b. July 12, 1722 ; Bethiah, b. June 8, 1728 ; Pierpoint, b. May 27, 1724. Beriah, the father, d. May 15, 1730, and after the death of Beriah, his widow, Ann, was Executrix of his will. The codicil of his will dated 1730. In 1732, Tabitha chose her uncle Nathaniel for her guardian. After the decease of her husband, Ann m. for her 2d husband, Joshua Gill, of Middle- town. Her dower was set out to her in this name, in 1733, £244, 5s. Id. Ann and her husband, Joshua Gill, were appointed guard- ians for Beriah, " Pearpoint," Ann and Bethia. Inventory, £517, 7s. 2d.
BACON, JOHN, JUN., son of John, m. Sarah White, daughter of John and Sarah White, March 5, 1718-19, and had children : Sa- rah, b. Jan. 31, 1719-20 ; John, b. April 21, 1723 ; Jerusha, b. Oct. 25, 1724 ; Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1726-7; Joseph, b. May 14, 1728 ; Martha, b. Sept. 14, 1729 ; Ebenezer, b. Feb. 4, 1730-1; Abagail, b. July 21, 1732 ; Sibbel, b. Feb. 19, 1733-4, d. 1734 ; 2d Sibbel, b. Aug. 27, 1735 ; Dorcas, b. Nov. 2, 1736 ; and Patty. John, Jun., d. 1783, aged 88 years.
BACON, JOSIAH, son of Andrew, m. Thankful Doowell, March 3, 1725-6. · Issue : Josiah, b. Sept. 24, 1727 ; Andrew, b. March 18, 1729-30 ; Mary, b. May 15, 1732 ; Samuel, b. April 3, 1734 ; and Thankful, b. June 6, 1743. Josiah d. Oct. 21, 1750. His widow, Thankful, d. Oct. 25, 1750.
BACON, JOSIAH, son of Josiah, m. Sibbel Clark, Feb. 21, 1750-1. Issue : Sibbel, b. Dec. 22, 1751 ; Sarah, b. Aug. 16, 1753 ; Silence, b. 1755 ; Josiah, b. 1756; Miriam, b. Feb. 2, 1760 ; Hosea, b. 1762 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 8, 1758 ; Hannah, b. June 21, 1764 ; Da- vid, b. Feb. 2, 1767 ; Elijah and Elisha, b. Feb. 20, 1769 ; Timo- thy, b. Nov. 7, 1771. Josiah, the father, d. Feb. 24, 1779.
BACON, NATHANIEL, JUN., m. Esther Hubbard, Dec. 21, 1727. Children : Nathaniel, b. Feb. 22, 1728-9 ; Stephen, b. Jan. 10, 1730-1; Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1733, d. 1742 ; David, b. Oct. 7, 1735, d. 1759 ; Esther, b. Dec. 16, 1737 ; Jacob, b. May 6, 1740. Esther, wife of Nathaniel, d. March 4, 1742.
BACON, NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel, Jun., and Hannah, m. Jane Bevin, July 30, 1724, and had children : Jane, b. Nov. 28, 1724 ; Susannah, b. Sept. 2, 1727 ; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 17, 1729 ; 9*
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Jabez, b. July 5, 1731 ; James, b. Oct. 1, 1733 ; Mehitibel, b. Oct. 13, 1736 ; Phebe, b. April 24, 1739, d. Oct. 11, 1742 ; Anne, b. May 31, 1741, d. Nov. 12, 1764-5 ; Timothy, b. May 19, 1744. This Nathaniel, and his wife, Hannah, resided at Middlefield, in the town of Middletown.
BACON, JOHN, 3d son of John, Jun., m. first Miss Gould, and had issue : Gould, Ebenezer and John, and a daughter, Sarah. His wife d., and he m. Molly Ely, of Lyme, and had a daughter, Molly.
BACON, JOHN, son of John, 3d, m. Miss Griswold, of Walling- ford, and settled at Middletown. He had children : John, Daniel, Joseph, Matthew, Jonathan, Curtis, Sally and Rhoda. Curtis, above, is the present High Sheriff of the County of Middlesex. He has children : Curtis, William, John L., George W., and Lucy Bacon.
BACON, GOULD, son of John, 3d, removed to the Susquehannah country, where he d. unmarried, and left a large estate.
EBENEZER, son of John Bacon, 3d, removed to Coos, where he married a young woman when he was advanced in life, and had a large family, and d. in old age.
ABIGAIL, daughter of John, Jun., m. Mr. Plum, whose father moved from Milford to Middletown. She m. for her 2d husband, Mr. Hough.
SIBBIL, daughter of John, Jun., m. Mr. Knowles, of Chatham. She m. for her 2d husband, Mr. Norton.
PATTY, daughter of John, Jun., m. Mr. Ward.
DORCAS, daughter of John, Jun., m. Mr. Osborne, an English- man, who settled at Blanford, Mass. John, Jun., was a large land- holder, and gave each of his daughters a farm.
JOSEPH, son of John, Jun., and only brother of John, 3d, settled at Middletown, where he m. Elizabeth Miller. She d. without issue, and he m. his 2d wife, Rhoda Plumb, of Middletown, (her father was from Milford,) and had children : Joseph, Jun., William, Isaac, Samuel, John, Ebenezer, and 2 Elizabeths.
JOSEPH, JUN., son of Joseph Bacon, m., and had children : Cla- rissa, Polly, Martha and Joseph. Joseph, Jun., d. at sea. His wid- ow survived him, and d. aged 91 years.
WILLIAM, son of Joseph, Sen., m. Bathsheba Cook, of Middle- town, and had children : Joseph, William, Jun., Samuel, and some daughters. He settled near Whitestown, N. Y.
ISAAC, son of Joseph, and great-grandson of Nathaniel, Sen., is the only child of his father now living, aged about 85 years, and my information of his father's and his own family is from him, without
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dates. He m. Dorothy Stow, of Middletown, in Dec., 1785, and had children : Lois, Amasa, Charlotte, Sally, Elizabeth and Samuel, (twins,) Esther, Caroline, Jefferson, George and Albert, d. young. (Naming one of his sons, shows his political character as it is.)
JOHN, son of Joseph Bacon, and brother of Isaac, m. Olive Ward, of Middletown, and had issue : Horace, Leverett. Olive, his wife, d., and he m. Martha Bates for his 2d wife, and had children : John, Lewis, Joseph, William, Emely, m. at Danbury, and Martha.
BACON, JABEZ, son of Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., was by trade a Currier, he was b. at Middlefield, a society in Middletown, July 5, 1731. He settled in early life at Woodbury, Conn., where for a time, he worked at his trade, and afterwards commenced trading in a small way, as a merchant, and being naturally a man of business habits, he became a man of great wealth, probably not less than nine hundred thousand dollars, and evidently the richest individual that has ever died in Litchfield county. He m. Lydia Hungerford, who was born at Bristol, June 5, 1739, a descendant of Thomas Hun- gerford, first of Hartford, and afterwards of Stonington. Jabez Bacon d. Sept. 6, 1806, aged 75. His wife Lydia, survived him, and d. Nov. 25, 1812, aged 73 years ; they had children, viz.,
Jabez, Jr., b. June 28, 1760, m. Sabra Betts, (daughter of John and Patty Betts,') b. 1765, m. 1781 : two sons and two daughters.
Jemima, b. May 1, 1762, m. Isaac Tomlinson, April, 1784. She d. at New Haven, April 16, 1787, aged 25.
Asahel, b. Dec. 3, 1764, m. Hannah, daughter of William and Ann French, 1786. He d. March 31, 1838, aged 73.
Lorena, b. Dec. 29, 1766, m. Hon. David Tomlinson, 1784; had six sons, eight daughters : d. Oct. 25, 1837, aged 71 years.
Nathaniel, Esq., b. Nov. 16, 1768, m. first, Rebecca Strong, Jan. 10, 1796 ; had two sons and one daughter ; his first wife d. Sept. 16, 1837, aged 63, a superior woman. He m. for his second wife, Mrs. Sophia Hull, of Derby, b. at Eden, Maine, July 22, 1793, m. April 11, 1838. He d. over 80 years of age, at New Haven, and left a large estate.
Lydia, b. Jan. 1, 1771, m. Hon. Noah B. Benedict, an eminent lawyer, and a senator of the state, June 27, 1793. She d. July 5, 1808, aged 37.
Daniel, Esq., b. Dec. 8, 1772, m. Rebecca Thompson, June 22, 1793, had three sons and five daughters. Hed. July 26, 1828, aged 56. He often represented Woodbury in the Legislature ; Magis- trate and Judge of Probate, &c.
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Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1776, d. March 11, 1777.
Garry, b. April 5, 1778, m. first, Sally Miner, April 4, 1798, had a son George. The mother d. May 11, 1312, aged 37 years. He m. for his second wife, Mrs. Orphia Perry, daughter of Moses and Sarah Shepard, of Newtown, Conn., Jan. 17, 1813, and had three daughters. His widow, Orphia, d. 1851. Garry, the father, d. Feb. 25, 1821, aged 43 years.
BACON, DANIEL, of the Middletown family, m. Mary Aber- nethy, of Farmington, Oct. 24, 1765, and had issue : Daniel H., b. Oct. 30, 1766 ; Seth, b. Oct. 7, 1768 ; John Flavel, b. May 26; Rhoda, b. Feb. 10, 1772.
BACON, JOSEPH, m. and had issue : Roswell, b. May 12, 1764 ; Anna, b. May, 1766 ; Douglass, b. Oct. 26, 1767; Joseph, b. Sept. 24, 1777.
BACON, MOSES, m. Rosanna Rust, Dec. 25, 1777, and had is- sue : Alma, b. Sept. 26, 1778 ; Rosanna, b. Oct. 14, 1780.
BACON, JOHN, and RUTH his wife, had a son Benjamin b. at Windham, July 17, 1743.
BACON, CAPT. JEREMIAH, of Middletown, supposed the son of Nathaniel, Jr .; his widow Elizabeth, administratrix in 1745-6 : children, Jeremiah, Jr., Elizabeth and Abigail. Estate distributed, £2345, 9s. 6d. His widow Elizabeth m. Mr. Miller, for her sec- ond husband ; d. Jan. 1746-7, aged 70. Distributed to widow Eliz- abeth Miller, £843, 15s. 1d. ; to Jeremiah, only son, £945, 18s. 2d. ; to Elizabeth, £472, 19s.
BACON, JOSIAH, son of Andrew, of Middletown, d. about 1750. Inventory, £5715, 13s. 5d. Distribution to his children, in 1751 ; to Josiah, Jr., £1862, 17s. 6d. ; to Andrew, £931, 8s. 9d. ; to Samuel, Mary Wright, and Thankful Bacon, each, £931, 8s. 9d. Josiah appointed guardian for his sister Thankful, aged 7. Samuel Bacon, aged 17, chose his uncle John for his guardian.
BACON, JACOB, of Colchester, had sons : Ralph and Jonathan, baptized July 17, 1748 ; Ezekiel, baptized, March 18, 1751; Abi- gail, baptized June 2, 1754 ; Huldah, Oct. 29, 1758.
BACON, BERIAH, m. Elizabeth Dewey, of Colchester, June 4, 17 -.
BACON, EDWARD, of Colchester : daughter Molly, baptized June 2, 1754.
Sarah Brown was relict of Nathaniel Bacon, of Middletown, de- ceased. Rev. George Beckwith, of Lyme, m. Sarah Bacon, daugh- ter of Nathaniel, of Middletown.
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GENEALOGY OF THE PURITANS.
BACON, THOMAS, of Simsbury, from Middletown, entered a caution to John Slater, Clerk of the writs of Simsbury, Dec. 12, 1704. In Jan., 1703-4, he requested the town of Simsbury, to give him a pasture lot in Simsbury. In Jan. 26, 1698, he requested the town to give him fifteen acres of land at the south end of Barr Hill, next to his former grant. Voted in the affirmative. He sold land to Samuel Marshall, of Windsor, June 26, 1714, situated on the hill near the Newfoundland Swamp, in Simsbury.
Thomas Bacon was allowed by the town of Simsbury, in 1698, £1, 15s. for keeping the widow Brooks. He deeded land in Sims- bury to his son Nathaniel, of Simsbury, as part of his portion, if he married, &c., Nov. 6, 1716. Nathaniel Bacon, of Simsbury, pur- chased land in Simsbury, of Hannah Merriman, alias Newbury, of Windsor, April 30, 1714, and sold land there to Christopher Roberts, Jan., 1714-15. He m. Abigail Segar, of Suffield, Sept. 2, 1714 : his second daughter Abigail, b. July 13, 1717 ; daughter Eunnice, b. May 12, 1719, and others.
BACON, MASKILL, of Simsbury, son of Nathaniel, m. Abi- gail Gleason, daughter of Thomas Gleason, May, 1740, had chil- dren : Maskill, b. April 26, 1741; second wife-m. Ann Higley, May 30, 1744 : Samuel, b. Feb. 1, 1745-6 ; Nathaniel, b. June 2, 1747; Anna, b. July 13, 1749; Joseph, b. April 1, 1752 ; John, b. Sept. 29, 1753, and Eunis Bakon, b. June 13, 1755.
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