James H. Bacon (1738 - abt. 1819)

Born 30 Jun 1738 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Marsh) Bacon — married 23 Sep 1764 in Maine

Descendants

Died about 1819 at about age 80 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private James Bacon served with 12th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

James Bacon is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 106367
Rank: Private

James H. Bacon was born on 30 Jun 1738 in Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, son of Josiah Bacon (1702 - 1750) and Sarah (Davis) Kidder (1709 - <1781). ^[1]

James married Abigail Marsh (1747 - ~1834) on 23 Sep 1764 in Maine. ^[2]

Their children were:

1. Elizabeth (Bacon) Sawtelle (~1772 - 1858)
2. Lydia (Bacon) Dyer (1781 - 1857).
3. William Marsh Bacon (1782 - 1852).

James died about 1819 in Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, aged ~80. He is buried in Lovejoy Cemetery, Sidney, Maine. ^[3]

Headstone reads Dr. James H Bacon

Pvt in American Revolution: Muster roll of Cpt. Nathan Watkins, Col. Samuel Brewster. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192694794/james-h-bacon: accessed 23 July 2022), memorial page for Dr James H Bacon (30 Jun 1738–1819), Find A Grave: Memorial #192694794, citing Lovejoy Cemetery, Sidney, Kennebec County, Maine, USA; Maintained by newenglander400 (contributor 47966024).
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
6. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.

• The Genealogy of John Marsh of Salem and his Descendants, 1633-1888 (1888), page 30, Google EBooks

• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-TRQP : 3 March 2021), James H Bacon, 1819; citing Burial, Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,057.

• "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-SD5F : 16 March 2018), James H Bacon, ; citing Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Cemetery Dinsmore, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 2,148,481.

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-39KB : 1 March 2021), James Bacon, 1819; citing Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Bacon's Corner Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,314,442.

• "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F46W-QTG : accessed 21 Apr 2014), James Bacon and Abigail Marsh, 23 Sep 1764; citing Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 9747.

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-ZN6R : 17 March 2018), James Bacon, 21 Sep 1787; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,020,565.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 413

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GL-K2Z : 20 May 2022), James Bacon, 30 Jun 1738; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GL-3R2 : 20 May 2022), James Bacon, 30 Jun 1738; citing Birth, Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010700.

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-7TVD?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-824%3A353350601%2C353875001%2C353875501

• New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850 /Description = Town: Bedford | Source Information | Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. | Original data:Source Description: This collection consists of birth, marriage, and death records from the state of Massachusetts that took place between the years of 1700 and 1850 | url : https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61401/records/193685

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-894M-WW3M?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-NWL%3A355081601 : 21 December 2016), 38-Massachusetts (jacket 13-19) > image 325 of 713; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).

Acknowledgments

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