Mary (Unknown) Bacon (abt. 1610 - 1655)

Born about 1610 in Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Wife of Michael Bacon — married 1636 (to 26 Aug 1655) in England

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1655 at about age 45 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Marriage and Children

Mary married Michael Bacon about 1636 in England.^[1][2] They had at least four children:

• Michael^[3] was baptized at Winston, Suffolk 16 February 1639;^[4] married Sarah Richardson and had issue;^[5] Michael died 13 August 1707^[1]
• Mary, baptized 18 February 1640 at Winston, Suffolk;^[4] married John Lakin in about 1656^[6]
• Elizabeth,^[3] born 4 January 1642^[1] in Woburn, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[7] married Lt. John Richardson^[4]
• Sarah,^[3] born in Woburn 24 August 1644^[1] in Woburn,^[7] married Caleb Simonds in 1677^[8]
• [possibly] Lydia, born about 1637, married Josiah Wood^[1] (both Baldwin^[4] and NEHGR vol. 57^[3] omit a daughter Lydia); she died 25 November 1674

Death

Mary died on 26 August 1655 in Woburn, Massachusetts.^[9]

Research Notes

Disputed Parents / Unknown Origins:

Michael Bacon married three women named Mary. Michael's first wife, the Mary (Unknown) Bacon of this profile, is often confused/conflated with Mary (Jeves or Jobo) Bacon. They are NOT the same person. The origins of the Mary of this profile are unknown.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} J. Gardner Bartlett. "Bacon Family of Helmington and Winston, co. Suffolk, England, and of Dedham and Salem, Mass." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. NEHGS, 1936. vol. 90 (July 1936): 302.
2. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2015. Vol. 1, Page 63. AmericanAncestors.org: BACON, Michael2 (?1608-1688) & 1/wf Mary [?JOBS] (-26 Aug 1655); by 1639/40, ca 1635, 31 Aug 1624?; Woburn [Coltman Anc. 13; Stevens-Miller 195, 197; NYGBR 48:312; Reg. 56:365, 90:302; LBDF&P ,294; Fish Anc.; Sv. 1:91; Bacon 29; Clemens: Marriages; Bulla]. BACON, Michael2 (?1608-1688) & 2/wf Mary (____) RICHARDSON (-1670), w Thomas; 26 Oct 1655; Woburn [Backus Anc. 150; Reg. 56:365, 89:350, 90:302; Snow-Estes 1:284; Charlestown 812; Bacon 29; Richardson Mem. 506; Sv. 1:91; Vinton Mem. 391; Bassett-Preston 2]. BACON, Michael2 (?1608-1688) & 3/wf Mary (HAYNES) NOYES, w Thomas; 28 Nov 1670; Woburn [Reg. 35:218, 56:365, 57:330, 90:302; NYGBR 48:312; Bacon 30; Haynes 58; Richardson 506; Vinton Mem. 391; Blake-Torrey 122; Bassett-Preston 233; Bennett etc. (1931) 25].
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} "Notes and Queries" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1903. Online at AmericanAncestors.org($), Vol. 57 (1903) p. 329-331.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Thomas W. Baldwin, Bacon Genealogy: Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and his Descendants. Cambridge, MA: Murray and Emery Co., 1915, pages 24-30. HathiTrust.
5. ↑ John Adams Vinton. The Richardson Memorial: Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Vol II. Portland, ME: 1876, p. 506. Archive.org
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Douglas Richardson. "The English Origin of the Lakin Family of Reading and Groton, Massachusetts" in The American Genealogist, vol. 70 (July 1995): pp.147-148. AmericanAncestors.org
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Johnson, Edwin, Woburn, Massachusetts, Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages From 1640 to 1873, 3 vols. (Woburn, MA: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1891) Part 1, p. 13
8. ↑ Samuel Sewall. History of Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts: 1640-1860. Boston: Wiggin & Lunt, 1868, pages 592, 638 (Sarah). Google Books.
9. ↑ Edward F. Johnson, comp., "Woburn records of births, deaths, marriages, and marriage intentions, from 1640 to 1900." Woburn, MA: Andrews, Cutler, & Co., 1890-1919. Accessed online at HathiTrust. Deaths page 8.