Surname Saturday - BACON (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2137 who is Lydia BACON (1637-1712). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through three generations in this BACON family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susanna Reed (1745-1833)

266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susanna Wood (1724-1780)

534.  Josiah Wood (1687-1753)
535.  Ruth Walker (1692-1752)

1068.  Josiah Wood (1658-1741)
1069.  Abigail Bacon (1667-1743)

2136.  Josiah Wood, born about 1629 in probably Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England; died 24 September 1691 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4272. Edward Wood and 4273. Ruth Lee.  He married 28 October 1657 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2137.  Lydia Bacon, born about 1637 in probably Winston, Suffolk, England; died 25 November 1712 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Josiah Wood and Lydia Bacon are:
*  Josiah Wood (1658-1741), married 1686 Abigail Bacon (1667-1743).
*  Lydia Wood (1659-1659).
*  Lydia Wood (1662-1681).
*  Samuel Wood (1671-1711), married 1706 Hannah Buck (1680-????).
*  Joseph Wood (1674-1725), married 1699 Mary Blaney (1679-1743).
*  Ruth Wood (1676-1676).

4274.  Michael Bacon, born about 1608 in of Winston, Suffolk, England; died 04 July 1688 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 31 August 1634 in Winston, Suffolk, England.
4275.  Mary LNU, born about 1607 in probably Winston, Suffolk, England; died 26 August 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Michael Bacon and Mary LNU are:
*  Lydia Bacon (1637-1712), married 1657 Josiah Wood (1629-1691).
*  Michael Bacon (1639-1701), married 1660 Sarah Richardson (1640-1694).
*  Mary Bacon (1640-1701), married 1657 John Lakin (1628-1697).
*  Elizabeth Bacon (1642-1673), married 1658 John Richardson (1639-1696).
*  Sarah Bacon (1644-1727), married 1677 Caleb Simonds (1649-1712).

8548.  Michael Bacon, born before 06 December 1579 in Winston, Suffolk, England; died 18 April 1648 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 17096. Michael Bacon and 17097. Elizabeth LNU.  He married 20 September 1607 in Dedham, Essex, England.
8549.  Alice LNU, born before 02 January 1589 in Winston, Suffolk, England; died 02 April 1648 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Michael Bacon and Alice are:
*  Michael Bacon (1608-1688), married (1) 1634 Mary LNU (1607-1655); (2) 1655 Mary Baldwin (1612-1670); (3) 1670 Marty Haynes (1620-????).
*  Daniel Bacon (1612-1691), married 1649 Mary Read (1620-1691).
*  John Bacon (1626-1683), married 1651 Rebecca Hall (1630-1694).
*  Alice Bacon (1626-1648), married 1647 Thomas Bancroft (1622-1691).
*  Sarah Bacon (1628-1652), married 1648 Anthony Hubbard (1615-????).

Information about this BACON family was obtained from:

*  Leon Brooks Bacon, "Michael Bacon and his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 52, number 4, (October, 1902).

I have done no original research on this Bacon line.

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