Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . Suffolk family of Bacon was found-ed by one Grainuld or Grimaldus, a rela-tive of the great Xorman chieftan, Wil-liam, who came to England at the timeof the Conquest and settled near Holt inSuffolk. His great-grandsons took theplace name of Bacon for a surname. Thename is still in use in the North of 1082 William Bacon endowed theabbey of Holy Trinity at Caon. TheBattle Rolls of England in the eleventhcentury and the Hundred Rolls in thethirteenth century bear the name withoccasional variations i
Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens; . Suffolk family of Bacon was found-ed by one Grainuld or Grimaldus, a rela-tive of the great Xorman chieftan, Wil-liam, who came to England at the timeof the Conquest and settled near Holt inSuffolk. His great-grandsons took theplace name of Bacon for a surname. Thename is still in use in the North of 1082 William Bacon endowed theabbey of Holy Trinity at Caon. TheBattle Rolls of England in the eleventhcentury and the Hundred Rolls in thethirteenth century bear the name withoccasional variations in spelling, such asBacun and Bachun. and again as of the family were veryearly in Virginia. The original site ofthe family was near Ipswich, in Suffolk,but prominent representatives have beenfound in Durham. Hampshire. Norfolk,Somerset, and Yorkshire. (I) William Bacon, born about 1608,lived in the Borough of Stretton. Countyof Rutland, England, and had a numerousfamily. (II) Nathaniel Bacon, son of WilliamBacon, born about 1630, came to New 350 X ft - - z* /? 5?. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY England when he was about nineteenyears old, and settled first with his UncleAndrew, a deacon, at Hartford, Connec-ticut. In the fall of 1650 he joined thecompany who founded Mattabeseek (Mid-dletown), Connecticut, was afterwards aleading and influential man, a large land-holder in that town. By the will of hisUncle Andrew, he received considerableproperty. He married Anne, daughter ofThomas Miller, Sr., who came from Row-ley, Massachusetts, and settled in Middle-town. She died July 6, 1680. (III) Nathaniel (2) Bacon, son of Na-thaniel (1) Bacon, was born in 1659, an<^his name was later changed to ThomasBacon. He married and was the fatherof Zaccheus, of whom further. (IV) Zaccheus Bacon, son of Na-thaniel (2) Bacon, married and was thefather of Richard, of whom further. (V) Richard Bacon, son of ZaccheusBacon, served in the Revolutionary War,and his commission as sergea
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