Hon. Nathaniel Bacon

Nathaniel had settled at Barnstable by 1640. He was proposed for freeman in 1645. He was elected Constable in 1650.

Nathaniel was a prominent and influential citizen of Plymouth Colony. He was a large landowner.

He was a representative at the General Court from 1652-1665. He was Deputy of the General Court from 1652-1667. In 1667, he was elected Assistant to the Court and was re-elected each year until his death in 1673.

In 1658 and again in 1667 he was a member of the council of war [The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 6, p. 752].

From the Cape Cod Library, Vol. II, Barnstable Town Records, p. 1675 (genealogylibrary.com):

12/22/1656 : "order, reciting great damages by neglect to keep the fences up -- that they shall be made by the 1st of March, as proportioned by Henry Cob, Nathaniel Bacon, John Gorham, Thomas Huckens & George Lewes."

"Resolved by ye Towne this 21st of May, 1662, That Thos. Hinckley, Nathl Bacon, Thos. Huckens, Joseph Lothrop & John Davis be empowered to make such orders Respecting ye general field as may be for ye preservation of ye corn for this present year and for so long time as untill ye Town shall take some other course therein & it was further ordered as an addition thereunto that what order or orders ye aforementioned five men or any three of them shall agree upon Respecting ye said field, shall stand in force till ye town make some other provision therein."

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• MAYO, Hannah
• b. ABT 1628
• d. Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: 4 DEC 1642 Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass.
• Spouse: BACON, Nathaniel
• b. 12 APR 1613 England
• d. 16 MAR 1691/2 Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass.
• Children:
  • BACON, Hannah
  • BACON, Nathaniel
  • BACON, Mary b. 12 AUG 1648 Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass.
  • BACON, Samuel
  • BACON, Elizabeth b. 28 JAN 1652/3 Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass. d. 1676
  • BACON, Jeremiah
  • BACON, Mercy
  • BACON, John
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_829.htm#34 ______________________

origins

Nathaniel Bacon, husband of Hannah Mayo, was born in or near Stretton, Rutland, England in 1621 or earlier. Nathaniel was the oldest son of William and Ann (-) Bacon of Stretton. Nathaniel died before October 29, 1673 in Barnstable County in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [1]

1. Early New England Families Study Project, V.1, Pages 1-5, Nathaniel Bacon (c1621 - 1623) https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-families-of-new-e...

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bacon-95#_note-study