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Michael Bacon

Also Known As: "Father of child with Mary Ball when she was single."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Winston, Suffolk, England
Death: August 13, 1707
Bedford, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Bacon, III and Mary "Marie" Bacon, AKA Jobo
Husband of Sarah Bacon
Partner of Mary Munroe
Father of Michael Bacon; Mary Fuller; Sarah Susan Fuller; Abigail Wood; Jonathan Bacon and 5 others
Brother of Lydia Wood; Mary Gale; Elizabeth Richardson and Sarah Simonds
Half brother of Elizabeth Allen

Occupation: sawmill operator, shoemaker
Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
Last Updated:

About Michael Bacon

'Michael Bacon Jr (bef. 1639 - abt. 1707)

  • Born before 16 Feb 1639 in Winston, Suffolk, , England [uncertain]
  • Died about 13 Aug 1707 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  • Son of Michael Bacon Sr. and Mary Jobo
  • Brother of Lydia (Bacon) Wood, Mary (Bacon) Lakin, Elizabeth (Bacon) Richardson and Sarah (Bacon) Simonds
  • Husband of Sarah Richardson married 22 Mar 1660
  • Partner of Mary Ball
  • Father of Mary (Bacon) Fuller, Sarah Bacon, Abigail Bacon, Michael Bacon III, Jonathan Bacon and Nathaniel Bacon

Biography

From wikitree: (Last modified 22 Mar 2017)

In 1671 Michael fathered his son, Michael, with Mary Ball who was a domestic servant in his household.

Children with Sarah Richardson

  1. Mary, b. March 1, 1661
  2. Sarah, b. Aug 24, 1663
  3. Abigail, b. March 5, 1666/7
  4. Jonathan b 1672
  5. Nathaniel b 1675

Children with Mary Ball

  1. Michael b abt 1671

Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ball-17 cites Diane Rapaport, "The Case of the Rhode Island Runaway," in New England Ancestors Magazine, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society: Spring 2006 Vol 7, No. 2, pages 54 and 55, citing court records

When Mary [Ball] was 16, her grandparents died and she was "put out to service" with the family of Michael Bacon Jr. in Woburn. He impregnated her. She ran off to Portsmouth, Rhode Island where she was welcomed by Francis Brayton and his wife. When her pregnancy could no longer be hidden, she admitted she was pregnant by Bacon. Brayton took a letter from her to Boston, seeking assistance from Bacon. Mary's father brought charges against Bacon, who landed in prison, but escaped. He was captured a few days later and promised through a 1671 bastardy bond to support his child:

"to sattisfy all ye charges arising for the bringing up ye child of Mary Ball"

Mary returned to Boston and ultimately married about 1672 Cambridge Scotsman William Munro by whom she had ten more children.

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Michael Bacon's Timeline

1608
1608
Winston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1631
February 16, 1631
Winston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1639
February 16, 1639
Winston, Suffolk, England
February 16, 1639
Winston,,, England
February 16, 1639
Winston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
February 16, 1639
Winston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1661
March 1, 1661
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1663
June 24, 1663
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1667
March 5, 1667
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony