General Notes

b. 16 Feb 1639, , Eng.
cr.16 Feb b. 1639 Winston, Suffolk, England

   3. Michael3 (Michael2, Michael1) was born in England and baptized at Winston, Feb. 16, 1639. In deeds from his father he is recognized as his loving son Michael Bacon. His occupation is given as shoemaker. In 1662 Michael, Jr., was sued at Cambridge for damage done by his swine. The births of three of his children are recorded in Woburn, but after 1670 in Billerica. In March, 1680, he had a grant of forty acres adjoinig the Mitchell farm on the southeast of the Shawsheen River and reaching almost to John Wilson's saw mill. His land was situated in the northern part of what became the town of Bedford. the Bacon house, which is shown in the frontispiece of this book, is still standing, and is thought to have been build about this time. July 19, 1682, he purchased the farm of five hundred acres in Billerica which in 1652 had

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been granted by the town of Cambridge to their minister, Rev. Mr. Mitchell. In October, 1686, Michael Bacon sells his mansion house and parcels of land in Woburn to Josiah Wood, Jr., of Charlestown, who shortly after married his daughter. Among his children as recorded as as referred to in town histories we do not find any son by the name of Michael; but we find that in 1696 Michael Bacon, Sr., mortgages some property to his son Michael Bacon, Jr. The same year Michael, Jr., gives a power of attorney to John Witt of Lynn, who in 1708 gives a discharge of this mortgage. Sept. 1, 1697, Michael Bacon, Sr., deeded to his son Jonathan a part of the Mitchell farm and a saw mill, and at the same time he deeds land to his son Josiah. The Bacon family was always one of prominence in the town. there were six Bacons who served as minute men from Bedford in the Concord fight. May 15, 1775, there were nine Bacons reported as liable for military duty. Michael Bacon married Mar. 22, 1660, Sarah Richardson, daughter of Thomas Richardson, born in November, 1640. She was baptized Nov. 22, 1640. She died Aug. 15, 1694. Michael died Aug. 13, 1701.