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Bacon Family History
Bacon Genealogy & Family TreeBacon is an English name from Suffolk, England, where the family was granted lands by Duke William of Normandy for their assistance in the Battle of Hastings. It comes from the Old English bacun and referred to someone who worked as a pork butcher or who sold pork. Roots for this name can also be found in France. The family motto is Mediocria firma which means "Mediocrity is safe."
Other spellings include "Bacun" and "Bachun." Notable people with the surname include American actor Kevin Bacon (Footloose, Apollo 13, X-Men: First Class), American Olympic athlete Charles Bacon (hurdles), and American musician Max Bacon (GTR). The first Bacon to come to America was Daniel Bacon in Virginia in 1635.
Bacon Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Hannah Bacon -- --, 1760 March 31, 1824 Massachusetts
- Jonathan Bacon -- --, 1802 February 9, 1860 Tennessee
- Francis Bacon -- --, 1560 April 9, 1626 London
- James Bacon -- --, 1820 December 0, 1860
- Opal Bacon -- --, 1901 March 5, 1987 Texas
Bacon Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- John (Daunt) Bacon -- --, 1792 December 0, 1831 Tennessee
- John Bacon -- --, 1560 August 13, 1568 Suffolk
- Edmond Lee Bacon -- --, 1833 April 9, 1873 Tennessee
- John Bacon -- --, 1647 April 7, 1678 Massachusetts
- Isaac Bacon -- --, 1826 December 0, 1902 Tennessee
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