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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
- Mercy Bacon -- --, 1659 December 10, 1737
- William Bacon -- --, 1631 December 0, 1655
- Michael Bacon -- --, 1608 July 4, 1688
- Rachel Bacon -- --, 1652 December 0, 1717 Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Nathaniel Bacon -- --, 1690 March 1, 1768 Connecticut Colony
Bacon Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- John Bacon -- --, 1542 December 0, 1543
- Minerva Bacon -- --, 1830 May 21, 1851 New York
- James T. Bacon -- --, 1830 December 22, 1895
- Richard Bacon -- --, 1629 December 0, 1711 England
- Lucy Bacon -- --, 1742 September 0, 1806
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