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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
- Frederick August Bacon -- --, 1889 December 23, 1960 New York
- B P Bacon -- --, 1828 October 30, 1899 New York
- Beniah Crandall Bacon -- --, 1833 July 22, 1896 New York
- Joseph Bacon -- --, 1757 December 0, 1790 Massachusetts
- Gardner Joseph Bacon -- --, 1757 December 0, 1800 Massachusetts
Bacon Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Samuel Bacon -- --, 1787 January 27, 1865 Massachusetts
- Winthrop Bacon -- --, 1760 February 8, 1812 Massachusetts
- Laura Belle Bacon -- --, 1867 May 13, 1946 New York
- Joanna Bacon -- --, 1567 December 0, 1614
- Mary Bacon -- --, 1713 December 0, 1770 Virginia
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