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From: Nancy Bacon <>
Subject: Re: [BACON] England
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:03:36 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <000601c7c4cd$42558870$c7009950$@net.nz>


Sorry for my confusion, Dorothy. I am seeking the
same line as is Gary Cooper, who from time to time
submits yet another request for current information.
Here is what little I know about this particular
Durham thread:

One of my distant cousins here in Georgia has in her
possession a narrative written by her grandmother many
years ago. I have not seen the narrative since its
owner says that it is very fragile and will not stand
the light of a photocopy machine. In this narrative,
the grandmother says that her/our line comes from
Durham, where Anne Lyddall married into the Bacon
family. Incidentally, this is the origin of the given
name Lyddall that is so prominent in the American
Bacon families. Anne's husband, Edmond, was not the
oldest son in his family, and according to tradition
in those times, the oldest son inherited the family's
lands there in England, while younger sons were sent
to the colonies to make their fortunes here. This
narrative also says that Anne was the maid of honor in
the wedding of the queen of Bavaria. Surely this
distinction might just lay open a heretofore closed
crack in this case. One reason I give so much
credence to this account is that it predates the
Internet and any "data" available there by several
decades. It would have been written by someone who
had genuine contact with previous generations and
their family stories.

Does this story strike any kind of cord with you? It
is the line of Lyddall Bacon, born in South Carolina
about 1791, died in Marion County, Georgia, 1854 that
eludes so many of us. It has become a source of
untold frustration, and those of us who are actively
pursuing this information sense that we simply haven't
turned over the correct rock just yet. Can you add
anything that might help us?

Again, sorry for my confusion.

Nancy


--- D E Gaunt <> wrote:

> Hi Nancy
>
> It's Dorothy who has the Durham Bacons, not Barry!
>
> There were Bacons in all the northern counties from
> quite early on. Some of
> them (from Newton Cap, originally from Derbyshire)
> were minor nobility and
> wealthy for a while until one of them gambled it
> all away. :-)
> I have extensive details on this family, although
> they turned out not to be
> my Bacons. I have traced them back to Joseph Bacon
> (b.1689, Harrington,
> Cumberland), his son, Rev John Bacon (1754-1827 -
> vicar of Auckland St
> Andrew & Escomb, and Kirk Merrington, DUR, and
> others). Rev John had two
> sons, George and Joseph who both died young. George
> had a son, William,
> (1812 - 1873) who became an Iron Refiner and
> 'Proprietor of Lands". He was
> married to Jane Smith (groan...!) and had sons John
> George, William, Richard
> and Arthur.
>
> Do any of these names connect with yours?
>
> Best wishes
> Dorothy
> -----
>
>
> Subject: Re: [BACON] England
>
> Barry, since I also have Bacons from Durham, perhaps
> our Bacons are the same. Can you give details?
>
> Nancy
>
> --- D E Gaunt <> wrote:
>
> > Hi Barry
> >
> > Any details? Such as names, dates, more specific
> > locations? I have Bacons
> > in Co Durham, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and
> > Northumberland.
> >
> > Dorothy
> >
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [BACON] England
> >
> > Hi, i am looking for any BACON's from the
> > Yorkshire,England , and
> > Manchetser, England areas . I would appreciate any
> > info at all . Thanks
> > Barry Copeland, Manchester.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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