Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Bacon was born in 1701, in Berkeley, South Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Michael Bacon V, was 30 and his mother, Johanna Way, was 25. He died on 24 April 1767, in St. John Parish, Georgia, British Colonial America, at the age of 66, and was buried in Midway, St. John Parish, Georgia, British Colonial America.
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- Thomas Bacon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nathaniel Bacon memorial, 1733 - South Carolina Memorial Book 3:121
- Josiah Bacon memorial, 1733 - South Carolina Memorial Book 3:118
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1721 · Incorporated as a Royal Colony
On May 29, 1721, Sir Francis Nicholson is appointed as the Royal Governor of South Carolina by King George I.
1732 · Charter Granted for Creating Georgia
James Oglethorpe, a social reformer and British Member of Parliament, was highly influential in persuading King George II to grant a charter to create the Georgia colony. King George II in 1732 granted a charter for creating Georgia and named Oglethorpe as one of twenty-one Trustees to govern the new colony. It had been five decades since the British government had authorized a new colony to be established in North America. Oglethorpe believed that England’s “worthy poor” could be sent to the new colony to be farmers and merchants instead of suffering in England’s prisons due to indebtedness. This charitable idea vanished as economic and military considerations became leading factors for Georgia.
1737 · Geogia Becomes Buffer Between Spanish and English
Due to its geographic location, Georgia became a military buffer between the Spanish military presence in Florida and Britain's colonies north of Georgia. Oglethorpe sensed the need for British military defense as the threats of a Spanish invasion in Georgia heightened. Oglethorpe pleaded his case to King George in London and was appointed colonel, despite his lack of military experience. He was given a regiment of British soldiers to accompany him back to Georgia.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Norman French personal name Bacun, derived from the ancient Germanic name Bac(c)o, Bahho, based on the element bag ‘(to) fight, (to) dispute’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus, of which the oblique case was Bacon.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon ‘bacon’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to Back 3), probably a metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork.
History: Gilles Bacon from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City, QC, in 1647. — Michael Bacon from England arrived in Dedham, MA, in 1640. Nathanial Bacon, from Stratton, Cornwall, arrived in Barnstaple, MA, in 1639. Another Nathaniel Bacon (1647–76), from Friston Hall, Suffolk, emigrated to VA and settled at Curl's Neck on the James river.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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