Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Bacon was born on 24 October 1795, in Truxton, Cortland, New York, United States, her father, Jonathan Bacon, was 32 and her mother, Betsy Wait, was 22. She married Sylvester Webster on 24 June 1812. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 1 April 1880, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Sophia Webster, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sophia Webster in entry for Sylvester Webster, "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910"
- Sophia Bacon in entry for Hiram Gray Webster, "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
Spouse and Children
1791–1842 Male
1795–1880 Female
Children (9)
1813–1813 Male
1815–1848 Female
1818–1890 Female
1822–1879 Female
1826–1890 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1763– Male
1772– Female
Siblings (4)
1795–1880 Female
1803–1867 Male
1806–1879 Male
1810– Male
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1808
Age 13
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 24
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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