Brief Life History of Selah Scotland
When Capt Selah Scotland Bacon was born on 13 August 1765, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Maskell Bacon Jr., was 24 and his mother, Sarah Case, was 14. He married Balsarah Brewer on 17 January 1786, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1800. He died on 5 September 1833, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Granby Cemetery, Salmon Brook, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Selah Bacon, "United States Census, 1800"
- Selah Bacon, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Selah Bacon, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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