Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE I'AMILIES. 27
died ill Barnstable Jan'y 1737-8 aged (i3, and his widow
died Aug 6, 1756, aged 80. He was a deacon of the
church, a blaclcsmith by trade, and kept a public house.
II. Mary, born Oct. 9, 1677, married Xov. 5, 1702, John
Crociver, of Barnstable. She died March 1711, aged 33.
III. Elizabeth, born April 11, 1680, married Aug. 31,
1704 Israel Tapper, of Sandwich.
IV. Samuel, born Jan'y 20, 1682, married March 30, 1704
Mary, daughter of Thomas Huckins. His second wife
was Sarah, daughter of Edward Taylor, and wido^v
Samuel Allyn, Jr., whom he married 26th Jan'y 1708.
of
His children were Ebenezer, born March 16, 1705, died
July 17,
May 22,
1706; Ebenezer, Dec. 4, 1708; ^Mercv, '
1710; and Edward. Jan'y 23, 1714-15.
born
Deacon Samuel Bacon, resided in the ancient far^iily mansion
which he transmitted to his son Edward. Dea. Bacon
died April 29, 1728, aged 46, and his widow Sarah, Sept.
24, 1753, aged 73. Ebenezer of this family married Jan'y
17, 1734, Lydia Lothrop, and he removed with his wife
and five children in 1745, to Lebanon, Conn. His house, a
one story, gambrel roofed, double house, stood on the easterly
part of the land, which, w.as the great lot of l{ev. Mr.
Lothrop, where Daniel Downes now lives. He sold his
house and land to Capt. John Cnllio, a Scotchman. Mercy,
daughter of Deacon Samuel, married Aug. 5,1744, Jonathan
Hallett, of Hyannis, a son of David Hallett. The late Benjamin
Hallett, Esq., was a son, and the present Hon. Benjamin
F. Hallett, of Boston, a grandson, and of the sixth
generation from Nathaniel Bacon, the first settler. He has
numerous descendants.
Hon. Edward Bacon, youngest son of Dea. Samuel, was
a distinguished man in his time. He held many important
offices. He took an active part during the Revolution, and
in the stirring times immediately preceding it. His patriot-
ism was at one time doubted :
but the resolutions passed by
the town and recoi'ded, vindicate his character as patriot and
a man. He inherited the ancient mansion house of the
Bacons, afterwards owned by his youngest son Ebenezer.
He married Sept. 7, 1744, Patience daughter of Benjamin
Marston ; she died Oct. 21, 1764, and he married Dec. 21,
1765, Rachel Doane, of VVellfleet. He died March 16.