Elizabeth (Wyle) Bacon (abt. 1540 - bef. 1607)

Born about 1540 in Suffolk, England

Wife of Michael Bacon — married 16 Aug 1565 in Helmingham, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died before Sep 1607 before about age 67 in Winston, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Wylie, wife of Michael Bacon, is named in the Bacon pedigree of William Lincoln Palmer. Both she and Michael were baptised at Winston, Suffolk, 31 May 1566: the same day their first born was baptised.^[1] Her parents, birth date and place are unknown. Her last name at birth is unsourced and appears in later works and pedigrees. No primary source for her LNAB is found.

Elizabeth and Michael were married on 16 August 1565 at Helmingham, Suffolk^[1][2] (Boyd's Marriage Indexes calls her "Elz With").^[3] They had at least six children, all of whom were named in Michael's will:

• John, baptized on 31 May 1566 at Winston, Suffolk, along with both parents.^[1] He married Mary ____ and had at least three children before 1615^[4]
• William,^[1] born about 1577^[4]
• Thomas,^[1] born about 1572^[4]
• Michael,^[4] baptized 6 December 1579, died testate 18 April 1648 in New England, married Alice _____ and had five children^[1]
• Elizabeth,^[1][4] baptized 3 September 1584, married _____ Bacon and had at least one child^[2]
• Sarah,^[1] married Daniel York.^[2] She was born about 1575^[4]

Other possible children, not named in Michael's will:

• Joanna, born 1567^[4]
• Mary, born 1569^[4]

A burial record was found for an Elizabeth Bacon on 14 July 1607 at St Clement in Ipswich, Suffolk.^[5] Winston and Ipswich are 12 miles apart, however, there is not enough evidence to connect the burial record to the Elizabeth of this profile. We do know that Elizabeth died before Michael remarried on 20 (or 30) September 1607 to the widow Grace _____ Blowerses. "My wife Grace" was named in Michael's will dated 20 October 1614.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Unsourced Parents

The is no source found for the parents previously attached to this profile: John Willie and his wife Agnes of Hertfordshire. They were detached until a source is found to connect them.

Conflation Warning

Do not confuse with Elizabeth Wylye or Wylie, daughter of John baptized 11 Feb 1540 in Bardsey, Yorkshire,^[6] married John Shaw in Bardsey in 1564.^[7] There is no profile for the Elizabeth Wylie of Bardsey on WikiTree at Oct 2023.

Unsourced Daughter Rose

Rose Bacon was detached as Michael and Elizabeth's daughter as no evidence is found to connect them.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Palmer, William Lincoln. "Bacon Pedigree of William Lincoln Palmer" in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York: July 1917. Archive.org: #3.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Baldwin, Thomas W. Bacon Genealogy: Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and his Descendants. Cambridge, MA: Murray & Emery Co., 1915, pp. 16-24. Google Books
3. ↑ "England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850", FindMyPast Transcription ($), First name(s): Michael; Last name: Bakon; Year: 1565; Spouse's first name(s): Elz; Spouse's last name: With; Place: Helmingham; County: Suffolk; Country: England; Source: Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Gardner, J. Bartlett. "Notes: Bacon Family of Helmington and Winston, co. Suffolk, England, and of Dedham and Salem, Mass." in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, NEHGS, Vol. 90, Jul 1936, pp. 301-302. AmericanAncestors.org($).
5. ↑ "National Burial Index For England & Wales", FindMyPast Transcription ($), First name(s): Elizabeth; Last name: Bacon; Death year: 1607; Burial date: 14 Jul 1607; Denomination: Anglican; Description: St Clement; Place: Ipswich; County: Suffolk; Country: England.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR9Y-63Y : 5 February 2023), Elizabeth Wylye or Wylie, 1540.
7. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLD8-YXK : 13 March 2020), Elizabeth Wily in entry for John Shaw, 1564.