John
Beacon
Born about [location unknown]
Son of Unknown Beacon
and Ann (Harsnett) Beacon
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Susanna (Draper) Bacon
— married
2 Sep 1668 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Died
at about age 34
in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
John Beacon (Bacon) was born about 1644.
He was baptized 11 October 1657 at age 13.[1] John Bakon of Ann Pope aged 13 years 18 day 8 mo. His half brother and sister were baptized at the same time.[2] John Bakon the sone of our sister Ann Pope aged 13 years. Epharim Pope and Elizabeth Pope bapt. the 18th day of the 8th moneth 1657.
Marriage
He married Susanna Draper 2 September 1668. John Beecon Suzana Draper / Magistrate Lusher / Sep 2[3] Bacon John 1. Mar. Susanna Draper, Sept. 2, 1668, ...[4] [5]
Conveyance from Bridget, widow of Faintnot Wines
1 October 1675, Bridget Winds (Wines) of Charlstown, relict and sole executrix and administratrix on the estate of her husband Faintnot Winds, formerly of Charlestown... Hath given, granted, alienated, bequeathed, made over, conveyed, and delivrd. and by these prsents, doth absolutely, freely, & upon serious consideration, and deliberate consultation, give, grant, alien, bequeathe, make over, convey & deliv[er] unto her kinsman John Beakon of Charlstow¯... the house & homestead given, & bequeathed unto her the said Bridget Winds... together wth the fencing standing upon the said land or homestead and all utensills & moveables being & conteyned in the sd. house, and all priviledges & benefits, unto the said housing or land... For and in Consideration of which housing land, & moveables above mentioned, being & conteyneing the whole estate of the said Bridgett Winds given, granted, alienated, bequeathed, made over conveyed, & delivrd unto him as is abovesd. the said John Beakon doth bind & oblige himselfe... unto the said Bridget Winds, for the true & faithfull performance & observation of these following Articles, Imprimis, That he shall & will have & exrcise a due & tender care of & over his Aunt the said Bridget Winds in her aged & crazie condition, tendering her therein in the time of her health, & finding her such convenient tendance and other necessaryes in the time of her sicknes as her weak and infirme condition may require, or call for from time to time. Item. the said Jno. Beakon by these prsents doth also acknowledged himselfe obliged to pay or cause to be payd unto his said Aunt Bridget Winds, ten shillings p month in currant money of New England for & during the terme of her naturall life, wch said money is to be at her sole disposing, and to be expended for such things, as may be for the supply of her necessity & comfort, finally the said Jno. Beakon doth faithfully promise & sollemly coven't, to & with his said Aunt, that when it shall please the Almighty God, (in whose hands are all or live, & who knows the no. of or dayes) to remove her out of this world by death, that he will be carefull that shee shall be buryed & interred after a comely & decent Cian manner, To the observation and performance of every & singular which articles contracted & agreed upon by Jno. Beakon... James Draper, & Samuel May both of Roxbery in the County of Suffo. in New England, do also owne and acknowledge themselves to be bound & obliged unto the aforesd. Bridgett Winds.[6]
The house in question is probably the one that Faintnot Wines owned in 1638: One Dwelling house with a garden plott, scituate on the south of the mill hill, bounded on the south by Thō. Brigden, on the north and east by the high way, and on the east by John Cullick.[7]
12 February 1691/92, John Bacon of Roxbury, eldest son of John Bacon late of Charlestown, deceased, sells to Edward Johnson, Jr., of Charlestown, shipwright, All that his Messuage and Tenement... near ye Meeting House Containing one Dwelling House and the Land thereunto belonging, and adjoining, as ye same is now fenced in Butting and bounded... Northerly and Westerly by ye Town Hig Waies, etc., in Charlestown.[8]
Death
He died 7 April 1678, twenty days after one of his children and eighteen days after his wife[9]:
1677 March 18 Jnº Bacon's child dyed of ye smallpox.
1678 March 20 Jnº Bacon's wife dyed.
April 7 Jnº Bacon, dyed of ye smallpox.
Will
The sixt of aprill one thousand six hundred and seventy and eight I John Beecon in the mashachuset colony in the county of midlsex in Charles town being weak in body but right in my understanding sound in memory do comitt my soull to go in christ and my body to bee decently buried and being of a disposing mind doe after all my debts are payed do will and bequeath my Eldest sonn John a dubl portion of my estate and the other children an equall proportion my desier is that my daughter may bee put to mistris Eliott of Roxbury to bee brought up in the feare of god and that my two sonns bee left at my fathers dispose to bee brought up in the feare of god and in what calling shall bee thought fitt and I do impour and apoynt my honored father James draper of dedham to bee my soll exequtor to whome I comitt all power and trust of this my last will and testament and I do desire my loveing frinds goodman pentecost and mr Joseph [hinds?] to bee the over seers of this my Last will and I do desier that twenty shilling bee given to my boy Robert miller to this my Last will and testiment I have here to sett my hand and Seall
John Beecon X his mark (seal)
in the presence of us
Thomas Brigdon
Samuell Hunting
Capt. Saml. Hunting made oath as wittness to this will
Camb. Court June. 1st. 1678.
J.D.R.[10]
Sources
- ↑ Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699, p. 63
- ↑ The Records of the First Church in Boston, 1630-1868, Vol. I, p. 333
- ↑ Massachusetts, Suffolk, Charlestown, Births, marriages, deaths, 1629-1843
- ↑ The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818, Vol. I, p. 43
- ↑ “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-665 : 3 November 2017), John Beacon and Susanna Draper, 02 Sep 1668; citing Marriage, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
- ↑ Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, Vol. V
- ↑ A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Charlestown Land Records, 1638-1802
- ↑ Middlesex Deeds, Vol. X
- ↑ Diary kept by Capt. Lawrence Hammond, of Charlestown, Mass. 1677-1694, p. 29
- ↑ Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate File Papers, Case #654
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I did determine a strong Pope and Harsnett connection with John Pope b. 1580 (London, Eng?) in 1600 marrying Mary Ann Halsnoth/Harsnett b. 1580 of Colchester. Their 12 children included Thomas Pope (1612-1683) who came to America but there is no mention of an Ephraim Pope as one of their children or relatives (in fact I can't find much on Ephraim Pope).
Mary Ann's brother, Adam Harsnett, married Margaret Crane, daughter of Robert Crane & Mary Sparhawke. Robert later married Margaret Maidstone whose sister, Elizabeth married Nathaniel Bacon b. 1593 Esq./MP for Bury, Eng who oversaw Robert's will. It seems Bacon/Maidstone had 5 daughters with no sons, so no John Bacon emerging here, darn. Adam also had a sister, Elizabeth, bapt. 1631, seemingly too young to be our Elizabeth/Anne Harsnett-Bacon-Pope. I think Adam is also the brother of Samuel Harsnett b.1584 who in 1608 married Anne Wine b.1584 who are likely the parents to Elizabeth/Anne Harsnett. John Bacon, as noted, later inherits from the Wines (Faintnot's will) and his wife Bridgett (John to provide for her).
So it seems there is a lot of Harsnett, Pope, Bacon swirling around back in old England with many of those same names and relationships coming here to America. I went down each of these paths but couldn't find that "aha" connection. Seems really strange that there is nothing to connect us to John Bacon's father.
I've traced the whole Michael Bacon of Winston line and don't think there's anything there. I'm dubious of "Jottings" theory that "Nicholas" of Boston court records in 1640 could be Michael's unmentioned son in his will having died before the will was created.
Don't think there's anything in the Nathaniel Bacon of Barnstable line.
Will be further researching Nathaniel Bacon of Waterton, Middleton CT, William Bacon of Salem, and Andrew Bacon of Hartford as Bacons that came to America during the Pilgrimage.
I'm thinking the John Bacon b.1627, son of George Bacon of Hingham who arrived on the "Increase", could be a strong possibility.
I'm looking at "Landed Families of Britain and Ireland". Perhaps there is something to trace there.
I've looked at Bakon (baptismal spelling), Beacon (per Wines will), Beecon, Baron with no success.