Hezekiah Bacon

Hezekiah Bacon

Hezekiah Bacon,1 2 son of Joseph Bacon 3 and Mary Clark 3 4, was born 1 Nov 1833 in , Coggeshall, Essex, England,1 2 5 6 was christened 13 Apr 1834 at a non-conformist Protestant church in Coggeshall,7 and died 17 Sep 1887 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois8 at age 53.

In 1841, he appeared on the census in Halstead, Essex, with his parents, one older brother and four sisters. His father, mother, and older brother were all employed as silkweavers. 9
In 1851 he again appeared on the census in Halstead with his parents. Two younger brothers had been added to the family in the intervening ten years. Both parents and four of the children, including Hezikiah, were silkweavers. 3

Hezekiah married Sarah Ann Davey 12 7 Mar 1852 in Halstead.13 Sarah was born in Dec 1834 in Halstead5 and died in 191512 at age 81. They had five children: Sarah A., Hezekiah C., Frances, Emily, and Laura.

Hezekiah and Sarah appeared on the census in 1861 on Parsonage Street in Halstead with three children, Sarah, 8, Hezekiah, 7, and Frances, 5.

5Hezekiah departed alone from Liverpool for the United States in 1867, arriving in New York on December 12 on the ship Aleppo. 10 How he got to Dayton where he appeared on the census in 1870 in Dayton, La Salle County, Illinois, is not known. He is shown living in the household of William Lancaster, who was also born in England and is a wool sorter at the Dayton Woolen Factory, where Hezekiah is working as a weaver.

11In 1872 Sarah left England to join Hezekiah, arriving in New York on October 21 on the Batavia. With her was their daughter Emily, age 4. 16 Two other daughters remained in England; Frances, who married Wallis James Spurgeon 24 and the youngest child, Laura, who was living with the Spurgeons in 1881. 23 By 1880 Hezekiah, Sarah, and Emily had moved to Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois, where Hezekiah was again employed as a weaver. 2 Their two oldest children, Sarah Ann and Hezekiah Charles, left England and joined their parents in Jacksonville.

After Hezekiah’s death in 1887, Sarah lived in Jacksonville with her daughter Emily, who had married Norman Nichols 17 26 1 Nov 1888 in Jacksonville. Emily was widowed by 1900 and her son Charles also lived with her. 17

  1. 1870 U. S. Federal census, Illinois, La Salle County (National Archives), population schedule, Dayton, p. 14 (written).
  2. 1880 U.S. Federal census, Illinois, Morgan County, population schedule, Jacksonville, enumeration district (ED) 169, p. 2 (written), dwelling 13, family 14, Hezekia Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9.
  3. 1851 census of England, Essex, Halstead, Essex, folio 221, page 9, Joseph Bacon; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017); citing PRO HO 107/1754.
  4. England Marriages 1538-1973 Transcription, Find My Past (findmypast.com :accessed 21 Jul 2017), entry for Joseph Bacon & Mary Clark.
  1. 1861 census of England, Essex, St. Andrews, Halstead, Essex, folio 41, page 14, Hezekiah Bacon; digital images, Find My Past, FindMyPast(findmypast.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017); citing PRO RG 9/1110.
  2. Great Coggeshall, Essex, “RG4/1378,” 1833, p. 56, Hezekiah Bacon, entry 447; digital image, Find My Past, “England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms,” FindMyPast(findmypast.com: 28 Apr 2017).
  3. Great Coggeshall, Essex, “RG4/1378,” 1833, p. 56, Hezekiah Bacon; digital image, Find My Past, “England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms,” FindMyPast(findmypast.com: 28 Apr 2017).
  4. State of Illinois, Secretary of State, “Illinois Statewide Death Index,” database, Cyberdrive Illinois (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/deathSearch.do : accessed 27 Apr 2017), Hezekiah Bacon, Vol 1, p 214, certificate # 2773, Morgan County.
  5. 1841 census of England, Essex, Halstead, Essex, folio 42, page 15-16, Joseph Bacon; digital images, Ancestry, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017); citing PRO HO 107/332/3.
  6. ” New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” online images, Ancestry.com(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017), manifest, Aleppo (misindexed as Alpha), 12 Dec 1867, Hezekiah Bacon.
  7. 1870 U.S. census, La Salle, Illinois, population schedule, Dayton, p. 14, dwelling 99, family 99, Hezekiah Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593.
  8. Find A Grave(www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017), Sarah Ann Davey Bacon.
  9. Find My Past (findmypast.com : accessed 28 Apr 2017), marraige date: 78 Mar 1852.
  10. Halstead, Essex, England & Wales Marriages, 4A: 325, Bacon-Davey, 1852; digital images, Find My Past, FindMyPast (findmypast.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017).
  11. 1871 census of England, Essex, Halstead parish, town of Halstead, folio 46, page 24, Sarah Ann Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017); citing PRO RG 10/16?7.
  12. ” New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957,” online images, Ancestry.com(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017), manifest, Batavia, 21 Oct 1872, Sarah A. Bacon.
  13. 1900 U.S. census, Morgan, Illinois, population schedule, Jacksonville (472 South Main), enumeration district (ED) 93, sheet 1, p. 204 (stamped), dwelling 4, family 5, Sarah A. Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 27 Apr 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
  14. LDS Family History Library, “Family Search,” database, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947 (familysearch.org : accessed 16 Jul 2017), death record, Sarah Ann Goodey, died 11 Feb 1931 in Chicago; “Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3HG-9K9 : 27 December 2014), Hezekiah Bacon in entry for Sarah Ann Goodey, 11 Feb 1931; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,892,955.
  15. Find A Grave, “Find A Grave,” database, Find A Grave(www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 Apr 2017), Hezekiah Chas Bacon (1853-1925).
  16. 1900 U.S. census, Morgan, Illinois, population schedule, Jacksonville, enumeration district (ED) 92, sheet 6B, p. 7727 (written), dwelling 134, family 143, Charles H. Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
  17. 1910 U.S. census, Morgan, 1910, population schedule, Jacksonville, enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 8A, p. 157 (typed), dwelling 170, family 176, Hezekiah C. Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624.
  18. 1900 U.S. census, Morgan, Illinois, population schedule, Jacksonville, enumeration district (ED) 127, sheet 6B, p. 1592 (written), dwelling 162, family 171, Ezekia Bacon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
  19. 1881 census of England, Essex, Halstead parish, town of Halstead, Essex, folio 36, page 8, Frances Spurgeon; digital images, Ancestry(ancestry.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017); citing PRO RG 10/1801.
  20. Find My Past(findmypast.com : accessed 16 Jul 2017), Spurgeon-Bacon marriage 25 Dec 1874.
  21. State of Illinois, Secretary of State, “Illinois Statewide Death Index,” database, Cyberdrive Illinois (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/deathSearch.do), Emily Nichols death 17 Jan 1923.
  22. State of Illinois, Secretary of State, “Illinois Statewide Death Index,” database, Cyberdrive Illinois (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriageSearch.do : accessed 28 Apr 2017), Norman Nichols & Emily Bacon, 1 Nov 1888, Vol D, p 12, #4423, Morgan County; Illinois State Genealogical ociety.