The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-08
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1S2. BACON.-The Nathaniel Bacon who left his estate to his niece. Abigail smith, Elder. was the grand uncle of the Rebel the brother of the Rebels grandfather. Nathaniel, who married Ann Le Gross. He had no children and left his estate to his sister, Martha Bacon Smiths, daughter, Abigail. We have never heard that the Rebel left a will. The Century Magazine of July, 1890, and The Ameri- can Monthly of February, 1893, contain was only 9 years old at the outbreak of the Rebellion; he was born January 7, 1647; died, 1876, from an attack contract ed from exposure in the swamps Of Vlr- ginia. .
 His son John Cor as some say, Nathan ieD, was born about the time of his fa- ther's death. Hening states, Elizabeth, the widow of Nathaniel Bacon the RebeD was left with children" If there had been only one it would have stated child. The Rebel died October 2e. 1676. two years and half after the birth of his first | child. Elizabeth. Then in Vernon,s Eng | fish Chancery Reports, 36 and 37. Vol. II, | 1884. page 2s4. you will find the following. Bacon dies in Virginia and after his l death, his wife and children set up set
 clement b. which Bacon was only tenant 1 m tail and by virtue of this settlement, | they evict the estate from Jervis. who afterwards dies and makes the defend- ant Elizabeth. his executrix." She had
 married Thomas Jarvis of Elizabeth
 
 1 have a most complete record of the Bacon family, have been at work on 1t for the past twenty years. My great grandmother was Frances Bacon, daugh- ter of William Bacon and Agnes Hobson. I have at last succeeded in getting a copy of the old Bacon wills in Lunen- burg County, Virginia.
 John Nathaniel Sr., had the following children:
 1. John Bacon. Jr. married Frances -, will dated Oct 20. 175S: Children
 were William, John. Edmund. Nathan iel. Elizabeth, Susannah. Frances, Mary, Sarah.
 ,. Nathaniel. from whom Mrs. Roger A.
 Pryor of New York descends.
 3. Langston, married Jane Patterson; died, 1775 Children, Lyddall. Edmund
 Sarah, William. Harwood, Ann, Lucy and Elizabeth.
 4. George Lyddan. married Mary Jor- dan; died. 1775, Children, Elizabeth Jor- | dan. Sarah Glenn, Lyddall, Langston, | Ann Dixon, Lucy Allen. Richard, Ed
 mund Parkes and Drury Allan Bacon. J. E. NJ.
 1s1. CooK-It may be of interest to
 M. B. B. to know that James Cook
 served in the War of 1912. in the Rich | mond Volunteers, under Captain Booker. l lVa Mag. Vol. Il, page 95). Another
 James Cook was in militia company
 John Buchanan. Wa. Mag, Vol. VIII,
 D. 279.
 1W. HARvEY.-G John Harvey | was IIeSluSIt Ol tIie Hing $ SOuncll anu
 sent to North Carolina, where he became
 Governor in 1880. In 1882 he married
 Joanna Jenkins, widow of Governor John
 Jenkins, Governor John Harvey having l been private secretary to Governor Jen.
 kins on coming from England. In 16i: 1 Thomas Harvey Is made Governor depu. | ty; he could not have been the son oi | Governor John Harvey and Joanna, as | they were married only in 1882. Deputy | Governor Thomas Harvey is the executor of Governor John Harvey's will, but | does not state his relationship; in his
 own will. Governor Thomas Harvey
 speaks of leaving a legacy to his nephew | Thomas. son of my brother Richard late | of London" Then We find the will of | brother Richard late of London" and | his sons. Thomas, John, Peter, James, | and another. l think; then they disap- | pear from North Carolina. My idea Is l that James, perhaps the rest. go back to | Virginia, settling in Goochlaud or Cum l berland. counties and that James, son | of Richard is the father of Thomas, | who is the founder of the Georgia fam fly. coming to Georgia in the Revolu-
 ton. His wife, in 1794, was Rachel - | The ClarSs were from Goochland Cum | berland. or nearby; James. son of Thom.
 as, married Sarah. daughter of John and
 Judith Clark. l think this marriage took
 place in Virginia. cannot find who
 Judith Clark was prior to her marriage
 with John Clark. son of James Clark
 The Clarks went to South Carolina. John
 served in the Revolution; have his cer-