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I believe Thomas W. Baldwin in his “Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and His Descendants” (Cambridge, MA: 1915) has confused two Timothy Bacons. Baldwin has Timothy Bacon (#328, p. 233), son of Ebenezer (#273, p. 199) and Rebecca Blackman, as the husband of Sybil Parker. But it appears Sybil Parker was married to Timothy Bacon (#297, p.214), son of John (#259, p. 186) and Abigail Sawin. The key is Mary (Bacon) Frost, who was a sister of the Timothy Bacon who married Sybil Parker.
Thomas Baldwin lists among the children of #259 John Bacon: #297 Timothy, b. Mar. 29, 1751, and Mary, b. June 20, 1759; m. John Frost. (p. 190.) On August 29, 1837, Mary (Bacon) Frost signed a declaration in support of Revolutionary War widow pension for her sister-in-law Sybil (Parker) Bacon, husband of Timothy Bacon (Application # W.23498). In her declaration Mary states she is 78 years old, indicating a birth in 1759, and says as follows:
“I Mary Frost of Natick in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on my Oath do Certify and say that I am Seventy Eight years of age. That Timothy Bacon late of Needham was my Brother. That said Timothy Bacon was married to Sybell Parker in the Spring of the year 1776. I recollect well of being at their wedding and saw them married. That soon after they were married I believe within a month or six weeks the said Timothy Enlisted and went into the Army for six months and I believe stayed his time out as I recollect very well he came home late in the fall. I helped fix him off in the spring after he enlisted.
“Natick August 29, 1837 [signed] Mary Frost”
Here is the declaration of Sybil (Parker) Bacon (“Sibbel Bacon”) dated September 29, 1837:
“State of New York
County of Lewis
“On this 29th day of September in the year 1837 personally appeared before the Honorable Amasa Dodge Jun.r a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, Sibbel Bacon aged seventy nine years on the 11th day of April last a Resident of Denmark in the County of Lewis & State of New York, who being first duly sworn according to law does on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed.
“That she is the widow of Timothy Bacon who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and served a term of six months in the year 1776 under Captain Chamberlain[,] Ensign Thomas Sawin & in Colonel Wheelock's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia as she believes: That he entered the service she thinks in the month of June or July & returned in the month of December or January thereafter & that he marched toward Canada as she then understood.
“That in the year 1777 her said Husband served another term of three months under the same officers as she believes, & marched to the Hudson River in the State of New York and was at the taking of Burgoyne's Army as she understood I verily believed. That he left home this term in July or August as near as she can recollect & returned in October or November having served a period of three months.
“That she was married to the said Timothy Bacon on the 4th day of April 1776 by the Rev. Samuel Witt[?] of the town of Needham, State of Massachusetts & that her maiden name was Sibbell Parker.
“That her husband the aforesaid Timothy Bacon died on the 4th day of May 1823 and that she had remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by _______ to the proof hereunto annexed.
“That her said husband resided at the time of entering into the Service in the Town of Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
“[signed] Sibbel Bacon”
Thus, if Mary (Bacon) Frost, born in 1759, was the daughter of Lt. John Bacon, as stated by Thomas Baldwin at p. 190, then the declaration of Mary (Bacon) Frost demonstrates that the Timothy Bacon who married Sybil Parker was also the son of Lt. John Bacon, and was not the son of Ebenezer, as stated by Thomas Baldwin at p. 233. Baldwin himself seems to indicate some uncertainty as he has #328 Timothy Bacon, son of Ebenezer, born April 12, 1753, but notes that “A family record gives his birth as April 9, 1751” (p. 233). Baldwin has #297 Timothy Bacon, son of Stephen, as born on March 29, 1751 (p. 214), which is a birth date closer to the family record.
Based on the above, I suggest the below information for #297 Timothy Bacon be switched with #328 Timothy Bacon (expect for the birth information):
297. Timothy5 (John4, Stephen3, John2, Michael1) was born in Natick, March 29, 1751. He served as private in Capt. Aaron Smith’s Company, Col. William Heath’s Regiment, on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and was in service for eight days. He also enlisted Aug. 16, 1777, and was in service in the Northern Department for two months and fifteen days. [No further information, indicating no wife or children.]
Baldwin, “Michael Bacon of Dedham” at p. 214.
328. Timothy6 (Ebenezer5, William4, Daniel3, John2, Michael1) was born in Dedham, according to town records, April 12, 1753. A family record gives his birth as April 9, 1751. He married in Needham, April 4, 1776, Sybil Parker. She was born April 11, 1758, and died in Lowville, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1846, aged 88 years, 7 months and 14 days. A statement made out by her son John in 1866 states that she was the mother of twelve children, nine of whom were living at her death; also eighty-four grandchildren, and one hundred and five great grandchildren and some great great grand-children, the number unknown. Timothy went to Westminster to live and in 1776 he contracted to frame the first meetinghouse. His trade was that of carpenter and joiner. In 1791 he, with his wife Sybil and their children Moses, Aaron, Betty, Nabby, Timothy, John, Noah and Sybil, were warned out of town. The family afterwards moved to New York State and lived in Lowville. He died in Hinsdale in July, 1834, at the age of eighty-one years.
Children:
414. i. Moses, b. in Needham, Aug 6, 1777.
415. ii. Aaron, b. in Natick, April 9, 1778
iii. Betsey, b. in Natick, Mar. 27, 1780; m. Calvin Rice, b. Nov. 29, 1772. He died previous to June, 1808, when his widow married Jonathan Patten. She d. Apr. 27, 1872.
Children: [6 listed]
416. iv. Timothy, b. Apr. 2, 1782.
v. Sibbel, b. Apr. 17, 1784.
vi. Nabby, b. Mar. 8, 1786.
417. vii. John, b. Nov. 4, 1787. In 1866 he was living in Lowville, N. Y., when he signed the statement above referred to.
418. viii. Noah, b. Feb. 28, 1790.
419. ix. Isaac, b. Jan., 1792.
420. x. Jacob, b. Jan. 22, 1794.
xi. Rhoda, b. Mar. 2, 1797.
xii. Lidday, b. June 16, 1800.
Baldwin, “Michael Bacon of Dedham” at pp. 233-234.
It thus appears the declaration of Mary (Bacon) Frost conclusively proves that the Timothy Bacon who married Sybil Parker in 1776 was the son of Lt. John Bacon and was not the son of Ebenezer Bacon, as stated by Thomas Baldwin in 1915. If anyone has any other information, either conflicting or supportive, I'd appreciate it.
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