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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Norfolk => Topic started by: kingtree on Sunday 18 November 12 16:04 GMT (UK)
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I have a copy of the Bacon Pedigree from NFHS and although I can make sense of most of it I am struggling to reconcile what appears to be 2 sons called William both born to William Bacon and his wife Hannah Spurrell. They appear to be alive at the same time and the children of William Bacon (youngest son) all appear in the Thurgarton PR as born to William Bacon Junior with no mothers name. It would appear from the attached note that the other William died childless.
Their father William Bacon appears in the PR as William Bacon Senior.
Any ideas greatly appreciated............ ?
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It can only be conjecture, but I have heard of cases where a child has been on death's door and a younger newborn sibling has been named in their honour before they have actually died.
A long shot, I know - but if you check the death records of Thurgarton around the time the younger William died, you may find that there was an epidemic of some sort at the time.
On second look, there actually appear to be three Williams!
The William in the middle must have died early.
The Gent on the end was listed as only son and heir in his father's will, yet the William with the children was married about 10 years later, so they must be the same William.
There seems to be a bit of confusion though, as Robert on the left is listed as eldest son in 1754, which does not tally with the "Only son and heir" comment for William Gent above. All of the comments regarding "living in 1754" and "eldest in 1754" are likely related to the will of uncle John in 1754 which could shed some light on the situation. This will probably be at the Norfolk Record Office.
There's a chance that there is a generation missing or messed up here.The pedigrees are probably not that different from our modern One World tree - useful but errors do happen.
I would go to the actual registers if I were you as well (they are probably on the FamilySearch website with the other Norfolk registers).
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Thanks Sunnylew for taking the time to look.
I have come to the conclusion that Robert, Mary and William are actually the children of John Bacon. There is a mention of his sons being of that name in his will (noted by the compiler of the tree). I think that the tree may have been drawn confusingly so that they appear to be the children of the elder William Bacon. I just have to now work out how the Thurgarton line connects to the Hanworth line !
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Many thanks for the above pedigree! Very helpful!