Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia politician)
Virginia colonial politician (1620–1692)
Nathaniel Bacon (c. 1620 – 1692), sometimes referred to as "Bacon the Elder" was a politician in colonial Virginia. As President of the Virginia Governor's Council, Bacon served as the acting Governor of Virginia during multiple periods in the 1680s and 1690s.
Early life and family
Nathaniel Bacon was born in 1619 or 1620, the only son of James Bacon and Martha Bacon. Bacon was likely born in Suffolk, England and was christened on August 29, 1620, at the St Mary's Church in Bury St Edmunds.Around 1653 or 1654 Bacon married the twice-widowed Ann Bassett Smith Jones. After her death shortly thereafter, Bacon married another widow, Elizabeth Kingsmill Tayloe in around 1656 or 1657.
Bacon's nephew and Virginia Colonist Nathaniel Bacon was named after him.
Career
By 1653, Bacon had moved to Virginia Colony. He settled in Isle of Wight County and later moved to York County. In March 1656, Bacon represented York County in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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