27th Generation

155. Dorothy BACON (*) (~) was born on 15 July 1760 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^22,28,35,36 (Her given name is listed as "Dolly" in a Family Group Record on www.FamilySearch.org.) She appeared in the census in 1790 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.³³ She died on 6 March 1791 at the age of 30 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.⁷ Dorothy has Ancestral File Number VH6B-4L.²⁷ She has Ancestral File Number LDJL-558.

Dorothy BACON (*) (~) and John Riches SMITH (*) were married on 26 October 1780 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^27,37,38,39 John Riches SMITH (*), son of (Unknown) SMITH and (Unknown) RICHES, was born in 1755 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^40,41,42 One of his parents was from England and the other was from Boston, MA. ⁴³ He paid the Duties required for an Apprentice's Indenture. He emigrated in 1775 from London, Middlesex County, England.⁷ About 1780 he was a manufacturer of Damask linen.^44,45 John appeared in the census in 1790 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.³³ His household consisted of 1 "free white male, 16 years & upwards, including heads of families;" 4 "free white males, under 16 years;" and 4 "free white females, including heads of families." The first person was John Riches Smith; the second group consisted of his sons James, Ebenezer and two unknown sons; and the third group consisted of Dorothy Bacon Smith and their daughters, Rhoda, Sarah and Susanna. He appeared in the census in 1800 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.⁴⁶ His household consisted of 1 male "over 16 and under 26" (either Ebenezer or James), 1 male "over 26 and under 45" (John), 2 females "under 10" (Susanna and Elizabeth), 1 female "over 10 and under 16" (Sarah or Rhoda), 1 female " over 26 and under 45" (his second wife, Mary), and 1 female "over 45" (unknown, but probably his widowed mother-in-law). He died on 25 February 1801 at the age of 46 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^39,42 He died "after a short illness." John has Ancestral File Number LDJL-5MD.

Dorothy BACON (*) (~) and John Riches SMITH (*) had the following children: