Seventeenth Generation


18. Sir Edmund BACON Sr. (*) was born about 1412 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.4,5,9 (The research lists his birth year as abt 1400, but his mother would only have been eight years old at his birth.) He died in 1470 at the age of 58 in Helmingham, Suffolk County, England.4,5,9

Sir Edmund BACON Sr. (*) and Lady Elizabeth Sutton CROFTS (*) were married about 1430 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.4,5,9 Lady Elizabeth Sutton CROFTS (*)3, daughter of Thomas CROFTS and Susan POLLEY, was born about 1400 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.9 She died in 1470 at the age of 70.9

Sir Edmund BACON Sr. (*) and Lady Elizabeth Sutton CROFTS (*) had the following children:

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i.

William BACON (1st) was born about 1432 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.

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ii.

Mary "Marie" BACON was born about 1434 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.

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iii.

William BACON (2nd) was born about 1436 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.

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iv.

Edmund BACON Jr. was born about 1440 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.

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v.

Francis BACON was born about 1442 in Drinkstone, Suffolk County, England.

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vi.

John BACON Sr., of Drinkstone and Helmingham (*).