Listed as a master mason from Kent, and from Bethnal Green, Stephney, Middlesex, bound for Plymouth on the Fortune records. William lived in Leiden in 1611 and was betrothed there to Mary Butler, and William Brewster, Roger Wilson, Anna Fuller, and Rose Lisle were to be witnesses, but Mary died before the marriage. He was then betrothed on July 29, 1611 to Margaret Oldham, with Edward Southworth, Roger Wilson, Elizabeth Neal, and Wybra Pontus as witnesses, with their marriage being August 13, 1611. Banbks says he was single upon his arrival in Plymouth yet his wife, Elizabeth, is listed on the manifest with the last name Basset.
In the Land Division of 1623 he was allotted two acres indicating he had taken a wife before that date. Wife Elizabeth and his children William and Elizabeth were in the 1627 division, but his wife died later. In Governor William Bradford's Letter Book,Bassett is one of 27 names of those men who were creditors hoping to realize profit from the colony and who signed an agreement as “Purchasers” to allow privileges to the eight Undertakers (colony leaders Bradford, Standish, Isaac Allerton, Edward Winslow, William Brewster, John Howland, John Alden and Thomas Prence) in return for their assumption of the colony debt. Bassett was a signatory on this agreement as “William Basset”. The Undertakers being colony leaders who assumed the colony debt from the London Adventurers in return for a monopoly of the fur trade.
He moved to Duxbury by 1637, and to Bridgewater by 1656. He served on a number of juries and committees, and was a deputy for Duxbury to the Plymouth court. He was a blacksmith, and a number of smith’s tools are listed in his inventory, which also contained a number of theological books. In 1658, in records of the time, William Bassett is listed as the Constable of Sandwich. On November 8, 1666 William Bassett, who described himself as a blacksmith of Bridgewater, sold four lots to John Sprague of Duxbury, and Bassett’s wife Mary gave her consent. John Sprague was the husband of Bassett’s daughter Ruth.
William's will was dated April 3, 1667, and he died by June 5th.
Nathaniel's home was at the head of Main street in Middletown. He was an influential citizen and a large land owner. Three of his sons married three of Thomas Wetmore's daughters and two of his daughters married two of Wetmore's sons. (Comm. Bio. Rec.)
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Occupations: Fence viewer, hay warden, Pound keeper, rate maker, surveyor of highways, Selectman, Town Constable in 1654
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On 2 Mar 1653/4, his name first appears when he is sworn town constable of Middletown. (Schott; Savage, A.) On 10 Mar 1654/5, Nathaniel appears in the town records with his portion of the meadow fence recorded as "4 dayes an halfe." (Hist. of Middlesex) On 22 March 1669/70, he was listed 12th in Middletown in a rank by amount of property, having 119 pounds. (Schott, Hist. of Middlesex) On 23 March 1689/90, he was admitted to full communion at Middltown. He was also fence viewer, hay-warden, pound keeper, rate maker, surveyor of highways, and selectman. (Schott) Nathaniel appeared in a list of Middletown settlers of 1673 with an estate of 117 pounds. He is listed, on 18 November 1679, as a proprietor of the town bell, hung in the meeting house, paying "01 00 00" (Hist of Middlesex)
He inherited a large legacy from "Unkell Andrew" who had no children of his own. Andrew and Nathaniel owned land together in Hartford. (Savage, A.)
I, Nathaniel BACON, Senior, do ordain this my last will & testament: Imprs. I give to my eldest sonn Thomas all that was mine in the ox-pasture as it is mentioned in the deed of guift made to him from myself, with three acres in the lower end of the south meadow; also, I give him my last division of land lying toward Farmingtown; all this I give him my sd. son Thomas & his heirs forever. 2nd. To my sonn John I give my now dwelling house & barn, with about 11 acres of land adjoyning it, being the east end of my homestead, as is expressed in his deed of guift from myself, with the one-half of my long meadow & swamp adjoyning, Hanna's part being first excepted, which lyeth on the north side of my lott as it is now bounded, by a highway between John HALL's and she, through the meadow and swamp butting on John HALL's and the neck & Nathaniel BROWN northward; also 20 rods in width the whole length of my lott on the north side; also a third part of my second division of land westward; all this I give to him and his heirs forever. 3d. To my son Andrew I give one-half the remainder of my holstead up to the highway, and the whole half of that lott to the westward of the highway, with the building upon it; all this I give to him my son Andrew & his heirs forever. 4th. To my son Nathaniel, I give the remainder of bothmy homstead lying on the east & west side of the upper highway, and all the rest of my land on the west side of the Great River, Hannah's and John's part being first taken out. I give to Nathaniel & Andrew to be equally divided between them for his and their heirs forever. 5. To my sonn Beriah I give my first division of upland lying on the east side the Great River near John GILL's, part of which lyeth between the pond and the Great River next to Deacon John HALL's, which part butts north and west upon the highway; also I give him one piece of meadow & swamp at Wongunk butting north & east upon John WETMORE and south upon Robert WARNER & Joseph HUBBARD. All the rest of my land on the east side of the Great River I give to John, Andrew, Nathaniel, & Beriah, to be equally divided between them. 6th. I give to my daughter Hannah 2 acres of meadow lands & half my wood lott lying between Ensign William WARD & Robert WARNER. Also my will is that after my decease all my household goods should be divided equally between my three daughters, that is Mary, Abigail & Lydia. The remainder of my land at Hartford I give to my two sonns, John & Andrew, to be equally divided between them, they paying all my just debts. Further, my will is that my executors do pay to my much esteemed friends, Capt. Nathaniel WHITE, Mr. Noadiah RUSSELL & Mr. John HAMLIN, and to the Church of Christ in Middletwon; to the church, 20s; to Mr. Noadiah RUSSELL, 20s; To Capt. Nathaniel WHITE, 10s; and to Mr. John HAMLIN, 10s. I appoint my two sonns John BACON & Andrew BACON, to be executors, and I request Capt. Nathaniel WHITE & Mr. John HAMLIN to assist my executors.
Nathaniel BACON, LS.
Witness: John HAMLIN, Noadiah RUSSELL
Court Record, Page 76 -- 13 Feb 1705-6: Will proven.
Page 4 (Vol. XIII) -- 22 Mar 1736-7: Nathaniel BACON, one of the sons of Nathaniel BACON, late of Middletown, showing by the will of Nathaniel BACON, that there were certain lands given to his son Beriah BACON, and that he gave all the rest of his lands to be equally divided between John & Andrew, Nathaniel & Beriah BACON. And whereas, the executors of sd. will have neglected or refused to divide sd. land according to the will, the sd. Nathaniel moves in behalf of himself and the heirs of Andrew BACON decd., and the heirs of the other two brothers, decd., that this Court would appoint freeholders to divide sd. lands to Nathaniel, to heirs of John, to heirs of Andrew, to heirs of Beriah BACON: This Court appoint Joseph FRARY, Jr., Benjamin ADKINS, & Solomon ADKINS to set out sd. lands by meets & bounds according to sd. will.
http://tangledwood.com/getperson.php?personID=I5178&tree=tree1
Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District),
Charles W. Mainwaring,
Hartford, 1902,Vol 3, p 3-4
BACON, Beriah, Middletown. Invt. £517-07-02. Taken 27 ___ 1730, by John COLLINS, Joseph ROCKWELL and Nathaniel BACON. Will dated 9 May, 1729
I, Beriah BACON of Middletown, do make this my last will and testament: I give to Anne, my wife, the 1-3 part of my moveable estate and the use of 1-3 of each parcel of land during life, and which room she shall choose in my dwelling house, with convenient sellering, during her life. I give my eldest son, Beriah BACON, my dwelling house and the lott it stands upon, which I bought of John RANNEY, and 8 acres of my other half-mile lott which lyethi southward of the highway my house stands by, to be taken out of the north end, upon the east side, half the width of the sd. lott; but and if that width cuts off the brook towards the south part of the 8 acres, then it shall run so wide as to leave convenient watering in the remaining parts of sd. lott southward of the sd. 8 acres. This I give to my son Beriah and to his heirs forever. I give to my son Pierpont BACON the remaining part of my aforesd. half-mile lott lying southerdly of the highway by my dwelling house. After his brother Beriah has had his 8 acres, the remaining part I give to my son Pierpont and to his heirs forever. I give the remainder of all my lands and moveable estate to be divided equally amongst all my children, sons and daughters, each one an equil share. I make my wife, Anne BACON, sole executrix.
Witness: Joseph WHITE Beriah BACON, L.S.
Joseph CHURCHILL
A codicil dated 19 April, 1730: The executrix may advance some part of the moveable estate to the daughters in case of need (as of marriage before they come of full age), such advances to be a part of their portions.
Witness: Joseph WHITE Beriah BACON, L.S.
Joseph CHURCHILL
Court Record, Page 21 -- 2 June, 1730: Will proven.
Page 63 -- 4 April, 1732: Tabitha BACON, a daughter of Beriah BACON of Middletown, chose her uncle Nathaniel BACON to be her guardian. Recog., £100.
Page 73 -- 4 August, 1732: This Court appoint Ann BACON, alias GILL, the relict of Beriah BACON, late of Middletown, and her present husband Joshua GILL to gbe guardians to Beriah BACON, age 12 years, Perepont BACON, age 8 years, Ann 10, and Bethia BACON, age 4 years. Recog., £200.
Dist. File: 13 June, 1733: Dist. of the estate as followeth: To the widow, Anne BACON; to Elizabeth PASSEWELL, to Anna BACON, to Tabitha BACON, to Beriah, eldest son; to Pierpont BACON.
Page 1 (Vol. XII) 28 Mar, 1731: Dist. of the estate of Beriah Bacon exhibited in Court by Ann GILL, executrix, Nathaniel BACON and William ROCKWELL.
http://dunhamwilcox.net/wi lls/bacon_beriah1730.htm (no longer available)
Awarded County of Flanders by father in law, Charles the Bald 50 pg 158.
Baldwin was the son of Odacre, and had been created first count of Flanders in 862. Baldwin rose to prominence when he eloped with Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald. (Judith had previously been married to Ethelwulf and his son Ethelbald, kings of Wessex.) Charles was not pleased, and he had Baldwin excommunicated. Baldwin responded by traveling to Rome to plead his case to Pope Nicholas I. When this was granted Charles relented and accepted the marriage. To give Baldwin proper status, Charles made him count of Ghent. In the following years Baldwin was also given the counties of Ternois and Flanders.
Baldwin was succeeded by his son by Judith, Baldwin II of Flanders.
Through his descendants Matilda of Flanders and Henry I of England, he was an ancestor to the present-day British royal family including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her son Charles, Prince of Wales.
The second count of Flanders. He was also hereditary abbot of St. Bertin from 892 till his death. He was the son of Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith, a daughter of Charles the Bald.
The early years of Baldwin's rule were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids. Little north of the Somme was untouched. Baldwin recovered, building new fortresses and improving city walls, and taking over abandoned property, so that in the end he held far more territory, and held it more strongly, than had his father. He also took advantage of the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Odo, Count of Paris to take over the Ternois and the Boulonnias.
In 884 Baldwin married Aelfthryth (Ælfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrida), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of England. The marriage was motivated by the common Flemish-English opposition to the Vikings, and was the start of an alliance that was a mainstay of Flemish policy for centuries to come.
In 900, he tried to curb the power of Archbishop Fulk of Rheims by assassinating him, but he was excommunicated by Pope Benedict IV.
He died at Blandimberg and was succeeded by his eldest son Arnulf I of Flanders. His younger son Adalulf was the first count of Boulogne.
Carried on a successful war against Etudes, Count of France
Count of Flanders together with his father Arnulf I. He died before his father and was succeeded by his infant son Arnulf II, with his father acting as regent until his own death.
Arnulf I had made Baldwin co-ruler in 958. During his short rule, Baldwin established the weaving and fulling industry in Ghent thus laying the basis for the economical importance of the county in the centuries to come.
In 961 Baldwin married Mathilde of Saxony, by whom he had a son and heir Arnulf II.
Known as the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death. He was the son of Arnulf II of Flanders.
Other than his predecessors Baldwin turned his attention to the east and north, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guines, Hesdin, and St. Pol.
To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received Valenciennes (1013) and parts of the Cambresis and Hainaut.
In the French territories of the count of Flanders, the supremacy of the Baldwini remained unchallenged. They organized a great deal of colonization of marshland along the coastline of Flanders and enlarged the harbour and city of Brugge.
Baldwin first married Ogive of Luxembourg, by whom he had a son and heir Baldwin V. He later married Eleanor of Normandy, daughter of Richard II of Normandy, by whom he had at least one daughter Judith. This daughter married Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberland.[1] These family connections demonstrate the political interests of the Flemish counts, both in the Kingdom of France, England and the Holy Roman Empire.
His granddaughter, Matilda of Flanders, would go on to marry William the Conqueror, therefore starting the line of Anglo-Norman Kings of England.
Wives differ per source, McBride has #3 as Orgina of Moselle
He was the son of Baldwin IV of Flanders, who died in 1035. He, in turn, is a descendant of Elfrida (d. 949), daughter of Alfred the Great, Saxon King of England.
In 1028 Baldwin married Adela (Alix), daughter of King Robert II of France; at her instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death.
During a long war (1046–1056) as an ally of Godfrey the Bearded, Duke of Lorraine, against the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III, he initially lost Valenciennes to Hermann of Hainaut. However, when the latter died in 1049 Baldwin married his son Baldwin VI to Herman's widow Richildis and arranged that the sons of her first marriage were disinherited, thus de facto uniting the Count of Hainaut with Flanders. Upon the death of Henry III this marriage was acknowledged by treaty by Agnes de Poitou, mother and regent of Henry IV.
From 1060 to 1067 Baldwin was the guardian for his nephew-by-marriage Philip I of France, indicating the importance he had acquired in international politics.
Baldwin and Adela had four children.
Founder of the Macedonian dynasty c/o purely Greek monarchy. Of Armenian extraction but born in Macedonia. Intelligent, firm orderly ruler, restored empire, rebuilt army and navy, revised legal system.
50 pg 178
Zoe's husband may have been Basil I or Michael III, some references to Basil being her husband and Michael her lover. Murdered Bardas, brother of Theodora, mother and regent of Michael III, Byzantine Emperor. Ordered Michael killed.
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According to legend, originated probably by Photios, the family was descended by the Arsacids. His parents were in fact, simple peasants, and Basil advanced rapidly because of his boldness and extraordinary strength. Basil murdered his rival, Caesar Bardas in 865, and then his protector Michael III in 867, whose former mistress Eudokia Ingerina was Basil's wife.
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991), vol.2, p.1262
Timothy E. Gregory @ Ohio State University
More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_I_the_Macedonian
Though Shirley Bull reports that a letter written in 1934 by Florence LeClear Bradley reports that Abigale was born in Holland.
Baldwin VI of Flanders (1030 – July 17, 1070) was briefly Count of Flanders, from 1067 to 1070. He was also (as Baldwin I) count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070.
He was the eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela Capet, a daughter of king Robert II of France.
In 1051 he married Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut, widow of count Hermann of Mons. By this marriage Flanders took control of the county Hainaut (at that moment still a conglomerate of the county of Mons, the margraviate of Valenciennes and the southern county out of the Brabant shire).
Baldwin's early death left Flanders and Hainaut in the hands of his young son Arnulf III, with Richilde as regent. The countship was soon usurped by Baldwin's brother Robert the Frisian, who became count Robert I of Flanders. The young Arnulf III was killed the next year at the Battle of Cassel and Baldwin's younger son eventually became Baldwin II of Hainaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_VI%2C_Count_of_Flanders
Baldwin II of Mons (1056–1098) was count of Hainaut from 1071 to his death. He was the younger son of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut.
Baldwin became Count after the death of his older brother, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. The family claim to the title Count of Flanders was lost by his brother's death, passing instead to their uncle Robert the Frisian.
Baldwin joined the First Crusade in the company of Godfrey of Bouillon (rather than with Robert II of Flanders, whose family was still at odds with his own), after selling some of his property to the Bishopric of Liège. In 1098 he was sent back to Constantinople with Hugh of Vermandois after the siege of Antioch, to seek assistance from Byzantine emperor Alexius I. However, Baldwin disappeared during a raid by the Seljuk Turks in Anatolia, and was presumably killed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II%2C_Count_of_Hainaut
Fought in the English army against Fance and Scotland during the reign of Edward I Longshanks, but excused from the battles in Gascony. Governor of Bristol, Tunbridge and Skipton Castles, 1st Lord of Badlesmere in 1309, granted castles of Leeds and Chilham, Steward of the King's Household, governor of all the castles in Yorkshire and Westmorland. Fought at the Battle of Boroughbridge, captured at Stow Park.
1307 became Govenor of Bristol Castle 1307, becamse 1st Lord of Badlesmere 1309 and obtained Chilham Castle, was steward of Edward's household, helped to make peace between the king and Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (son of Edward Crouchback) but joined Thomas in the process, siding with the King' enemies. While he was away, his wife, Margaret, refused to let Queen Isabella into her husband's castle Leeds at Kent, and the lines were drawn. The king captured the castle, seized and imprisoned Margaret and her children. Her husband was captured, tried, hanged, drawn and quartered at Blean near Canterbury. His head was displayed on the Burgh Gate at Canterbury. His son died 1338, the estates were divided between the daughters.
His line continues:
His father was Ralph who died about 1254 - 1261.
His father was Ralph who died in 1211.
His father was Richard who died between Sep 1144 and 29 MAy 1147, and Maud Ridel, daughter of Geoffrey Ridel and Giofu d'Avanraches. He lived at Drayton, Stafforshire. HRichard's sons were Ralph and William, the ancestor of the Bassets of Sapcote.
His father was Ralph who died about 1127 and appears in Wikipedia and a medieval English royal jutcie during the reign of Henry I of England, a native of Montreuil-au-Houlme near Domfort Normandy, who took ill at Norhampton, and was clothes as monk on his deathbed. A copy of a charter from Archbishop Theobald of Bec, recorded in a cartulary, records most of Basset's manors. While most of the estates seem to have been held by Basset as a sub-tenant, four of the estates appear to have been held as a tenant-in-chief. The medieval writer and chronicler Orderic Vitalis described Basset as one the new men of King Henry, who "raised them, so to say, from the dust". Among Basset's four sons were Richard Basset, and Nicholas. Another son was Ralph who became a cleric. A fourth son was Turstin, who held land around Wallingford. Basset also had daughters, but their names are not known. Only the first initial of his wife's name is known, which was A.
McBride lists his father as Bartholomew Badlesmere d 1248, the son of Gunceline d 1205 (and Miss Peyferer the dtr of Fulk), the son of Bartholomew, no date or wife. Per Turton's Plantagenet History, Frederick Lewis Weis's "Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before 1700" and Cokayne's "Complete Peerage."