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Origins of Bacher Family


Saltzburgh, Austria
Saltzburgh, Austria
Ebenezer, Georgia
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Bacher, Balthasar, born 1715, carpenter, Saltsburgher, arrived in the colony on 2 December 1741. Wife, (1) Anna Marcia, born 1709. Resident of Ebenezer.

Bacher, Gabriel, husbandman and miner, Saltzburgher, arrived 28 December 1734. Wife, Marcia. Children: Apolonia and Marcia. Resident of Ebenezer.

Bacher, Matthias, born 1686, husbandman, Saltzburger, arrived 2 December 1741. Wife, Christina, born 1693. Resident of Ebenezer.

The Origins of the Bacon Family to Georgia



Dorchester, Massachusetts
Old Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester, Massachusetts Dorchester Town, Massachusetts
Dorchester, South Carolina
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Bacon, Samuel was granted 500 acres in 1752 bounded east on lands possessed by Kenneth Baillie, all other sides vacant, at the head of the Midway River. His daughter, Elizabeth, died 25 October 1758, buried Midway Cemetery.

Bacon, Michael, born ca 1670, migrated from England to Pennsylvania, to Charlestown, Massachusetts then to Dorchester, South Carolina, were the founders of the movement in Liberty Co., Ga. Michael died 1733. He married Joanna Way (b. ca 1673). Issue:
  1. Sarah Bacon, b. May 4, 1702 Dorchester, S. C., d. August 29, 1769 Liberty Co., Ga., m. Peter Goulding.

  2. Samuel Bacon was granted in 1752, 500 acres of land on the Midway River, bounded by lands of Kenneth Baillee, Esquire. A son, Joseph, died 4 January 1762, buried Midway Cemetery.
  3. William Bacon, received a Land Grant on October 7, 1766 of 71 acres in St. John's Parish.
  4. Joseph Bacon, was born 1715, was a planter in St. John's Parish, Liberty Co., wife, Mary. His Last Will and Testament dated 12 July 1764, probated 28 February 1765, gave wife, Mary, use of plantation and 150 adjoining acres, also five Negro slaves, I. E.