Re: Bacons

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.org>]

>I am not in the process of reading the Quartermans of Liberty County, which I 
>must say is quite a work.

Glad you like it.

>I also have a question for those who are researching the Bacons, such as Dane 
>Bowen and JSQ and other authors of the Quarterman book.  Has anyone read the b
>ook _Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and His Descendants_ by Thomas W. Baldwin, 
>A.B., S.B.  Press of Murray and Emery Company, Cambridge, Mass.?  (written 191
>5)  I have read this volume, at least the parts that pertain to the SC & Georg
>ia Bacons, and am curious as to its trustworthiness as a research source.  Thi
>s book takes the Bacons in a direct line back to one Grimaldus (or Grimbald) w
>ho came to England with the Norman invasion in 1066, so before I take the plun
>ge and accept Baldwin's research, I'd sure like a second opinion.

The Bacon book sounds very interesting, but I haven't read it.

>Thanks.

John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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