260. John⁵ (John⁴, John³, John², Michael¹) was born in Dedham, April 17, 1722; married in 1756 Susannah Shed, born in 1726. She died Feb. 28, 1799. John Bacon served in Captain Snow's Company, Colonel Wheelock's Regiment, at Ticonderoga in 1776. He also did guard duty at Providence in 1778. His occupation was that of housewright. in 1760 he purchased land in Boston, speaking of it as being near Beacon Hill. He resided on Temple Street. He died Jan. 8, 1797.

    261. Oliver⁵ (John⁴, John³, John², Michael¹) was born in Dedham, Oct. 19, 1724; married Oct. 12, 1749, Sarah Hawes of Needham. She died May 23, 1805, aged seventy-three years. He died Mar. 1, 1803. he served in Capt. Joshua Fisk's Company, Col. Abner Perry's Regiment, which marched to Rhode Island Aug. 3, 1780. His term of service was ten days. He

was influential during the Revolution in forwarding measures for the support of the war and loaned money to pay the Continental soldiers. He was an advocate of specie currency and stipulated that his loans should be paid in hard Spanish Dollars. In 1772 he purchased from Joseph Bacon of Sherborn, housewright, land which came to him from his father's estate. His will was dated June 30, 1802, and probated May 4, 1803. He left his household goods to his wife to be at her disposal and asked that his two sons give her a comfortable support during her life and furnish her all necessaries of life in sickness and health. He left Asa twenty-five acres of land on the south side of Charles River, reserving the apples on land "that was Mary Obosco's, during my wife's natural life to my son John." He also left Asa seventeen acres of land west of the old meetinghouse. To John he willed his dwelling house and other buildings and all his personal estate and John was to pay his debts and legacies. He left legacies to each of his daughtrs, Lydia Broad, Jemima Goulding, Sarah Bacon and Hannah Stratton. His son John was appointed administrator.

Children, born in Dedham:

	i.	Lydia6, b. June 6, 1751; m. May 16, 1770, Hezekiah Broad, son of Hezekiah and Rebecca (Bacon) Broad, b. in Grafton, Sept. 29, 1746.
303.	ii.	Oliver, b. Apr. 27, 1754.
	iii.	Jemima, b. Apr. 12, 1758; m. June 28, 1781, Eleazer Goulding of Sherborn.
Born in Natick:
	iv.	Sarah, b. Apr. 23, 1761.
304.	v.	Asa, b. May 31, 1763.
305.	vi.	John, b. Aug. 20, 1766.
	vii.	Hannah, b. June 6, 1777; m. Abijah Stratton, Jr. Their marriage intention recorded Jan. 29, 1797.

    262. Richard⁵ (John⁴, John³, John², Michael¹) was born in Dedham, Mar. 12, 1727; married Mar. 11, 1756, Anna Hawes of Needham. She died April 20, 1763. He married second, April 7, 1764, Sarah Cheney of Dedham. She died Sept. 23, 1800. He died in Natick, Sept. 2, 1810. He was a private in Col. Samuel Bullard's Regiment from Natick at Lexington and Bunker Hill.

Children:

306.	i.	Richard6, b. in Dedham, Jan. 10, 1757.
307.	ii.	Jonathan, b. in Dedham, Apr. 9, 1760.
	iii.	Amasa, b. Aug. 4, 1765; d. May t, 1834, unm.
	iv.	Sarah, b. Jan. 24, 1772; m. Jeremiah Smith.
	v.	Micah, b. Jan. 13, 1774; d. July 7, 1776.

    263. Jeremiah⁵ (John⁴, John³, John², Michael¹) was born in Dedham, Aug 24, 1729; married Aug. 15, 1752, Anna Whiting, daughter of Jonathan and Anna (Bullard) Whiting, born Jan. 6, 1729. He was a private in Capt. Ebenezer Battle's Company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from Dedham (4th Parish), and was in service for six days. He was sergeant in Capt. Aaron Guild's Company, Col. Lemuel Robson's Regiment. He enlisted Jan. 30, 1776. He was in service at Dorchester Heights. He also was in Capt. Joseph Palmer's Company, Col. John Cushing's Regiment, and served for one month and twenty-six days, on an alarm at Rhode Island, being stationed at Newport. He was private in Capt. Ebenezer Battle's Company, Col. William McIntosh's Regiment, which marched to Roxbury Mar 23, 1778, and was in service for eighteen days. In 1758 he purchased of his brother Oliver land that had been set off to him in the division of his father's estate. He died at Dover, Sept. 5, 1795.