John Bacon (Massachusetts politician)

John Bacon (April 5, 1738 – October 25, 1820) was an American politician, judge, and pastor from Massachusetts.

Upon graduating from Princeton College he spent some time preaching in Somerset County, Maryland.

On September 25, 1771, he and Mr. John Hunt were appointed as colleague pastors over the Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts.

[2] Bacon ran into difficulties with his congregation over doctrinal issues and his preaching style, which was described as "argumentative... approaching the severe.

[5] Bacon married Elizabeth, the widow of Alexander Cumming and daughter of Ezekiel Goldthwait, Register of the Deeds for Suffolk County, and died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, October 25, 1820.