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Gideon (or Gedeon) Macon (c. 1648–1702) was an early American settler. There are conflicting theories regarding Gideon Macon's lineage. The one which has been commonly set forth is that his parents were from Loire, France, but Gideon had to have either been born in England or have become an English citizen to have been permitted to come to Virginia because only English citizens could live in the colony at the time. Because his family was believed to have been of Huguenot descent, they may have lived for a time in England. Many Huguenots fled France during the French Wars of Religion.