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Descendants of William Backus I Generation No. 1
1. William1 Backus I1,2 was born Abt. 1606 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England2, and died Bet. 1661 - 1664 in Norwich, New London, Conn3,4. He married (1) Elizabeth5 Abt. 1627 in Prob Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She was born Bef. 1610 in Prob Sheffield, Yorkshire, England5, and died February 09, 1643 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England6. He married (2) Anne Fenton7,8,9 1659 in Saybrook, Connecticut10. She was born Bef. 1610 in England, and died May 1670 in Norwich, New London Co, Conn, USA11,12. Children of William Backus and Elizabeth are: 2 i. Sarah2 Backus13,14, born August 31, 1628 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England15,16; died July 02, 1702 in Norwich, New London Co, Conn. She married John Reynolds17 Abt. 1655 in Lyme, New London Conn; born Bef. 1637 in Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England18; died July 22, 1702 in Norwich, New London Co, Conn19. 3 ii. Infant Backus20, born Bet. 1628 - 1630 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England21; died January 07, 1630 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England22. 4 iii. Mary Backus23,24, born May 06, 1632 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England25; died July 08, 1717 in Wethersfield, Conn26. She married Benjamin Crane27,28,29 April 23, 1655 in Wethersfield, Conn30; born Abt. 1639 in England31,32; died May 31, 1691 in Wethersfield, Conn. 5 iv. William Backus II33,34, born November 30, 1634 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England35; died 1721 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut36,37. He married (1) Sarah Charles38 Abt. 1659 in Norwich, New London Co, Conn39; born October 1637 in New Haven, New Haven Co, Conn40,41,42; died Abt. 1664 in Norwich, New London Co, Conn43. He married (2) Elizabeth Pratt44,45 Abt. 1664 in Prob Norwich, New London Co, Conn, USA46; born February 01, 1642 in Saybrook, Conn47,48,49; died 1703 in Norwich, New London, Conn50,51,52. 6 v. Lydia Backus53, born December 31, 1637 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England54; died Bet. 1674 - 1696. She married John Bailey55,56 Abt. 1655; born Bef. 163857; died 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex Co, Conn58,59. 7 vi. Infant Backus60, born Bet. 1637 - 1640 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England61; died December 28, 1640 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England62. 8 vii. Stephen Backus63,64,65, born January 03, 1641 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England65; died 1695 in Canterbury, Windham Co, Conn66. He married Sarah Spencer67,68,69 December 1666 in Norwich, New London Co, Conn, USA70; born July 27, 1644 in Lynn, Essex Co, Mass71,72,73; died Aft. 1707 in Prob Conn74,75. Endnotes
1. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998. 2. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 3. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998, She has 1664. Her E-mail states he was made freeman 10/1663, and will there was some event on 06/07/1664 for which he could not be living.. 4. Backus, Dana Converse Genealogy - Mary Backus 1949, Has 1661, because Stephen mentioned as owner of home lot. She contends he didn't own till his dad died, so his dad must have died 1661.. 5. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998. 6. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 7. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 14, 1998, in footnote, widow of Bingham; also see notes for notes from Bingham web page.Used Anne. 8. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Used Anna, as did Bingham. 9. Theodore A. Bingham, M. A., Bingham Family in the United States, (1927), Pg 155, Anna. 10. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 11. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988, May 1670. 12. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 4, 1998, Date was diff by a year. 13. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998. 14. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 15. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998. 16. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, p 253-4, 1988, Baptism in England. 17. Cathy, Vol 142, pg 253-54. 18. Date of Birth Calc'd Marriage Date or Oldest Child Minus 18 Years. 19. Web Page - Dutton, http://www.gendex.com/users/ishmael/rdutton/html/d0000/g0000014.htm#I810. 20. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 21. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988, died as infant. 22. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 23. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, pg 253-54. 24. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 25. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, pg 253-54, 1988. 26. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 27. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 14, 1998. 28. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 29. Web Page - Ulrich, http://members.aol.com/janau/crane.htm#crane. 30. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 14, 1998. 31. Backus, Dana Converse Genealogy - Mary Backus 1949, Pg 6. 32. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 33. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, pg 253-54. 34. Will of Charles, John. 35. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, pg 253-54, 1988. 36. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 14, 1998. 37. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus, 10. 38. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 14, 1998. 39. Royal R. Hinman, Connecticut: Catalogue of Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, (Case, Tiffany and Company 1852). 40. Hale, House and Related Families - Jacobus & Waterman, Pg 453, Has Oct 1640, but that is baptism date per Mary Backus. 41. Backus, Dana Converse Genealogy - Mary Backus 1949, Born Oct 1637, baptized Oct 1640. 42. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 43. Norwich, History of - Caulkins, pg 157-8, Says John Charles died in 1673, naming children of his deceased daughter, Sarah Charles. Altho this sketch indicates Sarah Charles the dau of William, Sr, we now know she was married to Wm, Jr.. 44. Hale, House and Related Families - Jacobus & Waterman, Pg 453. 45. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus, 143. 46. Hale, House and Related Families - Jacobus & Waterman, Pg 453. 47. Web Page - Knot, http://www.gendex.com/users/2623/Knott/d0000/g0000068.html#I1756, Had 02/01/1641, Hartford. 48. Hale, House and Related Families - Jacobus & Waterman, Pg 453, Has 02/01/1641/2, Saybrook. 49. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus, 143. 50. Web Page - Knot, Has 2/26/1726. 51. Hale, House and Related Families - Jacobus & Waterman, Pg 453, Has 1730. 52. Backus, Dana Converse Genealogy - Mary Backus 1949, Has 1703, mentions the 1730, but offers the real estate deeds by William in 1703 to sons, with terms about if William should remarry. There is no real record of her death.. 53. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, pg 253-54. 54. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, pg 253-54, 1988. 55. Cathy, E-Mail dtd May 14, 1998. 56. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 57. Date of Birth Calc'd Marriage Date or Oldest Child Minus 18 Years. 58. Hale, House and Related Families - Jacobus & Waterman, Pg 453. 59. Backus Families of Early New England, Reno Backus. 60. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 61. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988, died as infant. 62. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 63. Connecticut, Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Norwich, VR Vol 1, Pg 4, Father of Sarah. 64. Connecticut, Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Norwich, VR Vol 1, Pg 4, Marriage to Sarah Spencer. 65. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988. 66. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998. 67. Connecticut, Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Norwich, VR Vol 1, Pg 4, mother of Sarah. 68. Connecticut, Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Norwich, VR Vol 1, Pg 4, marriage to Stephen. 69. New England Historical and Genelogical Society, "NEHGR," Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988, as wife of Stephen Backus. 70. Connecticut, Barbour Collection of Vital Records, Norwich, VR Vol 1, Pg 4. 71. Cathy, E-Mail 05/14/1998, Has abt 1644, born Cambridge, but they were in Lynn by then.... 72. Sam Casey, Web Page - Sam Casey. 73. Tucker, Web Page - Tucker at Haddam CT Founders Page, (http://haddam.com/tucker/thomas_shayler.htm), "Electronic." 74. Sam Casey, Web Page - Sam Casey. 75. Tucker, Web Page - Tucker at Haddam CT Founders Page, (http://haddam.com/tucker/thomas_shayler.htm), "Electronic," Aft 1707.
  
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