Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches
 

Samuel Edgerton

Male 1808 - 1834  (26 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.   Samuel Edgerton was born on 3 Apr 1808 in Canaan, Columbia, New York (son of Nathaniel Edgerton and Charlotte Backus); died on 1 Dec 1834 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.   Nathaniel Edgerton was born on 16 Mar 1778 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 27 Dec 1842 in Plain City, Madison, Ohio.

    Nathaniel married Charlotte Backus on 24 Jun 1807 in Canaan, Columbia, New York. Charlotte (daughter of Ebenezer Backus, Jr. and Elizabeth Fitch) was born on 14 Feb 1790 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 3 Dec 1818 in Canaan, Columbia, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.   Charlotte Backus was born on 14 Feb 1790 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut (daughter of Ebenezer Backus, Jr. and Elizabeth Fitch); died on 3 Dec 1818 in Canaan, Columbia, New York.
    Children:
    1. 1. Samuel Edgerton was born on 3 Apr 1808 in Canaan, Columbia, New York; died on 1 Dec 1834 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.   Ebenezer Backus, Jr. was born on 17 Aug 1747 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut (son of Ebenezer Backus, Sr. and Eunice Dyer); died on 21 Jan 1843 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 23 Jan 1843 in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.

    Ebenezer married Elizabeth Fitch on 7 Jan 1767 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Col. Eleazer Fitch and Amy Bowen) was born on 12 Feb 1749 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ; died on 28 Jan 1827 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 30 Jan 1827 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.   Elizabeth Fitch was born on 12 Feb 1749 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (daughter of Col. Eleazer Fitch and Amy Bowen); died on 28 Jan 1827 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 30 Jan 1827 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. Eunice Backus was born on 5 May 1768 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 12 Jun 1799 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
    2. Eleazer Fitch Backus was born on 13 Jan 1770 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 22 Jan 1859 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 25 Jan 1859 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    3. Elizabeth Backus was born on 22 Mar 1775 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown.
    4. Alexander Backus was born on 5 May 1777 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Sep 1795 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
    5. Elizabeth "Betsey" Backus was born on 26 Apr 1780 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 5 Nov 1813 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York.
    6. George Douglas Backus was born on 23 Apr 1780 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died about 1829 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia.
    7. Benjamin Backus was born on 5 Aug 1781 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown.
    8. Lydia Backus was born on 6 Feb 1785 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 1 Dec 1832 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 3 Dec 1932 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
    9. Julia Seymour Backus was born on 30 Apr 1786 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died about 1867 in New York; was buried in 1867 in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany, New York.
    10. 3. Charlotte Backus was born on 14 Feb 1790 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 3 Dec 1818 in Canaan, Columbia, New York.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.   Ebenezer Backus, Sr. was born on 30 Mar 1712 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut (son of Joseph Backus, Sr. and Elizabeth Huntington); died on 4 Nov 1768 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 6 Nov 1768 in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

    Ebenezer married Eunice Dyer on 2 May 1745 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. Eunice (daughter of LT Col. Thomas Dyer and Lydia Backus) was born on 5 May 1727 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on 25 Oct 1751 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.   Eunice Dyer was born on 5 May 1727 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut (daughter of LT Col. Thomas Dyer and Lydia Backus); died on 25 Oct 1751 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. Eunice Backus was born on 26 May 1746 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 5 Nov 1746 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
    2. 6. Ebenezer Backus, Jr. was born on 17 Aug 1747 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 21 Jan 1843 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 23 Jan 1843 in Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Windham, Connecticut.
    3. Eunice Backus was born on 2 Aug 1749 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 3 Feb 1826 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
    4. Sarah Backus was born on 17 Oct 1750 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died about 1759 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in 1759 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
    5. Roger Backus was born on 5 Oct 1751 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died about 1754 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

  3. 14.   Col. Eleazer Fitch was born on 30 Aug 1726 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 23 Jun 1796 in Connecticut.

    Eleazer + Amy Bowen. Amy was born about 1727 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 25 Aug 1799 in Castleton, Rutland, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.   Amy Bowen was born about 1727 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 25 Aug 1799 in Castleton, Rutland, Vermont.
    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Fitch was born on 12 Feb 1749 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ; died on 28 Jan 1827 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 30 Jan 1827 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
    2. Mary Fitch was born on 22 Nov 1761 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
    3. Frances "Fanny" Fitch was born on 27 Aug 1765 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown.


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