Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Rev. Simon Backus, Sr. was born on 11 Feb 1701 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 2 Feb 1746 in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried on 4 Feb 1746 in Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Simon married Eunice Edwards on 1 Oct 1729 in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut. Eunice (daughter of Rev. Timothy Edwards and Esther Stoddard) was born on 20 Aug 1705 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 1 Jun 1788 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Clorinda Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Zebediah Lathrop. Zebediah (son of Nathaniel Lathrop, Sr. and Anna Backus) was born on 20 Jul 1726 in New London, New London, Connecticut; died on 14 Nov 1793 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Eunice Backus ![]() |
4. | Elizabeth Backus ![]() Elizabeth married Lieut. David Bissell, Jr. on 25 Feb 1761 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. David (son of Ensign David Bissell, Sr. and Sarah Grant) was born on 27 Apr 1732 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 16 Dec 1799 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried on 18 Dec 1799 in Edwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Rev. Simon Backus, Jr. ![]() Simon married Rachel Moseley on 7 Feb 1763 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Rachel (daughter of Col. Abner Moseley and Elizabeth Lyman) was born on 24 Oct 1745 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 28 Jul 1825 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Esther Backus ![]() Esther married Col. Benjamin Ely on 1 Jun 1758 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Capt. Joseph Ely and Margaret Leonard) was born on 25 Dec 1730 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 25 Dec 1802 in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried on 27 Dec 1802 in Elmwood Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Joseph Backus ![]() |
8. | Jerusha Backus ![]() Jerusha married Smith Bailey on 8 Jan 1772. Smith was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Mary Backus ![]() |
10. | Noadiah Bissell ![]() |
11. | David Bissell ![]() |
12. | Mary Bissell ![]() |
13. | Simon Backus Bissell ![]() Simon married Martha Morey on 2 Dec 1790. Martha was born on 20 Dec 1767 in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire; died on 1 Jun 1820 in Fairlee, Orange, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Mary Bissell ![]() |
15. | Infant Bissell ![]() |
16. | Joseph Backus, Esq ![]() Joseph married Huldah Burroughs on 15 Oct 1797 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. Huldah was born on 24 Mar 1769 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on 15 Dec 1851 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; was buried on 17 Dec 1851 in Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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17. | Simon Backus ![]() |
18. | Simon Backus ![]() |
19. | Clarina Backus ![]() Clarina married Eber Munger on 11 Jul 1791 in Connecticut. Eber was born on 10 Mar 1762 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 16 May 1836 in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 18 May 1836 in North Madison West Side Cemetery, North Madison, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Abner Moseley Backus ![]() |
21. | Mary Backus ![]() |
22. | Dilecta Backus ![]() |
23. | Simon Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Eunice Linus. Eunice was born about 1780; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Eunice Backus ![]() |
25. | Abner Moseley Backus, ESQ. ![]() |
26. | Rachel Backus ![]() |
27. | Thomas Moseley Backus ![]() |
28. | Infant Backus ![]() |
29. | Oswald Backus ![]() Oswald married Susan Webster Seymour on 8 Oct 1844 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Susan was born on 13 Dec 1810 in Utica, Oneida, New York; died on 27 May 1849 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Oswald married Mary Parker Prentiss on 24 May 1854 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Mary was born on 2 Apr 1819 in Trenton, Oneida, New York; died on 16 Oct 1913 in Rome, Oneida, New York; was buried on 19 Oct 1913 in Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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30. | Woldemir Backus ![]() |
31. | Jennet Backus ![]() |
32. | Mary Sophia Backus ![]() Mary married George Spencer Brown about 1828. George was born on 1 Nov 1796; died on 13 May 1833 in St Marys, Camden, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
33. | Jennett Elizabeth Backus ![]() |
34. | Joseph Seymour Backus ![]() |
35. | ![]() ![]() Oswald married Frances Dudley Kinney on 22 Dec 1880 in Rome, Oneida, New York. Frances was born on 16 Oct 1857 in Rome, Oneida, New York; died on 11 Jun 1929 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 14 Jun 1929 in Rome Cemetery, Rome, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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36. | Waldemine Draper Backus ![]() Waldemine married Robert Willard Holden on 28 Nov 1918 in Rome, Oneida, New York. Robert was born on 23 Dec 1875 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey; died on 2 Jan 1952 in Rochester, Monroe, New York; was buried on 5 Jan 1952 in Webster Rural Cemetery, Webster, Monroe, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
37. | Oswald Prentiss Backus, Jr. ![]() Oswald married Elma Adelaide Muller on 20 Dec 1919 in Manhattan, New York, New York. Elma was born on 11 Dec 1886 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 8 May 1982 in Painted Post, Steuben, New York; was buried on 11 May 1982 in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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38. | Sidney Kinney Backus ![]() Sidney married Ruth Bowen Haven on 11 Mar 1918 in Utica, Oneida, New York. Ruth was born on 26 Jul 1891 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; died on 8 Feb 1988 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 12 Feb 1988 in Webster Rural Cemetery, Webster, Monroe, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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39. | ![]() ![]() Oswald married Barbara Jean "Bobby" Swanton on 9 Apr 1944 in New York City, New York, New York. Barbara (daughter of Northrup Richard Swanton and Helen M. Stoddard) was born on 9 Sep 1920 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 1 Nov 2017 in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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40. | Eleanore Draper "Ellie" Backus ![]() Eleanore married Dr. Frederic Thomas Joint on 6 Aug 1948 in Rochester, Monroe, New York. Frederic (son of Fred Carson Joint and Cora Helen Butts) was born on 26 Jul 1919 in Bath, Steuben, New York; died on 16 May 2006 in Savona, Steuben, New York; was buried on 19 May 2006 in Seamans Cemetery, Savona, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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41. | ![]() ![]() Richard married Nell Jane Griffin on 29 Dec 1949 in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, and was divorced on Yes, date unknown. Nell was born on 6 Aug 1925 in Davidson County, North Carolina; died on 13 Sep 2016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
42. | Priscilla Holden Backus ![]() Priscilla married Dr. George William Welsh, III about 1956 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont. George was born on 7 Aug 1920 in New York City, New York, New York; died on 31 Jul 1990 in Vermont; was buried on 3 Aug 1990 in Miltonboro Cemetery, MIlton, Chittenden, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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44. | Mary Elizabeth "Penny" Backus ![]() Mary married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Stephen Joseph Goodfriend. Stephen was born on 23 Jun 1939 in Berkeley, Alameda, California; died on 5 Aug 2022 in Madison County, New York; was buried on 8 Aug 2022 in Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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45. | Living ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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46. | Living ![]() Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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