Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Daniel Rodman was born on 4 May 1747 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died about 1799 in New York City, New York, New York. Daniel married Elizabeth Woodbridge on 9 Jun 1774 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Dr. Dudley Woodbridge and Sarah Sheldon) was born on 13 May 1752 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; died on 23 May 1793 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Daniel married Mary Story on 17 Apr 1794. Mary was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Elizabeth W. Rodman ![]() Family/Spouse: Andrew Backus. Andrew (son of Delucena Backus and Temprance "Tempe" Watrous) was born about 1776 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died about 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Sarah Rodman ![]() |
4. | Thomas W. Rodman ![]() Family/Spouse: Anne Robinson. Anne was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Daniel Rodman ![]() Daniel married Eliza Jenkins on 13 Dec 1803. Eliza was born about 1784 in Massachusetts; died about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Lucy Woodbridge Rodman ![]() Lucy married Rev. Philip Frederick Mayer on 24 May 1804 in Athens, Greene, New York. Philip was born on 1 Apr 1781 in New York City, New York, New York; died on 16 Apr 1858 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 24 Apr 1858 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | William Woodbridge Rodman, Sr. ![]() William married Lucy Sheldon Woodbridge on 10 Jan 1816 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Lucy (daughter of Joseph Woodbridge, Sr. and Lucy Sheldon) was born on 21 May 1794 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 20 Mar 1865 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried on 22 Mar 1865 in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Julia W. Rodman ![]() Family/Spouse: John Goodman. John was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Washington Hendrix Rodman ![]() Washington married Mary Harvey on 21 May 1821 in New York City, New York, New York. Mary was born about 1805 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Charlotte Story Rodman ![]() |
11. | Caroline Backus ![]() |
12. | Frederick Rodman Backus ![]() Frederick married Susannah Keyser on 15 Aug 1826 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Susannah was born on 11 Sep 1803 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 8 Jul 1856 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 10 Jul 1856 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Charles Rodman Backus ![]() |
14. | Phillip Backus ![]() |
15. | Eliza G. Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: William Stuart. William was born about 1811 in New York; died in Aug 1878 in Binghamton, Broome, New York; was buried in Aug 1878 in Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, Broome, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Isabella S. Backus ![]() |
17. | Lucy Anne Rodman ![]() |
18. | Adelaide Rodman ![]() Adelaide married Warden Newkirk on 21 Jan 1829. Warden was born on 1 Dec 1801 in New York; died on 24 Apr 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
19. | Laura E. Rodman ![]() Laura married Col. William Jenks Pardee on 28 May 1829. William was born on 31 May 1806 in New York; died on 30 Nov 1859 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; was buried on 3 Dec 1859 in Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Anna Rodman ![]() |
21. | Caroline Augusta Mayer ![]() |
22. | Mary Elizabeth Mayer ![]() Mary married Robert Montgomery Bird on 13 Jul 1837 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Robert was born on 5 Feb 1805 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware; died on 23 Jan 1854 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 26 Jan 1854 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
23. | William Mayer ![]() |
24. | Lucy Rodman Mayer ![]() |
25. | Frederick William Mayer ![]() |
26. | Emily Mayer ![]() Family/Spouse: Samuel H. Higgins. Samuel was born about 1813 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 7 Nov 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | Edward Rodman Mayer ![]() |
28. | Eliza Woodbridge Mayer ![]() |
29. | Dr. William Woodbridge Rodman, Jr. ![]() William married Jerusha Pomeroy on 26 Nov 1844 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Jerusha was born on 24 May 1820 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 1 Dec 1871 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 3 Dec 1871 in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
William married Anna Grossenor Pomeroy on 26 Dec 1872 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Anna was born on 28 Nov 1840 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 28 Jan 1919; was buried on 31 Jan 1919 in Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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30. | Rev. Daniel Sheldon Rodman ![]() Family/Spouse: Cornelia Hitchcock. Cornelia was born on 12 Aug 1811 in Connecticut; died in May 1864 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
31. | Dr. Thomas Scott Rodman ![]() Family/Spouse: Mary Flynn. Mary was born about 1834 in Vermont; died on Yes, date unknown in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
32. | Henry Martyn Rodman ![]() |
33. | Lucy Woodbridge Rodman ![]() |
34. | Thomas Harvey Rodman, ESQ. ![]() Thomas married Mary Ann Mann on 10 Apr 1845 in New York City, New York, New York. Mary was born about 1828 in New York; died on 5 Aug 1865 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 8 Aug 1865 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Thomas married Elizabeth M. "Lizzie" Selden on 16 Jul 1868 in New York City, New York, New York. Elizabeth was born in Nov 1848 in Virginia; died on 24 Apr 1926 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 27 Apr 1926 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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35. | Washington Rodman ![]() |
36. | Thorton Mackness Rodman ![]() |
37. | Henry Scott Rodman ![]() |
38. | Erskine Mason Rodman ![]() |
39. | Charles W. Rodman ![]() |
40. | Samuel Harris Rodman ![]() |
41. | Elizabeth Harvey Rodman ![]() |
42. | Frank Beresford Rodman ![]() |
43. | William Rodman Backus ![]() |
44. | Catherine Clemens "Kate" Backus ![]() Catherine married Joseph Brown Shewell on 1 Oct 1850. Joseph was born on 13 Oct 1822 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 28 Jan 1864 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 1 Feb 1864 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Catherine married Daniel Urner Price about 1868. Daniel was born on 9 Mar 1827 in North Coventry Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Apr 1901 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio; was buried on 28 Apr 1901 in Edgewood Cemetery, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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45. | Frederick Bayard Backus ![]() Frederick married Caroline Harris Moore on 8 Jun 1858 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Caroline was born on 22 Sep 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 15 Aug 1860 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 18 Aug 1860 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Frederick married Amanda M. Noble on 19 Dec 1867. Amanda was born on 21 Mar 1847 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Jun 1925 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; was buried on 28 Jun 1925 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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46. | Mary Elizabeth Backus ![]() Mary married William Stevenson Noble on 17 Oct 1857. William was born on 7 Dec 1832 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Apr 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 22 Apr 1867 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Mary married Dr. Thaddeus L. Leavitt on 2 Jun 1870. Thaddeus was born on 20 Sep 1840 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Feb 1880 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey; was buried on 26 Feb 1880 in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
47. | Charles Shepard Rodman ![]() |
48. | Fanny Rodman ![]() |
49. | William Rodman ![]() |
50. | Emily Taylor Rodman ![]() |
51. | Henry Buckley Rodman ![]() |
52. | Thomas Wheeler Rodman ![]() |
53. | Anna Finke Rodman ![]() |
54. | Thomas Harvey Rodman, Jr. ![]() |
55. | Frank Beresford Rodman ![]() |
56. | Mary Washington Rodman ![]() Family/Spouse: Henry Titus Frost. Henry was born on 29 Aug 1849 in Westbury, Nassau, New York; died on 24 Oct 1883 in Chatham, Morris, New Jersey; was buried on 11 Apr 1884 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
57. | William Dudley Rodman ![]() |
58. | Charles Mann Rodman ![]() |
59. | Cary Seldon Rodman ![]() |
60. | Henry Heth Rodman ![]() |
61. | Elsie Harvey Rodman ![]() |
62. | Edith Badley Shewell ![]() |
63. | Kate Rodman Shewell ![]() |
64. | Helen Mary Shewell ![]() |
65. | Alice Shewell ![]() Alice married Joseph Bailey on 16 Dec 1886 in Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Joseph was born about 1864; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
66. | Archibald Price ![]() |
67. | Frederick Rodman Backus ![]() |
68. | Charles Noble Backus ![]() Charles married Mary Elizabeth "Mae" Snook on 18 Oct 1900 in Kings County, New York. Mary was born on 18 Dec 1879 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York; died on 5 Mar 1960; was buried on 18 Mar 1960 in Church of Brethren Cemetery, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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69. | Helen Backus ![]() |
70. | Adeline Backus ![]() |
71. | Philip Rodman Backus ![]() Philip married Rita D. Unknown about 1912. Rita was born about 1884 in Illinois; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
72. | Frederick Charles Noble ![]() |
73. | William Woodbridge Noble ![]() William married Alice Bond Janney on 7 Jun 1888 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alice was born on 14 Nov 1863 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Aug 1921 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 1 Sep 1921 in Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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74. | Maud Noble ![]() |
75. | Helen Dudley Backus ![]() Helen married Chester Donald Rankin, Sr. on 30 Jul 1932 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was divorced after 1940. Chester was born on 25 Sep 1906 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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76. | Eleanor Noble ![]() Eleanor married Geoffrey Taylure Hawley on 1 Jun 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Geoffrey was born on 9 Dec 1895 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 10 May 1951; was buried on 13 May 1951 in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
77. | Chester Donal Rankin, Jr. ![]() |