Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Elisha Waterman was born on 4 Jul 1704 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 13 Feb 1771 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 15 Feb 1771 in Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. Elisha married Sarah Hackney on 22 Jan 1733 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 2 Sep 1713 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 1 Dec 1776 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 3 Dec 1776 in Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Lydia Waterman ![]() Lydia married Ozias Backus, Sr. on 1 May 1760 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Ozias (son of Josiah Backus and Love Kingsbury) was born on 27 Mar 1739 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 25 Jan 1764 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 27 Jan 1764 in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Jesse Birchard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Eunice Waterman ![]() Eunice married Simeon Backus, Sr. on 28 Oct 1772 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. Simeon (son of Josiah Backus and Love Kingsbury) was born on 14 Feb 1752 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut; died on 7 Jan 1782 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Nabby Backus ![]() |
5. | Ozias Backus, Jr. ![]() Ozias married Elizabeth Abell on 21 Sep 1786 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Abell and Elizabeth Waterman) was born on 21 Apr 1766 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Apr 1843 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 11 Apr 1843 in Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Love Backus ![]() Love married Christopher Hyde on 22 Feb 1795 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Christopher (son of Eli Hyde, Esq and Rhoda Lathrop) was born on 14 Nov 1767 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut; died on 19 Jul 1847 in Hastings, Oswego, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Simeon Backus, Jr. ![]() Simeon married Clarissa Hyde on 3 Jun 1798 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut. Clarissa was born on 5 Apr 1780 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 18 Feb 1854 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 20 Feb 1854 in Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Josiah Backus ![]() |
9. | Charles Backus ![]() |
10. | Ozias Backus, III ![]() |
11. | Abigail "Abby" Backus ![]() |
12. | Harriet Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Oliver Goodell. Oliver (son of Silas Goodell and Sarah Marshall) was born on 13 Feb 1797 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died in Feb 1855 in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Lydia Waterman Backus ![]() Lydia married Wheaton Cottrell on 26 Nov 1835. Wheaton was born on 19 Apr 1814 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 17 Mar 1856 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 19 Mar 1856 in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Elizabeth Waterman "Eliza" Backus ![]() Elizabeth married Gurdon A. Pendleton about 1827 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Gurdon was born on 4 Jul 1797 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 10 Nov 1883 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 12 Nov 1883 in Norwich City Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Abel Backus ![]() Abel married Sarah Bowen on 11 Feb 1829 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Sarah was born about 1810 in Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Laura Backus ![]() |
17. | Anna Hartshorn Backus ![]() Anna married Henry Gillett on 12 Nov 1823 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut. Henry was born on 10 May 1797 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died on 16 Jun 1864 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 18 Jun 1864 in Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
18. | Azel Backus ![]() Azel married Nancy Lucinda Brewster on 7 Dec 1828 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut. Nancy was born on 22 Sep 1808 in Connecticut; died on 4 Jan 1880 in Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan; was buried on 6 Jan 1880 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Clarissa Hyde Backus ![]() |
20. | Charles Backus ![]() |
21. | Maria Backus ![]() |
22. | Capt. Josiah Backus ![]() |
23. | Simeon Hyde Backus ![]() |
24. | Benjamin B. Fitch Backus ![]() |
25. | Harry Fitch Backus ![]() |
26. | Harriet Hyde Pendleton ![]() |
27. | Caroline P. Pendleton ![]() Family/Spouse: James Monroe Meech. James (son of Appleton Meech and Sybil Brewster) was born on 19 Feb 1826 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 1 Jun 1896 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 3 Jun 1896 in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
28. | Elizabeth B. Pendleton ![]() |
29. | Jane M. Pendleton ![]() Jane married Edward S. Osgood on 6 Mar 1854 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Edward was born on 5 Feb 1826 in Connecticut; died on 7 Oct 1871 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 9 Oct 1871 in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
30. | Abbie Backus Pendleton ![]() Abbie married William Trumbull Meech on 13 Mar 1856 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. William (son of Appleton Meech and Sybil Brewster) was born on 4 Aug 1830 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died about 1898 in Connecticut; was buried in 1898 in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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31. | Adelaide Pendleton ![]() Adelaide married Edwin Eugene Ayer on 5 Feb 1862 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Edwin was born on 12 Nov 1832 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut; died on 16 Dec 1890 in Franklin, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 18 Dec 1890 in Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | Theodore F. Pendleton ![]() |
33. | Gurdon Pendleton, Jr. ![]() |
34. | Frederick Pendleton ![]() |
35. | Francis Backus ![]() |
36. | Mary Ann Eliza Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: John L. Sergent. John was born about 1823 in New Jersey; died on Yes, date unknown in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Lewis Cass Backus ![]() Lewis married Sabra M. Lamotte on 8 Sep 1869 in Grass Lake, Emmet, Iowa. Sabra was born in Nov 1835 in Pennsylvania; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
38. | Helen M. Backus ![]() |
39. | Emily Amelia Backus ![]() Emily married Washington Ellis on 11 Mar 1860 in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Washington was born about 1828 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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40. | Josephine Augusta Backus ![]() Josephine married James Potts on 24 Feb 1869 in Grass Lake, Jackson, Michigan. James was born in Nov 1831 in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries, Scotland; died on 11 Feb 1906 in Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried on 14 Feb 1906 in Lakeside Cemetery, Decatur, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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41. | William Roscoe Meech ![]() |
42. | Caroline Pendleton Meech ![]() Caroline married William H. Frink on 26 Dec 1878 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. William was born about 1857 in New York; died on Yes, date unknown in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
43. | Frederick Meech ![]() |
44. | Lloyd Pendleton Ayer ![]() Lloyd married Hanna Alberta Valette about 1897. Hanna was born in Feb 1869 in Connecticut; died on 11 Oct 1953 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 14 Oct 1953 in Pautipaug Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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45. | Jennie Osgood Ayer ![]() |
46. | Mary Helen Sergent ![]() Mary married Heman Mansul Woods on 23 Jul 1873 in Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan. Heman was born on 11 Dec 1849 in Batavia, Genesee, New York; died on 2 Sep 1907 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan; was buried on 4 Sep 1907 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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47. | Alice E. Sergent ![]() |
48. | Dora Sergent ![]() |
49. | Sylvester Ellis ![]() |
50. | Helen "Nettie" Ellis ![]() |
51. | Avery Ellis ![]() |
52. | Nellie M. Potts ![]() |
53. | Ida Belle Potts ![]() |
54. | James Fred Potts ![]() |
55. | Joseph Eugene Ayer ![]() Family/Spouse: Marjorie Burnham. Marjorie was born on 8 Nov 1897 in Connecticut; died on 1 Jan 2003 in North Franklin, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 4 Jan 2003 in Pautipaug Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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56. | Walter Heman Woods ![]() Walter married Bertha Ellis on 30 Oct 1901 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan. Bertha was born in Sep 1878 in Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Walter married Bertha Lewis on 22 Mar 1912 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Bertha was born about 1881 in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
57. | Jennie Morgan Woods ![]() Jennie married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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58. | George Warren Woods ![]() George married Luanna Ruth Howe on 5 Sep 1906 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan. Luanna was born about 1883 in Jackson County, Michigan; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] George married Zada Bernice Nixon about 1917 in Welland, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Zada was born on 7 Aug 1892 in Scio, Washtenaw, Michigan; died on 3 Feb 1984 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried on 6 Feb 1984 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
59. | Eugene Lloyd Ayer ![]() Eugene married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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60. | Ruth A. Rankin ![]() |
61. | Bertha W. Rankin ![]() |
62. | Helen C. Rankin ![]() |
63. | Marian Rankin ![]() |
64. | Living ![]() |