Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Eunice Dyer was born on 5 May 1727 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on 25 Oct 1751 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. Eunice married Ebenezer Backus, Sr. on 2 May 1745 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. Ebenezer (son of Joseph Backus, Sr. and Elizabeth Huntington) was born on 30 Mar 1712 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 4 Nov 1768 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 6 Nov 1768 in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Eunice Backus ![]() |
3. | Ebenezer Backus, Jr. ![]() 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]
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4. | Eunice Backus ![]() Eunice married Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. on 24 Dec 1767. Jonathan (son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. and Faith Robinson) was born on 26 Mar 1740 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ; died on 7 Aug 1809 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ; was buried on 9 Aug 1809 in Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Sarah Backus ![]() |
6. | Roger Backus ![]() |
7. | Eunice Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: William L. Hart. William was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Eleazer Fitch Backus ![]() Eleazer married Harriet Whiting in Sep 1803. Harriet (daughter of Col. William Bradford Whiting and Amy Lathrop) was born on 14 Sep 1779 in Canaan, Columbia, New York; died on 13 Jul 1804 in Albany, Albany, New York; was buried on 15 Jul 1804 in Canaan Cemetery, Canaan, Columbia, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Eleazer married Elizabeth Chester on 8 Jun 1807 in Albany, Albany, New York. Elizabeth (daughter of Col. John Chester and Elizabeth Huntington) was born on 10 Nov 1774 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 14 Aug 1847 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 16 Aug 1847 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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9. | Elizabeth Backus ![]() |
10. | Alexander Backus ![]() |
11. | Elizabeth "Betsey" Backus ![]() Elizabeth married John Converse on 3 Sep 1796 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. John was born on 7 Aug 1774 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 10 Dec 1831 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | George Douglas Backus ![]() George married Dorothea A. "Dolly" Chappell on 14 Oct 1809 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Dorothea was born about 1798 in Amelia County, Virginia; died about 1874 in Botetourt County, Virginia; was buried in 1874 in Melrose Cemetery, Bessemer, Botetourt, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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13. | Benjamin Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Jemima Parker. Jemima was born about 1786 in Connecticut; died about 1858 in Carlton, Orleans, New York; was buried in 1858 in Kenyonville Cemetery, Kenyonville, Orleans, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Lydia Backus ![]() Lydia married Nathan Whiting on 21 Oct 1801 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Nathan (son of Col. William Bradford Whiting and Amy Lathrop) was born on 16 May 1772 in Canaan, Columbia, New York; died on 19 Feb 1848 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 21 Feb 1848 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | Julia Seymour Backus ![]() Julia married Ebenezer Jones on 16 Oct 1807 in Albany, Albany, New York. Ebenezer was born on 17 Jan 1788 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; died in Apr 1814 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Julia married Hon. Samuel Cheever on 30 Jun 1818 in New York. Samuel was born on 22 Nov 1787 in North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 25 Sep 1874 in Waterford, Saratoga, New York; was buried on 28 Sep 1874 in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
16. | Charlotte Backus ![]() Charlotte married Nathaniel Edgerton on 24 Jun 1807 in Canaan, Columbia, New York. Nathaniel was born on 16 Mar 1778 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 27 Dec 1842 in Plain City, Madison, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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17. | Jonathan Trumbull, III ![]() |
18. | Faith Trumbull ![]() |
19. | Mary Trumbull ![]() |
20. | Harriet Trumbull ![]() |
21. | Maria Trumbull ![]() |
22. | Infant Backus ![]() |
23. | ![]() ![]() Jonathan married Ann Eliza Walworth on 30 Apr 1835 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York. Ann (daughter of Hon. Reuben Hyde Walworth and Maria Ketchum Averill) was born on 29 Sep 1817 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York; died on 3 Oct 1895 in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York; was buried on 6 Oct 1895 in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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24. | Rev. John Chester Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Letitia Carey Smith. Letitia was born about 1815 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Apr 1892 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 6 Apr 1892 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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25. | Elizabeth Huntington Backus ![]() |
26. | Mary Backus ![]() Mary married James Bayard, Esq. on 10 Sep 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. James was born about 1801 in Pennsylvania; died on 1 Aug 1874 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried on 3 Aug 1874 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
27. | Julia Francis Converse ![]() Julia married Walter William Webb, Sr. on 8 Mar 1831 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Walter was born on 19 Apr 1798 in Claverack, Columbia, New York; died on 11 May 1876 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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28. | George Backus ![]() |
29. | Ann E. Backus ![]() Ann married Samuel O. Caruthers on 4 Jan 1830 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia. Samuel was born about 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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30. | Eliza Backus ![]() Eliza married William L. Little on 2 Mar 1836 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia. William was born about 1808 in Botetourt County, Virginia; died on 26 Nov 1848 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Eliza married Smithson Higginbotham Davis, Jr. in Dec 1852 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Smithson was born on 9 Oct 1819 in Louisiana; died on 2 Apr 1885 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; was buried on 4 Apr 1885 in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
31. | Mariah H. Backus ![]() Mariah married John G. Rudisill on 25 Mar 1834 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia. John was born about 1811 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia; died on 28 Jan 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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32. | Martha Backus ![]() Martha married Thomas P. Nash on 17 Nov 1841 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Thomas was born about 1816 in Virginia; died on 3 Sep 1855 in Portsmouth, Independent Cities, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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33. | Paulina Backus ![]() Paulina married Matthew William Pettigrew on 27 Mar 1838 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Matthew was born about 1799 in Virginia; died on 30 May 1883; was buried on 1 Jun 1883 in Fincastle Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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34. | Susan Backus ![]() Susan married Joseph P. Gaunt on 19 Dec 1843 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Joseph was born about 1823; died on 12 Jun 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
35. | Georgiana Backus ![]() Georgiana married William Anderson on 2 Sep 1844 in Botetourt County, Virginia. William was born on 14 Oct 1814 in Botetourt County, Virginia; died on 25 Nov 1861 in Botetourt County, Virginia; was buried on 27 Nov 1861 in Melrose Cemetery, Bessemer, Botetourt, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
36. | Josepha Selden Backus ![]() Josepha married William T. Young on 2 Dec 1859 in Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland. William was born about 1826; died about 1870 in Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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37. | Anson Backus, II ![]() Family/Spouse: Hannah Parker. Hannah was born about 1813 in Oneida County, New York; died after 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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38. | Marilla or Mary Backus ![]() |
39. | Benjamin Warren Backus ![]() Benjamin married Rhoda Z. Houseman about 1840 in New York. Rhoda was born on 13 Aug 1823 in Yates County, New York; died on 5 Sep 1870 in Berlin Twp, Ionia, Michigan; was buried on 7 Sep 1870 in Balcom Cemetery, Berlin Center, Ionia, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Benjamin married Dolly Jane Durkey on 17 Apr 1879 in Berlin Twp, Ionia, Michigan. Dolly was born on 2 Aug 1825 in Covington, Wyoming, New York; died on 16 Jun 1917 in Hastings, Barry, Michigan; was buried on 18 Jun 1917 in Fuller Family Cemetery, Carlton, Barry, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
40. | ![]() ![]() Eunice married Henry Lewis Sturges on 23 May 1847 in Carlton, Orleans, New York. Henry (son of Lewis Henry Sturges and Esther Caroline Hamilton) was born about 1820 in New York; died on 29 Dec 1852 in Carlton, Orleans, New York; was buried on 1 Jan 1853 in Kenyonville Cemetery, Kenyonville, Orleans, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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41. | Daniel Wadsworth Whiting ![]() Daniel married Mary Whiting on 6 Apr 1831 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. Mary was born on 6 Dec 1806 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York; died on 12 Feb 1889 in Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
42. | Harriet Backus Whiting ![]() Family/Spouse: Aaron Nichols Skinner. Aaron was born on 6 May 1800 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut ; died on 26 Oct 1858 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 28 Oct 1858 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
43. | Elizabeth Whiting ![]() |
44. | Nathan Chandos Whiting ![]() Nathan married Mary Stone Bryan about 1834 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. Mary was born on 19 Oct 1818 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 3 Jul 1885 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 6 Jul 1885 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
45. | Esther Parsons Whiting ![]() |
46. | Albertus D. Whiting ![]() Albertus married Katharine DeWitt on 31 May 1842 in West Point, Orange, New York. Katharine was born about 1820 in West Point, Orange, New York; died on 17 Oct 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
47. | Dr. Alexander Backus Whiting ![]() Alexander married Matilda A. Church on 23 Oct 1856 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. Matilda was born on 3 Sep 1829 in New York; died on 24 Feb 1903 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried on 27 Feb 1903 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
48. | Samuel Edgerton ![]() |