Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
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1. | Lt. Col. Eleazer Lindsley was born on 7 Dec 1737 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 1 Jun 1794 in New York City, New York, New York; was buried on 3 Jun 1794 in Colonel Eleazer Lindsley Burying Ground, Lindley, Steuben, New York. Family/Spouse: Mary Wallace Miller. Mary was born on 23 Aug 1738 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey; died on 20 Nov 1806 in Lindley, Steuben, New York; was buried on 22 Nov 1806 in Colonel Eleazer Lindsley Burying Ground, Lindley, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Maj. Samuel Lindsley ![]() Samuel married Lois Bradley about 1782. Lois was born on 18 Feb 1765 in Litchfield County, Connecticut; died on 18 Jun 1814 in Lindley, Steuben, New York; was buried on 20 Jun 1814 in Colonel Eleazer Lindsley Burying Ground, Lindley, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Anne Lindsley ![]() |
4. | Mary Lindsley ![]() |
5. | Elizabeth Lindsley ![]() Elizabeth married Capt John Seelye on 9 Mar 1783 in Morris County, New Jersey. John was born on 22 Apr 1757 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 17 Jan 1813 in Lindley, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Ann Lindsley ![]() Ann married Elias Hatfield on 10 Apr 1789 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Elias was born on 11 Mar 1760 in Essex County, New Jersey; died on 19 May 1839 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Anna Nancy Lindsley ![]() Anna married Dr. Ezekiel Mulford on 9 Jan 1783. Ezekiel was born on 22 May 1764 in East Hampton, Suffolk, New York; died on 15 Apr 1819 in Lindley, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Eleazer Lindsley, Jr. ![]() Eleazer married Eunice Halsey on 23 Apr 1787 in Morris County, New Jersey. Eunice was born on 2 Apr 1769 in Bridgehampton, Suffolk, New York; died on 21 Jun 1857 in Lawrenceville, Tioga, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Jemima Lindsley ![]() Jemima married Dr. Stephen Hopkins on 3 Apr 1788. Stephen was born on 3 Sep 1766 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey; died on 29 Mar 1841 in Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
10. | Micajah Lindsley ![]() |
11. | Sarah Lindsley ![]() Sarah married Ebenezer Backus about 1790. Ebenezer (son of Delucena Backus and Temprance "Tempe" Watrous) was born on 31 May 1769 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 16 Jun 1831 in Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania; was buried on 18 Jun 1831 in Old Athens Cemetery, Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Phebe Lindsley ![]() Family/Spouse: David Paine. David was born on 21 Mar 1769 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 7 Sep 1851 in Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Henry Ritter Backus ![]() Henry married Helen Amanda Jewett on 27 Jun 1838 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Helen (daughter of Samuel Jewett and Betsey Smith) was born on 3 Sep 1816 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 15 Oct 1897 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; was buried on 17 Oct 1897 in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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14. | Helen Charlotte Backus ![]() Helen married Isaac B. Tompkins on 19 Jul 1821 in Athens, Bradford, Pennsylvania. Isaac was born on 5 Jun 1797 in New York; died in Nov 1834 in Binghamton, Broome, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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15. | George Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Jane Smith. Jane was born on Yes, date unknown; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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16. | Julia Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Samuel Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Caroline Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Lemuel S. Ellsworth. Lemuel was born about 1806 in Connecticut; died on 16 Oct 1877 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
18. | Helen Lindsley Backus ![]() Helen married Lambert Spencer on 11 Nov 1869 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. Lambert was born on 11 Feb 1821 in Easton, Talbot, Maryland; died on 25 Jun 1881 in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia; was buried on 27 Jun 1881 in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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19. | Elizabeth Welch Backus ![]() Elizabeth married Maj. Wiley Roy Mason, Jr. on 21 Jun 1886 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Wiley was born on 31 Mar 1833 in King George County, Virginia; died on 27 Oct 1909 in Richmond, Independent Cities, Virginia; was buried on 30 Oct 1909 in Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Independent Cities, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
20. | Henry Edward Backus ![]() Family/Spouse: Alice Neifeullet Hardee. Alice was born on 9 Feb 1853 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; died on 3 Aug 1947 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia; was buried on 6 Aug 1947 in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Caroline "Carrie" Backus ![]() |
22. | Bradley Tompkins Backus ![]() |
23. | Sarah Lindsley Backus ![]() Sarah married Johan Berendt "Joe" Holst on 28 Sep 1871. Johan was born on 18 Apr 1842 in Elmelunde, Møen, Sjælland, Denmark; died on 28 Aug 1919 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina; was buried on 2 Sep 1919 in Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
24. | Annie Jewett Backus ![]() |
25. | Sarah Tompkins ![]() |
26. | Charlotte Tompkins ![]() |
27. | Phenias Bradley Tompkins, Sr. ![]() Family/Spouse: Hannah Caroline Ross. Hannah was born about 1832 in Tennessee; died on 31 May 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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28. | Georgianna Backus ![]() |
29. | Edward Backus ![]() |