Backus Family History
A Genealogical History of the Backus Family and it's Branches |
|
|
1. | Sylvanus Backus was born on 5 Jul 1738 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died about 1769 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. Sylvanus married Elizabeth Gamble on 12 Apr 1758 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. Elizabeth was born about 1738 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 25 Jul 1799 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
2. | John Backus (1.Sylvanus1) was born on 25 Feb 1759 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. |
3. | Simon Backus (1.Sylvanus1) was born on 20 Oct 1761 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on 14 Feb 1805 in Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont. Simon married Gesia McCormick on 17 Apr 1783 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut. Gesia was born about 1761 in Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
4. | Sibyl Backus (1.Sylvanus1) was born on 14 Jun 1764 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on 13 Jun 1766 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut. |
5. | Elizabeth Backus (1.Sylvanus1) was born on 25 Nov 1765 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on 20 Jul 1828 in Salisbury, Addison, Vermont. Elizabeth married Timothy Rossiter about 1788. Timothy was born about 1765; died about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Elizabeth married Phineas Brown on 6 May 1802. Phineas was born on 10 Jun 1748 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 6 Jul 1818 in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont; was buried on 8 Jul 1818 in Old Vergennes Cemetery, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
6. | Eunice Backus (1.Sylvanus1) was born on 16 Jan 1769 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. |
7. | Charles Dyer Backus (3.Simon2, 1.Sylvanus1) was born on 23 Jan 1784 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. |
8. | Phebe Backus (3.Simon2, 1.Sylvanus1) was born on 10 Nov 1785 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 29 May 1826 in Waltham, Addison, Vermont . Phebe married Chester Franva Browne on 20 Nov 1803 in Waltham, Addison, Vermont. Chester was born on 5 Oct 1780 in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1810 in Waltham, Addison, Vermont . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | George Backus (3.Simon2, 1.Sylvanus1) was born on 15 Jul 1788 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. |
10. | John Backus (3.Simon2, 1.Sylvanus1) was born about 1790 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on Yes, date unknown. |
11. | William Phineas Brown (5.Elizabeth2, 1.Sylvanus1) was born on 8 Jul 1804 in Vermont; died about 1865 in Lowell, Orleans, Vermont. |