Family:William Backus and Elizabeth Pratt (1)
Parents: William Backus and Elizabeth Unknown
Lieutenant William Backus
chr. 30 Nov 1634 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
d. Bef 17 Apr 1721
Parents: William Pratt and Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth Pratt
b. 1 Feb 1641/42 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
d. 1730 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
m. Bef 1665
Facts and Events
Marriage[1] Bef 1665 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Samuel).
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Samuel Backus
2 May 1665 Of Norwich, New London, Ct
 
2.
Joseph Backus
6 Sep 1667 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
23 Dec 1740 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
3.
Nathaniel Backus
15 Apr 1669 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
16 Aug 1728 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
4.
Elizabeth Backus
1670 Of Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
29 Dec 1728 Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
5.
Hannah Backus
Abt 1675
25 Feb 1752 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
6.
Mary Backus
Est 1677 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States (probably)
27 Mar 1752 Franklin, New London, Connecticut, United States
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References
  1. ↑ William Backus, in Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
    454-55 [footnote].

    "2. Lieut. William2 Backus (William1) … married second, about 1664, Elizabeth Pratt, … daughter of William and Elizabeth (Clark) Pratt."


    [footnote] "The births of the children are not included in the printed Norwich Vital Records, but the births of the first six were apparently entered somewhere in Norwich records, for they are given in The Pratt Family (1864), which supposes Elizabeth Pratt to have been mother of all the children, and Miss Caulkins in her History of Norwich (1866), p. 159, states that the date of marriage of William Backus to Elizabeth Pratt "is not registered at Norwich, and it is probable that the young couple did not remove to [Norwich] till after the birth of their first son, William, May 11, 1660." She also gives the birth date of the second child, John. It would seem from this that she did find the births of some of the children "registered," probably as children of William without mention of the mother's name, since she followed The Pratt Family in supposing Elizabeth Pratt to have been the first and only wife."

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