William Backus And His Will

From the article William Backus of Sheffield, Yorkshire, and Norwich, Connecticut, By Everett F. Bingham NEHGS article, Volume CXLII  [C?], July 1988, pages 253-254:

William Backus was said to have been in New England as early as 1637, but no actual record of him prior to 1659.

William Backus's Will dated 12 June 1661 (New London Probate, 1646-1666, 143-4) names his sons Steven, William, and Thomas, and mentions daughters who were the wives of John Renalds, Benjamin Crane, and John Bayley.