In the Sheffield parish registers, long available in print (*Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 1917), were found the baptisms of five of William Backhouse's children and the burial of his wife and two of their children. *This one
31 August 1628 Sara dau. Of William Backhouse bapt.6 May 1632 Maria dau. Of William Backhouse bapt.30 November 1634 William fil. William Backhouse bapt.
The names of the children of William Backhouse of Sheffield correspond, as do their baptismal dates, with what is known of the family of William Backus of Connecticut.
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