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.

Mutual Ancestors In A Backus Book

The New England ancestry of Dana Converse Backus

Main Author: Backus, Mary Elizabeth (Neilson) 1876-

Published: [Salem, Mass.] Printed for private distribution [1949].

Subjects: Backus family (William Backus, d. 1661).

William Backus (d. 1661), the original immigrant, was both an ancestor of Dana Converse Backus and me.  William's daughter, Sarah Backus, was one of his children who was my ancestor.

William Backus m. (perhaps Sarah Charles)

his daughter Sarah Backus m. John Reynolds

their daughter Sarah Reynolds m. John Post

their daughter Sarah Post m. Timothy Backus

their son John Backus m. Joanna Cleveland

their son John Backus m. Jerusha Baker

their son John Backus m. (perhaps Hannah Fuller)

their daughter Laura Backus m. Thomas Richmond

their daughter Cynthia Richmond m. James More

their daughter Addie More m. William Powers

their son Ralph Powers m. Beatrice Cameron

their son Richard Powers m. J. Garrett

Me

William's son, Stephen Backus, was my ancestor as well.  Stephen is an ancestor through both his son, Timothy, and his daughter, Rebecca.  

William Backus m. (perhaps Sarah Charles)

Stephen Backus m. Sarah Spencer

Timothy Backus m. Sarah Post

John Backus m. Joanna Cleveland

John Backus m. Jerusha Baker

John Backus m. (perhaps Hannah Fuller)

[See Above Lineage For Descendants, Including Me]

William Backus m. (perhaps Sarah Charles)

Stephen Backus m. Sarah Spencer

Rebecca Backus m. William Baker

Benjamin Baker m. Jerusha Parish

Jerusha Baker m. John Backus

John Backus m. (perhaps Hannah Fuller)

[See Above Lineage For Descendants, Including Me]

Grissell Fletcher [also in the Backus book] was also an ancestor of mine through her daughter, Hannah Jewell.

Thomas Jewell m. Grissell Fletcher

Hannah Jewell m. John Parish

Benjamin Parish m. Mary Tracy*

Jerusha Parish m. Benjamin Baker

Jerusha Baker m. John Backus

John Backus m. (perhaps Hannah Fuller)

[See Above Lineage For Descendants, Including Me]

Lieutenant Thomas Tracy is another ancestor of mine who was also in the Dana Converse Backus ancestry.  Thomas Tracy's son, Jonathan, had a daughter, Mary*, who married Benjamin Parish.

Also of note: Matthew Marvin (also in the book) was my son-in-law's ancestor, through his daughter, Sarah Marvin. 

Robert Reynolds, Born In Detroit

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A brief bio of Robert Reynolds, who was born in Detroit and lived in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada:

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Elizabeth Frost Also Married A Reynolds

The Hoadley Genealogy: ...

William Hoadley (William 1)...married 2d, about 1703, Elizabeth Frost,* daughter of John and Mercy (Paine) Frost, born 1673 in New Haven, Conn., who died 6 March 1740 in Branford.

*She was divorced, on her petition, from William Reynolds who had deserted her, Oct. 1702.

Major-General John F. Reynolds

From the History of the Twenty-Fourth Michigan of the Iron Brigade:

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The Annual Reunion, the Reynolds Family Association ..., Volumes 17-30,  By Reynolds Family Association, had the following information:

My connection to the Reynolds Family Association here.

John Reynolds, Sarah Backus And Me

Much of the information about John Reynolds and Sarah Backus found at the Reynolds Family Association was excerpted from The history and descendants of John and Sarah (Backus) Reynolds .

John Reynolds, the immigrant, died at Norwich July 22, 1702... .  On a record dated January 31, 1701/2, he is mentioned as one of the first settlers "now surviving." His will is dated July 15, 1702, seven days before his death. The will mentions as survivors his wife Sarah, only son Joseph, and four married daughters, Sarah Post, Mary Lathrop, Elizabeth Lyman and Lydia Miller.  At his death John owned about 79 acres or more in Norwich.

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2. SARAH, b. November 1656; d. 1703; m. John Post, Jr., 1685. When her father died in 1702, she was a widow. [She was the last Reynolds in my line]


My descent from Sarah Backus and John Reynolds:

William Backus* m. (perhaps Sarah Charles)

his daughter Sarah Backus m. John Reynolds

their daughter Sarah Reynolds m. John Post

their daughter Sarah Post m. Timothy Backus [grandson*]

their son John Backus m. Joanna Cleveland

their son John Backus m. Jerusha Baker

their son John Backus m. (perhaps Hannah Fuller)

their daughter Laura Backus m. Thomas Richmond

their daughter Cynthia Richmond m. James More

their daughter Addie More m. William Powers

their son Ralph Powers m. Beatrice Cameron

their son Richard Powers m. (Living)

Me

The Reynolds Family Association

One couple featured at the Reynolds Family Association website is John Reynolds and Sarah Backus. Lucky for me, they are my ancestors.  From the site:

"By trade John Reynolds of Norwich was a wheelwright, and he lived in Norwich, probably working at his trade, some forty-two years. It was this John Reynolds of Norwich who with Simon Huntington, Thomas Adgate, John Post and William Backus in October 1663, was made a Freeman at Hartford, the seat of the colonial government."

Sarah was the daughter of William Backus, the original immigrant.

Backus Family Notes And Mayflower Ancestry - Part 2

The Genealogical Bulletin published BACKUS FAMILY NOTES, By Theron Royal Woodward, excerpted below:

Now a record of a deed has been discovered, dated Sept. 21, 1774, from "John Backus and Joanna his wife, both living in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Mass.," to Silas Cleveland of Canterbury, Conn., conveying land which Joanna inherited from her father Edward Cleveland. John, Timothy, Solomon and Elijah, all sons of John and Joanna, paid taxes in Sheffield, Mass., 1772-1775, but the town records give no mention of the Backus name.

Nearly, if not all, of this branch removed to Granville, N. Y., and many of the prominent men of the name in New York and the West are their descendants. The son John Backus, b. Aug. 25, 1747, served, in the Revolution against Ticonderoga, from Hancock, Mass., and afterwards enlisted twice from Granville, N. Y. He married Jerusha Baker, daughter of Benjamin and Jerusha (Parish) Baker, and removed 1812, to Freetown, N. Y., and died in Groton, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1842, aged 95.

Among his descendants may be noted Jay Spicer Backus, D.D., a celebrated Baptist clergyman, Truman J. Backus, L.L.D., President of the Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., Manson Backus, President of the First National Bank of Washington, Seattle, Wash., and Rev. A. H. Backus, Rector of St. Mary's Church, Chihuahua, Mexico. [I'M A DESCENDANT, TOO]

It is probable that this will be the first notice that the descendants of John and Joanna Backus will have of their Mayflower ancestry [written in 1904], and they may also add the following distinguished Colonials to their list of lineal ancestors- Ensign Jared Spencer, b. 1614, soldier in King Philip's war; Stephen Post, Cambridge 1634; William Hyde, b. 1600, of Newton 1633; John Reynolds, Norwich 1659; Moses Cleveland, b. 1624, soldier King Phillip's war; Edward Winn, Woburn 1640; Walter Palmer, b. 1585, first Representative from Rehoboth; Thomas Paine, Representative 1696, soldier King Phillip's war; Nicholas Snow, came on the Ann, 1623, Deputy 1648; John Doane, b. 1591, Asst. Gov. 1632, 1633, 1639; and Edward Bangs, b. 1592, came in the Ann 1623, Captain of the Guard Plymouth Colony, Deputy 1652.

Also here.

My Ancestors - John Post & Hester Hyde

My ancestors, John Post and his wife, Hester Hyde, were mentioned in The Post family, by Marie Caroline Post,published in 1905:

Hyde Genealogy by Reuben Hyde Walworth, published in 1864.

 (#84) Sarah Post married Timothy Backus; she is my ancestor.

The Hyde Family Tree at this website contained the following:

     77. Hester¹⁷ Hyde (William¹⁶, William¹⁵, Robert V.¹⁴, Robert¹³, Hamnet¹², Robert¹¹, Thomas¹⁰, Hamnet⁹, John⁸ de Hyde, Robert⁷ Hyde, Robert⁶, John⁵ de Hyde, John⁴ Hyde, Robert³, Robert² de Hyde, Matthew¹)⁴⁷



Presidents (Stephen) Grover Cleveland and Millard Fillmore were also descendants of John Post and Hester Hyde.

In C. W. Post - the hour and the man, John Post & Hester Hyde were mentioned. Abraham Post, John Post's brother, was the ancestor of C.W. Post (the cereal mogul) and his daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post.