The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Backus · ◉ direct ancestor

♂William Backus

Born 1702, Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. Died 1776.

Family time line

◉ William Backus 1702–1776
◉ Sarah Bennett
Married 24 Mar 1728
◉ Sarah Backus 1736–1812

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth
place per WikiTree: Windham, Connecticut Colony; per WikiTree Backus-572, NO EVIDENCE YET
 4 Apr 1702 Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America from a compiled source
Death
place per WikiTree: Windham, Connecticut Colony; per WikiTree Backus-572, NO EVIDENCE YET
 5 Mar 1776 not yet documented
17021776 1710172017301740175017601770

Sources

  • Barbour Collection, Windham, Connecticut Vital Records 1692-1850 — Birth, about this person, family with Sarah Bennett
  • WikiTree (wikitree.com) member tree - finding aid only, NO EVIDENCE YET (owner rule s1211) — about this person
  • Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families, mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1952) — about this person
  • Backus, Reno Warburton. The Backus Families of Early New England: History of William Backus of Saybrook, and of his descendants (1966) — about this person, family with Sarah Bennett

Borders as they stood about 1700 (they follow the event under the mouse), from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. William Backus 1660–1742
    1. William Backus 1635–abt 1721
      1. William Backus –bef 1664
      2. not yet known
    2. Sarah Charles 1640–1664
      1. John Charles
      2. not yet known
  2. Mary Benton 1662–
    1. Edward Benton –1698
      1. Edward Benton –1680
      2. Anne (surname unknown) –1671
    2. Mary (surname unknown)

Descendants

  1. Sarah Backus 1736–1812
    1. Joseph Howard 1755–1848
      1. Polly Howard 1814–1906
        1. Alonzo Godfry Stevens 1837–1914
    2. Uriah Howard abt 1763–1845 ⚔
      1. Sybil Howard 1784–1864
        1. Harriet Clough 1809–1887
        2. John H. Clough abt 1811–1893
        3. Benjamin Decater Clough abt 1814–1879
        4. Valina Hoyt Clough 1816–
        5. Matilda Clough 1819–
        6. Betsey P. Clough abt 1821–1905
        7. Lydia H. Clough abt 1823–1905
        8. Adline Clough abt 1828–1896
      2. Roswell Howard 1786–
        1. Susanna Allen Howard 1807–1868
        2. Allen Howard 1808–1808 ✧
        3. Chloe Titus Howard 1810–1877
        4. Charles Howard 1812–1813 ✧
        5. Violette Eastman Howard 1813–1841
        6. Drusilla McDaniel Howard 1815–1881
        7. Rosilla Dostina Howard 1818–1898
        8. Samuel Hutchins Howard 1819–1881
        9. Abigail S. Howard 1823–1884
        10. Uriah Rice Howard 1825–1827 ✧
        11. Mary Ann Smith Howard 1827–1899
        12. Matilda King Howard 1828–1865
        13. Jedidah Amanda Howard 1830–1904
        14. Lydia Adeline Howard 1833–1916
      3. Charles Howard 1789–1789 ✧
      4. George Howard 1789–
      5. David D. Howard 1790–
      6. Lydia Howard 1793–
      7. Daniel W. Howard 1796–
      8. Wait B. Howard 1798–1814
      9. Uriah Howard 1801–
      10. Eddeline Howard 1803–
        1. Rufus Greenlief Whitney 1823–1910
        2. Samuel L Whitney 1826–1906
        3. Benjamin Whitney 1828–1868
        4. Daniel Whitney 1830–1835 ✧
        5. Edward Whitney 1832–
        6. Louisa J Whitney 1836–1919
        7. Naomi Starr Whitney 1840–1932
        8. Atwood Whitney 1843–1870
        9. Luzetta Whitney 1846–1872
      11. Delinda Howard 1806–
      12. Darius Howard 1808–
      13. Hulda Howard 1811–