Stephen Backus

Abt 1641 - Abt 1695  (54 years)

• Name	Stephen Backus
  Birth	Abt 1641	Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1695	Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Sarah Backus,   b. Abt 1628, England d. Yes, date unknown, Connecticut
  2. Mary Backus,   b. Abt 1632, England d. 8 Jul 1717, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
  3. William Backus, Jr.,   b. Abt 1634, England d. Abt 1721, Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  4. Lydia Backus,   b. Abt 1637   d. Before 1696, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Person ID	I48	Backus Genealogy | Backus Family
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	William Backus, Sr.,   b. Abt 1606, England d. Abt 1661, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Unknown,   b. Abt 1605, England d. 9 Feb 1643, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1627
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years old - She : ~ 22 years old. (Were Married ~ 16 years and 2 months).
  Family ID	F5613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Sarah Spencer,   b. 27 Jul 1644, England d. Abt 1707, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1666	Norwich, New London, Connecticut
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years old - She : 22 years and 5 months old. (Were Married ~ 28 years).
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Backus,   b. Apr 1668, Norwich, New London, Connecticut   2. Stephen Backus,   b. 6 Oct 1670, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 1 Apr 1707, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 36 years)   3. Mary Backus,   b. Nov 1672, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 27 Mar 1752, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 79 years)   4. Ruth Backus,   b. 19 Dec 1674, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. Abt 1730, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 55 years)   5. Lydia Backus,   b. Nov 1677, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Deacon Timothy Backus, Sr.,   b. 7 Oct 1682, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 28 Feb 1762, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 79 years)   7. Elizabeth Backus,   b. 20 Jul 1686, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 13 Feb 1748, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 61 years) + 8. Rebecca Backus,   b. Abt 1685, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. Jun 1720, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1641 - Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut Marriage - Dec 1666 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Sarah Backus - Apr 1668 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Stephen Backus - 6 Oct 1670 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Mary Backus - Nov 1672 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Ruth Backus - 19 Dec 1674 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Lydia Backus - Nov 1677 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Deacon Timothy Backus, Sr. - 7 Oct 1682 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Rebecca Backus - Abt 1685 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Child - Elizabeth Backus - 20 Jul 1686 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut Death - Abt 1695 - Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones » Slide Show	2 Headstones
  	Stephen Backus - Burial Unknown Find A Grave: Stephen
  	Founders Monument - Cenotaph - Stephen Backus Find A Grave: Stephen

  
  

• Notes

  Son of William Backus, Sr. and his first wife, whose identity is unknown. No official record of his burial place has been found; see cenotaph, under the "Siblings" duplicate. The following is quoted from THE BACKUS FAMILIES OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND, by Reno Warburton Backus: "Stephen Backus, second son of William Backus, Sr., and his (unknown) first wife, may have been born in England, but Jacobus and others surmise he was born in Saybrook about 1642, and so just approaching his majority as the family moved to Norwich in 1660. Early details about him are missing. But having reached Norwich, he succeeded to the allotment of his father on the death of the latter in 1661, Stephen's elder brother, William, Jr., having had a homesite granted him in his own right. Stephen was thus counted one of the Norwich founders, and so was listed on the Founder?s Monument. Frances Caulkins states "The homelot was entered in his name as a first purchaser." The lot lay '"upon the pent highway by the Yantic, between the Town Green and the allotment of Thomas Bliss."' As time passed and Stephen died, the property was sold in 1700, incorporated into a larger structure, and converted into the Leffingwell Inn. This stood for over two centuries, only to give way in 1959 for construction of a new freeway. ... In December, 1666, he married Sarah Spencer, who was born about 1644, daughter of Ensign Gerard (or Jared) and Hannah Spencer of Haddam, Connecticut. ... In 1692 Stephen moved his family to the new settlement of Canterbury, of which he was counted as one of the founders. There he died in 1695, his estate being settled by agreement between his widow, Sarah,... (and his children and their husbands)." Reference: Backus, Reno Warburton. The Backus Families of Early New England, 1966, p.12.