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Elizabeth Backus

Female 1670 - 1729  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth Backus was born 1670, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut (daughter of Lt. William Backus and Elizabeth Pratt); died 29 Dec 1729, Windham, Windham Co, Connecticut.

    Elizabeth married 10 Feb 1786. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lt. William Backus was born 23 Nov 1634, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom (son of William Backus and Ellen Cook); died 1721, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.

    William married Elizabeth Pratt 11 May 1660, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of William Pratt, Jr. and Elizabeth Clarke) was born 1 Feb 1641, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut; died 26 Feb 1725, Weymouth, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Pratt was born 1 Feb 1641, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut (daughter of William Pratt, Jr. and Elizabeth Clarke); died 26 Feb 1725, Weymouth, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Backus was born 2 May 1665, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut; died _______.
    2. Joseph Backus was born 6 Sep 1667, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut; died Dec 1740, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.
    3. Nathaniel Backus was born 15 Apr 1669, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut; died 16 Aug 1728, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.
    4. 1. Elizabeth Backus was born 1670, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut; died 29 Dec 1729, Windham, Windham Co, Connecticut.
    5. Hannah Backus was born 1675/1676, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut; died 25 Feb 1751, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.
    6. Mary Backus was born 1677, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut; died 27 Mar 1752, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Backus was born 1606, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom (son of William Backhouse and Sarah Gardiner); died 7 Jun 1664, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.

    William married Ellen Cook Bef 1634. Ellen was born 1598, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; died 1661, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ellen Cook was born 1598, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; died 1661, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom.
    Children:
    1. 2. Lt. William Backus was born 23 Nov 1634, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom; died 1721, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.
    2. Stephen Backus was born Abt 1636, United Kingdom; died _______, Connecticut.

  3. 6.  William Pratt, Jr. was born 6 Jun 1609, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (son of Rev. William Pratt and Elizabeth Prime); died 20 Feb 1669, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    General Notes: Arrived in Hartford, Ct with Rev Thomas Hooker in 1636, in 1645 he sold his lands and moved to Saybrook, Ct.
    Rep at the General Court from Saybrook for 23 sessions
    William married Elizabeth Clarke, daughter of John Clarke and Mary Crowley?, in Jun 1636 in Hartford, CT.

    [Listed in Colket, Meredith B., Jr. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page: 229
    ]--SH

    William married Elizabeth Clarke Jun 1636, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of John Clarke and Mary Coley or Cooley) was born 1 Feb 1621, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died 17 Oct 1678, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Clarke was born 1 Feb 1621, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (daughter of John Clarke and Mary Coley or Cooley); died 17 Oct 1678, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    [Listed as imm. in 1630 to Salem, MA: " New England Ship and Passenger Lists. " In Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 3:4 (Nov. 1971), pp. 22-25 (1630). Page: 24

    Also:
    BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. The Winthrop Fleet of 1630: an Account of the Vessels, the Voyage, the Passengers and Their English Homes, from Original Authorities. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 119p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1961. Repr. 1983. Page: 64

    lists her with Primary Immigrant: Clarke, William

    Annotation: Over 700 names given, with list of 40 heads of families on the Mary and John, which sailed with the Winthrop Fleet. See also no. 0388, Bartlett; no. 3323, Hunt; no. 4477, Kuhns; and no. 6600, " Passengers of the Mary and John, 1634. "
    repository: www.ancestry.com
    ]--SH

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Pratt was born 1 Feb 1641, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut; died 26 Feb 1725, Weymouth, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts.
    2. John Pratt was born 23 Feb 1644, Hartford Co, Connecticut; died _______.
    3. Joseph Pratt was born 1 Aug 1648, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died 12 Aug 1703.
    4. Sarah Pratt was born 1 Apr 1651, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died 8 Dec 1725, Lyme, Grafton Co, New Hampshire.
    5. William Pratt, III was born 15 May 1653, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died 4 Mar 1719.
    6. Samuel Pratt was born 6 Oct 1654, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died _______.
    7. Lydia Pratt was born 1 Jan 1659, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died Abt 1704.
    8. Natheniel Pratt was born 1662, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died _______.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Backhouse was born 1580, United Kingdom; died Aft 1612.

    William married Sarah Gardiner Bef 1606. Sarah was born 1584, Whixley Parish, Green Hammerton, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom; died 1644. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah Gardiner was born 1584, Whixley Parish, Green Hammerton, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom; died 1644.
    Children:
    1. 4. William Backus was born 1606, Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, United Kingdom; died 7 Jun 1664, Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut.
    2. Stephen Backus was born 1612, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut; died 1695, Canterbury, Windham Co, Connecticut.

  3. 12.  Rev. William Pratt was born 1562, Baldock, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; was christened Oct 1562, Baldock, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (son of Andrew Pratt and Ellen Marsh); died 1629, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; was buried , St. Nicholas Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

    Notes:

    General Notes:Rector of Stevenage Parish for 30 Years. Children's names given on a Monument in church. Records from Doctor's Commons. Rectory of Stevenage inthe Diocese of Lincoln, Arch Deaconry of Hitchin, England. Attended Emmanuel College
    in Cambridge. Will found in Doctor's Commons, dated Nov, 1629.

    William married Elizabeth Prime Abt 1600. Elizabeth was born 1564, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died Aft 1609. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth Prime was born 1564, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died Aft 1609.
    Children:
    1. 6. William Pratt, Jr. was born 6 Jun 1609, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died 20 Feb 1669, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut.

  5. 14.  John Clarke was born Abt 1605, Great Munden, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom (son of Sabbath Clarke and Elizabeth Overton); died 5 Feb 1672, Milford, New Haven Co, Connecticut.

    Notes:

    [Passenger on the Winthrop Fleet of 1630]--SH

    Alternate death year: 1674

    John married Mary Coley or Cooley Bef 1621, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of John Cooley and Mrs Cooley~) was born Abt 1605, United Kingdom; died 22 Jan 1677, Milford, New Haven Co, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Mary Coley or Cooley was born Abt 1605, United Kingdom (daughter of John Cooley and Mrs Cooley~); died 22 Jan 1677, Milford, New Haven Co, Connecticut.

    Notes:


    Alternate death data: 1678 Saybrook, Middlesex, CT

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Clarke was born 1 Feb 1621, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died 17 Oct 1678, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut.
    2. John (i) Clark, Jr was born 1626; died 1630.
    3. Sarah Clarke was born 24 Jun 1627; died Aft 1680.
    4. John (ii) Clark, Jr was born 21 Feb 1630, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; died 21 Dec 1677, Saybrook, Middlesex Co, Connecticut.
    5. Joseph Clark was born Jun 1636; died 27 Aug 1663.
    6. Rebecca Clark was born 1638; died _______.