William Backus and Sarah Chodes

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Husband William Backus ¹

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         Father: [Ancestor] Backus (      -      )
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   Other Spouse: Ann Stenton (      -      ) 1

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Wife Sarah Chodes ¹

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Children

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1 M Lt. William Backus ¹

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Pratt (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Backus

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He is supposed to have come to America from Norwich, England, his name appearing as crossing in the "Rainbow" in 1637. The town of Norwich, Connecticut, was so named as a mark of respect and esteem for William Backus, Norwich, England, having been presumably his birthplace. The Backus Hospital at Norwich also commemorated the early settler, William Backus. He was at Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1638, and was one of the thirty-five proprietors of Norwich who established the town in 1660.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 58.