Ancestry of
George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

Rachel Backus

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• • 6th Great-grandmother of George Herbert — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 453 
  • Father:
  • Josiah Backus 
  • Mother:
  • Love Kingsbury   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 May 1737 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • James Ford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 12 Nov 1755 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Bozrah, New London, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Nathaniel Ford (Ahnentafel No:226 )

• Sources for Rachel Backus

  • ¹ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 8697, Supplemental No. 2, Application for Paul Moore.
  • ² Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, p. 138, Birth record for Rachel Backus.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 410.