Ancestry of
William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

Samuel Backus

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• • Great-grandfather of William Woodbridge — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Backus 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Huntington   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Jan 1693/1694 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Nov 1740 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Tracy
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Jan 1716 
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  • Child:

  Elijah Backus (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Samuel Backus

  • ¹ Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical - Memorial, New York: The American Historical Society (1917), 247-250.
  • ² Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, p. 46, Birth record for Samuell Backus.
  • ³ Backus, William W., A Genealogical Memoir of the Backus Family, Norwich, Connecticut: Press of the Bulletin Co. (1889), 9.
  • ⁴ Griswold, Glenn E., comp., The Griswold Family: England-America, Vol. 2, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. (1935), 142.