Ancestry of
William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

Elijah Backus

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• • Grandfather of William Woodbridge — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Backus 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Tracy   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Mar 1726 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 20 Mar 1726 
  • Christening Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • 4 Sep 1798 
  • Death Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucy Griswold
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Jan 1753 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Lucy Backus (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Additional marriages for Elijah Backus

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Grant
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Oct 1796

• Sources for Elijah Backus

  • ¹ Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical - Memorial, New York: The American Historical Society (1917), 249.
  • ² Backus, William W., A Genealogical Memoir of the Backus Family, Norwich, Connecticut: Press of the Bulletin Co. (1889), 9, 12-13.
  • ³ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, May, 1763 - July, 1778, Vol. 3, New York: Henry Holt and Company (1903), 205.
  • ⁴ Griswold, Glenn E., comp., The Griswold Family: England-America, Vol. 2, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. (1935), 142.