Ancestry of
Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

Ebenezer Backus

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Bill Weld — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 118 
  • Father:
  • John Backus 
  • Mother:
  • Sybil Whiting   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 May 1740 
  • Birth Location:
  • Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 27 Jul 1740 
  • Christening Location:
  • Congregational Church, Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut 
  • Death Date:
  • Jun 1812 
  • Death Location:
  • New Hartford, Oneida, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Edwards
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Nov 1760 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Sarah Backus (Ahnentafel No:59 )

• Sources for Ebenezer Backus

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Windham, p. 83, Marriage record for Ebenezer Backus and Mercy Edwards at Middletown.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A004345.
  • ³ Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 22, William Bradford, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2004), 209.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 143, 406.
  • ⁵ Stiles, Henry R., Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1999, original 1904), 174.

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