On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:28:16 -0400, you wrote: >I have William Backus married to Sarah Gardiner, does your research support >this? Do you have any dates on these folks? You have the wrong lady married to either of the father immigrant or the son immigrant. The most authoritative treatments of this family are in Hale, House by Jacobus and NEHGR Vol 142, Pg 253-254, Jul 1988 The father immigrant married 1) Elizabeth ___ and 2) Anne (Fenton) Bingham. The son immigrant married 1) Sarah Charles and 2) Elizabeth Pratt. The above name comes from Savage, which once given, will repeat in perpetuity.... See: http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/bkus_index.html http://genforum.genealogy.com/backus/messages/142.html The kids and grandkids of William, primarily from the above two sources, are: Descendants of William Backus I 1 William Backus I 1606 - 1661 ..+Elizabeth 1610 - 1643 . 2 Sarah Backus 1628 - 1702 ..... +John Reynolds 1637 - 1702 .... 3 John Reynolds, Jr. 1655 - 1676 .... 3 Sarah Reynolds 1656 - 1703 ........ +John Post 1657 - .... 3 Susanna Reynolds 1658 - .... 3 Joseph Reynolds 1660 - 1729 ........ +Sarah Edgerton 1667 - .... 3 Mary Reynolds 1664 - 1728 ........ +John Edgerton 1664 - .... *2nd Husband of Mary Reynolds: ........ +Samuel Lathrop 1664 - .... 3 Elizabeth Reynolds 1666 - 1702 ........ +Jonathan Fowler 1651 - 1696 .... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth Reynolds: ........ +Lyman 1666 - .... 3 Stephen Reynolds 1669 - 1687 .... 3 Lydia Reynolds 1671 - 1702 ........ +Benjamin Miller 1666 - . 2 Infant Backus 1628 - 1630 . 2 Mary Backus 1632 - 1717 ..... +Benjamin Crane 1630 - 1691 .... 3 Benjamin Crane 1656 - 1693 ........ +Mary Chapman 1656 - .... *2nd Wife of Benjamin Crane: ........ +Martha Boardman 1666 - .... 3 Jonathan Crane 1658 - 1735 ........ +Deborah Griswold 1661 - 1704 .... 3 Joseph Crane 1661 - .... 3 John Crane 1663 - 1694 .... 3 Elijah Crane 1665 - .... 3 Abraham Crane 1668 - .... 3 Jacob Crane 1670 - .... 3 Israel Crane 1671 - .... 3 Elizabeth Crane 1672 - .... 3 Mary Crane 1673 - . 2 William Backus II 1634 - 1721 ..... +Sarah Charles 1637 - 1664 .... 3 William Backus III 1660 - 1742 ........ +Elizabeth Royce 1661 - 1688 .... *2nd Wife of William Backus III: ........ +Mary Benton 1674 - 1757 .... 3 John Backus 1662 - 1744 ........ +Mary Bingham 1672 - 1747 .... 3 Sarah Backus 1663 - ........ +Edward Culver 1654 - 1732 . *2nd Wife of William Backus II: ..... +Elizabeth Pratt 1642 - 1703 .... 3 Samuel Backus 1665 - .... 3 Joseph Backus 1667 - 1740 ........ +Elizabeth Huntington 1669 - 1762 .... 3 Nathaniel Backus 1669 - 1728 ........ +Lydia Edgerton 1675 - 1697 .... *2nd Wife of Nathaniel Backus: ........ +Elizabeth Tracy 1676 - 1739 .... 3 Elizabeth Backus 1670 - 1729 ........ +Thomas Huntington 1664 - 1732 .... 3 Hannah Backus 1675 - 1752 ........ +Thomas Bingham, Jr. 1667 - 1710 .... *2nd Husband of Hannah Backus: ........ +Daniel Tracy 1652 - 1728 .... *3rd Husband of Hannah Backus: ........ +Samuel Griswold 1664 - 1740 .... 3 Mary Backus 1677 - 1752 ........ +Thomas Hyde 1672 - 1755 . 2 Lydia Backus 1637 - 1674 ..... +John Bailey 1638 - 1696 .... 3 John Bailey 1656 - .... 3 Mary Bailey 1658 - ........ +Cornwall 1658 - .... 3 Lydia Bailey, ? 1660 - 1701 ........ +Nathaniel Spencer 1658 - 1722 .... 3 Elizabeth Bailey 1663 - ........ +Clark 1663 - .... 3 Benjamin Bailey 1665 - .... 3 Nathaniel Bailey 1668 - .... 3 Susanna Bailey 1674 - ........ +Daniel Hubbard 1674 - . 2 Infant Backus 1637 - 1640 . 2 Stephen Backus 1641 - 1695 ..... +Sarah Spencer 1644 - 1707 .... 3 Sarah Backus 1668 - 1742 ........ +David Knight 1656 - 1744 .... 3 Stephen Backus 1670 - 1707 .... 3 Mary Backus 1672 - .... 3 Ruth Backus 1674 - ........ +Robert Green 1680 - .... 3 Lydia Backus 1677 - .... 3 Timothy Backus 1682 - 1762 ........ +Sarah Post 1686 - 1760 .... 3 Elizabeth Backus 1686 - 1749 ........ +Nathaniel Bond 1686 - .... 3 Rebecca Backus 1688 - ........ +William Baker 1688 - *2nd Wife of William Backus I: ..+Anne Fenton 1610 - 1670 Norris Norris -- Silver Bullet <nmt1@ix.netcom.com> Home Page: http://members.aol.com/ntgen/index.html - -------------------------------------