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Johan Ernst Backus 1703–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 October 1703

Birth Location: Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne

Death Date: a 1778

Death Location: New York

Father: Johan Bachus

Mother: Elisabetha Jung

Spouse(s): Catherina\Catrina\Catharina Scheffer\Sefer\Schäfer

Children(s): Elizabetha Backus, Jacob Backus, Johannes Backus, Peter Backus, Magdalena Backus, Anna Backus, Balthasar Backus

Johan Ernst Backus was born in 1703 in Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne, the child of Johan Reitz Bachus And Elisabetha Catharina Allman Jung. Johan Ernst Backus married Catherina Catrina Catharina Scheffer Sefer Schafer, and had children including Anna Maria Backus, Balthasar Backus, Elizabetha Backus, Jacob Backus, Johannes Backus, Magdalena Lena Backus, Peter Backus. Johan Ernst Backus/ passed away in 1778 in New York.

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Biography

  • Johan Ernst Backus was born in 1703 in Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne, the child of Johan Reitz Bachus And Elisabetha Catharina Allman Jung.
  • Johan Ernst Backus married Catherina Catrina Catharina Scheffer Sefer Schafer, and had children including Anna Maria Backus, Balthasar Backus, Elizabetha Backus, Jacob Backus, Johannes Backus, Magdalena Lena Backus, Peter Backus.
  • Johan Ernst Backus passed away in 1778 in New York.

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Johan Backus's Ancestors

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Johan Backus
1703–1778
Birth Place: Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
Parents
Johan Reitz Bachus
1677–1743
Roth, Roth, Bayern, Germany
Elisabetha (Catharina Allman) Jung
1680–1741
Manubach, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Grandparents
Hans (Jerg) Jüngen
1640–1702
Oberdiebach, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Christina (Margarethe) Seckler
1649–1725
Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
Great-Grandparents
Hans Seckler
1616–1676
Anna Dietz
1617–1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johannes Seckler
1592–1669
Sofia Koch
1592–1624

Johan Backus's Descendants

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Johan (Ernst) Backus (4 October 1703–a 1778) m. Catherina\Catrina\Catharina Scheffer\Sefer\Schäfer (12 March 1698–1732)
  1. 1. Elizabetha Backus 1727–1796
    1. 1. Catherina (E KELLER) Young 1749–1776 m. Heinrich (Henry) Young 1750–1841
      1. 1. Catherine Young 1771–1841 m. Andrreas ("Andrew") Getz 1753–1843
        1. 1. Susanna GETZ 1808–1892 m. James (H.) Lafferty 1809–1895
      2. 2. Henry Young 1770–1812 m. Maria Dafoe 1771–1812
        1. 1. Elizabeth Young 1794–1877
  2. 2. Jacob Backus 1742–
  3. 3. Johannes Backus 1746–
  4. 4. Peter Backus 1729–
  5. 5. Magdalena (Lena) Backus 1748–
    1. 1. Cattrina Coon 1775–
  6. 6. Anna (Maria) Backus 1735–
  7. 7. Balthasar Backus 1732–1770

Johan Backus's Timeline

4 Records

1703
4 October 1703
Birth of Johan Ernst Backus in Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
1715
BET 1715 AND 1740
Age 12
Johan Ernst Backus was married
None
1727
1727
Age 24
Johan Ernst Backus was married in Kingston, Ulster, New York, Colonial America
Kingston, Ulster, New York, Colonial America
1778
a 1778
Age 75
Death of Johan Ernst Backus in New York
New York

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 October 1703
    Event Place: Manubach, D, Rhénanie-Palatinat / Rheinland-Pfalz, [Rh, Rheinland Pfalz, Allemagne
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: BET 1715 AND 1740

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1727
    Event Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York, Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: a 1778
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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