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Lydia Backus 1637–1696 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1637

Birth Location: England

Death Date: 1696

Death Location: Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: William Backus

Mother: Elizabeth Ellen

Spouse(s): John Bailey

Children(s): Lydia Spencer, John Bailey

Lydia Backus was born in 1637 in England, the child of William Backus And Elizabeth Ellen. Lydia Backus married John Bailey, and had children including John Bailey, Lydia Spencer. Lydia Backus passed away in 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Lydia Backus was born in 1637 in England, the child of William Backus And Elizabeth Ellen.
  • Lydia Backus married John Bailey, and had children including John Bailey, Lydia Spencer.
  • Lydia Backus passed away in 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Children(s)

Lydia Backus's Ancestors

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Lydia Backus
1637–1696
Birth Place: England
Parents
William Backus
1606–1661
England
Elizabeth Ellen
1605–1643
England
Grandparents
William Backhouse
1580–1622
Sarah (Anne) Gardener
1584–1643
Great-Grandparents
William Backhouse
1551–1592
Elizabeth Hurlburt
1552–1643
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Backhouse
1528–1586
Isabel Blessdell
1530–1592

Lydia Backus's Descendants

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Lydia Backus (1637–1696) m. John Bailey (1632–3 July 1696)
  1. 1. Lydia Spencer 1659–1728
  2. 2. John Bailey 1656–1734 m. Elizabeth Gerard 1671–1731
    1. 1. Elizabeth Bailey 1694–1735
      1. 1. Waitstill (John) Plum 1718–1804 m. Rhoda Curtis 1721–1810
        1. 1. John Plumb 1742–1803 m. Dorothy Gilbert 1745–1812

Lydia Backus's Timeline

2 Records

1637
1637
Birth of Lydia Backus in England
England
1696
1696
Age 59
Death of Lydia Backus in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1637
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1696
    Event Place: Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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