Ebenezer Backus (1712 - 1768)

Born 30 Mar 1712 in Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Trumbull) Backus — married 29 Jan 1741 (to 26 Mar 1744) in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Eunice (Dyer) Backus — married 2 May 1745 (to 25 Oct 1751) in Windham, Windham, Connecticut

Husband of Sarah (Clarke) Backus — married 26 Jul 1753 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1768 at age 56 in Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Ebenezer married first Abigail (Trumbull) Backus (1719-1744), daughter of Joseph & Hannah (Higley) Trumbull, on 29 Jan 1741^{[citation needed]} - their children were Abigail & Mary

After the death of wife Abigail he married Eunice (Dyer) Backus (1727-1751), daughter of Thomas & Lydia (Backus) Dyer, on 2 May 1745 ^{[citation needed]}at Windham, Windham, CT. Their children were of Eunice & Ebenezer Backus)

m. (3rd) 26 Jul 1753 Sarah Clark^{[citation needed]} - (parents of Sarah & Eunice

Ebenezer died at age 57 and is buried at Old Norwichtown Cem, Norwich, New London, CT

Ebenezer Backus was a prominent Norwich trader and the father-in-law of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. The Connecticut General Assembly paid him for his services in the Mohegan Case hearing in 1738. It appointed him on a commission for Pequot affairs in 1749. From 1744 to 1750, at least, he had slaves Abraham, Caesar, and Frank, any of which may have been Indian. Backus was overseer of the Eastern Pequot Indians until 1766 and served on a legislative committee on the Mtohksin land petition (1762-1763). ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ "A short account of the Life and Death of the excellent Jonathan Trumbull, Esq. late Governor of Connecticut," Connecticut Evangelical Magazine and Religious Intelligencer, November 1809, 409.
2. ↑ Brown and Rose, Black Roots, 458, 472, 500. IP 1.1.190; 1.2.53. 55, 58, 250, 251. 2.2.21, 24, 123-130.

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