Johannes Reitz Pieter Backes (1677 - aft. 1742)

Born 20 Sep 1677 in Stromberg, Bad Kreuznach, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Catherina Alman — married 9 Sep 1715 in New York Colony

Descendants

Died after 1742 after age 64 in Dutchess, New York Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Identified by Jones as the son of Johannes Backes and Catharina Werner bpt. sept. 30 1677 at Genheim. He proposes as wife Elisabetha Catharina (no LNAB), lists their 7 children (and grandchildren) and finds him on Dutchess Co. tax lists until 1742 (p. 770f).

Baptism: "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP27-524D : 14 April 2023), Johann Backus, 30 Sep 1677; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Warmsroth, Stromberg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

Church Record Evidence:

• of wife’s LNAB? — Johannes Bakkus and Elisabeth Alman sp. the Kingston baptism of Elisabeth Bakkus Apr. 9 1727, #3596 in Hoes. Elisabeth is thus a first daughter named after a maternal grandmother.

Name

Name: Johann Fritz Backus^[1]

Event

Type: Arrival

Date: 1709

Place: New York, NY^[2]

Johan was born about 1677. He passed away about 1750.

Children

• Johann Pieter Backus - "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWFR-DW6Z : 17 February 2023), Joh. Reitz Backus in entry for Johann Peter Backus, 1712.

• Johann Mattheus Backus - "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWN9-R5PZ : 17 February 2023), Johann Reichart Backus in entry for Johann Mattheus Backus, 1715.

• Maria Barbara Backus - "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWFT-91T2 : 17 February 2023), Johann Reichart Backus in entry for Maria Barbara Backus, 1717.

• Johann Freidrich Backus - "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD2R-5S8 : 14 February 2020), Joh. Rits-Backus in entry for Johan Friedrich Rits-Backus, 1720.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2065115595 Place: New York, NY; Year: 1709; Page Number: 186. Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pili354&h=1932173&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Arrival date: 1709 Arrival place: New York, NY
2. ↑ Source: #S-2065115595

• Jones, Henry, Palatine Families of New York (1985)
• Source: S-2065115595 Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passeng

• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2JY-5Y8

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Eowyn Langholf for creating WikiTree profile Backes-52 through the import of Smith_Schooley.ged on Jun 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Eowyn and others.
• WikiTree profile Backus-95 created through the import of Smith_Wood Family Tree.ged on Feb 22, 2012 by Brock Smith.
• WikiTree profile Backus-101 created through the import of Smith_Wood Family Tree.ged on Feb 22, 2012 by Brock Smith.
• Family History Book