Born in Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abner Lord
and Mary (Selden) Lord
Sister of
Betsey (Lord) Tappan [half], Eliza Selden (Lord) McDowell, Phebe Denison (Lord) Andrews [half] and Sarah Colt (Lord) Ely [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 77
[location unknown]
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Biography
Temperance, b. 3 April, 1786, m. Thomas Backus; Temperance Lord, b. 3 April, 1786, d. 1864, dau. of Mary Selden and Abner Lord; m. 1804, Othniel Williams; m. 2nd, 1811, Thomas Backus, who was b. 1785, d. 1825, son of Elijah Backus and Lucretia Hubbard.
Her children with Thomas Backus:
1. Elijah, b. 1812, d. 1855.
2. Lucretia, b. 1813, m. Abner Lord Guitteau.
3. William Woodbridge, b. 1814, d. 1842.
4. Alexander, b. 1816, d. 1861.
5. Abner Lord, b. 1818.
Sources
- Beach, Moses. The Ely Ancestry (The Calumet Press, New York, 1902)
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