Sarah Knight

-Woodstock, Windham, CT. (husband Davids home was in Windham, CT prior to his death. Sarah survived David and may have continued living in their home. Parts of Windham County were ceded to Tolland County during the 18th and 19th centuries.)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Backus-2

b. 14 Jun 1663, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut

d. 7 Apr 1732, Litchfield, Tolland County, Connecticut

CHRISTENED 1st Congregational Church of Canterbury, Connecticut

Christening: 1703 Norwich, New London, Connecticut

1718 Member or person received to full communion; 1st Congregation Church, Canterbury, Connecticut

Estate Settlement of Stephen Backus:

On 28 May, 1707, Timothy Backus of Canterbury, David Knight of

Norwich, Robert Green and William Baker, both of Canterbury,

in behalf of their wives, Sarah, Ruth and Rebeckah, daughters

of Stephen Backus of Norwich, dec'd, and Elizabeth Backus, daughter

of said Stephen, and Sarah Backus, the widow, agree that Timothy

is to have the 200 acres in Canterbury, he to pay debts and

remaining legacies (to Widow, Timothy and Elizabeth); Stephen

the eldest son who administered with his mother "deceased on the

first day Instant."

(Jacobus, Hale, House & Related Families, p. 453.)"

BIOGRAPHY: The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus

Compiled and Edited by Mary E. N. Backus

Newcomb & Gauss Co., Printers

Salem, Massachusetts 1949 Pages 7 - 8

The Backus family moved to Canterbury, but before the final distribution of the estate of the first Stephen was made, his son Stephen, the administrator, died in 1702. On file in the Probate department of the State Library at Hartford is and Agreement of Backus his children dated May 28, 1707 and signed by Sarah Backus "widow and relict" of the first Stephen, by her only surviving son Timothy, by Elizabeth Backus her daughter, and by David Knight, Robert Green and William Baker in behalf of their wives, her daughters Sarah, Ruth and Rebecca.

LAND: A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America

By John Adams Comstock

Del Mar, California 1949 Page 7

On Dec. 5, 1721, Samuel Comstock of New London deeds Sarah Knight that "upland granted to my father Daniel Comstock, Dec. 19, 1658," on west side of Mohegan River.

On March 17, 1723, Samuel Comstock of New London and wife Martha deed to Sarah Knight land.

Children

1. Rachel Knight b: 14 NOV 1691 in Norwich, Connecticut

2. David E. Knight b: 12 DEC 1693 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut c: 20 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Connecticut

3. Sarah F. Knight b: 09 DEC 1695 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut c: 20 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

4. Jonathan Knight b: 02 JUL 1698 in Norwich, Connecticut c: 20 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

5. Mary (Marey) B. Knight b: 02 APR 1700 in Norwich, Connecticut c: 20 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

6. Hannah Knight b: 30 JAN 1701 in Norwich, Connecticut c: 20 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

7. Lurannah (Lurana) Knight b: 01 FEB 1703 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut c: 20 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

8. Joseph Knight b: 07 NOV 1705 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut c: 06 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

9. Benjamin Knight b: 14 AUG 1707 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut c: 06 JUL 1718 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut