Anna Backus

Anna FENTON (daughter of Robert Fenton & Alice Hancock) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 was born 1606 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died May 1670 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

Note: Surname also given as Stetson, Stenton, and Fenton.

Anna married

1. Thomas BINGHAM on 6 Jul 1631 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
2. William BACKUS

Children with 1st husband:

1. Abel BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 14 May 1632 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
2. Stephen BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 26 Dec 1633 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
3. Edward BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 28 Mar 1636 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. He died Jul 1643 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and was buried 16 Jul 1643 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
4. Robert BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 15 Dec 1638 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
5. Elizabeth BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 18 Oct 1640 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died Jul 1641 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and was buried 22 Jul 1641 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
6. Deacon Thomas BINGHAM was christened 5 Jun 1642 and died 16 Jan 1730.
7. Anna BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 5 Nov 1644 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died Jan 1646 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and was buried 14 Jan 1646 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
8. Mary BINGHAM 1, 2 was christened 2 Jul 1648 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died Jun 1651 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and was buried 16 Jun 1651 in Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fenton-843

Name and Origins

Name: Anne Fenton

Daughter of Robert Fenton and Alice Handcock.

It is sometimes said that she was Anne "Stenton." It has been shown that this is a misreading of the original parish records where a "ff" was mistaken for an "St".[1] It has been proven that she is Anne Fenton and not Anne Stenton.[2][3] The will of her mother Alice Fenton, made on the 23rd of March 1642/43 and probated in September 1644/45 names her eldest daughter, Anne, as wife of Thomas Bingham.
Birth

Born: About 1606.

The baptism record of Anne Fenton has not been found.

Her parents were married on 23 September 1605 at St. Peter's parish in Sheffield. The baptisms of four children of Robert and Alice are recorded at St. Peter's. There is a three year gap between the marriage of Robert and Alice and the christening of their oldest child. Given that Anne is named in the will of her mother as the oldest daughter, she was in all probability born in 1606. Alice could have returned to the home of her parents to have her first born child, which was a common practice. A search covering the Registers of some twenty neighboring parishes has so far failed to find the baptism entry.

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Thomas Bingham on 6 July 1631 in Sheffield. She was born in Sheffield, 5 February 1615, daughter of Robert and Alice (Hancock) Fenton. They had eight children. Their son, also named Thomas, known as "Thomas Bingham of Connecticut", was born 5 Jun 1642 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England who emigrated to Conneticut Colony with his mother Anne. At some point after the death of Thomas, Anne married William Backus, one of the founding fathers of Norwich, Connecticut.[4] Anne died in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, May 1670.

Married: 2nd - William Backus by 1659, probably in Saybrook, Connecticut.[2] Given that Thomas died in 1649, it seems probable that William Backus married Anne Fenton well before 1659.

They had no children.

Children of Thomas Bingham and Anne Fenton:

1. Abel Bingham. Baptized on 13 May 1632.[5] Removed to Birmingham, England had a family and died.[citation needed]
2. Stephen Bingham. Baptized on 26 December 1633. [6] Married possibly married Sara Brag(g) at Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Eng.[citation needed]
3. Edward Bingham. Baptized on 28 March 1636.[7] He was buried on 16 July 1643.[8]
4. Robert Bingham. Baptized on 11 December 1638.[9] Removed to Birmingham, Eng. had a family and died.[citation needed]
5. Elizabeth Bingham. Baptized on 18 October 1640.[10] She was buried on 22 July 1641.[11]
6. Thomas Bingham. Baptized on 5 June 1642.[12] The youngest son that accompanied her when she moved to Connecticut. He died 16 January 1729/30 in Windham, Connecticut.
7. Anne Bingham. Baptized on 5 November 1644.[13] She was buried on 14 January 1646/7.[14]
8. Mary Bingham. Baptized on 5 June 1648.[15] She was baptized after her father Thomas Sr. was buried in Sheffield 12 Feb 1648/49. She was buried on 16 June 1651.[16]

Death

Died: May 1670 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut.[17]

Notes

Immigration

Anna (Fenton) Bingham was last known to be in England on 16 June 1651 when the death of her daughter Mary was recorded. There was no evidence of their location until 1659 when Thomas was assigned a house lot in Norwich, New london, CT. [18]

Soon after marriage to William Backus, Ann and her son Thomas moved to Norwich, CT. They were one of the first two founding families of this town. Thomas Bingham lived in the same house as William Backus.

Sources

1. Jacobus. Hale, House and Related Families. (1952): page 452.
2. Bingham. "Fenton Records in Sheffield, Yorkshire," in NEHGR vol. 153 no. 4 (Oct 1999): page 499.
3. NEHGR, vol. 143 no. 1 (January 1989): 24.
4. The Bingham Family in the United States
5. Drury. The Parish Register of Sheffield, part I (1917): page 169.

links

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg228.htm#3592

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Also known in various records as Anna and Anne.

Please note: This memorial is being maintained with some of the original creator's entries which include the burial place, but not without the understanding that the burial place is not supported by any official documentation. MB

Birth date is estimated, exact date is unknown. Death date May 1670, day, unknown (4 May existed when transferred).

Wife of Thomas Bingham, whose birth date is unknown and death date is possibly 1648-9, death place unknown. Thomas Bingham was Baptized, 4 August 1588 at St. Peter parish in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Married Ann (Anna/Anne) FENTON, 6 Jul 1631 in St Peter and Holy Trinity Church, Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Widow of Thomas Bingham and second wife of William Backus, Sr., marriage date unknown, Ann (Anna/Anne), FENTON, has been named incorrectly using different surnames in various records. For a more complete explanation, an excerpt from The Backus Families Of Early New England has been added to the photo section.

All of William Backus Sr's children were born to his first wife, Elizabeth, whose maiden name is unknown.

The following is quoted from THE BACKUS FAMILIES OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND, by Reno Warburton Backus:

"There is no reference in the town records to his work, activities, station in life, or when or whom he first married, the dates or order of birth of his children, or when their mother died. Older accounts incorrectly show his (William Backus, Sr.) first wife to have been Sarah Charles; but Jacobus has demonstrated clearly that Sarah Charles was the first wife of his son William, Jr., not of the senior William. By 1659 William, Sr., had taken as his second wife a widow, Mrs. Anne Bingham, variously recorded by earlier writers as Anne (Stenton) Bingham , or as Anne (Stetson) Bingham. She was the widow of Thomas Bingham, they having been married July 6, 1631, in Sheffield, England. ... Thomas and Anne (Fenton) Bingham had a son Thomas, recorded in Saybrook, Connecticut, also Norwich, and later Windham, where he was known as Thomas, Sr.. Curiously and confusingly, two children of this stepson of William Backus, Sr., later married grandchildren of William.

The Norwich Vital Records (153, v.1, p. 8) list William's wife Anne, "Mother of Thomas Bingham, Sr." as dying in May, 1670."

Reference:

Backus, Reno Warburton. The Backus Families of Early New England, 1966, p. 4-9.