Elizabeth Backus

GEDCOM Note

Category: Descendants of Robert Royce of Connecticut

Biography

It would appear that Elizabeth's Royce's death date conflicts with thebirth date of one of the Bennet children...not hers by Backus... investigation is in progress. Need to find Mr. Bennet. This error was found during the merge consolidation process, thanks to the new automated date checks.

Name

Elizabeth Royce

Birth

ca. Jan 1661, at Norwich, New London, Connecticut<ref name=Yates>Yates</ref><ref name=EWI>Edmund West</ref><ref>AGBI</ref>

Parents

• Father: Jonathan Royce* Mother: Deborah Calkins, m. Jun 1660.<ref>Vital Records of Norwich, 1659 - 1841, Part 1, Author: the City of Norwich, p. 33.</ref>

Marriage

Nov 3, 1681 William Backus|Bacchas Nov 3, 1681 Norwich, New London,Connecticut<ref name=EWI/><ref name=Yates/>:: A Mr. Bennet ?? (David Royce left his estate to his sister Elizabeth Bennet and other brothers and sisters.) this Bennet is probably husband of daughter Sara Backus...looks like a mix up here

Children

Following are the known Children of William Backus and Elizabeth:* Sarah Backus Beckwith, b. Feb 3, 1682, at Norwich, New London, Connecticut* John Backus, b. Apr 3, 1685, at Norwich, New London, Connecticut* William Backus, b. Oct 3, 1687, at Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

Death ===Elizabeth Royce died on 28 MAR 1688 at Norwich, New London, Connecticut<ref name=EWI/><ref>Vital Records of Norwich, 1659 - 1841, Part 1, Author: the City of Norwich, p. 2.</ref> Investigate conflicts with the Bennet children that probably belong to daughter Sara.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 119093306; Created by: M Backus; Record added: Oct 21, 2013. * Vital Records of Norwich, 1659 - 1841, Part 1, Author: the City of Norwich* AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA* Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)* Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2001) Birth: 1661Norwich, CT. Birth: 1660 Saybrook, CT.* Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/55305322/family
• Bullard and Allied Families; NEH&GR
• New London Probate Journal Vol 1* Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 24* Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913)

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• Elizabeth Royce married William Backus III, on Nov 3, 1681 at Norwich, New London, CT.
• For more bio, a copy image excerpted from The Backus Families of Early New England by Reno Warburton Backus is included in the photo section.
• Reference: Backus, Reno Warburton. The Backus Families of Early New England, 1966, p. 1