Lydia Backus

Biography

Birth

Apparently, she died in chilbirth, as this is also the birth date of her last child (Lydia Backus).

Death

4 JUL 1697 Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Burial

ABT 08 JUL 1697

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Lydia (Edgerton) Backus (1675 - 1697)

Lydia Backus formerly Edgerton

Born Apr 1675 in Norwich Township, New London, Connecticut

Daughter of Richard Edgerton and Mary (Sylvester) Edgerton

Sister of Mary Edgerton, Elizabeth Edgerton, Anna Edgerton, John Edgerton, Richard Edgerton, Sarah (Edgerton) Reynolds, Samuel Edgerton and Joseph Edgerton

Wife of Nathaniel Backus Sr — married about 22 Mar 1694 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Mother of Daniel Backus and Lydia (Backus) Birchard

Died 4 Jul 1697 in Norwich Township, New London, Connecticutmap

Sources

↑ Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part 1, Page 34. Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 25.
Ancestral File. User submitted. Source for most data. Does not cite its sources. One of 47 user-submitted records at FamilySearch.org, this one a compilation of many more submissions. Accessed 2014-07-30), entry for Lydia EDGERTON.
Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906. Spells her name Lidia. Source for parents' names, birth date/place.