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Robert Backus, I (c. 1460-1503)
Notable Descendants
- William Backus "The Immigrant" - 2nd Great-Grandson (a founder of Norwich, Connecticut, USA)
- Nathaniel Backus - 5th Great-Grandson (See: Nathaniel Backus House on Wikipedia)
- Captain Elijah Backus - 6th Great-Grandson (a Patriot of the American Revolution for Connecticut. DAR Ancestor # A004349. See "The Backus Ironworks" information on profile notes.)
- Isaac Backus - 6th Great-Grandson (Isaac Backus on Wikipedia)
- Gen. Jedediah Huntington - 7th Great-Grandson (Jedediah Huntington on Wikipedia. A Patriot of the American Revolution for Connecticut with the rank of Brigadier General. DAR Ancestor # A060684.)
- Jeremiah Mason, U.S. Senator - 7th Great-Grandson (Jeremiah Mason on Wikipedia)
- Joseph Trumbull, 35th Governor of Connecticut - 7th Great-Grandson (Joseph Trumbull (governor) on Wikipedia)
- Charles Marsh, U.S. Congress - 7th Great-Grandson (Charles Marsh on Wikipedia)
- Hiram Bingham I, Protestant Missionary (introduced Christianity to the Hawaiian islands) - 7th Great-Grandson (Hiram Bingham I on Wikipedia)
- Azel Backus, D.D. - 7th Great-Grandson
- Elijah Backus II - 7th Great-Grandson (Blennerhassett Island on Wikipedia formerly known as Backus Island. Also see: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OHGALLIA/2005-03/1110...)
- George Perkins Marsh, U.S. Congress - 8th Great-Grandson (George Perkins Marsh on Wikipedia)
- Kinsley S. Bingham, 11th Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator - 8th Great-Grandson (Kinsley S. Bingham on Wikipedia)
- William Woodbridge, Governor, U.S. Senator - 8th Great-Grandson (William Woodbridge on Wikipedia)
- Hiram Bingham, II - 8th Great-Grandson (Hiram Bingham II on Wikipedia)
- Dr. Frederick F. Backus, M.D. - 8th Great-Grandson (Frederick F. Backus on Wikipedia)
- Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the USA - 9th Great-Grandson (Rutherford B. Hayes on Wikipedia)
- Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs - 9th Great-Grandson
- Hiram Bingham III, Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator - 9th Great-Grandson (Hiram Bingham III on Wikipedia)
- Brig. General John Converse Starkweather - 9th Great-Grandson (John Converse Starkweather on Wikipedia)
- James Mason Crafts - 9th Great-Grandson (James Crafts on Wikipedia)
- Elbert Green Hubbard - 9th Great-Grandson (Elbert Hubbard on Wikipedia)
- Matthew Griswold, U.S. Congress - 9th Great-Grandson (Matthew Griswold on Wikipedia)
- Ellen Francis Mason - 9th Great-Granddaughter (Ellen Francis Mason on Wikipedia)
- James A. Garfield, 20th President of the USA - 10th Great-Grandson (James A. Garfield on Wikipedia. Also see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGHNeXP-DtM)
- J. P. Morgan Jr. - 10th Great-Grandson
- Brig Gen. Adelbert Ames, Governor of Mississippi, U.S. Senator - 10th Great-Grandson (Adelbert Ames on Wikipedia)
- Admiral Austin M. Knight - 10th Great-Grandson (Austin M. Knight on Wikipedia)
- Hiram Bingham IV ("Distinguished American Diplomat") - 10th Great-Grandson (Hiram Bingham IV on Wikipedia)
- Bertha Knight Landes - 10th Great-Granddaughter (Bertha Knight Landes on Wikipedia)
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham - 10th Great-Grandson (Jonathan Brewster Bingham on Wikipedia)
- Col. Webb Cook Hayes - 10th Great-Grandson (Webb Hayes on Wikipedia)
- Albert Francis Blakeslee - 10th Great-Grandson (Albert Francis Blakeslee on Wikipedia)
- Ralph "Doc" Hubbard - 10th Great-Grandson (Ralph Hubbard on Wikipedia)
- George Hubbard Blakeslee, Ph.D. - 10th Great-Grandson (George Hubbard Blakeslee on Wikipedia)
- Luther Hanchett , U.S. Congress - 10th Great-Grandson (Luther Hanchett on Wikipedia)
- John Bates Clark - 10th Great-Grandson (John Bates Clark on Wikipedia)
- William R. Day, 36th U.S. Secretary of State, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - 11th Great-Grandson
- John Foster Dulles, 52nd U.S. Secretary of State - 11th Great-Grandson
- Dickinson W. Richards, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1956 - 11th Great-Grandson (Dickinson W. Richards on Wikipedia)
- Jim Backus - 11th Great-Grandson (Jim Backus on Wikipedia)
- Commander Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr. - 11th Great-Grandson (first husband of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor)
- Col. Charles Russell Codman - 11th Great-Grandson (Charles R. Codman on Wikipedia)
- Mary Borden - 11th Great-Granddaughter
- John Maurice Clark - 11th Great-Grandson (John Maurice Clark)
- Colonel William K. Lanman Jr. (USMC) - 11th Great-Grandson (William K. Lanman)
- John Kerry, 68th U.S. Secretary of State - 12th Great-Grandson (John Kerry on Wikipedia)
- Frank Gifford - 12th Great-Grandson (Frank Gifford on Wikipedia)
- Cameron Forbes Kerry - 12th Great-Grandson (Cameron Kerry on Wikipedia)
- Brice Lalonde - 12th Great-Grandson (Brice Lalonde on Wikipedia)
- Eleanor Clark - 12th Great-Granddaughter (Eleanor Clark on Wikipedia)
- Ernest Hemingway - 13th Great-Grandson (Ernest Hemingway on Wikipedia)
- Bill Wilson, Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous - 13th Great-Grandson (Bill W. on Wikipedia)
- Glenn Close - 13th Great-Granddaughter (Glenn Close on Wikipedia)
- Tom Selleck - 13th Great-Grandson (Tom Selleck on Wikipedia)
- Christopher Reeve - 13th Great-Grandson (Christopher Reeve on Wikipedia)
- Sen. Adlai Ewing Stevenson, III - 13th Great-Grandson
- Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University - 13th Great-Granddaughter (Drew Gilpin Faust on Wikipedia)
- Adam Hart-Davis - 13th Great-Grandson
- Alexandra Kerry - 13th Great-Granddaughter (Alexandra Kerry on Wikipedia)
- Vanessa Kerry - 13th Great-Granddaughter (Vanessa Kerry on Wikipedia)
- Whitney Houston - 14th Great-Granddaughter (Whitney Houston on Wikipedia)
- Dionne Warwick - 14th Great-Granddaughter (Dionne Warwick on Wikipedia)
- Matthew Perry - 14th Great-Grandson (Matthew Perry on Wikipedia)
- Ben Affleck - 14th Great-Grandson (Ben Affleck on Wikipedia)
- Casey Affleck - 14th Great-Grandson (Casey Affleck on Wikipedia)
- Bill Paxton - 14th Great-Grandson
- Cary Elwes - 14th Great-Grandson (Cary Elwes on Wikipedia)
- Matt Cartwright, U.S. Congress - 14th Great-Grandson (Matt Cartwright on Wikipedia)
- Cresent Hardy, U.S. Congress - 15th Great-Grandson (Cresent Hardy on Wikipedia)
- Mike Leavitt, Governor, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services - 16th Great-Grandson (Mike Leavitt on Wikipedia)