Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJosiah BACKUS 
DeathGroton, Tompkins, New York8388
FatherAdonijah BACKUS (1725->1794)
MotherAnna FULLER (1734-1794)
Individual Notes
• Josiah Backus came from Ashford to Union about 1790, where he settled on the county road southeast of Bald Hill. He married Elizabeth Hilliard.462
• Probably the Josiah who m. Elizabeth Hilliard and “moved in 1789 from Ashford to Union where their 7 children were born.”463
• No mention in 1830 Census of Union.4033
• Probably the Josiah who m. Elizabeth Hilliard and “moved in 1789 from Ashford to Union where their 7 children were born.”463
• No mention in 1830 Census of Union.4033
Census
• 1790 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. 1 male >16; 2 males 45, 9 in family. 01101/12201.1562,4033
Spouses
Birth21 Feb 1761, Stonington, New London, Connecticut264
FatherIsaac HILLIARD (1726-)
MotherVictoria COATES (1723-)
Census
• 1790 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut.130
• 1800 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. 26-45.1551
• 1810 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut.1562
• 1800 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. 26-45.1551
• 1810 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut.1562
Marriageabt 1788462
Marr Memobased on birth of Zibeah in 1789
ChildrenZibeah (1789-)
Josiah (1791-)
Elizabeth (1794-)
Diana (1796-)
Aaron (1798-)
Abigail (1800-1894)
Joanna (1803-)