Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJosiah BACKUS 
Birth17 Dec 1762, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut [454, Vol. 3, p 123], [458]
DeathGroton, Tompkins, New York [8388]
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, p 266]
• Probably the Josiah who m. Elizabeth Hilliard and “moved in 1789 from Ashford to Union where their 7 children were born.” [463, p 28]
• 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, p 28]
• 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, Connecticut [264, p 2; Vol. 3, p 93]
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 1788 [462, p 266]
Marr Memobased on birth of Zibeah in 1789
ChildrenZibeah (1789-)
Josiah (1791-)
Elizabeth (1794-)
Diana (1796-)
Aaron (1798-)
Abigail (1800-1894)
Joanna (1803-)