Family:Whitney, Eunice (1766-1824)
Eunice5 Whitney (Josiah4, David3, Joshua2, John1), daughter of Josiah4 and Lois (Breck) Whitney,[1] was born 28 Mar 1766, Pomfret, CT,[2] died 10 or 11 Mar 1824, Brooklyn, CT, aged 58 years.[3]
She married, 2 Sep 1798, Brooklyn, CT, Stephen Backus,[4] son of Demetrius and Lydia (Backus) Backus.[5] He was born 10 Mar 1768, Windham, CT,[6] and died unknown.
Children of Stephen and Eunice5 (Whitney) Backus:
i. George Whitney Backus, b. 18 Apr 1800, Norwich, CT.[7] ii. Eunice Elizabeth Backus, b. 25 Aug 1802, Canterbury, CT.[8]
References
1.^ Her parentage is proven by her birth record.
2.^ "Eunice [Whitney], d. Rev. Josiah & Lois, b. 28 Mar 1766," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, volume 2, page 85a.
3.^ Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 60. Also, Whitney, Eunice Backus, daughter of Josiah D.D. & Lois, died Mar. 10, 1824, age 58, South Cemetery, Brooklyn, CT.
4.^ "Eunice [Whitney], m. Stephen Backus, 2 Sep 1798," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Brooklyn 1:61. Also, "Stephen BACKUS & Eunice WHITNEY, [married] 2 Sep. 1798," according to Bailey, Frederick W., ed., Early Connecticut Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1896-1906), Brooklyn, 1:44.
5.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.
6.^ "Stephen [Backus], s. Demetrius & Lydia, b. Mar. 10, 1768," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Windham, volume 2, page 125.
7.^ L.D.S. International Genealogical Index, extracted from the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Norwich.
8.^ "Eunice Elizabeth [Backus], d. Stephen & Eunice, b. Aug. 25, 1802," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Canterbury, volume 1, page 92.
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