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The founder of the family so far as our records extend was one Roger Wold, of Yolthorpe, Yorkshire, who is described as a thane, and who lived on his estate in that country between the years 1189 and 1199. The title of thane is comparatively well known to modern ears from the fact that one of Scott's chief characters in the story of "Ivanhoe," Cedric the Saxon, held it. It is an ancient Saxon title, and after the advent of the Normans suffered a decline which placed it among the low- est of those who held feudal estates. Roger Wold, of Yolthorpe, was not only a contemporary of Cedric the Saxon, but a neighbor, their estates being at no very great distance from one another. Both from the name and the title we draw the
knowledge that this same Roger was of good old Anglo-Saxon ancestry, and it was he and such as he who formed the foundation upon which the later English race was built up. We possess no record of this worthy thane, but we are acquaint- ed with the names of his children, as fol- lows: Agnes, who married Godfrey Eme- burg, a son of William. Emeburg, of Flix- tune, Yorkshire; William, who is men- tioned below; Roger, a chaunting monk of Whitby, and John, a minstrel to the king, who appears to have been a man of considerable talent and was the author of a miracle play "St. Cuthbert," which was performed at York on the twentieth of March, probably of the year 1223.
His son William married Alice Eme- burg, a daughter of William Emeburg, of Flixtune, Yorkshire, and lived during the reigns of John and Henry III. We find his seal appended to a deed now in the possession of the British Museum, but we know very few details concerning his life. They were the parents of the following children: John Le Olde, who is men- tioned below ; Roger Wold, of whom very little is known; Thomas, who married a lady of the name of Christiana, and who accompanied his brother Robert to the south ; Robert Old, who went south from his native Yorkshire with an unknown destination, but whom we find was ob- liged to stop at Cambridge for lack of means to carry him farther, and there entered the service of Lord Granteste, "for villeinage, socage," or "as a free- man."
John Le Olde, son of Thomas Le Olde, lived at Liddington, near Cirencester, where he was a manucaptor for Sir John de Langleye, knight of the shire for Glou- cester. This position of manucaptor was one of considerable consideration, and from it we learn the fact this representa- tive of the family had amply maintained
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its original dignity. John Le Olde lived to a great age, and we know of three of his children, though no record comes down to us of his marriage. The three children were Richarde, Christian and Agnes, who became a nun.
His son Richarde was born in 1250, and his name appears first on the pedigree of the Old family of Rowton in Shropshire, where it was the origin of the numerous branches bearing this name in that coun- ty. Richard Old lived himself at Rowton, but we know little concerning him and have no record of his marriage. His chil- dren were as follows: William, of Mom- ersfield, county of Salop, where he was living in 1331 ; Agnes Wold, who married Henry de Rowton, and Roger Wold, who is mentioned below.
There seems to have been a return to the original name of the family in this generation, Richarde Old's son Roger taking the old form of Wold. He pur- chased the old estate of Sheriff Hales, County Salop, in the year 1350, and was the father of two children of whom we have record : Galfridus, who is mentioned below ; and Walter Holde, of Stokestown, Salop.
His son, Galfridus Wold, came into possession of Sheriff Hales, his father's old estate, and lived there during his life. He married a cousin, Alice de Rowton, and they were the parents of three chil- dren : William, who is mentioned below ; John ; and Robert, who was sub-prior of Cern Abbey, as we learn from the records concerning the election of Abbot God- manston, when he held that position.
William Wold, son of Galfridus Wold, lived at Rowton in 1406. Very little is known concerning his life, but we are acquainted with the names of two chil- dren-Roger, who is mentioned below; and Agnes, who married a member of the old Benthall family.
His son, Roger Wold, married Mary Talbot, a relative of the famous Sir John Talbot, and went to France in the year 1436 on some military service, probably connected with the wars which were rag- ing at that time between England and France. He was bailiff and receiver of rents for the manors of Cowley, Coten and Burghall, in 1451.
Their son John married Jane Eyton, and they were the parents of three chil- dren, as follows: I. John, a priest, who became a reformer and was disinherited by his father; he was a friend of the famous Bishops Latimer and Cranmer. and we find full particulars concerning him in the archives of the Royal Histori- cal Society, volume ii, page 198 (1572). 2. Agnes, who like her brother, was a re- former and was disinherited. 3. William, who is mentioned below. Not a great deal is known of John, the father, and it seems doubtful whether he continued to bear the name of Wold or had altered it to Olde, the form in which it appears in the next generation.
Their son, William Olde, lived at Staun- ton, and married his cousin, Elizabeth Eyton, a daughter of Hez. Eyton, Esquire. His name appears in the Salopian Ex- chequer subsidies from 1522 to 1545. There was evidently a strong religious bias in the Wold or Olde family, and we find that they were frequently connected with the church in one way or another. They were evidently men of strong con- victions, who would adhere to their be- liefs even in the face of loss or danger. In the case of William Olde, this fidelity on the part of his brother John redounded to his own worldly advancement, as he succeeded to the old family estate from which the aforesaid John was disinher- ited. To him and his wife three children were born: Thomas, Richard, and John.
Their son Richard we know compara-
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tively little concerning, but his death oc- curred at Broseley in the year 1599, when nearly ninety years of age. He married Agnes Courtenay and was bailiff of Wen- lock corporation. To him and his wife three children were born as follows: Wil- liam, who is mentioned below; Richard ; and Edward.
Their son, William Olde, married Ann (Eleanor) Courtenay, and with his wife went to Sherborne, Dorsetshire. The strong religious convictions of the Oldes again come to the surface in the record of William Olde, although this time they were manifested on the other side of the controversy. By this time the Protestant element in England had become dominant and it was dangerous to profess Catho- licism. William Olde, however, evidently had leanings toward the Catholic church, and got into trouble in Dorsetshire for harboring in his house there a Jesuit priest, who, according to the old records, when the house was searched, was found hiding in a large oaken chest under a cur- tain. Probably the danger of continuing in his belief was too great for William Olde's prudence, and he was baptized ac- cording to the rites of the Church of Eng- land in 1566. An amusing turn is given to the matter by the old record, which re- counts that he was fined for not attending the Anglican Church, and his wife for per- sistently sleeping during the sermons which were preached there. The persecu- tion of the Catholics at that time was so violent that they were obliged to conform to the Church of England, however, and profess its tenets in public, whatever their private beliefs may have been. His death occurred December 18. 1566, before that of his father. He and his wife were the parents of three children : Thomas, Bar- tholomew, who is mentioned below ; and John.
Their son, Bartholomew Olde, was liv-
ing at Sherborne, in 1594, his name being mentioned in the old records January 10 that year. He married, June 21, 1574, Margaret Churchill, and thus became con- nected with one of the most distinguished families of England, his wife being the great-aunt of the famous Duke of Marl- borough. Bartholomew Olde appears to have inherited his father's predelictions for the Catholic faith, and we find in an old record the following words in regard to him: that he "aided and abetted his brother Thomas in hiding Father Eustace, a priest of the Order of Jesus." He and his wife were the parents of two children : William, who is mentioned below; and Sibell, born December 16, 1576, at Sher- borne, and married, July 3, 1592, Hugh Exall, of Yeovil.
Their son, William Olde, was born at Sherborne, January 18, 1575, and married Elizabeth Greensmith, at St. Stephen's Church, at Coleman street, London. They were the parents of three children: Bar- tholomew; John, who is mentioned be- low ; and Avis.
John Olde, their son, was born at Sher- borne in the year 1615, and married
Gatherest. Not much is known concern- ing the life of John Olde, but the names of five children are recorded: Andrew, who went to Ireland and from whom the Ould family of that country is descended ; Rob- ert, the progenitor of the American fam- ilies, who is mentioned below; John; Hanibal and Francis.
Their son, Robert Ould (Old), was born at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, in 1645, and came to the New England colonies at an unknown date. He is found at Windsor, Connecticut, as early as 1667, however, where he was apprenticed to one Jacob Drake. He appears to have prospered well, and was granted fifty acres of land in 1670, the records reading that the grant was made to Dr. Robert Ould. This tract
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was situated on the corner of High street, Suffield, on the corner of the New Haven road. Dr. Ould was one of the five pro- prietors of Suffield, and took a prominent part in the life of that community and was given the title of doctor. He was agent for the town before the General Court of Boston, being commissioned to make a plea for the remittance of the town's taxes which the community was too poor to pay. This he was successful in accom- plishing, and was paid by the town a sum of something over seven pounds for his services. Robert Ould was twice married, the first time December 31, 1669, when he was united with Susanna Hanford, by whom he had the following children : Robert, Jonathan, Mindwell, Handford, William, William (2nd), mentioned be- low ; Ebenezer and Susanna. His second marriage was with Dorothy Granger, and of this union the following children were born: John, Ebenezer, Josiah, Jonathan, Nathaniel and Joseph.
William Old was born at Suffield, Con- necticut, August 28, 1680, and died at North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Septem- 21, 1749. He was captain of the colonial forces at the siege of Lewisburg, in Queen Anne's War in 1747, and his home was situated on the west side of the river, near Mason's brook, at North Brookfield, Mas- sachusetts. He married Elizabeth Walk- er born November 20, 1691, and died May 10, 1782, and they were the parents of the following children: Elizabeth, William, Hannah, Abigail, Josiah, Deborah, Com- fort, mentioned below ; and Ezekiel.
Their son, Comfort Olds, was born May 24, 1724, at Brookfield, Massachusetts, and died July 29, 1779. He was a soldier, and served both during the French and Indian wars and later in the Revolution. He married, May 23, 1745, Abigail Barnes, and they were the parents of the follow- ing children: Hannah, Ezra, Samuel,
Eunice, Levi, mentioned below ; Abigail, Rachel, John, Comfort, Mercy and Abel.
Levi Olds, their son, was born January 8, 1741, at Brookfield, Massachusetts, and served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War. In 1778 he moved to Goshen, Massachusetts, and there mar- ried Sabra -, by whom he had the following children: Levi, Rufus, Zenas, and Archibald, mentioned below.
Archibald Olds, their son, died in the year 1857, there being very little else of importance in his life of which there is record, with the exception of his mar- riage to --- Webb, who bore him the following named children: Nathan, men- tioned below ; Hannah, Betsey, Melissa.
Nathan Olds, their son, was born at Canterbury, Connecticut, in December, 1812. He worked on his father's farm while a boy, and upon attaining young manhood secured a position in the foun- dry operated by his future father-in-law, Nathan Allen. He later removed to Dan- ielson, Connecticut, and there engaged in the foundry business in partnership with his brother-in-law, Nathan Allen, Jr., under the firm name of Allen & Olds. The product of their factory was stoves and other hardware devices for household use. Mr. Olds was a prominent man in the community, and held the position of first selectman of Danielsonville for a number of years. He met his death in 1860, in a railroad accident. He married, September 30, 1838. Lois Allen, daughter of Nathan Allen, of Canterbury, where she was born, and granddaughter of Parker and Lois (Backus) Allen (see Backus). Mr. and Mrs. Olds were the parents of the following named children : Nathan, born August 16, 1839, married, about 1861, Mary Robinson; Edward Payson, born June 12, 1841, died in in- fancy ; Albert Hinckley, born June II,
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1844, died September 30, 1874; and Al- fred Allen, mentioned below.
Alfred Allen Olds was born January 16, 1852, at Danielsonville (now Danielson), Connecticut, and there spent the years of his childhood, and it was there that he began his education in the local district schools. When about nine years of age he accompanied his mother to New Haven, and made his home in that city with his elder brother, Nathan Olds. In the year 1865 the family came to Hart- ford, Connecticut, and this city has re- mained Mr. Olds' home and the scene of his active career ever since. He con- tinued his education in the public schools of New Haven while residing in that city, and upon coming to Hartford he attended the schools there. Later he secured a position with the Old Merchants' Insur- ance Company and remained with that concern for some time, becoming familiar with the insurance business in particular and general business methods, which were to be of value to him in later life. Subsequently Mr. Olds entered the em- ploy of Allen & Willard, which firm was then engaged in the stove, furnace, agri- cultural implements and fertilizer business, and later with C. L. Willard, successor to Allen & Willard. This was his last ex- perience as an employee, however, for on November 15, 1877, he entered into part- nership with Frank H. Whipple, purchas- ing the interest of C. L. Willard, suc- cessor to the firm of Allen & Willard, and the new firm became known as Olds & Whipple. The business had originally been founded by Charles Allen, an uncle. All the lines of trade above mentioned were developed largely, but the fertilizer business is now the largest department. Later the firm of Olds & Whipple began the growing of tobacco ; their plantations at the present time (1917) are located in Hartford county, and they have an inter-
est in about five hundred acres of shade grown tobacco. Some idea of the large size of their operations may be gained from the fact that they are the largest dealers in fertilizers in Connecticut, and handle some twenty-five thousand tons annually. For a time they also carried a line of steam heaters' and plumbers' sup- plies, but this has now been abandoned in order that they might concentrate more entirely on the other departments of their business. Mr. Olds is president of the New England Tobacco Corporation, treas- urer of the Windsor Tobacco Growers' Corporation, treasurer of Steane, Hart- man & Company, Incorporated, treasurer of the Connecticut Leaf Tobacco Associa- tion, and is associated with numerous large and important concerns. Mr. Olds is a member of the Asylum Hill Congre- gational Church, where he and his family are consistent attendants at divine service.
Mr. Olds married, March 23, 1875, Liz- zie M. Whipple, sister of Frank H. Whip- ple, his partner, and daughter of John and Elizabeth Whipple, of New Braintree, Massachusetts. Children : 1. Edith Wil- lard, born February 2, 1876. 2. Alfred Whipple, born March 3, 1877 ; a resident of Windsor, Connecticut; married, in 1903, Mary McKee, of New Castle, Penn- sylvania, daughter of John McKee, M. D., of New Castle, and they have children : John McKee, Lois Allen, Mary Alfreda. 3. Frank Albert, born October 28, 1879; a resident of Hartford ; married, January 5, 1909, Annette Mabel Hills, of Hartford, daughter of C. S. Hills, of that city. 4. Edna Allen, born November 1, 1881 ; mar- ried, June 20, 1906, F. B. Pease, of Guil- ford, Maine, and they have children : Allen Franklin, died March, 1915; Fran- ces Barber, Elizabeth Whipple. 5. Her- bert Vincent, born May 23, 1883, died De- cember 2, 1913; married Mary Lovejoy, daughter of Dr. Lovejoy, of Lynn, Massa-
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chusetts, and had one son, Herbert, born December 19, 1913.
(The Backus Line).
The Backus family is and has been for many generations very prominent not only in New England but throughout the northern and eastern portions of the United States. It was founded in this country by Stephen Backus, a native of England, who settled in the year 1638 at Saybrook, Connecticut. In 1660, an aged man, he removed to Norwich, Connecti- cut, where he was one of the original pro- prietors of that town, and he was admit- ted a freeman there in 1663, the year pre- ceding his death. He married (first) Sarah Charles, and (second) Ann - to whom he was united some time before 1660. He was the father of children as follows: Stephen, married, and had chil- dren who settled in Canterbury, Connec- ticut; William, mentioned below; Sam- uel, died unmarried ; Sarah ; Mary.
William Backus, son of Stephen Bac- kus, is spoken of in the old records as Lieutenant Backus. He was one of the early settlers and one of the most enter- prising citizens of Norwich, Connecticut, and he later became one of the proprietors of Windham in the same colony. He was one of the legatees of Joshua Uncas, from whose estate he received three shares of a thousand acres each. His death oc- curred about 1721. He married twice, but there is record of only one marriage, to Elizabeth Pratt, a daughter of Lieutenant William and Elizabeth (Clark) Pratt. By the first marriage he had Samuel and John, who settled in Windham, where they left posterity. By the second mar- riage he had: Sarah, born in 1663; Sam- uel, 1665 ; Joseph, mentioned below ; Na- thaniel, born in 1669: Elizabeth, died in 1728, and Hannah.
Joseph Backus, son of Lieutenant Wil-
liam Backus, was born at Norwich, Con- necticut, in 1667, died in December, 1740. He married, April 9, 1690, Elizabeth Huntington, born in 1669, died August 24, 1762. They were the parents of the fol- lowing named children: I. Joseph, born in March, 1691, died March 30, 1761 ; edu- cated at Yale College; married Hannah Edwards, aunt to President Edwards, by whom he had two sons and two daugh- ters, who all died prior to his death, and his family is now extinct. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Ann, born January 27, 1695, died August 24, 1761 : became the wife of Nathaniel Lothrop ; they were the parents of a number of children. 4. Simon, born February II, 1701 ; educated at Yale College, was a minister of the gospel and served at Wethersfield; mar- ried Eunice Edwards, sister of President Edwards ; he went to Cape Breton in the fall of 1745 to preach there, and died there in February, 1746; his widow died June I. 1788. 5. James, born August 14, 1703, died October 15, 1753; married and was the father of several children. 6. Eliza- beth, born October 27, 1705, died 1787; married Cypran Lad, and had children. 7. Sarah, born in July, 1709, died 1791 ; married Jabez Bingham, and had chil- dren. 8. Ebenezer, born March 30, 1712, died November 5, 1768; married three times and was the father of several chil- dren.
Samuel Backus, son of Joseph and Eliz- abeth (Huntington) Backus, was born at Norwich, Connecticut, January 6, 1693, died November 24, 1740. He married, January 18, 1716, Elizabeth Tracy, born April 6, 1698, died in 1769, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Leffingwell) Tracy, and granddaughter of John and Mary (Winslow) Tracy and of Thomas and Mary (Bushnell) Leffingwell. John Tracy (grandfather) was born August 15, 1642, and died in August, 1702; married, June
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17, 1670, Mary Winslow, born at Marsh- field, January 31, 1649, died July 31, 1721. Their children: Josiah, born August 10, 1671, died January 27, 1672; John, men- tioned below; Elizabeth, born July 7, 1676; Joseph, born April 20, 1682, died 1765, married and had children: Wins- low, born February 9, 1689, died 1768. John Tracy (father) was born January 19, 1673 ; married, May 10, 1697, Elizabeth Leffingwell, born in September, 1676, and died 1737. Their children: Elizabeth, born April 6, 1698, aforementioned as the wife of Samuel Backus; John, born June 17, 1700, died August, 1786; Hezekiah, born August 30, 1702, died 1792, unmar- ried ; Josiah, born February 27, 1705, died April 28, 1705 ; Isaac, born May 25, 1706, died January 25, 1779 ; Ann, born Novem- ber 29, 1708, died April 20, 1762; Ruth, born September 13, 1711, died October 15, 1773; Ann and Ruth were married the same day, in November, 1730, to Richard and Elijah Hide, and both had children. Thomas Leffingwell (grandfather) mar- ried Mary Bushnell, of Norwich, and their children were: Thomas, born March 4, 1674; Elizabeth, born in September, 1676, became the wife of John Tracy, afore- mentioned ; Ann, born January 25, 1680, became the wife of Captain Caleb Bush- nell; Mary, born March II, 1682, became the wife of Simon Tracy; Zerviah, born October 17. 1686, became the wife of Cap- tain Benajah Bushnell ; John, born Febru- ary 2, 1688, captain; Abigail, born Sep- tember 14, 1691, became the wife of Dan- iel Tracy ; Benajah, born August 9, 1693.
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Tracy) Backus :
I. Samuel, born January II, 1717, died October 2, 1778; married (first) Decem- ber 14, 1743, Phoebe Calkins ; children : i. Phoebe, born October 28, 1744, died October 5, 1786, married and had children. ii Elizabeth, born August 26, 1746. iii. Samuel, born January 20, 1749. iv. Han-
nah, born February 23, 1751, died Novem- ber 24, 1827 ; married, May 5, 1778, Elder William Nelson, born July 18, 1741, died in April, 1806; children: Samuel, born April 21, 1779: Sarah, April 27, 1781 ; William, June 13, 1784, died February 13, 1787, and Margan, born October 25, 1787. v. A daughter, born and died March 8, 1755. The mother of these children died April 1, 1755. Samuel Backus married (second) July 2, 1755, Elizabeth Wedge; children: vi. Ann, born June 25, 1757. vii. William, born August 28, 1758, died December 1, 1774. viii. Rufus, born May 12, 1761.
2. Ann Backus, born June 10, 1718, died December 29, 1756. She married. July 22, 1742, Captain Joshua Abell, who died Jan- uary 17, 1788, aged eighty-two years. Chil- dren: i. Isaac, born May 17, 1743: died June 3, 1783. ii. Ann, born 1745, died in early life. iii. Ann, born June 22, 1747. iv. Elizabeth. v. Abigail, born May 19, 1752. vi. Roger, born September 30, 1754. died May 7, 1759. vii. Rufus Backus, born December 12, 1756.
3. Elizabeth, born February 9, 1721 ; married Jabez Huntington, Esq., whose death occurred October 5, 1780 (or 1786). Children : Jedediah, born in July. 1743, and Andrew, born in June, 1745, died July I, 1745.
4. Isaac Backus, born January 9, 1724, died November 20, 1806. He married, November 29, 1749, Susanna Mason, born January 4, 1725, died September 19, 1805, Children: i. Hannah Backus, born No- vember 8, 1750. ii. Nathan Backus, born June 18, 1752, died March 24, 1814 ; mar- ried, November 18, 1784, Bethiah Leon- ard, born May 8, 1755, died September 19, 1806; children : Olive, born August 9, 1785; Bethiah, March 4, 1787 : Sybil, Jan- uary 30. 1789; Polly. November 2, 1791 ; Nathan, January 24. 1795, died August 24, 1797 ; a daughter, still-born, January 4. 1799. iii. Isaac Backus, born Febru- ary 21, 1754, died April 16, 1814; married, September 21, 1786. Esther Shepard, born September 17, 1756, died June 9, 1832; children : Samuel, born September 16, 1787; Isaac, November 27, 1789; Mason, August 27, 1792. died September 22, 1813. iv. Eunice Backus, born October 23, 1755, died September 16, 1815 ; married, Octo-
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ber 13, 1795, Isaac Dean, born May 31, 1744, died in July, 1819; children : Eunice, born February 20, 1797 ; Susana, February 9. 1801. v. Susana Backus, born October 13, 1758. vi. Lois Backus, born August 3, 1760 ; married, December 17, 1786, Parker Allen, born December 25, 1761, died No- vember 26, 1823; children: (a) Nathan Allen, born April 3, 1787, died February 26, 1880; married, December 17, 1812, Nancy Hinkley, born in August, 1788, children : Lois Allen, born January 23, 1815, died May 30, 1895; Hannah Allen, June 22, 1818; Charles Allen, May 25, 1820; Parker Allen, January 5, 1822, died July 21, 1823; Nathan Allen, November 28. 1824; Samuel Allen, June 10, 1827; Nancy Allen, January 28, 1829; Waity Allen, June 25, 1831. (b) Eunice Allen, born July 7, 1790, died July 28, 1878; mar- ried, April 2, 1823, Thomas Whipple, born January 14, 1790; children : John Curtis Whipple, born May 20, 1825 ; twins, born September 6, 1826, one still-born, the other died aged three days; Nancy Eliza- beth Whipple, born August 21, 1829. (c) Susanna Allen, born June 13, 1794, died November, 1885. vii. Lucy Backus, born April 13, 1763, died March 4, 1837 ; mar- ried, April 13. 1788, Alpheus Fobes, born June 30, 1756, died in April, 1839: chil- dren : Isaac, born February 9, 1789; Sybil, March 17, 1791; Josiah, June 14, 1793 ; Alpheus, November 24, 1795; Aretas, April 9, 1798 ; Lucy, January 9, 1802. viii. Simon Backus, born March 7. 1766, died July 20, 1833; married (first) November 8. 1789, Hannah Alden, born February 2, 1765, died in January, 1816; married (sec- ond) March, 1820, Ruth Hatheway, a widow ; children of first wife: Andrew, born October 3, 1790 ; Ebenezer, born July 14, 1792, died September 13, 1815; a daughter, born March 28, 1795, died April 15, 1795 ; Eunice, born February 27, 1796; Isaac, born October 22, 1797, died July 14, 1819; Joseph Alden, born August 29, 1799; Hannah, born October 11, 1801. ix. Sybil Backus, born February 17, 1768, died March 23, 1788.
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