Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJosiah BACKUS 
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.
1547, p 266• Probably the Josiah who m. Elizabeth Hilliard and “moved in 1789 from Ashford to Union where their 7 children were born.”
1569, p 28• No mention in 1830 Census of Union.
1548
Census
• 1790 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. 1 male >16; 2 males <16; 1 female.
1570• 1800 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. Age <45. 20010/31010.
1550,1548• 1810 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. Age >45, 9 in family. 01101/12201.
1551,1548
Spouses
Census
• 1790 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut.
1570• 1800 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut. 26-45.
1550• 1810 Census: Union, Tolland, Connecticut.
1551
Marr Memobased on birth of Zibeah in 1789
ChildrenZibeah (1789-)
Josiah (1791-)
Elizabeth (1794-)
Diana (1796-)
Aaron (1798-)
Joanna (1803-)