M Backus
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Fellow Find a Grave members,
If you are sending suggestions please read and take note:
If support for your suggestion is obvious to you, as in, clearly visible in the memorial or in a linked family memorial, please include a note in the message box to explain. Even if your SAC is obvious to you, if I decline edits it is because the evidence is not obvious to me. More often, in cases that are not obvious, supporting documentation/sources have not been sent, or are not adequate. Most SACs I receive require sources but most submitters do not include them. I will always include a note when declining suggestions, asking for sources. If I do not get a reply to this request, I will assume that you either do not have sources to provide or that you have decided not to continue.
More:
Some SACs are simple and straightforward but in many cases I cannot simply accept edits without supporting proof. When a manager receives a suggestion with no explanation it is not reasonable to expect the manager to set out exploring the possibilities when the suggester knows exactly where they got the information and could provide the sources with their suggestion. When support for suggestions is included when the suggestion is sent it can increase the likelihood of acceptance and greatly speed the process. If I need something additional to support your suggestion I will decline your edit and write to ask for further help. If I ask, please respond and email your supporting sources, including the searchable titles or links to those sources.
If I can check your sources and verify accuracy, edits can be accepted. However, some suggestions are based on research done by multiple parties who may have reached different conclusions. This is not uncommon. In some cases I will decline an SAC to change the entries I have made because the suggester cites genealogies that I have ruled out in my research, or conflicting information due to errors found in official records, in headstone engravings or in Find a Grave bios or unsupported family links. My conclusions are based on my work when last edited but always with the willingness to make changes, if I can support what I consider to be a better interpretation. In some cases suggestions sent to me may have the potential to be better supported with more work and in these cases I may add your suggestion to the bio, both as a note to myself and for others who might contribute more evidence for support.
If you would like to discuss your suggestions before sending an SAC, please write to me. If you receive a notice of declined suggestions, please send suggestions again and include supporting citations, documents, links, etc. to:
Thank you.
Bio:
I am a direct descendant on my paternal line of William Backus, Sr., who was likely born around 1606 and came from England to settle in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, CT by as early as 1637 according to some researchers, or as late as 1657, according to others. He died in in Norwich, New London, CT in 1661 soon after moving there with his children, including my ancestor, William Backus, Jr.. Although it is accurate to consider him one of the founders of Norwich, William, Sr. died soon after moving there, leaving his property to his son, Stephen. For this reason his name does not appear in the records of the original proprietors of Norwich, according to research by Reno Warburton Backus author of "The Backus Families Of Early New England" but his name is included in the list compiled by the Society of the Founders of Norwich in Norwich, CT. William Backus, Sr's name is also not engraved on the Mason, or "Founders" Monument located in Norwich, nor is there any record of his actual burial place. The names of his sons, Ensign William Backus and Stephen Backus, are engraved on the Founders Monument, although there is also no documented proof that either is buried in the Founders Cemetery. The Find A Grave memorials I created for the two sons are therefore marked as Monuments.
Although we have clues cited in genealogies filed in the archives of the NEHGS suggesting the early years of William Backus, Sr. in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, including the first name of his first wife and references to his first children who died there, we do not have copies of the purported documents to support the claims. We hope to eventually resolve this deficit in order to make the claims official by locating and copying these records.
My mother's paternal ancestral line descends from James Pike, who was settled in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA by 1647 and later moved to Reading, Middlesex, MA.. Part of my ongoing research on this line includes participation in the Pike Surname DNA Project.
My direct ancestral surnames include (but are not limited to): Abbe, Allen, Atkins, Backus/Backhouse, Bailey, Bassett, Benton, Brown, Buelow, Bumpas, Caswell, Chaffn, Charles, Chase, Clement, Cram, Cross, Damon, Decato, Eaton, Engleshie, Farley, Gard, Garnzey, Giguere, Hale, Hallet, Hayward, Heath, Hebard, Howard, Huntoon, Johnson, Lapham, McCowen, Merrifield, Palmer, Pierce, Pike, Pitkin, Priest, Ross, Story, Stresemann/Stressman, Thurber, Towne, Webster, Wheelock, White, Willis, Wright and Young.
With a few exceptions, most of the memorials I have created or manage are linked to people in my family tree. I sincerely thank all of the Find a Grave members who have helped me through their work and contributions.
Thank you,
M Backus
Fellow Find a Grave members,
If you are sending suggestions please read and take note:
If support for your suggestion is obvious to you, as in, clearly visible in the memorial or in a linked family memorial, please include a note in the message box to explain. Even if your SAC is obvious to you, if I decline edits it is because the evidence is not obvious to me. More often, in cases that are not obvious, supporting documentation/sources have not been sent, or are not adequate. Most SACs I receive require sources but most submitters do not include them. I will always include a note when declining suggestions, asking for sources. If I do not get a reply to this request, I will assume that you either do not have sources to provide or that you have decided not to continue.
More:
Some SACs are simple and straightforward but in many cases I cannot simply accept edits without supporting proof. When a manager receives a suggestion with no explanation it is not reasonable to expect the manager to set out exploring the possibilities when the suggester knows exactly where they got the information and could provide the sources with their suggestion. When support for suggestions is included when the suggestion is sent it can increase the likelihood of acceptance and greatly speed the process. If I need something additional to support your suggestion I will decline your edit and write to ask for further help. If I ask, please respond and email your supporting sources, including the searchable titles or links to those sources.
If I can check your sources and verify accuracy, edits can be accepted. However, some suggestions are based on research done by multiple parties who may have reached different conclusions. This is not uncommon. In some cases I will decline an SAC to change the entries I have made because the suggester cites genealogies that I have ruled out in my research, or conflicting information due to errors found in official records, in headstone engravings or in Find a Grave bios or unsupported family links. My conclusions are based on my work when last edited but always with the willingness to make changes, if I can support what I consider to be a better interpretation. In some cases suggestions sent to me may have the potential to be better supported with more work and in these cases I may add your suggestion to the bio, both as a note to myself and for others who might contribute more evidence for support.
If you would like to discuss your suggestions before sending an SAC, please write to me. If you receive a notice of declined suggestions, please send suggestions again and include supporting citations, documents, links, etc. to:
Thank you.
Bio:
I am a direct descendant on my paternal line of William Backus, Sr., who was likely born around 1606 and came from England to settle in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, CT by as early as 1637 according to some researchers, or as late as 1657, according to others. He died in in Norwich, New London, CT in 1661 soon after moving there with his children, including my ancestor, William Backus, Jr.. Although it is accurate to consider him one of the founders of Norwich, William, Sr. died soon after moving there, leaving his property to his son, Stephen. For this reason his name does not appear in the records of the original proprietors of Norwich, according to research by Reno Warburton Backus author of "The Backus Families Of Early New England" but his name is included in the list compiled by the Society of the Founders of Norwich in Norwich, CT. William Backus, Sr's name is also not engraved on the Mason, or "Founders" Monument located in Norwich, nor is there any record of his actual burial place. The names of his sons, Ensign William Backus and Stephen Backus, are engraved on the Founders Monument, although there is also no documented proof that either is buried in the Founders Cemetery. The Find A Grave memorials I created for the two sons are therefore marked as Monuments.
Although we have clues cited in genealogies filed in the archives of the NEHGS suggesting the early years of William Backus, Sr. in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, including the first name of his first wife and references to his first children who died there, we do not have copies of the purported documents to support the claims. We hope to eventually resolve this deficit in order to make the claims official by locating and copying these records.
My mother's paternal ancestral line descends from James Pike, who was settled in Charlestown, Middlesex, MA by 1647 and later moved to Reading, Middlesex, MA.. Part of my ongoing research on this line includes participation in the Pike Surname DNA Project.
My direct ancestral surnames include (but are not limited to): Abbe, Allen, Atkins, Backus/Backhouse, Bailey, Bassett, Benton, Brown, Buelow, Bumpas, Caswell, Chaffn, Charles, Chase, Clement, Cram, Cross, Damon, Decato, Eaton, Engleshie, Farley, Gard, Garnzey, Giguere, Hale, Hallet, Hayward, Heath, Hebard, Howard, Huntoon, Johnson, Lapham, McCowen, Merrifield, Palmer, Pierce, Pike, Pitkin, Priest, Ross, Story, Stresemann/Stressman, Thurber, Towne, Webster, Wheelock, White, Willis, Wright and Young.
With a few exceptions, most of the memorials I have created or manage are linked to people in my family tree. I sincerely thank all of the Find a Grave members who have helped me through their work and contributions.
Thank you,
M Backus
