1. John¹ Charles #673 birth date unknown. John died 1673 in Branford, CT.⁽³⁵³⁾

John Charles had the following child:

2 i. Sarah² Charles #1315 was born October 1637.⁽³⁵⁴⁾ from Jacobus, Donald L. in American Genealogist, April, 1938: "Sarah Charles, daughter of John, was born October 1637 and baptized Oct. 1640 according to the records of the First Church, New Haven. (New Haven Gen. Mag. Vol. II p. 391) In a number of printed sources she is attrubuted as wife to the first William Backus (before his mariage to Anne Bingham) and she is thus made the mother of the William Backus who married Elizabeth Pratt. This error has gained wide currency because it appeared in Calukin's History of Norwich, published in 1866. It must me noted however that Sarah Charles was only four years older than Elizabeth Pratt so she could hardly have been the mother of Elizabeth's husband. Furthermore, the records of John Charles' estate cited above refers in 1673 to the children (evidently minor children) which William (then living) had by his deceased wife, Sarah Charles. The first William Backus died in 1664 nine years before this record, so the reference could hardly apply to him. The second William was then an adult with a number of children and he is the only one to whom the record could apply. The fact is that the second William Backus married first, Sarah Charles, and she was the mother of his first three chidlren. The other children were by his second wife, Elizabeth Pratt. This solution harmonizes all the facts stated above and is positively proved by the will of Willam Backus himself. (New London Probate Records, File #228, original will: recorded Book B. p. 404): The will of Willilam Backus of Norwich dated Feb. 8, 1693-4 ------ proved April 17, 1721---- wife Elizabeth, sons Joseph and Nathaniel; son John and grandson, Willliam; daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah and Mary; son William had by deed of gift. With regard to his sons William and John and daughter Sarah, he wrote, "What I have given them formerly with that which I doe (sp.) give them in this my will shall be the whole of their portions of my estate, anything that I received of their Grandfather Charles his estate notwithstanding."

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