Henry Back, Sr.

Bef 1749 - 1807-1809  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Henry Back
  	YDNA evidence ties Henry to Harman Back Sr. through matches to Harman's sons Harman Jr. and Joseph. https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bach-to-back/about Multiple descendants of Henry Back Sr. through his sons Henry Back Jr. of Letcher County Kentucky and John Back of Breathitt County Kentucky have participated in Y DNA testing at the 67 marker level. They all match Y DNA to a descendant of Harman Back Jr. of Fayette County Kentucky and a descendant of Joseph Back of Garrard County. The Back men share a unique and unusual haplogroup, E-FT137267 (E-V22) and also have a deletion (no DNA) at marker DYS425, an unusual occurrence.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	Before 1750	Orange Co Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	1807-1809	Probably Virginia
  Person ID	I99	Bach to Back
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Harman Back,   b. 1708,   d. 1797, Garrard Co., Kentucky  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Unknown Mother
  Notes	No evidence has been found of the identity of the mother(s) of Harman's sons. *SCROLL DOWN* 1782 Culpeper County Harman Back, Joseph Back listed as poll, John Wigginton list Henry Back & John Back, Henry Field list with Huffman in-laws 1782 Fauquier County Harman Back, 1 poll 1783 Culpeper County Harman Back, Joseph Back listed as poll, John Wigginton list Henry Back & John Back, Henry Hill list with Huffman in-laws 1783 Fauquier County Herman Back, 1 poll 1784 Culpeper County Harman Back, Joseph Back listed as poll, John Wigginton list Henry Back & John Back on Henry Hill list with Huffman in-laws 1784 Fauquier County Harman Back, 1 poll 1785 Culpeper County Harman Back & Harman Back Jr, John Wigginton list Henry Back & John Back, Henry Hill list with Huffman in-laws 1785 Fauquier County No Backs found *Harman Back Jr. was in Fauquier County all years except 1785, when Joseph Back was no longer listed as a poll under Harman Sr. 1786 Culpeper County Harman Back, 2 polls, John Wigginton list Henry Back & John Back on Henry Hill list with Huffman in-laws 1786 Fauquier County Harman Back, 1 poll 1787 Culpeper County Harman Back, 1 poll (April 7) Henry Back, 1 poll John Back, 1 poll 1787 Fauquier County Harman Back, 1 poll 1788 Culpeper County Henry Back, 1 poll John Back, 1 poll 1788 Fauquier County Herman Back, 1 poll 1789 Culpeper County Harman Back, no poll Joseph Back, 1 poll Henry Back, 1 poll John Back, 1 poll 1789 Fauquier County Herman Back, 1 poll 1790 Culpeper County Henry Back, 1 poll 1791 Culpeper County Henry Back, 1 poll Jno Back, 1 poll 1792 Culpeper County Henry Back, 1 poll John Back, 1 poll 1793 Madison County Henry 1 poll John 1 poll 1794 Madison County Henry Back & son, 2 polls (son John) Margaret Back, no polls 1795 Madison County Henry Back & son, 2 polls (son John) Margaret Back, no polls (adjacent listings) 1796 Madison County Henry Back & son, 2 polls (son John) Margaret Back, no polls (adjacent listings) 1797 Madison County Henry Back, 1 poll (son John had married) Margaret Back, no polls (adjacent listings) 1798 Madison County Henry Back, 2 polls (Benjamin) Margaret Back, no polls (only Ephraim Berry between them) 1799 Madison County Henry Back & son, 2 polls (Benjamin) Margaret Back, no polls (adjacent listings) 1800 Madison County Henry Back & sons, 3 polls (Benjamin & Joseph) 1801 Madison County Henry Back & sons, 4 polls (Benjamin, Joseph, Henry) Margaret Back, no polls (not adjacent, not on the same day) 1802 Madison County Henry Back & sons, 3 polls (Joseph & Henry) Benjamin Back, 1 poll 1803 Madison County Henry Back, 1 poll Joseph Back, 1 poll Margaret Back, no polls (all three adjacent) 1804 Madison County Henry Back Sr, 1 poll Henry Back Jr, 1 poll Joseph Back, 1 poll Benjamin Back, 1 poll Margaret Back, no polls (not adjacent) 1805 Madison County Benjamin Back, 1 poll 1806 Madison County Henry Back & son, 2 polls (Lewis) Benjamin Back, 1 poll Joseph Back, 1 poll 1807 Madison County Henry Back & son, 2 polls (Lewis) Joseph Back, 1 poll Aaron Back, 1 poll (not near the others) 1808 MISSING 1809 Madison County Lewis Back, 1 poll Joseph Back, 1 poll 1810 Madison County Joseph Back, 1 poll 1811 Madison County Joseph Back, 1 poll 1812 Madison County Joseph Back, 1 poll 1813 Madison County Joseph Back, 1 poll 1814 Madison County Joseph Back, 1 poll 1815 Madison County Joseph Back, 1 poll 1816- No Backs 1841 1842 Wesley Back, 1 poll 1843 Joseph Back, 1 poll Wesley Back, 1 poll 1844 Wesley Back, 1 poll 1845 Wesley Back, 1 poll Posted 25 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Huffman,   b. 13 Jul 1746, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. after1831, Harlan Co., KY  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1762-1773	Culpeper County, Virginia
  	Elizabeth was not yet married when her father wrote his will in 1762 but was married to Henry Back when the estate was settled in 1773. The estate documents prove the marriage of Elizabeth Huffman to Henry Back. The Huffman Bible and the English Catechism prove Elizabeth Back who died after 1830 in Harlan County Kentucky was the wife of Henry Back of Culpeper County Virginia.
  Children	1. John Back,   b. 19 Nov 1774, Culpepper County, Virginia ,   d. Nov 1853, Breathitt Co., Kentucky  (Age 78 years) + 2. Benjamin Back,   b. 1775, Virginia, USA ,   d. Before 1810  (Age 34 years) + 3. Mary Back,   b. 01 Nov 1777 + 4. Henry Back, Jr.,   b. 06 Feb 1785, Virginia ,   d. 28 May 1871  (Age 86 years) + 5. Joseph Back,   b. 1766-1781, Virginia, USA ,   d. After 1810, probably Madison County Virginia  (Age 30 years) + 6. Lewis Back,   b. 14 Oct 1787, Virginia ,   d. After 1860, probably McDonald County, Missouri  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F2709	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		John Huffman estate settlement Madison Co VA Will Book 1 pages 221-225, settlement with heirs of John Huffman, including Henry Back and John Back as the husbands of two of the daughters. Henry Back bought two books from the estate. Was one of them what the Back family calls "The Catechism?" John Huffman carefully worded his will to make provision for two large German Bibles so it would make sense that he would have other religious books.
  		The name of Henry Back in the inside back cover of the Church of England book of catechisms used to record the names and dates of his family. High resolution scans of this and other pages can be viewed on the Breathitt County Library website.
  		The Catechism One page from "The Catechism" formerly in the possession of the Back/Bach family of southeastern Kentucky, now archived at the Breathitt Library, Jackson, Kentucky A course of lectures upon the church catechism in four volumes. Vol. I. Upon the preliminary questions and answers by a divine of the Church of England.(Anglican) Thomas Bray became the Commissary for Maryland Colony and was responsible for establishing libraries and distributing nearly 34,000 religious books throughout the colonies. www.americanantiquarians.org Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730. Oxford: Printed by Leonard Litchfield, Printer to the University, for the author, 1696. University of Michigan Library, http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29256.0001.001
  		1781 Culpeper County Virginia Class List (Military) Revolutionary War Service
  		1783 Culpeper County Virginia Tax The 1783 tax qualifies as Revolutionary War service because it supported the war effort
  		COUSINS, NOT BROTHERS 06 Feb 1785 is Henry Back Junior's date of birth, recorded in the catechism book that served as his family’s Bible for recording births and deaths, currently in the archives of the Breathitt County Library, Jackson, Kentucky. 18 June 1785 is Aaron’s date of birth, recorded on his tombstone. Aaron was born just a little over four months after Henry and therefore cannot share the same mother. Henry is the son of Henry Back and Elizabeth Huffman Back. Aaron is the son of John Back and Margaret Huffman Back. They were double first cousins, not brothers. Aaron is not listed with his sisters on the deed disposing of his mother’s land because he was just 17 years old at the time.
  		Y111 test result interpretation Three descendants of Haman Back Sr. of Culpeper Co VA and Garrard Co KY, one each from Harman Jr., Joseph, and Henry, have received Y111 marker test results. This graphic from their FTDNA accounts shows the likelihood of sharing a common male ancestor within eight generations, which is how far these testers are from Harman Sr. This precise prediction is possible because of the number of markers tested. Those who have tested fewer markers will have a less exact prediction.

  
  

• Notes

  Both Henry Sr. and Elizabeth appear to have been descendants of immigrants to the "Germanna Colony" in Virginia An article in Pennsylvania Folklife includes a scan of the original entry along with a translation of a list in Church records in German recording persons leaving for Georgia. There is no record of their arrival, only of their intention to depart. The emigrants from the Freudenberg Parish in the year 1738 were listed in the Burial Register of the Parish by the pastor. Otto Bäumer published the material in the periodical ?Heimatland: Beilage zur Siegener Zeitung?, in 1927. Don Yoder translated the article and published it in Pennsylvania Folklife, Winter 1969-70, Vol. XIX, No.2, p.46 "As information I wished to write down on these pages that today, the 13th of March, 1738, there left for Georgia, the new island under the protection of His Majesty the King of England, out of this land and parish, with the knowledge and consent of the authorities of this our land, the following named persons, some of them householders with wife and children, others single male persons, namely: From Freudenberg - Tillmanus Seelbach with his wife Anna Beata, also his son-in-law and daughter; Gerlach Waffenschmidt and his wife Anna Maria with four children; Henrich Ernstorf and his wife Anna Catharin with three children; Hermann Bach and his wife Anna Margreth with one child; Johann Fredrich Müller and his wife Anna Maria with one child; Hymenäus Creutz and his wife Elisabeth; Georg Weidman, single status, Heinrich Weidman?s orphaned son; Tillmanus Steinseiffer, Johann Henrich Steinseiffer?s orphaned son; Johannes Hoffman from Dirlenbach, Johannes Hoffman?s son; Johann Henrich Schmidt, Christian Schmidt?s son; Johann Klappert, son the former village mayor in the prince?s government, Johannes Klappert; Tillmany Gudelius, Christopher Gudelius? son; Hermanus Müller, son of the village justice, Hermanus Müller. From Plittershagen - Johannes Halm and his wife Anna Catharin with two children. From Boeschen - Johann Henrich Schneider and his wife Maria Catharin with two children; Johann Georg Hirnschal and his wife Anna Catharin with one child whose [Georg?s] father, Tilmanus Hirnschal, had left for America two years ago and just now returned and has gone back along with the others. From Anstoss - Henrich Schneider and his wife Anna Margreth with two children; Hanna Schneider, Johannes Schneider?s widow, with her son Johannes Schneider and his wife, born in the Hadamar country, with four children.? Westkott, Marcia; Winey, Fay McAfee; Gray, Joseph M.; Long, Amos Jr.; Gillespie, Angus K.; Krebs, Friedrich; and Baeumer, Otto, "Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 19, No. 2" (1970). Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine. Book 39. http://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/39