
Karen's Family Kaleidoscope
A collection of several trees, some trees are people related to me. Some are research I have done for others.
Henry Back, Sr.

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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.
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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
- 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
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Documents 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/A29256.0001.0011781 Culpeper County Virginia Class List (Military)
Revolutionary War Service1783 Culpeper County Virginia Tax
The 1783 tax qualifies as Revolutionary War service because it supported the war effortCOUSINS, 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.
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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