THE BACKER FAMILY HOMEPAGE
and variants:
BAKER, BAKKER, & BACHER
If you are aware of other variants for the BACKER surname, please let me know.
Audrey Shields Hancock
Audrey Shields Hancock
This web page and companion web pages are dedicated to all members of the BACKER family. Your contributions, data, stories, histories, additions, & corrections are solicited and welcomed. Your input is greatly appreciated, so please feel free to contact me, as we search for the ancestors and descendants of the various BACKER families. Audrey (SHIELDS)HANCOCK
VISIT OUR VARIOUS BACKER (aka BAKER) COMPANION SITES
BACKER Family Forums
BACKER History Home Page
BACKER Gleanings Web Page
BACKER Lineages Web Page
BACKER Family Forums
BACKER History Home Page
BACKER Gleanings Web Page
BACKER Lineages Web Page
BACKER FAMILY DISCUSSION LISTS ON ROOTSWEB
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Your list moderator for the BACKER Discussion List is Audrey Shields Hancock.
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JACOBUS BACKER FAMILY DISCUSSION LIST AT YAHOO GROUPS
You are invited to join the Jacobus BACKER-BAKER Discussion List at YAHOO Groups by going to this website at
or by sending an e-mail to: BACKER-BAKER_Jacobus
Your list moderator for the Jacobus BACKER-BAKER Discussion List is Audrey Shields Hancock.
If you discover any broken links here or in messages that come through on the Jacobus BACKER-BAKER Discussion List, please let me know.
BACKER FAMILY FORUMS
BACKER at ROOTSWEB
BACKER FAMILY NEWSLETTER
Resources for BACKER Information
BULLOCH, Joseph Gaston Baillie, M.D., A History and Genealogy of the Bayard and Related Families, 1919, James H. Dony, Printer, Washington, D.C., Call #CS71.B149.
We are cautioned by a seasoned researcher that this book is filled with inaccuracies which include wrong dates, wrong children with wrong parents, etc.
FERNOW, Berthold, Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 anno Domini, Edited in 7 volumes.
(Source: Internet, 16 Mar 2000, E-mail to ASH from Lorine McGinnis Schulze says there are approximately 77 listings for Jacob BACKER; 2 for Hendrick de BAKER; & 2 for Jacob BAKER; & 3 for Margaret (STUYVESANT) BACKER)
FERNOW, Berthold, Records of New Amsterdam from 1653-1674, Vol. I, pp. 367-375 for tax Information
Recommended by Howard SWAIN.
FERNOW, Berthold, Records of New Amsterdam from 1653-1674, Vol. V, pp. 221-225 for tax Information sorted by street
Recommended by Howard SWAIN.
JAMESON, John Franklin, Narratives of New Netherland, 1909 (new ed. 1952)
Encyclopedia of World Biography indicates this book is informative.
JANVIER, Thomas A. Janvier, The Dutch Founding of New York, 1903.
KESSLER, Henry and Eugene RACHLIS, Peter Stuyvesant and His New York, 1959.
Encyclopedia of World Biography values this book as a most scholarly and readable study of STUYVESANT.
O"CALLAGHAN, E. B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, 1849
PICARD, Hymen Willem Johannes, Peter Stuyvesant, builder of New York, Cape Town: Hollandsch Afrikaansche Uitgevers Maatschappij, 1975.
Jean BOUTCHER says, "I seem to recall that it does contain some genealogical information."
PURPLE, Samuel S., Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York: Marriages from 11 Dec 1639 to 26 Aug 1801, Heritage Books, Inc., Reprint, 1977)
SCHULZE, Lorine McGinnis, The Olive Tree Genealogy, Index for New Netherland/New York
SELYNS, Domine Henricus, List of Members of the Dutch Reformed Chruch in New York in 1686, Arranged according to the Streets of the City, Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1916
Recommended by Howard SWAIN.
STILES, Henry R. Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn, 3 Volumes (Vol. 1 - pub'd 1867; Vol. 2 - pub'd 1869; Vol. 3 - pub'd 1870), with biographies, old maps of Brooklyn, a list of the Township of Brooklyn inhabitants in 1738, and more.
Tax Lists of the City of New York: December, 1695--1699 July 15; published as Vols. 43 & 44 of Collections of the New York Historical Society, sorted by wards and with many different assessments covering the indicated period.
Recommended by Howard SWAIN.
TOTTEN, John Reynolds, F.G.B.S, NYG&B Record, Oct. 1935: The Haughwout or Hagewout Family Notes
TUCKERMAN, Bayard, Peter Stuyvesant, 1893
Encyclopedia of World Biography says that although outdated, it is a valuable resource.
Gloria tells us, "The book named above is on-line through the Cornell MOA site:" Peter Stuyvesant On-Line
VALENTINE, D. T., Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866; pp. 805-809; sorted alphabetically by first name for 1674
Recommended by Howard SWAIN.
VAN LOON, Hendrick Willem, Life and Times of Pieter Stuyvesant, 1918
Encyclopedia of World Biography concludes that this provides a provocative character interpretation of Peter Stuyvesant.
RESOURCES for GENERAL INFORMATION
Search on these surname variants & others: BACKER, BAKER, BAKKER, BACHER
Join Dutch Colonies Discussion Group
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Click to access: Dutch-Colonies archives
INDEX TO NEW YORK RESEARCH
The New Netherland Project - Bibliography
Ancestral Things
SHORTO, Russell, "The Island at the Center of the World": "The epic story of Dutch Manhattan, the forgotten colony that shaped America."
BACKER FAMILY CONNECTIONS VIA HOMEPAGES
Revised 10 January 2004