I have enjoyed researching my Back (Bach) family from southeastern Kentucky for over two decades. (They do not descend from Harman Back, from Freudenberg, Germany.)

My Back (Bach) family originally came from Thuringia, Germany, and they were related to the famous musical composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. My family obviously originally spelled their last name as "Bach," but after they immigrated to America, in 1740, they changed the spelling to "Back." Starting in the early 1900s, some members of my family went back to the original spelling of "Bach." That's why both spellings are used, within my family.

My Back (Bach) family was established in southeastern Kentucky, in 1791, by Joseph Back (1745-1819) and his wife Elizabeth Hoffman-Maggard Back (1755-1826). Elizabeth was the daughter of Nicholaus Hoffman and Barbara Elisabetha Koestnerin, but they had died when she was young. Elizabeth was then adopted by Samuel Maggard and his wife (and Elizabeth's sister Mary was adopted by Samuel's brother David Maggard and his wife). That is why modern-day researchers refer to Elizabeth's and Mary's maiden names as "Hoffman-Maggard."

All people with the last name of Back, or Bach, whose ancestors come from southeastern Kentucky, descend from one of Joseph and Elizabeth's four children: Joseph Back Jr. (1773-1802); John Back (1774-1853); Mary Back (1777-1807); or Henry Back (1785-1871).

Everything I have posted here, on FindAGrave, has been documented and proven by numerous Board-Certified genealogists, respected historians, professional researchers, as well as the genealogy experts at DAR. The lineage is accurate.

I have enjoyed researching my Back (Bach) family from southeastern Kentucky for over two decades. (They do not descend from Harman Back, from Freudenberg, Germany.)

My Back (Bach) family originally came from Thuringia, Germany, and they were related to the famous musical composer, Johann Sebastian Bach. My family obviously originally spelled their last name as "Bach," but after they immigrated to America, in 1740, they changed the spelling to "Back." Starting in the early 1900s, some members of my family went back to the original spelling of "Bach." That's why both spellings are used, within my family.

My Back (Bach) family was established in southeastern Kentucky, in 1791, by Joseph Back (1745-1819) and his wife Elizabeth Hoffman-Maggard Back (1755-1826). Elizabeth was the daughter of Nicholaus Hoffman and Barbara Elisabetha Koestnerin, but they had died when she was young. Elizabeth was then adopted by Samuel Maggard and his wife (and Elizabeth's sister Mary was adopted by Samuel's brother David Maggard and his wife). That is why modern-day researchers refer to Elizabeth's and Mary's maiden names as "Hoffman-Maggard."

All people with the last name of Back, or Bach, whose ancestors come from southeastern Kentucky, descend from one of Joseph and Elizabeth's four children: Joseph Back Jr. (1773-1802); John Back (1774-1853); Mary Back (1777-1807); or Henry Back (1785-1871).

Everything I have posted here, on FindAGrave, has been documented and proven by numerous Board-Certified genealogists, respected historians, professional researchers, as well as the genealogy experts at DAR. The lineage is accurate.