James Bill (1717)

Born 31 Dec 1717 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

James was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

It is supposed that soon after his marriage he removed to Lebanon where his uncle John Bill and his brothers Philip and Ebenezer his sister Mercy and his father had already settled. In 1719 however, James Bill bought a farm in Hebron, an adjoining town, and resided there at least twelve or fourteen years. In 1743 we find him again in Lebanon where he remained till at least 1751.

During their residence in New Jersey they became members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, in that region, and we find that Daniel Bill, a son of the aforesaid James or Jedediah, during the Revolution, refused to take up arms in consequence of his peculiar religious faith, though he consented to serve his country in the capacity of a commissary in the army.

About this time he removed to Surrey County, in North Carolina, in the neighborhood of a large settlement of those peculiar people. From North Carolina he removed to Marshall County, Tennessee, taking his family with him, where he died in 1820.

We find that the above-named Daniel left a son, Isaac Bill, who was born in North Carolina, and, after the death of his father, removed from Marshall to Maury County, Tennessee, where he also died, leaving four sons and three daughters. His occupation was that of a planter. He left several children, but the name of only one is know, that of John H Bill, who was born in Tennessee, and now resides at Bolivar in that state.

He is a man of learning and liberal culture, has traveled extensively both in this country and in Europe, and, prior to the late war, possessed large wealth; and notwithstanding the heavy losses he has sustained during the late contest, he is still in comfortable circumstances.

" From:"History of the Bill Family" edited by Ledyard Bill 1867 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Rob Hoyt, Feb 29, 2012

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74K-QBN : 3 December 2014), James Bill, 31 Dec 1717; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.