Born in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Amos Bill
and Jerusha (Gillett) Bill
Sister of
Elizabeth (Bill) Fuller, Lucy Bill, Asenath (Bill) Jordan, Lydia (Bill) Marion, Anne Bill [half], Sarah (Bill) Armstrong [half] and Rebecca (Bill) Patterson [half]
Wife of
Robert Kinsman
— married
9 Dec 1772 in Cornwallis, Kings, Colony of Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 23
in Cornwallis, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]
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Biography
Jerusha Bill was born 12 Jan 1758 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony.[1]
She was the daughter of Amos Bill and Jerusha Gillett.[1]
Jerusha (Bill) Kinsman migrated from Connecticut to Nova Scotia.
Jerusha came with her parents from Colchester to Cornwallis, Kings County, Colony of Nova Scotia around 1760.
Robert Kinsman son of Benjamin Kinsman and Elizabeth his wife was married to Jerusha Bill daughter of Capt Amos Bill and Jerusha his wife the 9th day of December A.D. 1772.[2]
Their children were:
- Amos, b 18 Sep 1774 Cornwallis[3]
- Sarah, b 21 Sep 1776 Cornwallis[4]
- Lydia, b 4 Nov 1778 Cornwallis[5]
- James, b 13 Dec 1780 Cornwallis[6]
Jerusha passed away in 1781 or 1782.[7]
Her husband survived her, remarried, and had more children.[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-46P : 7 January 2020), Jerusha Bill, 1758.
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZSC-DBGR : Tue Nov 28 01:29:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Robert Kinsman and Benjamin Kinsman, 9 Dec 1772.
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZS2-DGN8 : Mon Nov 27 23:54:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Amos Kinsman and Robert Kinsman.
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZS2-DGNX : Mon Nov 27 22:46:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Sarah Kinsman and Robert Kinsman.
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZS2-DGNJ : Mon Nov 27 23:56:17 UTC 2023), Entry for Lydia Kinsman and Robert Kinsman.
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZS2-X1W2 : Mon Nov 27 01:43:51 UTC 2023), Entry for James Kinsman and Robert Kinsman.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stickney, Lucy. The Kinsman Family, Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Robert Kinsman, of Ipswich, Mass., from 1634 to 1875 (Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1876) Page 86.
- Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County Nova Scotia Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass., 1910) Page 570 and Pages 722-723.
- Wright, Esther Clark, Planters and Pioneers, rev. ed. ([Canada : s.n.], 1982), Page 50.
- Bill, Ledyard. History of the Bill Family (New York, 1867), Page 158.
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: GQHV-284
Acknowledgments
- Entered by Marsha Auger, Dec 17, 2011
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jerusha:
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Bill-302 and Bill-127 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles represent the same person. Found as part of the database errors correction project.
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Bill-304 and Bill-302 appear to represent the same person because: 304 is set as both mother and sister of 302. She seems to be a duplicate though!
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