Born
about 1730 in
Lebanon, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors
Descendants
Died
about 5 Jan 1806
at about age 76
in
Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia [uncertain]
Profile last modified 21 Nov 2023
| Created 17 Dec 2011
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Biography
"Amos Bill, the eldest son of Lieut. James and Keziah (French) Bill ; was born in Lebanon [Connecticut], about 1730."[1] [2]
Amos Bill married first Jerusha Gillett February 3, 1757.[2] [3] [4]
Amos Bill migrated from Connecticut to Nova Scotia.
Amos, his wife, and their two oldest daughters removed from Colchester, Connecticut to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia around 1760.
Children of Amos and Jerusha include
Jerusha , b 12 Jan 1758, bap. 17 Dec 1758 Colchester[1] [2] [5] [6]
Elizabeth “Betty” , b 24 Feb 1759, bap. 20 May 1759 Colchester[1] [2] [7] [8]
Lucy , b 8 Jun 1761 Cornwallis[2] [9]
Asenath , b 28 Jul 1763 Cornwallis[2] [10]
Lydia , b 25 Apr 1765 Cornwallis[2] [11]
His first wife Jerusha died 2 Dec 1766 in Cornwallis.[12]
He married second Alethea Fuller 3 Mar 1767 in Cornwallis.[2] [13]
Children of Amos and Alethea include
Anne , b 27 May 1768 Cornwallis[2] [14]
Sarah , b 16 Jun 1769 Cornwallis[2] [15]
Rebecca , b 4 Feb 1771 Cornwallis[2] [16]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bill, Ledyard. History of the Bill Family (New York, 1867), Page 158 .
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County Nova Scotia Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass., 1910), Page 570 .
↑ White, Lorraine C. The Barbour Collection (1994), 15
↑ Alvord, Rev. Henry Clay. Descendants of Jonathan Gillet, of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn. , The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1893) Vol. 47, Page 170
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-465 : 7 January 2020), Amos Bill in entry for Jerusha Bill, 1758.
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPF-8YN2 : 7 January 2020), Amos Bill in entry for Jerusha Bill, 1758.
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WX-4ZN : 7 January 2020), Amos Bill in entry for Betty Bill, 1759.
↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPF-8YPZ : 7 January 2020), Amos Bill in entry for Bettee Bill, 1759.
↑ "Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6C1C-ZD9M : 28 January 2021), Amos Bill in entry for Lucy Bill, .
↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z37-3PZ6 : 27 May 2021), Aseneth Bill, 1763.
↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z37-3PZN : 27 May 2021), Lydia Bill, 1765.
↑ "Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBP-4PCP : 24 January 2021), Amos Bill in entry for Jerusha Bill, .
↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZSR-DW95 : 27 May 2021), Alletheer Fuller in entry for Amos Bill, 1767.
↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z37-3PZK : 27 May 2021), Anne Bill, 1768.
↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z37-3PZG : 27 May 2021), Sarah Bill, 1769.
↑ "Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6C1C-ZD9F : 28 January 2021), Amos Bill in entry for Rebekah Bill, .
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