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Amos Bill (abt. 1730 - abt. 1806)

Capt. Amos Bill
Born about in Lebanon, New Haven, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 3 Feb 1757 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticutmap
Husband of — married 3 Mar 1767 in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 76 in Horton, Kings, Nova Scotiamap [uncertain]
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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]

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Amos Bill migrated from Connecticut to Nova Scotia.
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Amos, his wife, and their two oldest daughters removed from Colchester, Connecticut to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia around 1760.

Children of Amos and Jerusha include

  1. Jerusha, b 12 Jan 1758, bap. 17 Dec 1758 Colchester[1][2][5][6]
  2. Elizabeth “Betty”, b 24 Feb 1759, bap. 20 May 1759 Colchester[1][2][7][8]
  3. Lucy, b 8 Jun 1761 Cornwallis[2][9]
  4. Asenath, b 28 Jul 1763 Cornwallis[2][10]
  5. 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

  1. Anne, b 27 May 1768 Cornwallis[2][14]
  2. Sarah, b 16 Jun 1769 Cornwallis[2][15]
  3. Rebecca, b 4 Feb 1771 Cornwallis[2][16]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bill, Ledyard. History of the Bill Family (New York, 1867), Page 158.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ White, Lorraine C. The Barbour Collection (1994), 15
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "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, .
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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, .
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "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.
  16. ↑ "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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