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Captain Joshua Bill

Also Known As: "Captain Joshua Bill", "of South Kingstowne"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 26, 1735 (59)
Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Philip Bill and Hannah Bucknam
Husband of Joanna Bill and Hannah Bill
Father of Edward Bill; Benajah Bill; Benjamin Bill; Joshua Bill; Mary Bill and 12 others
Brother of Samuel Bill, Sr.; Philip Bill, Jr.; Mary Bill; Margaret Bill; John Aka Bill, Sr and 2 others

Managed by: Martin Severin Eriksen
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About Captain Joshua Bill

  • Full text of "Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens;"
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofco03amer/encyclopediaof...
  • (III) Philip Bill, son of John (2) Bill, was born in England about 1620. He lived at Pulling Point in Boston, Massachusetts, where his mother Dorothy and brother James also settled. He moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and in 1667 or 1668 to New London, Connecticut, after spending some months visiting relatives at Pulling Point. He settled on the east side of the Thames river in that part of the town that was incorporated as Groton, in 1705, and became the owner of a large amount of real estate. He died July 8, 1689, of throat distemper, and his daughter Margaret died the same day. His widow Hannah married (second) Samuel Buckland, of New London, and died in 1709. Children: Philip, born about 1659; Mary, about 1661 ; Margaret, about 1663; Samuel, about 1665; John, mentioned below ; Elizabeth ; Jonathan, baptized November 5, 1671 ; 'Joshua, born October 16, 1675.
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§ 322. AMOS GARDINER, 5 (John, 4;) married, October 10, 1751, Sarah Bill, a daughter of Captain Joshua, of South Kingstown. She was born in 1728, and died April 12, 1777

Sources 

  1. The Gardiners of Narragansett: The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner (Google eBook).  Caroline Elizabeth Rodman Robinson.  The editor, 1919 - 313 pages

GEDCOM Source

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Source: The Groton Avery Clan, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden), Vol. I, p. 113

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Captain Joshua Bill's Timeline

1675
October 16, 1675
New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
1700
July 29, 1700
New London, New London, Connecticut, USA
1716
April 6, 1716
Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA
1716
Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1720
September 3, 1720
New London, Connecticut, United States
1725
September 30, 1725
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1728
1728
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1735
September 26, 1735
Age 59
Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA
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New London, New London, Connecticut, USA