Philip Bill

• The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883)
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• Probably Richard Tuttle had no other children than those who came with him in the Planter. The wid. Dorothy Bill* lived at his house and was probably his sister. By order of the court he was to be responsible for her "or anything about her." supposed to mean that he would support her and her children.
• John and Dorothy Bill, son James, a. 21, and dau. Mary, a. 11, came over in the Planter, 1635, and had besides, probably Thomas and 'PHILIP'. John Bill d. in Boston, 12th month, 1638; believed to be son of John Bill, bap. 1575, who appears in London, 1643. as publisher to King James, after receiving the royal license as King's Printer......
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• (II) John (2) Bill, son of John (i) Bill, was the immigrant ancestor, according to the researches of the author of the Bill genealogy. With his wife Dorothy he came to this country before 1635. Their children, John, aged thirteen, and Marie, aged eleven years, came to Boston in 1635, John in the ship "Hopewell' and Marie in the ship "Planter." John Bill died in 1638, and a month later Richard Tuttle became responsible to the town for Dorothy Bill, widow, "sojourner at his house" and "for anything about her." It is believed that she was Tuttle's sister. From John Bill all of the surname in this country are descended. Children: James, born in England in 1615; Thomas, born about 1618; 'Philip, mentioned below' ; John, born 1622 ; Mary, 1624.
• (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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• Frederick Roswell Bill, president of The Bill Brothers Company, of Hartford, is in the ninth generation of direct lineal descent from John Bill, who in 1635, or at some time earlier, became a member of the Massachusetts Colony, and was progenitor of American branches of a family which has held prominent place in the records of many states since Colonial days, and has in the branch to which Frederick Roswell Bill, of Hartford, belongs, been identified with Connecticut history for about two hundred and fifty years. .............................
• There is little reason to doubt that these children were the children of John and Dorothy Bill (who were already of the colony and must have arrived in Boston prior to 1635), for we find the girl, Mary Bill, apparently a member of the Tuttle household, her name following theirs on the list of passengers. On January 21, 1638-39, Richard Tuttell became responsible to the town of Boston for "one Dorothie Bill, widdowe, a sojourner in his house." It is presumed that she was his sister, the widow of John Bill. The name of Bill is first mentioned in the records of the town of Boston, the reference being: "John Bill died, tenth month, 1638." No record has been preserved of the death of his widow. They had a number of children, and 'Philip Bill is believed to have been their third child and son. He was born in England, about 1620. In 1660. there is trace of him as a debtor to the estate of William Burnell, of Pulling Point, then a part of Boston. On May 11, 1663, he was a resident of Ipswich. Miss Caulkins, in her "History of New London," places him among the arrivals in that town at "about 1668." He settled on the east side of the Thames river, in that portion of the town of New London incorporated in 1705 as the town of Groton. His near neisfhbors were Robert Allvn and George Greer, and eventually he became possessed of considerable land. He died on July 6, 1683, and his widow, Hannah, later married Samuel Bucknall, of New London. She died in 1709.
• Samuel Bill, their son, was born about 1665, and came with his father to New London.
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From History of the Bill Family - Page 56: is believed to be a son of John and Dorothy Bill and brother of James' and Thomas' of Boston. He was born in England about 1620, and is a supposed grandson of the King's Printer mentioned in the last portion of the chapter on our English ancestors. There is no record at the Rolls Office in Chancery Lane, London, of his departure in any of the vessels bound to America, nor do we find there, either, any record of the emigration of his father and mother, or of James' and Thomas'; yet all these persons were born in England, and did emigrate to New England, as their names and the names of their descendants are found all along the pages of municipal and legislative history of those early years, forming no small portion of the honorable record of that population which had been driven by persecution and stress of circumstances to buffet "the wild waste of waters," and seek a home in this then wilderness, of stern and desolate character, where naught but great physical energy and endurance could fight oft' famine, and unceasing watchfulness protect them from midnight assassination and slaughter at the hands of those brutal and treacherous red men, who were ever flitting along the outskirts of the opening forest, waiting and watching their opportunity. These privations and hardships were his, and he was taught them in the impressive period of his youth—for though he was born in England, yet he was but a lad at the time of his arrival in America, and we can truly claim him as one having been educated in this country, and moulded to encounter the trials attendant on a pioneer life, and such a pioneer life too as we, who now bear a part on the stage of action, have little conception of.

But to return: we first find Philip at Pulling Point, then forming a portion of Boston, though it is more than likely he for the first few years was with his mother Dorothy in Boston proper; and he must have been referred to when Richard Tuttle (his presumed uncle) became responsible to the town for the widow Dorothy, and " for any thing about her." After his brother James,' who was several years his senior, and a man grown, made his first purchase of land at Pulling Point, and settled there, Philip must have followed, for we find him in 1660 a debtor to the estate of William Burnell of that place, a friend and neighbor of James,' and probably of Philip.' He must have removed to Ipswich soon after, for we have from the Court files of that place ample evidence in the succeeding documents appended below.

1663. May 11. Philip Fowler, Sen., of Ipswich, puts into the hands of Philip Bill two young heifers for seven years. Philip Bill is****** * and at the end of the time he is to deliver up to Fowler one-half the profit of the calves. He is to be as careful of said heifers and of their increase as if they were his own. If through God's providence any accident happen to said heifers or their increase, he is to deliver half the stock alive.

(Signed) By the mark of Puilip Bill.

Present—

Will" White, Deborah Jackson. After a residence of a few years in Ipswich he must have for some reason become dissatisfied, as he left there about the last of the year 1667 or early in 1668. Miss Caulkins, in her history of New London, places him among the arrivals in that town at " about 1668."* The next document we append would, from its date, indicate the time of his departure from Ipswich.

Mr. Fowler, who had placed cattle in his keeping, learning of his proposed removal to Connecticut, and feeling insecure, had this attachment issued, a true copy of which is here given :

To the Marshall of Ipswich or his Deputy.

You are required in his maiestyes name to attach the goods

• Miss Caulkins's Hist. New London, p. 146.

or body of Philip Bill & take bond of him to the value of Twenty pounds with sufficient suretyes for his appearance the next court to be holden at Salem the last teusday of this month then and there to answer the complaint of Phillip ffowler Sen', in an action of the case of security for a pcell of cattell he hath of his in his hands (he being goeing out of this jurisdiction) that they may be delivered unto the sayd ffowler according to contract & soe make a true return thereof under your hand. Dated the 3 of November 1668.

                            Rgbert Lord, By the Court marehall. Philip Bill meanwhile left Ipswich with his family, and went to Pulling Point, where he remained some months, visiting his brotlier James, and making needful arrangements before leaving for New London. This fact is ascertained from a paper dated November 3, 1668, in the Court Files, which paper is a power of attorney from Philip Fowler to his " Grandchild Phillip ffowler " of Pulling Point, empowering him to effect a settlement with Philip Bill, who was, as we have said, sojourning there at about this date.

John Winthrop, the younger, a resident of Ipswich, who had had a grant of land confirmed to him in the Pequot country (New London) of several miles in extent, removed thence and made it his home. This land was granted him with the view and hope that a settlement might be established there under his auspices, and trade opened up along that portion of the coast; having this in view, he made several visits to Ipswich and Boston, and was undoubtedly instrumental in the removal of Philip Bill and his family to " Pequot, on the Little Fresh River."* They certainly were well acquainted, as they had been neighbors at Ipswich.

Philip Bill settled on the east side of the Thames River, in that portion of the township of New London that in 1705

• The name first given to the Thames River by Capt. Adrian Block. See Hist. New London, p. 21, 22.

was incorporated as the town of Groton. This name had been previously given by Winthrop, in honor of his birthplace in England, to his tract or "plantation"—lying east of the Thames, and between it and the Poqunnoc River—extending from the seashore back about three miles northward, being all included in the present town of Groton.

Miss Caulkins says: Philip Bill settled near Robert AUyn and George Geer, which is believed by the writer to have been at or near Allyn1s Point, the present terminus of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad. It is presumed that Robert Allyn1s house was not far distant, and that this point of land on the Thames formed a portion of his farm, hence its name.

At the May session of the State Legislature, in 1836, the town of Groton, on the petition of the inhabitants of the North Society, so called, was, after a somewhat protracted contest, divided, the South half retaining the old name, while the North half received the name of Ledyard, in perpetuation of the name of Col. William Ledyard, who made so gallant a defense at Fort Griswold, on Grot on Heights, and who, after having been overpowered by superior forces and surrendered, was brutally murdered, with others of his command, on the 6th September, 1781. These forces of Great Britain were under the supervisory command of the traitor Arnold.

Philip Bill became possessed of considerable real estate, prior to his decease. This we learn from an agreement of boundaries, dated July 14, 1676. (New London Deeds, 4 : 64.)

1677. Oct. 20, he sells to Richard Lord 100 acres of land. (Ibid., 5: 32.) He also, by will, devised landed property to his children, as we learn from a mortgage given by his son, Joshua, in 1707.

A large portion of the old records of New London was burnt, with the town, by Arnold, in 1781. But for this, we should undoubtedly be able to greatly enlarge this interesting period in the family history.

No will of Philip has been found, though diligent searches have been made by the writer and others. He died July 8, 1689, of a fatal throat distemper, which prevailed that summer.* His daughter, Margaret, died the same day, of the same disease. His widow, Hannah, afterwards married Samuel Bucknall or Buckland, of New London, and died in 1709.

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