Mary Bill

1744 - 1794  (49 years)

• Name	Mary Bill
  Birth	26 Nov 1744	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Jul 1794	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
  Burial	Gilead Cemetery, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I2975	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	John Howell Wells,   b. 12/12 FEB/FEB 1744/1745, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States d. 7 Mar 1826, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1769	Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F1630	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. FHL book 929.273 W462c "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family. Some Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Wells of Saybrook and Hebron, Connecticut, who had come from Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1712. Supplementing: "The History and Genealogy of the Wells Family" by Philip L. Cobb, 1897"; compiled by John. L. Cobb, 1999, p. 18: "John Howell Wells. First son of Edmund and Mary (Howell) W. of Hebron, CT and Cambridge, NY, b. 12 Feb. 1744, Hebron vi. rec.: 1:40, CT; farmer, served from CT in American Revolution as captain; married 1st, 16 Nov. 1768? or 9, to Mary Bill, dau. of Benajah and Mary (Bill: probably dau. of James and Mary (Swodel) B., b. 1721) B.); she died 8 July 1794, Gilead, Hebron, Tolland Co., CT, age 51 (Hebron cem. rec.); he married 2nd, 10 or 11 Apr. 1796 to Jerusha Pinneo, dau. of ___, who died 28 Mar. 1845 age 84 (Hebron cern. rec.); he died 7 Mar. 1826, Gilead par. age 82, (Hebron cem. rec.); children of John Howell and Mary (Bill) W.: [Lists 7 children b. 1771-1784.] Refer: "List of Ances. and Descs. of John Howell Welles "(a table), nd. (from Suffolk Co., NY Hist. Soc., 300 W. Main St., Riverhead, LI, NY 11901, 1975-6); genealogy: CT (1911): IV: 1905-6; Hebron, CT cem. inscrips. (at Hebron Library 1969); "Hist. and Gen.: Wells Fam.," by P.L. Cobb, 1897: 2; "Brewster Gen.," by E.C.B. Jones, 1908: 210-211; "Bill Fam. Memoir," L. Bill 1867: 135-6; Washington Co., NY deed: E-E: 330-1: James Wells, s. of John Howell W.: lands in Cambridge and Jackson, to Larissa and Sila Ann, devisors of George W., 12 Apr. 1831, late of Boston, MA; recorded 20 Jan. 1832."