This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Billeter/Billiter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0k.2ADE/74.157.1 Message Board Post: "PENTHUS BILLETER, b. 1820 in England; died 1886 in Iowa;" Penthus Billeter was born in Stokes, NC in 1820, not in England; his father was Mark, and Mark's father was Zebediahb ca 1760; This family goes back to Maryland in the Choptank River area.