Hello Pat, There is a census listing and tax record listing, consistantly for a William Mills in Essex Co NY, first in the Crown point area, then later in the Moriah area. He is listed as married to a Hannah. I have no idea who his parents are. I have no idea as to his children. But I am thinking that possibly his son was Gideon Mills b. 1798 NY, who in 1830 census was living at Moriah, Essex Co NY. Gideon Mills left the area to settled permanently at Fulton Co IL as of 1836, he died there in 1870, and he is my ancestor. I am trying to find the father of Gideon Mills, and William Mills of Moriah, Essex Co NY appears to be a good candidate, but no proof, so that is why I am researching him. Online there are 2 different listing for the grave of William Mills and his wife Hannah. They are both buried together at Mineville Cemetery, Moriah , Essex Co NY. One says his date of death was 3-9-1861, age 91 years, the other says he died 3-9-1867, age 91 years. Apparently, ther gravestones were 'read' and the 1 and the 7 looked similar, so there is slight confusion involving 6 years. That is such a very small matter, that it is not important to me, because the basic age is what I need to work with. His wife was Hannah and she died 2-10-1852 at 72 years. In the 1860 census William Mills is listed as 87 years old, and born in New York, making his birth date about 1773. We all know that ages stated on census reports are very often wrong by several years. Even the grave stone age of 91 years is not to be taken as 100% correct, because that age would only be as good as who ever reported it, and their memory might have been off slightly. The fact is , that there appaers to be only one man in the area named William Mills, and he was married to Hannah, and he was born somewhere in the basic time frame of 1773-1776 and he lived and died in Moriah, Essex Co NY. I would love to find a list of his children! In the 1860 census this William Mills was widowed, and living in the household of a Cheney STIMPSON in Moriah, who was married to Mabel age 46, it has been thought that Mabel could be the daughter of William and Hannah Mills, but no proof of that. If anyone has any information about any MILLS family of Moriah, Essex Co NY. I would love to see it. Best regards, Lilly Martin, d/o Emily, d/o Charles, s/o Pearl D. Mills, d/o John Oscar Mills, s/o William H. Mills b. 1827 NY, s/o Gideon Mills b. 1798 NY, s/o ???? Original Message ----- From: <ChekWriter@aol.com> To: <MILLS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:09 PM Subject: [MILLS] William Mills 1830? > You are showing him as being born about 1773-1776 on the 1830 census? > > But you did not say who his father was? Is this birth date from some > other > source. > > Otherwise, the dates do not calculate out. > > If he died in 1867, he would have been 94 years old. Maybe you have > another > William MILLS in the same area that you picked up thinking it was the same > one? > > Can you clarify? > > Thank you > > Pat > cw > > > ==== MILLS Mailing List ==== > We have archives! Search for your MILLS information here..... > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MILLS > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >