Forwarded....Unc ----- Original Message ----- From: <ehlsmith@att.net> To: "Lilly Martin" <malik@scs-net.org>; <NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [NYSUF] The MILLS family line of Suffolk Co NY > Lilly, > > The International Genealogical Index at the LDS website www.familysearch.org shows the 23 June 1840 marriage in Knox IL of Gideon Mills to Emeline Hartson. > > BTW- Mills Pond is within the Town of Smithtown. The Mills Pond Mills and the Smithtown Mills are the same. > > Ned Smith > > -------------- Original message from "Lilly Martin" <malik@scs-net.org>: -------------- > > > > Thanks to Eileen, I now have the 1840 location of my ancestor Gideon Mills > > b. 1797 NY. > > > > In the 1850 census shown here below, Gideon Mills is listed with his SECOND > > wife, who was Emeline Bishop. She was first marrried to a mr. MARSTEN and > > the children with her names Sarah, James, and Lois were from her first > > marriage. Her husband died, and she remarried to Gideon Mills. I feel that > > Gideon's first wife died also, but I do not know where, or when, but > > probably prior to the 1840 census, since I feel that the 1840 census listing > > is for Emeline Bishop Mills, his second wife. > > > > The life of Gideon Mills in Fulton Co IL, where he died in 1870, is fairly > > well detailed by me, but what I LACK is any information about WHAT Mills > > family he belongs to In New York. > > > > I know the there was a very big and historic MILLS family in SMITHTOWN and > > in MILL POND , New York. I am asking for help with those 2 specific MILLS > > family lines, to see if any other researcher might see a way to fit me into > > either of those 2 well researched family lines. They seem to be the 2 > > obvious choices. Can anyone help me? > > > > For example: Gideon Smith Mills b. 1788 Mill Pond, Suffolk Co NY. Does this > > man relate to my ancestor Gideon Mills b. 1797 NY? Or pure coincidence? > > > > I am also needing help to find Gideon Mills in the 1830 census, he should be > > 31 years old, and married, and with a few kids. My ancestor was William > > Mills b. about 1827-1833,based on various census records. > > > > I have made a list of every man named MILLS who was from NY who settled in > > Fulton Co IL at an early date, along with Gideon Mills, be glad to share > > that with any Mills researchers. > > Best regards, > > Lilly Martin > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eileen" > > To: "Lilly Martin" ; > > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:29 AM > > Subject: Re: [NYSUF] The MILLS family line of Suffolk Co NY > > > > > > > Hello Lilly, > > > Here are some transcripts for you which may help you; > > > 1840 Ill Franklin County(no town given) > > > Gideon Mills Household; > > > 1 male age 40-50 (b.1790-1800) > > > 1 female age 20-30 (b.1810-1820) > > > 2 males age 10-15 (b.1825-1830) > > > 1 female age 5-10 (b.1830-1835) > > > 1 female age 0-5(b.1835-1840) > > > > > > 1850 Ill Fulton County Utica > > > 83-88 Giddeon Mills m.53 teamster b. NY > > > Emeline f. 38 CT > > > David M. " m.11 ILL > > > Nellson G. " m.6 ILL > > > Hester H. " f.4 ILL > > > Sarah " f. 2 ILL > > > Susan Hartren f. 12 Canada (last name could > > > be Wartren?) > > > James " m.20 Canada > > > Lois " f.16 Canada > > > Benjamin Hale m. 17 CT > > > 89 Ira Mills m.47 farmer 10,000 NY > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Lilly Martin" > > > To: > > > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:52 AM > > > Subject: [NYSUF] The MILLS family line of Suffolk Co NY > > > > > > > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> My ancestor is Gideon Mills who was born in 1797 in New York. By 1860 he > > >> was firmly and finally settled in Fulton Co IL. > > >> > > >> I don't have access to the 1850 census, perhaps he was somewhere on his > > >> way to Fulton Co at that point, I don't know. > > >> > > >> I do not know his first wifes name, but he later married an Emeline > > >> Bishop of Illinois as his second wife, and that was also her second > > >> marriage. > > >> > > >> I do know that his son, by his first wife, was William H. Mills b. 1827 > > >> approximately. This info comes from the 1860 census of Canton, Fulton Co > > >> IL. > > >> This William married Rosella Douglas Simmons, d/o Lebbeus Simmons (who > > >> was from a Simmons line of Mass, to Maine, to Mercer Co PA) > > >> William and Rosella married in IL and settled in Canton for some time, > > >> but did move away and I have lost them. William H. Mills was a COOPER, > > >> and his father was a FARMER. > > >> > > >> Gideon Mills b. 1797 NY remained in Fulton Co IL and died there in 1870. > > >> I would like to find his parents, and his first wife, and to which MILLS > > >> family line he belongs to in NY. Does anyone recognise the name Gideon > > >> Mills of New York, and into which Mills line this name would belong to? > > >> > > >> My theory is, he married a local NY girl, and then moved to IL, where she > > >> died, and he remarried. What MILLS families tended to use the names of: > > >> GIDEON and WILLIAM H. ???? Those are my clues. > > >> Best regards, > > >> Lilly Martin > > > > > > ==== NYSUFFOL Mailing List ==== > > If in the area, visit us at the Lynbrook FHC, 10 Penninsula BLVD, Lynbrook,NY > > 11563 > > For Long Island Talking book info, goto: > > http://www.litbl.org/appl-inst-info.pdf > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. 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