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" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com> 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 ==== > Check the Genweb project at: > www.usgenweb.org > and Worldconnect at: > www.rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >