Martha Jane STEINHOFF

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Family/Spouse: FLOOD. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Hanna J. BILLS on 13 Dec 1867 in Michigan. Hanna (daughter of Hiram BILLS and SABRINA) was born on 4 Jul 1854 in Nankin, Wayne, Michigan; died on 1 Dec 1935 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried in Inkster, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Hirum BILLS
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• Alt. Burial: 9 Apr 1872, Maple Grove Cemetery, Westland, Wayne, Michigan

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Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Alt Birth: 1824 Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
Alt Death: Dead Royalton, Windsor, Vermont

Hiram Bills Family Research of Beatrice (Mary Van Allen) Bills
Hiram has been only briefly mentioned in our family memoirs so far. He was not notorious nor a combat veteran. Instead, Hiram is felt strongly in the background watching as a guardian over the affairs of his family members. He strikes us as being one of few, but meaningful words.

Hiram was one of the youngest children of Samuel Bills (1777-1840). He was born between 1824 and 1828 in the state of New York. (The 1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Michigan, states he was 45 years old 1824/1825) and his death certificate in 1872 shows age 44 (1827/1828).) We don't know the accurate identity of his mother at his time, except that an "Annie" is listed on his death certificate. His older brothers were (Ira (1809-1895), Alvah (1812-1900) and William (1819-1900). Other brothers were Albert and Samuel, and possible brothers (or uncles) Syman of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Marvin of Grand Rapids. He had two sisters--Sally, of Branch County, and Eunice of Milwaukee. (Samuel Bill Will, Wayne County Probate Records, Volume 3, Record 2190)

Hiram married Sabrina sometime before1860. (Wayne County Land Records, Volume 36, P. 15) Again, we do not know much about his marriage, except that in 1860 he had a daughter named Hannah J. Who was five years old. Not listed is Hiram Bills who is buried in Maplegrove Cemetery in Nankin Township. This Hiram died at age 19 in April, 1873, and could have been a son.

Hiram, as his brother Ira, was also a land buyer. Before 1848, he had over 65 acres of land in what is not Nankin Township. He purchased some from his brother William in 1844, and 65 acres in 1848 from a Nehimiah F. Prudden.(Wayne County Land Records,and Volume 14, P. 19, and Vol 18, p. 21) He had a small estate.

Just before his death in Nankin on Aril 9, 1872, at age 44, Hiram was worth $3,300 in real estate and $850 in personal estate.(1870 Federal Census, Nankin Township, Wayne Co., Michigan) He was pretty well off for a person in the period. He died a young man; it seems too bad, particularly for some family members such as Ira and his son, Edmond. They relied on Hiram for stability. It was he to whom Marshall and Edmond gave their bounties for enlistment for use for nursing services for their sick father. They could trust Uncle Hiram to take good care of their father.

Another testimony to Hiram's respectability was his witness as best man to the marriage of Francis L. Strong and Laura E. Guest of Nankin on July 1, 1869. They were not relatives, but friends and neighbors who respected him enough to ask him to perform this favor for them.

We close this brief study of Hiram hoping that we car learn more about him in time. He was probably very quiet but steady. His land transactions and personal wealth impress us. We will break the silence of this man soon, we hope."

Reference 1870 US Census Nankin, Wayne, Michigan
Samuel Bills Will, Wayne County Probate vol. 3 #2190
Wayne Co. Land Records vol. 18 pg. 15

Hiram married SABRINA before 1860. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Samuel Bills (1770-1840)
The First Michigan Emigrant Samue
l was the firstBills to emigrant to the Mich igan Territory. Land was for sale , andhe bought fort y acres in Wayne County in 1835.1 Weakened by his move and old age, he lived only a short time on hi s new land,but his children who buried him would se e his land patent becomepart of a state in 1840, a nd later an integral part of theDetroit Metropolita n Area.2 A journey to new and strangesurroundings was no t new for Samuel. He was probably born inVermont i n 1777, and could be the same "Samuel Bills" who lived i nBerkshire, Franklin County, Vermont in 1810 with his w ife, two boys,and four daughters.3 Sometime between 181 3 and 1819, he crossed theAdironacks to New York Stat e, and settled (again probably) inJefferson County.4 Before he traveled the length of the Erie Canal and Lake Erie to Michigan, Samuel had raised part o f hisfamily, and had started on another. Marvin an d Syman Bills whowere mentioned in his will, probab ly his older sons who wereborn in Vermont and ha d established their own households by1835.5 Ira (180 9-1896), Alvah (1812-1900), William (1819-1900), andHir am ((1824-1872) who were mentioned came with their fat her fromNew York to Nankin Township. They helped hi m to raise the firstroof over the Michigan Bills an d stayed in Michigan, near theoriginal homestead, th e rest of their lives which saw thetwilight of th e 1900. Samuel had other children about whom we donot k now too much. He had sons named Albert and Samuel , anddaughters named Sally and Eunice, all of who m were born between1825 and 1836. 6 At the time o f his will in 1854, Albert andSamuel lived in Milwa ukee, with their brother Syman; Sally livedin Branc h City (Coldwater) Michigan, and Eunice with her hus bandEdwin Haywood in Nankin.7 At his death , Samuel was married to aPermelia L andden who later remarried a Issac Scudder, ofFarmingto n,Michigan in 1845.8 Permelia was most likely the mo ther of Albert,Samuel, and Eunice all born after 1 825, questionably, the mother ofHiram, William, and S ally who were born between 1819 and 1825.Although w e do not know Sally's age , we think that there wa s aseven year "gap" between Alvah and William (1812-1819 ) which might bea period when Samuel was widowed be fore marrying Miss Ladden inNew York State.9 A Eunice Woodruff is listed on Alvah's death certificate as his mother, and because of this record, a nd Ira'sconfirmed birthdate in 1809 when Permelia wa s only 16, we thinkthat this Eunice was their mothe r as well as Syman's and Marvin's.In any even t , Samuel had at least two wives, and at least te nchildren. He brought only part of this large famil y to Michiganwith him. Samuel died on May 3, 1840 in Nankin Township , WayneCounty, Michigan. He was the first "Bills " to be buried in UnionChapel Cemetery. Unlike the ir parents, many oif his grandchildrenwould be pulle d by the pioneer spirit from Michigan to parts of the United States and Canada. Like their parents, man y of hisgrandchildren would stay in Michigan to bec ome the "MichiganBills".

-Written March 5, 1971-
References: 1. First Land Owner s of Wayne County ofMichigan, Burton Collection, Det roit, Michigan, 1964, p.26: "Samuelis listed as resid ing in Wayne County, and buying 40 acres ofland i n Nankin Township, in Section 13, date of patent, Oc tober24, 1835. 2. Samuel died May 3, 1840 at Nankin Townshi p, WayneCounty, and is buried in Union Chapel Cemeter y, Inkster , Michigan.His tombstone, still very legible, supports his birth and deathdates. 3. His son Ira Bills' death certificate list s his birthplace as Vermont, and son Alvah's the s ame. Various otherrecords, such as the censuses, conf uses the issue. The FederalCensus, 1810, State of V ermont lists a Samuel Bills, householdincluding:
Males: 1 under 10 years old
1 10-16 years old
1 26-45 years old
Females: 2 under 10 years old
2 10-16 years old
1 26-45 years old 4. Family tradition, anda birth record foun d early in research support this conclusionabout Jef ferson County, New York. 5. Samuel Bills' Will , Record2190, Wayne C ourt Probate Records, Volume 3 (Burton Collection,D etroit, Michigan) lists: Marvin Bills of Grand Rapids , KentCounty, Michigan and Syman Bills of Milwaukee , Wisconsin. 6. SamuelBills Will, and Federal Census , 1 840, for Nankin Township, WayneCounty, Michigan, Will iam Bills, head of household. 7. The FederalCensus, 1850, for Nanki n Township, Wayne County, Michigan, Vol.11, p. 341 , Line 9. 8. Wayne County Marriage Records, Vol. 9, p .49: "Permelia Landden Bills, aged 52 married Issac S Cudder, aged59, Farmington on September 14, 1845 a t Nankin by O.P. Dresser,J.P., Wayne County. 9. It is also the period during which he moved from Vermont to New York.
THE END.

Notes for SAMUEL BILLS:


Buried Union Chapel Cemetery, Inkster MI.
Last Will and Testament, Probate Court, Wayne County MI
Record 2190
Value of Estate $1,400,
Beneficiaries:
Parmelia Landden (Scudder) wid.
Nancy and Harry Bills, chn of Marvin Bills of Grand Rapids, MI
Sally Bills of Branch City, Branch County MI
Ira Bills (son) of Nankin Township, Wayne County MI
Hiram and Alva Bills of Nankin
Albert Bills, Eunice Bills, and Samuel Bills of Milwaukee, WI
Lyman Bills of Milwaukee, WI
Samuel died intestate of Wayne County Will filed June 19, 1854.
Petitoner and Apptd Extr, William Bills.

Pictured in Lathers as having an original land grant in 1835 between
Ford Road, Cherry Hill on south, Harrison, Marquette,and Middle Belt.
Date of patent 10/24/1835.

Came to Michigan by ox cart and Erie Canal. Julia Klingensmith 3/29/1971.

Source: Delores N. Bailey, Samuel was a farmer. Early maps show his landnorth of Inkster i n Section 13. Methodist Epistopal. Perrinville, MI
where family did their trading and probably attended church.

Took father's Royalton home on 9/7/1800 after his death, and disappeared
after he sold it in 1801.

History of Royalton Vermont. "Under control of New York State until1769, at
the Westminister Convention of January 15, 1777, Vermont inhabitants
voted for a new state. In October 28, 1777, the people of Royalton
had to pay $2/acre to keep their land, and joined in to petition thestate.
Settlers had acquired their land under a charter to New York State. Thismay
account for some of the confusion, about birthplace, New York orVermont, for Samuel's children.

1800 Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont
Males Females
1 16-26 1 16-26


1810 Batavia Township, Genessee County New York
Males Females
1 Under 10 1 Under 10
1 10-16 1 10-16
1 26-45 1 16-25
1 Over 45 1 Over 45

Next to Benjamin Bill

1810 Brownsville, Jefferson County New York:
Males Females
1 Under 10 , Ira, 1809 1 Under 10, Sally
1 16-25, brother Elias 1 10-16 sister
1 26-45, Samuel, 1777 4 26-45, Eunice Woodworth, 1785

1820 Federal Census, Middlebury, Genesee County New York
Males Females
4 Under 10, 1 26-44
1 10-15
1 26-44

Near Chester and Chauncey Bills in Bergen Township, Genessee County NewYork

1830 Bennington, Genesee County New York
Males Females
1 Under 5 1 Under 5
1 5-10 1 30-40
2 10-15
1 15-20
1 20-30
1 50-60 Warren Bills in same county in 1830.

Royalton Deeds Book B, P550, Samuel Bills of Royalton for $400
dollars to his hand paid...by Daniel Ashcraft of Royalton sold the
following tract of land viz the whole of Lot 23 Dutch except what
is contained in a deed given Samuel Bill late of sd Royalton ...
to Alexander Woodworth, November 4, 1801.

1810 Unadilla, Otsego County New York
Males Females
2 Under 10 1 Under 10
1 16-26 1 10-16
1 26-45 1 26-45
1 Over 45

1810 Hadley, Sarasota County New York
Males Females
3 Under 10 1 26-45

1830 Federal Census, Middlebury, Franklin County New York
Males Females
1 15-20 1 30-40
1 20-30
[Br?derbund Family Archive #255, Ed. 1, Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI,MN, OH, WI 1790-190 7, Date of Import: Oct 29, 1999, Internal Ref.
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Patentee Name: Bill, Samuel
Accession Number: MI0310__.262
State: Michigan
Volume: 310
Page: 262
Document Number: 15257
Land Office: Detroit
Aliquot Part Reference: NESW
Section Number: 13
Township: 2 South
Range: 9 East
Meridian/Survey Area: Michigan Principal Meridian
Act/Treaty Authorizing Sale: Sale-Cash Entries
Date Signed: Apr 10, 1837
Acreage: 40.00

Signed: the document on file at the BLM contains a signature.

Samuel married Eunice WOODWORTH in 1800 in , , Vermont. Eunice was born in 1784 in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont; died in in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Alt Baptism: 12 Jun 1922
Alt Endowment: 2 Mar 1922
Alt Name: Eunice Woodruff
Notes for EUNICE WOODWORTH:
In the 1810 Brownsville Township, Jefferson County New Yo
rk FederalCensus, there was a Samuel Woodruff, the same as Samuel Bills.
Males Females
1 26-45 1 16-25

Lovejoy/Royalton:
parent, Timothy Woodworth, brothers: William Woodworth, 1782 and LymanWoodworth, 1788. Her brothers were born in Plainfield, Cheshire CountyNew Hampshire; she was probably born there too. Married: Samuel,
probably the son of Samuel and Mary before 1800.

Possibility she was related to Delia S. Wightman, whose mother was LucinaWoodruff Wightman, pioneer in Nankin Township, MI.

Source: Sharon Bias, Elverta California. Said she was born in 1780instead of 1785.

Wendie Calayne Whitehead, PO Box 462, (2855 E. Canyon Rd.,) Spanish Fork,Utah, fourth great grandaughter, and Molly Fail Ford, 3379 Royal WoodDrive, Salt Lake City, Utah 4110-3144.

SM Note: The Complete Mayflower Descendants Vol Xp85, Rev. Jonathan ScottMarriage Records, March 7, 1799, a Thursday, Asa Robinson of Paris andEunice Woodworth of Poland were married.

Source for Death Date: WFT 263, but 5/1812 is incorrect. That was thedate her mother Eunice Lyman died. Yeah! May be related to the WoodworthClan again.

Possibility she was related to Delia S. Wightman, whose mother was Lucina
Woodruff Wightman, pioneer in Nankin Township, MI.

Source: Sharon Bias, Elverta California. Said she was born in 1780instead
of 1785.