Referenced in the family
Ely S. Bills
b. 1819
Life
Records & Research
Ely S. Bills was born 15 December 1819, a child of Chester Bills (1791-1845) and Mary Day (1790-1852), per the 2006 family report. No public record (FindAGrave, FamilySearch, WikiTree, BillionGraves, newspapers, or published genealogies) could be located that independently identifies this specific person; searches across surname variants (Bills/Bill) and given-name variants (Ely/Eli/El*) returned no multi-anchor match. The only same-named candidate found in a published genealogy (Chester Bill #632, b. 4 July 1791 in Lebanon, CT, in the 1867 History of the Bill Family) is verifiably a different man: he married Phebe Williams (not Mary Day), died 15 March 1853 (not 1845), and his three children were George William, David Bissell, and Lucy Ann — none named Ely/Eli. He is correctly rejected. Nothing reliable was found to confirm or extend the report's facts.
No additional public records have been confirmed yet — only what the family report records.
Open questions (6)
- No death date, death place, or burial location could be found for Ely S. Bills (b. 1819-12-15) in any public source; FindAGrave has no male 'Eli/Ely Bills' memorial born ~1819 (national search returned only female Bills entries: Eleanor, Eliza, Elizabeth).
- No public record (FamilySearch tree, WikiTree, FindAGrave) was found tying Chester Bills (1791-1845) and Mary Day (1790-1852) together as a couple, nor listing Ely/Eli among their children. The precise vital dates in the report likely originate from an unconsulted Ancestry/FamilySearch private tree or a family Bible not indexed by web search.
- No residence/location is given for this family in the report, which severely limited record matching. The family may be in New York or New England; identifying their county would allow targeted census (1820/1830/1840) and vital-record searches.
- Independently verified the rejection of the only same-named genealogy candidate: 'Chester Bill' #632 (b. 4 July 1791, Lebanon, CT) in the 1867 'History of the Bill Family' (Ledyard Bill) married Phebe Williams (not Mary Day), died 15 March 1853 (not 1845), and had children George William (1813), David Bissell (1820), and Lucy Ann (1830) — no son named Ely/Eli. REJECTED as a different person on three independent anchors. The only 'Eli' in that work (#622, b. 17 Dec 1799) is also a different person (wrong birth year, different parents).
- Possible spelling/identity question: 'Ely' may be a transcription of 'Eli', or 'Bills' may be 'Bill' (surname s-drift); neither variant produced a confirmable match, but census/vital records under 'Eli Bill(s)' should be checked if a locality is found.
- Could not access Ancestry.com or behind-login FamilySearch tree records, which are the most probable sources for the report's data; consulting those (with credentials) is the recommended next step.
Sources consulted (6)
- History of the Bill Family (Ledyard Bill, 1867) — full text · genealogy-book
- Bills Genealogy | WikiTree (surname index) · family-tree-index
- FindAGrave memorial search — 'Eli Bills' b.1819 New York (no results) · grave-search
- FindAGrave memorial search — 'El* Bills' b.1819 national (only female Bills returned) · grave-search
- FamilySearch ancestors search — Ely/Eli Bills 1819 (no matching profile) · web-search
- WikiTree Bills/Chester surname searches (no Chester Bills+Mary Day match) · web-search
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