Ancestry of
James Roosevelt

(1828–1900)

Lydia Bill

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• • Great-grandmother of James Roosevelt — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 15 
  • Father:
  • Ephriam Bill 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Huntington   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Jul 1753 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 May 1838 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Joseph Howland
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 May 1772 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Susan Howland (Ahnentafel No:7 )

  Harriet Howland

  Samuel Shaw Howland

• Sources for Lydia Bill

  • ¹ Connecticut, Marriages, 1729-1867, Marriage record for Lydia Bill and Joseph Howland.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A010115.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/05/2011).
  • ⁴ New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952, Death record for Lydia Howland.
  • ⁵ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1942, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 159-166 and accompanying chart.
  • ⁶ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, Page 408.
  • ⁷ Aspinwall, Algernon Aikin, comp., The Aspinwall Genealogy, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1901), 75.
  • ⁸ Bill, Ledyard, History of the Bill Family, New York: Alvord Printer(1867), 150, 175-178.
  • ⁹ Huntington Family Association, The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir of the Known Descendants of Simon Huntington from 1633 to 1915, Hartford, Connecticut: The Hartford Printing Co. (1915), 532.
  • ¹⁰ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 83, 91.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 6, 185, 261.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 308.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 921.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 35.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 446, 450, 455.
  • ¹⁶ Wakefield, Robert S. and Ann Smith Lainhart, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23, Part 1, John Howland, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 164.
  • ¹⁷ Whittelsey, Charles Barney, The Roosevelt Genealogy 1649-1902, Hartford, Connecticut: J. B. Burr and Company (1902), 57.