Rebecca Bowen: (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58 & Edgar Perley Mills & Daughter Pierce Ann Mills [Belding] Death Certificate).
Rebecca (Mills): (5-18-1811 & 5-31-1815 & 10-16-1815 Indenture Records & Son Edward Mills/Daughters Harriet V. Mills [Moseman]/Eliza A. Mills [Woodward] Death Certificates).
Rebecka (Mills): (Signed with an "x" 7-7-1808 & 6-20-1811 & 3-1-1816 Indenture Records).
Rebeckah (Mills): (3-26-1814 & 11-23-1815 Indenture Records).
Rebecca (Rice): (History of the City of Grand Rapids, MI).

b. 11 Sep 1781, Rhode Island.
b. 11 Sep 1781, Little Compton, Newport County, RI. [DAR appl. - Mary Margaret Nelson (Culbertson)].
b. 11 Sep 1781, Auburn, [Cayuga Co.,] NY. (Edgar Perley Mills written history).
b. Rhode Island. (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58).
b. 1781, RI. (U. S. & Int'nat'l Marriage records).
b. [Check in Newport County, RI.] [Not born in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island per RI researcher per library records.] ?

m.(1) 25 Feb 1796, New York, Jonathan Mills. (Edgar Perley Mills).
Note: Ed Covell performed the ceremony. They eloped. (Edgar Perley Mills).
m.(1) NY, Jonathan Mills. (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58 & U.S. and International Marriage Records).
m. Jonathan Mills. 11 issue. (Edgar Perley Mills).
m.(1) They eloped. (Edgar Perley Mills). Accord - at a neighboring parsonage. (Hiram Wallace Mills).
She left Jonathan or they were bankrupt and he died shortly thereafter (drank himself to death). (Family Source).
Rebecca left Jonathan and ran off with another man. This supposedly led to Jonathan's drinking so heavily that he soon died. (Warren Heman Mills).
Jonathan died Oct. 31, 1816 in Onondaga Co., NY. (Edgar Perley Mills).
m.(1) [Check in Onondaga Co., NY.] ?

m.(2) Aft 1816, NY, ___ Rice. [Her last child with Jonathan was born Feb 1816.]
m.(2) Aft 1820, ____ Rice. (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58). (1820 Census - Rebecca Mills).
She left him (a) after a few years, or (b) when they were very old. (See Mills grandsons' stories below).

d. 5 Feb 1849, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI. (A History of Grand Rapids lists her death as Rebecca Rice (Her second husband's name) on Feb. 5, 1849.)

Burial: Fulton Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA.
Plot: Lot 26, Block No. 2. (Per Deed from George M. Mills to Elnathan Mills, dated 9 Aug 1873). [FAG contributor gmcollection -- George Miller, M.A. [Public History]).

Book: History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Albert Baxter, published 1891 by Munsell & Company, Publishers:
Mrs. Rebecca Rice is listed on page 627, Deaths of Early Settlers. Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1849.
[NOTE: She died before her father William Bowen died and before he updated his will #2 in 1852 so she was not mentioned therein except as four deceased children. However, some of her children did contest the will. Might be mentioned in his earlier will of her father, William Bowen, but was deceased at time of Oct. 1948 will #1 - Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.]

d. 1847, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58).

d. 5 Jan 1847, in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. (Source may be Michigan Pioneers Collection & According to family writings, but the Grand Rapids cemeteries have no record of her burial. -Edgar Perley Mills).

Burial: Fulton Street Cemetery, 791 E. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan USA.

Hiram Wallace Mills: Excerpt in 1890 about Rebecca Bowen:
"Johnethan's wife was a very ambitious woman, having a strong will and not discouraged. Her father was a pioneer in New York and emigrated there from R. Island when she was a child. He at that time cut a road through twelve miles into the forest where he made his future home. Consequently she was reared in all the hardships of a pioneer life. She was rather small in stature but in her day possessed great beauty of the blonde type."

NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58:
ii. REBECCA BOWEN, b. R.I.; said to have d. Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Mich., in
1847; m. (1) N.Y. JONATHAN MILLS, d. between 1816 when he sold land (see
below) and 1820 when not found in the census; m. (2) after 1820_____ RICE.
Much of the story of Jonathan Mills, hotelier and tavern keeper, and
Rebecca Bowen is wrapped in a tangle of somewhat lurid family traditions.[384]
After a ten-year estrangement from her family reportedly over their elopement,
Jonathan and Rebecca Mills were living close to the Bowens in Onondaga Co.,
N.Y.: the couple, of Pompey, Onondaga Co., sold land there, part of Lot 9, on
20 June 1808.[385] They were very active buyers and sellers of land in
Onondaga County over the next eight years, with frequent changes in
residence in surrounding towns shown in the deeds.[386]
Jonathan Mills apparently drank himself to death in one terrible evening,
but sources disagree on his motivation, whether it was crushing debt (Hiram
W. Mills) or his wife´s infidelity (Warren H. Mills).[387] In 1820 Rebecca Mills
was counted as the head of a household of thirteen in Cicero (a town formed
from Pompey), Onondaga Co.[388] Rebecca (Bowen) Mills had died before her
father made his first will in Oct. 1848, but her surviving children-John Mills,
Renselaer Mills, Marshall Mills, Warren Mills, Edward Mills, Harriett

382. There was, for example, an Abigail Bowen, born in 1795, who married the Rev. Orrin7 Abbott (John6-3, George2-1) and died in Niles in February 1819, leaving a young daughter who died a few months later (Lemuel Abijah Abbot, Descendants of George Abbot of Rowley, Mass., 2 vol. [Boston: the author, 1906], 2:615-18, which offers no information about her ancestry).
383. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island [note 25], 6 (Warren):50.

384. Twin grandsons, both of whom heartily disliked the Bowens, wrote long family
memoirs that disagree in some fundamentals: ''Reminiscences of Warren H. Mills Commenced
July 8th, 1889, at Plevna, Klamath County, Oregon´´ and ''Reminiscences of Hiram W. Mills
written at Bridgewater, Mi., 1890,´´ typescript transcribed by Mary Scott, shared with the author
by Helen S. Ullmann. They agree that Rebecca eloped in New York with Jonathan Mills, who was
baptized in Albany, New York, 2 January 1773, and died of alcohol poisoning in Onondaga
County, New York. They rather liked her second husband, ''Mr. Rice,´´ but said that Rebecca left
him (one grandson saying it was after a few years, the other when they were very old) and lived
her final days with son George M. Mills in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A comparison of their stories
with each other and with documented facts is beyond the scope of this article.
385. Onondaga County Deeds, L:36.
386. They were of Cazenovia, Madison Co., N.Y., when they sold part of Lot 23 in Pompey
in 1811 and 1814 (Onondaga County Deeds, O:209-212), but they were of Manlius, Onondaga
Co., in 1813 when they bought back 71½ acres of Lot 9 in Pompey (Onondaga County Deeds,
H:373). The acreages were generally large and the prices high. They sold, for example, forty acres
in ''the late Onondaga Reservation´´ for $2,000 in 1815 (Onondaga County Deeds, R:131-133).
The only sale with genealogical significance occurred in 1816 when they sold land in Manlius to
William Bowen (Onondaga County Deeds, R:134).
387. See note 384.
388. 1820 U.S. Census, Cicero, Onondaga County, New York, roll 67, p. 95.

58 New England Historical and Genealogical Register [JANUARY

Houseman, Eliza Mills, Pierce Belden, and Elizabeth Hunt of Michigan-were
named in the first will and included in the Cayuga Co. probate records for the
second.[389]

389. John Mills was the spokesman for his siblings in the unsuccessful suit against their
uncle George W. Bowen over the management of their grandfather's probate (Cayuga County
Surrogate´s Records, Box 31). Pierce Belden was probably the Persann Mills mentioned in
''Reminiscences´´ (note 384).

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Rebecca Bowen
Gender: female
Birth Place: RI
Birth Year: 1781
Spouse Name: Jonathon Mills
Spouse
Birth Place: NY
Spouse Birth Year: 1769
Marriage State: of NY
Number Pages: 1

m. (2) Aft 1816, NY, ___ Rice. [Her last child with Jonathan was born Feb 1816.]
m. (2) Aft 1820, ____ Rice. (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58). (1820 Census - Rebecca Mills).

d. 5 Jan 1847 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. (Source may be Michigan Pioneers Collection & According to family writings, but the Grand Rapids cemeteries have no record of her burial. -Edgar Perley Mills).

d. 5 Feb 1849, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI. (A History of Grand Rapids lists her death as Rebecca Rice (Her second husband's name) on Feb. 5, 1849.)

Book: History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Albert Baxter, published 1891 by Munsell & Company, Publishers:
Mrs. Rebecca Rice is listed on page 627, Deaths of Early Settlers. Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1849.

By Edgar Perley Mills:
"Lie of Descent from Jonathan Mills
for Family of Wright Elijah Mills
Family of Jonathan Mills & Rebecca Bowen
According to family lore Jonathan Mills' great grandfather (1640 to 1722) came to NY from Scotland with two brothers. His grandfather (1700 to 1765) was born in Albany NY. His father, (1739 to 1789) was also born in Albany. Jonathan Mills was born in Albany Jan. 2, 1773.
Jonathan Mills was born in Albany, NY on Jan. 2, 1773. He married Rebecca Bowen and the story is that they eloped. Rebecca was born on Sept. 11, 1781 in Auburn, NY. Jonathan & Rebecca had eleven children:
John M., born Aug. 23, 1798, Onondaga Co., NY
William Bowen, born Dec. 12, 1799, Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY.
George Marshall, born Mar. 13, 1800, Onondaga Co., NY
Hiram, born Nov. 11, 1801, Onondaga Co., NY Died at age 23 Never married?
Edward, born Apr. 17, 1803, Onondaga Co., NY
Aurilla, born Oct. 17, 1804, Onondaga Co., NY
*Rensselaer, born July 13, 1806, Niles twp, Cayuga Co., NY
Harriet V., born July 2, 1808, Niles twp, Cayuga Co., NY
Warren P., born May 11, 1812, Onondaga Co., NY
Eliza, born Nov. 14, 1813, NY
Pierce Ann, born Feb. 22, 1816 in Cayuga Co., NY
The above locations are all in the vicinity of Syracuse and Auburn. Jonathan evidently did quite a bit of trading of properties.
According to W. Heman Mills Rebecca left Jonathan and ran off with another man. This supposedly led to Jonathan's drinking so heavily that he soon died.
Jonathan died Oct. 31, 1816 in Onondaga Co., NY
Jonathan's children evidently didn't all come to Michigan at the same time, for in the Reminiscences of W. Heman Mills he tells of the trip by John Mills & his wife, Elizabeth Annabil with their four children in 1832 and there is no mention of any other family members accompanying them.
Rebecca later married -?- Rice who had children from a previous marriage. They remained in New York when Rebecca's children went to Michigan. When they became too aged to live alone they each went to live with their own children. Rebecca went to Grand Rapids to be with George M. Mills. Her children Warren and Eliza were also living in Grand Rapids at that time.
Rebecca Bowen's grandfather was Nathaniel Bowen and her grandmother was Ester Carden. He was born in Eng. in 1705 and came to Auburn NY sometime before 1740. Later he went to Rhode Island, where he died in 1745. Her father was William Bowen. He was born in Sept 25, 1760 in Warren, Bristol Co., MA and died in Feb 20, 1854 in Moravia, Cayuga Co., NY. On July 25, 1779 he married Lydia Pearce in Little Compton, Newport [Co.], RI. She was born about 1760 and died Aug 29, 1823 in NY.
She died Jan. 5, 1847 in Grand Rapids, MI according to family writings, but the Grand Rapids cemeteries have no record of her burial. A History of Grand Rapids lists her death as Rebecca Rice (Her second husband's name) on Feb. 5, 1849.

Reminiscences of Warren Heman Mills, Commenced July 8th 1889 (excerpt):
"My Grandfather, Jonathan Mills, was born near Albany and at early manhood moved to Skinneadalus, Onondago Cy., N. Y. Here he commenced business as a teamster, hotel-keeper and general speculator. He was a man of great energy and ventured beyond his limit on speculations and when his death occurred it was found his assets would not meet his debts and thus left his family penniless.
When in the prime of life he married into the Bowen family, one of great energy but not remarkable for their honesty or integrity nor for their moral purity. After a numerous family of eleven children she became faithless and untrue to her marital vows which was discovered by the husband and father and in a fit of despondency, he took down a decanter of brandy and drank so abundantly that after his death, there extruded from his mouth nearly a quart of brandy.
The faithless woman afterwards married a man by the name of Rice and after living a few years with him, she became disgusted and left him. She went to her family of sons and daughters and resided with them until her death which occurred at Grand Rapids, Michigan. They abundantly supplied her in her old age with all the luxuries of life."

Reminiscences of Hiram Wallace Mills, 1890, excerpt:
"Johnethan Mills, my grandfather was a man about six feet tall; well proportioned, spare and with very dark blue eyes - very keen and piercing. His hair was black and thick and curly. He was bound out when a lad to a Presbyterian farmer, a very rigid and exacting man. Johnethan was required to rise very early in the morning and was obliged to expose himself to extreme hardships when very young and was punished in a brutal manner for the most trivial offenses. Johnethan ran away from his brutal master at the age of 14 years. The irate master mounted a fleet of horses and pushed on in hot pursuit of the lad. Johnethan skulked along by a stone wall through corn fields and woods that capture meant death under the lash. Once the angry man was almost upon him but Johnethan concealing himself behind a clump of bushes escaped his watchful eye after nightfall. Johnethan journeyed on until next morning when he went into concealment again. Suffice to say, he made good his escape, and never again returned. Years afterwards, Johnethan related with much satisfaction that he had danced on the grave of this tyrant. He finally hired out to a farmer near a place called Casanovia who treated him very kindly and afforded him as opportunity of attending school during the winter. His honesty and industry won the heart of the farmer who was desirous of adopting him but Johnethan preferred to remain independent in the future. However, the farmer's encouragement and advice was of great benefit to the inexperienced lad.
After remaining in the employment of the farmer for some considerable time, he obtained employment in some Salt works near a place called Salina. He was occupied in boiling down salt. The pay was partly in cash and partly in whisky and at the end of a considerable time sold it in a lot. This sum together with his salary gave him quite a little capital to begin labor for himself. With this capital he purchased livestock for himself with such success that he came to the conclusion that speculation was more profitable than manual labor.
A man by the name of Bowen with whom he had dealings had a daughter named Rebecca with whom Johnethan fell in love. The old man Bowen was quite strenuously opposed to Johnethan's attentions to the fair Rebecca which resulted in increasing the fervor of his infatuation. The twain conceived the idea of an elopement. One dark night when all was quiet about the household Johnethan placed a ladder at the window and Rebecca waiting in breathless expectancy climbed down the ladder and was received into the arms of her impatient lover. Silently they stole away to where their horses were tethered at an adjacent fence, sprang lightly into the saddles galloped away to a neighboring parsonage where they were married. Old Bowen was so enraged that the guilty pair did not return for ten years thereafter. At the end of the time the prodigal was received with open arms by reason of his increased financial success.
Johnethan who at the time owned a large farm in connection with a Tavern, increased his business until he had five hotels and more land than any other man in the county and for ten years he never slept, on an average, of over six hours out of the twenty-four. He was foremost in all public and political meetings and used to take great pride in dressing himself neatly to attend these meetings. In these days the greater part of the traffic was carried on through teaming and as he lived some distance from Albany his own teams used to haul his provisions for the Hotels.
At one time when he was in Albany a merchant there asked him to be responsible and sign a note of several thousand dollars, which he did. In the short time the merchant failed, consequently Johnethan had to pay the amount of the note. Then followed another loss in which one of his Hotels with all barns and stables with it were entirely destroyed by fire, it being a total loss as there was no insurance. No sooner had this taken place than all property depreciated in value to the amount of fifty cents on the dollar. As he was considerably in debt and in those days there was no extensions, he was put on what was called the limits. Johnethan felt so badly about this that he went into his cellar--where he kept his whisky--and drank until he had died from the effects. He never came out of the cellar alive after he entered it. After his death his creditors took all that remained of his property which left his family, consisting of a wife and eleven children in poverty.
Johnethan's wife was a very ambitious woman, having a strong will and not discouraged. Her father was a pioneer in New York and emigrated there from R. Island when she was a child. He at that time cut a road through twelve miles into the forest where he made his future home. Consequently she was reared in all the hardships of a pioneer life. She was rather small in stature but in her day possessed great beauty of the blonde type. She afterwards married a man by the name of Rice who was a farmer and who was a very good man. However, her children and her friends were much opposed to the match. Nevertheless it afterwards proved that he was very kind to her and furnished a good home for all of her children. His own children would often come to him and relate incidents that occurred, to show how kind and forebearing he was in all cases, I will relate one of these incidents: in those days they used to ride on horseback a great deal and Mr. Rice had a horse they called "Old Bone", one day Rilla, one of Rebecca's daughters, rode this horse to a neighboring town; upon her return home she passed everyone on the road and one of Rice's children told his father that Rilla had ridden the horse very fast and in reply Rice said that he was very much pleased as he did not allow "Old Bone" to be passed by anyone.
Rebecca's family of children finally grew up and were able to take care of themselves and she remained with her husband until they were both very old, when they both went to live with their own children. Her last days were spent with her favorite child, George M. Mills."

1790 U. S. Federal Census: Town of Pompey or Manlius?, [Probably:] County of Onondaga, State of New York ? Maybe?

1799: Family residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, NY.

1800 U. S. Federal Census: ? [Probably in Onondaga County, NY]

---------------------------------
Red Herring - Does not really fit family.
1800 U. S. Federal Census: Wallkill Township, Orange County, New York
Family 13068
Jonathan Mills, 1, _, 1, 1, _, 1, _, 1, _, _, _, 1.
Free While Males:
Age 0 - 9 = 1 [Must be either John N. (Abt. 1-1/2) or William B. (Abt. 1 mo.)]
Age 16 - 25 = 1 ?
Age 26 - 44 = 1 [Must be Jonathan Mills - Head - Approx. Age 27]
Free White Females:
Age 0 - 9 = 1 ?
Age 16 - 25 = 1 [Must be Rebecca Bowen - Wife - Approx. Age 18]
Age 45+ = 1 ?
Slaves = 1
---------------------------------

28 Feb 1807: Residence in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

28 Feb 1807: SL#0,860,930 Book H - Pages 125, 126 & 127 File: Indenture Mills H 125-127.doc
"This Indenture Made the twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven Between Jonathan Mills and Rebecka his Wife of the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga and State of New York of the first part and James Jobs of the Town of Galaway in the County of Sara1791179111790

7 Jul 1808: Town of Pompey, County of Onondaga, State of New York: Signed: "Rebecka x Mills"
"With the first part for and in Consideration of the sum of One thousand eight hundred & eighty two Dollars in Money of the United States to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt Where of is hereby Confessed and acknowledged have granted bargained sold released remised aliened and Confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell remise release alien and Confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever All the following piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga & State of New York and being part of lot No. Nine as has been Marked and distinguished on a Map filed in this Said Office of this State by the Surveyor General of the State Beginning at a Stake set for the south West Corner of said lot No. Nine & running east on the south bounds to the Stake set for the south west Corner of said lot then North on the Center line far enough with a parallel east & West line ntain Sixty Sixty one and half acres of land then West to the West bounds of said lot then south on said West line to the South West Corner of said lot and place of beginning to Contain Sixty one Acres & an half acres of land And also all that certain tract piece or parcel of land that is hereafter Mentioned and described to Wit Namely beginning at a Stake Standing on the West line eighteen Chains & Seventy links North of the south West Corner of Lot Number Nine in the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga & State of New York and running from thence North Nineteen Chains & forty nine links to a Stake & Stones then East thirty three Chains to a Stake & Button Wood tree Standing on the Center line of said lot then South Nineteen Chains and forty Nine links to a Beach Sapling then West thirty three Chains to the place of beginning to Contain Sixty four Acres of land. Together with all and Singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any Wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all the Estate right title interest Claim and demand Whatsoever of the said parties of the first part either in law or equity of in or to the above bargained premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances To have and to hold the said bargained premises to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever And the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs executors and administrators do Covenant grant bargain promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to Warrant and forever to Defend the above bargained premises and every part and parcel thereof now being in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part against all and every person lawfully Claiming or to Claim the said premises or and part Thereof. In Witness Where of the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above Written - the Words be the same More or less Erast before signing and sealing - Jonathan Mills (LS) Rebecka x Mills (LS) sealed and delivered in the presence of James Warrin Mary U Warrin ---- Onondaga County ss: I Roswell Towsley one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County aforesaid Certify that on the forth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Eight before me came Jonathan Mills known to me to be the grantor described in the within Deed who acknowledged he had executed the same as his Voluntary act and deed there being know Material Erasures or interlinations only those noted
I allow this deed to be recorded ----------------Roswell Towsley
Recorded the seventh day of July Eighteen hundred and Eight at Seven OClock A.M. Jasper Hopper Clk"

1810 U. S. Federal Census: Cazenovia Twp., Madison County, New York
J. Mills, 5, 1, _, 1, _, 2, _, 1, 1, _, _, _.
White Males:
Age 0 - 9 = 5 [Must be William B. (Abt. 10), George Marshall (Abt. 9), Hiram (Abt. 8),
Edward (Abt. 6), & Rensselear (Abt. 3)]
Age 10 - 15 = 1 [Must be John M. (Abt. 11)]
Age 26 - 44 = 1 [Must be Jonathan Mills - Head - Approx. Age 37]
White Females:
Age 0 - 9 = 2 [Must be Aurilla (Abt. 5) & Harriet V. (Abt. 1)]
Age 16 - 25 = 1 [Must be ?]
Age 26 - 44 = 1 [Must be Rebecca Bowen (Mills) - Wife - Approx. Age 28]

1811: Residence in Cazenovia Twp., Madison County, New York. [Indenture record].

18 May 1811: SL#0,860,935 Book O Pages 209 & 210 File: Indenture Mills O 209-210.doc
"This Indenture Made the eighteenth of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eleven Between Jonathan Mills and Rebecca his wife of Casenovia County of Madison and State of New York of the first part and William Palmer of Pompey in the County of Onondaga and State aforesaid of the second part, Witnesseth; that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Two hundred and fifty six Dollars Current money of the United States to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt where of is hereby confessed and acknowledged, Have granted, bargained sold remised, released, aliened and confirmed: And by these presents Do grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part, in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever, All that certain piece or parcel of Land situated and lying in the Town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga being a part of Lot No. twenty three in the Town of Pompey aforesaid, and bounded as follows. Beginning at an oak tree standing in the North line of Nathan Wright's Land about one rod East of the Creek called Lime Stone Creek, thence running South Eighty Seven degrees East twenty chains and twenty links to a stake and stones, thence North Seventy four and a half degrees East fourteen chains and seventy seven links to a stake and stones, bearing north west from a small hemlock tree distant twenty links, thence North thirteen degrees West seven Chains and Seventy five links to a stake and stones, thence South Seventy four and a half degrees West seven chains and seventy three links to the center of the Highway, thence South thirteen degrees East along the center of the said Highway six chains and thirty links, thence South Eighty five and a half degrees West twenty seven chains to the place of Beginning, Containing Ten acres and thirty one perches of Land be the same more or less Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances there unto or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; and all the Estate right title interest property claim or demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part, either in Law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premisses with the said hereditaments and appurtenances. To Have and to Hold the said premisses above particularly described to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever. And the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs Executors and administrators Do covenant grant promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns, the above bargained premisses in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all and every person and persons Lawfully or equitably claiming or to claim the whole or any part there of will ever Warrant and Defend. In Witness where the said parties of the first part have hereunto put their hands and Seals the day and year first above written. Jonathan Mills (L.S.) Rebeckah x Mills (L.S.) Sealed and delivered In the presence of Nathan Wright, A. Yelverton Jun State of New York ss: On the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Fourteen before me came Jonathan Mills and Rebeckah Mills his wife to me known to be the persons described in and who Executed the within Indenture and acknowledged that they had so executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and I having examined the said Rebeckah Mills privately & apart from her said husband who acknowledged that she had executed this deed freely without any fear or compulsion of her said husband, no erasures or interlinations I allow the same to be Recorded
Abijah Yelverton Jun Master in Chancery
Recorded the Sixteenth day of April Eighteen hundred & Fourteen at five OClock P.M. Jasper Hopper Clk"

20 Jun 1811: Residence in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

20 Jun 1811: SL#0,860,932 Book L - Pages 36 & 37 File: Indenture Mills L 36-37.doc
"This Indenture Made the Twentieth Day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eight Between Jonathan Mills and Rebeca his wife of Pompey in the County of Onondaga State of New York of the first part and David Leonard of Manlius in the County and State aforesaid of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Five hundred Dollars to them in hand paid by said party of the second part the receipt where of is hereby confessed and acknowledged Have granted bargained sold remised released aliened and confirmed and by these presents Do grant bargain sell remise alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part in their actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever All that certain tract piece or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Township of Pompey in the County and State aforesaid being a part of Lot number Nine in Said Town and is bounded as follows viz Beginning on the East line of said Lot at a Stake And Stones and upon the north East corner of a piece of Land owned by Ambrose C Ford thence running west thirty chains to a Stake and Stones upon the said A. C. Ford line thence North nine chains and nine links to a Stake and Stones thence East thirty chains to a Stake and Stones thence South Nine chains and nine links to the Place of beginning containing thirty acres be the same more or less together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances there unto belonging or in any wise apertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all the Estate right title interest claim or demand whatsoever of the said Parties of the first part either in Law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the said hereditaments and appurtenances - To have and To hold the said bargained premises with all the rights benefits privileges profits & advantages there unto belonging to the said party of the second part his heirs assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever And the said parties of the first part for their heirs executors and administrators Do covenant grant bargain promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described premises will forever Warrant and Defend - In witness where of the parties of the first part havehereunto set their hands and seals the Day and year first above written - Jonathan Mills (LS) - Rebecah x Mills(LS) - signed sealed and delivered in the presence of John D Lamatter Isaac D Lamatter Jr. State of New York Onondaga County ss: Be it remembered that on the sixth day of March in the year One thousand Eight hundred & Eleven before me Walter Colton One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County
personally came Jonathan Mills and Rebeccah Mills Known to me as the Grantors described in the within Indenture and acknowledge that they signed sealed & delivered the Same - And the said Rebeccah Mills being examined apart from her Husband also acknowledges that she executed the same without fear or compulsion of him - I do therefore allow it to be Recorded
_____ W. Colton _____
Recorded May the Seventh Eighteen hundred and Eleven at twelve OClock A.M. Jasper Hopper Clk"

26 Mar 1814: Residence in Cazenovia Twp., Madison County, New York. [Indenture record].

3-26-1814: SL#0,860,935 Book O - Page 210, 211, & 212 File: Indenture Mills O 210-212.doc
"This Indenture Made the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Fourteen Between Jonathan Mills and Rebeckah his wife of Cazanova County of Madison State of New York of the first part and David Thomas of Pompey County of Onondaga State of New York of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of one thousand three hundred and Eighty seven Dollars and fifty cents good and Lawful money of this State to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, Have granted, bar gained, sold, remised, released, aliened and confirmed, and by the presents Do grant, bargain, sell, remise, release, alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever All that certain piece or parcel of Land lying and is situate in the twenty third Lot of Land according to the division of Land in the Town of Pompey County of Onondaga & State of New York and is bounded as followeth. Beginning at a stake and stones standing in center of the road passing from John Lees House up the Creek by Wm. Palmers and Jedidiah Cleveland and so on the said stake and stones standing in the Road about Seventy links west of said Palmers House that he now live in thence North ten degrees West six chains and twenty five links to the stake and stones, thence East fourteen degrees North Seven chains and Seventy links to stake and stones, thence North ten degrees West eight chains and forty two links to stake and stones standing on the Southern most side line of John Lee's Land two or three chains West of the Cherry Valley Turnpike Road, thence West on the said Lee's line two degrees South thirty five chains and seventy links to the Creek to a stake and stones and to the center of said Creek, thence up in center of said Creek to the Souther most side line of this said lot that is hereby conveyed at a stake and stones standing on the East bank of said Creek, thence East ten degrees North twenty seven chains and Eighty links, Containing Fifty five acres & a half of Land. Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents issues and profits there of, and all the Estate, rights, title, in terest, claim, and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part either in Law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premisses with the hereditaments and appurtenances. To Have and to Hold the said Jonathan Mills and Rebeckah his wife there heirs and assigns to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Jonathan and Rebeckah their heirs and assigns of the first part for themselves their heirs Executors and administrators Do covenant, grant, bargain, promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, the above bargained premisses in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns against all and every person or persons Lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described premisses will forever Warrant and Defend In witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written. Jonathan Mills (L.S.) Rebeckah x Mills (L.S.) N.B. the words "New York" in the third line from top down and the word "five" in the thirteenth, and the word "ten" in the fourteenth then from top down all underlined before Signd, Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of Jacob Cleveland, Isaac D Lamatter, A. Yelverton Jun State of New York ss: On the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & Fourteen, before me came Jonathan Mills and Rebeckah Mills his wife to me known to be the persons described in and who executed the within Indenture, who acknowledged that they had so executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and I having examined the said Rebeckah Mills privately & apart from her said husband who ackowledged that she had executed this deed freely and without any fear or compulsion of her said husband no erasures or interlinations Except noted, I allow the same to be Recorded
Abijah Yelverton Jun Master in Chancery
Recorded the Seventh day pf April Eighteen hundred & Fourteen at five OClock P.M. Jasper Hopper Clk"

1 Jun 1814: Releasing property in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York to Seth Smith & Lydia Smith.

1 Jun 1814: S#0,986,936 Book Q - Pages 190 &191 File: Indenture Mills Q 190-191.doc
"This Indenture Made the first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fourteen Between Seth Smith and Lydia Smith his wife of the first part and Jonathan Mills of the second part, Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of twenty five hundred Dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, The recipeipt [sic] whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged. Have granted, bargained sold, remised released, aliened and confirmed. And by the presents Do grant, bargain, sell, renise release, alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part, in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever All that certain piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga and in the State of New York, being part Lot Number Forty nine in said Township bounded as follows to wit, Beginning thirteen chains West from the South East corner of sain Lot No, 49 in the South line of said Lot & running thence North thirty six chains & ninety four links to the center of the old salt Spring Road, thence South Eighty one degrees West along the center of the said Salt Spring Road twelve chains & Sixty one links thence South thirty five chains & twenty links to the South line of said Lot No. 49 thence East in the South Line of said Lot Twelve chains & forty one links to the place of Beginning Containing forty four acres three roods & two perches of land be the same mor or less. Togwther will all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenences thereunto belonging or on anywise apperyaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders rents issues and proffits thereof and all the Estate right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part, either in Law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances. To Have and to Hold the said tenements with the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said party of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said parties of the first part, for themselves their heirs Executors and administrators Do convenent, grant, bargain promise and agree to and with the said part of the second part, his heirs and assigns the above bargaineed premisses in the quiet and peaceable possession of the saaid party of the second part, his heire assigns against all and every person or persons Lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described premisses will forever Warrant and Defend. In witness whereof the said parties of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and Seal the day and the year first above written Seth Smith (L.S.) Lydia Smith (L.S.) Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of Onondaga County Came to me on the twenty seventh day of February Eighteen hundred and fifteen Seth Smith and Lydia Smith his wife and both to me known to be the persons described in the written Indenture and who Executes the same and severly acknowledges that they Executed and delivered the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Lydia being exmined by me seperate and apart from her husband did acknowledge that she executed the within without fear or thret of her husband finding no material erasures or interlinations Let it be Recorded
Sylos Towsley Judge Over Comon Plea

31 May 1815: Residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

31 May 1815: SL#0,860,936 Book Q - Pages 191 & 192 File Indenture Mills Q 191-192.doc
"This Indenture Made the thirty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifteen Between Jonathan Mills of Manlius in the County of Onondaga State of New York & Rebecca his wife of the first part and Davis Kingsbury of the same place of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand Dollars Current Money of the United States to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt where of is hereby confessed and acknowledged, Have granted, bargained, sold, remised, released, aliened and confirmed and by these presents Do grant, bargain, sell remise, release alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part, in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever, All that certain piece or parcel of Land situate lying and being in the Town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga and Sate of New York being part of Lot No. Forty nine in said Township, Bounded as follows, to wit, Beginning thirteen chains West from the South East corner of said Lot No. 49 in the South line of said Lot & running thence North thirty six chains & ninety four links to the center of the old Salt Spring Road thence South Eighty one degrees West along the center of the said Salt Spring Road twelve chains Sixty one links thence South thirty five chains & twenty links to the South line of said Lot No. 49 thence East in the South line of said Lot twelve chains & forty one links to the place of Beginning Containing forty four Acres three roods & two perches of Land be the same more or less. Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders rents, issues and profits thereof and all the Estate right tittle, interest claim and demand and whatsoever of the said parties of the first part either in Law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premisses with the hereditaments and appurtenances. To Have and to Hold the said the said above mentioned and described premisses with the appurtenances to the said party of the second part his heirs assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. And the said parties of the first part, for themselves heirs Executors and administrators Do covenant grant bargain promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns the above bargained premisses in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns against all and every person or persons Lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described premisses will forever Warrant and Defend In Witness whereof the said parties of the first part, have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written. Jonathan Mills (LS) Rebecca x Mills (L.S.) Sealed and delivered In the presence of DeWitt Rose to the Execution by J. Mills State of New York ss: On the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifteen, before me came Jonathan Mills & Rebeca Mills his wife to me known to be the persons described in and who Executed the written Indenture & acknowledged that they had so executed the same for the uses & purposes therein mentioned & I having examined the said Rebeca Mills privately and apart from her said husband and who acknowledged that she had so Executed this Deed freely without any fear or compulsion of her said husband no erasures or interlinations, I allow the same to be Recorded
Abijah Yelverton Jun. Master in Chancery
Recorded the twenty ninth day of June Eighteen hundred & fifteen at two OClock P.M. -- Jasper Hopper Clk"

16 Oct 1815: Residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

16 Oct 1815: SL#0,860,936 Book Q - Pages 446 & 447 File: Indenture Mills Q 446-447.doc
"This Indenture made the Sixteenth day of October in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen between Jonathan Mills of the town of Manlius and County of Onondaga and State of New York and Rebecca his wife of the first part and Ephraim Bond of the Town, County and State aforesaid of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand two hundred Dollars lawful money of the State of New York to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipts whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged have granted bargained sold remised released aliened and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell promise release a lien and confirm unto the said party of the second part in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever All that certain piece or parcel of land Situate in Manlius being part of lot number forty nine in the Township of Manlius bounded as follows (viz) beginning on the South line of said lot at the south East corner of Isaac Stanton's land and running thence north thirty three chains and twenty five links to the center of the old Salt Spring road thence north Eighty One Degrees East along the center of said road so far that a line running south will be at the distance of eleven chains and thirty links from said line running north thence south thirty four chains and eighty five links to the south line of said lot thence East on said South line Eleven chains and thirty links to the place of beginning containing in all thirty eight acres two roods and Eight perchess of land. Excepting and reserving thereout on the south west corner there of a piece of land two chains wide on the south line of said lot and extending the same width to the turnpike containing two acres and twenty three parcels of land. Also all that certain other piece or parcel of land situate in Manlius aforesaid and being part of lot number sixty (no.60) in the Township of Manlius Bounded as follows (viz) beginning at the north west corner of lot number three in the subdivision of said lot number Sixty running thence South forty chains to a stake twelve links East of a large Bass wood tree marked ne 60:23: thence west six chains and twenty five links thence north forty chains thence running East on the north line of said lot number Sixty, six chains and twenty five links to the place of beginning containing Twenty five Acres of land. Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances there unto belonging or in anywise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all the estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part either in law or equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances. To have and to hold the said Two said pieces or parcels of land and premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefits and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever And the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs executors and administrators do covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns that they the said parties of the first part at the time of ensealing and delivery of these presents were lawfully served in their own right of in and to the above descended promises hereby granted and conveyed with the appurtenance as of a good sure perfect absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in the law in fee simple with out any manner of condition to alter change determine or defeat the same and have in themselves good rightful power and lawful authority to grant bargain sell convey and release the above described premises with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns in manner aforesaid. And the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs execu tors and administrators do covenant grant bargain promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all and every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described premises will forever warrant and defend. In witness where of the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Jonathan Mills(L.S) Rebecca x Mills(L.S) Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Abijah Yelverton Jun State of New York ss: On the second day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifteen before me came Jonathan Mills and Rebecca Mills his wife to me known to be the persons described in and who executed the within Indenture who acknowledged that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein contained and I having examined the said Rebecca Mills privately and apart from her said husband who acknowledged that she executed the within freely and voluntarily without any fear or compulsion from her said husband I allow the same to be Recorded Abijah
Yelverton Jun Master in Chancery.
Recorded the tenth day of November Eighteen hundred & fifteen at ten OClocl A.M. Dewitt Rose Dep Clk"

23 Nov 1815: Residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

23 Nov 1815: SL#0,860,937 Book R - Pages 131, 132 & 133 File: Indenture Mills R 131-133.doc
"This Indenture made the twenty third day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen Between Jonathan Mills of the town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga and Rebeckah his wife of the first part and Paul P Hewit of the town of Onondaga and County of Onondaga of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of two thousand dollars to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipts where of is hereby confessed and acknowledged have granted bargained sold remised released aliened and Confirm and by these presents do grand bargain sell remise release alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part in his actual possession now being and to his heirs and assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of land being part of Lot number one hundred and five in the late Onondaga Reservation and bounded as follows Beginning at the East line of the said lot at a small dog wood tree marked F nine chains and ten links north of the South west corner of Lot number One hundred and six and running thence west thirteen chains and Eighty links to a stake standing ten links East of a maple tree marked E thence north twenty seven degrees East nine chains and fifty links to a small bass wood tree marked A thence north thirty one chains and ten links to a stake and stone thence East nine chains and seventy links to a stake and stones in the East line of the said Lot number one hundred and five thence south thirty five chains and fifty six links to the place of Beginning - Excepting never the lessout of said conveyance all that part of the above described premises which lies south of the center of the turnpyke and passing through the same and also one acre lying north of said turnpyke now in the possession of and owned by Mr Appleton Baines the said premises hereby intended to be conveyed being all that pass of the forty acres heretofore conveyed to Levi Hiscock by Abraham Bojik Junior lying north of the center of the said turnpyke except the said acre of Mr. Baines containing twenty nine acres of land be the same more or less Together with all said singular hereditaments and appurtenances there unto belonging or in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits thereof and all the Estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part Either in law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the hereditaments and appurtenances To have and to hold the said premises to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the Second part his heirs and assigns forever and the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs Executors and adminis trators as covenant promise grant and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs assigns that they the said parties of the first part at the time of Resealing and delivery of these presents were lawfully seized in their own right of in and to the above described premises hereby granted and conveyed with the appurtenances as of a good sure perfect absolute and indefeasible Estate of inheritance in the Law in fee Simple without any manner of Condition to alter change determine or defeat the same and have in them good rightfull power and lawful authority to grant bargain sell convey and release the above described premises with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns in manner aforesaid, and the said parties of the first part for themselves heirs Executors and administrators do covenant grant bargain promise and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all and Every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described premises will forever warrant and defend In witness where of the said parties of the first part hereunto set their hands and seals the day and Year first above written Jonathan Mills LS, Rebecca x Mills LS ____________ Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of the words possession of and owned by Mr. Appleton Erased before Execution Luther Badger as to Mills., Daniel Mosely ___ State of New York ss: on this ninth day of January Eighteen hundred sixteen before me came Jonathan Mills and Rebecca his wife each of whom are to me well known and acknowledged that they executed the within Deed freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Rebecca being by me Examined separate and apart from her husband also acknowledges that she Executes the same without any fear or compulsion of her said husband.
Daniel Mosely Master in Chancery
Recorded the first day of March Eighteen hundred and sixteen at Six OClock P.M. Jasper Hopper Clk"

1 Mar 1816: Residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

1 Mar 1816: SL#0,860,937 Book R - Pages 134, 135 & 136 File Indenture Mills R 134-136.doc
"This Indenture made the first day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixteen Between Jonathan Mills and Rebecca his wife of the town of Manlius and County of Onondaga of the first part and William Bowen of the second part Witnesseth that the said parties
of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of twenty five hundred dollars to them in hand
paid by the said party of the second part the receipts where of is hereby confessed and
acknowledged have granted bargained sold remised released aliened and confirmed and by these presents do grant bargain sell remise release alien and confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and his assigns forever all that certain tract or parcel of Land being part of Lot number sixty two in the town of Manlius and County of Onondaga and bounded as follows, towit, Beginning in the south line of the north turnpike at the north East corner of Isaac Osgoods house lot and running thence South seventy one degrees East two chains and twelve links along the south line of said turnpike thence south nineteen degrees west two chains thence north seventy one degrees west two chains and twenty nine links to the South East Corner of the aforesaid house lot. Thence North twenty four degrees East two chains to the place of beginning continuing one rood and thirty perches and seventy square rods of ground be the same more or less. Also that other piece of land situated in the town of Pompey in said County and is part of Lot number eight in Pompey and bounded on the north and East by Gardner Chittester's land and on the south by the land of Asa Brace and on the west by said Chittester's land being the same piece of land conveyed by Gardner Chittester to Paul P Hewett also that other piece being part of Lot number sixty three in the town of Manlius and is subdivision number three in said Lot and bounded as follows Beginning on the center of the turnpike road and running thence on division number four of said Lot. north to the north line of said original Lot thence west three chains and Eighty five links thence south to the center of the said north branch of said Seneca turnpike Thence to the place of begining on the center of said turnpike containing twenty five acres of land together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances there unto belonging as in any wise appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders rents issues and profits there of and all the Estate right title interest claim and demand whatsoever of the said parties of the first part. Either in law or Equity of in and to the above bargained premises with the said hereditaments and appurtenances To have and to hold the said premisis above described to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever and the said parties of the first part for themselves their heirs Executors and administrators do covenant grant bargain and agree to and with the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns that at the time of the Ensealing and delivery of these presents they are well sized of the premises above Conveyed as of a good sure perfect absolute and indefeasible Estate of inheritance in the Law in fee simple and that the above bargained premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against all and Every person or persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part there of. They will forever warant and defend In witness where of the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written Jonathan Mills LS_______ Sealed and delivered in presence of Daniel Moseley _______
State of New York ss: On this first day of March Eighteen hundred and sixteen before me came Jonathan Mills who is to me well known and acknowledged that they Exicuted the within deed freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
Daniel Moseley Master in Chancery
Recorded the second day of March Eighteen hundred and Sixteen at two OClock P.M. Jasper Hopper Clk"

m.(2) Aft 1816, NY, ___ Rice. [Her last child with Jonathan was born Feb 1816.]
m.(2) Aft 1820, ____ Rice. (NEHGR, Jan. 2011, Vol. 165, p. 57-58). (1820 Census - Rebecca Mills).
She left him (a) after a few years, or (b) when they were very old. (See Mills grandsons' stories below).

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Possible record? Rebecca age 39? No match? Maybe I read lines wrong. Household of 13.
1820 Census Cicero, Onondaga County, NY Age-26 and under 45

1820 U. S. Federal Census: Cicero, Onondaga County, New York.
Roll 67, p. 95
Rebecca Mills, 1, 2, 1, 4, _, _, 2, 1, 1, 1, _.
Free White Males:
Age 0 - 9: 1
Age 10 - 15: 2
Age 16 - 18: 1
Age 16 - 25: 4
Free White Females:
Age 0 - 9: 2
Age 10 - 15: 1
Age 16 - 18: 1
Age 16 - 25: 1
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1828: Onondago County, NY Mortgage. Rebecca Mills & J. Mills, Book R, Page 32, Loc'n Man, Lot 63.

1830 U. S. Federal Census: ?

1840 U. S. Federal Census: ?

New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
No Image Text-only collection
Name: Rebecca Bowen
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 1847
Birth Place: USA
Father's name: William Bowen
Mother's name: Lydia Pearce Bowen
Spouse Name: N Y Jonathan Mills
Page Number: 57
Volume Number: 165

Deaths of Rebecca Bowen (Mills) (Rice) & George Marshall Mills and Warren P. Mills
EARLY MARRIAGES AND DEATHS OF VILLAGE RESIDENTS.
History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan Albert Baxter; Munsell & Company, Publishers; 1891 DEATHS OF EARLY SETTLERS http://www.wellswooster.com/grdeath.txt
Mills, George M.; Jan., 1878.
Mills, Warren P.; July 28, 1868.
Rice, John; Feb. 14, 1883.
Rice, Mrs. Rebecca; Feb. 5, 1849.

d. Bet 1847 - 1849, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan - Rebecca Bowen (Mills) (Rice).

d. 5 Jan 1847, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan. (Source may be Michigan Pioneers Collection & According to family writings, but the Grand Rapids cemeteries have no record of her burial. -Edgar Perley Mills).

d. 5 Feb 1849, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI. (A History of Grand Rapids lists her death as Rebecca Rice (Her second husband's name) on Feb. 5, 1849.)

Book: History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Albert Baxter, published 1891 by Munsell & Company, Publishers:
Mrs. Rebecca Rice is listed on page 627, Deaths of Early Settlers. Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1849.

Book: Grand Rapids Public Library, Kent Co., MI: Kent County Land Records, Vol. 76, Pages 285-287:
Note the first paragraph on page 287:
"remains of the mother of the said George M. Mills the same being the grandmother of the said Elnathan Mills, with sufficient of the grounds surrounding the same in which to erect a monument to perpetuate her name and memory."

Burial: Fulton Street Cemetery.
It doesn't mention Rebecca by name but she's George's mother and Elnathan's grandmother. Notice that Lot 26, Block 2 also matches where the Mills are buried. It says at the top that early records were destroyed by fire so maybe that's why no record of Rebecca.

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Summary:

Rebecca Bowen:

b. 9-11-1781: Born in Rhode Island.

m. (1) 2-25-1796: Jonathan Mills married Rebecca Bowen in New York. [First names and husband's surname as parents on Eliza A. Mills' death certificate.]

1800 U. S. Federal Census: Wallkill Township, Orange County, New York

2-28-1807: Residence in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

5-18-1811: Residence in Cazenovia Twp., Madison County, New York. [Indenture record].

5-18-1811: [One of many such Indenture records in these years.]
SL#0,860,935 Book O Pages 209 & 210 File: Indenture Mills O 209-210.doc
"This Indenture Made the eighteenth of May in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eleven Between Jonathan Mills and Rebecca his wife of Casenovia County of Madison and State of New York...."

1810 U. S. Federal Census: Cazenovia Twp., Madison County, New York

6-20-1811: Residence in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

3-26-1814: Residence in Cazenovia Twp., Madison County, New York. [Indenture record].

6-1-1814: Releasing property in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York to Seth Smith & Lydia Smith.
6-1-1814: S#0,986,936, Book Q - Pages 190 &191, [Indenture record].

5-31-1815: Residece in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

11-23-1815: Residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

3-1-1816: Residence in Manlius, Onondaga County, New York. [Indenture record].

m. (2) Aft 1816/1820 Census, probably in NY, ___ Rice.

1820 U. S. Federal Census: Cicero, Onondaga County, New York.

1830 U. S. Federal Census: ?
1840 U. S. Federal Census: ?

d. 1-5-1847: Rebecca Bowen (Mills) died in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
[She died before her father did and before he updated his will in 1852 so she was not mentioned therein. However, some of her children did contest the will.]

d. 5 Feb 1849, Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI. (A History of Grand Rapids lists her death as Rebecca Rice (Her second husband's name) on Feb. 5, 1849.)

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Note: FULTON STREET CEMETERY is located at 791 East Fulton Street in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.

Access into the cemetery is from the West, off of Eastern Avenue, between Blocks 12 & 13. The blocks are clearly identified throughout the cemetery.

A 1994 transcription of Fulton Street Cemetery can be found at: 1994 Fulton Street Cemetery Transcription

A name index of the burials along with the exact location of burials, can be found for Fulton Street Cemetery (and all Grand Rapids city operated cemeteries) at: Grand Rapids City Cemeteries INDEX

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Fulton Street Cemetery, Burial Records 1838-1994, Kent County, Grand Rapids, MI USA
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Note: If possible families have been grouped together, incomplete records are due to early fire damage.
Surname, First Born: M/D/Yr Died: M/D/Yr Lot Block Grave Notes
DeNio, Alice 04/30/1934 19 03 -
DeNio, Newell U. 1884 06/01/1894 19 03 07
DeNio, Reuben - 12/07/1957 19 03 08
DeNio, Barbara - 05/07/1949 19 03 09
Hess, Francis Louis 1866 1898 15 07 - lost at sea
Hess, Frances R. Woodward 12/1840 12/23/1868 15 07 05 w of Wm. J., -28y
Hess, Baby 1930 09/17/1930 35 15 19
Johnstone, Margarette - 11/07/1914 09 05 11
Johnstone, Alice Mills 1859 1906 26 03 08 d of Warren P/Helen M Downs Mills
Johnstone, Edward W. 1850 10/18/1899 26 03 09 Husb of Alice Mills
Johnstone, Warren W. - 09/27/1936 26 03 16
Johnstone, Harold E. 1889 1889 26 03 19 s of Edw/Alice
Mills, Baby - 08/08/1920 04 03
Mills, Fred D. 1860 02/25/1894 26 02 01 s Warren/Helen
Mills, Helen Mary Downs 1832 01/23/1912 26 02 02 w of Warren
Mills, Warren P. 03/15/1812 07/28/1868 26 02 03
Mills, Charles W. 1850 1892 26 02 - s of Warren/Helen
Mills, Annie R. 07/16/1865 12/22/1865 26 02 - d of Warren/Helen
Mills, Edgar Phillips 1843 11/30/1907 17 11 05
Mills, Maria T. 1851 05/21/1932 17 11 06
Mills, Robert - 06/02/1923 31 01 -
Mills, Edith E. 1883 06/02/1917 34 09 06
Richmond, L. Z. nd nd 14? 01? -
Richmond, William Almy 01/28/1808 08/03/1870 14 01 -
Richmond, Loraine Page 10/09/1811 11/16/1901 14 01 - w of Wm. Almy
Richmond, Rebecca L. 06/22/1840 01/16/1925 14 01 - d of Wm/Loraine
Richmond, Jonathan 03/1842 03/12/1912 14 01 - s of Wm/Loraine, died Topeka, KS
Richmond, James K. 1844 06/04/1914 52 13 05
Richmond, Mary Jane 1851 07/14/1909 52 13 06 w of Jas ?
Richmond, Blanche E. 1876 02/24/1895 52 13 12
Voorheis, Peter D. 09/11/1843 12/17/1890 28 05 15
Voorheis, Cornelia A. 01/04/1845 07/11/1900 28 05 16
Woodward, Frannie - - - - - Baby
Woodward, Helen 1940 01/18/1940 sb 16 105
Woodward, Eliza A. 1813 01/22/1885 28 05 04 w of Kendal, -71y
Woodward, Kendal 1811 09/20/1863 28 05 05 -52y 8m

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Fulton Street Cemetery Transcription: V 76, page 286-287:

Page 286
The said George M Mills of the second part and to his heirs and assigns, all that
certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the town of Grand Rapids, in said County
of Kent, and known as Cemetery Lot No 26, Block No 2 according to a map or plat
of said Cemetery, recorded in the Register's office of the said County of Kent
-----------------------------------------------------------------Together with all and singular hered-
itaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining; and the
reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, and the rents, issues and profits there
of and all the estate, right, title, interest or demand whatsoever of the said parties of
the first part, either in law or equity of in, and to, the above bargained premises, with
the said hereditaments and appurtenances, to Have and to Hold the said premises to
the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns, to the sole and only
use, benefit and behoof, of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns
forever But three presents are made upon this express condition, that the above bar-
gained premises shall in no case be used or occupied except for cemetery or burial
purposes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------- In Witness Whereof the said President and Trustees of the Village of Grand
Rapids have hereunto set their hands and seals, on the day and year first above
written ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in Presence of John Almy, President L. S.
J. W. Peirce-----------------------------------------------G. M. Mills, Trustee L. S.
S. Granger-------------------------------------------------Geo. Coggeshall " L. S.
---------------------------------------------------------------J. C. Abel " L. S.
State of Michigan,---------------------------------------C. H. Taylor " L. S.
County of Kent,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------- On the 13" day of July A. D. 1843 appeared before
The undersigned Notary Public for said County, John Almy President of
said Village of Grand Rapids, who executed the foregoing deed, and severally
acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose therein expressed
----------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------Jno W. Peirce, Notary Public
-----------------------On this 13" day of July A. D. 1843, personally appeared before
the underseigned Notary Public for said County, John Almy President and
Geo. M. Mills, Geo. Coggeshall, J. C. Abel & C. H. Taylor, Trustees of
said Village of Grand Rapids, who executed the foregoing deed, and severally
acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose therein expressed
-------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------Jno W. Peirce, Notary Public

G. M. Mills and Wife ---------------------------------Deed-------------------------------------
----------------------------To-------------Rec'd for Record Aug. 9th 1873, at 10 'clk P. M.
Elnathan Mills------------------------------Simeon Hunt----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Register
Know all Men by these Presents, That George M. Mills and Anna Mills,
husband and wife, of Omaha, Nebraska, in consideration of One Hundred
Dollars in hand, do hereby grant, sell, remise, release and forever grant
claim, unto Elnathan Mills, of the County of Kent and State of Michigan
the following described real estate, situate in the County of Kent and State
of Michigan, to wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being
in the Town of Grand Rapids, in said County of Kent and known as ----------
--------------------------- Cemetery Lot number Twenty Six, Block------------------
Number Two according to a map or Plat of said Cemetery in the

Page 287
Register's Office of the said County of Kent, hereby excepting and reserving so much
of said lot as contains the _____ remains of the mother of the said George M. Mills,
the same being the grandmother of the said Elnathan Mills, with sufficient of the
grounds surrounding the same on which to erect a monument to perpetuate her name
and memory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------- Together with all the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances to the
same belonging, and all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, claim or demand
whatsoever, of the said George M. Mills and Anna Mills or either of them of
in and to the same or any part thereof. To Have and to Hold the above described
premises, with the appurtenances unto the said Elnathan Mills, and to his heirs
and assigns forever.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------- Signed, this Sixteenth day of June A.D. one thousand eight
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hundred and seventy three. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
In Presence of ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- G. M. Mills
Byron Reed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anna Mills
The State of Nebraska On this Sixteenth day of June A.D. 1873 before
Douglas County me, a Notary Public in and for said County
------------------------------------------ personally came the above named George M. Mills
and Anna Mills, who are personally known to me to be the identical persons ----------
whose names are affixed to the above deed as grantors, and severally acknow -
ledge the instrument to be their voluntary act and deed. ------------------------------------------
Witness my hand and official seal the date aforesaid. -----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Byron Reed, Notary Public
State of Nebraska
County of Douglas I, Wm. H. Ijams, County Clerk of Douglas ----------------
---------------------------------------- County, in the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify
that the annexed Instrument is executed and proved, or acknowledged in due
form according to the laws of the State of Nebraska, to entitle it to be re-
corded therein. Also that Byron Reed Esquire before whom the same was --------
proved and acknowledged, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowl-
edgement, a Notary Public in and for said County, duly qualified and
authorized to take the same And I further certify that I am well acquaint-
ed with the handwriting of the said Byron Reed and verily believe the sig-
nature to the said certificate is genuine. ------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------- Witness my hand and the Seal of
Said County, at Omaha, this 16th day of June A.D. 1873 -----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------Wm. H. Ijams -------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------- County Clerk

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Parents: William Bowen, born 9-25-1760, in Warren, Bristol, RI, died 2-20-1854 in Moravia, Cayuga, New York, (an American Civil War Soldier) and
married 7-26-1779 in Little Compton, Newport, RI, to
Lydia Pearce, born 7-29-1760 in Little Compton, Newport, RI, died 8-29-1825 in New York.

One of her family lines has been traced back to 1500.
Her distant Bowen ancestors are from Wales.

She died before her father did and before he updated his will in 1852 (and even prior will in 1848) so she was not mentioned therein. However, some of her children did contest the will.

Her ancestor John Billington and his family came to America on the Mayflower.

Children:
John M. Bowen
William Bowen Mills
Hiram Mills
Edward Mills
Aurilla Mills
Rensselear Mills
George Marshall Mills
Harriet V. Mills
Warren P. Mills
Eliza A. Mills
Pierce Ann Mills