When Elizabeth Bill was christened on 13 June 1727, in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England, her father, Francis Bill, was 32 and her mother, Ann Binder, was 32. She married Thomas Wild on 6 September 1747, in Shrewsbury St Mary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 13 June 1797, in Shrewsbury St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Shrewsbury St Alkmund, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
English: from the Middle English personal name Bille or Bile, either a pet form of the female names Amabil and Sybil or a survival of Old English Bil or Old Norse Bildr.
English: nickname from Middle English (Old English) bile ‘bill, beak (of a bird)’, perhaps used contemptuously of a person's nose or mouth. It may also be an occupational name from Middle English (Old English) bil(l) ‘bill(hook), pruning hook, halberd’, given perhaps to a user or maker of pruning hooks and similar implements. See Biller 5.
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a promontory or headland, from Middle English bile, bille ‘beak’ (from Old English bile).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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