Caleb Rand BILL
1806 - 1872 (66 years)
Generation: 1
1. Caleb Rand BILL was born on 9 Jan 1806 in Billtown, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (son of Asahel BILL and Mary RAND); died on 1 Feb 1872 in Kings, Nova Scotia. Notes:
Caleb Rand Bill (9 January 1806 – 1 February 1872) was a member of the Canadian Senate.
Born in Billtown, Nova Scotia, a town founded by his ancestors, he was a farmer before entering politics. In 1828, he married Rebecca Cogswell. He represented Kings County from 1855 to 1859 and the northern region of Kings County from 1863 to 1867 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. A Liberal-Conservative, he was appointed to the Senate on 23 October 1867 by a royal proclamation of Queen Victoria following Canadian Confederation earlier that year. He represented the senatorial division of Nova Scotia until his death. He was also governor for Acadia College, president of the county agricultural society and a member of the school commission.
His son William served as a member of the Nova Scotia assembly.
2. Asahel BILL was born on 7 Apr 1748 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 10 Nov 1814 in Kings, Nova Scotia. Asahel married Mary RAND. Mary was born on 14 Mar 1763 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 27 Apr 1843 in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary RAND was born on 14 Mar 1763 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 27 Apr 1843 in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia. Children:
- Rev. Ingraham Ebenezer BILL was born on 19 Feb 1805 in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 4 Aug 1891 in Saint Martins, Saint John, New Brunswick.
- 1. Caleb Rand BILL was born on 9 Jan 1806 in Billtown, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; died on 1 Feb 1872 in Kings, Nova Scotia.