Re: Mannedorf, Billeter and the USA
I don't know about Billeters in England, in the 1660's, but later. I have some Billeter in my list who went to England in the end of the last century. Some others went to France, Italy, Brasil, and US of course.
The name Billeter comes from Bilten, a small village in canton Glarus (CH). I don't know whether it can be english (bell zeter) or not. My grand father pronouced our name a bit like "Pilter", in German swiss (schwytzertutch).