William Billings

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Jennie Luene Logan
William Billings, son of William Billing and Mary (…), was born in 1660.1 He died before 8 June 1738,1 when he was buried at Preston, Connecticut.1

William married Hannah Sterry, daughter of Roger Sterry and Hannah Palmer, 1688.1,2

William Billings was ensign, 15 March 1704 and captain, 11 October 1716, of the Preston Company. He was deputy from Preston 13 May 1703 and later.

His will was dated 4 June 1737 and proved 12 July 1738. In it he names:
wife Hannah,
sons William (deceased), Joseph, Samuel, and Roger,
daughters Mary Boardman, Prudence, Rachel Kennedy, Hannah Clarke, Elizabeth Avery, and Dorothy Edwards,
grandchildren Dorothy Edwards, William Edwards, and Hannah, daughter of son Samuel (deceased).3

Family

Hannah Sterry b. 18 Aug 1672
Children
  • Mary Billings1 b. 24 Apr 1689
  • Ensign Joseph Billings+1 b. 28 Jan 1691/92, d. 9 Apr 1763
  • Prudence Billings1 b. 12 Jun 1694, d. aft. 1737
  • William Billings4 b. 5 Feb 1697, d. 20 May 1733
  • Samuel Billings5 b. 18 Aug 1699, d. 21 Sep 1727
  • Dorothy Billings1 b. 5 Feb 1701/2
  • Rachel Billings1 b. 25 Mar 1704
  • Sarah Billings1 b. 16 Sep 1705
  • Hannah Billings1 b. 9 Jun 1706
  • Roger Billings5 b. 9 Mar 1707/8
  • Ichabod Billings5 b. 5 Sep 1710
  • Elizabeth Billings1 b. 5 Jan 1713, d. 25 Aug 1791
This person was last edited on31 Jul 2016

Citations

  1. [S1400] Creighton Spencer-Mounsey, "The Billings Family of Connecticut," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 81 (Apr 1927): 156-178, at 137-138, further cited as Spencer-Mounsey, "Billings Family of Connecticut."
  2. [S1872] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 145, further cited as Torrey, New England Marriages (2011).
  3. [S1400] Spencer-Mounsey, "Billings Family of Connecticut," 134-137.
  4. [S1400] Spencer-Mounsey, "Billings Family of Connecticut," 137-138,140.
  5. [S1400] Spencer-Mounsey, "Billings Family of Connecticut," 137-138,141.