Francis Billington (abt. 1676 - bef. 1725)

Born about 1676 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Churchill) Howland — married 17 May 1702 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 1725 before about age 49 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Francis Billington was the son of Joseph ( Francis2, John1) and Grace Billington of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Some records place him as the son of Francis, his grandfather, and others the son of Isaac, his uncle. This profile reflects the information shown in the Mayflower Fifth Generation database published on NEHGS^[1]

On May 17, 1702, he married Abigail Churchill, daughter of Eleazar and Mary Churchill of Plymouth, Massachusetts^{[2] [3] [4]}

Their children were born in Plymouth^[5]:

1. Sarah, born December 11, 1702^{[5] [3]}, who married James Howard^[6]
2. Marcy born January 1, 1704^[5] , who married Matthew Lemote^{[7] [3]}
3. Francis born February 16, 1708^{[5] [3]}
4. Jemima born June 12, 1710^[5], who married Joseph Bent^{[8] [3]}
5. Content born February 2, 1712^[5], who married Francis Merrifield ^[3] first and Samuel Ransom second^[9]
6. Abigail born October 21, 1716 who died young^{[5] [3]}
7. Joseph born January 11 1718/9^{[5] [3]}

These sources don't indicate a death date for Francis. The profile indicates he died before his widow remarried in 1725/6.

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Sources

1. ↑ Billington, John Volume 21, page 81 of the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
2. ↑ Plymouth Mass Vital Records published in Volume 13, page 207 of The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), which reads Francis Billenton was married unto Abigail Churchill May 17 1702
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Descendants of Edward Small of New England, and the Allied Families by Underhill, Lora Altine, rev. ed., Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1934), see Volume 2, page 692 for the children of Francis Billington and Abigail Churchill
4. ↑ Plymouth, MA: First Church Records, 1620-1859, page 265-6 from the Plymouth Church Records 1620-1859. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Colonial Society of Massachusetts, c2003. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) This entry shows Abigail (who was Churchell) was called before ye church openly for fornication with her new husband before her marriage to him on June 27, 1703
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Plymouth Mass Vital Records published in Volume 13, page 33 of The Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), which reads The Children of ffrances Billenton and Abigail Billenton his Wife; 1 Sarah born on ye 11th of December 1702; 2 Marcy born on ye ffirst of January 1704; 3 ffrancis born ffebruary 16 1708; 4 Jemima born June 12th 1710; 5 Content born ffebruary 2nd 1712; 6 Abigaiel born october 21 1716 Deceased August 14 171[]; 7 Joseph born January 11 1719/18
6. ↑ Billington, John Volume 21, page 81 of the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
7. ↑ Billington, John Volume 21, page 82 of the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
8. ↑ Billington, John Volume 21, page 84 of the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
9. ↑ Billington, John Volume 21, page 85 of the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.

See also:

• Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Genealogies