Jane (Gray) Billings (abt. 1786 - 1843)

Born about 1786 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Billings — married 29 Dec 1802 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Biography

Jane Gray b. circa 1786; m. John Billings, son of John Billings and Mary Closson, 9 Dec 1802 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 16 Jul 1843.

Known children of Jane Gray and John Billings were as follows:

• i. Tobias Billings; b. 7 Feb 1804 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Tryphena Gray, daughter of Joab Gray and Abigail Wilson, 29 Mar 1825; d. circa 1831 at Plymouth, Penobscot, Maine.
• ii. Simeon Billings; b. 5 Dec 1805 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Martha (--?--); d. 1881.
• iii. Sary Billings; b. 17 May 1806 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.
• iv. Elizabeth Billings; b. 7 Jan 1809 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.
• v. Mary Billings; b. 5 Aug 1811. Noyes record, probably Jane.
• vi. John Billings; b. 29 Jan 1814 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Hannah T Small; d. 16 Dec 1883 at Ancona, Livingston, Illinois, at age 69.
• vii. Chesley Billings; b. 15 Aug 1819 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Sarah Carr 7 Jan 1843; d. 15 Sep 1872 at age 53. He appeared on the census of 18 Jun 1860 at Searsport, Waldo, Maine.
• viii. Sarah J. Billings; b. circa 1823; d. 7 Sep 1845.
• ix. Adonarim J. Billings; b. 3 Dec 1826 at Newport, Penobscot, Maine; m. Lucinda M. (--?--); m. Anna Elizabeth Clements 7 May 1853 at Waterville, Kennebec, Maine; d. 6 Feb 1900 at Freedom, Waldo, Maine, at age 73. He attended Colby University at Waterville, Maine, and studied medicine at Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, graduating in 1854. He established himself in Freedom, Maine, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was president of the Waldo County Medical Society. In the civil war he was surgeon of the Nineteenth Maine Volunteer Militia; in 1864 surgeon of the board of enrollment of the fifth congressional district, and during President Harrison's administration was on the board of examining surgeons for pensions. He was a Republican in politics, and in 1862 and 1868 was representative to the general court, and in 1866 and 1867 state senator. In 1873 he was appointed state inspector of prisons and jails, and he was surgeon-general on Governor Per- ham's staff. He was again state senator in 1897. He was a member of the Dana B. Carter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Masonic fraternity. He belonged to the Congregational church in Freedom. He began military service on 5 Aug 1862 at Freedom, Waldo, Maine; Enlisted as a Surgeon on 5 August 1862 at the age of 35. Commission in Company S, 19th Infantry Regiment Maine on 5 Aug 1862. Received a disability discharge from Company S, 19th Infantry Regiment Maine on 11 Jan 1864.

Sources

• Gray, Almon A., and Walter A. Snow. 1987. The Gray family of Hancock County, Maine. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].
• Find A Grave Memorial# 20609860