Francis BILLINGTON^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1609 - 1684  (75 years)

• Name	Francis BILLINGTON
  Born	Abt 1609	Probably Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1518A3FDEA366148BC47D775E3D849DCC5BD
  Died	3 Dec 1684	Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  1. John BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1604, Possibly Lincolnshire, England ,   d. Between 22 May 1627 and Sep 1630  (Age 23 years)   2. Francis BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1609, Probably Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 3 Dec 1684, Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years) ▻ Christian (Penn) EATON,  m. Jul 1634
  Person ID	I2807	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	John BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1580, Possibly Lincolnshire, England ,   d. Sep 1630, Plymouth, Massachusetts (hanged for murder)  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elinor _____,   b. Abt 1580, Possibly Lincolnshire, England ,   d. Aft 2 Mar 1642/43, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age > 63 years)
  Family ID	F1221	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian (Penn) EATON,   b. Abt 1607, England ,   d. Abt 1684, Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Jul 1634	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Elizabeth BILLINGTON,   b. 10 Jul 1635   2. Joseph BILLINGTON,   b. Bef 2 Feb 1636/37   3. Martha BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1638   4. Mary BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1717, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age > 78 years)   5. Isaac BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1644   6. Child BILLINGTON,   b. Between 1644 and 1648   7. Rebecca BILLINGTON,   b. 8 Jun 1648   8. Dorcas BILLINGTON,   b. Abt 1650   9. Mercy BILLINGTON,   b. 25 Feb 1651/52
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F1072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 21, Family ofJohn Billington; Originally compiled by Harriet W. Hodge, Revised byRobert S. Wakefield, FASG; Published by General Society of MayflowerDescendants; Plymouth, MA; 2001. "Francis Billington lived at Plymouth until 1669 when he moved toMiddleboro and occupied land granted to him as one of the "FirstComers." He lived there until his death, except for a few years duringKing Philip's War when he fled to Plymouth for safety. On 18 April1642 his daughter Elizabeth was apprenticed; and 14 January 1642/3 hebound out son Joseph, "aged vi or vii" and two daughters, probablyMartha and Mary, one five years old and the other even younger.[William] Bradford stated in 1651 that Francis Billington had eightchildren. On 2 March 1642 Francis Billington of New Plymouth, planter, sold toMr. John Atwood of Plymouth, land in Plymouth. In his old age Francis Billington was dependent on his son Isaac forsupport and died intestate. No probate record appears, although sonIsaac petitioned the probate court in 1703/4 for title to all hisfather's Middleboro lands, stating he had had sole care of his parentsin their old age. A Plymouth County Court Case of Sept. 1722, broughtby Isaac's daughter Desire^4 (Billington) Bonney and her husband,James, shows that Francis Billington died intestate leaving issue twosons and five daughters, viz: sons Josephy (eldest, who inherited adouble portion) and Isaac; daughters Elizabeth, Mary Dorcas, Mercy andMartha, with a total of eight shares in the estate. A 3 Dec. 1710quitclaim deed from Francis's father Francis and grandfather (unnamed)Billington ([Mayflower] Family #12) , reading "my father Francis andgrandfather (unamed) Billington" seems to imply a son Francis, Jr. Butin the absence of any mention of such a son in contemporaneousPlymouth records, coupled with the fact that Francis's^4 deedevidently transferred shares of Joseph Billington, we conclude thatthe deed contains a clerical error. The original must have read "myfather Joseph and grandfather Francis Billington." Indications arethat the seven children named in the Bonney suit and their progenywere the only survivors of Francis^2 Billington. A more detailedaccount has been published.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1100] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1099] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1098] Imported GEDCOM file.