Benjamin
Franklin
Billings
Born in North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Gilbert Billings
and Lucy (Swan) Billings
Brother of
Sanford Billings, Lucy (Billings) Frink, Robert Billings, James Billings, George W. Billings, Horatio Nelson Billings, John S Billings and Mary P Billings
Husband of
Anne Potter (Palmer) Billings
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Abigail Jane (Starkweather) Billings
— married
12 Feb 1868 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary P. (Billings) Palmer
Died
at age 80
in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2010
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Biography
Benjamin Franklin Billings was born 15 Jan 1811 at North Stonington, Connecticut, a son of Gilbert Billings and Lucy Swan.
He married twice:
- 1) Anne Potter Palmer; they had one child:
- Mary P. (Billings) Palmer (1845-1921); married Caius C. Palmer
- Anne died in 1866.
- 2) 12 Feb 1868 in Stonington, Connecticut, Abigail Jane Starkweather
The Benjamin F. Billings family resided in Griswold, Connecticut [1][2].
Benjamin F. Billings died 28 Nov 1891, and was interred in Great Plain Cemetery #57 North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.
Sources
- ↑ 1860; Census Place: Griswold, New London, Connecticut; Roll: ; Page: 222; Image: 227: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=17507182&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
- ↑ 1880; Census Place: Griswold, New London, Connecticut; Roll: T9_108; Family History Film: 1254108; Page: 507.1000; Enumeration District: 107; Image: 0495: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=22797838&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection); Ancestry.com; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, p. 525 no. 496
https://archive.org/stream/historytownston00wheegoog#page/n542/mode/2up
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