Margaret (Fanning) Billings (abt. 1726 - 1752)

Born about 1726 in Groton, Connecticut

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Died 27 Mar 1752 at about age 26 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Margaret Fanning, the daughter of William and Esther Fanning, was born about 1726, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, she died 27 March 1752 at the age of 26, Stonington, New London, Connecticut.^[1]Buried: North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.

Margaret married James Billings, the son of James Billings and Mary Hewitt.^[1]

Inscription on Memorial Stone: "Here lies the Body of Mrs Margret Billing wife of Mr James Billing Jun who died March 27 1752 in her 26th year of her Age"^[1]

Research Notes

Margaret's father William Fanning is possibly the son of John Fanning and Margaret Colver.^[1] William wasn't mentioned in the will of John Fanning. Some records show that William the son of John and Margaret Fanning was single.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Brooks, Walter Frederic, History of the Fanning Family: A Genealogical Record to 1900 of the... p. 115-117 https://archive.org/details/historyfanningf00broogoog/page/n156/mode/2up?q=james+billings

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8554576 : accessed 07 April 2021), memorial page for Margaret Fanning Billings (unknown–22 Mar 1752), Find a Grave Memorial no. 8554576, citing Great Plain Cemetery, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Kristen Conrad (contributor 4768226) .Memorial Stone, no year of birth, note FAG has 22nd as date of death, but it should have been 27th.
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: The Charles R. Hale Collection
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
• Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note: The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records