Hannah (Hewitt) Billings (1697 - 1748)

Born 17 Jun 1697 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Increase Billings — married 26 Dec 1719 in Preston, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1748 at age 51 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Hannah Hewitt, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Fanning) Hewitt, was born on 17 June 1697 at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.^[1] She was baptized on 29 June 1701 at Stonington.^[2][3]

She married Ensign Increase Billings, son of Ensign Ebenezer Billing and Anne Comstock, on 26 Dec 1719/20 at Preston, New London Co., Connecticut. ^[2]. Her elder sister Mary had married Increase's elder brother James a few years previously, indicating strong lengths between these two early New London families.

She and Ensign Increase Billings were admitted to church on 11 July 1725 at Preston First Congregational Church, Preston, New London Co., Connecticut.^[4]

Hannah died on 17 Dec. 1748^[3] at Stonington, New London, Connecticut and was buried at Great Plain Cemetery, North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. Her memorial has a photo and links to those of family members.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} MEMORIAL ID 8550791 Hannah Hewitt Billings
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Richard Anson Wheeler. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, From Its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900. New London, CT: Press of the Day Publishing Co., Jan. 1900. p. 419. A Google e-book R. A. Wheeler - Stonington
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Rev. Creighton Spencer-Mounsey. The Billings Family of Connecticut, Register (April 1927). p. 467. Collection of Phil Smith.
4. ↑ First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898 : together with statistics of the church taken from church records. Available at Ancestry.com.

• THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 247

Acknowledgements

• The gravestone photo was found in Findagrave.com by Judy Shappee.
• WikiTree profile Hewitt-460 created through the import of hanger_2011-12-28.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Marc Hanger.