Mercy Jane (Hodgdon) Billings (1775 - 1872)

Born 27 Jan 1775 in Mount Desert, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John B. Billings — married 1804 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1872 at age 96 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Jane Hodgdon; b. Jan 27, 1775 at Mount Desert,

Jane and Jonathan Kent were marr pub. Dec 29, 1797 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; she and John Billings were marr pub. (Jenny Hodgdon) Jan 28, 1804 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine;

Jane married John Billings, son of Abel Billings and Elizabeth Farrar, at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts;

She died Jan 16, 1873 at Seal Cove, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at Æ 97y 11m 20d; she was buried at Hodgdon Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine.^[1] She was also known as Jenney Hodgdon. She was also known as Mercy Jane Hodgdon. She and John Billings appeared on the census of Jun 6, 1860^[2] at Trenton, Hancock, Maine.

There were no known children of Jane Hodgdon and Jonathan Kent.

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

• i. Ann Hodgdon; b. Oct 29, 1804 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Benjamin Robbins, son of Benjamin Robbins and Judith Nutter, at Hancock, Maine; d. Nov 8, 1899 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at Æ 95y 10d; she was buried at Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, known as Ann W. Billings.
• ii. Sarah H.; b. May 18, 1806; (Calculated date); b. Nov 17, 1807 at Maine; m. David Bartlett, son of David Bartlett and Joanna Carter, 1823 at Bartlett Island, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. Feb 2, 1876 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 69; she was buried at Red Rocks Cemetery, Bartletts Island, Hancock, Maine. She, daughter of John Billings and Jane Hodgdon, and Sary Billings, daughter of John Billings and Jane Gray, were probably the same person.
• iii. Elisha H; b. Nov 21, 1807 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Abigail C. Roberts Sep 10, 1835 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. Jul, 1842 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, at age 34.
• iv. Abel; b. Oct 11, 1809 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Freelove Chase, daughter of Judah Chase and Lucy Bartlett, circa 1835 at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. Jan 8, 1877 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, Æ 67y. He appeared on the census of Aug 4, 1850 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine.
• v. Reuben; b. Nov 1, 1811 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Sarah W. Clark; m. Fanny Newman, daughter of Thomas Newman and Dolly Spurling, May 26, 1873 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine; d. Aug 25, 1899 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at Æ 87y 10m 24d. He appeared on the census of Jun 16, 1870 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine.
• vi. John; b. Oct 4, 1813 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Harriet R. Hodgdon, daughter of Elisha B. Hodgdon and Nancy Roberts, circa 1840 at Hancock, Maine; d. 1860.
• vii. Mary Jane; b. Jun 5, 1815 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Hosea W. Tinker, son of Jonathan Tinker and Abigail M. Dawes; d. Oct 16, 1900 at New Hampshire at age 85.
• viii. Isabelle M.; b. Jun 23, 1817 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. William H. Dow, son of Ephraim Dow and Rebecca McMullen, at Hancock, Maine; d. Dec 27, 1890 at Tremont, Hancock, Maine, at age 73; she was buried Dec 30, 1890 at Somes Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine.

Sources

• Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy Index

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #116679184 (accessed 22 January 2023)
   Memorial page for Jane Hodgdon Billings (27 Jan 1775-16 Jan 1873), citing Hodgdon Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320).
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.