James Billings Sr (1688 - 1761)

Born 4 Oct 1688 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hewitt) Billings — married 17 Mar 1715 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1761 at about age 72 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

James Billings was born 4 October 1688 to Ebenezer and Anne (Comstock) Billings in Stonington, Connecticut.^[1]

He married Mary Hewitt, daughter of Benjamin Hewitt,^[2] on 17 March 1714/5 in Stonington.^[1]

Children of James and Mary (Hewitt) Billings:^[3]

• Zipporah Billings, b. 2 October 1715/6
• James Billings (Jr.), b. 20 September 1719
• Eunice Billings, b. 17 August 1721 = Eunice (Billings) Babcock^[4]
• Lois Billings, b. 6 January 1723/4 = Lois Billings born 1726, Stonington, New London County, CT, Marriage:12 JUL 1745, Spouse: Timothy Babcock
• Amos Billings, b. 9 May 1728
• David Billlings, b. 6 September 1730
• Jesse Billings, b. 18 April 1737

James' will, dated 23 July 1761 in Stonington, witnessed by Simeon Minor, Ebenezer Prentice and Elizabeth Billing, named:

• wife Mary (executrix)
• daughter Eunice Babcock
• son Jesse Billing (executor)
• son James Billing
• son-in-law Capt. Joseph Palmer
• son-in-law Timothy Babcock
• granddaughter Mary Billing of son Amos Billing, deceased

The will was proved 9 October 1761 by Ebenezer Prentice and Elizabeth Billing(s).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stonington Vital Records 1658-1854, p. 31, citing Stonington 2:31.
2. ↑ Benjamin Hewitt names his daughter Mary Billings in his will. Estate of Benjamin Hewitt, 1726. Hartford Probate Packets, Harris, William-Higgins, J, 1675-1850, images 1149-1158.
3. ↑ Stonington Vital Records 1658-1854, pp. 29-34, citing Stonington 2:31.
4. ↑ Babcock: 49.
5. ↑ Estate of James Billings, 1761. Hartford Probate Packets, Billings, B-Bolles, Amos, 1675-1850, images 189-194.

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• Our Family Tree Branch: McGee Family Tree

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• History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900) p. 237, 238, no. 24: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n260/mode/1up