Ann (Billings) Gill (abt. 1622 - aft. 1683)

Born about 2 Apr 1622 in Prescot, Lancashire, England

Wife of John Gill — married about 1649 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 16 Jul 1683 after about age 61 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Ann Billings (recorded as "Anna Billinge"), a daughter of Richard Billings and Elizabeth (Unknown) Billings, was christened at Raynford Chapel, Prescot Parish, Lancashire, England, on the 2nd of April, 1622. She emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and there married, as his second wife, John Gill of Milton; various texts (see Sources) claim the marriage took place by 1630, but this appears extremely dubious unless her baptism was long-delayed -- by as much as a decade, or more -- after her birth.

Ann (Billings) Gill passed away after the 16th of July, 1683,the date of her will; she is buried at Braintree, Massachusetts.

Sources

N.B. (April 3, 2023) The free PDF originally linked here is no longer accessible at the URL offered (https://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedfiles/media/the_register/nehgr-2017-spring-freearticle.pdf). Alt. free access: pdf download (free) - (archived link)

• Birth (christening 2 April 1622 at St. Mary, Prescot, Lancashire; surname shown as "Billinge"; note that the location as St. Mary's appears to conflict with the 2017 NEHGR Child/Ullman's location of Rainforth): "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJF-L68 : 22 March 2020), Anna Billinge, 1622.

• Marriage (NEHGS/Torrey): "GILL, John (-1678) & 2/wf Ann [BILLINGS] (-1683) (sis Roger); by 1630; Dorchester {Dorchester Hist. 120; Milton Hist. 127; Woolson-Fenno 99; Gibson 92; Belcher 9; Reg. 11:335, 60:132; Pope's Pioneers 186}" -- New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/618/426887275 (subscription)

• "English Origin of Roger, Ann, and William Billings of Dorchester, Massachusetts", by Child, Rachelle & Ullmann, Helen Schatvet, NEHGR, Vol. 171, p. 129; Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2001-2018.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/53669/129/1423836376 (by subscription). Alt. free access: pdf download (free) - (archived link).

See also:

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34YB-HK7 : accessed 14 February 2018), entry for Ann /Billings/, cites sources; "Haven Tree" file (2:2:2:MMDV-3F1), submitted 24 September 2015 by Christopher Todd Haven [identity withheld for privacy].

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3DZK-HXG : accessed 14 February 2018), entry for Ann /Billings/, cites sources; "Meek family tree 3-17-17" file (2:2:2:MM6M-QLC), submitted 17 March 2017 by DMeek1 [identity withheld for privacy].