Notes on merged profile Billings-2757

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: Billings

This material has been retained (as of 7 May 2023) from the merged profile Billings-2757, for reference and comparison. Billings-2757 reflected the fraudulent work of Horatio Gates Somerby.

Note that the Somerset location was also an artifact of the Somerby fraud.

Additional fraudulent or partially-fraudulent claims originating with Somerby:

Richard Billings was born about 1561. He married Elizabeth Strong they had four children

Richard born 1591

Roger Billings born 1594 /5

Ebenezer born 1597

William born 1601/1604 all born in (Deanes Estate), Taunton Somerset, England

Somerby-based or -influenced biographical material:

He passed away about 1604 age 49.

Richard "the Elder" Billings was born in Deane, in Taunton, England, about 1560 [reference: Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2003, Provo, UT, USA]. He married Elizabeth Strong in 1585 [reference: Source number: 24005.004; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2004, Provo, UT, USA]. His son, William, was christened on January 26, 1604 in Somerset [reference: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3Y6-58B 10 February 2018, Richard Bylling in entry for Willm. Bylling, ); citing it 10, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,470,971.]. He died in March of 1604 [reference: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015. Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, Provo, UT, USA].

Note that the sole primary record linked in the above, for the christening of son William, pairs with a Bishop's Transcript at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D96-9NP8 that matches the day and month, but shows the year as 1605 rather than 1601 – presumably, just a transcription error – but, more importantly, shows the original Somerset location not as Taunton, but as East Lydford... some two dozen miles east of Taunton. A "Richard Bylling" of Somerset did exist, with a son named William, but the limited records of his existence do not support the contentions of Horatio Gates Somerby. It is a characteristic of fraudulent work like Somerby's to apparently link itself, at certain points, in just such a manner to certain actual records to suggest authenticity.

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Unreliable Sources reflecting Somerby-influenced data:

Unsourced User Trees

• Our Family Tree entry for Richard's father Roger Billings including William Billings Grand father and four children
• Dawn Lawrence - Geneology.com [1]