Ancestors of Francis BILLINGTON
Francis BILLINGTON
(Abt 1606-1684)

 

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Christian PENN

Francis BILLINGTON

  • Born: Abt 1606, England
  • Married: 16 Jul 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 1 2 3
  • Died: 13 Dec 1684, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA 3

   General Notes:

He came to America with his father on the Mayflower in 1620. When the Mayflower was anchored at Cape Cod, "one of Francis [sic, should be John] Billingtons Sonnes [presumably son Francis], who in his Fathers absence, had got Gun-powder, and had shot of a peice or two, and made scuibs, and there being a fowling peice charged in his fathers Cabbin, shot her off in the Cabbin, there being a little barrell of powder halfe full, scattered in and about the Cabbin, the fire being within foure foote of the bed betweene the Deckes, and many flints and Iron things about the Cabbin, and many people about the fire, and yet by Gods mercy no harme done" (Mourt's Relation, p. 15). The same source, p. 26, relates how Francis Billington climbed a tree and saw what appeared to be a great sea, but on close inspection it turned out to be a very shallow pond, which is called to this day the Billington Sea.

   Events:

1. Immigration; 1620; Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. On the ship 'Mayflower'

   Marriage Information:

Francis married Christian PENN on 16 Jul 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA 1 2 3. (Christian PENN was born about 1606 in England and died in Jul 1684 in Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA 4.)

Sources

1 Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, (Boston, MA: Damrell & Upham, 1899). , Pg. 28.

2 The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

3 Lamont-Eldredge Family Records, Belle Eldredge Lamont, Lamont-Eldredge Family Records, (1948). , Pg. 192.

4 Colonial Families of the United States of America, Mackenzie, George Norbury, ed., Colonial Families of the United States of America, (New York, 1907). , Vol. 5, Pg. 607.

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