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Samuel Billings Major 1706–1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Nov 1706

Birth Location: Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 21 Dec 1785

Death Location: Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Father: Samuel Billings

Mother: Mary Barron

Spouse(s): Mary Kibbe

Children(s): Lovely Billings, Thaddeus Sr., Samuel Billings, John Billings, Mary Billings, Molly Billings, Elijah Billings, Mary Billings, Beulah Billings, Kisair Billings, Martha Billings, Callie Billings, Infant Billings

Samuel Billings Major was born in 1706 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA, the child of Samuel Hastings Billings And Mary J Barron. Samuel Billings Major married Mary Kibbe, and had children including Beulah Billings, Callie Billings, Elijah Billings, Ezekiel Billings, Infant Daughter Billings, John Billings, Kisair Billings, Lovely Billings, Martha L Billings, Mary Billings, Molly Billings, Samuel Billings, Thaddeus Billings Sr. Samuel Billings Major passed away in 1785 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Samuel Billings Major was born in 1706 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA, the child of Samuel Hastings Billings And Mary J Barron.
  • Samuel Billings Major married Mary Kibbe, and had children including Beulah Billings, Callie Billings, Elijah Billings, Ezekiel Billings, Infant Daughter Billings, John Billings, Kisair Billings, Lovely Billings, Martha L Billings, Mary Billings, Molly Billings, Samuel Billings, Thaddeus Billings Sr.
  • Samuel Billings Major passed away in 1785 in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA.

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Samuel Major's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Major
1706–1785
Birth Place: Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Samuel Hastings Billings
1667–1748
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (J.) Barron
1681–1747
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States,
Grandparents
John Billings
1643–1704
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth Hastings
1643–1704
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ellis (Hammond Barron) III
1655–1710
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (Launce) Sherman
1656–1710
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Jr.
1600–1673
Jane Hastings
1604–1708
John II
1603–1657
Elizabeth Gaunt
1608–1645
Ellis MB2C-J6Q
1633–1712
John Reverend
1613–1685
Mary lineage
1620–1710
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Billings
1560–1604
Henry Huntington
1556–1649
Eleanorelizabeth Knyvett
1580–1620
Henry Huntington
1556–1649
Eleanorelizabeth Knyvett
1580–1620
Margaret Thompson
1580–1683
Ellis Fitzgerald)
1605–1676
Grace Hawkins
1608–1653
Edmund +
1572–1638
Judith Angier
1587–1634

Samuel Major's Descendants

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Samuel (Billings) Major (18 Nov 1706–21 Dec 1785) m. Mary Kibbe (08 February 1708–18 March 1777)
  1. 1. Lovely Billings 1746–1845
  2. 2. Thaddeus (Billings) Sr. 1734–1830 m. Eunice Tiffany 1734–1806
    1. 1. Eli Billings 1770–1830 m. Grace Penniman 1768–1798
      1. 1. Nathaniel (D.) Billings 1794–1871
      2. 2. George Billings 1795–1861 m. Elizabeth Towner 1801–1838
      3. 3. Hosea (F) Billings 1798–1864 m. Elizabeth Gibbs 1801–
        1. 1. Harriet Billings 1831–
        2. 2. Nathaniel Billings 1823–
      4. 4. Henry Billings 1797–1868 m. Polly Stoddard 1805–1886
        1. 1. Charles ("Charley" Avery) Billings 1823–1899
        2. 2. Caroline (E) Billings 1816–1904 m. John (Van Houten) Kenyon\Kinyon 1799–1876 m. William (Harrison) Scott 1810–1840
        3. 3. Sophronius (Sylvanus) Billings 1821–1896 m. Sarah (Martha) Fairbanks 1837–1898
        4. 4. Mary (Louisa) Billings 1823–1875
        5. 5. Cynthia (Cordelia) Billings 1824–1904 m. Samuel (Lewis) Brown 1818–1896
        6. 6. Henry (Mortimer Billings) Jr. 1826–1896 m. Elizabeth (Zeruiah) Brainerd 1830–1854 m. Betsey E. 1836–1921
        7. 7. Sylvia (Angeline) Billings 1826–1905
        8. 8. John (Wesley) Billings 1830–1895
        9. 9. Louise (Theckly) Billings 1832–1916 m. Charles (H.) Dearstine 1833–
        10. 10. Joseph (Addison) Billings 1834–1909 m. Florence (Adelia) Waite 1849–1929
        11. 11. Harvey (Franklin) Billings 1836–1900 m. Sophia –1888 m. Catherine ("Kate" Van) Bodegraven 1859–1946
        12. 12. Benjamin (Reed) Billings 1839–1915 m. Phebe Harris 1847–
        13. 13. Selina (Sabina) Billings 1842–1911 m. Tracy (Jefferson) Noyes 1835–1922
        14. 14. Matilda (Caroline) Billings 1846–1930 m. Willam Catlin 1842–1917
    2. 2. David Billings 1768–1836 m. Hannah (Eastman) Billings 1766–1786
      1. 1. Amasa Billings 1796–1884
    3. 3. Thaddeus Billings 1753–1756
    4. 4. Freegrace Billings 1756–1822
    5. 5. Nathaniel Billings 1762–1827
    6. 6. Eunice Billings 1764–1847 m. Robert Dean 1757–1828
      1. 1. Daniel Dean 1786–
      2. 2. Asa Dean 1788–
      3. 3. Betsey (Maria) Dean 1789–1875
        1. 1. Maria (Webster) Griswold 1838–1920
      4. 4. Paul Dean 1791–
      5. 5. Eunice Dean 1793–1884 m. Elisha Parker 1787–1847
      6. 6. Polly Dean 1797–1877 m. William Boutell 1795–1865
        1. 1. Nancy (Elizabeth Boutell) Davis 1834–1911
        2. 2. John Boutell 1824–1865
        3. 3. Polly (Boutell) Jones 1828–1898 m. George Jones 1818–1897
        4. 4. Paul (Dean) Boutelle 1837–1914
        5. 5. Earle (Nelson) Boutell 1827–1892
        6. 6. Floretta (Maynard) Boutell 1832–1912 m. Harrison Maynard 1822–1890
        7. 7. Samuel (Billings) Boutell 1826–1889
        8. 8. Eunice Boutell 1835–1912
        9. 9. Herbert (V) Boutell 1852–1934
      7. 7. Sarah Dean 1801–
      8. 8. Timothy Dean 1803–
    7. 7. Love Billings 1772–1843
    8. 8. Erastus Billings 1774–1840
    9. 9. Phaddeus (Billings) Jr.\Lt. 1758–1826
  3. 3. Samuel Billings 1733–1817
  4. 4. John Billings 1738–1803
  5. 5. Mary Billings 1740–1834
  6. 6. Molly Billings 1740–1828
  7. 7. Elijah Billings 1743–1814 m. Mary Jones 1747–1826
    1. 1. Mary Billings 1770–
    2. 2. Delight Billings 1773–1776
    3. 3. Elijah Billings 1778–
    4. 4. Lucy Billings 1780–
  8. 8. Mary Billings 1758–1850
  9. 9. Beulah Billings 1753–1845
  10. 10. Kisair Billings 1876–
  11. 11. Martha (L) Billings 1885–
  12. 12. Callie Billings 1891–
  13. 13. Infant (Daughter) Billings 1755–1755

Samuel Major's Timeline

2 Records

1706
18 Nov 1706
Birth of Samuel Billings Major in Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
1785
21 Dec 1785
Age 79
Death of Samuel Billings Major in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Nov 1706
    Event Place: Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [3] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [4] Massachusetts, Town Birth Records
    [5] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1706; Birth city: Concord; Birth state: MA
    [6] Millennium File
    [7] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4496.019; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [8] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Dec 1785
    Event Place: Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1706; Birth city: Concord; Birth state: MA
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut; The Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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