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William Billings 1602–1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1602

Birth Location: Taunton, Somerset, England

Death Date: 1659

Death Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Richard Billing\Billinge

Mother: Lady Strong

Spouse(s): Mary William, Hannah Billings, Elizabeth Pratt

Children(s): Capt. Billings, Samuel Billings, Roger Billings, Elizabeth Billings, Margaret Billings, Patience Billings, Lydia Coye, Abigail Randall, Hannah Billings, Mary Billings, Ebenezer Billings, Joseph Billing, Zipporah Billings, Mary Billings

The story of William Billings began in 1602 in Taunton, Somerset, England. William Billings married Elizabeth Pratt, Hannah Billings, Mary William, and had children including Abigail Randall, Capt William Billings, Ebenezer Billings, Elizabeth Zipporah Billings, Hannah Billings, Joseph Billing, Lydia Coye, Margaret Billings, Mary Billings, Patience Billings, Roger Billings, Samuel Billings, Zipporah Billings. William Billings passed away in 1659 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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  • The story of William Billings began in 1602 in Taunton, Somerset, England.
  • William Billings married Elizabeth Pratt, Hannah Billings, Mary William, and had children including Abigail Randall, Capt William Billings, Ebenezer Billings, Elizabeth Zipporah Billings, Hannah Billings, Joseph Billing, Lydia Coye, Margaret Billings, Mary Billings, Patience Billings, Roger Billings, Samuel Billings, Zipporah Billings.
  • William Billings passed away in 1659 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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William Billings's Ancestors

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William Billings
1602–1659
Birth Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Parents
Richard I, The Fearless, Billing\Billinge
1562–1604
Deane, Taunton, Somerset, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Strong
1564–1643
Deane, Taunton, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Roger (Billings) Lord
1535–1596
Middletown,Malzar,Northamptonshire,England
Katherine Wilcocks
1537–1566
Taunton, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Billings's Descendants

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William Billings (Apr 1602–1659) m. Mary William (1605–1 Nov 1641) m. Hannah Billings (Apr 1602–1 Nov 1641) m. Elizabeth Pratt (19 Feb 1642–)
  1. 1. Capt. (William) Billings 1629–1713 m. Mary Atherton 1636–1718
    1. 1. Margaret Billings 1659–1715 m. Edmund Fanning 1651–1713
      1. 1. Jonathan Fanning 1684–1761 m. Elizabeth Way 1695–1772
        1. 1. Mary Fanning 1731–1825 m. Humphrey Brown 1725–1816
        2. 2. Elizabeth Fanning 1716–1757
        3. 3. Margaret Fanning 1724–1803
        4. 4. Hannah Fanning 1736–1778
        5. 5. Edmund Fanning 1735–1818
        6. 6. Thomas Fanning 1720–1787
        7. 7. David Fanning 1727–1817
        8. 8. Anna (Fanning) Clark 1729–1821
        9. 9. Jonathan Fanning 1717–1795
      2. 2. Edmund Fanning 1682–1768
      3. 3. William Fanning 1679–
      4. 4. Zerviah Fanning 1711–1791
      5. 5. Freelove Fanning –1772
      6. 6. James Fanning 1695–1779
      7. 7. Margaret Fanning 1675–
      8. 8. Bethia Fanning 1685–
    2. 2. Abigail Billings 1667–1705
    3. 3. Ensign (Ebenezer) Billings 1661–1727
    4. 4. William ((Capt)) Billings 1660–1738
    5. 5. Lydia Billings 1672–1747
    6. 6. Mercy Billings 1674–1728
    7. 7. Joseph Billings 1633–1713
    8. 8. Joseph Billings 1663–1664
    9. 9. Mary Billings 1662–1662
    10. 10. Prudence Billings 1682–1770
    11. 11. Patience Billings 1682–1684
    12. 12. Joseph Billings 1672–1672
    13. 13. Mary Whiting 1675–1728
    14. 14. Mary Billings 1675–1728
    15. 15. Dorothy Billings 1677–1713
    16. 16. Elizabeth Billings 1679–1701
  2. 2. Samuel Billings 1651–1652
  3. 3. Roger Billings 1657–1717
  4. 4. Elizabeth (Zipporah) Billings 1659–1676
  5. 5. Margaret Billings 1662–1715
  6. 6. Patience Billings 1682–
  7. 7. Lydia Coye 1670–1747
  8. 8. Abigail Randall 1667–1705
  9. 9. Hannah Billings 1647–
  10. 10. Mary Billings 1628–1713
  11. 11. Ebenezer Billings 1651–1659
  12. 12. Joseph Billing 1633–1659
  13. 13. Zipporah Billings 1662–
  14. 14. Mary Billings 1645–

William Billings's Timeline

2 Records

1602
Apr 1602
Birth of William Billings in Taunton, Somerset, England
Taunton, Somerset, England
1659
1659
Age 57
Death of William Billings in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1602
    Event Place: Taunton, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1659
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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