William BILLINGS

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WILLIAM BILLINGS, the progenitor of the Billings family of Stonington, Conn., came from Taunton, England and first appears in this country at Dorchester and Braintree, Mass., as we learn from Mr. Somersby, a distinguished genealogist of Massachusetts. He. m. Mary (family name and birth date not given), at Dorchester, Mass., Feb. 5, 1658. The time of his coming to Stonington is not certainly known, but his name appears here among the planters of Stonington. He built him a dwelling-house on Cosatuc Hill, where the site may still be seen. He became by grants and purchases a large land owner. Our records do not contain a list of his children, with their births., what is known of them is by his will. He d. in 1713.

William married Mary ? on 05 Feb 1657/8 in Dorchester, Boston Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William BILLINGS was born in 1660 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died in 1738.
2. Ebenezer BILLINGS was born about 1662 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1727 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA.