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Facts and Events
| Name |
John Billings |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt Birth[2][3] |
23 Nov 1731 |
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Birth[1] |
5 Dec 1731 |
Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
1752 |
to Hannah Farrar |
| Death[1][3] |
1802 |
Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States |
| Alt Death[2] |
15 Dec 1803 |
Sargentville, Hancock, Maine, United States |
| Burial[2] |
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Settlers Rest Cemetery, Sargentville, Hancock, Maine, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Billings Family, in Porter, Joseph W. (Joseph Whitcomb). The Maine Historical Magazine (formerly Bangor Historical Magazine). (Porter, Joseph W)
1:13-14.
John Billings was the great grand-son of Nathaniel Billings, of Concord, Mass. He was born in Lincoln, Mass., Dec. 5, 1731, and moved from that town to the head of Little Deer Isle in 1762. In 1767 he moved to Brooksville, where he lived many years. He was one of the first (if not the first) settlers on Deer Isle, and probably the first settler in that part of Brooksville opposite Little Deer Isle. He died just over the line of Brooksville, in Sedgwick, in 1802. His estate was administered upon that year, in Hancock County. He married Hannah Farrar, in 1752, who was born in Sudbury, Mass, and died in Brooksville. Their descendants live in Deer Isle, Sedgwick and Brooksville. The children were:
i. Benjamin, b. in Lincoln, Mass., Dec. 12, 1753. He married Abigail Closson, and died March 23, 1826.
ii. John Jr., b. Lincoln, April 14, 1755; m. Mary Closson. He was killed in the revolutionary war in an engagement with the British at Castine, Aug. 29, 1779.
iii. Abel, b. ------; m. Betsey Farrar. He was a revolutionary pensioner, and died either Oct. 27, 1833, or Dec. 5, 1832, in Brooksville.
iv. Solomon, b. -----; m. Abigail Eaton. He was in Brooksville, in 1817; died there.
v. Azubah, b. -----; m. John Hooper. She died Oct., 1825.
vi. Timothy, b. Deer Isle, May, 1764; said to have been the first white child born on that island. He married Hannah Wells and died Dec. 6, 1854.
vii. Hannah, b. Deer Isle; m. Samuel Howard. She died June 10, 1832.
viii. Daniel, b. in Brooksville; m. Catharine Carter. He died August 29, 1857.
ix. Lucy, b. Brooksville; m. Bartholomew Flowers. She died Jan., 1798. He died in Belfast, Dec. 30, 1828. 93. He was father of Capt. William Flowers, of Bangor, by second wife.
x. Isaac, b. Brooksville; m. Sally Harding. He died in Sedgwick, Aug. 29, 1836.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Billings, in Find A Grave.
Husband of Hannah Farrar who died Dec. 20, 1806, Sedgwick; father of Benjamin Billings.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Billings, in Burrage, Henry Sweetser; Albert Roscoe Stubbs; and George Thomas Little. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, c1909)
2:961.
(V) John (3), son of John (2) Billings, was born, November 23, 1731, in that part of Concord which was set off as Lincoln, April 19, 1754. He removed to the head of Little Deer Isle, Maine, in 1762. In 1767 he removed to Brooksville, Maine, where he lived many years. He was one of the first, if not the first, settlers on Deer Isle, and probably the first settler in that part of Brooksville opposite Deer Isle. He died just over the line of Brooksville, in Sedgwick, in 1802, and his estate was administered in that year in Hancock county. He married, in 1752, Hannah Farrar, born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, died in Brooksville, Maine. Children:
1. Benjamin, born in Lincoln, Massachusetts, December 12, 1753, resided in Sargentville, Maine; married Abigail, daughter of Nathan Closson; died March 23, 1826.
2. John Jr., born in Lincoln, April 14, 1755, mentioned below.
3. Abel, married Betsey Farrar; resided in Sedgwick, Maine; was a revolutionary pensioner; died either October 27, 1833, or December 5, 1832, in Brooksville.
4. Deacon Solomon, married Abigail Eaton; resided in Brooksville, where he died.
5. Azubah, married John Hooper; died October, 1825.
6. Timothy, born at Deer Isle, May, 1764, said to have been the first white child born on that island; married Hannah Wells; died December 6, 1854.
7. Hannah, married Samuel Howard; died June 10, 1832.
8. Daniel, born in Brooksville, married Catherine Carter; died August 29, 1857.
9. Lucy, married Bartholomew Flowers; died January, 1798.
10. Deacon Isaac, born in Brooksville, married Sally Harding; died in Sedgwick, August 29, 1836.
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