Elkanah Billing : ye son of Ebenezer Billing and Hannah his wife was borne ye [blank] day of January 1698.
[Note: This is recorded between other births on 28 May 1698 and 24 Jun 1698, but the record itself clearly says January with the whole month spelled out. It appears unlikely that it could mean Jan 1698/99, since it is placed so early in the year before half of page of births that would be earlier than that date. More likely, it means Jan 1697/98 and was recorded late. Source:Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin. Little Compton Families, p. 43, gives 24 Jun 1698 as the birth date for Elkanah, but given the data found here, it is too likely that he copied the date off the adjacent record.]
