Person:William Billings (40)
William Billings
b.7 Oct 1746 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.26 Sep 1800 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  William Billings1746 - 1800
  • W.  Lucy Swan1751 -
m. 26 Jul 1774
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Name William Billings
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Oct 1746 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Banns 4 Jun 1774 Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lucy Swan
Marriage 26 Jul 1774 Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lucy Swan
Death[1] 26 Sep 1800 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q1348460?


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William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) is regarded as the first American choral composer, and leading member of the First New England School.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Roger Billings and his Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 93:70.

    Parents William and Elizabeth Billings, although they have not been further definitively identified. They may be the William Billings m. Elizabeth Clark in Boston 1636.

  2.   William Billings, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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