Francis Billington, of the Mayflower

1609 - 1684  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Francis Billington
  Suffix	of the Mayflower
  Born	Between 1606 and 1609	Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
  	he was deposed 10 July 1674 "64 years of age". In a survey of 1650 for the manor of Spaulding in Lincolnshire is a lease for three lives in which one of the lives is "Francis Billington son of John Billington." In describing the three lives involved, we are told that "Francis Billington (as it was informed) was living about a year since in New England aged forty years of thereabouts" [NEHGR 124:116-18]. The estimated age for Francis Billington is probably less accurate than his own deposition in 1674, but this record does provide an excellent clue for further research on the English origin of the family.
  Gender	Male
  Group	Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
  Group	Immigrant Ancestors
  	Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls
  Group	Mayflower - Francis Billington
  	Descendant of Francis Billington (son of John) of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower - John Billington
  	Descendant of John Billington of the Mayflower
  Group	Mayflower Passenger
  	Passenger on the 1620 sailing of the Mayflower - Founder of the Plymouth Colony
  FamilySearch ID	L5VQ-JGP
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5VQ-JGP
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	214577581
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214577581
  Died	13 Dec 1684	Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I5798	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Billington, of the Mayflower,   b. Abt 1582, England ,   d. Sep 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Elinor "Ellen" [--?--], wife of John Billington,   b. Abt 1580, England ,   d. Aft 2 Mar 1642/43  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	Bef 1604	England
  Family ID	F5646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian Penn,   b. Abt 1606, England ,   d. Jul 1684, Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	Jul 1634	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Children	1. Elizabeth Billington,   b. 10 Jul 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Aft 22 Mar 1709/10, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island  (Age 74 years)   2. Joseph Billington,   b. Abt 1636, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Between 7 Jan 1684/85 and 10 Jan 1691/92, Block Island, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 49 years)   3. Martha Billington,   b. Abt 1638, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Between 9 Jun 1704 and 2 Mar 1722/23  (Age ~ 66 years)   4. Mary Billington,   b. Abt 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Aft 28 Jun 1717, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 77 years)   5. Isaac Billington, Sr.,   b. Abt 1644, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 11 Dec 1709, Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 65 years)   6. Rebecca Billington,   b. 8 Jun 1648, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Aft 1651  (Age 3 years)   7. Dorcas Billington,   b. Abt 1650, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Between 1 Aug 1707 and 9 Mar 1714/15  (Age ~ 57 years)   8. Mercy Billington,   b. 25 Feb 1651/52, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 28 Sep 1718, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F4017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Between 1606 and 1609 - Spalding, Lincolnshire, England Married - Jul 1634 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Died - 13 Dec 1684 - Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  		Mayflower Passenger

  
  

• Notes

  Francis Billington was a Pilgrim on the Mayflower that landed in 1620.  He was able to bear arms in 1634 named on a lease of land in England. _______________ Francis was clearly an active and troublesome youth. He nearly caused a disaster onboard the Mayflower shortly after arrival, when he shot off his father's musket inside the Mayflower's cabin and sent sparks raining down near an open barrel of gunpowder. After he got to shore, he climbed up a tree and spotted a "great sea," which turned out to be a lake that even today is still known as "Billington's Sea". He and one of the Mayflower's crewmembers went to explore the sea, but became alarmed when they saw some abandoned Indian houses (they were alone with only a single gun). Francis' father was hanged for murder in September 1630, and his brother John had died not too long before. In July 1634, Francis married Christian Eaton, the widow of Mayflower passenger Francis Eaton who had died the previous year autumn. Christian brought three of her own children, and one step-child from her deceased husband's previous marriage, all under the age of 14. With Francis Billington, she had nine more children. They raised their family at Plymouth, and moved in their later years to Middleboro, where they both died in 1684. (taken from MayflowerHistory.com)