1. | Francis Billington was born about 1676 in New Shoreham (Block Island), Newport County, Rhode Island; died between 3 Dec 1719 and 29 Jul 1724 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes: Group: Francis married Abigail Churchill on 17 May 1702 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Eleazer Churchill and Mary Bryant) was born on 18 Feb 1679/80 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony; died after 1726. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Jemima Billington (1.Francis1) was born on 12 Jun 1710 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died after 3 May 1758. Other Events:
Notes: Group: Jemima married Joseph Bent on 17 Oct 1728 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Joseph (son of Experience Bent and Abigail Sampson) was born about 1704; died on 13 Jan 1782 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | John Bent (2.Jemima2, 1.Francis1) was born on 27 Feb 1731/32 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Oct 1806 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes: Group: John married Bethia Morse on 16 May 1753 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Bethia (daughter of William Morse and Hannah Lewis Waterman) was born on 10 Feb 1731/32 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died in 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Francis Bent (3.John3, 2.Jemima2, 1.Francis1) was born on 10 Mar 1754 in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1828 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 27 Oct 1828 in Centre Cemetery, Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
Notes: He was a fifer in Capt. Joshua Benson's company around Boston from May to Dec., 1775, and tradition adds that at the Battle of Bunker Hill he was detailed to repair muskets near the battlefield. In Dec. 1776, he marched to Rhode Island in Lieut. Jonah Washburn's company on an alarm; in Sept. and Oct., 1777, he was out 31 days on Capt. Nehemiah Allen's company in another expedition to Rhode Island; in May, 1778, he was out a few days at Dartmouth, and again in Aug. 1780, he say further service. Francis married Silva Sturdevant in 1779. Silva was born on 16 Mar 1757 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Aug 1793 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 5 Aug 1793 in Centre Cemetery, Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Francis married Abigail Dexter Bates on 20 Nov 1794 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of James Bates and Jane Dexter) was born on 4 Apr 1775 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Sep 1818 in Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 7 Sep 1818 in Centre Cemetery, Wareham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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