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Reverend William Billings

Reverend William Billings

Male 1697 - 1733  (36 years)

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  • Name William Billings  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Title Reverend 
    Born 15 Feb 1697  Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Apr 1733  Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 17] 
    Person ID I26  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2018 

    Father Capt William Billings,   b. 16 Feb 1660, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jun 1738, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Hannah Sterry,   b. 18 Aug 1672, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Nov 1750, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1688  New London, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 18] 
    Family ID F518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bethiah Otis,   b. 20 Nov 1703, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1750, Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 1725  Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Billings,   b. 05 Jan 1713, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1791, Groton, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     2. Dorothy Billings,   b. 05 Feb 1702, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1734  (Age 31 years)  [natural]
     3. Sarah Billings,   b. 16 Sep 1705  [natural]
     4. Samuel Billings,   b. 18 Aug 1699, Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1727, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)  [natural]
     5. Capt Roger Billings,   b. 19 Mar 1708, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1792, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)  [natural]
     6. Rachel Billings,   b. 25 Mar 1704, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1720  (Age 15 years)  [natural]
     7. John Siegfried Billings,   b. 01 Nov 1730, Ansbach, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1801, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     8. Patience Billings,   b. 03 Jun 1731, Windham, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Dec 1732, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [natural]
     9. Bethiah Billings,   b. 04 Nov 1727, Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1791, Canterbury, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     10. Ichaboo Billings,   b. 05 Sep 1710  [natural]
     11. William Billings,   b. 18 Mar 1725, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1813, Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
     12. Hannah Billings,   b. 09 Nov 1729, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1821, River Phillip, Phillip, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2017 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Feb 1697 - Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1725 - Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Apr 1733 - Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Bethiah Otis Billings and Rev Samuel Moseley    		Bethiah Otis Billings and Rev Samuel Moseley
    From Bethiah Otis' Find a grave page

    Headstones
    Find A Grave    		Find A Grave
    North Cemetery
    Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

    Histories
    Reference to Rev William Billings of Windham    		Reference to Rev William Billings of Windham
    from History of Ancient Windham, Ct. Genealogy

  • Notes 
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      Biography

      William was born in 1697. William Billings ... He passed away in 1733. W^hen the Rev. William Billings settled in the new parish he bought of Samuel Ashlev one hundred acres

      Bethiah first married Rev. William Billings, son of Capt. William Billings (ca 1660-8 Jun 1728) & Hannah Sterry (18 Aug 1672-). Born on 16 Feb 1697 in Stonington, CT.345 William died in Hampton, CT, on 20 May 1733; he was 36. On 4 Jul 1734 when Bethiah was 30, she second married Rev. Samuel Moseley, son of Ebenezer Moseley (4 Sep 1673-19 Sep 1740) & Hannah Weeks (28 Feb 1678-27 Mar 1747).158 Born on 15 Aug 1708 in Dorchester, MA. Samuel died in Hampton, CT, on 26 Jul 1791; he was 82.

      Samuel was ordained 15 May 1734 of the Second Church at Windham.

      18 FOLKLORE AND FIRESIDES

      of land from the tract which extended along the Nip- muck Path and Little River to the summit of the Hill above North Bigelow, and on the hillside facing the common built his dwelling.

      Rev. Billings' pastorate was not all harmonious, as he seems to have had difficulty with his discipline, one man being brought before the church for saying, "I would rather hear my dog bark than hear Billings preach." Others were brought before the church for being "overtaken with strong drink." But innkeeper Hovey or Benjamin Bidlack, storekeeper, who furn- ished the drink were not dealt with.

      Pastor Billings' work for the parish was cut short by his death in 1733, just ten years after he had so happily taken the charge. He left a widow and four small chil- dren. His estate consisted of:

      £. S. D. £. S. D.

      Clothes 24 4 2 Bedding 51 10

      Books 48 10 7 Indian Girl 20

      Horse 22 Farm & House 600

      Stock 42 Brass 7

      Furniture 20 Pewter 8 7

      Cloth, yarn, flax 20 Iron 10 4

      Alone, Mrs. Billings found it impossible to support herself and children, and the year following her hus- band's death, she requested to be allowed the balance on her husband's salary, which v/as granted; she had barely enough provisions to last a week. But her prob- lems were solved by marrying the second pastor, Sam- uel Mosley, a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1729. Mr. Mosley is said to have been a man of dignity,


      THE FIRST ORDINATION 19

      strict in discipline, and an able and earnest preacher. There is no record of the amount of his salary, but it is evident he looked well to his own good when he mar- ried the widow of his predecessor. A colonial minister had need of being a good business man as well as a scholar. All were obliged to till the soil, for "bread is earned by the sweat of the brow," and, "he that did not work, neither could he eat," were literal facts. Each man was dependent upon his harvests, and not upon the outside world.

      MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN 1723

      Members of the first church in 1723 were Rev. Wil- liam Billings; deacons, Nathaniel Kingsbury, and Wm. Durkee; members, Ebenezer Abbey, George Martin, Joseph Jennings, Nathaniel Hovey, Samuel Ashley, John Clarke, John Durkee, William Durkee, Jeremiah Durkee, Thomas Marsh, William Farnham, John Scrip- ture, Nathaniel Fline, Benjamin Bidlock. Within the next two years the following were united with the church, the community having grown rapidly: Daniel Holt, David Warren, Paul Abbot, Matthias Marsh, Wil- liam Averill, James Utley, Daniel Button, Timothy Pearl, Robert Willis, Jacob and John Preston, Ebenezer Crocker, Nathaniel W^oodard, Robert Holt, Ebenezer Martin, Joseph Badcock, Philip Abbot, Stephen Fuller, Nathaniel Parker, William Shaw, Jon. Hendee, Thomas Durkee, Samuel Colburn, Joshua Holt, Joseph Lasalle, Nathaniel Ford, Robert Colburn, Samuel Blanchard, Benjamin Preston, and David and Isaac Canada, sons of the first settler; his widow, Margaret's name is found on the lists, as well as a large number of wives and fam-

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      ilies of the above. There was also a number of resi- dents not connected with the church.

      Discipline was strict in the parish. In 1725 they voted, "We look upon every baptized person to be a subject of church discipline and ought to be called to an account by some church or other, whenever they offend."

      Schools were established, and were held in private homes in different parts of the parish, a few weeks at a time; the teacher was paid a small sum for each day the child attended. The parish had its own selectmen and surveyors, so needed to go to Windham Center only for town meetings.

      CHAPTER IV REV. SAMUEL MOSLEY'S PASTORATE, 1734 - 1791 | Early Homesteads of Pomfret Vermont area
      Sources

      Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol.1, Page 215


      See also:

      Find-A-Grave Memorial #78447891 in North Cemetery, Hampton, Windham County, Connecticut, USA. Plot: Possibly Buried here?
      Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence (subscription). CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Vol. Yale page 120
      Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the town of Stonington, county of New London, Connecticut, from its frist settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Conn.: Press of the Day, 1900, (http://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs01whee.)

      Bethiah Otis. Born on 20 Nov 1703 in Scituate, MA.49 Bethiah died in Hampton, CT, on 29 May 1750; she was 46.

      Children of William and Bethiah (Otis) Billings: i. William Billings, b. 18 Mar 1724/5; ii. Bethiah Billings, b. 4 Nov 1727; iii. Hannah Billings, b. 8 Nov 1729; iv. Patience Billings, b. 3 Jun 1731; and v. Patience Billings, b. 8 Apr 1733.

      Children of Samuel and Bethiah (Otis) (Billings) Moseley, born at Windham: i. Hannah Moseley, b. 31 Mar 1735/6; ii. Elizabeth Moseley, b. 15 Nov 1737; iii. Samuel Moseley, b. 27 Apr 1739; iv. Ebenezer Moseley, b. 19 Feb 1740/1; v. Mary Moseley, b. 13 Nov 1743; vi. Anne Moseley, b. 23 May 1746; vii. John Moseley, b. 27 Feb 1747; and viii. Bethiah Moseley, b. before 29 May 1750.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Bethia Billings

    2. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Bethiah Billings

    3. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for William Billings

    4. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Bethiah OTIS

    5. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Capt William Billings

    6. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Hannah Sterry

    7. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Bettia Billings

    8. [S23] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Rev William Billings

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      Record for William; Rev Billings

    10. [S8] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com, (Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Record for Reverend William Billings

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      Record for Rev William Billings

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      Record for William Billings

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      Record for Rev Billings

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      Record for Bethia Bethiah Bettia BILLINGS

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      Record for Bethiah BILLINGS

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      Record for William (Capt) Billings