Capt. Gilbert Billings

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, county of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 239, 242, 612

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When fourteen or fifteen years old went to sea, became captain, and led a marine life till after he was forty' years of age, and acquired con siderable property. On retiring he settled in North Stonington and became a farmer. He was quiet and reserved in manner, yet a very agreeable social com panion. He represented North Stonington twice in : the General Assembly, also represented Griswold one term in same body, and was a man of mark among his townsmen, holding various other positions of trust. In politics he was a Federal and a Whig. He was Congregational in religious belief. He married Lucy (born 1770, died Dec. 16, 1854), daughter of John Swan, in 1792. They had children, — Sandford, Lucy, Lucy2, Robert, Joseph, George, Horatio N., John, Benjamin F., Mary. He died May 1, 1856.

History of New London County, Connecticut, With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, p. 415

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