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Capt. Stephen Billings, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death: April 11, 1814 (90)
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ensign Increase Billings and Hannah Billings
Husband of Bridget Minor Billings; Mary Billings and Martha Billings
Father of Hannah Allyn; Stephen Billings, II; Bridget Elizabeth Ledyard; Katharine Billings; Corp. Andrew Billings and 2 others
Brother of Andrew Billings; Increase Billings, Jr.; Abigail Billings; Lucy Stoddard; Jemima Billings and 5 others

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About Capt. Stephen Billings, Sr.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p. 247-8



Source states Stephen was born 5/18/1734 and he had a brother Stephen who died young and was born in 1723

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. 238, 240, 401, 650



Stephen Billings, son of Increase B. and Hannah Hewitt, of the fourth generation, was born in 1723. He resided in North Groton (Ledyard). He was married in 1746 to Bridget Grant. By her he had six children. Mrs. B. and her infant child died in 1762; and Mr. B. was married to Mary Avery, widow of Youngs Ledyard. Three children were the fruit of this marriage. This second wife died in 1787; and Mr. B. was married the third time to Martha Denison. 'She died in 1808, and he, in 1814.

HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LEDYARD 1650-1900, by Rev. John Avery, published by Noyes & Davis: Press, Norwich, Connecticut, 1901, p. 101


BILLINGS, STEPHEN SR DAR Ancestor #: A010172 Service: CONNECTICUT Rank: CAPTAIN Birth: 3-27-1723 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT Death: 4-11-1814 GROTON NEW LONDON CO CONNECTICUT Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, PGS 217,218,326 Service Description: 1) ALSO LT. 7TH REGT CONN. LINE COL HEMAN SWIFT -tcd



Died young.

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. 238


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Capt. Stephen Billings, Sr.'s Timeline

1723
May 18, 1723
Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1748
July 3, 1748
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
July 3, 1748
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1754
February 15, 1754
Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony
1758
May 5, 1758
1760
August 3, 1760
1763
August 6, 1763
1766
August 14, 1766
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony