Stephen Billings, II

Was serving in General Washington's army at the time of the storming of Fort Griswold on September 6, 1781, where his brother Andrew was killed in its defense.

"Andrew Billings lived at the time with his father near the Elder Tuttle Church in Ledyard He started for the fort in response to the alarm reaching there after the gates were shut and being recognized a rope was thrown to him by which he climbed through the embrasure being the last man to enter for defence. His brother Stephen was in the army with General Washington at the time"

Source: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports ... By William Wallace Harris p. 221

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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. 240, 241, 421

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Stephen Billings, 2d, son of Stephen B. and Bridget Grant, of the fifth generation, was born in 1750. He entered the Army of the Revolution as a sergeant in 1775, participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, served through the entire war, and was honorably discharged at the close of it, holding the office of captain at the time. He was married, in 1774, to Cynthia Hewitt. By her he had four sons and one daughter. She died in 1786, aged 28. In 1787 he was married to Anna Raymond, by whom he had four daughters and one son—also a child that died in infancy.

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