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John Billings,Sr.* (son of Samuel Billings,II* and Mary Kibbe) was born July 15, 1738 in Somers,Tolland, CT, and died June 21, 1803 in Somers,Tolland, CT.He married (1) Eunice Cooley on April 13, 1764 in Somers, Tollard, Ct.He married (2) Anna Read on date unknown.
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Source for John Billings and Eunice Cooley: Ancestry.com
Death was caused by drowning.
Source: West Cemetery: states he died at the age of 67.
Source: History of Chenango and Madison Counties. New York 1784-1880 by James Hadden Smith:
John Billings came from Stonington, Conn, his native place, and bought farms for his four children, John, Flavia, who married John Parsons, Joseph and Betsey, who married Joseph Collins, but he never made a settlement here.His son John came about 1798, settled on lot 2, in the north-east corner of the town, on the farm now owned, 100 acres of it by his grandsons, E.C. and John Monroe Billings and some 60 acres including the homestead, by William H. Congdon,where he died June 6, 1828 aged 63 years.
Source: Ancestry.com: Roberts Family USA -Wales
More About John Billings,Sr.*:
Baptism: August 15, 1738, Enfield, Connecticut.
Burial: West Cemetery, Somers, CT.
More About John Billings,Sr.* and Eunice Cooley:
Marriage: April 13, 1764, Somers, Tollard, Ct.
More About John Billings,Sr.* and Anna Read:
Marriage: Unknown
Children of John Billings,Sr.* and Eunice Cooley are:
  1. +John Billings, Jr.*, b. July 13, 1765, Somers, Tollard, CT, d. June 06, 1828, Smyrna, Chenango, New York.
  2. +Solomon Billings, b. June 18, 1767, Somers,Tolland, CT, d. April 27, 1862, Somers, Tolland, CT.
  3. Eunice Billings, b. June 12, 1769, Somers,Tolland, CT.
  4. Betsey Billings, b. February 11, 1772, Somers,Tolland, CT, d. June 19, 1848, Symrna, Chenango, New York.
  5. Joseph Billings, b. March 21, 1773, Somers,Tolland, CT, d. May 18, 1847, Smyrna, Chenango, New York.
  6. +Flavia Billings, b. August 09, 1775, Somers,Tolland, CT, d. June 10, 1859, Smyrna, Chenango, New York.
  7. Phelana Billings, b. August 09, 1775, Somers,Tolland, CT.
  8. +Luke Billings, b. October 15, 1777, Somers,Tolland, CT, d. January 19, 1852, Somers, Tolland,CT.
  9. Alpheus Billings, b. Abt. 1780, Somers, Tolland Co., CT, d. August 11, 1867, Somers, Tolland Co., CT..
  10. +Neuman Billings, b. Abt. 1780, VA, d. December 27, 1827, Mansfield, OH.