Billington, Martha

Abt 1638 - Aft 1704  (> 66 years)

• Name	Billington, Martha  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1638	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 9 Jun 1704	Connecticut, USA   [3]
  LDS	• LCVR-S7F. This is a professionally well-researched Mayflower descendant.
  	20251104GHLn- LDS Martha Billington about 1638 – 9 June 1704 • LCVR-S7F This is a professionally well-researched Mayflower descendant. Please do not make changes without consulting all notes and sources. Last Changed: April 25, 2023 A Anna Lenz Hetzel John Billington Family History: John Billington Family History: Martha3 b. prob. Plymouth abt 1638, died after June 9, 1704 as indicated in a deed transfer. She married first, Plymouth, Jan 10, 1660/1 Samuel Eaton (son of Pilgrim Francis and Sarah Eaton) as his second wife. He died Middleboro before 1684. Martha married second, Robert Crossman of Taunton, Dec. 7. 1687,as his second wife, born about 1621, died before October 27, 1692. He is noted as being the probable son of John Crossman. John Crossman had married first, May 25, 1652, Dedham, Sarah Kingsbury, by whom he had children, and is found in Duxbury, prior to removing to Middleboro Less Last Changed: May 16, 2020 A Anna Lenz Hetzel Molyneux; Hist of Eaton Fam Molyneux; Hist of Eaton Fam Last Changed: August 26, 2013 U UnknownMMMC-Z1DD H, Gen, Biog of Eaton Families, pg 37 H, Gen, Biog of Eaton Families, pg 37 Last Changed: August 26, 2013 B Bren Parker !BIRTH: Age 5 when "bound out" in Jan 16 !BIRTH: Age 5 when "bound out" in Jan 1642/3 MARRIAGE: Mayflower Increases p 17 DEATH: Mayflower Increases p 17 Last Changed: August 26, 2013 U UnknownMMMC-84KQ !BIRTH: Mayflower Families Through Five !BIRTH: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Five. Page 37 !DEATH: Mayflower Births & Deaths. by Susan E. Roser. Volume One. Page 106. Last Changed: August 26, 2013 U UnknownMMMC-F39Y !Source of Info. Mayflower Families thru !Source of Info. Mayflower Families thru five generations.Vol 1 page 51 and Vol 10 page 6 Last Changed: August 26, 2013 M Marilyn Gardner Discussions Add Discussion Where did Martha Billington Eaton Crossman die, and when? July 7, 2020 "Where is unknown. Death date was between 9 June 1704 when she received land from a son-in-law and before 2 March 1722/3 when her son sold land and mentioned 'my deceased mother.'" Reference: Harriet W. Hodge, Robert S. Wakefield, and John Bradley Arthaud, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: John Billington (Plymouth, 2014), pages 21, 23. (Contributor received this information in a personal email from editor John Bradley Arthaud, FASG on 7 July 2020.) Less A Anna Lenz Hetzel
  FSID	LCVR-S7F
  Death	Aft 9 Jun 1704	Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  	age 66
  Person ID	I113184	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	BILLINGTON, Francis,   b. 1606, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England d. 3 Dec 1684, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	PENN, Christian,   b. Abt 2 Sep 1613, Sussex, England d. 16 Jul 1684, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Jul 1634	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 5, 6]
  Issue, jt	9 Francis & Christian had 9 children together (She'd brought 3 from a previous marriage)
  	http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/enquirer/billington.htm Billington: Not a Bradford Favorite! John Billington, his wife Elinor, and two adolescent sons, John and Francis were passengers on the Mayflower. Billington, who was not one of the Leyden group, became a Mayflower Passenger at Southampton. Ten years later he was executed for the murder of "one John Newcomen. . ." (Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, V, 31+) It seems that nearly all that we know of the Billingtons comes from Governor William Bradford's references to the family, and, for good reason or not, it is evident that he felt a hearty dislike for the family. Billington troubles are noted from the start. While still on board ship in Provincetown Harbor, one of the young sons (unknown) fired a gun near an open half-keg of gun powder posing a near disaster for the ship and passengers. Of this Bradford writes "and yet, by God's mercy, no harm done." (MF5G V:31) In 1621 Billington was sentenced to have his neck and heels tied together for "oppribrious" speeches against Miles Standish. "Craving pardon," he was forgiven." (MF5G V:32) On a more cheerful note, Francis Billington, shortly after the settlement of Plymouth, climbed to the top of a tree on a hilltop and discovered two lakes known from then until now as "Billington Sea." (Actually I think this was John Billington, his brother- jcw 29.02.2012) Bradford's writings, however, continue to present Billington as contentious, unmanageable and undesirable. In a 1625 letter to Robert Cushman in England (Governor Bradford's Letter Book,MD V:79, New-Plymouth, June 9, 1625), Bradford writes: "Billington still rails against you, and threatens to arrest you, I know not wherefore; he is a knave, and so will live and die." [Mr. "Cusksnan" died before this letter arrived.] Finally, in the only known eyewitness account, Bradford relates (Bradford History MF5G V:33) that in 1630 "John Billington the elder, one that came over with the first, was arraigned, and both by grand and petty jury found guilty of wilful murder, by plain and notorious evidence. And was for the same accordingly executed . . ." " He and some of his had been often punished for miscarriages before, being one of the profanest families amongst them; they came from London, and I know not what friends shuffled into their company. His fact was that he waylaid a young man, one John Newcomen, about a former quarrel and shot him with a gun, whereof he died." Upon his death he left his wife Eleanor (Elinor) and son Francis -- his son John having died previously. About eight years later, his wife would remarry a Gregory Armstrong. Son Francis married Christian Penn Eaton in 1634, widow of Pilgrim Francis Eaton. She brought to the marriage three children Rachel, Benjamin and another of unknown name. Together they had an additional nine children. In 1642 (Records of the Town of Plymouth 1:12) numerous of the children were put out. "Concerneing the placeing and disposing of ffrancis Billingtons children according to the Act and order of the Court: "It is ordered and agreed upon that John Cooke the yonger shall have Joseph until hee shalbe of the age of twenty and one years (being now about vi or vii years old) and fynd him meat drink and apparell during the said terme." One can imagine the psychological hurt of a young child being put out of his home, and it is noted in the records that as a child (MF5G V:39) "he (Joseph) repeatedly ran away from his master to return to his parents; in July 1643 he and they were sternly admonished." This Joseph, who is later found at Block Island, was apparently considered lazy and shiftless. He is repeatedly ordered in the town records to go to work and support his family.(NEHGR 105:179, Notes on Block Islanders of Seventeenth Century.) A probable son Elisha is cited as having following his father's shiftless ways. (NEHGR: 106:105, Two Block Island Documents) It is ordered that Benjamin Eaton his eldest Boy shalbe with John Winslow upon these conditions untill he shall accomplish the age of xxi years being about xv years in march next . . ." It is ordered and agreed also that Gyles Rickett shall take another of his children a gerle aboute five years of age and shall keepe her and find her meat drink and apparell . . ." It is ordered and agreed likewise That Gabriell ffallowell shall have another of his children a gerle about ______ years of age . . ." Tragedy seemed to follow some members of the early family. A surviving daughter Elizabeth, one of those apprenticed out, married first Richard Bullock in 1660, Rehobeth, who died in 1667. She married second in 1673 a Robert Beere who was killed by the Indians in March of 1676. She married third Thomas Patey/Patte of Providence who drowned in the Seekonk River 1695. (MF5G V:37,38). Sources: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, V, John Billington, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1991 Records of the Town of Plymouth, Volume 1, 1636-1705, Plymouth, Avery & Doten, Book and Job Printers, 1889. New England Historic and Genealogical Register, V 105,106. Mayflower Descendant,Volume V, Editor,George Ernest Bowman, Published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. For additional information on this family visit the Mayflower Site __________________________________________________
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eaton, Samuel sr,   b. 4 Apr 1620, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d. Abt 29 Oct 1684, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 10 Jan 1660	Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Married	10 Jan 1661	Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Eaton, Sarah,   b. Bef 3 Jan 1663, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Aft 24 Feb 1725 (Age > 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Eaton, Bethia,   b. 1665  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Eaton, Mercy,   b. 21 Apr 1665, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. Aft 27 Feb 1704, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Eaton, Samuel jr,   b. 3 Jan 1663, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Mar 1723, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F61643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Crossman, Robert,   b. 1 Nov 1622, Devon, England d. Bef 27 Oct 1692, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age < 69 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1652	Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F2409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - Abt 1638 - Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - Abt 10 Jan 1660 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Married - 10 Jan 1661 - Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Death - Aft 9 Jun 1704 - Connecticut, USA Death - Aft 9 Jun 1704 - Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [Brøderbund WFT European Origins Vol. E1, Ed. 1, Tree #0361, Date of Import: 22 May 2001] #2 #5 Marriage record #12 #28A #28B #31 #33 #34 #39 20251104GHLn- LDS Martha Billington about 1638 – 9 June 1704 • LCVR-S7F This is a professionally well-researched Mayflower descendant. Please do not make changes without consulting all notes and sources. Last Changed: April 25, 2023 A Anna Lenz Hetzel John Billington Family History: John Billington Family History: Martha3 b. prob. Plymouth abt 1638, died after June 9, 1704 as indicated in a deed transfer. She married first, Plymouth, Jan 10, 1660/1 Samuel Eaton (son of Pilgrim Francis and Sarah Eaton) as his second wife. He died Middleboro before 1684. Martha married second, Robert Crossman of Taunton, Dec. 7. 1687,as his second wife, born about 1621, died before October 27, 1692. He is noted as being the probable son of John Crossman. John Crossman had married first, May 25, 1652, Dedham, Sarah Kingsbury, by whom he had children, and is found in Duxbury, prior to removing to Middleboro Less Last Changed: May 16, 2020 A Anna Lenz Hetzel Molyneux; Hist of Eaton Fam Molyneux; Hist of Eaton Fam Last Changed: August 26, 2013 U UnknownMMMC-Z1DD H, Gen, Biog of Eaton Families, pg 37 H, Gen, Biog of Eaton Families, pg 37 Last Changed: August 26, 2013 B Bren Parker !BIRTH: Age 5 when "bound out" in Jan 16 !BIRTH: Age 5 when "bound out" in Jan 1642/3 MARRIAGE: Mayflower Increases p 17 DEATH: Mayflower Increases p 17 Last Changed: August 26, 2013 U UnknownMMMC-84KQ !BIRTH: Mayflower Families Through Five !BIRTH: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Five. Page 37 !DEATH: Mayflower Births & Deaths. by Susan E. Roser. Volume One. Page 106. Last Changed: August 26, 2013 U UnknownMMMC-F39Y !Source of Info. Mayflower Families thru !Source of Info. Mayflower Families thru five generations.Vol 1 page 51 and Vol 10 page 6 Last Changed: August 26, 2013 M Marilyn Gardner Discussions Add Discussion Where did Martha Billington Eaton Crossman die, and when? July 7, 2020 "Where is unknown. Death date was between 9 June 1704 when she received land from a son-in-law and before 2 March 1722/3 when her son sold land and mentioned 'my deceased mother.'" Reference: Harriet W. Hodge, Robert S. Wakefield, and John Bradley Arthaud, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: John Billington (Plymouth, 2014), pages 21, 23. (Contributor received this information in a personal email from editor John Bradley Arthaud, FASG on 7 July 2020.) Less A Anna Lenz Hetzel

  
  

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  [S50] Plymouth Colony- Its History and People; AncestryView for Windows:, (Name: CD ROM;), Biographical Sketches. Eaton, Samuel Plymouth Colony, p.286 —A 1620 Mayflower passenger, Samuel came to Plymouth with his parents, Francis and Sarah Eaton, q.v. He married (1) Elizabeth _____ and (2) Martha Billington, daughter of Francis and Christian (Penn) (Eaton) Billington (that is, the daughter of his stepmother). He worked as an apprentice to John Cooke, Jr. (MF 1:5, which also gives his descendants). [S167] GEDCOM: 224075 Robert Kingsley d.1534, (Name: Cf also gen rep 224075 John BILLINGTON b1580.doc;), 224075. 5. MARTHA3 BILLINGTON (FRANCIS2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1638 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, and died Aft. 09 July 1704. She married (1) SAMUEL (1) EATON, son of FRANCIS EATON and SARAH UNKNOWN. He was born 1620 in England, and died Bef. 29 October 1864 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. She married (2) ROBERT CROSSMAN Aft. 07 December 1687. Children of MARTHA BILLINGTON and SAMUEL EATON are: i. MERCY4 EATON, b. Abt. 1659; m. SAMUEL FULLER; b. 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. ii. SARAH EATON, b. Bef. 03 January 1662/63; m. PHILLIP BUMP; b. Abt. 1648, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. iii. SAMUEL (2) EATON, b. Abt. February 1662/63, Middleboro, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH FULLER; b. Abt. 1663. iv. BETHIA EATON, b. 1665. [S341] Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree European Origins Vol. E1, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: September 15, 1997;), Tree #0361. Date of Import: 22 May 2001 [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for John Billington (128) facts 20251104GHLn- edited John Billington The Billington family may have originated from around Cowbit and Spaulding, in Lincolnshire, England, where Francis Longland named young Francis Billington son of John Billington an heir. In 1650, a survey indicated that Francis Billington was then in New England. However, research has thus far failed to turn up any other records of the family's residence there. The Billington family was Plymouth Colony's troublemakers. Just after arrival, young Francis Billington shot off his father's musket in the Mayflower's cabin, showering sparks around open barrels of gunpowder, nearly causing a catastrophe. A few months later in March 1621, father John was brought before the company for "contempt of the Captain's lawful command with opprobrious speeches", and was sentenced to have his neck and heels tied together: "but upon humbling himself and craving pardon, and it being the first offence, he is forgiven." Son John wandered off in May 1621, and was brought by Nauset Indians to Cape Cod, where he was later retrieved. In 1624, Billington was implicated in the Oldham-Lyford scandal (a failed revolt against the Plymouth church), but played ignorant and was never officially punished for involvement. In 1625, Governor Bradford wrote a letter to Robert Cushman saying "Billington still rails against you, ... he is a knave, and so will live and die." In 1630, Billington shot and killed John Newcomen, they having been common enemies of one another for some time. Billington was tried by jury and hanged in September 1630 for the murder. In 1636, wife Eleanor (sometimes Helen) was sentenced to sit in the stocks and be whipped for slandering John Doane. Eleanor would later remarry to Gregory Armstrong in 1638. - taken from MayflowerHistory.com KarenGray90added this on 3 Apr 2009 srichardson219originally submitted this to McKee / Rice / Richardson Family Tree on 14 Jan 2009 ___________________________________ Mayflower Passenger John Billington was a signer of the Mayflower Compact and was also the first man to be hanged for a crime in the Plymouth Colony. John Billington (c. 1580- September 30, 1630) was the first Englishman,[1] to be convicted of murder in what would become the United States and the first to be hanged for any crime in New England. He came to the Plymouth Colony on the famous voyage of the "Mayflower" in 1620 with his wife and two sons. He soon made enemies with many aboard the ship. He was known as a "foul mouthed miscreant" and "knave." He was not a member of the separatist Brownist congregation that dominated the colony's life, but rather, he fled England to escape creditors. His sons were also seen as troublemakers. In March, 1621 Billington was convicted of contempt for insulting Captain Miles Standish. His punishment was to have his heels tied to his neck. Billington apologized profusely and was spared from the penalty. In 1624, Billington became a follower of the Reverend John Lyford, who was banished from Plymouth Colony in 1625 for being a danger to the community. Though Billington was nearly convicted as Lyford's accomplice, he was permitted to remain in Plymouth Colony. In September 1630, after a heated argument over hunting rights, Billington fatally shot fellow colonist John Newcomen in the shoulder with a Blunderbuss. After counseling with Governor John Winthrop, Governor William Bradford concluded that capital punishment was the necessary penalty. Billington was convicted of murder and hanged at Plymouth, Massachusetts. KarenGray90added this on 3 Apr 2009 smonsma00originally submitted this to Labbee/Robinson Family Tree on 20 Nov 2007 _________________________________________ Mayflower Compact John Billington was a signer of the Mayflower Compact in 1620, the first document in America to establish rule by the people. Mayflower Compact (1620) The following is a very careful letter-for-letter and line-by-line transcription made by me of the Mayflower Compact, as it is found in the original page of William Bradford's History Of Plymouth Plantation. Spelling and punctuation have not been modernized. The original from which this transcription was made can be seen in the graphic at the bottom of this page. In ye name of God Amen· We whose names are vnderwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soueraigne Lord King James by ye grace of God, of great Britaine, franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c Haueing vndertaken, for ye glorie of God, and aduancemente of ye christian ^faith and honour of our king & countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia· doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, couenant, & combine our selues togeather into a ciuill body politick; for ye our better ordering, & preseruation & fur= therance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof, to enacte, constitute, and frame shuch just & equall lawes, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & conuenient for ye generall good of ye colonie: vnto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we haue herevnder subscribed our names at Cap= Codd ye ·11· of Nouember, in ye year of ye raigne of our soueraigne Lord king James of England, france, & Ireland ye eighteenth and of Scotland ye fiftie fourth. Ano: Dom ·1620· SIGNERS: John CarverEdward TilleyDegory PriestWilliam BradfordJohn TilleyThomas WilliamsEdward WinslowFrancis CookeGilbert WinslowWilliam BrewsterThomas RogersEdmund MargessonIsaac AllertonThomas TinkerPeter BrownMyles StandishJohn RigsdaleRichard BritteridgeJohn AldenEdward FullerGeorge SouleSamuel FullerJohn TurnerRichard ClarkeChristopher MartinFrancis EatonRichard GardinarWilliam MullinsJames ChiltonJohn AllertonWilliam WhiteJohn CrackstoneThomas EnglishRichard WarrenJohn BillingtonEdward DotyJohn HowlandMoses FletcherEdward LeisterStephen HopkinsJohn Goodman KarenGray90added this on 3 Apr 2009 smonsma00originally submitted this to Labbee/Robinson Family Tree on 15 Jul 2008 ____________________________________________ 20251104GHLn- https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=2810%20john%20billington&ahnum=1 Notes: BIOGRAPHY: Mayflower passenger. DEATH: Hanged for the murder of John Newcomen. The only contemporary eyewitness account was written by William Bradford, "1630 - This year John Billington the elder, one that came over with the first, was arraigned, and both by grand and petty jury found guilty of wilful murder, by plain and notorious evidence. And was for the same accordingly executed. This, as it was the first execution amongst them, so was it a matter of great sadness unto them. They used all due means about this trial and took the advice of Mr. Winthrop and other the ablest gentlemen in Bay of the Massachusetts, that were then newly come over, who concurred with them that he ought to die, and the land to be purged from blood. He and some of his had been often punished for miscarriages before, being one of the profanest families amongst them; they came from London, and I know not by what friends shuffled into their company. His fact was that he waylaid a young man, one John Newcomen, about a former quarrel and shot him with a gun, whereof he died." - Taken from Mayflower Families 5 Generations Vol. 21. Sources for John Billington 1 NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1988, Vol. 5, p. 21. 2 Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 173-174, 609. 3 Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1423. 4 Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 29. 5 Originally compiled by Harriet W. Hodge; Revised by Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 21, John Billington, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 5. 6 Roberts, Gary Boyd, "No. 74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard [Tiffany] Gere", (accessed 10/10/2014). 7 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 95. 8 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 4, 255, 314, 370, 378, 585, 603, 682, 787. passenger ship, The Mayflower The Mayflower Nov 1620 , Plymouth Colony KarenGray90added this on 3 Apr 2009 Signing the Mayflower Compact Signing the Mayflower Compact Nov 1620 , Plymouth Colony KarenGray90added this on 3 Apr 2009 [S341] Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree European Origins Vol. E1, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: September 15, 1997;), ****Tree #0361. Date of Import: 22 May 2001 ...................... (199) 20200918HAv- Date of Import: 22 May 2001 (6) facts ....... (200) Edmund BANGS [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer. Record for Francis Eaton

  
  

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