Billington, Mercy

1651 - 1718  (67 years)

• Name	Billington, Mercy  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	25 Feb 1651	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Female
  Mayflower desc_1	BILLINGTON_John Lithgow. 20260307GHLn- Mayflower Relationship- BILLINGTON Francis & Christian PENN BILLINGTON were 10th great grandparents to Don Getchell, my 1st cousin. Finding Your Roots, Lithgow discovered that he is a descendant of eight Mayflower passengers, including colonial governor William Bradford.[5][7][8] He is also related to that show\'s host, the historian and literary critic, Henry Louis Gates Jr.,[9] in addition to being distant cousins with painter Frederic Edwin Church, chef Julia Child, author Thomas Pynchon, and actors Alec Baldwin, Clint Eastwood, and Sally Field.  [4]
  	On the show Finding Your Roots, Lithgow discovered that he is a descendant of eight Mayflower passengers, including colonial governor William Bradford.[5][7][8] He is also related to that show's host, the historian and literary critic, Henry Louis Gates Jr.,[9] in addition to being distant cousins with painter Frederic Edwin Church, chef Julia Child, author Thomas Pynchon, and actors Alec Baldwin, Clint Eastwood, and Sally Field.
  Mayflower desc_1	John BILLINGTON - Walt Disney
  		relationship_of_john_billington_to_walt_disney 20251114GHLn- Family Relationship of John Billington (c1580 - 1630) Mayflower passenger 1620 8th Great-grandfather to Walt Disney Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company John BILLINGTON Elinor NEWTON Francis BILLINGTON Christian PENN Mary Billington Samuel Sabin Mercy Sabin James Welch Elizabeth Welch Daniel Lawrence Samuel Lawrence Hannah…
  		Screenshot (338) 20251114GHLn- Family Relationship of John Billington (c1580 - 1630) Mayflower passenger 1620 8th Great-grandfather to Walt Disney Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company John BILLINGTON Elinor NEWTON Francis BILLINGTON Christian PENN Mary Billington Samuel Sabin Mercy Sabin James Welch Elizabeth Welch Daniel Lawrence Samuel Lawrence Hannah…
  		Relation_David E Nicosia to Walter Elias Disney 20251116GHLn- Continuing our Mayflower ancestry from John & Eleanor NEWTON(?) BILLINGTON: The relationship between David Emmanuel Nicosia, my 1st cousin, son of my mother's older sister Betty, & Walter Elias Disney, our 7th cousin 3x removed. We are all descended from John & Elinor NEWTON BILLINGTON (our 11th grgrandparents) and their son,…
  Death	28 Sep 1718	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
  	age 67
  Progeny	19 Nov 1831  [3]
  	President James A. Garfield
  	http://www.theroadbackward.com/blog/2011/11/22/the-great-migration-begins-mayflower-edition-12th-great-gran.html#comments comment section: ...Your wife is descended from the Billingtons? They don't have as many descendants as many other Mayflower passengers, because he (John) had only two children, sons John Jr. and Francis, and John Jr. died unmarried and without issue. So all Billington descendants come through Francis. President James A. Garfield. Descendant of John Billington and his son Francis Billington. James A. Garfield Eliza Ballou Mehitable Ingalls Sybil Carpenter Jotham Carpenter Desire Martin Mercy Billington FRANCIS BILLINGTON JOHN BILLINGTON
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  Person ID	I25797	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   [5, 6, 7]
  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	Martin, John,   b. 1651, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England d. 28 Aug 1720, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1681	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Martin, John,   b. 1682  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Martin, Desire,   b. 20 Mar 1684, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Sep 1727, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 25 Feb 1651 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 27 Jun 1681 - Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Death - 28 Sep 1718 - Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S193] Caleb Johnson, Genealogy- Mayflower desc Revolutionary_War.html, (Name: C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\genealogy\Pilgrims\genealogy- Mayflower desc revolutionary_war.htm;). From JOHN BILLINGTON of the Mayflower: Amos Martin (Amos Martin, John Martin, Mercy Billington, FRANCIS BILLINGTON, JOHN BILLINGTON) John Sabin (Josiah Sabin, Israel Sabin, Mary Billington, FRANCIS BILLINGTON, JOHN BILLINGTON) Asahel Kingsley (Oliver Kingsley, Eldad Kingsley, Sarah Sabin, Mary Billington, FRANCIS BILLINGTON, JOHN BILLINGTON) Edward Hackett Otis (Stephen Otis, Margaret Sabin, Israel Sabin, Mary Billington, FRANCIS BILLINGTON, JOHN BILLINGTON) Jabez Round, Jr., (Renew Carpenter, Desire Martin, Mercy Billington, FRANCIS BILLINGTON, JOHN BILLINGTON) [S167] GEDCOM: 224075 Robert Kingsley d.1534, (Name: Cf also gen rep 224075 John BILLINGTON b1580.doc;), 224075. ix. MERCY BILLINGTON, b. 25 February 1650/51, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; d. 28 September 1718, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; m. JOHN MARTIN, 27 June 1681, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; b. 1651. [S192] Genealogy- Mayflower desc Presidents.html, (Name: http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/jg20.html;). James A. Garfield (Eliza Ballou, Mehitable Ingalls, Sybil Carpenter, Jotham Carpenter, Desire Martin, Mercy Billington, FRANCIS BILLINGTON, JOHN BILLINGTON) [S3064] Famous Kin off the Mayflower-. 20260304GHLn- Family Relationship of John Billington (c1580 - 1630) Mayflower passenger 1620 9th Great-grandfather to John Lithgow Stage, TV, and Movie Actor ? ? John Billington Elinor - - - - - - Francis Billington Christian Penn Mercy Billington John Martin Desire Martin Jotham Carpenter Jotham Carpenter Mehitable Thompson Elizabeth Carpenter Nathaniel Carpenter Elizabeth Carpenter Salmon Root Amanda Root Warren Mattoon Graves Albert Mattoon Graves Mary E. Bronson Eva Bronson Graves Rev. Orlo Josiah Price Sarah Jane Price Arthur Washington Lithgow John Lithgow Stage, TV, and Movie Actor John Lithgow image by David Shankbone ( CC BY-SA 3.0) _________________ 20260305GHLn- Arthur Lithgow Obituary Arthur Lithgow, a producer and director who was a pioneer in American regional theater, specializing in Shakespeare, died March 23 at his home in Amherst, Mass. He was 88. The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son, the actor John Lithgow. Mr. Lithgow (pronounced LITH-go) first appeared onstage in December 1920 at age 5 as a cherub in a Christmas pageant at the Unitarian Church in Melrose, Mass. He made his New York City debut in November 1938 as a soldier in Jacques Deval ' s anti-Nazi drama, " Lorelei. " But his long-lasting theatrical achievements came through his work in regional theater around the country, in creating new theater programs or taking charge of older ones. He established the Antioch Shakespeare Festival, eventually known as Shakespeare Under the Stars, at his alma mater, Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1952; he was artistic director until 1957. By the early 1960s, it had moved and had grown into the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Lakewood, Ohio. He was the artistic director of the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., where he staged classic and original plays, from 1963 to 1971. He later worked at the Brattleboro Center for the Performing Arts in Vermont, at the University of South Florida at Tampa, Fla., and in Ithaca, N.Y., where he was co-founder of the Ithaca Theater Guild. At Antioch, Mr. Lithgow eventually put on productions of every play in the canon, sometimes running as many as seven in a season. Directing and acting in many of these productions, he played Petruchio in " The Taming of the Shrew " opposite Nancy Marchand ' s Kate, and also played Stephano, Peter Quince, Dr. Caius and Henry IV. The festival drew the praise of major reviewers of the day. Arthur Washington Lithgow III was born on Sept. 9, 1915, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, the third child of Arthur Washington Lithgow II, an entrepreneur, and Ina Berenice Robinson Lithgow, a nurse. He graduated from public school in Melrose. At Antioch, Mr. Lithgow acted in student productions and received his B.A. in 1938. He took an M.A. in playwriting at Cornell in 1948. In 1939, he married Sarah Jane Price, an actress whom he had met at Antioch. She survives him, as do their four children, John and Robin, both of Los Angeles, David, of New York, and Sarah Jane Bokaer, of Ithaca; two sisters, Marion James, of Melrose, and Jeannette Peverly, of Milton, Mass.; and 13 grandchildren. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. 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