Pilgrim John Billington1

M, #2233, b. about 1580, d. September 1630
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Names and Titles

Titled: Pilgrim John Billington in 1620.
Pilgrim John Billington was born about 1580 in Spaulding, Lincolnshire, England.1 He married Eleanor (?) before 1604.1
Pilgrim John Billington died by hanging for "wilful murder" in September 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.1
Pilgrim John Billington became the father of Pilgrim John Billington about 1604.2
Pilgrim John Billington became the father of Pilgrim Francis Billington between 1606 and 1609.1 Pilgrim John Billington and Eleanor (?) emmigrated with Pilgrim Francis Billington and Pilgrim John Billington on 6 August 1620 from in London, England, on the Ship 'Mayflower'.3 Pilgrim John Billington and Eleanor (?) immigrated with Pilgrim John Billington and Pilgrim Francis Billington in November 1620 to in Plymouth, New Plymouth Colony, on the Ship 'Mayflower'.1 Pilgrim John Billington signed The Mayflower Compact on 11 November 1620 at Cape Cod.

Census

DatePlaceEnumeration
1627Plymouth, New Plymouth ColonyCensus: 1627 Division of Cattle Census
as 11 John Billington Senor
Head: Pilgrim Stephen Hopkins
Person: Mrs Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, Gyles Hopkins, Caleb Hopkins, Deborah Hopkins, Nicholas Snow, Mrs Constance (Hopkins) Snow, William Palmer, Mrs. Frances Palmer, William Palmer Jr, John Billington, Mrs Eleanor (Pilgrim) Billington and Francis Billington
To this lott fell A Black weining Calfe to wch was aded the Calfe of this yeare to come of the black Cow, wch fell to John Shaw & his Companie, wch pveing a bull they were to keepe it ungelt 5 years for common use & after to make there best of it. Nothing belongeth of thes too, for ye copanye of ye first stock: but only halfe ye Increase. To this lott ther fell two shee goats: which goats they possess on the like terms which others doe their cattell.4

References

Pilgrim John Billington is described in The Great Migration Begins.

2 Children of Pilgrim John Billington and Eleanor (?)
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Citations

  1. [S132] Mayflower Passengers (on the Complete Mayflower Descendant CD), CD-ROM (n.p.: Broderbund Software). Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Passengers.
  2. [S22] Mayflower Families Web site, online http://MayflowerFamilies.com. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Families.
  3. [S130] Caleb Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages, online http://members.aol.com/calebj/, contingents.html. Hereinafter cited as Mayflower Web Pages.
  4. [S143] The Division of Cattle, 1627.