When Stillman S Billings was born about 1807, in Madison, New York, United States, his father, Lemuel Billings, was 51 and his mother, Priscilla Look, was 52. He had at least 1 son with Ann Eliza. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1879. He died in 1879, at the age of 73.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
A village map dated April 8, 1819 shows sixty seven streets. The widest streets measured 60 feet wide while the narrowest street, Doughty Street, measured 20 feet wide.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
English (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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