When Abel Billings was born on 16 February 1757, in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Billings IV, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Farrar, was 20. He married Elizabeth Farrar on 2 May 1780, in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 27 November 1833, in Hancock, Hancock, Maine, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Sargentville, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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