Brief Life History of Catharine
Catharine Billing was born about 1663, in Otterford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She married Mathew Billing about 1684, in Otterford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1718, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Otterford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Katherine Billing, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- Catherine in entry for Robert Billing, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Catherine in entry for Robert Billing, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Name Meaning
English: either a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Billing, derived from Old English bil ‘sword’, or a habitational name from Great and Little Billing in Northamptonshire, meaning ‘(settlement of) the followers (Old English -ingas) of a man called Bill(a) or Bȳdel’.
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, formed with a cognate of Old Saxon bīl ‘sword’.
Danish and Norwegian: from an Old Danish personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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