Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Billings was born in 1808, in West Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin Billings, was 43 and his mother, Susannah Weld, was 38. He married Sarah Keith on 4 September 1832, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in West Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years and Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 24 August 1874, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Joseph H Billings, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865"
- Joseph H. Billings, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Joseph H. Billings, "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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