Elizabeth Billings

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Billings was born in 1740, in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Billings, was 45 and her mother, Editha Gunn, was 35. She married Captain Stephen Ashley on 10 November 1762, in Franklin, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 16 September 1826, in her hometown, at the age of 86, and was buried in Long Plain Cemetery, Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Captain Stephen Ashley
1740–1815
Elizabeth Billings
1740–1826
Marriage: 10 November 1762
Captain William Ashley
1763–1847
Stephen Ashley
1766–1766
Lucretia Ashley
1767–1853
Stephen Ashley
1770–1823
Anna Ashley
1772–1822
Clarissa Ashley
1774–1792
Salome Ashley
1775–1838
Joseph Ashley
1780–1855

Sources (37)

  • Elisabeth Billing, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Elisabeth Billing, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Elizabeth Billings Ashley, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781

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1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

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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