Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Billing was born on 24 February 1754, in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Captain Fellows Billings, was 50 and her mother, Mary Eastman, was 41. She married Elisha Dickinson on 23 December 1781, in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 6 April 1829, at the age of 75, and was buried in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Hannah Billings, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hannah Billings in entry for Elisha Dickinson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
- Hannah Dickinson in entry for Polly Smith, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
Spouse and Children
1755–1811 Male
1754–1829 Female
Children (6)
1783–1849 Female
1786–1832 Female
1788–1849 Female
1788–1833 Male
1790–1863 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1704–1784 Male
1712–1799 Female
Siblings (10)
1736–1827 Male
1738–1744 Female
1740–1743 Male
1742–1829 Female
1742–1828 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 22
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 22
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 40
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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