THE BILLINGS FAMILY




1. Richard Billings, moved to Hart. (Hartford) in 1640, and rem. to Hat. in 1660. He m. Margery ____, who d. Dec. 5, 1679. He d. at Hat., Nov. 13, 1673.

Child:
Samuel.


2. Samuel, s. of Richard (1), d. at Hat., Feb. 1, 1678; m. abt. 1661, Sarah, dau. of Richard Fellows. She m. (2) Oct. 9, 1678, Samuel Belden Jr., and d. Feb. 5, 1713.

Children:
Samuel, b. Jan. 8, 1665.
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 29, 1669.
Sarah, b. July 15, 1674.
Richard, b. Apr. 7, 1672.
John, b. Oct. 11, 1674; k. by Indians July 15, 1698.
Sarah, b. Oct. 18, 1676; m. Samuel Dickinson.


3. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Jan. 8, 1665, at Hat.; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1686, Hannah Wright, who d. Nov. 18, 1687; m. (2) 1691, wid. Rebecca Miller.

Children:
Samuel, res. Sund. and Harwick.
Sarah, b. Mar. 15, 1697; m. Jan. 16, 1724, Dea. Samuel Smith of Sund.
Joseph, b. Nov. 15, 1700; m. Jan. 7, 1726, Elizabeth, wid. of Joseph Kellogg; d. abt. 1783.
Zechariah, b. Nov. 29, 1702; m. 1726, Ruth, dau. of John Meekins. She was b. June 6, 1700.
Benjamin, b. Jan. 18, 1705; m. Nov. 13, 1729, Mary, dau. of Joshua Hastings of Belchertown; d. 1782, a. 78.


3 1/2. Richard, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Apr. 7, 1672; d. abt. 1753. He m. (1) Mar. 18, 1703, Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Allison) Marsh of Hat. She was b. Sept. 18, 1681. He m. (2) Sarah _____.

Children:
Sarah, b. Jan. 9, 1704; m. Apr. 8, 1730, Samuel Gillett.
Hannah, b. July 14, 1706; m. Nathan Wait.
Richard, b. Sept. 14, 1709; d. unm. in Amh., May 26, 1780.
Damaris, b. Nov. 26, 1712; m. Samuel Church.
Martin, b. abt. 1718; d. Aug., 1720, a. 2.
Thankful, b. May 9, 1721; m. Elijah Chapin.
Ruth, b. in 1717; m. Moses Morton; d. Mar. 27, 1802.
John, b. July 8, 1725; m. (1) Jerusha Waite; m. (2) Sarah Matthews; d. Aug. 31, 1813.


4. Zechariah, s. of Samuel (3), was b. Nov. 29, 1702; d. Nov. 11, 1772; m. 1728, Ruth, dau. of John Meekins. She was b. June 6, 1700; d. Dec. 17, 1781.

Children:
David, b. Feb. 15, 1730; m. Mabel Little, no ch.
Sybil, b. Feb. 10, 1732.
Lydia, b. Jan. 10, 1736; d. Oct. 8, 1780.
Silas, b. Nov. 13, 1741; d. June 6, 1808.


5. Silas, s. of Zechariah (4), was b. Nov. 13, 1741; d. June 6, 1808; m. Nov. 25, 1773, Miriam Dickinson, who was b. 1746 and d. Feb. 11, 1837, a. 90.

Children:
Joseph, b. Mar. 5, 1776.
Erastus, b. June 30, 1778.
Roswell, b. Dec. 30, 1780.
Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1785; d. Nov. 3, 1786.


6. Dea. Joseph, s. of Silas (5), was b. Mar. 5, 1776; d. May, 1850; m. Dec. 15, 1808, Mary, dau. of Elijah Smith of Hat. She d. Nov. 17, 1851. No. ch.


7. Col. Erastus, s. of Silas (5), was b. June 30, 1778; d. Oct. 27, 1838; m. July 9, 1797, Abigail, dau. of John Allis of Hat. She was b. 1779; d. Oct. 17, 1827.

Children:
Fanny A., b. Dec. 3, 1798; d. June 17, 1829.
Silas, b. Oct. 29, 1800.
John Allis, b. Feb. 23, 1806.
Erastus, b. May 11, 1809.


8. Roswell, s. of Silas (5), was b. Dec. 30, 1780; d. Sept. 1, 1850; m. Feb. 13, 1806, Hannah, dau. of Joseph Dickinson of Hat. She was b. May19, 1786; d. Mar. 26, 1866.

Children:
Charles Morris, b. Jan. 23, 1807.
David, b. Oct. 1, 1808.
Mary Ann, b. June 8, 1811; d. Jan. 13, 1879.
Joseph Dickinson, b. Mar. 23, 1813.


9. Silas, s. of Col. Erastus (7), was b. Oct. 29, 1800; d. Jan. 14, 1850; m. Dec. 9, 1824, Mary S., dau. of Levi Graves Sr. She was b. Mar. 5, 1803, and d. Jan. 4, 1881.

Children:
Samuel Fellows, b. Oct. 25, 1825; d. Apr. 23, 1828.
Samuel Fellows, b. Jan. 18, 1828.
Abby Allis, b. Nov. 30, 1832; m. Feb. 10, 1858, Lyman Klapp of Providence, R.I.
Mary C., b. Sept. 25, 1834; d. Nov. 17, 1901.
Jane M., b. Aug. 14, 1836; m. Augustus D. Cowles; d. June 23, 1884. He d. Mar. 31, 1868.
Cornelius A., b. Oct. 22, 1838.


10. John Allis, s. of Col. Erastus (7), was b. Feb. 23, 1806; d. May 22, 1886; m. Oct. 21, 1828, Clarissa Dickinson of Phelps, N.Y. She was b. Apr. 1, 1805, and d. Feb. 28, 1872.

Children:
Frances A., b. July 12, 1830; d. unm. Dec. 12, 1882.
William D., b. Aug. 5, 1832.


11. Erastus, s. of Col. Erastus (7), was b. May 11, 1809; d. Feb. 23, 1897; m. May 28, 1834, Artemisia Ford of Dfd. She was b. Nov. 19, 1811; d. Mar. 4, 1887.

Children:
Henry Pease, b. June 9, 1835; d. Oct. 2, 1891. he was a lieutenant in Co. K., 52d Regt., M.V.M. in the Civil war, and register of deeds of Hampshire County.
Erastus Ford, b. Nov. 6, 1838; d. unm. Sept. 20, 1904.
Albert Allis, b. Sept. 1, 1842; d. young.
George Allis, b. May 26, 1846.


12. Charles Morris, s. of Roswell (8), was b. Jan. 21, 1807; d. Sept. 17, 1868; m. May 25, 1831, Charlotte, dau. of Ebenezer White of Hat. She was b. Oct. 1, 1808; d. Nov. 5, 1884.

Children:
Frederick Dickinson, b. July 25, 1832.
Arthur White, b. July 25, 1834; d. July 19, 1900, at St. Louis, Mo.
Martha Dickinson, b. July 7, 1836; m. Jan. 25, 1866, Lucius Richards.
Charles Morris, b. July 20, 1839; d. unm. Sept. 4, 1901, at Nashua, Iowa.
Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1842.
David, b. July 6, 1849; d. Jan. 16, 1851.
Harriet Charlotte, b. Feb. 5, 1853.


13. David, s. of Roswell (8), was b. Oct. 1, 1808; d. Apr. 11, 1887; m. Apr. 12, 1851, Mary, dau. of Elisha Wells of Leyden. She was b. Aug. 29, 1825; d. Apr. 4, 1904.

Children:
Hannah D., b. Mar. 4, 1852; d. Oct. 30, 1860, a. 8years and 8 months.
Roswell, b. Oct. 20, 1853.
David, b. Feb. 26, 1857.


14. Joseph Dickinson, s. of Roswell (8), was b. May 23, 1813; d. June 18, 1882; m. Mar. 30, 1841, Nancy, dau. of Elijah Dickinson of Hat. She was b. Mar. 9, 1816; d. Jan. 8, 1900.

Children:
Mary Ann, b. Nov. 14, 1843; m. May 28, 1879, Edward B. Dickinson. He d. June 4, 1909. They had an infant son who d. June 12, 1885.
Nellie D., b. Apr. 12, 1859; d. Feb. 4, 1864.


15. Samuel Fellows, s. of Silas (9), was b. Jan. 18, 1828; d. May 5, 1896; m. Jan. 1, 1857, Elizabeth Hastings, dau. of Dexter Allis of Hat. She was b. Nov. 22, 1831.

Children:
Edward Holmes, b. Apr. 29, 1858.
Silas H., b. Oct. 22, 1859; d. Mar. 28, 1860.
Elizabeth Hastings, b. Oct. 11, 1864; m. Oct. 24, 1900, Chas. J. Abbott. He d. June 14, 1906. They had one child, Howard B. Abbott, who was b. Nov. 17, 1902.
Allis S., b. July 29, 1869; d. Oct. 24, 1870.


16. Frederick Dickinson, s. of Charles Morris (12), was b. July 25, 1832; d. Apr. 14, 1885; m. Oct. 25, 1860, Fannie Hunt of Elizabeth, N.J. She d. in San Diego, California, Oct. 23, 1907. She was b. Apr. 25, 1836.

Children:
Anna Hunt, b. Sept. 16, 1861.
Emily G., b. Mar. 17, 1864; d. in California, Feb. 7, 1894, unm.
Frederick M., b. Mar. 15, 1866; d. Sept. 3, 1866.
Charlotte, b. Sept. 19, 1867.
Charles W., b. May 4, 1869; d. Dec. 14, 1869.
Chas. Frederick, b. Aug. 2, 1870; d. soon.
Fanny Rose, b. Mar. 25, 1873; d. soon.
Marion W., b. Oct. 12, 1874; d. young.
Florence F., b. June 14, 1879.

17. Joseph, s. of Charles Morris (12), was b. Aug. 12, 1842; m. Oct. 18, 1871, Gertrude A., dau. of Hubbard S. Allis of What., who was b. Dec. 16, 1844. He was a member of Co. F., 25th Infantry, 2d H. Art.

Child:
Edith E., b. Mar. 20, 1873.


18. Roswell, s. of David (13), was b. Oct. 20, 1853; m. Oct. 22, 1879, Carrie E., dau. of Dea. Jonathan S. Graves of Hat. She was b. Oct. 26, 1857.

Children:
Marian Caroline, b. Oct. 23, 1880.
Hannah Louisa, b. Dec. 31, 1881.
Roswell Graves, b. Dec. 16, 1885.


19. David, s. of David (13), was b. Feb. 25, 1857; m. Nov. 8, 1883, Emma E., dau. of Dea. James Porter of Hat. She was b. Feb. 3, 1858; d. Nov. 17, 1909.

Children:
Ruth Estelle, b. Sept. 23, 1884.
David Porter, b. Sept. 30, 1890.
Maurice D., b. Aug. 8, 1893.


20. William Dickinson, s. of John Allis (10), was b. Aug. 5, 1832; d. Jan. 25, 1906; m. Oct. 14, 1863, Mary Louisa, dau. of James W. Warner. She was b. Nov. 26, 1838.

Children:
Louisa Dickinson, b. Mar. 4, 1868; d. Jan. 14, 1874.
Clara D., b. Sept. 10, 1873; m. Sept. 10, 1894, Fred U. Wells of What.


21. George Allis, s. of Erastus (11), was b. May 26, 1846; m. Dec. 6, 1871, Abby F., dau. of Dea. Jonathan S. Graves of Hat. She was b. May 6, 1850.

Children:
Mable Louisa, b. Aug. 7, 1873; m. Oct. 24, 1901, Harry L. Howard of Hat.
Albert G., b. Aug. 4, 1878.
Laura Ford, b. July 17, 1882.
George Raymond, b. Dec. 30, 1883.
Minnie Allis, b. Apr. 13, 1888; m. Oct. 28, 1908; Harry W. Marsh.


22. Samuel F., s. of Samuel Fellows (15), was b. Aug. 21, 1866; m. Oct. 29, 1902, Sarah G., dau. of William B. Langdon. She was b. June 22, 1866.

Child:
Gordon L., b. May 25, 1904.


23. Ebenezer, s. of Samuel (2), was b. Oct. 29, 1669; d. Nov. 14, 1745; m. abt. 1690, Hannah Church. She d. Oct. 14, 1756. The ch. were all b. in Hat. He was one of the forty who first sett. in Sund. He lived on lot No. 20 on the west side at the time of his death.

Children:
Samuel, b. June 7, 1693.
Ebenezer, b. Nov. 10, 1695.
John, b. Nov. 26, 1698.
Mary, b. May 24, 1701; m. Mar. 30, 1731, Jonathan Field.
Fellows, b. Feb. 15, 1704.
Edward (Rev.), b. Aug. 10, 1707; was graduated from Harvard College in 1731; was minister at Belchertown and Gfd. where he d. in 1757. His wife d. at Con. Aug. 1, 1803. Jonathan, b. June 10, 1710.
24. Fellows, s. of Ebenezer (23), was b. Feb. 15, 1704, at Hat.; d. June 29, 1784. He lived in Sund. on his father's original homestead, No. 11, east side, and kept tavern there 37 years. He m. Nov. 27, 1735, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Mercy Eastman of Had. She was b. Oct. 11, 1712; d. Dec. 18, 1799. Rem. to Con. and purchased what is now the farm of Charles Parsons.

Children:
Aaron, b. Aug. 15, 1736; m. Caroline Adams; d. Nov. 28, 1827.
Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1738; d. Jan. 12, 1784.
William, b. Mar. 18, 1740; d. Aug. 10, 1743.
Ruth, b. Feb. 10, 1742; m. Oct. 20, 1763, Joseph Ashley Jr.
William, b. July 20, 1744.
Jonathan, b. Sept. 20, 1746.
Elisha, b. Oct. 1, 1749.
Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1751.
Hannah, b. Feb. 24, 1754; m. Apr. 26, 1829, Elisha Dickinson of Had.


25. William, s. of Fellows (24), was b. July 20, 1744; d. Nov. 8, 1812. He was graduated from Yale College 1765; admitted to the bar; and representative, 1769-70-72. He m. Jerusha, dau. of Col. Israel Williams of Hat. She d. Apr. 30, 1821. He rem. from Sund. to Con. at the time his fahter did. Two eldest ch. b. in Sund.

Children:
Mary, bp Nov. 1, 1722; d. Oct. 13, 1776.
Caroline, bp. Oct. 30, 1774; d. Oct. 20, 1776.
William, bp. Feb. 9, 1777.
Molly Williams, bp. Feb. 21, 1779; m. Feb. 4, 1798, Jonathan Stoddard of Nhn.
Charles Eugene, bp. Dec. 2, 1781.
Israel Williams, bp. Jan. 12, 1784; a lawyer in Hat.
Jerusha, bp. Jan. 4, 1786; d. July 4, 1813.


26. Hon. Israel Williams, s. of William (25), was baptized Jan. 12, 1784; rem. from Con. to Hat., where he d. June 4, 1856. He m. Jan. 4, 1816, Hepzibah, dau. of Samuel and Mabel (Dickinson) Partridge. She was b. Dec. 11, 1796; d. Aug. 21, 1865. He was a lawyer and of wide influence in Hat.

Children:
Israel Williams, b. June 7, 1817; m. Dec. 30, 1840, Ruth Hubbard of Hat.
Samuel Partridge, b. Mar. 1, 1819; m. Oct., 1842, Ruby Harding of What. He was much in politics and was called the "Sage of Hampshire"; d. Oct. 21, 1902.
Charles W., b. Dec. 18, 1821; m. Sept., 1843, Mary S. Hubbard; d. Apr. 2, 1854.
George D., b. May 2, 1824; m. May 2, 1860, Elizabeth Cowles.
Edward Coke, d. Dec. 1, 1895. He was judge of the U. S. District Court of Louisiana.


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