BILLINGS, JAMES -- Ancestor #: A010145
Child : SARAH / [1] GIDEON MOSHER
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 10-11-1751 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO., Ct
Death: 11- -1829 CLARKSON MONROE CO NEW YORK (It is stated that James died in 1829 at the home of his son, Walter Billings.)
Burial: In the village of Hilton in the town of Parma. (Bob Coomber worked with the Hilton historian for this information.) The cemetery is right on the edge of town.
Pension/Service Source Number: *S45285
Service Description:
1. CAPTS ELDRIDGE, GRANT, BELCHER, PERKINS
2. COLS PARSONS, ELY, STARR
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Forgotten Historical Site: The Hayward Farm -- February 1964
Written by Mr. Percy W. Wood, as presented to the Acton Historical Society on Sunday evening March 15, 1964. The meeting was held at the Liberty Tree House, South Acton, MA.
James Billings (Underground Railway), 1787: Architecturally, this is one of the most ambitious of the post-Revolutionary farmhouses in Acton. James Billings was a Revolutionary War soldier. James Hapgood, a later owner, was granted a tavern license in 1830. A space in the middle of the chimney, originally a smoke oven, was almost certainly used in the Underground Railway.
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Unknown Newspaper @Ancestry.com
Lynne White
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families.
A September 11, 1912 newspaper article reports a reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families at the YWCA in Grand Rapids. Dr Elton P. Billings was the MC. Here, the statement was made that five generations of the Billings family had fought in some war for the liberation of America. This began with James III in the Revolutionary War, then in the War of 1812 with James IV. His son Walter was in the Civil War. Besides having been confined the Andersonville Prison for eight months, Walter had two sons and five sons-in-law in the Civil War and a grandson, Walter Grey of Grand Rapids, in the Spanish-American War. Additionally, Walter's brother, Gideon Mosher, and James Billings IV, brother of Sarah Billings, were both in the War of 1812.
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The submitter of the newspaper article states that she went to the cemetery and could not find any headstone for James III or wife, Sarah. There, she found Walter Billings, Nancy Billings, and their son Thomas C. This abandoned, overgrown with weeds and grass cemetery had broken, missing and/or illegible stones, with many propped up against a tree. It appeared that someone was trying to rectify the oversight. From FAG picture taker, May 8, 2012.
It has been documented that James is most likely buried in an unmarked grave at Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery. If f his wife is buried there, her grave is unmarked too. The Rochester Chapter of SAR has recently ordered a government marker.
From Debbie Biggs: "There is an abstract for the Intestate records for both the elder James and his son Walter, from whom I descend. The online abstract was/is at Monroe County Library, Rochester and Monroe County Civil Records and Indexes -- Intestate Estates of Monroe County, New York 1821-1863, Vol. A. The page on which both James and Walter were listed had "#220" printed at the top right-hand corner of the page. I will seek to obtain copies of the full intestate files, which are possibly in the Grantee Grantor Index.
Apparently, James Billings III has been said to be in an unmarked grave in Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery, where James now has a marker for his service. However, documentation of his death and/or burial have not been found by any living descendants to date His Military Service Records and Pension File include no birth, death. It is also unclear if Sarah actually died in Monroe County or elsewhere. Curiously, most of the Ancestry Trees seem to use a death date of Nov 1829 for the elder James, but the intestate abstract states 1830. Other records for son James state that he died in Nov 1831; however, the abstract mentioned that at that time, son James was deceased already."
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REGARDING CONTIGUOUS COUNTY CREATIONS:
1. Monroe County, New York, named for President James Monroe, was created from portions of Ontario and Genesee Counties on February 23, 1821. The original 14 towns in Monroe County — Brighton, Gates, Clarkson, Henrietta, Mendon, Ogden, Parma, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Riga, Rush, Sweden, and Wheatland -- each elected supervisors who were present at the first Board of Supervisors meeting on May 8, 1821.
A note about the county dates for the Monroe County area:
• 1683-1772 part of Albany County (at this time, Albany Co. was HUGE and encompassed most of northern New York and Vermont)
• 1772-1784 part of Tryon County
• 1784-1789 part of Montgomery County
• 1789-1802 part of Ontario County
• 1802-1821 part of Ontario and Genesee Counties
• 1821- Monroe County is formed
2. Genesee County was created on March 30, 1802 from Ontario County.
3. Columbia County was formed in 1786, cutting its boundaries out of what was then Albany County.
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From the file of JAMES BILLINGS, Reference: Court of Common Pleas, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY...
DAR # 62244, Vol. 63, page 80. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Avery Douglas Billings, Rutland, VT (Nat. No.: 2959). Son of Jesse Leeds and Josephine (Briggs) Billings; grandson of Avery and Mary (Packer) Billings; great grandson of Amos Billings; 2x great grandson of James Billings, Private, Huntington's Connecticut Continental Regiment.
Revolutionary War Veteran James Billings can be obtained from the Revolutionary War pensions, listed under #62244; 12413; Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
At a town meeting on April 5,1806, it was voted to divide the Town of Stonington into two separate towns. The division of the towns was based on an ancient line creating a North Religious Society of Stonington nearly one hundred years prior to the separation of the country from Great Britain. The line was important because it delineated which of the two Congregational Churches people would attend. It was also decided that the new town to the north of the line was to be called Jefferson in honor of President Thomas Jefferson. The General Assembly of Connecticut confirmed the vote in May of 1807 naming the town, NOT Jefferson, but North Stonington, because the North Religious Society there had been so named in 1720 and becaise the name had been become identified with the vital interests of the area. It is to be remembered that in colonial times, the church was the center of worship, government, commerce, and taxation.
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JAMES BILLINGS III fought in War of Revolution for four years, four months and one-half month in the Revolutionary Army. His claim for pension was allowed at eight dollars per month for May 8, 1818, under act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency. Pages 28-31 of Emma E. Billings Patterson's manuscript give the details of his service.
References:
1. Creighton Spencer-Mounsey. The Billings Family of Connecticut. (Genealogies of Connecticut. Vol 1), 151.
2. Stonington Vital Records, vol 3 pg 157
3. Billings Family. Emma E. Billings Patterson. Typewritten, 114-page document presented to the DAR for membership.
4. Served one year and six months in capacity of private in the army, enlisting May 1775 in company of Capt. James Eldridge and Col. Samuel H. Parsons enlisted Feb. 5th 1777 and served until discharged Feb. 2nd 1780 under Capt. Wm. Belcher and Col. Samuel Prentiss and Capt. Ebenezer Perkins and Col. Josiah Starr, engaged in the battle of Danbury.
Record of the U. S. Pension Office (per RW pensions);. Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
See Nat. No. 62244.
See Nat. No. 124173.
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Per Debbie Biggs, May 6, 2012:
From: Debbie Biggs [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 11:57 AM
To: Holly Bundy
Subject: Re: Descendancy of Gideon Mosher for Ken Young (and to "circuitous Mosher, Hinkley, Abel relies" for their files)
From my Ancestry Tree:1800 RESIDENCE for Gideon Mosher Age: 23
Coeymans, Albany, New York
Per 1800 U.S. Federal Census, the Gideon Moshier [Mosher] household consists of: Males 0-10: 1; 16-26: 1; Females 16-26: 1, a total of 3 listed. Two houses away is a James Billings, good likelihood that he is Sarah's father.
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• 18 Mar 1818—item from Pension Record -- James Billings signs paperwork for Albert Gallup using an "X", his mark -- perhaps he was unable to read/write???
• 8 May 1818—statement in Genesee Co., from Pension Record -- lives in Murray, Genesee Co. (became Clarkson, Monroe Co.) in "reduced circumstances"
• 15 Jun 1820—statement in Batavia, Genesee Co., from Pension Record— "Real Estate, I have none) no personal property except balance of $30 in pension money, " says that he has no family, that he lives with his son Walter Billings of Clarkson (formerly Murray) on whom he is wholly dependent for support. …That he is a Farmer by occupation and although he has his health very well -- is not able to do much labor."
• 12 Jan 1829—Albany Co., from Pension Record—James appeared before a Justice of the Peace there in Albany Co., and gave as his post office address: Berne, Albany County, New York, in care of Albert Gallup (note * Albert Gallup was a lawyer in Berne, NY at that time) ***I do not think that James was living in Albany Co., I imagine that they just travelled there to see this lawyer. Deb
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Some Sources provided by Robert Coomber:
1 History of Stonington.
2 History of Stonington.
3 Find A Grave.
4 Connecticut Births &christenings 1649-1906, FamilySearch.org.
5 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
6 Ancestry.com Family Tree.
7 Parma Corners Cemetery.
8 Census 1850, Only Billings listed in 1850 census Walter age 66 with son James.
9 History of Stonington.
10 Iowa Death 7 Burials 1850-1990.
11 Sioux county Cemetery Records, Ancestry.com.
12 Ancestry.com, Arnold-hansen-Cederlund family Tree.
13 Iowa Marriage 1809-1992.
14 Census 1850.
15 Michigan Marriages 1868-1925.
16 Headstone/s
17 Census 1860.
18 Orleans County Genweb.
19 Census 1900.
20 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
21 Probate Record.
22 Obituary.
23 Census 1900, 1900 census married 17 years.
24 WWW. Geni.com.
25 Goslin Family Tree.
26 Michigan Deaths 1867-1897.
27 1930 U S census.
28 Iowa County Births 1880-1935, familySearch.org.
29 1910 U S Census.
30 Social Security Death Index.
31 Hilton Record.
32 1920 U S Census.
33 Fitzpatrick Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
34 Illinois Cook Co Birth Cert. 1878-1922.
35 Illinois, Cook co Birth Register 1871-1915.
36 Monroe County Marriages 1908-1935.
38 New York County marriage records1908-1935.
39 Life Record, Rochester Library
Child : SARAH / [1] GIDEON MOSHER
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 10-11-1751 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO., Ct
Death: 11- -1829 CLARKSON MONROE CO NEW YORK (It is stated that James died in 1829 at the home of his son, Walter Billings.)
Burial: In the village of Hilton in the town of Parma. (Bob Coomber worked with the Hilton historian for this information.) The cemetery is right on the edge of town.
Pension/Service Source Number: *S45285
Service Description:
1. CAPTS ELDRIDGE, GRANT, BELCHER, PERKINS
2. COLS PARSONS, ELY, STARR
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Forgotten Historical Site: The Hayward Farm -- February 1964
Written by Mr. Percy W. Wood, as presented to the Acton Historical Society on Sunday evening March 15, 1964. The meeting was held at the Liberty Tree House, South Acton, MA.
James Billings (Underground Railway), 1787: Architecturally, this is one of the most ambitious of the post-Revolutionary farmhouses in Acton. James Billings was a Revolutionary War soldier. James Hapgood, a later owner, was granted a tavern license in 1830. A space in the middle of the chimney, originally a smoke oven, was almost certainly used in the Underground Railway.
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Unknown Newspaper @Ancestry.com
Lynne White
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families.
A September 11, 1912 newspaper article reports a reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families at the YWCA in Grand Rapids. Dr Elton P. Billings was the MC. Here, the statement was made that five generations of the Billings family had fought in some war for the liberation of America. This began with James III in the Revolutionary War, then in the War of 1812 with James IV. His son Walter was in the Civil War. Besides having been confined the Andersonville Prison for eight months, Walter had two sons and five sons-in-law in the Civil War and a grandson, Walter Grey of Grand Rapids, in the Spanish-American War. Additionally, Walter's brother, Gideon Mosher, and James Billings IV, brother of Sarah Billings, were both in the War of 1812.
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The submitter of the newspaper article states that she went to the cemetery and could not find any headstone for James III or wife, Sarah. There, she found Walter Billings, Nancy Billings, and their son Thomas C. This abandoned, overgrown with weeds and grass cemetery had broken, missing and/or illegible stones, with many propped up against a tree. It appeared that someone was trying to rectify the oversight. From FAG picture taker, May 8, 2012.
It has been documented that James is most likely buried in an unmarked grave at Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery. If f his wife is buried there, her grave is unmarked too. The Rochester Chapter of SAR has recently ordered a government marker.
From Debbie Biggs: "There is an abstract for the Intestate records for both the elder James and his son Walter, from whom I descend. The online abstract was/is at Monroe County Library, Rochester and Monroe County Civil Records and Indexes -- Intestate Estates of Monroe County, New York 1821-1863, Vol. A. The page on which both James and Walter were listed had "#220" printed at the top right-hand corner of the page. I will seek to obtain copies of the full intestate files, which are possibly in the Grantee Grantor Index.
Apparently, James Billings III has been said to be in an unmarked grave in Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery, where James now has a marker for his service. However, documentation of his death and/or burial have not been found by any living descendants to date His Military Service Records and Pension File include no birth, death. It is also unclear if Sarah actually died in Monroe County or elsewhere. Curiously, most of the Ancestry Trees seem to use a death date of Nov 1829 for the elder James, but the intestate abstract states 1830. Other records for son James state that he died in Nov 1831; however, the abstract mentioned that at that time, son James was deceased already."
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REGARDING CONTIGUOUS COUNTY CREATIONS:
1. Monroe County, New York, named for President James Monroe, was created from portions of Ontario and Genesee Counties on February 23, 1821. The original 14 towns in Monroe County — Brighton, Gates, Clarkson, Henrietta, Mendon, Ogden, Parma, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Riga, Rush, Sweden, and Wheatland -- each elected supervisors who were present at the first Board of Supervisors meeting on May 8, 1821.
A note about the county dates for the Monroe County area:
• 1683-1772 part of Albany County (at this time, Albany Co. was HUGE and encompassed most of northern New York and Vermont)
• 1772-1784 part of Tryon County
• 1784-1789 part of Montgomery County
• 1789-1802 part of Ontario County
• 1802-1821 part of Ontario and Genesee Counties
• 1821- Monroe County is formed
2. Genesee County was created on March 30, 1802 from Ontario County.
3. Columbia County was formed in 1786, cutting its boundaries out of what was then Albany County.
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From the file of JAMES BILLINGS, Reference: Court of Common Pleas, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY...
DAR # 62244, Vol. 63, page 80. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Avery Douglas Billings, Rutland, VT (Nat. No.: 2959). Son of Jesse Leeds and Josephine (Briggs) Billings; grandson of Avery and Mary (Packer) Billings; great grandson of Amos Billings; 2x great grandson of James Billings, Private, Huntington's Connecticut Continental Regiment.
Revolutionary War Veteran James Billings can be obtained from the Revolutionary War pensions, listed under #62244; 12413; Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
At a town meeting on April 5,1806, it was voted to divide the Town of Stonington into two separate towns. The division of the towns was based on an ancient line creating a North Religious Society of Stonington nearly one hundred years prior to the separation of the country from Great Britain. The line was important because it delineated which of the two Congregational Churches people would attend. It was also decided that the new town to the north of the line was to be called Jefferson in honor of President Thomas Jefferson. The General Assembly of Connecticut confirmed the vote in May of 1807 naming the town, NOT Jefferson, but North Stonington, because the North Religious Society there had been so named in 1720 and becaise the name had been become identified with the vital interests of the area. It is to be remembered that in colonial times, the church was the center of worship, government, commerce, and taxation.
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JAMES BILLINGS III fought in War of Revolution for four years, four months and one-half month in the Revolutionary Army. His claim for pension was allowed at eight dollars per month for May 8, 1818, under act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency. Pages 28-31 of Emma E. Billings Patterson's manuscript give the details of his service.
References:
1. Creighton Spencer-Mounsey. The Billings Family of Connecticut. (Genealogies of Connecticut. Vol 1), 151.
2. Stonington Vital Records, vol 3 pg 157
3. Billings Family. Emma E. Billings Patterson. Typewritten, 114-page document presented to the DAR for membership.
4. Served one year and six months in capacity of private in the army, enlisting May 1775 in company of Capt. James Eldridge and Col. Samuel H. Parsons enlisted Feb. 5th 1777 and served until discharged Feb. 2nd 1780 under Capt. Wm. Belcher and Col. Samuel Prentiss and Capt. Ebenezer Perkins and Col. Josiah Starr, engaged in the battle of Danbury.
Record of the U. S. Pension Office (per RW pensions);. Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
See Nat. No. 62244.
See Nat. No. 124173.
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Per Debbie Biggs, May 6, 2012:
From: Debbie Biggs [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 11:57 AM
To: Holly Bundy
Subject: Re: Descendancy of Gideon Mosher for Ken Young (and to "circuitous Mosher, Hinkley, Abel relies" for their files)
From my Ancestry Tree:1800 RESIDENCE for Gideon Mosher Age: 23
Coeymans, Albany, New York
Per 1800 U.S. Federal Census, the Gideon Moshier [Mosher] household consists of: Males 0-10: 1; 16-26: 1; Females 16-26: 1, a total of 3 listed. Two houses away is a James Billings, good likelihood that he is Sarah's father.
---------------------------------------------------------
• 18 Mar 1818—item from Pension Record -- James Billings signs paperwork for Albert Gallup using an "X", his mark -- perhaps he was unable to read/write???
• 8 May 1818—statement in Genesee Co., from Pension Record -- lives in Murray, Genesee Co. (became Clarkson, Monroe Co.) in "reduced circumstances"
• 15 Jun 1820—statement in Batavia, Genesee Co., from Pension Record— "Real Estate, I have none) no personal property except balance of $30 in pension money, " says that he has no family, that he lives with his son Walter Billings of Clarkson (formerly Murray) on whom he is wholly dependent for support. …That he is a Farmer by occupation and although he has his health very well -- is not able to do much labor."
• 12 Jan 1829—Albany Co., from Pension Record—James appeared before a Justice of the Peace there in Albany Co., and gave as his post office address: Berne, Albany County, New York, in care of Albert Gallup (note * Albert Gallup was a lawyer in Berne, NY at that time) ***I do not think that James was living in Albany Co., I imagine that they just travelled there to see this lawyer. Deb
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Some Sources provided by Robert Coomber:
1 History of Stonington.
2 History of Stonington.
3 Find A Grave.
4 Connecticut Births &christenings 1649-1906, FamilySearch.org.
5 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
6 Ancestry.com Family Tree.
7 Parma Corners Cemetery.
8 Census 1850, Only Billings listed in 1850 census Walter age 66 with son James.
9 History of Stonington.
10 Iowa Death 7 Burials 1850-1990.
11 Sioux county Cemetery Records, Ancestry.com.
12 Ancestry.com, Arnold-hansen-Cederlund family Tree.
13 Iowa Marriage 1809-1992.
14 Census 1850.
15 Michigan Marriages 1868-1925.
16 Headstone/s
17 Census 1860.
18 Orleans County Genweb.
19 Census 1900.
20 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
21 Probate Record.
22 Obituary.
23 Census 1900, 1900 census married 17 years.
24 WWW. Geni.com.
25 Goslin Family Tree.
26 Michigan Deaths 1867-1897.
27 1930 U S census.
28 Iowa County Births 1880-1935, familySearch.org.
29 1910 U S Census.
30 Social Security Death Index.
31 Hilton Record.
32 1920 U S Census.
33 Fitzpatrick Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
34 Illinois Cook Co Birth Cert. 1878-1922.
35 Illinois, Cook co Birth Register 1871-1915.
36 Monroe County Marriages 1908-1935.
38 New York County marriage records1908-1935.
39 Life Record, Rochester Library
BILLINGS, JAMES -- Ancestor #: A010145
Child : SARAH / [1] GIDEON MOSHER
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 10-11-1751 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO., Ct
Death: 11- -1829 CLARKSON MONROE CO NEW YORK (It is stated that James died in 1829 at the home of his son, Walter Billings.)
Burial: In the village of Hilton in the town of Parma. (Bob Coomber worked with the Hilton historian for this information.) The cemetery is right on the edge of town.
Pension/Service Source Number: *S45285
Service Description:
1. CAPTS ELDRIDGE, GRANT, BELCHER, PERKINS
2. COLS PARSONS, ELY, STARR
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Forgotten Historical Site: The Hayward Farm -- February 1964
Written by Mr. Percy W. Wood, as presented to the Acton Historical Society on Sunday evening March 15, 1964. The meeting was held at the Liberty Tree House, South Acton, MA.
James Billings (Underground Railway), 1787: Architecturally, this is one of the most ambitious of the post-Revolutionary farmhouses in Acton. James Billings was a Revolutionary War soldier. James Hapgood, a later owner, was granted a tavern license in 1830. A space in the middle of the chimney, originally a smoke oven, was almost certainly used in the Underground Railway.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Unknown Newspaper @Ancestry.com
Lynne White
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families.
A September 11, 1912 newspaper article reports a reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families at the YWCA in Grand Rapids. Dr Elton P. Billings was the MC. Here, the statement was made that five generations of the Billings family had fought in some war for the liberation of America. This began with James III in the Revolutionary War, then in the War of 1812 with James IV. His son Walter was in the Civil War. Besides having been confined the Andersonville Prison for eight months, Walter had two sons and five sons-in-law in the Civil War and a grandson, Walter Grey of Grand Rapids, in the Spanish-American War. Additionally, Walter's brother, Gideon Mosher, and James Billings IV, brother of Sarah Billings, were both in the War of 1812.
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The submitter of the newspaper article states that she went to the cemetery and could not find any headstone for James III or wife, Sarah. There, she found Walter Billings, Nancy Billings, and their son Thomas C. This abandoned, overgrown with weeds and grass cemetery had broken, missing and/or illegible stones, with many propped up against a tree. It appeared that someone was trying to rectify the oversight. From FAG picture taker, May 8, 2012.
It has been documented that James is most likely buried in an unmarked grave at Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery. If f his wife is buried there, her grave is unmarked too. The Rochester Chapter of SAR has recently ordered a government marker.
From Debbie Biggs: "There is an abstract for the Intestate records for both the elder James and his son Walter, from whom I descend. The online abstract was/is at Monroe County Library, Rochester and Monroe County Civil Records and Indexes -- Intestate Estates of Monroe County, New York 1821-1863, Vol. A. The page on which both James and Walter were listed had "#220" printed at the top right-hand corner of the page. I will seek to obtain copies of the full intestate files, which are possibly in the Grantee Grantor Index.
Apparently, James Billings III has been said to be in an unmarked grave in Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery, where James now has a marker for his service. However, documentation of his death and/or burial have not been found by any living descendants to date His Military Service Records and Pension File include no birth, death. It is also unclear if Sarah actually died in Monroe County or elsewhere. Curiously, most of the Ancestry Trees seem to use a death date of Nov 1829 for the elder James, but the intestate abstract states 1830. Other records for son James state that he died in Nov 1831; however, the abstract mentioned that at that time, son James was deceased already."
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REGARDING CONTIGUOUS COUNTY CREATIONS:
1. Monroe County, New York, named for President James Monroe, was created from portions of Ontario and Genesee Counties on February 23, 1821. The original 14 towns in Monroe County — Brighton, Gates, Clarkson, Henrietta, Mendon, Ogden, Parma, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Riga, Rush, Sweden, and Wheatland -- each elected supervisors who were present at the first Board of Supervisors meeting on May 8, 1821.
A note about the county dates for the Monroe County area:
• 1683-1772 part of Albany County (at this time, Albany Co. was HUGE and encompassed most of northern New York and Vermont)
• 1772-1784 part of Tryon County
• 1784-1789 part of Montgomery County
• 1789-1802 part of Ontario County
• 1802-1821 part of Ontario and Genesee Counties
• 1821- Monroe County is formed
2. Genesee County was created on March 30, 1802 from Ontario County.
3. Columbia County was formed in 1786, cutting its boundaries out of what was then Albany County.
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From the file of JAMES BILLINGS, Reference: Court of Common Pleas, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY...
DAR # 62244, Vol. 63, page 80. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Avery Douglas Billings, Rutland, VT (Nat. No.: 2959). Son of Jesse Leeds and Josephine (Briggs) Billings; grandson of Avery and Mary (Packer) Billings; great grandson of Amos Billings; 2x great grandson of James Billings, Private, Huntington's Connecticut Continental Regiment.
Revolutionary War Veteran James Billings can be obtained from the Revolutionary War pensions, listed under #62244; 12413; Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
At a town meeting on April 5,1806, it was voted to divide the Town of Stonington into two separate towns. The division of the towns was based on an ancient line creating a North Religious Society of Stonington nearly one hundred years prior to the separation of the country from Great Britain. The line was important because it delineated which of the two Congregational Churches people would attend. It was also decided that the new town to the north of the line was to be called Jefferson in honor of President Thomas Jefferson. The General Assembly of Connecticut confirmed the vote in May of 1807 naming the town, NOT Jefferson, but North Stonington, because the North Religious Society there had been so named in 1720 and becaise the name had been become identified with the vital interests of the area. It is to be remembered that in colonial times, the church was the center of worship, government, commerce, and taxation.
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JAMES BILLINGS III fought in War of Revolution for four years, four months and one-half month in the Revolutionary Army. His claim for pension was allowed at eight dollars per month for May 8, 1818, under act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency. Pages 28-31 of Emma E. Billings Patterson's manuscript give the details of his service.
References:
1. Creighton Spencer-Mounsey. The Billings Family of Connecticut. (Genealogies of Connecticut. Vol 1), 151.
2. Stonington Vital Records, vol 3 pg 157
3. Billings Family. Emma E. Billings Patterson. Typewritten, 114-page document presented to the DAR for membership.
4. Served one year and six months in capacity of private in the army, enlisting May 1775 in company of Capt. James Eldridge and Col. Samuel H. Parsons enlisted Feb. 5th 1777 and served until discharged Feb. 2nd 1780 under Capt. Wm. Belcher and Col. Samuel Prentiss and Capt. Ebenezer Perkins and Col. Josiah Starr, engaged in the battle of Danbury.
Record of the U. S. Pension Office (per RW pensions);. Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
See Nat. No. 62244.
See Nat. No. 124173.
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Per Debbie Biggs, May 6, 2012:
From: Debbie Biggs [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 11:57 AM
To: Holly Bundy
Subject: Re: Descendancy of Gideon Mosher for Ken Young (and to "circuitous Mosher, Hinkley, Abel relies" for their files)
From my Ancestry Tree:1800 RESIDENCE for Gideon Mosher Age: 23
Coeymans, Albany, New York
Per 1800 U.S. Federal Census, the Gideon Moshier [Mosher] household consists of: Males 0-10: 1; 16-26: 1; Females 16-26: 1, a total of 3 listed. Two houses away is a James Billings, good likelihood that he is Sarah's father.
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• 18 Mar 1818—item from Pension Record -- James Billings signs paperwork for Albert Gallup using an "X", his mark -- perhaps he was unable to read/write???
• 8 May 1818—statement in Genesee Co., from Pension Record -- lives in Murray, Genesee Co. (became Clarkson, Monroe Co.) in "reduced circumstances"
• 15 Jun 1820—statement in Batavia, Genesee Co., from Pension Record— "Real Estate, I have none) no personal property except balance of $30 in pension money, " says that he has no family, that he lives with his son Walter Billings of Clarkson (formerly Murray) on whom he is wholly dependent for support. …That he is a Farmer by occupation and although he has his health very well -- is not able to do much labor."
• 12 Jan 1829—Albany Co., from Pension Record—James appeared before a Justice of the Peace there in Albany Co., and gave as his post office address: Berne, Albany County, New York, in care of Albert Gallup (note * Albert Gallup was a lawyer in Berne, NY at that time) ***I do not think that James was living in Albany Co., I imagine that they just travelled there to see this lawyer. Deb
-------------------------------------------------------------
Some Sources provided by Robert Coomber:
1 History of Stonington.
2 History of Stonington.
3 Find A Grave.
4 Connecticut Births &christenings 1649-1906, FamilySearch.org.
5 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
6 Ancestry.com Family Tree.
7 Parma Corners Cemetery.
8 Census 1850, Only Billings listed in 1850 census Walter age 66 with son James.
9 History of Stonington.
10 Iowa Death 7 Burials 1850-1990.
11 Sioux county Cemetery Records, Ancestry.com.
12 Ancestry.com, Arnold-hansen-Cederlund family Tree.
13 Iowa Marriage 1809-1992.
14 Census 1850.
15 Michigan Marriages 1868-1925.
16 Headstone/s
17 Census 1860.
18 Orleans County Genweb.
19 Census 1900.
20 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
21 Probate Record.
22 Obituary.
23 Census 1900, 1900 census married 17 years.
24 WWW. Geni.com.
25 Goslin Family Tree.
26 Michigan Deaths 1867-1897.
27 1930 U S census.
28 Iowa County Births 1880-1935, familySearch.org.
29 1910 U S Census.
30 Social Security Death Index.
31 Hilton Record.
32 1920 U S Census.
33 Fitzpatrick Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
34 Illinois Cook Co Birth Cert. 1878-1922.
35 Illinois, Cook co Birth Register 1871-1915.
36 Monroe County Marriages 1908-1935.
38 New York County marriage records1908-1935.
39 Life Record, Rochester Library
Child : SARAH / [1] GIDEON MOSHER
Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 10-11-1751 STONINGTON NEW LONDON CO., Ct
Death: 11- -1829 CLARKSON MONROE CO NEW YORK (It is stated that James died in 1829 at the home of his son, Walter Billings.)
Burial: In the village of Hilton in the town of Parma. (Bob Coomber worked with the Hilton historian for this information.) The cemetery is right on the edge of town.
Pension/Service Source Number: *S45285
Service Description:
1. CAPTS ELDRIDGE, GRANT, BELCHER, PERKINS
2. COLS PARSONS, ELY, STARR
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Forgotten Historical Site: The Hayward Farm -- February 1964
Written by Mr. Percy W. Wood, as presented to the Acton Historical Society on Sunday evening March 15, 1964. The meeting was held at the Liberty Tree House, South Acton, MA.
James Billings (Underground Railway), 1787: Architecturally, this is one of the most ambitious of the post-Revolutionary farmhouses in Acton. James Billings was a Revolutionary War soldier. James Hapgood, a later owner, was granted a tavern license in 1830. A space in the middle of the chimney, originally a smoke oven, was almost certainly used in the Underground Railway.
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Unknown Newspaper @Ancestry.com
Lynne White
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families.
A September 11, 1912 newspaper article reports a reunion of the Baragar-Billings-Clark Families at the YWCA in Grand Rapids. Dr Elton P. Billings was the MC. Here, the statement was made that five generations of the Billings family had fought in some war for the liberation of America. This began with James III in the Revolutionary War, then in the War of 1812 with James IV. His son Walter was in the Civil War. Besides having been confined the Andersonville Prison for eight months, Walter had two sons and five sons-in-law in the Civil War and a grandson, Walter Grey of Grand Rapids, in the Spanish-American War. Additionally, Walter's brother, Gideon Mosher, and James Billings IV, brother of Sarah Billings, were both in the War of 1812.
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The submitter of the newspaper article states that she went to the cemetery and could not find any headstone for James III or wife, Sarah. There, she found Walter Billings, Nancy Billings, and their son Thomas C. This abandoned, overgrown with weeds and grass cemetery had broken, missing and/or illegible stones, with many propped up against a tree. It appeared that someone was trying to rectify the oversight. From FAG picture taker, May 8, 2012.
It has been documented that James is most likely buried in an unmarked grave at Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery. If f his wife is buried there, her grave is unmarked too. The Rochester Chapter of SAR has recently ordered a government marker.
From Debbie Biggs: "There is an abstract for the Intestate records for both the elder James and his son Walter, from whom I descend. The online abstract was/is at Monroe County Library, Rochester and Monroe County Civil Records and Indexes -- Intestate Estates of Monroe County, New York 1821-1863, Vol. A. The page on which both James and Walter were listed had "#220" printed at the top right-hand corner of the page. I will seek to obtain copies of the full intestate files, which are possibly in the Grantee Grantor Index.
Apparently, James Billings III has been said to be in an unmarked grave in Knapp/Sage Pioneer Cemetery, where James now has a marker for his service. However, documentation of his death and/or burial have not been found by any living descendants to date His Military Service Records and Pension File include no birth, death. It is also unclear if Sarah actually died in Monroe County or elsewhere. Curiously, most of the Ancestry Trees seem to use a death date of Nov 1829 for the elder James, but the intestate abstract states 1830. Other records for son James state that he died in Nov 1831; however, the abstract mentioned that at that time, son James was deceased already."
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REGARDING CONTIGUOUS COUNTY CREATIONS:
1. Monroe County, New York, named for President James Monroe, was created from portions of Ontario and Genesee Counties on February 23, 1821. The original 14 towns in Monroe County — Brighton, Gates, Clarkson, Henrietta, Mendon, Ogden, Parma, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Riga, Rush, Sweden, and Wheatland -- each elected supervisors who were present at the first Board of Supervisors meeting on May 8, 1821.
A note about the county dates for the Monroe County area:
• 1683-1772 part of Albany County (at this time, Albany Co. was HUGE and encompassed most of northern New York and Vermont)
• 1772-1784 part of Tryon County
• 1784-1789 part of Montgomery County
• 1789-1802 part of Ontario County
• 1802-1821 part of Ontario and Genesee Counties
• 1821- Monroe County is formed
2. Genesee County was created on March 30, 1802 from Ontario County.
3. Columbia County was formed in 1786, cutting its boundaries out of what was then Albany County.
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From the file of JAMES BILLINGS, Reference: Court of Common Pleas, Batavia, Genesee Co., NY...
DAR # 62244, Vol. 63, page 80. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY OF SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Avery Douglas Billings, Rutland, VT (Nat. No.: 2959). Son of Jesse Leeds and Josephine (Briggs) Billings; grandson of Avery and Mary (Packer) Billings; great grandson of Amos Billings; 2x great grandson of James Billings, Private, Huntington's Connecticut Continental Regiment.
Revolutionary War Veteran James Billings can be obtained from the Revolutionary War pensions, listed under #62244; 12413; Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
At a town meeting on April 5,1806, it was voted to divide the Town of Stonington into two separate towns. The division of the towns was based on an ancient line creating a North Religious Society of Stonington nearly one hundred years prior to the separation of the country from Great Britain. The line was important because it delineated which of the two Congregational Churches people would attend. It was also decided that the new town to the north of the line was to be called Jefferson in honor of President Thomas Jefferson. The General Assembly of Connecticut confirmed the vote in May of 1807 naming the town, NOT Jefferson, but North Stonington, because the North Religious Society there had been so named in 1720 and becaise the name had been become identified with the vital interests of the area. It is to be remembered that in colonial times, the church was the center of worship, government, commerce, and taxation.
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JAMES BILLINGS III fought in War of Revolution for four years, four months and one-half month in the Revolutionary Army. His claim for pension was allowed at eight dollars per month for May 8, 1818, under act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency. Pages 28-31 of Emma E. Billings Patterson's manuscript give the details of his service.
References:
1. Creighton Spencer-Mounsey. The Billings Family of Connecticut. (Genealogies of Connecticut. Vol 1), 151.
2. Stonington Vital Records, vol 3 pg 157
3. Billings Family. Emma E. Billings Patterson. Typewritten, 114-page document presented to the DAR for membership.
4. Served one year and six months in capacity of private in the army, enlisting May 1775 in company of Capt. James Eldridge and Col. Samuel H. Parsons enlisted Feb. 5th 1777 and served until discharged Feb. 2nd 1780 under Capt. Wm. Belcher and Col. Samuel Prentiss and Capt. Ebenezer Perkins and Col. Josiah Starr, engaged in the battle of Danbury.
Record of the U. S. Pension Office (per RW pensions);. Certificate of Treasurer, Manuscript Record V.
See Nat. No. 62244.
See Nat. No. 124173.
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Per Debbie Biggs, May 6, 2012:
From: Debbie Biggs [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 11:57 AM
To: Holly Bundy
Subject: Re: Descendancy of Gideon Mosher for Ken Young (and to "circuitous Mosher, Hinkley, Abel relies" for their files)
From my Ancestry Tree:1800 RESIDENCE for Gideon Mosher Age: 23
Coeymans, Albany, New York
Per 1800 U.S. Federal Census, the Gideon Moshier [Mosher] household consists of: Males 0-10: 1; 16-26: 1; Females 16-26: 1, a total of 3 listed. Two houses away is a James Billings, good likelihood that he is Sarah's father.
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• 18 Mar 1818—item from Pension Record -- James Billings signs paperwork for Albert Gallup using an "X", his mark -- perhaps he was unable to read/write???
• 8 May 1818—statement in Genesee Co., from Pension Record -- lives in Murray, Genesee Co. (became Clarkson, Monroe Co.) in "reduced circumstances"
• 15 Jun 1820—statement in Batavia, Genesee Co., from Pension Record— "Real Estate, I have none) no personal property except balance of $30 in pension money, " says that he has no family, that he lives with his son Walter Billings of Clarkson (formerly Murray) on whom he is wholly dependent for support. …That he is a Farmer by occupation and although he has his health very well -- is not able to do much labor."
• 12 Jan 1829—Albany Co., from Pension Record—James appeared before a Justice of the Peace there in Albany Co., and gave as his post office address: Berne, Albany County, New York, in care of Albert Gallup (note * Albert Gallup was a lawyer in Berne, NY at that time) ***I do not think that James was living in Albany Co., I imagine that they just travelled there to see this lawyer. Deb
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Some Sources provided by Robert Coomber:
1 History of Stonington.
2 History of Stonington.
3 Find A Grave.
4 Connecticut Births &christenings 1649-1906, FamilySearch.org.
5 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
6 Ancestry.com Family Tree.
7 Parma Corners Cemetery.
8 Census 1850, Only Billings listed in 1850 census Walter age 66 with son James.
9 History of Stonington.
10 Iowa Death 7 Burials 1850-1990.
11 Sioux county Cemetery Records, Ancestry.com.
12 Ancestry.com, Arnold-hansen-Cederlund family Tree.
13 Iowa Marriage 1809-1992.
14 Census 1850.
15 Michigan Marriages 1868-1925.
16 Headstone/s
17 Census 1860.
18 Orleans County Genweb.
19 Census 1900.
20 Brockport Republic Newspaper.
21 Probate Record.
22 Obituary.
23 Census 1900, 1900 census married 17 years.
24 WWW. Geni.com.
25 Goslin Family Tree.
26 Michigan Deaths 1867-1897.
27 1930 U S census.
28 Iowa County Births 1880-1935, familySearch.org.
29 1910 U S Census.
30 Social Security Death Index.
31 Hilton Record.
32 1920 U S Census.
33 Fitzpatrick Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
34 Illinois Cook Co Birth Cert. 1878-1922.
35 Illinois, Cook co Birth Register 1871-1915.
36 Monroe County Marriages 1908-1935.
38 New York County marriage records1908-1935.
39 Life Record, Rochester Library
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