(IV) John (4), eldest child of John (3) Tompkins, removed from East Chester to Greenburg in 1731, and purchased a large tract of land on the hills south of Hartsdale. He was known as a friend of the Indians, who treated him kindly, and his farm was until recently held by his descendants. He married Mercy, daughter of James Jones, and had children: 1. John, who sketch follows. 2. Moses. 3. Nathaniel. 4. Absalom, of whom further. 5. Isaac. 6. Tamar, married Abraham Tompkins. 7. Hannah. 8. Ruth, wife of Colonel Gilbert Drake. 9. Elizabeth , married Aaron Smith. 10. Mary, wife of Elijah Tompkins.

(V) Absalom, fourth son of John (4) and mercy (Jones) Tompkins, resided in Greenburg. He married Deborah McChain, and had children: 1. John. 2. Thomas, of whom further. 3. James. 4. Mary. 5. Deborah.

(VI) Thomas, second son of Absalom and Deborah (McChain) Tompkins, was born about 1760, in Greenburg, where he engaged in farming, and died April 10, 1846 . His wife, Hannah, survived him five years, dying October 16, 1851 . Children: 1. Anthony, of whom further. 2. Gilbert. 3. Bishop. 4. Susan. 5. Jane. 6. Julia. 7. Nancy.

(VII) Anthony, eldest child of Thomas and Hannah Tompkins, was born in Greenburg, died there December 8, 1856. He was a farmer and Presbyterian. He married September 20, 1842, Hannah E., daughter of John and Hannah Burns, of New York City. After his death she married Jacob Hunt, of the same town.

(VIII) Edward Tunis, only son of Anthony and Hannah E. (Burns) Tompkins, was born August 18, 1843, in Greenburg, died July 11, 1902, in White Plains, in his fifty-ninth year. He was educated at Professor Lockwood's Academy at White Plains, and took up the study of law with Mr. Purdy of that town. He was admitted to the bar in 1866, and continued in the practice of law at White Plains until his death, carrying on a general practice. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, a consistent Democrat in political principle, and served as justice of the peace. In early life he was a member of a military company. He married, October 6, 1868, Hannah, born June 19, 1844, daughter of John and Harriet (Cole) Woglam, of an old Dutch family of Staten Island. She sur-

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vived him and now resides in White Plains. They had three sons: 1. Jerome, born July 20, 1869; has been for thirty years connected with the firm of Borum, Pease & Company, New York City. 2. Irving N., of whom further. 3. Wilmer Eugene, born July 18, 1877, is an expert title searcher, residing at White Plains.

(IX) Irving Newton, second son of Edward Tunis and Hannah (Woglam) Tompkins, was born May 8, 1872, in Greenburg, New York. He received his education in the public schools. Early in life he became interested in journalism and for one year was a reporter on the Yonkers Daily Herald . He took up the study of law with Monmouth G. Hart, Esq., of White Plains, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1897, at a term of the appellate division, second department, and ha since been continuously engaged in the practice of law at White Plains. Besides a general practice he gives considerable attention to real estate, loans and equity cases. Mr. Tompkins has been long active in the Masonic fraternity, having been raised in White Plains Lodge, No. 473, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was for two years master. During this period the Masonic Temple at White Plains, the first in Westchester County, was constructed, and Crusader Commandery, No. 56, of Brewster, was removed to White Plains. Mr. Tompkins is now high priest of Tabernacle Chapter, No. 360, Royal Arch Masons, the youngest chapter in the state of New York. He has passed through the various degrees of the Ancient Arabic and Scottish Rites, having attained the thirty-second degree, and is a member of Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine of New York City, Crusader Commandery, No. 56. He is a member of the Masonic Club of New York, the White Plains Club, Dutchess Club of Poughkeepsie, of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence of New York and the Bar Association of Westchester County. With his family he is an attendant of the Presbyterian Church.

He married, December 12, 1898, Gertrude Gribble, born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, daughter of Willian and Laurinda (Logan) Gribble, natives respectively of England and Kentucky, the last named being a cousin of General John A. Logan, of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins have a son, Edward Giberson, born August 12, 1903.

(III) Nathaniel, fourth son of the John (2) Tompkins, was born 1684, in East Chester, died 1733. His wife's baptismal name was Elizabeth, and they had children; 1. Edmund. 2. Nathaniel. 3. Stephen, of whom further. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Mary. 6. Rebecca.

(IV) Stephen, third son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Tompkins, resided in East Chester. His wife's baptismal name was Anne and they had children; 1. Jonathan Griffin, of whom further. 2. Sylvester, of Croton. 3. Stephen. 4. Elijah, of Coeymans. 5. Hannah, married Thomas DeVoe.

(V) Jonathan Griffin, eldest child of Stephen and Anne Tompkins, was born June 8, 1736, in East Chester, died May 22, 1823. He was adopted by Jonathan Griffin, to whose estate he succeeded. This property was known as the Fox meadows and is among the finest in the locality. Jonathan G. Tompkins was a member of the committee which adopted the Declaration of independence of New York. he was a member of the state legislature throughout the Revolution, and the first judge of the court of common pleas for Westchester County, which office he held many years. He married Sarah Hyatt, who died April 22, 1816. Children: 1. Caleb, born December 22, 1750. 2. Dorothy, January 21, 1762. 3. Jonathan, April 3, 1763. 4. Elijah, whose sketch follows. 5. John, November 8, 1767. 6. Phebe, July 24, 1769. 7. Enoch, August 21, 1771. 8. Daniel, of whom further. 9. George W., 1777. 10. Anne, October 13, 1779. 12. Sarah, August 11, 1782.

(VI) Daniel, sixth son of Jonathan Griffin and Sarah (Hyatt) Tompkins, was born June 21, 1774, at Scarsdale, died June 11, 1825, at his residence on Staten Island. He was educated at Columbia College, graduating in 1795, and to distinguish himself from another Daniel Tompkins, a classmate, he inserted a second initial D., and is known in history as Daniel D. Tompkins. He was for ten years governor of New York, and vice-president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He prepared for the practice of law and was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of New York, August 5, 1797. He very early took an active part in public affairs, and in 1801 represented the

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city of New York in the convention for revision of the constitution. In 1802 he was elected representative in the state legislature, and in 1804 was made a judge of the Supreme Court of the state to fill a vacancy. In the same year he was elected to congress. In March, 1805, he was made a judge of the district court, and in 1807 became governor of the state, continuing through successive elections for a period of ten years, including the troublesome times of the second war with Great Britain. He was active and persistent in the effort to abolish slavery in New York, which was achieved during his administration; was a warm friend of education, and as early as 1811 began active agitation for the encouragement of manufacture. During the war with Great Britain, this state was especially exposed through the danger of naval attacks on the coast and of invasion across the Canadian border. One house of the legislature was opposed to the national administration, and his hands were largely tied by the failure of legislative cooperation. In October, 1814, he was appointed by the president in command of the third military district, and by the use of his personal credit he raised three hundred thousand dollars, which was used in driving the British out of Maine. At other times it was his personal following and commercial standing that carried forward successful operations in defending the state against insurrections from Canada. He was offered an appointment to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy, but declined. He relinquished the office of governor in February, 1817, to accept the higher position of vice-president in the following month, and filled this position eight years, dying very soon after the expiration of his term. He was chancellor of the State University, and was elected grand master of the Masons for the state of New York in June, 1820. In 1821 he was a delegate representing Richmond County in the convention for forming a new constitution and served as president of this body. Governor Tompkins was a man of much dignity, with affable manners, kindly and generous nature, and was one of the ablest executors at the head of the state in its history.

His wife was a daughter of Mangle Minthorne, and they had sons: 1. Minthorne. 2. Ray. 3. Daniel. 4. Clinton. 5. Griffin.

TOMPKINS. (V) John (5) Tompkins, son of John (4) (q.v.) and Mercy (Jones) Tompkins, was born about 1739, died March 2, 1825. He was a blacksmith. His home was at Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, near the site of the Croton Dam. He married Sarah, born September 19, 1743, died September 1, 1831, daughter of John Barker. Children; 1. John (6), of whom further. 2. Gilbert, born about 1766, died in 1838, married, December 2, 1795, Phebe Griffin. 3. Thomas, married Jane Bennet. 4. William. 5. Samuel. 6. Moses. 7. Sarah. 8. Jane, married ------------ Ryder.

(VI) John (6), son of John (5) and Sarah (Barker) Tompkins, was born August 19, 1763, died August 24, 1846. Like his father he lived at Croton. He married Catherine Gerow, born June 20, 1759, died July 14, 1835. Children; 1. Gilbert, of whom further. 2. Solomon.

(VII) Gilbert, son of John (6) and Catherine (Gerow) Tompkins, was born June 3, 1795, died March 18, 1878. He lived at Croton, but in 1840 removed to a farm near the railroad station at Yorktown, and was miller at Tompkins Mill. He married, December 30, 1813, Perlina Griffin, born June 20, 1794. Children: 1. John Bailey, of whom further. 2. Phoebe J.

(VIII) John Bailey, son of Gilbert and Perlina (Griffin) Tompkins, was born at Yorktown, September 20, 1821, died April 8, 1897. He was educated in the common schools and the Peekskill academy. He was a farmer, and for some years a slater and roofer. He was one of the first incorporators and a member of the first board of directors of the New York and Boston Railroad Company. Many town offices were held by him. He was a member, also an elder and trustee, of the Yorktown Methodist Church. He married, November 4, 1846, Susan P. Gerow, who died April 14, 1900. Her home had been at Somers, Westchester County, New York. Children; 1. Mary Etta, born October 28, 1850, married Bailey Jordan, a farmer of Croton. 2. Josephine, born November 18, 1859, deceased, married Oscar C. Reed,

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of Brewster, Westchester County, New York. 3. Child, John, born August 10, 1888.

(IX) Theodore F., son of John Bailey and Susan P. (Gerow) Tompkins, was born December 31, 1852. He attended private schools and the old Hudson River Institute. He engaged at fist in mercantile business at Yorktown Heights. Leaving this he was an active farmer. About 1860 his father bought the farm adjoining his former holding, and on this he still resides. The house was built in 1877. He is president of the Yorktown Telephone Company, of which he was one of the organizers. He has been supervisor of the town of Yorktown, and for two terms town clerk. For fourteen yeas he was postmaster. He is president of the Amawalk Cemetery Association. He married, October 19, 1876, Mary E., daughter of Dr. Hosea fountain, of Yorktown. Her grandfather, James Fountain, was born January 30, 1790, died May 19, 1869. He married, September 17, 1811, Charlotte Husted, who died February 7, 1866. Children of James and Charlotte (Husted) Fountain: 1. Mary E., born June 8, 1812, died April 17, 1818, . 2. Hosea, born July 24, 1817. 3. Elias, twin of Hosea. 4. Jabez, born November 17, 1819. 5. Cyrus H., born February 10, 1825. 6. Ezra J., died March 27, 1861. Children of Theodore F. and Mary E. (Fountain) Tompkins: 1. Albert F., born august 1, 1881, married Ethel Farnham; they have two children; 1. Evaline Fountain and 2. Helen Atherton. The family affiliates with the Presbyterian Church.

TOMPKINS. (VI) Elijah Tompkins, third son of Jonathan Griffin (q.v.) and Sarah (Hyatt) Tompkins, was born July 19, 1765, at Fox Meadows, died December 19, 1813. He was a farmer in the town of Greenburg. He married Sarah Barker and their children were: 1. Stephen. 2. Gilbert. 3. Augustus. 4. Elijah. 5. Alexander church, of whom further. 6. Clinton. 7. Gabriel. 8. Nancy. 9. Phebe. 10. Mary. 11. Jane. 12. Sarah.

(VII) Alexander Church, fifth son of Elijah and Sarah (Barker) Tompkins, was born January 3, 1705, in Greenburg, where he grew up. In 1848 he established the first lumber and coal yard in White Plains, and there resided until his death in July, 1865. He was a member of the Fourth division Infantry of New York Militia and was appointed quartermaster by Governor DeWitt Clinton. Politically he was a Democrat, was much interested in politics and was often a member of the councils of his party. He married, February 21, 1831, at the Greenburg Church, Harriet Van Wart, born January 11, 1810, in Greenburg, died January 14, 1892, daughter of Abram Van Wart, a farmer of that town, and his wife, Phebe (Forster) Van Wart. Abram Van Wart was a son of Isaac Van Wart, one of the three men who captured the unfortunate Major Andre during the Revolution. Alexander C. Tompkins' children were: 1. William Barker. 2. Phebe J. 3. Elijah. 4. Alexander Church.. 5. Harriet Van Wart. 6. Sarah Forster. 7. Daniel D. 8. Adelia Van Wart.

WEDEMEYER. Frederick Wedemeyer, the first mentioned German ancestor, was born in Hanover, Germany, and was an officer in the Hanoverian Army. He had three children; 1. Frederick William, mentioned below. 2. Eleanor. 3. Henry.

(II) Frederick William, son of Frederick Wedemeyer, was born in Hanover, Germany, in the year 1800. He married Adelaide Elizabeth Stuerken, having six children: 1. Claude H., born in 1830, died in 1906, married a New York girl and had three children, names not known. 2. Albert, born in 1836, deceased. 3. Frederick William, born in 1839, deceased. 4. Hannah Sophia, died when an infant. 5. Ustina, married a Mr. bush, of New Jersey, having three children, two daughters and one son, names not known; she died in 1905. 6. Arnold J. D., mentioned below.

(III) Arnold J. D., son of Frederick William Wedemeyer, was born in Hanover, Germany, in the year 1841. He came to Augusta, Georgia, in 1855, being then a boy of only fourteen years of age. He remained here during the Civil War of 1861-65, returning to Germany at its close, and for a year and a half studying modern languages and pursuing a course in commercial studies. At the end of this time he again came to the United States, settling in New York City, where he started in the wholesale grocery business, continuing therein very successfully for a period of twenty-five years.

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He then removed to Liberty, Sullivan County, and put up a number of houses. In the year 1901 he built his present residence, Revonah, which many years ago was known as Blue Ridge Mountain, and ina most beautiful place. Closely adjoining his residence is the old colonial cemetery in which many of the first settlers of the town now lie buried; Mr. Wedemeyer has built a wall about the old spot, so sacred in the eyes of the descendants of those early families, and keeps the place in beautiful repair. He possesses the esteem of the entire country-side, and is a mot prominent and public-spirited citizen. He was the first president of the Sullivan County National Bank of Liberty, holding that position from the year 1893 until 1896. In his religious views Mr. Wedemeyer is a Methodist. In the year 1880 he married Hannah Stateman of New York City, and has two children; 1. Frederick Edward, born in 1882; married Mary C. Thorne, of Liberty, in 1908; two children. 2. Adelaide Matilda, born in 1887.

WOOLSEY. This is a very old English name, one of its most distinguished representatives being the famous Cardinal Woolsey, who had a relative named Thomas. the latter had a son Benjamin, who son George was the immigrant ancestor in this country. The family did excellent service during the Revolution and has been conspicuously identified with the history of New York State from a very early period.

(I) George Woolsey, born October 27, 1610, in England, resided with his father in Holland, and in 1623 came with the Dutch immigrants to New Netherlands, where he resided many years and where his father joined him in his old age. He purchased land for a plantation at Flushing, October 10, 1647, but was engaged as a trader in New Amsterdam, now New York City, until 1664. In that year, on February 15, the town of Jamaica deeded to him land and he was one of the fist settlers there, where he continued to reside until his death, August 17, 1698, in his eighty-eighth year. He was chosen town clerk of Jamaica in 1673, and his writing on the records there is still plainly legible. His will, made November 2, 1691, proved February 22, 1699, gave his son George land at Beaver Brook; to Thomas fifteen acres; to John thirty acres, two oxen and his wearing apparel; to daughter mary he bequeathed household stuff and a cow; to wife Rebecca he left the residue of his land, his tenements and other property during her life, after which the lands were divided among the three sons. Children; 1. Sarah, wife of --------- Hallet. 2. George. 3. Thomas. 4. Rebecca, wife of ----------- Wiggin. 5. John. 6. Mary.

(II) Thomas, second son of George and Rebecca Woolsey, was born 1665, in New York, and after 1712 settled at Bedford, Westchester County, New York, where he was a large landholder. His wife's name was Ruth, and they had sons: 1. Richard. 2. William. 3. Thomas.

(III) Richard, eldest son of Thomas and Ruth Woolsey, was born in 1697, died in 1777, at Bedford, New York. He married Sarah Fowler and they had children: 1. Josiah, married Mary Owen and died in 1778. 2. Thomas, settled in Virginia. 3. Daniel, resided at Bedford. 4. Benjamin. 5. John. 6. Richard, of whom further. 7. Henry, killed by lightning. 8. Joseph, married Mary Haight. 9. Mary, married -------- Loton, of Albany. 10. Sarah, died in Ulster County. 11. Ruth, wife of James Griffin, of Fishkill, New York. 12. Hannah, married Joseph Sarles, and resided in Bedford.

(IV) Richard (2), sixth child of Richard (1) and Sarah Fowler Woolsey, was born about 1730, in Bedford, New York. He settled after the Revolution in Vermont. He was a member of the Sixth Regiment of Dutchess County Militia, and in 1780 was a subscriber to the loan made by individuals to the state for the purpose of carrying on the Revolutionary Campaign. He married and among his children was Richard, of whom further.

(V) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Woolsey, was a Baptist clergyman and a pioneer settler in Delaware County, New York, residing in the town of Andes. For some time he held meetings at the residence of William Ackerly at Pleasant Valley in that town, and after 1809 held services in the school-house then just completed. He married and among his children was Richard, of whom further.

(VI) Richard (4), son of Richard (3) Woolsey, kept a tavern at Shavertown as

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early as 1827, and in 1850 was conducting a store at the Clove. He married Catherine Dickson and had children; 1. Philip, of whom further. 2. John D. 3. Dickson, went to Polo, Illinois, remaining until his death. 4. Fanny, married Andrew Finkle and lived at Shavertown.

(VII) Philip, son of Richard (4) and Catherine (Dickson) Woolsey, was born February 20, 1833, in Shavertown, Delaware County, New York, died January, 1903, at Livingston Manor, Sullivan County, New York. He was born up in Delaware County, New York, and assisted his father in his store while a boy. At the age of seventeen yeas he entered the lumber business and became one of the pioneers in that industry in this part of the state. He ran his first raft of logs down the Delaware River, and this was the beginning of what proved to be for him a business of considerable magnitude. He continued to operate in Delaware County until about 1855, when he removed to Debruce and purchased a large tract of hemlock on the Willawemac, then one of the famous trout streams of Sullivan County. This timber he cut and marketed, rafting his output into the Delaware and on to the markets. He continued the lumber business at that point and sent his product to market by the water route until about 1874-75, when the Ohio & Western Railroad was put through. In order to be better equipped as to the disposal of his lumber, he built a road from Debruce to what is now Livingston Manor, so as to connect with the railroad at that point. This road has become one of the most prominent highways through that section, a distance of six miles; this route he cut through the forest, and it has remained practically the same as to location to the present time. In his lumber operations he cleared many hundreds of acres of the hemlock timber it contained. While up in the woods near Debruce, realizing the need for better facilities for getting out and finishing the shingles he was cutting, he invented a planer for finishing his output which added materially to his product. When he left Debruce he went to Middletown, where he spent about two years, after having sold out his lumber business to Peter Millspaugh, and in 1874 he located at Livingston Manor, and again engaged in the lumber business, not as a manufacturer but was a wholesaler and retailer of hemlock lumber. From the time he located in Livingston Manor, he became one of, if not the dominant factor in the development of that village, which position he held until his death in 1903. When he located there the valley was called Morsston. He continued to handle the hemlock lumber mill until it became exhausted, after which he engaged in the manufacture of doors, blinds, etc., and the operation of a planing mill, as well as the conduct of completely equipped lumber yards and supply house, which he continued until his death, and which is now being conducted by his son, Wellington Richard. He was not only the founder of the Presbyterian Church at Livingston Manor, but was the leading elder from 1883 until his death, and it was he who always took upon himself the burdens of the society when there was a shortage in the contributions. He also found time to minister to the people for miles adjacent, by filling the pulpits as well as school houses, preaching the Gospel to those seeking the word of the Master. He was a self-educated man and his knowledge covered a wide range, and when opportunity afforded he always took advantage of broadening his intellect.

He married Amy Ann Campbell, a native of West Bangor, Maine, who died February 10, 1905, at Livingston Manor. They had children: 1. Wellington Richard, of whom further. 2. Charles Madison, of whom further. 3. George Samuel, of whom further. 4. Sylvia, born September 5, 1881, at Livingston manor, died in 1894.

(VIII) Wellington Richard, eldest son of Philip and Amy Ann (Campbell) Woolsey, was born April 4, 1867, in Debruce, New York. he was educated in the public schools of Livingston Manor, and at Port Jervis. He was early employed in the business conducted by his father, and when seventeen years old he became interested in the lumber business with his father. He is now secretary and treasurer of the Livingston Manor Electrical Company. In religion he is a Presbyterian. Mr. Woolsey is one of the most active and useful citizens of Rockland; a Democrat in politics, and affiliated with Highland Park Lodge, No. 67, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Livingston

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Manor Lodge, No. 791, Free and Accepted Masons. He married, in 1890, Clara L., born June 1, 1872, daughter of Brewster and Cecelia (LeRoy) burr, of Neversink. They have a daughter Laverne, born June, 1897.

(VIII) Charles Madison, second son of Philip and Amy Ann (Campbell) Woolsey, was born February 24, 1871, at Debruce, New York. He was educated at Livingston Manor. He now resides in the house built by his father in 1876, and conducts a farm of two hundred acres belonging to the estate. He, in connection with his brother, George A., owns and conducts the water system at Livingston Manor. He ius also one of the company who own and conduct the Livingston Manor Electrical Company. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics is a Democrat. He married, in 1894, Lillian, daughter of George and Arminta (Wallace) Ross, born in 1872, at Westford, Connecticut. She removed with her parents to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Children; 1. Ruth Marie, born August 9, 1895. 2. Hilda Wallace, July 30, 1902.

(VIII) George Samuel, youngest son of Philip and Amy Ann (Campbell) Woolsey, was born January 16, 1875, at Middletown, Orange County, New York. He was educated at Livingston Manor, and the Moody Institute, Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1895. For three years he was engaged in teaching at Livingston Manor and Rockland, and for three years served as school commissioner of the second district of Sullivan County, having been elected to the office on the Democratic ticket. For two years he was in Young Men's Christian Association work, and one year assistant in the West Side Branch at New York City, also one year as general secretary at Cortlandt, New York. He is now superintendent of the Water Company at Livingston Manor, and acting editor of the Liberty Register . He is also a director of the Electrical Light Company. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, past master of Livingston Manor Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and for four years patron of the Eastern Star Chapter. He married, June 28, 1899, Nellie, daughter of Montgomery and Janette (Maybee) Dodge, of Rockland Village, and they have a daughter, Janette, born December 11, 1904.

BILLINGTON. Two pioneers of the surname Billington came to this country among the early settlers. Thomas Billington settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, and was a workman in the Lynn Iron works and a witness in court in 1647. Of him we have nothing further and he probably returned to England. The other pioneer was John Billington, who came from London, England, with the Pilgrims in the "Mayflower" and was one of the signers of the compact. In 1630 he was charged with the murder of John Newcomin, a young man of the Plymouth colony. That he was unjustly condemned and executed appears in a work entitled "the Plymouth Martyr" by George Prince. Many trace their ancestry to him with pride, being convinced that he was blameless. His wife Eleanor who came with him in the "Mayflower" afterward married, in 1638, Gregory Armstrong.

Under date of July, 1621, Governor Bradford in his history of the colony relates: "Aboute ye later end of this month, one John Billington lost him selfe in ye woods & wandered up & downe some 5 days, living on berries & what he could find. At length he light on an indian plantation, 20 mils south of this place, called Manamet, they conveyed him furder of, to Nawsett, among those peopl that had before set upon ye english, when they were costing, whilst ye ship lay at ye Cape, as is before noted. But ye Govr. caused him to be enquired for among ye Indians, and at length Massassoyt sent word wher he was. And ye Gover, sent a shalop for him, & had him delivered."

Governor Bradford's history shows that Billington was not a Puritan and he was at odds with the strict rules of the colonial church. As early as 1621m, he was punished for "opprobrious speeches!" and his independence doubtless cost him his life later. Billington brought two sons to this country, John, who died before his father, and Francis, mentioned below.

(II) Francis, son of John Billington, was born in England, probably in London, and came over with his parents in the "Mayflower" in 1620. He settled at Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, and died there December 13, 1684. He married, at Plymouth, in 1634, Christian (Penn)

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Eaton, widow of Francis Eaton, another "Mayflower" passenger. Christian Penn came to Plymouth in 1623, and had a lot assigned to her, was doubtless related to James Penn, who came in the first company to Plymouth. She died about 1684. Children of Francis Billington: 1. Martha, married Samuel Eaton. 2. Elizabeth, married ------------ Patte, of Providence. 3. Rebecca, born 1647. 4. Mary, married Samuel Sabine, of Rehoboth. 5. Isaac. 6. Mercy, married John Morton. 7. Desire. 8. Joseph, mentioned below. 9. Francis.

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