Francis Billingsley: Robin's Roots Test

1620 - 1684 (64 years)

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Generation: 1

Francis Billingsley was born in 1620; died in 1684.

Other Events and Attributes:

Arrival: 1649, Virginia, USA
Property: 26 Nov 1650, Selby Clifts, Calvert County, Maryland, USA; Received a land grant of 200 acres from Lord Baltimore for the transportation of Thomas Forby from Caecilius into Maryland.
Civil: 5 Dec 1654, Calvert County, Maryland, USA; Appointed Constable of Clifts
Residence: 1659, Richmond County, Virginia, USA
Property: 1661, Parran, Calvert County, Maryland, USA; Grant for 350 acres named Cornehill for the transportation of 5 men to Maryland. A 1786 home on the property is in the National Register of Historic Places. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornehill
Property: 1663, Calvert County, Maryland, USA; Grants for 250-acres properties called "Deer Quarter" and "Expectation"
Residence: 1664, Calvert County, Maryland, USA; Returned to Maryland after his sister-in-law Sarah remarried
Property: 1668, Calvert County, Maryland, USA; Granted a 250-acre property named "Addition"
Civil: 24 Sep 1682, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, USA; Quaker meeting records; could refer to Francis Jr.

Notes:

"Francis Billingsley, a Member of the Lower House fron Calvert County, Maryland, was born ca 1620 at Shropshire, England; died 1684, Selby Clifts, Calvert Co, MD. Married 1646-1647 in Rotterdam, Holland, to Ann (proven by Prov. Court Liber FF Folio 652 - Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD), born 1620-25 in Holland; died ca 1668-70 at Selby Clifts, Calvert Co,MD. Francis Billingsley was a Planter and a Quaker. He was educated in England and resided in England, Holland, and America. - From Historical Southern Families, Volume III by John Bennet Boddie, Chapter 3, "Billingsley of Maryland", p 22.

He was given several land grants around Calvert County, totalling upwards of 2500 acres, for the transportation of men to Maryland on ships owned or captained by his brother John. Most of the parcels had names. (I don't know whether the names predated the land grants, which included both the name and detailed metes-and-bounds descriptions.) Some of the properties are intact today, and the home one one property - Cornehill - is on the National Register of Historic Places

Excerpt from Historical Souther Families v.III
by John Bennet Boddie, Redwood City, California, 1959
This is the first two pages of a 5-page straight-line descendancy from my immigrant 10th great grandfather Francis Billingsley. The first four people in the descendancy are my direct ancestors.
- Robin Richmond
Cleveland, OH, January 2025

Residence:
After transporting his sister-in-law Sarah (widow of his brother James) to Maryland in1658 he moved to Virginia with her to operate her farrm and sloop

Died:
As late as 1695 in some records

Francis married Ann Frances Hale about 1647. Ann was born in 1622; died about 1669. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

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2. John Billingsley was born in 1647; died in 1693.
3. Ann Billingsley was born in 1650; died in 1650.
4. Francis Billingsley, Jr was born in 1653; died on 10 Jun 1695.
5. Agatha Billingsley was born in 1656; died in unknown.
6. Edward Billingsley was born in 1658; died in 1750.
7. Ann Elizabeth Billingsley was born about 1660.

Generation: 2

John Billingsley

(1.Francis¹) was born in 1647; died in 1693.

Other Events and Attributes:

Arrival: 1652, Maryland, USA
Residence: Abt 1658, Cuchahuc, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA; Capt John Coalbreath testified that he carried letters from John Billingsley, living here, to his mother Agatha Billingsley in the Netherlands

Notes:

John Billingsley was born 1647, in Rotterdam, Holland, died ca 1690 (lost at sea). Married Jan 1669 in Richmond Co, VA, Sarah Ann Billingsley (1st cousin), born 1652 in Essex County, VA, died 1612, probably in St. Mary's County, MD, daugher of William Billingsley and his wife Sarah Bowman, of Essex Co, VA, who married 2nd William Evart. Sarah Ann Billingsley married as her 2nd husband William Brown of Richmond Co, VA
- Historical Southern Families, Volume III, pp 22-23

John was was a ship captain for most of his adult life, and transported many of the men for which his uncle Francis received land grants. Francis evidently paid for those trips, and that's what counted. I'm not sure whether John undertook transatlantic voyages, or just sailed among the mid-Atlantic states, so I can't say how far at sea he might have been when he was lost.

He came to Nansemond County, Virginia with his parents and uncles John and James Billingsley prior to 1649. Arrived in Calvert County, Maryland with his parents about 1652. He moved to Richmond County, Virginia with his parents about 1659. He and his brothers Francis and Edward were legatees to a "Cowe Calfe" each in the will of James Billingsley in 1663, who calls them "my three cozens (nephews) on the Rapehannock." They were also mentioned in the will of Susannah Billingsley, widow of James, in the same year.
- Source Unknown. Posted to Ancestry by AnnRice3443

See also his attached bigraphy from Billingsley Family in America

John married Sarah Ann Billingsley in 1669. Sarah (daughter of William Billingsley and Sarah Bowman) was born in 1652; died in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

8. William Billingsley was born in Oct 1670; died in Jul 1716.
9. Mary Billingsley was born in Sep 1669.
10. Sarah Agatha Billingsley was born in 1672.
11. Elizabeth Billingsley was born in 1675.
12. John Billingsley, Jr was born in 1677; died in 1689.
13. Susanna Billingsley was born in 1679/80.
14. Francis Billingsley was born about 1680; died in unknown.
15. Walter Billingsley was born in 1685.

3. Ann Billingsley (1.Francis¹) was born in 1650; died in 1650.

Francis Billingsley, Jr

(1.Francis¹) was born in 1653; died on 10 Jun 1695.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 7 Mar 1692, Calvert County, Maryland, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=12335856

Family/Spouse: Susanna Grover. Susanna was born on 1 Nov 1657; died on 17 Mar 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

16. Rebecka Billingsley was born on 23 Jun 1677; died in 1745.

5. Agatha Billingsley (1.Francis¹) was born in 1656; died in unknown.
Agatha married Thomas Paget in 1672. Thomas died about 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. Edward Billingsley (1.Francis¹) was born in 1658; died in 1750.
7. Ann Elizabeth Billingsley (1.Francis¹) was born about 1660.
Ann married Thomas Sadler in UNKNOWN. Thomas died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 3

William Billingsley

(2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in Oct 1670; died in Jul 1716.

William married Clearanna Bowles about 1690. Clearanna was born in 1670; died on 4 Aug 1716. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

17. William Billingsley, Jr. was born in 1691; died on 16 Dec 1745.
18. Clearanna Billingsley was born in Jan 1693; died after 1734.
19. Bowles Billingsley was born in Dec 1694; died in May 1744.
20. Samuel Billingsley was born in Jan 1696; died about 1741.
21. Ann Elizabeth Billingsley was born in May 1699.

9. Mary Billingsley (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in Sep 1669.
Family/Spouse: Edward Wood. Edward died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
10. Sarah Agatha Billingsley (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in 1672.
Family/Spouse: John Stovall. John died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Elizabeth Billingsley (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in 1675.
Family/Spouse: William Bowles. William died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
12. John Billingsley, Jr (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in 1677; died in 1689.
13. Susanna Billingsley (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in 1679/80.
Notes:
Birth:
Died young
14. Francis Billingsley (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born about 1680; died in unknown.
15. Walter Billingsley (2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in 1685.

16.	Rebecka Billingsley (4.Francis², 1.Francis¹) was born on 23 Jun 1677; died in 1745. Rebecka married Abraham Birkhead on 18 Jan 1691. Abraham was born in Oct 1671; died in 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 4

17.

William Billingsley, Jr.

(8.William³, 2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in 1691; died on 16 Dec 1745.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=163526137; no grave site photo. No obit.

William married Mary Emily Sumner about 1716. Mary was born in Nov 1696; died in Dec 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

22. James B Billingsley was born in Apr 1726; died on 25 Jan 1776.
23. Cyrus Billingsley was born in 1737/38; died in Dec 1818.
24. William Sumner Billingsley was born in 1720.
25. Mary Sumner Billingsley was born before 1720.
26. Margaret Billingsley was born in 1728.
27. Clearanna Billingsley was born in 1732.
28. Ann Billingsley was born in 1723.
29. Francis Billingsley was born in 1736/37; died in 1799.
30. Elizabeth Billingsley was born in Dec 1740.

18.	Clearanna Billingsley (8.William³, 2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in Jan 1693; died after 1734. Clearanna married Thomas Gilly in 1709. Thomas died in Jan 1720/21. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

19. Bowles Billingsley (8.William³, 2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in Dec 1694; died in May 1744.
20. Samuel Billingsley (8.William³, 2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in Jan 1696; died about 1741.
21. Ann Elizabeth Billingsley (8.William³, 2.John², 1.Francis¹) was born in May 1699.
Family/Spouse: John Wood. John died in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]