John Billington
John Billington (also: Billinton) (* around 1580; † September 30, 1630 ) was an Englishman who emigrated to the New World on the Mayflower and was one of the signatories of the Mayflower Treaty .
Life
Nothing is known about his life in England . His son Francis is mentioned in a 1612 lease.
John Billington left England in September 1620 with his wife Elinor and two sons, John Jr. (* around 1604) and Francis (* around 1606), on the Mayflower . They reached Cape Cod in November .
The Billington family is mentioned a number of times in early Plymouth Colony reports as troublemakers. In March 1621, Father John was first punished for defying orders from Myles Standish . In September 1630 a jury sentenced John Billington to death by rope for the murder of John Newcomen ; it was the first execution in the colony of Plymouth.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Ernest Bowman: The Mayflower Compact and its signers , (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1920)
- ^ William Bradford: History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, the second Governor of Plymouth, (Boston: 1856), p. 181
- ↑ A genealogical profile of John Billington ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Robert Charles Anderson: Pilgrim Village Family Sketch: John Billington
- ^ William Bradford, History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, the second Governor of Plymouth , (Boston: 1856), p. 102
- ^ Stratton p. 413 "
- ^ Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A story of Courage, Community and War , (New York: Viking 2006), 89
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| SURNAME | Billington, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Signatory of the Mayflower Treaty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1580 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1630 |