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Name	Francis Billingsley  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
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
Gender	Male
Birth	1620 Shropshire, England [2, 3, 5, 7, 10]
Died	1684 Calvert County, Maryland, USA [5, 7, 10]
	As late as 1695 in some records

Parents

Family ID: F20727 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	John Billingsley (ID:I21624) (Age 72) b. 1587, Astley Abbotts, Shropshire, England d. 1659, Netherlands (Age 72)
Mother	Agatha Cooper (ID:I21625) (Age 73) b. 1593, Shropshire, England d. 1666, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Age 73)
Marriage	1612 Shropshire, England
Children	1. John Billingsley (ID:I21627) (Age 51) b. 1612, Shropshire, England d. 9 Nov 1663, Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA (Age 51) 2. Agatha Billingsley (ID:I25417) (Age 101) b. 1614, Shropshire, England d. 1715 (Age 101) 3. James Billingsley (ID:I21628) (Age 47) b. 1616, Shropshire, England d. 1663, Maryland, USA (Age 47) 4. Thomas Billingsley (ID:I21629) (Age 55) b. 1618, Shropshire, England d. 1673, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA (Age 55) 5. Francis Billingsley (ID:I21272) (current person) (Age 64) b. 1620, Shropshire, England d. 1684, Calvert County, Maryland, USA (Age 64) 6. Bridgett Billingsley (ID:I25415) (Age 98) b. 1622, Shropshire, England d. 1720, Netherlands (Age 98) 7. Joanne Billingsley (ID:I25418) (Age 99) b. 1626, Shropshire, England d. 1725, Germany (Age 99) 8. William Billingsley (ID:I21626) (Age 29) b. 1628, Shropshire, England d. Dec 1657, Richmond, Wise County, Virginia, USA (Age 29) 9. Mary Billingsley (ID:I25413) (Age 100) b. 1630, Shropshire, England d. 1730, Netherlands (Age 100) 10. Walter Billingsley (ID:I25416) (Age 1 year) b. 1630, Shropshire, England d. 1631, Shropshire, England (Age 1 year) 11. Walter Billingsley (ID:I25414) (Age 108) b. 1632, Shropshire, England d. 1740, Netherlands (Age 108)

Family

Family ID: F20584 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 5 Feb 2025  

Wife	Ann Frances Hale (ID:I21273) (Age 47) b. 1622, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d. Abt 1669, Calvert County, Maryland, USA (Age 47)
Marriage	Abt 1647 Netherlands [3, 5, 7]
Children	1 . John Billingsley (ID:I21274) (Age 46) b. 1647, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 1693, at sea (Age 46) 2 . Ann Billingsley (ID:I21617) (Age 0) b. 1650, Calvert County, Maryland, USA d. 1650, Calvert County, Maryland, USA (Age 0) 3 . Francis Billingsley, Jr (ID:I21618) (Age 42) b. 1653, Calvert County, Maryland, USA d. 10 Jun 1695, Selby Clifts, Calvert County, Maryland, USA (Age 42) 4 . Agatha Billingsley (ID:I21619) b. 1656, Calvert County, Maryland, USA d. unknown, Calvert County, Maryland, USA 5 . Edward Billingsley (ID:I21620) (Age 92) b. 1658, Calvert County, Maryland, USA d. 1750, Calvert County, Maryland, USA (Age 92) 6 . Ann Elizabeth Billingsley (ID:I21621) b. Abt 1660, Richmond County, Virginia, USA d. Virginia, USA
Histories		Billingsley Descendants in Historical Southern Families, Vol III This is a two-page excerpt from a 9-generation straight-line (one child per generation) descendancy from my immigrant ancestor Frances Billingley. The first 4 generations are my ancestors: 1. Francis b.1620 Shropshire, England, 2. John 1647 Rotterdam, Holland 3. William 1670 Calvert Co, MD 4. William Jr, 1691 Calvert Co, MD
		BillingslyInAmerica_p18-20

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Arrival	1649 Virginia, USA [1, 7]
Possessions	26 Nov 1650 Selby Clifts, Calvert County, Maryland, USA [5]  –  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 [5]  –  Appointed Constable of Clifts
Residence	1659 Richmond County, Virginia, USA [7]
	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
Possessions	1661 Parran, Calvert County, Maryland, USA [6, 8]  –  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
		Billingsley Property - Cornhill Grant - 1661 This is a microfilm image of the flowery hand-written grant of 300 acres from Lord Calvert to Francis Billingsey in 1661 for paying for the transportation of 5 men to Maryland.
		Cornehill Home Photo & Descriptio This could be part of a realty ad, but I think that it is just a description of a historic property.
Possessions	1663 Calvert County, Maryland, USA [6, 9]  –  Grants for 250-acres properties called "Deer Quarter" and "Expectation"
Residence	1664 Calvert County, Maryland, USA [7]  –  Returned to Maryland after his sister-in-law Sarah remarried
Possessions	1668 Calvert County, Maryland, USA [6, 11, 12]  –  Granted a 250-acre property named "Addition"
Civil	24 Sep 1682 Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, USA [13]  –  Quaker meeting records; could refer to Francis Jr.

Documents » Slide Show		U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 Francis Billingsly
		Maryland marriages 1634-1777
		Francis Billingsley's Properties marked on Calvert County Mapp continued, south This is the northern half of Calvert County, which is on the west shore of Cheapeake Bay about 50 miles south of Annapolis. The west border of the county is formed by the Prather wide Patuxent River, which is shaded in grey. The map shows the properties called Cornehill, Expectation, Hunting Creek, and Selby's Clifts, plus All Saints Church. The county seat, Prince Frederick, is at the bottom of the map. "Deer Quarter" is at Plum Point, on the Bay just above the middle point on the map. Sotterly Plantation is in St Mary's County, across the Pautuxent River (to the west) and well south of this map.

Histories » Slide Show		Billingsley Descendants in Historical Southern Families, Vol III This is a two-page excerpt from a 9-generation straight-line (one child per generation) descendancy from my immigrant ancestor Frances Billingley. The first 4 generations are my ancestors: 1. Francis b.1620 Shropshire, England, 2. John 1647 Rotterdam, Holland 3. William 1670 Calvert Co, MD 4. William Jr, 1691 Calvert Co, MD
		Billingsley Family - British Ancestry Annotated excerpt from The Billingsley Family In America, by Harry Alexander Davis. My immigrant ancestor, Francis Billingsley and his father John Billingsley are listed on the last page of the excerpt.
		Society of Friends will of Francis Billingsley
		Provincial Court Proceedings 1664
		Billingsley Property - 600 acre warrant This warrant, dated May 16, 1662, is not yet a grant; it declares that 600 acres must be marked off for a grant to Francis Billingsley for the transportation of 15 people into Maryland. These included his brothers Thoma and James in 1656 and 12 others in 1660.
		Billingsley Property - 1663 - Deer Quarter - 250 acres 1663 grant from Lord Calvert to Francis Billingsley
		Billingsley Property - Selby Clifts A grant of 200 acres to Frances Billingsley for paying for the transportation of men to Maryland. This image of the handwritten grant is a almost-impossible-to-read negative image. A label attached to the document gives a date of 1658, but the Francis Billingsley's bigrapical sketch in Historical Southern Families, Vol III says that the grant occurred in 1650.
		Billingsley Property - Sotterly Brochure Undated one-fold flyer from the Sottery Mansion Foundation. Containsa map and information about viewing of the 1730 mansion in Hollywood, St Mary's County, Maryland. Admission is $1 for adults.
		Billingsley Propetry - 100 acre grand of land called Addition
		Francis Billingslea Virginia to Maryland
		Cornehill-National Register of Historic Places in Maryland From http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.asp?HDID=103&County=Calvert
		Billingsley Propery - 350 acres called 'Expectation' 1667 grant from Lord Calvert to Francis Billingsley
		Sotterly Plantation in Maryland This property, on a ridge overlooking the Patuxent River, was acquired by Francis Billingsley in the 1660s, and later sold by his chidren. It was once part of "Ressurection Manor". The existing house was built in the early 18th century, and refined by the Platter family over the subseuquent 100 years.
		Billingsley Property - Cornhill Grant - 1661 This is a microfilm image of the flowery hand-written grant of 300 acres from Lord Calvert to Francis Billingsey in 1661 for paying for the transportation of 5 men to Maryland.
		Cornehill Home Photo & Descriptio This could be part of a realty ad, but I think that it is just a description of a historic property.
		Francis Billingsley Properties from Monnet Family Genealogy Excerpts from a family genealogy book that describe rental payments for properies that Francis Billingsley owned.
		Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. I 4 Billingsley Colonian Ancestors, all of whom happen to be my direct ancestors
		BillingslyInAmerica_p18-20
		Third Haven Friends Meeting, Talbot Co, MD, Nov 1682 Francis Billingsley and Richard Johns were evidently asked to "treat with" Benjamin Lawrence about an issue described here that I could not make out. This could be Francis Billingsley
		Francis Billingsley A Collection of the Sufferings of the Joseph Besse. People Called Quakers: For the Testimony of a Good Conscience from the Time of Their Being First Distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650 to the Time of the Act Commonly Called the Act of Toleration Granted to Protestant Dissenters in the First Year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the Year 1689 · Volume 2; London, 1793, p 388.
		Article about Cornehill About the restoration of a Calvert County landmark
		Billingsley Family - Immigrants and British Roots From British Roots of Maryland Families II, by Robert W Barnes. See also other stories attached to Francis Billingsley (my Billingsley immigrant ancestor) for other views of his British ancestry.
		Billingsley Family Bio-Francis (1) Billingsley, 1620 - 1684 Francis and his brother William are both my immigrant ancestors and my 10th great grandfathers because Francis's son John married William's daughter Sarah Ann. From The Billingsley Family In America, by Harry Alexander Davis.

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Birth - 1620 - Shropshire, England Marriage - Abt 1647 - Netherlands Arrival - 1649 - Virginia, USA Possessions - 26 Nov 1650 - Selby Clifts, Calvert County, Maryland, USA Civil - 5 Dec 1654 - Calvert County, Maryland, USA Residence - 1659 - Richmond County, Virginia, USA Possessions - 1661 - Parran, Calvert County, Maryland, USA Possessions - 1663 - Calvert County, Maryland, USA Residence - 1664 - Calvert County, Maryland, USA Possessions - 1668 - Calvert County, Maryland, USA Civil - 24 Sep 1682 - Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, USA Died - 1684 - Calvert County, Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth

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[S283] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, by Gale Research SC Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Citation: Page: Francis Billingsley. Place: Virginia; Year: 1649; Page Number: 28 Text:  Name: Francis Billingsley Arrival Year: 1649 Arrival Place: Virginia Source Publication Code: 1262 Primary Immigrant: Billingsley, Francis Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. Source Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p. Page: 28 [S284] Family Data Collection - Births, by Edmund West, comp. SC Details: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Citation: Page: Francis Billingsley Text:  Name: Francis Billingsley Father: John Billingsley Birth Date: 1620 City: Co Shrops [S158] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, by Yates Publishing SC Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Citation: Page: Francis Billingsley. Source number: 1701.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 9 Text:  Name: Francis Billingsley Gender: Male Birth Place: EN Birth Year: 1620 Spouse Name: Ann Spouse Birth Place: Hl Spouse Birth Year: 1620 Marriage Year: 1647 Number Pages: 9 [S1014] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 SCI Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; Citation: Page: Francis Billingsly Text:  Name: Francis Billingsly Residence Date: 24 Nov 1682 Residence Date on Image: 24 Ninth 1682 Residence Place: Talbot, Maryland Event Type: Miscellaneous Monthly Meeting: Third Haven Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Third Haven Monthly Meeting Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Meeting State: Maryland Meeting County: Talbot Household Members: Name: Age Francis Billingsly: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 Francis Billingsly [S288] Historical Southern Families, Vol III, by John Bennett Boddie SCI Details: Name: Clearfield Company; Location: Redwood City, VA; Date: 1959; Citation: Page: p 22, Billingsley of Maryland Text:  See notes and story in Frances Billingsley's record Billingsley Descendants in Historical Southern Families, Vol III This is a two-page excerpt from a 9-generation straight-line (one child per generation) descendancy from my immigrant ancestor Frances Billingley. The first 4 generations are my ancestors: 1. Francis b.1620 Shropshire, England, 2. John 1647 Rotterdam, Holland 3. William 1670 Calvert Co, MD 4. William Jr, 1691 Calvert Co, MD [S1103] Monnet family genealogy, by Orra Eugene Monnette SCI Details: Name: C.E. Bireley; Location: Los Angeles, CA; Date: 1911; Citation: Page: p 303 Sec XV, Maryland Colonial Records, Lord Baltimore's Rent Rolls of Maryland in 1707 Text:  Residence and ownership of property in the tract called "Upper Hundred of the Cliffts" 25o acres, yearly rent 5 shillings, "Deer Quarter" surveyed 1663 for Francis Billingsley, beg at "Leitchworths Chance". Posessed by Abraham Burckhead. 350 acres, yearly rent 7 shillings, "Cornhill", surveyed 1663 for Francis Billingsley, on main branch of Fishing Creek & Hunting Creeks. Possessed by Susunnah the Relict of Francis Billingsley Francis Billingsley Properties from Monnet Family Genealogy Excerpts from a family genealogy book that describe rental payments for properies that Francis Billingsley owned. [S287] The Billingsley Family (Billingsly-Billingslea) in America, by Harry Alexander Davis SCI Details: Name: Tuttle Antiquarian Books; Location: 28 S Main St, Rutland VT, 05701, (802) 773-8229; Date: 1936; Citation: Page: pp 20-22 Biographical sketch of Francis Billingsley Text:  [[Reasonably extensive bio, plus dates, spouse, and children]] See book excerpt attached to his profile BillingslyInAmerica_p18-20 [S1123] Maryland Land Grants - 17th Century CI Citation: Page: perhaps p161,162 - Cornehill land grant Text:  [[The transcript (in a flowery hand) of a a grant of 350 acres, by "Cecelius absolutete Lord and proprietor of the provinces of Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore" (aka Cecil Calvert) to Francis Billingsley for the transportation of 5 men (by name) to Maryland. The property is described as"a parcel called Cornehill in Calvert County... upon the main Ridge below the branches of Plumpoint Creek and the branches of the Hunting Creek. The document includes a detailed metes-and-bounds specification of the property lines.]] Billingsley Property - Cornhill Grant - 1661 This is a microfilm image of the flowery hand-written grant of 300 acres from Lord Calvert to Francis Billingsey in 1661 for paying for the transportation of 5 men to Maryland. [S1123] Maryland Land Grants - 17th Century CI Citation: Page: Perhaps page 673, some 1667 and 1668 land grants Text:  [[Grant to Francis Billingsley of a 100-acre parcel in Calvert County named "Addition". Its meted-and-bounds description indicated that this property is adjacent to "Deer Qiarter" another of his properties.]] Billingsley Property - 1663 - Deer Quarter - 250 acres 1663 grant from Lord Calvert to Francis Billingsley [S1104] Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. I CI Citation: Page: p 36 Text:  Birth and dates of brothers Francis and Wm Billingsley, John Billingsley (Francis' son) & Sarah Billingsley (Wm's daughter), and their son Wm Billingsley II. Note: https:/​/​search​.ancestry​.com/​cgi-bin/​sse​.dll?db=FLHG-17thCentColAncI&h=176605&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. I 4 Billingsley Colonian Ancestors, all of whom happen to be my direct ancestors [S1123] Maryland Land Grants - 17th Century C Citation: Page: Perhaps page 673, some 1667 and 1668 land grants Text:  [[Grant to Francis Billingsley of a 100-acre parcel in Calvert County named "Addition". Its meted-and-bounds description indicated that this property is adjacent to "Deer Qiarter" another of his properties.]] [S1123] Maryland Land Grants - 17th Century CI Citation: Page: Perhaps page 673, some 1667 and 1668 land grants Text:  [[Grant to Francis Billingsley of a 100-acre parcel in Calvert County named "Addition". Its meted-and-bounds description indicated that this property is adjacent to "Deer Qiarter" another of his properties.]] Billingsley Propetry - 100 acre grand of land called Addition [S1905] Third Haven Monthly Meeting Men's Minutes 1676-1746 SCI Details: Name: Third Haven Monthly Meeting; Location: Easton, MD; Date: 1948; Citation: Page: Page 55, image 30, 24th day of 9th month (November), 1682 Text:  [[Richard Johns and Francis Billingsley were asked to "treat with" Benjamin Lawrence about an issue described here that I cannot make out.]] Note: https:/​/​www​.ancestry​.com/​discoveryui-content/​view/​99414986:2189 Third Haven Friends Meeting, Talbot Co, MD, Nov 1682 Francis Billingsley and Richard Johns were evidently asked to "treat with" Benjamin Lawrence about an issue described here that I could not make out. This could be Francis Billingsley