Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJohn BILLINGTON 
DeathSep 1630, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts2964, p 116
FlagsMayflower Compact Signer, Mayflower Passenger
Individual Notes
• Planter recruited by Thomas Weston, of London merchant adventurers.3387, p 2
• One of the non-Separatists on the 1620 Mayflower, John Billington increasingly got into trouble with the Plymouth leaders. in 1621 he was tried before the whole company for disobeying a lawful command of Capt. Myles Standish, and was sentenced to have his neck and heels tied together, but on humbling himself and craving pardon, and it being his first offense, he was forgiven.
In September 1630 Billington was hanged for murdering John Newcomen. His wife was Eleanor or Ellen, and he arrived with her and their two sons, John and Francis.3362, p 245
• One of the non-Separatists on the 1620 Mayflower, John Billington increasingly got into trouble with the Plymouth leaders. in 1621 he was tried before the whole company for disobeying a lawful command of Capt. Myles Standish, and was sentenced to have his neck and heels tied together, but on humbling himself and craving pardon, and it being his first offense, he was forgiven.
In September 1630 Billington was hanged for murdering John Newcomen. His wife was Eleanor or Ellen, and he arrived with her and their two sons, John and Francis.3362, p 245