Amey Billings1

F, #17929, b. 20 October 1658, d. 11 January 1732
Amey Billings|b. 20 Oct 1658\nd. 11 Jan 1732|p17929.htm|Samuel Billings||p107332.htm|Seaborn Tew|b. 4 Jun 1640|p107333.htm|||||||Richard Tew|d. c 1673|p107761.htm|Mary Clark|d. c 1687|p107762.htm|
Reference B266.wb
Father* Samuel Billings2
Mother* Seaborn Tew2 b. 4 Jun 1640
CAUTION*There is the following CAUTIONARY INFORMATION for Amey Billings: Dispelling a rumor - Source for her being Amey Billings are Austin's books. The Ancestry of thirty-three Rhode Islanders book does show her as being the daughter of Samuel Billings and Seaborn Tew, and it does show her to be the Amey Billings who married Thomas Ward. Since this is an ancestral chart, it does not show the marriage to Arnold Collins.
     According to many reliable sources "she was the granddaughter of Roger Williams, and was first married to Thomas Ward who died in 1689" so it was advisable to check out the descendants of Roger Williams. The same source shows all of the known grandchildren of Roger Williams.
     The 2 sons of Roger Williams were lastborn and to young to be Amy's parents, and their children seem to be all accounted for. One daughter of Roger Williams died unmarried with no known issue. The youngest daughter married after Amy was born, and her children seem to be accounted for. The two oldest daughters married a Sayles and a Hart and neither had a daughter named Amy.
     The same source shows how the rumor might have started. Amy Billings and Thomas Ward had a son Richard Ward who was the Governor of RI. His wife (Mary Tillinghast) was the great granddaughter of Roger Williams. (Mary's mother Isabel Sayles, her mother Mary Williams, her father Roger Williams).
     Also, Amey's mother Seaborn Tew has a sister Elnathan who married Thomas Harris. Thomas Harris' father Thomas came to New England with his brother William, and Roger Williams, in the ship Lion (or Lyon) (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2806/aqwn39.htm. So, there IS interaction between Seaborn's sister's fatherinlaw and Roger Williams, as well as the forementioned daughterinlaw's descendancy. It is easy to see how the various relationships got corrupted the the years.2,1 
Birth*20 October 1658 She was born 20 October 1658.2 
She was the daughter of Samuel Billings and Seaborn Tew.2 
Marriage*Amey Billings married Thomas Ward.2 
Religion*1692 In 1692 at Newport 7th Day Baptist, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, Amey Billings was on list of church members as "Amy Collins" AND as "Amy Smith Ward - w/o Thomas, grand d/o Roger Williams" - presumably once before her marriage and once afterwards as the heading says "the following names of persons who became members previous to the year 1692."3 
Marriage*16 March 1691/92She married Arnold Collins on 16 March 1691/92 at Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, "Collins, Arnold (-1735) & 2/wf Amy (?Smith))/(Billings) Ward (1658-), w Thomas; 16 Mar 1691/2; Newport."4,2 
Religion1708 In 1708 at Newport 7th Day Baptist, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, Amey Billings was on membership list of that year.3 
Death*11 January 1732She died on 11 January 1732 at age 73.2 

Family 1

 Thomas Ward b. c 1641, d. 1689
Marriage*She married Thomas Ward.2 
Children 1.Thomas Ward b. 1682, d. 1694
 2.Gov Richard Ward+ b. 15 Apr 1689, d. 1763

Family 2

 Arnold Collins d. b 4 Aug 1734
Marriage*16 March 1691/92Amey Billings married Arnold Collins on 16 March 1691/92 at Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, "Collins, Arnold (-1735) & 2/wf Amy (?Smith))/(Billings) Ward (1658-), w Thomas; 16 Mar 1691/2; Newport."4,2 
Children 1.Arnold Collins b. 2 Feb 1692/93
 2.Elizabeth Collins b. 23 Jun 1695
 3.Henry Collins3 b. 25 Mar 1699, d. c 1766
Last Edited 11 Jun 2007

Citations

  1. [S304] Ancestry of thirty-three Rhode Islanders (born in the eighteenth century) : also twenty-seven charts of Roger Williams' descendants to the fifth generation..., John Osborne Austin , oel Munsell's Sons: Albany, 1889 SLC Q974.5 D26a 1969.
  2. [S235] Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, John Osborne Austin , Genealogical Publishing Company: Baltimore, 1969 SLC Q974.5 D26a 1969.
  3. [S284] Newport Seventh Day Baptist Trilogy, Ilou & Don Sanford , Heritage Books: Bowie MD, 1998 SLC 974.57 K2s.
  4. [S219] New England Marriages Prior to 1700 - with a revised introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, prepared for publication by Elizabeth Bentley, Clarence Almon Torrey , Gen. Publishing Co., 1985 SLC 974 V2t, pg 172.
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