Re: John Billington of the Mayflower
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In reply to:
Re: John Billington of the Mayflower
9/10/98
In 1630 John Billington wa tried andexecuted for the murder of John Newcome, whom Billington had shot with a musket in a quarrel over a past disute between the two.He was found guilty by a grand and petty jury "by plain and notorious evidence" and became the first Engishman to be hanged in New England. Ellen Bradfordwas the wife of John .Also from the John Billington line