The Virginia Gazette : Genealogy
5o4s~. ,_Friday, January 14,, 1955 THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE, WILLIAMSBU Sarah ................ (b. ........, d. aft. 1684) & had, (7) John Billups ‘GENEALOGY (1660-aft. 1709) m.- bef. June 6, 1695 to Mary Gasscock & had (6) By Hugh 3. Watson Joseph Billups (1697-1767), m. 17l9, Margaret Lilly (1700-1770). WATSONIAN OBSERVATION orded in Petersburg, Va. Joanna & had (5) Robert Bil-.lups (Mar. OF THE WEEK: In our research Ellis is one of the witnesses with 1720- d. bef. 1795) m.- June 14, 1755 to Ann Ransone (b. ........, d. we find many unusual names and Wm Davis & Cyrus Ferguson to often wonder where they derived: ........), & had (4) John Billups (b. this will, naming the wife as Polly among some I have come across lvlar. 17, 1755-6, cl. Oct. 23. 1814) recently was the surname of & “my mother Letty Skipwith.” m.- 1798 to Susannah (Carleton) BIBLE; another was that of a This would show that the wife of Cox (b. 5-6-1761, d. 1-10-1817), gentleman by the name of “Wil Augustine Ellis may have been & had (3) Col. Thomas Carleton liam Crank Ford.” Perhaps some the Mary Skipwith. In the lineage Billups (b. 4-2-1804, d. 1866) m. 9-13-1847 to Frances Ann Saun of my readers have found some book of “National Society of just as unusual. Daughters of Founders & Pa ders (13.4-12-1808, (1. 6-1-1890), & triots,” Vo1.'XV, pp. 79-80 is had (2) James Saunders Billups QUERIES found the lineage of Mrs. John M. (b. 11-22-1808, d. 1-11-1919), m.-.
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