71. Stephen BILLINGS (Hannah HEWITT , Benjamin , Thomas ) was born 1734 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Stephen married (1) Bridget GRANT, daughter of Oliver GRANT and Bridget MINER, on 4 Dec 1747 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. Bridget was born 6 Jun 1727 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.

Stephen also married (2) Mary AVERY, daughter of Ebenezer AVERY and Lucy LATHAM, on 12 Dec 1764 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. Mary was christened 10 Jan 1731 in 1st Church of Groton, Groton, New London Co., Connecticut. She died 7 Mar 1787 in Groton, New London Co., Connecticut.

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. Found in the DAR Library, Washington DC. Page 247.

76. Increase HEWITT (Henry , Benjamin , Thomas ) was born 2 Nov 1742 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut and was christened 6 Apr 1746 in No. Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut. He died 30 Aug 1829 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont and was buried in Burns Cemetery, Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 21

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 35.
    Born in North Stonington, Conn about 1746, and baptized at the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, 6 Apr 1746 (CR), son of Henry Hewitt and Joanna Denison; died in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont, 30 Aug 1829, age 82 years (VR). Increase married 1st ELIZABETH TYLER, 28 Feb 1763 in Brooklyn, Conn. (Bailey). Elizabeth was born in Canterbury, Windham Co., Conn., 15 Dec 1744 (VR), 17 Jun 1803, in her 59th year (VR). Both she and Increase were buried in the Burns Cemetery at Pomfret.
    Increase married 2nd, MARRY (MORSE) PERRIN, widow of Peter Perrin, 19 Mar 1805 at Pomfret, VT (VR). Mary was born in Woodstock, Conn., 26 Oct 1755, the daughter of John Morse, Jr. and Elizabeth Bugbee (Vail); she died at Pomfret, 17 Feb 1843 (Vail) and was buried in the Burns Cemetery, Pomfret. Increase served in the militia during the Revolutionary War. He was Capt. Increase on the records of the Brooklyn Ecclesiastical Society where his children were baptized. His tombstone reads "Soldier of the Revolution".
    He inherited land from his parents in Canterbury, Conn. where he and Elizabeth lived until 1789. They moved to Windsor Co., Vermont that year and purchased lot 19 in Pomfret, 22 Sep 1789. Most of their children settled in Vermont. Increase was active in civic affairs in Pomfret where he held several town offices. He was elected selectman for Pomfret in 1794 and 1795.
    Increase made his will dated 23 Apr 1827 (Larson). He was called out to Boston during the Lexington Alarm in April 1775, listed as a corporal from Canterbury, Conn.; & Sept 1776, he & his brother, Stephen Huit, enlisted in Capt. Smith's co., Col. Duglass' regt. of militia which joined the American Army in New York State (Conn. Revolution).
     References:
Vital Records of Canterbury, Conn.
Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, LDS film #850.110.
Records of the 2nd Church of Christ, North Stonington, Conn., LDS film #5080. Records of Brooklyn, Conn. 1st Ecclesiastical society, LDS film #1,008,325.
Vail, HISTORY OF POMFRET, VERMONT, Vol. II, pp. 505-506.
Bailey, EARLY CONN. MARRIAGES, Book 1, p. 38.
Cemetery Records of Pomfret, Vermont.
Willard Tyler Brigham, THE TYLER GENEALOGY, 1912, Vol. I, p. 169.
(Connecticut in the Revolution, Hartford, 1889, p. 6).

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Increase married (1) Elizabeth TYLER, daughter of Daniel TYLER and Mehitable SHURTLAFF, on 28 Feb 1763 in Brooklyn, Windham Co., Connecticut. Elizabeth was born 15 Dec 1744 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut. She died 17 Jun 1803 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont and was buried in Burns Cemetery, Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont.

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Increase also married (2) Mary MORSE, daughter of John MORSE Jr. and Elizabeth BUGBEE, on 19 Mar 1805 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont. Mary was born 26 Oct 1755 in Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut. She died 17 Feb 1845 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont and was buried in Burns Cemetery, Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont.

83. Stephen HEWITT (Henry , Benjamin , Thomas ) was born 7 Jun 1757 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut. He died 24 Jan 1813 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont and was buried in Burns Cemetery, Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont.

DENISON GENEALOGY, by E. Glenn Denison, Josephine Middleton Peck, Donald L. Jacobus, The Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, CT, 1963. Page 21.

DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HEWITT OF STONINGTON, CONN.. Compiled by Virginia Hewitt Watterson, 1996. Found in the Joseph Smith Library, Salt Lake City, Ut. Page 36.
    Born in Canterbury, Windham Co., Conn., 7 Jun 1757 (VR), son of Henry Hewitt and Joanna Denison; died in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont, 24 Jan 1813 (VR). Stephen married ALICE SHEPARD, 2 Oct 1778 at Brooklyn, Conn. (Vail). Alice was born in Canterbury, Conn., 16 Sep 1755 (VT), daughter of Benjamin Shepard and Martha Goodale; she died in Pomfret, VT, 30 Mar 1844 (VR). Both Stephen and Alice were buried in the Burns Cemetery at Pomfret.
    Stephen was captain in the local Conn. militia during the Revolutionary War.
    He inherited the family farm from his father when he became of age. He and Alice resided on that farm in the Canterbury-Brooklyn area until about 1794. They followed his brother, Increase Hewitt, to Pomfret, Vermont where they settled for the rest of their lives.
    The story is told in Henry Hobart Vail's book, HISTORY OF POMFRET, VERMONT, that "One winter evening, Mrs. Stephen Hewitt was annoyed by some animal at the door, which she thought to be a dog. Wishing to drive him away, she suddenly opened the door and thumped him soundly with a broom, whereupon he fled. The tracks next morning showed that it was a bear."
    References:
Vital Records of Canterbury and Brooklyn, Conn.
Vital Records of Pomfret, Vermont, LDS film #850,110.
Vail, HISTORY OF POMFRET, VERMONT, Vol. II, p. 506.
Records of 1st Ecclesiastical, Brooklyn, Conn. LDS film #1,008,325.
Cemetery Records of Pomfret, Vermont.
Ralph Shepard, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, New Haven, Conn., 1971, Vol. I, p. 112.

Stephen married Alice SHEPARD, daughter of Benjamin SHEPARD and Martha GOODALE, on 2 Oct 1778 in Brooklyn, Windham Co., Connecticut. Alice was born 16 Sep 1755 in Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut. She died 30 Mar 1844 in Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont and was buried in Burns Cemetery, Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont.