This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Billington, Carpenter, Hicks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5EE.2ACIB/298 Message Board Post: I am told that my ancestor Desire Carpenter Hicks of Rehoboth Ma iis a descendant of John Billington who came on the Mayflower in 1620. John was hanged for murder in 1630, but had one surviving son Francis. Does anyone have a connection with this Billington and the Carpenter/ Hicks family in Rehoboth in the late 1600s or early 1700's?