This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5EE.2ACIB/298.2 Message Board Post: I am also told that John Paul Billington is related to me. He was on the mayflower. A "rummer" in my close family is that John Billington was the first American to be hung? Do you know if that is true? Do you have anymore information that you can tell me? If you do please send it to me. thank you, Ryan Billington