This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Billington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5EE.2ACIB/304 Message Board Post: Mary,I was told by my grt.aunt that he was born possibly in Lancashire,the family moved to Ireland where his father was a sea capt.and died at sea.The mother brought family to U.S.A. around 1870s.Thanks