Mrs. Ellen (or “Elen”) Billington, as Bradford spells the name, was
     evidently of comporting age to her husband’s, perhaps a little
     younger.  Their two sons, John and Francis, were lively urchins who
     frequently made matters interesting for the colonists, afloat and
     ashore.  The family was radically bad throughout, but they have had
     not a few worthy descendants.  Mrs. Billington married Gregory
     Armstrong, and their antenuptial agreement is the first of record
     known in America.

John Billington, Jr., is always first named of his father’s two sons, and
     hence the impression prevails that he was the elder, and Bradford so
     designates him.  The affidavit of Francis Billington (Plymouth
     County, Mass., Deeds, vol. i. p. 81), dated 1674, in which he
     declares himself sixty-eight years old, would indicate that he was
     born in 1606, and hence must have been about fourteen years of age
     when he came on the may-Flower to New Plymouth.  If John, his
     brother, was older than he, he must have been born about 1604, and
     so was about sixteen when, he came to New England.  The indications
     are that it was Francis, the younger son, who got hold of the
     gunpowder in his father’s cabin in Cape Cod harbor, and narrowly
     missed blowing up the ship.  John died before 1630.  Francis lived,
     as appears, to good age, and had a family.

Moses Fletcher was of the Leyden company, a “smith,” and at the time of
     his second marriage at Leyden, November 30/December 21, 1613, was
     called a “widower” and “of England.”  As he was probably of age at
     the time of his first marriage,—­presumably two years or more before
     his last,—­he must have been over thirty in 1620.  He was perhaps
     again a widower when he came over, as no mention is made of his
     having wife or family.  He was possibly of the Amsterdam family of
     that name.  His early death was a great loss to the colony.

A Thomas Williams is mentioned by Hon. Henry C Murphy ("Historical
     Magazine,” vol. iii. pp. 358, 359), in a list of some of Robinson’s
     congregation who did not go to New England in either the may-Flower,
     Fortune, Anne, Or little James.  He either overlooked the fact that
     Williams was one of the may-Flower passengers, or else there were
     two of the name, one of whom did not go.  Nothing is known of the
     age or former history of the Pilgrim of that name.  He died in the
     spring of 1621 (before the end of March).  As he signed the Compact,
     he must have been over twenty-one.  He may have left a wife, Sarah.