John Billington, "Mayflower" passenger - How firm is the parentage of John Billington of the Mayflower?

Further notes in the profile:

John Billington, his wife Elinor, and two adolescent sons, John and Francis, were passengers on the Mayflower. Ten years after the Mayflower disembarked he is the first white person in the English colonies to be executed for murder. According to Bradford, "they came from London, and I know not what friends shuffled into their company [Bradford's History (1952) PP 75, 87-8, 156-7, 234, 442]." There is evidence, however, that the Billingtons had connections to the gentry in Lincolnshire [NEHGR 124:116-118, (1970)]. The English crown granted, on 7th February 1612, a lease of 29 acres of land in the village of Cowbit, near Spaulding, Lincolnshire to Francis Longland, gentleman, then about 32 years of age. This "lease for three lives" allowed Mr. Longland to select his heirs, or successors to the lease after his death. He chose two small boys: Francis Billington, son of John Billington and Francis Newton, son of Robert Newton [NEHGR 124:116-118, (1970) and Genealogist's Magazine 17:327-329, 376-7; (1973)]. The children are probably very related to Francis Longland, cousins or nephews, perhaps his namesakes.

From Familysearch.org

Father
John Billington
1560–Deceased
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L6BV-2PG

Mother

Anne Proctor
1551–1605
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L2S1-N9X
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Dina - is this an actual birth record or a submitted pedigree report?

Family Tree DNA has a Mayflower Passengers Research Project. This project researches the Y and mtDNA of the passengers. Several of the males have their unique designated haplogroup and this includes some haplogroups for some of the women ie wives. If you are an approved member of the GSMD and have direct lineage with the male surname or direct mother to mother of any of the women of the Mayflower please consider this project.

There is a Billington Family Society. Our web page is under construction but if you are interested you can contact me. We support the DNA research and research into the ancestry of John Billington "Mayflower Passenger"

Dina Genella Genella John Billington the Mayflower information you have for his mother is incorrect. No research has shown any information at all.