Esplins

From the Sabin book on fiche page 15 we read about the will of Samuel Sabin Sr."The son Samuel was named executor with his mother, but in a lengthy written agreement, Samuel renounced executorship in favor of administration by his brother Israel and mother widow Mary Sabin and land purchased from Uncle John Martin. John Kingsley was one of the bondsmen in the administration of the estate. On 1 Aug 1707 Mary Sabin of Rehoboth joined her sisters Wlizabeth Patte, Dorcas May and Mercy Martin , wife of John Martin, in conveying their rights to the Middleboro land of their deceased father, Francis, Billington. 'for love' to their niece Desire Billington, d/o their brother Isaac."

From: "We Were There, Too! Young People in US History" by Phillip Hoose pages 26-28.
"Some young voyagers seemed to go stir-crazy. John and Francis Billington, fourteen and twelve, were the sons of an irreverent London merchant who took great pleasure in mocking the devout Saints. The Billington boys hated being cooped up below deck, where the smell of vomit was so bad that it came as a relief when a barrel of wine accidentally spilled all over the floor."
"While the Mayflower was anchored in Cape Cod Bay. "The confinement was too much for Francis Billington to take. One freezing day he decided to try to make a long-tailed firecracker called a squib. When he had it packed just right , he set it off by shooting his father's gun near a barrel of gunpowder in the ship's cabin. The explosion shattered the winter silence. The deck burst into flames, and Saints and Strangers alike raced to the deck to douse the fire. 'By God's Mercy,' wrote Bradford, 'no harm done.' Francis was made to scrub the deck."
Ten or thirteen boys survived the first winter including the Billingtons. "The Billington boys continued to find trouble. Late one afternoon John hiked off into the woods and lost sight of the shore. For five days he wandered, totally lost. He survived on berries and slept in trees until a party of Nauset Indians discovered him and took him to their village. With Squanto's help he was returned. One hundred Nausets paraded John Billington home...He was wearing a necklace of beads."
"John Billington died in 1630 at the age of 24. Francis Billington married, had eight children and lived to be an old man. Though he had his share of problems in the colony, he is remembered for climbing a tree when he was thirteen and spying a beautiful lake, which turned out to be full of fish. In his honor, the colonists named it the Billington Sea."
See "John Billington, Friend of Squanto" by Clyde Robert Bulla