BALL Family | |||
 John BALL, son of John BALL and Elizabeth PIERCE.Born 1644 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., died 8 May 1772 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass. JOHN BALL, b. Watertown, Massachusetts 1644, d. Watertown May 8, 1722,[4/69] m. Watertown Oct. 17, 1665[3/27] SARAH BULLARD. John Ball apparently lived his entire life in Watertown. He was a weaver, having learned the trade from his grandfather Peirce. In 1675 John received 16 shillings, 8 pence from the town for weaving one for Ned Sanders.[2/1:124] The Ball's had a maid as seen in this record, dated January 18, 1669-70. "Ordered that John Bigelow shall agree with John Ball the younger a bought Edward Sanderson his Daughter what wage he shall give her for a years service according to his best Discretion for providing for her such things as may be for her clothing as comfortably as may be".[2/1:98] Sanderson was apparently unable to care for his children as the town was looking to put them out as apprentices. John was chosen as one of the "Tithing men" on January 15, 1683-4[2/2:16] and on December 23,1684 was appraised of the fact that his parents-in-law were "in great necessity of sum Help By reason of Their age Being unable To Help Them selves".[2/2:20] On April 9, 1694 at a selectmen's meeting it was reported that "We have been at John Balls senor: and we could not find Sippio: and we warned John Ball senor: from entertaining him as he would answer it to the town". The day before Sippio was warned to depart from Watertown "that the town be kept from trouble and charge with him".[2/2:114] Sippio was a negro. Whether he was an escaped slave or wanted for breaking the law does not appear. Perhaps s the town just didn't want to be obliged for his care. Sippio had been Ellis Baron's negro. REF: [1] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 [2] Watertown Records, 1894 [3] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown Records, Vol. 1, 1894 [4] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records, Vol. 2, 1900 Married 17 Oct 1665 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (56 years married) to:  Sara BULLARD, daughter of George BULLARD and Beatrice HALL.Born ± 1646 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., died 8 May 1722 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., approximately 76 years Children: 1. John BALLBorn 29 Jun 1660 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., died 24 Oct 1752 Waltham, 92 years 3. James BALLBorn 7 Mar 1670 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., died 22 Feb 1729 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., 58 years JAMES BALL, b. Watertown, Massachusetts March 7, 1670,[6/33] d. Watertown Feb. 24, 1729-30,[7/90] m. Jan. 16, 1693-4 ELIZABETH FISKE, b. Watertown Jan. 11, 1667-8,[6/29] d. 1740. James Ball was chosen at town meeting March 28, 1698 as one of the "hogereifes".[4/2:118] I'm not exactly clear what this job was, but it appears these men looked into the hogs and cattle of the town and sometimes levied fines regarding livestock. At town meeting March 2, 1723-4 James was chosen as one of the "Tythingmen".[4/2:307] This was either James Ball or may have been hi s son James. In March 1706 James and Elizabeth Ball, for six pounds, sold to Scipio Finney, negro, 12 acres, bounded north by Allen Flagg, south and east by Chester Meadow, and west by Jonathan Sanders.[1/676] This is the negro sought by the town in 1694 who may have been hidden and/or protected by James' father. This may be the James Ball who appears on a list of Watertown men dated April 15, 1690 "Being listed in the service of the country against the French". [5/109] James Ball's will is dated Feb. 21, 1729-30. He died the next day.Like his forbears, James' profession was that of a weaver, but he also kept a farm and livestock as he called himself "husbandman" in his will. Mentioned in the will are his youngest son John, sons James and Nathan, eldest daughter Sarah Hastings, daughters Abigail Livermore, Elizabeth Fuller, and Susannah Stearns. The will was witnessed by John Cutting, John Chadwick, and Thomas Harrington.[2/19:39] REF: [1] History of Watertown - Henry Bond, 1860 [2] Middlesex County Probate (First Series Docket 890) [3] The Diary of Reverend Ebenezer Parkman - Francis G. Walett, 1974 [4] Watertown Records, 1894 [5] Soldiers in the Expedition to Canada in 1690 - Walter Kendall Watkins, 1898 [6] Records of Births Marriages and Deaths, First Book - Watertown Records Vol. 1, 1894 [7] Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Second Book - Watertown Records, Vol. 2, 1900 They Resided in Watertown, Massachusetts 4. Joseph BALLBorn 7 Mar 1673 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, died 12 Apr 1730 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, 57 years They resided in Watertown, his will proved 1730. 5. Jonathan BALLBorn 19 Mar 1679 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Mass., died 1727 Lancester, Worcester Co., MA, 47 or 48 years They resided in Watertown and later in Lancaster, in that part later set off to Boylston. He died in 1727 and his children were brought up by relatives. His son Phinehas was taken by his Aunt Sarah 6. Benjamin BALLBorn ± 1680 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Benjamin BALL, whom Temple in History of Framingham, gives as a probable son of John III of Watertown (see 39) and whom other records give as son of Francis Ball and wife, Abigail Salter, but whose ancestry the writer is uncertain about, came to Framingham in 1703, leased land of Col. Buckminster and married Mar. 29, 1704, Mary Brewer, daughter of John of Sudbury. For those who agree with Temple as to his ancestry and because of the period in which he lived, his generation is consid ered herein as the Fourth. 7. Daniel BALLBorn 2 Aug 1683 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, died 9 Mar 1718, 34 years They resided in Watertown 8. Abigail BALLBorn 5 Oct 1686 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts | |||
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