Born ‎04 Feb 1748‎
He as a letter carrier during the Revolutionary War between Canada
and Brattleboro, bearing letter for William Smith of N.Y.,
formerly Chief Justice of the Province of Vermont.

Born ‎8 May 1752‎
May have located in Newfane, Vermont.

Born ‎28 May 1764 Newfane, Windham Co., Vermont, died ‎09 Nov 1831 Knowlton, Brome Co., QC, CANADA‎, 67 years, buried ‎ Knowlton Cemetery, QC, Canada
When Jacob was age 14, he and a brother walked to Canada on a trail marked only by tree blazes. After a year, they returned in 1779. There is a tradition among the Ontario Ball family that Jacob and his brothers Shadrack and Solomon were members of
Jessup's Loyal Rangers and were released in 1784 in Kingston ONT. The tradition then is that Jacob, his wife and a young child, lived with his sister, Susanna Martin in the Kingston area before leaving for Brome.
Although his gravestone states that Jacob was a Loyalist, that he might have had U.E.L. connections is not recognized by his American descendants. The History of Brome states that Ephraim Stone was not U.E.L. but that his son-in-law, Jacob Ball, did
come from a U.E.L. family. Notes concerning Jacob's movements made by VT descendents indicate that Jacob was in VT during and immediately after the Revolution. He married an American patriot's daughter:
"In 1774 or 1775 he went to Charlotte, Vermont and in 1786 married Elizabeth Stone, the daughter of Captain Ephraim Stone and Lucinda Chamberlain, then went to South Hero, VT. He bought a farm and ran it. In 1793 he went to Dunham (then called lower
Canada) and lived there 7 years. Then he went to Brome. In 1800 he bought 400 acres of land of one Valentien--lot 7 in 7 range and lot 6 in 6 range. In 1802 he and his father-in-law Stone built a saw-mill where the factory is. About 1803 or 4 he built
the first frame house in Brome, an accommodation for travellers [sic]. In 1805 or 6 he and E. Stone built a gristmill just below Coles factory, then he sold it to Tim Sales who sold it and went to Alburg, VT."
Another record which basically agrees with this but with a slight variation of dates says that Jacob "took his family to Lower Canada in 1794 and to Brome about 1800." Jacob purchased land in Brome from a Mr. Smith in 1800. In 1804 Jacob built a saw
mill and in 1805 opened a public house or inn. His home was at Brome Corners in which there was a room housing the first store in the area.*
He appeared on the census of August 1790 at North Hero Island, Chittenden Co., VT "Jacob" with two males over 15 Jacob 26 and unknown, two males under 16 James 3, Darius 0, and one female wife Elizabeth 19.
He and his family resided in Newfane, Vermont and South Hero, Vermont
and Knowlton, PQ, Canada.