Ebenezer Ball Jr. (1756 - 1837)

Born 2 Sep 1756 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Shattuck) Ball — married 13 Dec 1781 (to 8 Jun 1785) in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Hannah (Smith) Ball — married 26 Jun 1786 (to 4 Apr 1787) in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Husband of Phebe (Weston) Ball — married 4 Oct 1787 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1837 at age 81 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Private Ebenezer Ball Jr. served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Ball Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A106124.

Ebenezer Ball Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 107950
Rank: Private

A soldier during the Revolutionary War serving in Capt. James Hosley's company, Col. William Prescott's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Ebenezer Ball was born on September 2, 1756, to Ebenezer Ball and Rebecca Butterfield. ^[4]

Ebenezer first married Sarah Shattuck on 13 Dec 1781 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Together they one daughter, Sarah, in 1872. ^[4]

Ebenezer married second Hannah Smith on 26 Jun 1786 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Hannah died in childbirth to their son, Ebenezer on 4 April 1787.

Ebenezer married third Phebe Weston on 4 Oct 1787 in Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Together they had eight children between 1788 and his death on December 5, 1837.

Graveside: SAR 1775 Marker. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ History of the Town of Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75341057/ebenezer-ball: accessed 07 August 2022), memorial page for Ebenezer Ball Jr. (2 Sep 1756–5 Dec 1837), Find A Grave: Memorial #75341057, citing Old Burying Ground, Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by CW (contributor 47143447).

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-07-19), "Record of Ebenezer Ball, Jr.", Ancestor # A106124.

• The Descendants of John Ball of Watertown, Massachussetts 1630-1635. #279.

• Old Burying Grounds, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Page 90. http://www.amitycomputer.com/OldBuryingGround%20Headstones.pdf.

• Vital Records Townsend Massachusetts /Marriage data / Ball. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Townsend/MarriagesB.shtml.

• Sawtelle, Ithamar. History of the Town of Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, Mass., 1878); page 400, p. 179

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 1, p. 536

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZMP-H23Z : 10 November 2020), Ebenezer Ball, 2 Sep 1756; citing Birth, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009594.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCYT-DD3Z : 10 November 2020), Ebenezer Ball in entry for Sarah Ball, 20 Nov 1782; citing Birth, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009594.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-1XW : 20 May 2022), Eb. Jr. Ball, 26 Jun 1786; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ3T-343Z : 10 November 2020), Ebenezer Ball in entry for Ebenezer Ball, 2 Apr 1787; citing Birth, Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009594.

• Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts by William Frederick Adams, joint ed New York, Lewis historical Pub. Co. p 258, downloaded 2/21/2018 from: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE12746975.

Acknowledgments

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