Caleb Ball (1685 - 1748)

Born 1685 in Hanover, Morris, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wallace) Ball — married about 1725 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1748 at about age 63 in Hanover, Morris, New Jersey

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Biography

CALEB BALL II was born in 1685 in Newark, New Jersey. He was the son of Caleb Ball and Sarah Thompson. By the early 1700s his family moved to Hanover, New Jersey, near present day Parsippany-Troy Hills.

He married Elizabeth Peck around 1719, and had 6 children:

1. Isaiah;
2. Abigail;
3. Mary;
4. Joshua;
5. Keziah;
6. Jane.

Elizabeth died in 1723 By 1727 he remarried to Sarah Wallace (1728-1793), possibly the daughter of James Wallace. They had 8 children: ^[1]

1. Eleanor;
2. Sarah;
3. Ezekiel;
4. Caleb;
5. Lydia;
6. Anne;
7. Deborah Wright (~1747-1817);
8. Mathew.

Caleb Ball eventually became a freeholder of Hanover and was also appointed as the first Tax Collector of Hanover, Morris, NJ in 1740. He owned land and had the forge and sawmill.

His father gave him an ownership of 1/6th interest in the “Old Iron Works” in Hanover which he and his sons operated. He later transferred his ownership of the Forge to his son Joshua, who later sold it to Caleb III just prior to his death.

He was also said to have been Clerk of Courts and Sheriff of Essex Co. N.J.

Caleb died 1748 in Hanover, New Jersey.

1748, July 25. BALL, Caleb, of Hanover, Morris Co., gentleman; will of. ^[2]

Wife, Sarah.
Sons - Isaiah (to have 100 acres bought of Peter Imlay); Joshua (the land he lives on); Caleb (the home-place land on the south side of Forge Pond, and 26 acres adjoining W. land bought of Peter Imlay), and above named sons to have the forge, saw-mill and stream equally; Exekiel (80 odd acres on both sides of "Wepemy River" where the old saw-mill stood, as appears by deed of Joseph Lindsley); and Mathew.
Daughters - Abigail Johnson, Eliner, Jane Perry, Mary Bates, Sarah, Lydia, Ann, Deborah and Keziah Kitchel, deceased (had heirs).
Executors - Wife, Sarah and sons Isaiah, Joshua and Caleb.
Witnesses - David Kitchel, Timothy Tuttle, Elijah Gillett. Proved 29 Aug. 1748. (Lib. 6, p. 34)

Research Notes

The following carries some errors:

• Caleb Ball (Caleb, Edward, Alling, William) was born 1685 in Hanover, Morris, New Jersey and died 25 Aug 1748 same county. He married Sarah Wallace 1705 and to this union was born sixteen children.^{[citation needed]}
  • the connection to Alling has been disproved via DNA:

• Website ^{[citation needed]} states
  • married 1st Elizabeth and had children: Joshua, Abigail, Mary, Keziah, Jane, and Isaiah. md date 1718/19.
  • md 2nd) Sarah Wallace aft 1725 and had children Ezekial, Caleb, Lydia, Anne, Deborah, Matthew, Eleanor and Sarah.y
  • Father:Caleb 1st Ball Mother: Sarah Thompson

Sources

1. ↑ The Edward Ball family of New Jersey: a study, by Claudette Maerz. pp 1-2. Viewed online, from UW-Madison, OCLC number: 34770265. call# 95-3607, available at Google Books to purchase. Several children without birth or death dates
2. ↑ Archives of the State of New Jersey; First Series Vol. XXXVIII; Vol. IX of Calendar of Wills"; Edited by Elmer T. Hutchinson.

• New Jersey Abstracts of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol. 30, Pg. 34
• New Jersey State Archives, Calendar of Wills, Lib. 6, Pg. 34 ( see: New Jersey, U.S., Calendar of Wills, 1670-1760, downloaded 12/31/2021, from: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4723&h=11229&tid=&pid=&queryId=d061f265c432ed05ac61f40c2855edd7&usePUB=true&_phsrc=nBj976&_phstart=successSource )

• Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of N.J., 1725-1744, Vol. 2, Pg. 277

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #76463133This Find-a-Grave entry conflates father and son.
• Caleb Ball profile, New England Ball Project. Accessed 19 April 2021.

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Katherine Belden for creating WikiTree profile Ball-4760 through the import of Bourne Family Tree Gedcom.GED on Jul 31, 2013.
• Thank you to Hope Moore for creating WikiTree profile Ball-4120 through the import of Moore _ Grant Family Tree.ged on Mar 3, 2013.