John Ball Sr (1684 - 1767)

Born 1684 in Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Lester) Ball — married 28 Jun 1710 in Abington, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1767 at about age 83 in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

John Ball was born in 1684.

• Fact: Christening (August 1684) Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
• Fact: Religion (from 1712 to 1767) Quaker Gwynedd and Richland Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Occupation carpenter and farmer Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fact: Occupation: Farmer/Carpenter
• Fact: John Ball & his wife Catherine continued to reside in Richland until their death. They were active & consistent members of the Society of Friends, first as members of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, where the record of their children appears, and after 1742 of Richland Monthly Meeting.
• Fact: Burial Quakertown, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Marriage

Husband: John Ball Wife: Catherine Lester Date: 28 Jun 1710 Place: Abington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA

Death and Burial

• Find A Grave: Memorial #26978981 at Richland Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Sources

• Ball families of Pennsylvania : a study, by Claudette Maerz, p 14, downloaded 5/27/2018 from: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE76951
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 October 2017, 04:40), entry for John Ball Sr.(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZG7-3ZB); contributed by various users.
• Old Richland families: including descendants of...Joseph Ball..., p 41(in book), downloaded 1/25/2022, from: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/539375-old-richland-families-including-descendants-of-edward-roberts-thomas-roberts-thomas-lancaster-peter-lester-casper-johnson-hugh-foulke-jacob-strawn-richard-moore-william-jamison-robert-penrose-joseph-ball-morris-morris-the-greens?viewer=1&offset=1#page=47&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Ball-1030 created through the import of Hummel_Goerl_Cecil_Miller Fami(3).ged on Jun 12, 2011 by Angela Hummel. See the title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Ball-1030 Changes page for the details of edits by Angela and others.