Jonathan Ball (1645 - 1741)

Born 7 Oct 1645 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Miller) Ball — married 13 Mar 1673 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 May 1741 at age 95 in Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

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Biography

"Jonathan Ball Sone to Francis Ball borne about midnight 6/7 day of the 8 mon: 1645," at Springfield, Massachusetts. He was the son of Francis Ball and Abigail Burt.^[1][2][3]

Jonathan Ball married Sarah Miller, daughter of Thomas Miller and Sarah Marshfield, on 13 March 1672/73 at Springfield.^[4] Sarah died 29 Aug 1683.^[5][6]

Jonathan Ball married the widow Susannah Worthington _ ___ 1683/4^[4] Susannah ____ was the 2nd wife of Nicholas Worthington (d. 6 Sep 1683). She died 9 Mar 1727. ^[7] She was not Susanna Pierson. Susanna Pierson, d/o Abraham, b. Dec 1652 at Branford, married Jonathan Ball (of Stamford)^[8]

Jonathan Ball died on 21 May 1741^[5][9]

Children

1. Sarah, d. Jonathan and Sarah, Dec. 31, 1673; d. 1676
2. Margarite, d. Jonathan and Sarah, Oct. 8, 1675; d. 16 Oct 1675
3. Thomas, s. Jonathan, Feb. 25, 1676; d Mar. 28, 1677
4. Sarah, d. Jonathan and Sarah, Dec. 11, 1678; d. 22 Dec 1678
5. Samuel, s. Jonathan and Sarah, July 31, 1680
6. Jonathan, s. Jonathan and Sarah, May 6, 1682; d. Jan. 17, 1683
7. Jonathan, s. Jonathan and Sarah, Aug. 24, 1683; d. 28 Oct 1683
8. Sarah, d. Jonathan and Susannah, Aug. 6, 1685. HR
9. Francis, s. Jonathan and Susannah, Mar. 9, 1686/7.
10. Benjamin, s. Jonathan and Susanna, Apr. 19, 1689.
11. Jonathan, s. Jonathan, Dec. 25, 1692.
12. Joseph, s. Jonathan and Susanna, Sept. 27, 1695.

Sources

1. ↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJX-BLN : 9 February 2018), Jonathan Ball, 07 Oct 1645; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
3. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/39814/10/1320086932
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Hampden/Springfield/MarriagesB.shtml The Massachusetts Vital Records Project
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} The Massachusetts Vital Records Project
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
7. ↑ Worthington, George (compiler) Genealogy of the Worthington Family, p. 13. (Joel Munsell's, 1894)
8. ↑ Pierson, Lizzie B. Pierson Genealogical Records (Joel Munsell, 1878) p. 12
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNJ-GXV : 11 March 2018), Johnathan Ball, 21 May 1741; citing v 2 p 12, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,417.

• Genealogical record, Rev Nicholas Baker, 1610-1678, and his descendants. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 September 2019), memorial page for Jonathan Ball (1645–21 May 1741), Find A Grave: Memorial #113297763, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by M Cooley (contributor 47154454)
• George Worthington. The Genealogy of the Worthington Family. 1894.
• Holman, Mary (Lovering), Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller, 2 vols. (Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1948–52); also Torrey, C.A., Notes and Corrections to Stevens-Miller Genealogy (1948), typescript (n.p., 1949) Vol 1 p. 358 "Jonathan, b. at midnight between the 6th and &th Oct. 1645, d. 21 May 1741, aged 96; m. Sarah Miller and Susanna (____) Worthington.
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862)
  • JONATHAN Ball, Springfield, eldest s. of Francis of the same, by. w. Mary had Sarah, b. 1673; and for sec. w. m. a. 1685, Susanna, wid. of Nicholas Worthington (wh. had been his sec. w. and bore him two ch.), and had twelve ch. of wh. half d. young and the others were Samuel, Sarah, Francis, Benjamin, Jonathan, and Joseph, whose respective dates are not kn. He was a capt. and liv. to 95 yrs. d. 21 May 1741; but his w. d. 9 Mar. 1727.
  • NICHOLAS, Hartford, m. a. 1668, in wh. yr. he was made freem. Sarah, d. of Thomas Bunce, wid. of the sec. John White, had William, b. 1670; Elizabeth wh. m. a Morton; and Mary, 24 Jan. 1674, d. young. His w. d. 20 June 1676, and by sec. w. Susanna he had Jonathan; and John, b. 17 Aug. 1679; and d. 6 Sept. 1683, at Hatfield, whither he rem. 1677; and his wid. m. a. 1685, Capt. Jonathan Ball, to wh. she bore twelve ch. and d. 9 Mar. 1727. Tradit. says he came from Liverpool, and sett. at Saybrook; and the latter half of her story may be true in some degree.
• Joseph L Druse, compiler, The Ball Family Descended from Francis Ball of Springfield, Massachusetts died 1648; A preliminary survey (East Lansing, Michigan: Joseph L. Druse, March 1968).
• Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Key to Torrey Source Abbreviations
  • BALL, Jonathan (1645-1741) & 1/wf Sarah MILLER; 13 Mar 1673, 1672/3; Springfield {Springfield Fam. (ms) 28, 463; Stevens-Miller 358; Ball (1902) 20; Baker (1917) 65; Stebbins 1:60}
  • BALL, Jonathan & Susannah (?PIERSON, no) [WORTHINGTON] (1652-), w Nicholas; aft 6 Sep 1683; Springfield {Hatfield ?20, ?21; Springfield Hist. 525; Springfield Fam. (ms) 28; Hadley Fam. 162; Sv. 1:106; Pierson 12; White (,11) 57; Barber 33; Fowler Anc. 28;
  • WORTHINGTON, Nicholas (-1683) & 2/wf Susanna? ____ (-1727), wid m/2 Jonathan BALL; by 1679, 1677?; Hadley/Hartford {Fowler Anc. 28; White (,4) 57; Worthington 13; Sv. 1:106; Pierson 12; Springfield Fam. (ms) 28, 766}