Sarah (Ball) Flagg (1666)

Born 11 Jul 1666 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Allen Flagg — married 12 Mar 1684 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Although more commonly seen with sons than daughters, at this time in history two living siblings with the same name and the same father but different mothers were sometimes seen. This Sarah, born 11 July 1666 at Watertown, was the second of her name born to John Ball Senior.

She married at Watertown on 12 March 1684/5 Allen Flegg or Flagg^[1] by whom she had 9 children-- 3 sons and 6 daughters.^[2][3][4]

Death & Estate

Her unsourced Findagrave memorial Find A Grave: Memorial #194400422 asserts a 1709 death year and burial at the "Old Burying Place" at Watertown. Their daughter Sarah died at Watertown on 2 Dec 1695 (daughter of John & Sarah Flagg)^[5] and since a will for Allen Flagg has apparently not been found, we apparently have no reliable source for the date of Sarah's death. This profile originally gave a death date of 11 Nov 1711, the same date as her husband which is also unsourced and therefore has been removed.

(Hopefully) Resolved Origins

This Sarah seems to be the second of her name born to John Ball Senior and his second wife, Elizabeth Fox. A handwritten transcription copy of Middlesex (Massachusetts) town records written by Thomas Danforth starting in 1663 (and therefore contemporaneous written by a person with likely first-hand knowledge i.e. as "primary" as we are likely to get) clearly lists her mother as "Elizabeth".^[6] A much later, typewritten transcription changes her mother's name to "Sarah" with no note or explanation.^[7] The rest of the entries match between the transcripts except this one. The most logical interpretation is that the typewritten transcript accidentally wrote Sarah's mother as "Sarah". This resulted in the obvious interpretation that Sarah Ball who was born in 1666 was the daughter of John Ball Jr and his wife Sarah Bullard

See this [discussion on Sarah Ball] for more information.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-2X9 : 10 November 2020), Sarah Ball in entry for Alen Ffleg, 12 Jan 1684; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
2. ↑ The descendants of John Ball, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630-1635 by Warren, Frank D (Densmore); Ball, George H., Mrs. Part 1 page 11 this book does not list specific sources for individual facts and asserts that the Sarah born 1666 was daughter of John Jr. and Sarah Bullard
3. ↑ The descendants of Eleazer Flagg and his wife Huldah Chandler of Grafton, Mass., including genealogies of the Flagg, Waters, Goddard and Hayden families. With notices of the Alden, Aldrich, Bennett, Benson, Bigelow, Bolster, Bond, Bradford, Bradway, Brooks, Burt, Carpenter, Chamberlain, Chandler, Colton, Cooke, Dole, Eastman, Emerson, Estabrook, Fabens, Fiske, Flanders, Flint, Forbush, Foskett, Goodell, Gould, Hale, Harrington, Hawks, Hayward, Hibbard, Hinds, Holbrook, Hunt, Knowlton, Krauss, Lange, McIntire, Macomber, Martin, Merriam, Morron, Newton, Phelps, Presbrey, Robinson, Rockwood, Seymour, Taft, Tufts, Warren, Woodward, and many more families. by Flagg, Charles Allcott, 1870-1920 Publication date 1903 Publisher Boston: Press of David Clapp & Son p. 176 no primary sources listed
4. ↑ The history of Augusta, from the earliest settlement to the present time: with notices of the Plymouth Company, and settlements on the Kennebec; together with biographical sketches and genealogical register by North, James William Publication date 1870 Publisher Augusta, Clapp and North p. 855 no primary sources listed
5. ↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project Watertown Deaths
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMB-VLG : 10 November 2020), Sarah Ball, 11 Jul 1666; citing Birth, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
7. ↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project Watertown - Marriages Image of page 28

See Also:

• Grace Ann Ball Dow, Dow, Ball, Eaton and Allied Families - A Genealogical Study With Biographical Notes, American Historical Company, New York City, 1951 p. 297 no primary sources listed, asserts Sarah was daughter of John Ball Jr. and Sarah Bullard
• http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/watertown/Ball,%20John%20of%20Watertown.txt citing genealogical information without primary sources
• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)

Allen FLEG 1684

Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

FLEG, Allen [1665-1711) & Sarah BALL (1666-); 12 Mar 1684, 1684/5, 12 Mar 1684; Watertown {Court Rec. 1:536; Watertown 221; Flagg Anc. 196; Ball (1902) 8; Wells (,5) 78; Ball (1932) ,17; Bullard Anc. 187; Snow-Estes 2:237; Ackley-Bosworth 270} Marriage