Alling Ball (abt. 1620 - 1689)

Born about 1620 in England

Husband of Dorothy (Unknown) Ball — married about 1649 in New Haven, New Haven Colony

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1689 at about age 69 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Notice:The Puritan Great Migration Project, the New Haven Colony One Place Study, and the Connecticut Project have identified several significant errors and some duplication in the wikitree profiles for the Alling Ball family of New Haven. We used the works of Donald Lines Jacobus to make corrections. Please discuss any changes before making them. If you have questions, comments, suggestions, concerns, objections please contact us. B-404 07:14, 22 June 2017 (EDT), Smith-32867 23:16, 22 June 2017 (EDT)

Biography

Might have been of London. Possibly a blacksmith. Possibly a brother of William Ball who took oath of fidelity in 1644 and then died in Connecticut in 1648.^[1]

While some genealogies claim he was a captain, Jacobus points out that there is no contemporaneous record that identifies him as such. His son Alling was referred to as captain, but not him.

Allen Ball took the oath of fidelity in New Haven 1 Jul 1644.^[2]

On 1 September 1646, Allen Ball, wife Dorothy and "Goody Ball" (perhaps his mother?) were witnesses to a slander suit.^[3]

6 October 1646: Allen Ball was complained of, for among other things, "that he was late on training day in the afternoon" for which he was excused as "he was with his sister Fugill upon her departure."^[4]

This is probably the same reference for:

In 1646 described as brother of:^[5]

• wife of Thomas Fugill (Jacobus supports this theory)
• wife of James Russell (who d 1671) (accurate; this would be Mary)

"Sister Fugill" is believed to be one of the unnamed daughters of "my uncle Allen Ball" [the immigrant] named in the 1638 will of John Ball. Thomas Fugill was named first secretary of the colony of New Haven. He fell out with the authorities there, and returned to England.

Note: Bradley (1906) believed that Alling Ball, immigrant, was married to Dorothy Fugill, sister of Thomas, but Jacobus makes a strong argument that Dorothy was Alling's sister and married to Thomas Fugill.

Event

Arrival: AFT 1638 Boston, Massachusetts Colony

Smith (1907) says he was in New Haven by 1643^[6][7] and provides no earlier date. Jacobus points out that he was in England as late as the 1638 will of his cousin John.

Death

21 SEP 1689 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut^[8][9][10]

This disagrees with Smith (1906) who says he died 21 Nov 1716. But Jacobus points out there is no such death record and discusses the New Haven Vital Records (vol. 1, p 70) which read as follows:

"Allin Ball, son of Allin Ball died at Newhaven, the 21 of September 1689.

Dorothy Ball his wife died ye 22 of Feb 1689/90."

Children^[11][12]

1. John Ball, b 15 Apr 1649; m Sarah, dau of Henry Glover; she d 22 Nov 1730
2. Eliphalet, b 11 Feb 1650 (Jacobus) or 1651 (Smith); d 11 Jul 1673; m 13 Feb 1672 Hannah, dau of Major John Nash. No children.
3. Alling (II), b 27 Jun 1656; d 5 Jul 1710; m 27 Nov 1678 Sarah, dau of John Thompson; she was born 30 Apr 1654 in New Haven and d 23 Oct 1717.
4. Sarah b 17 Jan 1660 (not in Jacobus)
5. Lydia b 17 Jan 1660 (twin) (not in Jacobus)
6. Mercy m 10 Feb 1676 George Pardee

The following were previously attached as his children; what are the sources for them being so?

• Richard Ball -- detached and merged away 16 June 2017 Smith-32867 11:53, 16 June 2017 (EDT)
• Edward Ball of Branford then New Jersey -- detached. Smith-32867 11:53, 16 June 2017 (EDT)
• Francis Ball - detached and merged with PGM immigrant Frances Ball of Dorchester, MA. Smith-32867 11:59, 16 June 2017 (EDT)
• William Ball (there's also a dupe(?) at William Ball)
• Dorothy Mercy Ball (this appears to be the Mercy above; where does "Dorothy" come from?)
• Abigail Ball

Sources

1. ↑ Leonard Adam Bradley, History of the Ball Family: Allen Ball and some of his Descendants, New York (1916), p 33. https://archive.org/details/historyballfami00bradgoog, p 20-21 claims they were brothers.
2. ↑ Bradley, p 21, citing Hoadley, New Haven Colony Records, vol 1, p 138
3. ↑ Bradley, p. 21, citing Hoadley, vol 1, p. 269
4. ↑ Bradley, p. 21, citing Hoadley, Vol. 1, pp 270, 60 and 222.
5. ↑ Ralph D Smith, "Alling Ball of New Haven, Conn., and his descendants," in NEHGR 61 (April 1907): 118-
6. ↑ At a Court held at Newhaven 1 Nov 1643, "Allen Ball is ordered to have 2s 2d of the goods of Lawrence Watts." Lawrence Watts died, intestate, sometime prior to 5 July 1643.
7. ↑ Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857. pp. 120, 90
8. ↑ Moffett, p 5
9. ↑ Alling Ball, 1689, East Haven Vital Records, Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Transcribed list available here at Ancestry.com
10. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Notes on the Ball Family of New Haven, Conn.," The American Genealogist, vol. 10 (1931). p.208
11. ↑ Ralph D Smith, "Alling Ball of New Haven, Conn., and his descendants," in NEHGR 61 (April 1907): 118-
12. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 1, pp 107-108

See also:

• Ed Ball, Ball Interest Group of Edward's Descendants (Big Ed), Jan 1997.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, "Notes on the Ball Fmaily of New Haven, Conn.," in The American Genealogist, 10(1934)
• Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally] Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1345
• History of the Ball Family (1907); has errors
• Moffat, Abbot Low. The Pierreponts, 1802-1962 (Washington, 1962) Page 5
• Ball, Harold E., From Saddlebags to Satellites (Privately published 1990)
• IGI British Isles, v3.06 - 5.0 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: FamilySearch(tm), (c) 1999-2005 by Intellectual Reserve Inc. Media: Church Record. Data: Text: Batch: F507174, Sheet: 13 and Batch: 6020922, Sheet: 70 and Batch: F508806, Sheet: 20 and Batch: 6020817, Sheet: 40.
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 54, Page 96
• The American Genealogist, 1933 Vol. 10, Page 208-212
• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) Vol. 1, Page 81
• Dodd, Stephen. The East-Haven Register, In Three Parts (A.H. Maltby & Co., 1824) Page 163
• The New England Ball Project: Alling Ball https://www.newenglandballproject.com/g0/p595.htm#i14869