Daniel Ball (1757 - 1831)

Born 29 Apr 1757 in Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Boyer) Ball — married 31 Mar 1779 in Frederick county, Maryland

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1831 at age 74 in Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Daniel Ball was born April 29, 1757 in Frederick County, Maryland,^[1] the son of James and Sarah (Jones) Ball.

Daniel married Catharine Boyer about March 31, 1779 in Frederick County.

The children of Daniel and Catharine included:

• Henry Ball (b. abt. 1780)
• Mary Ball (b. abt. 1782)
• David Ball (b. abt. 1784)
• Daniel Ball Jr. (b. abt. 1786)
• John Ball (b. abt. 1788)
• William Ball (b. abt. 1790)
• Samuel Ball (b. abt. 1793)
• Catharine (Ball) Gulliford (b. abt. 1794)
• Gary Ball (b. abt. 1796)
• Sarah Ball (b. abt. 1798)
• Susannah (Ball) Harrington (b. abt. 1800)
• Cornelius Ball (b. abt. 1802)
• Elizabeth Ball (b. abt. 1804)
• Enoch Ball (b. abt. 1806)

Daniel was listed in the 1790 U.S. Census for Frederick County, Maryland. In his household there was one male over 16 which would be Daniel. There were five males under 16; Henry, David, Daniel Jr., John, and William would all have fit that age bracket. listed also were three females. Catharine and Mary would have fallen into that category, but who the third female was is unknown.^[2]

Daniel Ball passed away August 25, 1831 at age 74 in East Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania and was buried at the Ball family cemetery, later known as the Old Bristol Farm Cemetery in Girard, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_County,_Pennsylvania Erie County, Pennsylvania.^[1][3]

Note: Daniel's date of death is from his tombstone, Ball Cemetery, Bristol Farm, Lexington Road, Erie Co. PA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 February 2019), memorial page for Daniel Ball (29 Apr 1757–25 Aug 1831), Find A Grave Memorial no. 19796968, citing Old Bristol Farm Cemetery, Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Pat Hall (contributor 46914812).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKY-X7Z : accessed 16 February 2019), Daniel Ball, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing p. 253, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 568,143.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVG-H5SL : 13 December 2015), Daniel Ball, 1831; Burial, Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Old Bristol Farm Cemetery; citing record ID 19796968, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #19796968