Soloman Ball (1757 - 1831)

Born 8 May 1757 in Newfane, Windham, Republic of Vermont

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1831 at age 74 in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, USA

Biography

Soloman was born in 1795. He is the son of Jacob Ball.

Immigrated to Ernestown (now Kingston) Ontario from Newfane, VT in 1790. Settled on lots 27,28 conc 6, Ernestown. He was UEL. He is the 1st of many Ball descendants in the Kingston area of Ontario

Buried in Wilton cemetery near Kingston, Ontario

Birth

Date: 8 MAY 1757

08 MAY 1757. Newfane, Windham Co., VT. Source: #S2256

Residence Canada Source: #S2256

Event: Arrival 1783: #S2256

Arrival 1786 Canada^[1]

Marriage Husband @I18731@. Wife @I53311@. Child: Solomon Ball. Child: Soloman Ball. Marriage 09 JAN 1749. Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ^[2][3][4][5]

Notes

Solomon Ball was born on 8 May 1757 at Newfane, Windham Co., VT.1 He was the son of Jacob Ball and Deborah Belknap.1 Solomon Ball married Esther Walker, daughter of Daniel Walker and Mary Young, circa 1783 at VT.2.

From a land petition that was granted: To his Excellency the Right Honourable Guy Lord Dorchester, Captain General, Governor & Commander in Chief of the Colonies of Quebec, Nova Scotia, & New Brunswick & their dependencies && [?]. The Memorial of Soloman Ball, late a private in the Loy'l Rangers: Humbly showeth that your Lordship's Memorialist Being by his Majesty's Instructions entitled to two hundred acres of land for himself & family consisting of a wife and one child, has only received as yet but one hundred acres, which he has duly improved, humbly prays that his Lordships' Bounty of two hundred acres, together with the one hundred still remaining due to him as also two hundred acres more in right of his deceased Father, who drew one hundred acres & improved the same, in all five hundred acres of land may be assigned to him in the Eleventh Township. And your Memorialist as in duty bound shall ever pray. Solomon Ball 16 July 1790.3.

Census, Occupation & ResidenceErnestown, Lennox & Addington, ON, CanadaConcession 4, Lot 234Children of Solomon Ball and Esther Walker.

Mercy Ball1 b. c 1785. Lucinda Ball1 b. c 1786. Esther Ball1 b. c 1788. Solomon Ball+5 b. c 1795, d. 9 Mar 1863. Mary Ball+1 b. c 1798. Susannah Ball+1 b. c 1801. Sarah Ball+1 b. c 1802. Philip Ball+5 b. 12 Sep 1803, d. 8 Mar 1874. Rachel Ball+5 b. 29 Aug 1807, d. 15 Jul 1880.

Buried

Ernestown, Lennox and Addington Co. Ontario, Canada Wilton Cemetery.

Immigrated to Ernestown (now Kingston) Ontario from Newfane, VT in 1790. Settled on lots 27,28 conc 6, Ernestown. He was UEL. He is the 1st of many Ball descendants in the Kingston are of Ontario.

Buried in Wilton cemetery near Kingston, Ont.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2255
2. ↑ Source: #S1910
3. ↑ Source: #S1760 Birth year: 1732; Birth city: Framingham; Birth state: MA
4. ↑ Source: #S1910
5. ↑ Source: #S1725 Source number: 2056.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DP1

• [S324] Mary J. Boneschans and Lucille Griffiths, compilers, Ball Martin Families - Descendants of William Ball, Sr. (Bothell WA: (unpublished), 18 April 2007).

• [S846] Linda Lemons, "Descendants of Darius Ball and Charlotte Copp - email 01," e-mail message from Linda Lemons to David G. Ball, 9 June 2009.

• [S1757] Mike Anderson, "Solomon Ball - email 02," e-mail message from Mike Anderson to David G. Ball, 5 June 2012.

• [S658] Brant Gibbard, Descendants of Solomon Ball (GEDCOM), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2 January 2009.

• [S17] Ball Families of North America as collected by Dr. Joseph L. Druse (1915-2004), 3x5 inch index card file, last updated December 2001, Personal Library of David G. Ball, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Taken from http:/www.newenglandballproject.com/g0p269.htm#i6707.
• File M15915. File:
• Fact: Burial Ernestown, Lennox and Addington Co. Ontario, Canada Wilton Cemetery

• Source: S2255 Anonymous Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Ancestry.com

• Source: S2256 Anonymous Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R1

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 24 October 2017, 17:28), entry for Solomon Ball(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LH7D-VC2); contributed by various users.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240839824/solomon-ball: accessed 16 August 2023), memorial page for Solomon Ball (8 May 1757–1831), Find a Grave Memorial ID 240839824; Burial Details Unknown, I suspect he may be buried in Wilton Cemetery in Lennox and Addington, Ontario.; Maintained by Patricia Jackson (contributor 47297496).