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Rebecca (Ray) Ballard (1656 - 1740)

Rebecca Ballard formerly Ray aka Stevens, Horne, Orne, Rea, Rae, Rhea, Raye
Born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 17 Dec 1672 (to 18 Sep 1675) in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Wife of — married 28 Feb 1676 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 15 Nov 1692 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 83 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Origin

Rebecca Ray was born September 4, 1656 (4:7 m: 1656.) at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Joshua Ray and Sarah Waters.[1]

Disambiguation about her Parents

Rebecca's grandfather, Daniel Ray, was profiled by Robert Charles Anderson in Great Migration Begins,[2] Anderson specifically says that both Pope and Savage misread the unfinished will, and thought the grandchildren mentioned were Daniel's children. Daniel Ray had only two children: Joshua and Bethia.[2] He also mentioned his grandchildren in his will: Rebecca and Sarah.[2]

Family

Rebecca married three times.

  • Rebecka married December 17 1672 to Samuel Stevens, "Samuell Steevens" 17:10 m: 1672. CT. R.{Dec. 17, 1672}[3][4] He was killed in 1675 at the Battle of Bloody Brook,[4] and Rebecca served as executrix of his estate.
  • As the widow of Sgt. Samuel Stevens, on 28 February 1675[/6?], she married, as her 2nd, Simon Orne/Horne.[5][6][2]
  • Rebecca Horne, widdow and Joseph Ballard sr. were married in Andover, Massachusetts, 15 Nov 1692[7]

Children of Rebecca and Samuel Stevens:

  1. Sarah Stevens; mar James Phillips[4]

Children of Rebecca and Simon Horne:

  1. Simon Orne b 11 January 1679/80, Salem, d Sept 1722 (committed suicide)[6]
  2. Joshuah, s. Symond and Rebecka, middle of Sept., 1677. CT. R. [8]
  3. Bethia, d. Reb[ecca], bp. July 14, 1689. C. R. 1. [8]
  4. Ruth, d. Reb[ecca], bp. July 14, 1689. C. R. 1.[8]

Children of Rebecca and Joseph Ballard:[9] Joseph gave to sons Josiah and Jeremiah, 1 July 1720, one quarter of a corn mill.[10] This establishes that Jeremiah and Josiah were brothers. Jeremiah was born before his brother Joseph was married, so probably son of Joseph sr and Rebecca Ray.

  1. Jeremiah b. 29 Mar 1697
  2. Josiah b. 22 June 1699

Note: In writing about the profile of John Horne in Anderson's Great Migration Series, Jacobus states that "later generations" dropped the initial "H" and spelled the name "Orne."[6]

Death

Rebecca Ballard, widow of Ens Joseph died 11 Feb 1739/40, in Andover.[7]

Some Ancestry Trees have given her death February 11, 1739/40 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts [citation needed]. There is a probate record for Simon Horn, dated Dec 14, 1687, but the papers are missing. If Rebecca's husband Simon died in 1687, there is a possibility she remarried, which would explain why a death record for Rebecca Horn has not been found.

Sources

  1. Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II – Births. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1918.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anderson, Robert Charles, Daniel Ray The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. Pages 1560-62 (Online database accessed November 14, 2014: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
  3. Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849.Vol IV-Marriages Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1924.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Perley, Northfields, Salem, in 1700, No. 1 Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, (Vol 48 January 1912, Page 180) Salem, MA: 1912, accessed November 18, 2014
  5. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, v VI, p 111
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Simon Orne and his "Companion" Mary The American Genealogist. (Vol 71, Page 71) New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database accessed November 17, 2014. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Volume II-Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912 marriage p. 38, death p, 383
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I – Births. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1916. (pp 450)
  9. Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Volume I- Births. Topsfield, Mass. : Topsfield Historical Society, 1912 p. 49
  10. Farlow, Charles F., compiler & Pope, Charles H., editor [Ballard genealogy William Ballard (1603-1639) of Lynn, Massachusetts and William Ballard (1617-1689) of Andover, Massachusetts and their descendants] Boston: C.H. Pope, 1911, 70, 71

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Recent merge of profile created by Kari, has included a middle name Bethiah and a death date. Do you have a source for either of these? People just didn't have middle names in the 1600's and although the death date may be right, I have looked for this death date before unsuccessfully.
posted by Anne B
This merge needs to go in the direction of INTO Ray-1652 in order to change the last name at birth to Ray, which is the spelling used by Robert C. Anderson in Great Migration
posted by Cynthia (Billups) B
The last name at birth is Ray, which is the spelling used by Robert C. Anderson in Great Migration
posted by Cynthia (Billups) B
Ray-2792 and Ray-1652 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date and parents. I don't know who the "Grafton" husband is/was. I propose we do away with that currrent last name, unless someone knows who he is
posted by Anne B
Rebecca was the granddaughter of Daniel Rea/Ray. See the profile for Daniel Rea.
posted by Cynthia (Billups) B

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