Isaac Ball (abt. 1772 - 1840)

Born about 1772 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Williams) Ball — married 6 Nov 1803 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died Nov 1840 at about age 68 in London, England [uncertain]

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Biography

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Born circa 1772, the son of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Mugliston . Baptised 1 Sep 1772, St Denys, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. ^[1]

Possible illegitimate son, Isaac Watton buried 14 May 1797, St Denys, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. ^[2]

Became an Ironmonger in "The Poultry, London". ^[3]

Married by license, Elizabeth Williams, 6 Nov 1803, St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Southwark, England. ^[4] Elizabeth was the daughter of William Williams.

Went bankrupt in 1822^[5][6], and appears to have moved to Colman street after that date. ^[7][8]But he seems to have managed to continue in Business. ^[9]

Died Nov 1840, Buried 20 Nov 1840, Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, Middlesex, England. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5edcd465f493fd803d51a740/isaac-ball-baptism-lincolnshire-sleaford-1772-09-01?locale=en
   Parish Register, St Denys, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
   Baptism 01 Sep 1772, Isaac son of Thomas & Elizabeth BALL; Father occupation: Groom
2. ↑ https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5edcf130f493fd803d527b97/isaac-watton-burial-lincolnshire-sleaford-1797-08-14?locale=en
   Parish Register, St Denys, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
   Burial 14 Aug 1797, Isaac WATTON, son of Isaac BALL and Elizabeth WATTON; Notes: Illegitimate infant
3. ↑ The Will of his uncle, Benjamin Mugliston, written 9 May 1823, refers to "my nephew Isaac Ball now or late of the poultry London, Ironmonger, the sum of one hundred pounds"
4. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P71/MMG/057
   Marriages, Parish Register, St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Southwark, England No: 95; Isaac Ball of the Parish of St. Mary, Colchurch, London, Bachelor and Elizabeth Williams of this Parish, Spinster, were married in this Church by License this sixth day of November in the Year One thousand eight hundred and three by me H. C. Hanson Rector.
   This Marriage was solemnized between us: Isaac Ball, Elizabeth Williams in the presence of us: Davie Williams, Eleanor Williams.
5. ↑ "Wednesday's & Thursday's Posts." Jackson's Oxford Journal [1809], 7 Dec. 1822. British Library Newspapers.
   “BANKRUPTS – Isaac Ball, late of the Poultry, ironmonger”
6. ↑ "From the LONDON GAZETTE, OCT. 5." Morning Post, 6 Oct. 1824. British Library Newspapers.
   “DIVIDENDS – Oct 26, Isaac Ball, Poultry, London, Ironmonger, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners.”
7. ↑ 1822 Pigot´s Directory Isaac Ball, 42 Poultry London, England, Furnishing ironmonger
8. ↑ Post Office London Directory for the years 1825, 1829 & 1835 Isaac Ball; 61 Coleman St, London, England, Furnishing ironmonger
9. ↑ "Petitioning Creditors." Perry's Bankrupt Gazette, 4 Jan. 1834, p. 9 / 10. British Library Newspapers.
   “Bankrupts - LEECH John, Pet. Cr. Issac Ball, of Coleman-street, ironmonger. Fiat dated 24th Dec.”
10. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 4000
    Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, London, Middlesex, England
    "Buried 20 Nov 1840; Isaac Ball; Aged 69 years; From: Coleman Street"

• Faculty Office Marriage Licences, Dioceses of England & Wales, transcribed by Society of Genealogists, viewed via findmypast
• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLHC-C3G : 13 March 2020), Isaac Ball, 1803.
• Parish register transcripts, West Surrey Family History Society, viewed via findmypast