Captain
George
Alexander
Ball
Born in Schoharie, Albany, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Johann Jacob Ball UEL
and Maria Elisabeth (Mann) Ball
Brother of
Jacob Henry Ball, Peter Mann Ball Sr, Jacob Ball Jr., Martha Ball, John Ball, Dorothea (Ball) Hutt, Mary (Ball) Clement, Margaret Sophia (Ball) Nelles, Elizabeth (Ball) Ker and Catharine Elizabeth (Ball) Nelles
Husband of
Catherine (Overholt) Ball
— married
28 Oct 1804 in Upper Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Maria Elizabeth Ball, Margaret Ball, John William Ball, Anna Dorothea Ball, George Peter Mann Ball, Catherine Ball, Barbara Matilda (Ball) Roe, Frederick Augustus Ball, Sarah Jane (Ball) Nelles, Abraham Thomas Ball and Charles Adolphus Francis Ball
Died
at age 88
in Louth, Lincoln, Canada West
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2012
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Biography
Captain George Ball served in the 1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia, Canada in the War of 1812
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George was born in 1765. He is the son of Jacob Ball and Maria Elisabeth Mann. He passed away in 1854.[1]
On May 6, 1806, he was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Lincoln Militia. [2]
On Jan. 3, 1809, he was promoted to lieutenant. [3]
During the War of 1812, he served as a lieutenant in the 1st Lincoln Militia and was promoted to captain.
On July 2, 1812, he was promoted to captain. [4]
George was Captain in the 1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia, stationed at Fort George on March 31, 1813, during the War of 1812.[5]
"It was to George Ball that the nephew of Sir Isaac Brock gave the General's cocked hat, which came out shortly after the death of that commander, and by their descendants is entrusted to the Historical Society."[6]
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Rae Ball, Oct 24, 2012
- ↑ Irving L. Homfray, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 74
- ↑ Irving L. Homfray, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 74
- ↑ Irving L. Homfray, Honorary Librarian, Officers of the British Forces in Canada during the War of 1812-1815, Canadian Military Institute, Welland Tribune Print, 1908, page 73
- ↑ British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) -Microform:c-11856, pg. 3874 of 6368
- ↑ Graves and Inscriptions in the Niagara Peninsula
- British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) -Microform:c-11792, pg. 6836 of 7318.
- Graves and Inscriptions in the Niagara Peninsula, by Janet Carnochan.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #75174183
- "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF33-W9J : 9 March 2018), George Ball in entry for Barbara Matilda Roe, 12 Mar 1911; citing Cobourg, Ontario, yr 1911 cn 22412, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,736.
Acknowledgments
Entered by Rae Ball, Oct 24, 2012.
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~0.78%
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