Peter
Mann
Ball
Born in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Mann Ball Sr
and Elizabeth (Showers) Ball
Brother of
George Augustus Ball, Jacob A Ball, John Clement Ball, Hannah Ball, William Michael Ball and Elizabeth (Ball) Servos
Husband of
Jane (Wilson) Ball
— married
15 May 1822 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Wilson Ball and Welcome Ball
Died
at about age 90
in Nassagewey
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2012
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Peter Ball served in the 1st Regiment of Lincoln Militia, Canada in the War of 1812
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Biography
Peter was baptized at Niagara by Rev. Robert Addison on August 11, 1792.[1]
During the War of 1812, Peter served as a private and an ensign in the 1st Lincoln Militia. Later he was promoted to lieutenant in the Provincial Artillery Drivers.
He had been a private in Capt. Crooks’ Flank Co. [2]
On July 2, 1812, he was promoted to ensign. [3]
On Oct. 24, 1812, he served in Capt. McClellan’s Company. [4]
Peter’s name should be recorded in the Collections Canada online militia documents in the 1st Lincoln Militia payrolls but they have not been searched.
He was promoted to lieutenant in the Provincial Royal Artillery Drivers. [5]
He received a Prince Regent’s Land Grant. [6]
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Sources
- Rae Ball, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Rae and others.
- ↑ Baptisms at Niagara 1792-1832; Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Volume 3, Published in Toronto in 1901, Pages 7-73.
- ↑ 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 72
- ↑ Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, The Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara Frontier, Part 4, Lundy’s Lane Historical Society, printed at the Tribune Office, Welland, 1900, page 162
- ↑ 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 72
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Joe Ball
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-Z8, FTDNA kit #B55170
- Lacy (Robertson) Flanagan :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1-C16239T, FTDNA kit #935933, MitoYDNA ID T13726 [compare]
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~6.25%
Bill Ball :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H541038 [compare]
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~0.78%
Albert McKay :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Nancy Shaw :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member blkwolf989
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