Samuel Ball (1833 - 1899)

Born 11 Aug 1833 in Westerncoombe, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Patey) Ball — married 12 Apr 1858 in Kingsbridge Registration District, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1899 at age 65 in Devon, England

This profile is part of the South Pool One Place Study.

Biography

This profile is part of the Ball Name Study.

Samuel Ball was born to Jacob Ball and Jane (Distin) Ball in Westerncoombe, South Pool, Devon, England and christened on 11 August 1833 in South Pool, ^[1] the seventh of nine children. The 1851 census shows him working as an ag lab servant in the household of Thomas Cornish.^[2]

On 12 April 1858, ^[3] Samuel married Elizabeth Patey, also from South Pool, and almost immediately began his seafaring career, so that Elizabeth often shows as managing the household on her own in various censuses. He began by becoming the boatswain (bo'sun) aboard the 'Daring'. The couple managed to have eight children, however: Sophia 1858, Annie 1861, William 1863, Samuel 1866, Emma 1869, John Ambrose 1871, Albert 1875, and James 1877. Doubtless he had many grandchildren, also - one of his children (William) had twelve children!

Samuel has risen in his chosen career; in the 1881 census he was registered as Mate (Merchant Service) on the 'Sarah Jane'.^[4]

Samuel died on 22 July 1899. ^[5] He was 66.

Sources

1. ↑ Parish baptism register (South Pool) via findmypast
2. ↑ 1851 census
3. ↑ UK marriage registration: Kingsbridge, Volume 5b, Page 397, June quarter 1858
4. ↑ 1881 census
5. ↑ UK death registration: Kingsbridge, Volume 5b, Page 129, September quarter 1899

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