Born
23 Feb 1725 in
Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Died 20 Jul 1777
at age 52
[location unknown]
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Biography
Thomas Ball was born in Concord Massachusetts on February 23, 1725, to Thomas and Abigail Ball.
He married Rebecca Parmenter on June 5, 1760, and had five children with her--Mary, Samuel, Rebecca, Thankful, and Silas.
He was a Private in Capt. Thomas Eustis' Co., which marched on the alarm April 19, 1775 to Cambridge. He enlisted Feb. 14, 1777.
He was killed in battle on July 20, 1777[1] , having served in the Continental Army at Saratoga. Served in Capt. Adam Wheeler's company, under Colonel Thomas Nixon's regiment.[2] Some documents list 7/20/1777 as death date.
Sources
↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-CCGY-7?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-MQT%3A1589088529 : 27 January 2017), Baldwin, James - Banks, Jeremiah > image 804 of 2346; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQZ-CCJ1-Z?cc=2548057&wc=QZZQ-MQT%3A1589088529 : 27 January 2017), Baldwin, James - Banks, Jeremiah > image 803 of 2346; Massachusetts State Archives, Boston.
Sons of American Revolution Application #88726
Descendants of John Ball of Watertown, Massachusetts
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSP-N42?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-N3V%3A353349801%2C353505001%2C353505002 : 22 October 2020), Worcester > Rutland > Births, marriages, deaths 1719-1814 > image 266 of 293; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSP-NNR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-N3V%3A353349801%2C353505001%2C353505002 : 25 October 2020), Worcester > Rutland > Births, marriages, deaths 1719-1814 > image 244 of 293; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
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