Stephens Ballard (bef. 1717 - bef. 1788)

Born before 28 Oct 1717 in Tenterden, Kent, England

Ancestors

Son of John Ballard and Margaret (Stevens) Ballard

Husband of Elizabeth (Parton) Ballard — married 4 Sep 1738 in St Margaret, Canterbury, Kent, England

Descendants

Died before 11 Jun 1788 at about age 70 in Tenterden, Kent, England

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Biography

Baptism

Date: 28 October 1717

Place: St Mildred, Tenterden, Kent, England^[1]

Residence

Date: Between 2 February 1747 and 2 March 1772

Place: Goods Farm, Castweazle Ward, Tenterden, Kent, England

A property of 6 pounds rentable value; shown as occupied by himself in the Churchwarden's Accounts. His Father's Will also states "my house and land in Tenterden which I purchased of Edward Spiller, gent and is now in the occupation of my son Stephens Ballard".^[2][3]

Residence

Date: Between 19 March 1773 and 2 February 1788

Place: Boresisle Ward, Tenterden, Kent, England

The Churchwardens' Accounts show him as charged for a property with a rentable value variously of 3 or 4 pounds but not shown as occupied by Stephens^[4]

Marriage License

Date : 4 September 1738

Note: Stephen Ballard, ba & Elizabeth Parton, m; both of Tenterden. At Tenterden or St.Margaret's Canterbury.^[5]

Marriage

Date : 04 September 1738

Place: St Margaret, Canterbury, Kent, England

By licence - see above^[6]

This marriage was not approved of by Elizabeth's maternal grandfather Peter Parris who in his will of 19th April 1736 bequeathed her £10 which she was to receive only if she did NOT marry Stephen Ballard.

Property Sale

Date : 29 November 1739

Property: Morestock Manor, Sellindge, Kent, England - believed now to be Moorstock House^[7]

Conveyence (release part of a lease and release) from John Ballard of Tenterden, Yeoman. Stephens Ballard Yeoman (his son) and Thomas Stedman Shoemaker & Jane his wife (daughter of John Ballard) to Henry Bagnall of Limpne, Clerk for a consideration of £440.

All that messuage and tenement called the Manor of Morestock with a small piece of land adjoining in the parish of Sellindge and other premises in the parish of Smeeth formerly purchased by John Stephens of Smeeth.^[8]

Bequest

Date : 5 June 1753

Testator: John Ballard

A one quarter share of "lands tenements and hereditaments" after the death or remarriage of Margaret, his mother.^[9]

Office

Date: 15 March 1758

Place: Tenterden, Kent, England

Parish Overseer of the Poor^[10]

Bequest

Date : 13 May 1766

Testatrix: Margaret Ballard

One quarter of her property^[11]

Property Sale

Date : 1 December 1766

Property: Goods Farm, Tenterden, Kent, England

Party to the fine levied between Robert Wood, plaintiff, and John Ballard & Margaret his wife, Edward Ballard, Stephens Ballard & Elizabeth his wife, Edmund Ballard & Mary his wife, and Thomas Stedman & Jane his wife as deforceants.^[12]

Burial

Date: 11 JUN 1788

Place: Tenterden, Kent, England^[13]

Will

Date: 13 JAN 1788

Place: Tenterden, Kent, England^[14]

DNA Confirmation

• Paternal relationships are confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Paul Ballard, FTDNA kit #B2669 and BPB have 722,661 shared variants in a Big Y 700 FTDNA test thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Ballard born 1683.

• Paternal relationships are confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Paul Ballard and Delos Ballard Jnr match on 36 of 37 markers & DYS449 is one different. Since DYS449 has a comparatively fast mutation rate this is not unexpected & the result confirms a genetic relationship back to the MRCA John Ballard born 1714.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Ballard-921 created through the import of FULL.GED on Jul 10, 2011 by Paul Ballard. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Paul and others.

• Source: S1 Title: St.Mildred's, Tenterden, Kent, Combined Parish Register Baptisms and Burials 1710 - 1813; Marriages 1710 - 1753, Record Number: P364A/1/2 Repository: #R1
• Source: S2 Title: Tenterden, Kent, Churchwarden's Accounts, Record Number: P364/5/15 Repository: #R1
• Source: S3 Title: Archdeaconry of Canterbury Wills Repository: #R1
• Source: S4 Title: Churchwardens Accounts, Tenterden, Kent, Record Number: P364/5/16 Repository: #R1
• Source: S5 Title: Marriage Licences granted at Canterbury Author: Cowper
• Source: S6 Title: St. Margaret's Canterbury, Parish Register, Canterbury, Kent
• Source: S7 Title: Jones collection Repository: #R1
• Source: S8 Title: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Wills Repository: #R1
• Source: S9 Title: Tenterden Plaint Book 1704-1713 Repository: #R1

• Repository: R1 Name: Kent Archives, Maidstone, Kent, England

1. ↑ Source: #S1
2. ↑ Source: #S2 P364/5/15
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: PRC 17/94/445
4. ↑ Source: #S4
5. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: 6th Series 1726 - 1750
6. ↑ Source: #S6
7. ↑ [1]
8. ↑ Source: #S7EK/U204/T93
9. ↑ Source: #S8 PRC 17/94/445
10. ↑ Source: #S4
11. ↑ Source: #S8 PRC 16/434
12. ↑ Source: #S9 Te/JB2
13. ↑ Source: #S1
14. ↑ Source: #S8 PRC 16/463