Martha (Cadwallader) Ball (abt. 1785 - abt. 1875)

Born about 1785 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Hicks Ball — married 6 Apr 1815 in Abington Monthly Meeting, Abington Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about Apr 1875 at about age 90 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Martha passed away in 1875. In the 1850, 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census she is shown as 65, 75 and 85, consecutively. Her headstone says she was 90 at her death. Also, in the 1860 U.S. Census, she is shown as 5 years older than her husband, William (Belly [Sic]).

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44R-7HH : 21 December 2020), Martha Ball in household of William H Ball, Richland MM, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP3-2C8 : 18 February 2021), Martha Ball in entry for Belly H Ball, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SJQ-X7V?cc=1438024&wc=K28P-168%3A518666601%2C519852801%2C518793201 : 15 June 2019), Pennsylvania > Bucks > Wrightstown > image 11 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Old Richland families : including descendants of Edward Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Lancaster, Peter Lester, Casper Johnson, Hugh Foulke, Jacob Strawn, Richard Moore, William Jamison, Robert Penrose, Joseph Ball... p 52, downloaded 2/17/2019 from: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/539375-old-richland-families-including-descendants-of-edward-roberts-thomas-roberts-thomas-lancaster-peter-lester-casper-johnson-hugh-foulke-jacob-strawn-richard-moore-william-jamison-robert-penrose-joseph-ball-morris-morris-the-greens?viewer=1&offset=9#page=52&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Ball

• Ball families of Pennsylvania : a study, by Claudette Maerz, p 36, downloaded 5/27/2018 from: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE76951

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41651438/martha-ball : accessed 31 December 2021), memorial page for Martha Cadwallader Ball (1787–Apr 1875), Find A Grave: Memorial #41651438, citing Richland Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Shmilybrandon (contributor 46939657) .

• Montgomery Abington Monthly Meeting Marriages, 1745-1841p 242 of 280