William Ballard married by about 1633 Elizabeth _____.
They had 3 children: Hester Jenks, John, & Nathaniel.
Most writers on this family claim that the immigrant had a son William. Very few records are ascribed to this alleged son: service on a grand jury in September 1665; baptism of a daughter Rebecca in 1668; a daughter Elizabeth who marries in 1684; and an administration and inventory of 1695, which names a son John.
Elizabeth Ballard married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard") and (3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
Source: Great Migration Study Project
Excerpt From Anderson's Great Migration:
WILLIAM BALLARD [As of now, wife's [Elizabeth] maiden name remains Unknown
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
MIGRATION: 1635 FIRST RESIDENCE: Lynn
OCCUPATION: Husbandman.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Lynn church prior to 24 May 1638 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 24 May 1638 [MBCR 1:374].
EDUCATION: Sufficient to be appointed magistrate of county court. OFFICES: Magistrate, Salem Quarterly Court, 26 June 1638, 27 July 1638 [MBCR 1:232; EQC 1:8, 9]. Committee to lay out land granted by colony, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:240]. Lynn representative on committee to
levy colony rate, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:242]. Committee to determine boundary between Salem and Lynn, 13 March 1638/9 [MBCR 1:253], On 6 June 1639, Timothy Tomlins was appointed in place of "Mr. Ballard" to "view the place by Linn, to see if it be fit for a plantation" [MBCR 1:263].
Admitted to Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638 [HAHAC 1:53].
ESTATE: "Will[iam] Ballord" was granted sixty acres in Lynn in 1638 [EQC 2:270].
A deposition concerning William Ballard's failure to make a will is recorded in the first volume of Suffolk probates, but the right edge of the page has been damaged, and several words are now illegible. The version published in 1848 [NEHGR 2:183] and the version in the nineteenth-century manuscript copy of the original volume [SPR 1:15 (copy)] differ from one another, and both contain words no longer legible. The following transcript is taken from the original record volume, with the original line breaks [SPR 1:15 (original)]:
Nicholas Browne and Gearard Spencer [worn] affirmeth that being with Mr. Will[ia]m Ballard of Linn [worn] before his death, & persuading him to make his will [worn] said Mr. Ballrd told them, he intended to do it the next [worn] died before he could put it in writing, he would have [worn] half his estate, & the other half to be divided among [worn] children the said Will[ia]m Ballard being then of perfect [worn] image
taken upon oath 1 of 1st m[worn]
(The year this document was made is no longer legible, but in the published version and the nineteenth-century copy is given as 1639, a reasonable date given our estimate of William Ballard's date of death.)
On 27 June 1643, the inventory of "William Ballard of Lynn, deceased," was filed [EQC 1:54; EPR 1:24]. On 28 December 1647, Salem court noted that "Timothie Tomlins and Thomas Erington were appointed guardians of the children of William Ballard, deceased; and Timothie Tomlins having since deceased, Nicolas Batty of Lin was appointed in his place. Thomas Putnum of Lin and Thomas Laughton were appointed to divide the lands between the mother and children according to the will" [EQC 1:131; EPR 1:24].
On 2 September 1695, administration on "the estate of William Ballard, formerly of Linn, was granted to John Ballard son of deceased." The inventory of the estate of William Ballard deceased, taken 1 October 1695, totalled £173 10s., all in real estate: "upland in the neck 10 acres," £50; "salt marsh lying near the two trees in the town marsh being 5 acres," £25; "salt marsh in the neck 2Vi acres," £11; "Noman's Swamp so-called," £25 10s.; "the houselot 6 acres," £30; and "one parcel of land lying in Reding," £32 [EPR Case #1605].
BIRTH: About 1603 (aged 32 in 1635 [Hotten 107]).
DEATH: Between 13 March 1638/9 (when he signed a committee report [MBCR 1:253]) and 6 June 1639 (when he was replaced on a committee [MBCR 1:263]). (DeForest made a slight error in estimating the date of death [Dommerich Anc 46].)
MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Elizabeth ____.
She married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard" [EPR 1:213; EQC 1:394])
and she married:
(3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
CHILDREN:
i HESTER, b. about 1633 (aged 2 in 1635 [Hotten 107]); m. by
1652 Joseph Jenks Jr. (on 30 November 1652, "Ester, wife of Joseph JenkesJr.," was one of four Lynn residents "fined for wearing silver lace" [EQC 1:271]; on 29 June 1655, John Ballard, brother of Hester, deposed that he "was his brother Jenckes's servant" [EQC 1:392]).
ii JOHN, b. about 1634 (aged 1 in 1635 [Hotten 107]; deposed
aged twenty-one in 1655 [EQC 1:392]; deposed aged twenty-five in 1659 [EQC 2:193]); m. by 1669 Rebecca (see COMMENTS below).
iii NATHANIEL, b. about 1636 (deposed in 1684 "aged forty-
eight years" [EQC 9:341]); m. Lynn 16 December 1662 Rebecca Hutson.
COMMENTS: On 13 July 1635, "W[illia]m Ballard," aged 32, husbandman, "Elizabeth Ballard," aged 26, "Hester Ballard," aged 2 and "Jo[hn] Ballard," aged 1, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James [Hotten 107].
*****Savage proposed that the William Ballard who came in 1634 was father of the William who came in 1635, and hopelessly intermixed William of Lynn and William of Andover.*****
They had 3 children: Hester Jenks, John, & Nathaniel.
Most writers on this family claim that the immigrant had a son William. Very few records are ascribed to this alleged son: service on a grand jury in September 1665; baptism of a daughter Rebecca in 1668; a daughter Elizabeth who marries in 1684; and an administration and inventory of 1695, which names a son John.
Elizabeth Ballard married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard") and (3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
Source: Great Migration Study Project
Excerpt From Anderson's Great Migration:
WILLIAM BALLARD [As of now, wife's [Elizabeth] maiden name remains Unknown
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
MIGRATION: 1635 FIRST RESIDENCE: Lynn
OCCUPATION: Husbandman.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Lynn church prior to 24 May 1638 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 24 May 1638 [MBCR 1:374].
EDUCATION: Sufficient to be appointed magistrate of county court. OFFICES: Magistrate, Salem Quarterly Court, 26 June 1638, 27 July 1638 [MBCR 1:232; EQC 1:8, 9]. Committee to lay out land granted by colony, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:240]. Lynn representative on committee to
levy colony rate, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:242]. Committee to determine boundary between Salem and Lynn, 13 March 1638/9 [MBCR 1:253], On 6 June 1639, Timothy Tomlins was appointed in place of "Mr. Ballard" to "view the place by Linn, to see if it be fit for a plantation" [MBCR 1:263].
Admitted to Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638 [HAHAC 1:53].
ESTATE: "Will[iam] Ballord" was granted sixty acres in Lynn in 1638 [EQC 2:270].
A deposition concerning William Ballard's failure to make a will is recorded in the first volume of Suffolk probates, but the right edge of the page has been damaged, and several words are now illegible. The version published in 1848 [NEHGR 2:183] and the version in the nineteenth-century manuscript copy of the original volume [SPR 1:15 (copy)] differ from one another, and both contain words no longer legible. The following transcript is taken from the original record volume, with the original line breaks [SPR 1:15 (original)]:
Nicholas Browne and Gearard Spencer [worn] affirmeth that being with Mr. Will[ia]m Ballard of Linn [worn] before his death, & persuading him to make his will [worn] said Mr. Ballrd told them, he intended to do it the next [worn] died before he could put it in writing, he would have [worn] half his estate, & the other half to be divided among [worn] children the said Will[ia]m Ballard being then of perfect [worn] image
taken upon oath 1 of 1st m[worn]
(The year this document was made is no longer legible, but in the published version and the nineteenth-century copy is given as 1639, a reasonable date given our estimate of William Ballard's date of death.)
On 27 June 1643, the inventory of "William Ballard of Lynn, deceased," was filed [EQC 1:54; EPR 1:24]. On 28 December 1647, Salem court noted that "Timothie Tomlins and Thomas Erington were appointed guardians of the children of William Ballard, deceased; and Timothie Tomlins having since deceased, Nicolas Batty of Lin was appointed in his place. Thomas Putnum of Lin and Thomas Laughton were appointed to divide the lands between the mother and children according to the will" [EQC 1:131; EPR 1:24].
On 2 September 1695, administration on "the estate of William Ballard, formerly of Linn, was granted to John Ballard son of deceased." The inventory of the estate of William Ballard deceased, taken 1 October 1695, totalled £173 10s., all in real estate: "upland in the neck 10 acres," £50; "salt marsh lying near the two trees in the town marsh being 5 acres," £25; "salt marsh in the neck 2Vi acres," £11; "Noman's Swamp so-called," £25 10s.; "the houselot 6 acres," £30; and "one parcel of land lying in Reding," £32 [EPR Case #1605].
BIRTH: About 1603 (aged 32 in 1635 [Hotten 107]).
DEATH: Between 13 March 1638/9 (when he signed a committee report [MBCR 1:253]) and 6 June 1639 (when he was replaced on a committee [MBCR 1:263]). (DeForest made a slight error in estimating the date of death [Dommerich Anc 46].)
MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Elizabeth ____.
She married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard" [EPR 1:213; EQC 1:394])
and she married:
(3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
CHILDREN:
i HESTER, b. about 1633 (aged 2 in 1635 [Hotten 107]); m. by
1652 Joseph Jenks Jr. (on 30 November 1652, "Ester, wife of Joseph JenkesJr.," was one of four Lynn residents "fined for wearing silver lace" [EQC 1:271]; on 29 June 1655, John Ballard, brother of Hester, deposed that he "was his brother Jenckes's servant" [EQC 1:392]).
ii JOHN, b. about 1634 (aged 1 in 1635 [Hotten 107]; deposed
aged twenty-one in 1655 [EQC 1:392]; deposed aged twenty-five in 1659 [EQC 2:193]); m. by 1669 Rebecca (see COMMENTS below).
iii NATHANIEL, b. about 1636 (deposed in 1684 "aged forty-
eight years" [EQC 9:341]); m. Lynn 16 December 1662 Rebecca Hutson.
COMMENTS: On 13 July 1635, "W[illia]m Ballard," aged 32, husbandman, "Elizabeth Ballard," aged 26, "Hester Ballard," aged 2 and "Jo[hn] Ballard," aged 1, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James [Hotten 107].
*****Savage proposed that the William Ballard who came in 1634 was father of the William who came in 1635, and hopelessly intermixed William of Lynn and William of Andover.*****
William Ballard married by about 1633 Elizabeth _____.
They had 3 children: Hester Jenks, John, & Nathaniel.
Most writers on this family claim that the immigrant had a son William. Very few records are ascribed to this alleged son: service on a grand jury in September 1665; baptism of a daughter Rebecca in 1668; a daughter Elizabeth who marries in 1684; and an administration and inventory of 1695, which names a son John.
Elizabeth Ballard married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard") and (3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
Source: Great Migration Study Project
Excerpt From Anderson's Great Migration:
WILLIAM BALLARD [As of now, wife's [Elizabeth] maiden name remains Unknown
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
MIGRATION: 1635 FIRST RESIDENCE: Lynn
OCCUPATION: Husbandman.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Lynn church prior to 24 May 1638 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 24 May 1638 [MBCR 1:374].
EDUCATION: Sufficient to be appointed magistrate of county court. OFFICES: Magistrate, Salem Quarterly Court, 26 June 1638, 27 July 1638 [MBCR 1:232; EQC 1:8, 9]. Committee to lay out land granted by colony, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:240]. Lynn representative on committee to
levy colony rate, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:242]. Committee to determine boundary between Salem and Lynn, 13 March 1638/9 [MBCR 1:253], On 6 June 1639, Timothy Tomlins was appointed in place of "Mr. Ballard" to "view the place by Linn, to see if it be fit for a plantation" [MBCR 1:263].
Admitted to Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638 [HAHAC 1:53].
ESTATE: "Will[iam] Ballord" was granted sixty acres in Lynn in 1638 [EQC 2:270].
A deposition concerning William Ballard's failure to make a will is recorded in the first volume of Suffolk probates, but the right edge of the page has been damaged, and several words are now illegible. The version published in 1848 [NEHGR 2:183] and the version in the nineteenth-century manuscript copy of the original volume [SPR 1:15 (copy)] differ from one another, and both contain words no longer legible. The following transcript is taken from the original record volume, with the original line breaks [SPR 1:15 (original)]:
Nicholas Browne and Gearard Spencer [worn] affirmeth that being with Mr. Will[ia]m Ballard of Linn [worn] before his death, & persuading him to make his will [worn] said Mr. Ballrd told them, he intended to do it the next [worn] died before he could put it in writing, he would have [worn] half his estate, & the other half to be divided among [worn] children the said Will[ia]m Ballard being then of perfect [worn] image
taken upon oath 1 of 1st m[worn]
(The year this document was made is no longer legible, but in the published version and the nineteenth-century copy is given as 1639, a reasonable date given our estimate of William Ballard's date of death.)
On 27 June 1643, the inventory of "William Ballard of Lynn, deceased," was filed [EQC 1:54; EPR 1:24]. On 28 December 1647, Salem court noted that "Timothie Tomlins and Thomas Erington were appointed guardians of the children of William Ballard, deceased; and Timothie Tomlins having since deceased, Nicolas Batty of Lin was appointed in his place. Thomas Putnum of Lin and Thomas Laughton were appointed to divide the lands between the mother and children according to the will" [EQC 1:131; EPR 1:24].
On 2 September 1695, administration on "the estate of William Ballard, formerly of Linn, was granted to John Ballard son of deceased." The inventory of the estate of William Ballard deceased, taken 1 October 1695, totalled £173 10s., all in real estate: "upland in the neck 10 acres," £50; "salt marsh lying near the two trees in the town marsh being 5 acres," £25; "salt marsh in the neck 2Vi acres," £11; "Noman's Swamp so-called," £25 10s.; "the houselot 6 acres," £30; and "one parcel of land lying in Reding," £32 [EPR Case #1605].
BIRTH: About 1603 (aged 32 in 1635 [Hotten 107]).
DEATH: Between 13 March 1638/9 (when he signed a committee report [MBCR 1:253]) and 6 June 1639 (when he was replaced on a committee [MBCR 1:263]). (DeForest made a slight error in estimating the date of death [Dommerich Anc 46].)
MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Elizabeth ____.
She married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard" [EPR 1:213; EQC 1:394])
and she married:
(3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
CHILDREN:
i HESTER, b. about 1633 (aged 2 in 1635 [Hotten 107]); m. by
1652 Joseph Jenks Jr. (on 30 November 1652, "Ester, wife of Joseph JenkesJr.," was one of four Lynn residents "fined for wearing silver lace" [EQC 1:271]; on 29 June 1655, John Ballard, brother of Hester, deposed that he "was his brother Jenckes's servant" [EQC 1:392]).
ii JOHN, b. about 1634 (aged 1 in 1635 [Hotten 107]; deposed
aged twenty-one in 1655 [EQC 1:392]; deposed aged twenty-five in 1659 [EQC 2:193]); m. by 1669 Rebecca (see COMMENTS below).
iii NATHANIEL, b. about 1636 (deposed in 1684 "aged forty-
eight years" [EQC 9:341]); m. Lynn 16 December 1662 Rebecca Hutson.
COMMENTS: On 13 July 1635, "W[illia]m Ballard," aged 32, husbandman, "Elizabeth Ballard," aged 26, "Hester Ballard," aged 2 and "Jo[hn] Ballard," aged 1, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James [Hotten 107].
*****Savage proposed that the William Ballard who came in 1634 was father of the William who came in 1635, and hopelessly intermixed William of Lynn and William of Andover.*****
They had 3 children: Hester Jenks, John, & Nathaniel.
Most writers on this family claim that the immigrant had a son William. Very few records are ascribed to this alleged son: service on a grand jury in September 1665; baptism of a daughter Rebecca in 1668; a daughter Elizabeth who marries in 1684; and an administration and inventory of 1695, which names a son John.
Elizabeth Ballard married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard") and (3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
Source: Great Migration Study Project
Excerpt From Anderson's Great Migration:
WILLIAM BALLARD [As of now, wife's [Elizabeth] maiden name remains Unknown
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
MIGRATION: 1635 FIRST RESIDENCE: Lynn
OCCUPATION: Husbandman.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Lynn church prior to 24 May 1638 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 24 May 1638 [MBCR 1:374].
EDUCATION: Sufficient to be appointed magistrate of county court. OFFICES: Magistrate, Salem Quarterly Court, 26 June 1638, 27 July 1638 [MBCR 1:232; EQC 1:8, 9]. Committee to lay out land granted by colony, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:240]. Lynn representative on committee to
levy colony rate, 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:242]. Committee to determine boundary between Salem and Lynn, 13 March 1638/9 [MBCR 1:253], On 6 June 1639, Timothy Tomlins was appointed in place of "Mr. Ballard" to "view the place by Linn, to see if it be fit for a plantation" [MBCR 1:263].
Admitted to Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638 [HAHAC 1:53].
ESTATE: "Will[iam] Ballord" was granted sixty acres in Lynn in 1638 [EQC 2:270].
A deposition concerning William Ballard's failure to make a will is recorded in the first volume of Suffolk probates, but the right edge of the page has been damaged, and several words are now illegible. The version published in 1848 [NEHGR 2:183] and the version in the nineteenth-century manuscript copy of the original volume [SPR 1:15 (copy)] differ from one another, and both contain words no longer legible. The following transcript is taken from the original record volume, with the original line breaks [SPR 1:15 (original)]:
Nicholas Browne and Gearard Spencer [worn] affirmeth that being with Mr. Will[ia]m Ballard of Linn [worn] before his death, & persuading him to make his will [worn] said Mr. Ballrd told them, he intended to do it the next [worn] died before he could put it in writing, he would have [worn] half his estate, & the other half to be divided among [worn] children the said Will[ia]m Ballard being then of perfect [worn] image
taken upon oath 1 of 1st m[worn]
(The year this document was made is no longer legible, but in the published version and the nineteenth-century copy is given as 1639, a reasonable date given our estimate of William Ballard's date of death.)
On 27 June 1643, the inventory of "William Ballard of Lynn, deceased," was filed [EQC 1:54; EPR 1:24]. On 28 December 1647, Salem court noted that "Timothie Tomlins and Thomas Erington were appointed guardians of the children of William Ballard, deceased; and Timothie Tomlins having since deceased, Nicolas Batty of Lin was appointed in his place. Thomas Putnum of Lin and Thomas Laughton were appointed to divide the lands between the mother and children according to the will" [EQC 1:131; EPR 1:24].
On 2 September 1695, administration on "the estate of William Ballard, formerly of Linn, was granted to John Ballard son of deceased." The inventory of the estate of William Ballard deceased, taken 1 October 1695, totalled £173 10s., all in real estate: "upland in the neck 10 acres," £50; "salt marsh lying near the two trees in the town marsh being 5 acres," £25; "salt marsh in the neck 2Vi acres," £11; "Noman's Swamp so-called," £25 10s.; "the houselot 6 acres," £30; and "one parcel of land lying in Reding," £32 [EPR Case #1605].
BIRTH: About 1603 (aged 32 in 1635 [Hotten 107]).
DEATH: Between 13 March 1638/9 (when he signed a committee report [MBCR 1:253]) and 6 June 1639 (when he was replaced on a committee [MBCR 1:263]). (DeForest made a slight error in estimating the date of death [Dommerich Anc 46].)
MARRIAGE: By about 1633 Elizabeth ____.
She married (2) in 1640 or soon after William Knight (in his will of 2 December 1653 William Knight refers to "my four children which I had by my last wife Elizabeth," and makes bequests to "John Ballard" and "Nathaniel Ballard" [EPR 1:213; EQC 1:394])
and she married:
(3) Lynn 28 March 1656 Allen Bread.
CHILDREN:
i HESTER, b. about 1633 (aged 2 in 1635 [Hotten 107]); m. by
1652 Joseph Jenks Jr. (on 30 November 1652, "Ester, wife of Joseph JenkesJr.," was one of four Lynn residents "fined for wearing silver lace" [EQC 1:271]; on 29 June 1655, John Ballard, brother of Hester, deposed that he "was his brother Jenckes's servant" [EQC 1:392]).
ii JOHN, b. about 1634 (aged 1 in 1635 [Hotten 107]; deposed
aged twenty-one in 1655 [EQC 1:392]; deposed aged twenty-five in 1659 [EQC 2:193]); m. by 1669 Rebecca (see COMMENTS below).
iii NATHANIEL, b. about 1636 (deposed in 1684 "aged forty-
eight years" [EQC 9:341]); m. Lynn 16 December 1662 Rebecca Hutson.
COMMENTS: On 13 July 1635, "W[illia]m Ballard," aged 32, husbandman, "Elizabeth Ballard," aged 26, "Hester Ballard," aged 2 and "Jo[hn] Ballard," aged 1, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the James [Hotten 107].
*****Savage proposed that the William Ballard who came in 1634 was father of the William who came in 1635, and hopelessly intermixed William of Lynn and William of Andover.*****
