Born by about 1605 based on estimated date of marriage. Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1624 & first settled at Cape Ann MA. Moved to Salem in 1626, & later to Beverly MA. Died in Salem between 15 May 1648 (date of will) and 28 June 1648 (probate of will).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1636 (and by about 1629 if she was the mother of all his children) Margery _____; she was in the list of Salem church members compiled in December 1636.
(2) Annis _____, named in John Balch's will of 15 May 1648; she died before 24 November 1657, when her illegal will was presented at court. (On 29 June 1680, Benjamin Balch describes Annis Balch, deceased, as his mother-in-law, and calls himself her legal heir.
Various sources give one or another parish in Somersetshire as the place of origin of John Balch, but these are unsupported by evidence and are little more than guesses. Balch was certainly one of the men sent over by the Dorchester Company in the early 1620s to settle a fishing colony in New England, and so he is properly known as one of the Old Planters;
Source: Anderson’s Great Migration Study Project
Sourceless info from a FAG member:
This John Balch came from Somerset, England but was born in Dorset, England in 1598. He arrived in the Colony in 1623-24 and Landed at Cape Ann. In 1625 he returned to England and married Margaret "Margery" Lovell and was married on 12 Sep 1625 at St Cuthbert Church, Wells, Somerset, England. On his return to Massachusetts in early 1626 he brought with his his new wife. They removed to Naumkeag Settlement and he became a leader in the Colony. They later removed to Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts where he built a home that was completed before 1636. He was also granted 200 acres. The original home is located at 448 Cabot Street in Beverly and still stands today as a historic museum house and is part of the National Registry of Historic Places.
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1636 (and by about 1629 if she was the mother of all his children) Margery _____; she was in the list of Salem church members compiled in December 1636.
(2) Annis _____, named in John Balch's will of 15 May 1648; she died before 24 November 1657, when her illegal will was presented at court. (On 29 June 1680, Benjamin Balch describes Annis Balch, deceased, as his mother-in-law, and calls himself her legal heir.
Various sources give one or another parish in Somersetshire as the place of origin of John Balch, but these are unsupported by evidence and are little more than guesses. Balch was certainly one of the men sent over by the Dorchester Company in the early 1620s to settle a fishing colony in New England, and so he is properly known as one of the Old Planters;
Source: Anderson’s Great Migration Study Project
Sourceless info from a FAG member:
This John Balch came from Somerset, England but was born in Dorset, England in 1598. He arrived in the Colony in 1623-24 and Landed at Cape Ann. In 1625 he returned to England and married Margaret "Margery" Lovell and was married on 12 Sep 1625 at St Cuthbert Church, Wells, Somerset, England. On his return to Massachusetts in early 1626 he brought with his his new wife. They removed to Naumkeag Settlement and he became a leader in the Colony. They later removed to Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts where he built a home that was completed before 1636. He was also granted 200 acres. The original home is located at 448 Cabot Street in Beverly and still stands today as a historic museum house and is part of the National Registry of Historic Places.
Born by about 1605 based on estimated date of marriage. Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1624 & first settled at Cape Ann MA. Moved to Salem in 1626, & later to Beverly MA. Died in Salem between 15 May 1648 (date of will) and 28 June 1648 (probate of will).
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1636 (and by about 1629 if she was the mother of all his children) Margery _____; she was in the list of Salem church members compiled in December 1636.
(2) Annis _____, named in John Balch's will of 15 May 1648; she died before 24 November 1657, when her illegal will was presented at court. (On 29 June 1680, Benjamin Balch describes Annis Balch, deceased, as his mother-in-law, and calls himself her legal heir.
Various sources give one or another parish in Somersetshire as the place of origin of John Balch, but these are unsupported by evidence and are little more than guesses. Balch was certainly one of the men sent over by the Dorchester Company in the early 1620s to settle a fishing colony in New England, and so he is properly known as one of the Old Planters;
Source: Anderson’s Great Migration Study Project
Sourceless info from a FAG member:
This John Balch came from Somerset, England but was born in Dorset, England in 1598. He arrived in the Colony in 1623-24 and Landed at Cape Ann. In 1625 he returned to England and married Margaret "Margery" Lovell and was married on 12 Sep 1625 at St Cuthbert Church, Wells, Somerset, England. On his return to Massachusetts in early 1626 he brought with his his new wife. They removed to Naumkeag Settlement and he became a leader in the Colony. They later removed to Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts where he built a home that was completed before 1636. He was also granted 200 acres. The original home is located at 448 Cabot Street in Beverly and still stands today as a historic museum house and is part of the National Registry of Historic Places.
MARRIAGE: (1) By 1636 (and by about 1629 if she was the mother of all his children) Margery _____; she was in the list of Salem church members compiled in December 1636.
(2) Annis _____, named in John Balch's will of 15 May 1648; she died before 24 November 1657, when her illegal will was presented at court. (On 29 June 1680, Benjamin Balch describes Annis Balch, deceased, as his mother-in-law, and calls himself her legal heir.
Various sources give one or another parish in Somersetshire as the place of origin of John Balch, but these are unsupported by evidence and are little more than guesses. Balch was certainly one of the men sent over by the Dorchester Company in the early 1620s to settle a fishing colony in New England, and so he is properly known as one of the Old Planters;
Source: Anderson’s Great Migration Study Project
Sourceless info from a FAG member:
This John Balch came from Somerset, England but was born in Dorset, England in 1598. He arrived in the Colony in 1623-24 and Landed at Cape Ann. In 1625 he returned to England and married Margaret "Margery" Lovell and was married on 12 Sep 1625 at St Cuthbert Church, Wells, Somerset, England. On his return to Massachusetts in early 1626 he brought with his his new wife. They removed to Naumkeag Settlement and he became a leader in the Colony. They later removed to Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts where he built a home that was completed before 1636. He was also granted 200 acres. The original home is located at 448 Cabot Street in Beverly and still stands today as a historic museum house and is part of the National Registry of Historic Places.
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Citation for the paragraph saying John went back to England to Marry Margaret Lovell in 1625 was from Famous Families of Massachusetts Volume I, Chapter 6, page 90.
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