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MARY E., b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1871; res. Mil.
AUSTIN M., b. Mil., Jan. 19, 1873; res. Mil.
SUSIE G., b. Mil., Jan. 18, 1875; res. Mil.
BRENT M., b. Mil., May 14, 1877; d. June 18, 1878. Grandchn. : -
ANNIE, dr. of Lucius and Hattie Bagley, b. Mil., Oct. 26, 1878. ERNEST, son of Lucius and Hattie Bagley, b. Mil., Oct. 6, 1879.
A remarkably large family for this degenerate age, and one of exemplary worth, too. Mr. B. came from Brookfield, Vt., Oct. 6, 1847, and has ever since dwelt in town. He and his household have not eaten the bread of idleness, but with true homespun usefulness served themselves and the general commu- nity.
BAILEY, THOMAS, of Hull, cord wainer; pedigree not traced; m. Anna Loring of Hull, June 29, 1726. Their chn. : -
THOMAS, jun., b. Hull, Oct. 7, 1726; d. Jan. 11, 1726-27.
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THOMAS, jun., 2d, b. Hull, Oct. 12, 1727.
ANNA, b. Hull, July 24, 1730; d., date not given.
JOSHUA, b. Hull, Dec. 14, 1733; m. Dorcas Binney, Oct. 14, 1764.
SAMUEL, b. Hull, Ang. 11, 1737.
LORING, h. Hull, May 11, 1740.
ANNA, b. Hull, Jan. 4, 1742.
I present this family record because Thomas Bailey of Hull may have res. in what is now Mil. Centre about the time our Precinct was incorporated (which is not provable); and because, whether he res, here a short time or not, he was certainly a landowner here for some yrs. He and his bro .- in-law, Amos Binney, jointly owned what became the Twitchell farm, containing about 100 acres. This fully appears from a deed given to Ephraim Twitchell, jun., Ang. 2, 1748, by Rev. Amariah Frost, under a power of attorney from Bailey and Binney, which sets forth as follows : -
"A certain tract or piece of land lying and being in Mendon aforesaid, by virtue of a power of attorney from Thomas Bailey, Cordwainer, and Amos Binney, Mariner, both of Hull in ye County of Suffolk in New England, as may appear from ye records of ye County of Worcester, recorded July 20, 1748 &c .; containing by estimation near a hundred acres more or less; it being ye land laid out, June 28, 1707, for John Peck by ye proprietors of said town of Mendon, which was ye whole of his fifth division of land and twelve acres and a half of John Sprague's daughter, that belonged to his daughter on ye Southeast corner of Maggomisco Hill; butted and bounded as follows, -Southerly part on Nathel. Morse land and part on Common 63 rods to ye Southeast corner, being a stake and stones, ye Southwest corner being a black oak tree marked; West on Common (now on a road) 120 rods to a white oak tree, being ye Northwest corner; Northerly on Common (now adjoining to and running with the Souther- most line of Peter Norcross land), 48 rods to a walnut tree, being ye Northeast corner; then running Easterly part on Seth Chapin's land, part on James Lovett's land, part on Common (but now partly on Isaac Parkhurst's land and partly on Daniel Sumner's land) 226 rods to ye Southeast corner, the first mentioned bound, - Excepting out of said lands three quarters of an acre for a Burying place, as shall be agreed upon most commodious therefor, upon Nathel. Morses line." This land is so historic that I have thought proper to make the foregoing extract thus full and explicit. I suppose that Thomas Bailey and family d. in Hull at unascertained dates.
BAILEY, WILLIAM, son of Eliphalet of Hop., etc. No further traced; b. in
Natick, Ang. 12, 1792; m. Ann H. Tilton of Hop., April 9, 1822; cer. by Rev. Nathaniel Howe. She was a dr. of Abraham and Hannalı (Homer) Tilton; b. 1798; and claimed honorable descent, in one of her parental lines, from the celebrated John Alden of Plymouth. William Bailey's father was b. in Hop., 1745; m. perhaps in Natick, and shortly after en- listed into the Revolutionary army 1776. He took his wf. with him into camp, who, while in Canada, or the frontier region, bore him a dr., and died there. Re-enlisting, he obtained a furlough of 40 ds., took his mother- less infant in his arms, footed it from Niagara Falls, N. Y., to Natick, placed his child in good care, and returned duly to his post. After the war closed, he came home, m. Abigail Chote, and became the father of ten chn., one only of whom survives at this writing; viz., our townsman Eliphalet Bailey in N. Purchase. Other family names and dates, desirable to know, not furnished me. [Eliphalet d. May 10, 1878, after the foregoing was written.]
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William Bailey came to this town in 1819 or 1820; entered into copartner- ship with the late Hon. Lee Claflin for the manufacture of boots and shoes, and prosecuted the same at the place now occupied by John Goldsmith on Purchase St. They were among our pioneers in this business, and pushed it successfully on the then possible scale of operations, combining therewith the purchase and tanning of raw hides for their own use. The chn. of William and Ann Homer (Tilton) Bailey were 6 in number; viz., --
WILLIAM HOMER, b. Jan. 27, 1824; served 3 yrs. in the war of the Rebellion; res. Westborongh.
GEORGE TILTON, b. July 1, 1825.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS, b. April 5, 1827; bootmaker; res. Mil., Congress St .; m .; no chn.
DANIEL METCALF, b. June 30, 1828; d. Dec. 18, 1834.
AMELIA OSBORNE, b. Ang. 18, 1830; m. Ebenr. Belknap, Mil., April 5, 1846. THOMAS BUCKLIN, b. Aug. 12, 1832; our well-known druggist on Main St.
The fr. d. April 27, 1834. The mr., much beloved in the domestic and social circles, removed from N. Purchase in 1850 to Fruit St., where she had purchased a comfortable home, and d. there July 29, 1873.
BAILEY, ELIPHALET, youngest son of Eliphalet, the Revolutionary soldier, and br. of William, as above stated, was b. Natick, Sept. 15, 1801; came young to Mil .; and m., for his 1st wf., Miranda, dr. of Jona. and Penelope (Dewing) Bowker, Jan. 30, 1825; cer. by Rev. Herman Perry. She bore him 2 chn., and d. Feb. 24, 1833. He m., 2d., Wid. Mary Gould of Hop., Nov. 25, 1838; cer. by Rev. Nathaniel Spindel. She bore him a dr., and d. Sept. 7, 1840. He m., 3d, Zobedia Tombs of Hop., April 8, 1841; cer. by Rev. D. Long. His res. has always been in the N. Purchase, and for many yrs. on Haven St., near Hop. line; his general occupation that of a boot- maker; and his standing in society that of an upright, peaceable citizen. His recorded chn. are these: -
JAMES DEWING, b. Dec. 1, 1825; bootmaker; m. Abigail R. Tyler, June 6, 1849.
ADELIA MARIE, b. Feb. 2, 1830; m. Alpheus Bridges, Holl., Sept., 1850.
MARY, b. May 21, 1839; d. Jan. 21, 1843.
ADIN BALLOU, b. May 19, 1843; d. Sept. 1, 1862.
The fr. res. in Mil. 65 yrs., and d., after a long decline, of paralysis, May 10, 1878, aged 77 yrs. and 7 mos., - the last of ten bros. and sis. His wid., Mrs. Zobedia, still survives.
BAILEY, WILLIAM HOMER 8 (William,2 Eliphalet1), bootmaker; b. Jan. 27,
1829; m, Alzina A. Ball, dr. of Henry and Betsey (Lincoln) Ball, b. Dec.
7, 1827; cer. June 1, 1845, by the writer. Their chn. :-
ANNA ROZILLA, b. Mil., May 31, 1846; d. young.
WILLIAM H., b. Mil., Sept. 9, 1849; m. July 9, 1877; 1 child.
WALTER G., b Mil., Feb. 4, 1857; m. Oct. 17, 1877.
EDWARD M., b. Mil., Ang. 5, 1858.
D. ALTON, b. Upton, Feb. 11, 1861; d. young.
EVA, b. Upton, April 2, 1867; d. young.
The family have res. in Mil., Worthington (O.), Upton, Westboro', etc. BAILEY, THOMAS BUCKLIN 8 (William,2 Eliphalet 1), b. Aug. 12, 1832; drug- gist, Mil .; m. Mary Jane Carpenter in Dudley, March 15, 1859; cer. by Rev. Henry Pratt. She was a dr. of Dea. Charles Carpenter and Polly (Perry), his wf., formerly inhabitants of Dudley, and was b. there Oct. 20, 1839. Their chn. were, --
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FREDERICK IRVING, b. Dec. 19, 1859.
ARTHUR CARPENTER, b. March 17, 1863; d. Feb. 24, 1864.
JENNIE AMELIA, b. April 12, 1866; d. April 17, 1876.
EVERETT ARTBUR, b. April 16, 1870; d. April 15, 1876.
THOMAS WENDELL, b. April 27, 1877.
Dr. Bailey has been too long and well known in town as an enterprising apothecary, fancy-goods dealer, and citizen, to need characterization on this page; as also his wf. in the domestic and social circles.
BAILEY, JAMES DEWING 3 (Eliphalet,2 Eliphalet 1), b. Mil., Dec. 1, 1825; mr.'s maiden name, Miranda Bowker; m. Abigail R. Tyler, dr. of Daniel and Ellen Thusa (Polly) Tyler, b. 1830; cer. Hopedale, June 6, 1849, by the writer. Issue :-
JAMES OSCAR, b. Mil., March 6, 1850; m. Mary Lizzie Bowers, Oct. 20, 1875.
EDGAR L., b. Mil., Jan. 15, 1852; m. Eva Ellen Jewell, July 26, 1876.
EZRA HUNT, b. Mil., Dec. 25, 1853; m. Lorrette Benson, Jan. 18, 1879.
Industrious, intelligent, enterprising, and orderly people.
BAILEY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS 8 (William,2 Eliphalet1), b. April 5, 1827; mr.'s maiden name, Ann Homer Tilton. He has a wf., but no chn. Occupation, bootmaker. No record recd. from him.
BAILEY, HENRY J., a descendant, I presume, of Eliphalet,1 a painter by trade, and boards with T. E. Morse. No record handed in.
Prob. several others of the name have, at various times, res. more or less transiently in town.
BAILEY, JOSEPH, son of Thomas and Rachel, b. Trowbridge, Eng., Dec. 1, 1825; came to America in the summer of 1842; res. at Webster till 1844, then at Winstead, Ct., till 1848, then at Millville a few months till June, 1849, and then set. at Hopedale; an ingenious mechanic in the line of cabinet-joining, etc., - a useful and worthy man. His wf. was a dr. of Joseph and Sarah Paul, Barford, St. Martin's, Eng., where she was b. Jan. 28, 1827. She came to America, and the bridal pair were m. at Hopedale, Jan. 16, 1854; cer. by the writer. Their chn. are, -
JOSEPH HERBERT, b. in the " Old House," Sept. 5, 1856; now in Colorado. SARAH GEORGIENA, b. in the " Old House," Sept. 26, 1861.
Mrs. Sarah d. instantaneously, in an epileptic fit, May 8, 1880.
BAILEY, GEORGE WILLIAM, merchandise broker; b. March 24, 1826, in New- ton Moor, Cheshire, Eng .; son of James and Mary Ann (Lee) Bailey; m. Harriet Carter, dr. of Edward and Mary (Livingston) Carter, b. Manches- ter, Eng., March 22, 1827; cer. at Mottram Old Church, Cheshire, Eng., Nov. 9, 1845, by Rev. D. Seddon, vicar. Their chn. : -
HENRY JAMES, b. Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, Eng., Dec. 26, 1846. MARY ELLA, b. West Medway, Mass., Nov. 9, 1849.
Both these chn. married; to whom not reported; 1 child each.
The parents have res. in this town since 1858.
BAKER. Only a few transient dwellers in town of this name. Among these were, -
BAKER, ELBRIDGE GERRY, tinsmith, Hopedale, 1844 or 1845; wf., Charlotte H .; and inft. son, Clinton H., b. in Taunton, April 27, 1843. Went to California in quest of gold, and is said to have d. there.
BAKER, LYMAN, came to Hopedale from Westminster a widower, with young dr. Lucinda; afterwards emigrated to Minnesota. No further traced.
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BALL FAMILIES.
Peter and Josiah Ball, bros., were natives of Watertown. In 1731, June 5, they purchased and took a deed, from William Brewer of Boston, of several adjacent parcels of land in the No. Purchase, east of Maspenock Pond, alias Long Pond, bordering northerly on Hop. line. All the parcels amounted to 199 acs. 112 rods; to which belonged a mansion-house, and also a 2-ac. right in the town's common lands after the 8th division. For all this estate they paid Brewer £180. At that time the No. Purchase road towards Hop. was an im- perfect bridle-path. But the selectmen of Mendon laid a three-rod way that very yr., Oct. 5, which commenced at Hop. line, and extended as far south as the Ellis Sumner place, perhaps a little this side. There it was suspended for some yrs. Peter Ball, who, by division with his brother Josiah, owned the north-easterly portion of the lands bought of Brewer as far north as the Haven place, finally sold out to different purchasers, and located himself in Southborough. There he became the progenitor of all the Ball families in that region of towns. I think Hon. Phinehas Ball of Worcester and Rev. George S. of Upton are among his descendants; also, through one branch, the celebrated musical chief, Eben Tourjée.
Josiah Ball, sen., gradually absorbed into his possession parcel after parcel of adjacent land, till he must have owned several hundred acres, which he settled on his chn. But I am told that none of it now remains in the hands of his descendants, at least in the male line. I may here commence his family tabulation. The old ancestral immigrant was John Ball, from Wiltshire, Eng. He was admitted freeman in 1750, had a son John, he a son John, and he a son Joseph, who was the father of our Josiah, sen. All these were of Watertown, except, perhaps, the first John. So I proceed.
BALL, JOSIAH, sen.5 (Joseph,4 John,8 John,2 John 1), b. March 2, 1712-13; m.
Rachel, dr. of Dr. John and Mehetabel (Holbrook) Corbett, b. Aug. 1, 1717; cer. July 3, 1733, by (prob.) Rev. Joseph Dorr. Their chn. : -
JOSIAH, jun., b. April 13, 1742; m. Sarah Palmer, July 5, 1770; 2d, Sarah Claflin, June 16, 1799.
ELIJAH, b. Feb. 1, 1743; m. Joanna French, Dec. 19, 1770.
MARY, b. March 2, 1749; m. Jonathan Jones, 3d, May 7, 1767.
LAZARUS, b. March 19, 1751 ( ?); physician; m. Lydia Cleveland ; date not found.
Mrs. Rachel d. Dec. 18, 1751. The hus. m., 2d, wid. Sarah White; cer. Oct. 23, 1758, by Rev. A. Frost. Josiah, sen., d. Oct. 28, 1791. He was a man of influence in his day, and lett a large est. to his chn. Josiah, jun., inherited the main homestead, and succeeded reputably to his father's enterprise and wealth. Elijah emigrated to Orange, and set. there. Lazarus studied medicine, and practised for some years in Weston and vicinity, but does not seem to have been very successful in his profession, or in the acquisition of worldly substance. Josiah, sen., owned one slave, whose name was Andrew Dewner, sometimes written Duno. This slave was presented to him by a friend in Boston, when a baby only 4 weeks old. He brought the little fellow all the way from Boston on horseback, nourishing him at intervals out of a nursing-bottle. It was after bedtime when he reached home, and, finding his wife asleep, he carefully laid the sleeping babe on her bed, while he cared for his tired horse. Before he returned, little Andrew awoke, and, by his Insty cries, frightened Mrs. Rachel half out of her senses, she being utterly surprised by the mysterious demon- stration. But her husband presently appeared for her relief, and explained the phenomenon. Andrew grew up a faithful and trustworthy servant, received
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his freedom at 21 yrs. of age, and a nice horse for a present. That horse he exchanged for a slave-girl in Marlboro', whose name was Rose, and whom he made his wife. (See his family record in its place.) Josiah, sen., gave Andrew a little homestead, comprising 12 acres of land and a small dwelling-house. There he was still dwelling in old age when I first came in to town, 57 yrs. ago .*
BALL, JOSIAH, jun.6 (Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph,4 John,8 John,2 John1), b. April 13, 1742; m., 1st, Sarah Palmer, b. in Upton, March 15, 1744; cer. July 5, 1770, by Rev. A. Frost. Their chn. : -
RACHEL, b. Friday, March 15, 1771, 9 o'clock A.M. ; m. John Despeaux, July 5, 1807.
ASENATH, b. Sat., June 6, 1772, 10 o'clock P.M. ; m. Daniel Carter, May 23, 1814.
SARAH, b. Wed., Nov. 15, 1775, 2 o'clock P.M .; d. July 14, 1791.
ZENAS, b. Sund., July 12, 1778, 1 o'clock A.M. ; m. Mary Sumner, June 12, 1806. HANNAH, h. March 19, 1781; m. Isaac Holmes, Hop., May 1, 1803; d. Aug. 21, 1818.
ABNER, h. March 24, 1784; d. Feb. 19, 1805.
Mrs. Sarah d. July 6, 1791. The hus. m., 2d, Mrs. Sarah Claflin of Hop., wid. of Ebenezer; cer. June 16, 1799, by Saml. Jones, Esq. This 2d wf. d. June 19, 1824. Josiah, jun., d. March 11, 1835, a. 93 yrs.
BALL, ELIJAH6 (Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph,4 John,8 John,2 John 1), b. Feb. 1, 1743; m., 1st, Joanna French, dr. of Dea. Abijah and Joanna French, b. here Aug.
22, 1752; cer. 19, 1770, by Rev. A. Frost. Set. in Orange. Their chn. :-
Prudence, Fordyce, Nancy, Josiah, and Lucinda. Dates of birth not ascer- tained.
Among the few facts of this family record that have come to my knowledge are the following: that Elijah Ball was m. to his 2d wf., Prudence Rice, Feb. 20, 1786; that in 1793 he quit-claimed to his bro. Josiah, for £52, his portion of real estate bequeathed in the will of their father; that his dr. Lucinda was m. to Dr. Joseph Gilbert, April 29, 1799; that his son Fordyce, by wf. Phebe, had b. to them five chn., viz., Levi Thurston, May 7, 1811; Elijah, Jan. 17, 1813; Hyderally, Jan. 21, 1815; Joseph Gilbert, May 20, 1817; Joanna French, May 20, 1820; and Lucinda Maria, July 28, 1823; and that his son Josiah, by wf.
* Another version of the alave-babe story comes to me from another branch of the Ball lineage. It varies a little from the ooe first given me, and so I inaert it that my readers may take either or both. "One somewhat amnaing incident, coming down from our ancestors, ia connected with Mr. Josiah Ball. He was one of the firat settlera of Milford, having built the second house in town, occupying the site upon which Mr. Richmond Stone aow lives on Purchase St. It is as followa : He used to go regularly to Boaton to market in the old-fashioned market wagon. At that time Mass. beld slavea. Mr. Ball had juet buried a nursing habe. One day, when at Boston, a black woman gave him her little babe. He took it home, arriviog at the midnight hour, and, find- tng hla family all in bed and asleep, he stepped in quietly, and deposited the little ebony buadie in bed with his wife, without aronaing ber. He then went to the barn to attend to needed duties. Having performed those, and returning to the bonae, he was not over-surpriacd to find the whole house aatir. He availed himself of the privilege the uncurtained window gave to witness the surprise, fear, and anxiety of the family. Every little while one, more bold than the rest, would venture to lift the bed-clothing, which would bring forth a fresh outcry, and back they would start. He soon went io, and explained mattera. He brought up the boy, and he was called Dnao. He became an earoeat Christian. Mr. Ball gave him a white horse, which he exchanged for a black woman in Westboro'. Mr. Ball called bim at twenty-one, and told him be was free. He burst into tears, saying he must stay with Massa." The last descendant of old Duno . died at Milford Poor-house, - Mrs. Judy Smith, - a few years since.
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Hannah, had h. to them three chn., viz., Nancy M., July 28, 1824; Polly L., July 4, 1826; and Josiah Joseph Gilbert, June 19, 1828. When the 1st wf. d., what chn. she left, when he d., whether the above-named were his only chn., when his 2d wf. d., etc., remain untold.
[Since the foregoing was written, Mr. Henry Arthur Ball, son of Adin B., has received letters in answer to inquiries sent out from Mrs. Eastman of Marlboro', a gd. dr. of Elijah Ball, and Capt. Joseph J. G. Ball of Wincliendon, a gd. son of Elijah, containing additional facts. The following are the most important of these: 1. Elijah Ball had a son Elijah, wlio became a physician, set. and m. in the State of Georgia, had two sons and three drs. there, and is survived by Col. James Ball, a wealthy citizen of Atlanta. 2. That Fordyce Ball has two sons res. in Cambridge, grandsons of the first Elijah. 3. That of Elijah's drs. only Nancy left issue, and she only the aforesaid Mrs. Eastman of Marlboro'. 4. That Josiah, son of Elijah, sen., m. Hannah (Albee) Smith, and had Nancy Maria, b. July 26, 1824, d. Feb. 18, 1856, nnm .; Polly, who d. a. 2 yrs ; Joseph Josiah Gilbert, b. June 19, 1828; and that the fr., going West to locate, d. of cholera at Alton, Ill., in 1832. 5. That the common tradition of the Balls is that they are of Scotch descent.]
BALL, Dr. LAZARUS6 (Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph,4 John,8 John,2 John 1), b. prob., amid conflicting dates, Jan., 1754; physician; m. Lydia Cleveland, ptge., etc., not found; b. Dec. 12, 1755; date of mge., etc., not found. _ Their chn .: -
ORRILLA, b. prob. Weston, 1780; d. unm., Mil., Oct. 31, 1801.
BETSEY, b. prob. Weston, 1786; trace not found.
HENRY, b. prob. Weston, Dec. 1, 1788; m., 1st, Betsey Claflin; 2d, Betsey Lincoln.
CLARISSA, b. (date not found) ; m. Jabez Hill of Vt.
It has been found impossible to give Dr. Ball's family record with com- pleteness and certainty, for want of reliable data, or the story of his career in life. He d. poor, in this town, Jan. 14, 1827, a. 73 yrs. His wf. d. Dec. 21, 1832, a. 77.
BALL, ZENAS7 (Josiah, jun.,6 Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph,4 John,3 John,2 John 1), b. July 12, 1778; m., 1st, Mary Sumner, dr. of Ebenezer and Keziah (Albee)
Sumner, b. April 29, 1785; cer. Jan. 12, 1806, by Rev. D. Long. One child :- ABNER SUMNER, b. April 13, 1807; m. Sally Loomis, Hop., 1829.
Mrs. Mary d. June 12, 1807. The hus. m., 2d, Betsey Tilton, dr. of Abra- ham and Hannah (Homer) Tilton, Hop., of honorable descent in one of her parental lines from the celebrated John Alden; cer. March, 1812. Their chn. : -
MARY SUMNER, b. Nov. 4, 1813; m. Alvan Robbins, March 22, 1835:
LORENZO, b. Ang. 13, 1815; m., 1st, Lucy Clark, 1839; 2d, -.
SARAH PALMER, b. Aug. 13, 1817; m. David Beal, June 13, 1838.
HOMER TILTON, b. Oct. 19, 1819; m. Maria L. Sherman, Nov. 12, 1840 ..
ELIZABETH ANN, b. May 24, 1821; d. Sept. 9, 1832.
WILLIAM EUSTIS, b. June 1, 1823; m. Caroline L. Loomis of Hop., 1847 .. Family all dead.
JOSIAH, b. June 1, 1825; d. in infancy.
ZENAS EDWIN, b. Nov. 27, 1827; m. Catherine Long, May 24, 1857.
FRANCIS MARION, b. June 30, 1832; m. Rosetta A. Scammell, Nov. 30, 1854. HORATIO NELSON, b. Jan. 28, 1837; d. young.
Zenas Ball inherited the old homestead, a handsome landed patrimony, but hardly the enterprise of his .progenitors. He d. April 1, 1861, in his 73d yr. Mrs. Betsey, his 2d wf., a woman of much domestic. energy, d., date not given.
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BALL, HENRY 7 (Dr. Lazarus,6 Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph," John,8 John,2 John 1),
b. Weston, Dec. 1, 1788; m., 1st, Betsey Claflin of Hop., ptge., birth-date, etc., not found; cer. April 4, 1811, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn. : - SUSAN, birthplace and date not found; m. Whiting Eames.
MARY BUCKLIN, birthplace and date not found; m. Martin Fletcher, April 12, 1834.
BETSEY CLAFLIN, b. Needham, 1818; m. William G. Holmes, Hop., 1834.
The mr. of these chn. d. June 10, 1825. The fr. m., 2d, Betsey Lincoln, ptge. and birth-date not found; cer. Sept. 21, 1826, by Rev. Thomas W. Tucker. Their chn. :-
ALZINA ANN, b. Dec. 7, 1827; m. William H. Bailey, Jan. 1, 1845.
ELLEN, b. Jan. 31, 1829; m. John Grigg, 1850.
SARAH JANE, b. April 23, 1833; m. S. P. Squier, Oct. 1, 1851.
HENRY, jun., b. Aug. 2, 1834; untraced.
ADIN BALLOU, b. Sept. 27, 1836; m. Elizabeth Angel, Jan. 4, 1858. LYDIA ANN, b. July 16, 1840; d. Feb. 13, 1841.
Henry Ball was a worthy man and citizen, with wives and chn. no less worthy. He was a boot-manufacturer and farmer, residing mostly in Mil., but transiently in other places, particularly in Westboro', where he had a farm. His 2d wf. d. in Westboro', Dec. 9, 1873. He d. in Mil., April 1, 1877.
BALL, ADIN BALLOU8 (Henry,7 Dr. Lazarus,6 Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph, 4 John,8 John,2 John1), b. Sept. 27, 1836 ; carpenter ; m. Elizabeth Angel, dr. of Alfred and Betsey (Despeaux) Angel, b. Holl., Feb. 11, 1840; cer. in Mil., Jan. 4, 1858, by Rev. J. M. Bailey. Their chn. : -
GRACE ATWOOD, b. Providence, R.I., Oct. 17, 1860; d. Nov. 17, 1865, a. 5 yrs. 1 mo.
HENRY ARTHUR, b. Mil., July 11, 1862; an accountant.
ELSIE LENA, b. Mil., June 22, 1864.
GERTIE ANNA, b. Mil., July 15, 1866.
EDITH CLARISSA, b. Mil., June 22, 1868.
WILLIE AUGUSTUS, b. Mil., Sept. 14, 1869; d. July 24, 1870, a. 10 mos. 10 ds. ADIN ELWOOD, b. Mil., Oct. 29, 1870.
FREDDIE LESTER, b. Mil., May 1, 1873.
RUTH EVELYN, b. Mil., May 31, 1875.
FAITH ELIZABETH, b. Mil., June 6, 1878.
Here is a good old-fashioned family for size, and of solid worth for char- acter and usefulness, long and steadily res. in Mil.
BALL, ABNER8 (Zenas,7 Josiah, jun.,6 Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph,4 John,8 John,2 John1), b. April 13, 1807; m. Sally Loomis, Hop.
BALL, LORENZO8 (Zenas,7 Josiah, jun.,6 Josiah, sen.,6 Joseph, + John,8 John,2 John1), b. Aug. 13, 1815; m., 1st, Lucy Clark of Cumberland, R.I., ptge., birth-date, etc., not found; cer. spring of 1839, particulars not ascertained. Their chn. :-
ANN ELIZABETH, b. May 18, 1843; d. young, a. 6 mos. 8 ds.
FERDINAND E., b. Oct. 26, 1845; d. young, a. 2 mos. 16 ds.
NAMELESS SON, b. March 12, 1847; d. young, a. 4 ds.
HARRIET A., b. April 8, 1849; d. young, a. 2 yrs. 4 mos.
ANNA M., b. Aug. 14, 1851; d. young, a. 1 m. 7 ds.
Mrs. Lucy d. -. The hus. m., 2d, -.
BALL, HOMER TILTON 8 (Zenas,7 Josiah, jun.,6 Josiah, sen.,5 Joseph,4 John, 8 John,2 John 1), b. Oct. 19, 1819; boot-manufacturer; m. Maria L. Sherman,
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BALL, BALLARD, BALLOU.
dr. of John and Laura (Taft) Sherman, b. Westboro', March 16, 1821; cer. Mendon, Nov. 12, 1840, by the writer; res. Mil. always. Their chn. :- GEORGE HOMER, b. June 2, 1842; d. Nov. 19, 1847.
GEORGE HOMER, b. Sept. 17, 1848; grad. H. U. 1869; stud. law, and is now a promising member of the bar; res. in Worcester; m. Florence Gill, Oct. 29, 1878; one child, viz., Maria, b. Sept. 10, 1879.
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