Josiah Ballard

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Josiah Ballard is my 5th Cousin, five times removed. In the Revolutionary War Josiah served as a substitute for his father, and at the age of sixteen fought his firt fight under Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga. Joseiah ooperated the tavern left him by his father. It was located on 160 acres of land. The taver sign "Ballard" is now at the New Salem Museum. Attested by ancestors of Harold Foote Ballard. Herman William Tripp--Remembering......

Josiah married Frances Jane Zuil on 20 Jan 1789. Frances was born on 12 Aug 1768 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 09 Jun 1856 in Wendell, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Ballard was born on 30 Jan 1798 in Wendell, Massachusetts.
2. Daniel Ballard was born on 04 Mar 1802 in Wendell, Massachusetts; died on 09 Nov 1870 in Wendell, Massachusetts.
3. Lucinda Ballard was born in 1807; died on 24 May 1829.
4. Charlotte Ballard
5. Chester Ballard

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Daniel Ballard is my 4th Cousin, six times removed. He was a Private in American Revolution Abridged Compendium by Frederick Virkus. New Salem. Private, Captain Ebenexer Goodall's Company, Colonel B. R. Woodbridge's regiment which marked the alarm of April 19, 1775, 7 days, also, list of men returned as having served on picket guard May 11, 1775, under Major Loammi Baldwin, also Captain John King's Company, Colonel Woodbridge's regiment; receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge, June 29, 1775, also, muster roll dated August 1, 1775, enlisted April 26, 1775, service, 3 months 13 days, also company return dated Cambridge, September 29, 1775, also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Porspect Hill, October 25, 1775. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War" ( Boston, 1869 ) Volume 1, page 547. Herman William Tripp--Remembering......

Daniel married Ruth Houlton on 26 Jan 1754 in New Salem, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Joseph Houlton and Rebecca Felton) was born on 02 Mar 1733/34 in Salem, Massachusetts; died on 22 Nov 1817 in Wendell, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jeremiah Ballard was a Captain in the colonial wars Abridge Compendium by Frederick Virkus. He sold the old family place at Andover in 1735, to his brother in law Joseph Gibson and moved to Lunenburg, then to Lancaster, then to Concord, where he was living in 1743. At the outbreak of the war with France in 1744, he entered the military service, serving first as sergeant and then captain. In 1745 he was in command of a companyengaged inprotecting the frontiers of Maine, and his manuscrript orders signed by Governor Shirley are still in existence. In 1749 he moved west to New Salem, Franklin County, at the foot of the Berkshires. He became one of the most prominent settlers of that town. In 1738 he was Captain in Colonel Jeseph William's Regiment. In 1750 Jeremiah Meacham and he were granted a license to erect a sawmill upon the land belonging to them. This mill was built in the east part of the township, upon the middle branch of Swift River, near the locality called Buffalo. Ancestors of Harold Foote Ballard. Mary Dane and Jeremiah Ballard had the children listed.

Jeremiah married Mary Dane on 29 Dec 1721. Mary was born on 22 Apr 1699 in Andover, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Rebecca Felton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]