Born in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Zebadiah Abbott
and Ann (Lovejoy) Abbott
Sister of
Anna Abbott, Nehemiah Abbott, Lydia (Abbott) Mooar, Chloe Abbott, Zebadiah Abbott and Anna Abbott
Wife of
Timothy Ballard
— married
21 Jan 1755 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Ballard) Pinkham, Timothy Ballard, William Ballard, Joshua Ballard and Anna (Ballard) Abbott
Died
at age 75
in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
SARAH ABBOTT, born at Andover, 3 Aug 1733[1] daughter of Zebadiah Abbott and Ann Lovejoy.[2]; married 21 Jan 1755,[3] her third cousin, TIMOTHY BALLARD, born at Andover, 1 Mar 1729/30[4] son Timothy Ballard and Hannah Chandler; died at Andover, 12 Jul 1768;[5]. Sarah did not remarry after Timothy’s death, and she died 2 Aug 1809.[6]
Sarah Abbott was descended from the Rowley Abbotts. Following the early death of her husband, Sarah ran an inn in Andover.[7]
Sarah is honored for patriotic service for paying the supply tax in 1780 as per Andover, Massachusetts Tax Records, 1768-1781, FHL #878781 [8]
Sarah (Abbott) Ballard performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.
Sarah (Abbott) Ballard is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A216009.
Sources
- ↑ Abbott, Sarah, d. Zebadiah and Anne, Aug. 3, 1733. Andover Vital Records, volume 1, p 33
- ↑ The 1767 will of Zebadiah Abbott includes a bequest to his daughter Sarah Ballard; Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 157
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZX-Y71T : 19 April 2021), Timothy Ballard and Sarah Abbot, 21 Jan 1755; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.
- ↑ Ballard, Timothy, s. Timothy and Hannah, Mar. 1, 1729-30. Andover, Vital Records, volume 1, p 51
- ↑ Ballard, Timothy, jr., July 12, 1768, in his 37th y. [in 30th y. G.R.2.] Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 384
- ↑ Ballard, Sarah, w. [wid. C.R.2.] Tim[othy], Aug. 2,1809, a. 77 y. G.R.2. [a. 76 y. C.R.2.] Andover Vital Records, volume 2, p 383
- ↑ Abbott, Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, p 153
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 July 2023; 20 Aug 2024), "Record of Sarah Abbot Ballard", Ancestor # A216009.
- Abbott, Lemuel Abijah. 1906. Descendants of George Abbott of Rowley, Mass., of His Joint Descendants of George Abbott, Sr., of Andover, Mass. . . Boston: Published by the compiler, T. R. Marvin Printing.
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