Jonathan Ballard (1763 - 1838)

Born 4 Mar 1763 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Pierce) Ballard — married 23 Feb 1792 in Hallowell, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Jun 1838 at age 75 in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

JONATHAN BALLARD,^[1] born at Oxford, Massachusetts, 4 Mar 1763 son of Ephraim Ballard and Martha Moore;^[2][3] Jonathan died at Augusta, Maine, 7 Jun 1838;^[4][5] married at Hallowell, 23 Feb 1792,^[6] SARAH PIERCE, born at Oxford, 1768 daughter of Eliphalet and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Pierce;^[7] Sarah died at Augusta, 31 Jul 1858.^[8]

Jonathan Ballard and Sarah Pierce resided in Hallowell/Augusta, Maine. Jonathan operated a sawmill and kept a farm. He was one of the subscribers to contribute to the building of the first courthouse at Hallowell.^[9]

On 5 February 1795, there was a great flood of the Kennebec River that swept the house of Jonathan Ballard off its foundation while Jonathan’s wife Sarah and four-day old daughter Hannah were in an upstairs room. They were removed safely on a sleigh.^[10]

On 2 December 1805, Jonathan Ballard and Sally Ballard, in consideration of $82, quitclaimed to Asa Pierce all their interest in the homestead farm of Eliphalet Pierce deceased, late of Augusta. On 23 April 1803, Jason Pierce, Sally’s brother, quitclaimed his interest in the estate of Eliphalet Pierce to Jonathan Ballard.^[11]

On 10 November 1814, Jonathan Ballard and his wife Sally, in consideration of $300, conveyed to Ephraim Ballard, Jr. land in Augusta on the west side of the Kennebec River containing 30 acres. On 10 October 1816, Jonathan Ballard yeoman of Augusta, in consideration of $250, conveyed to De Lafayette Ballard a tract of land on the went side of the Kennebec River containing 50 acres. On 14 October 1816, Jonathan conveyed to De Lafayette all his undivided part of land in lot number twenty-nine of the second range for payment of $150. On 1 July 1817, Jonathan quitclaimed to De Lafayette, for payment of $100, his right to lots along the Kennebec River.^[12]

After Jonathan’s death, Sarah lived in the home of her daughter Hannah and her husband Charles Pinkham, recorded there in 1850.^[13]

Children

Jonathan Ballard and Sarah Pierce were parents of thirteen children born at Old Hallowell/Augusta, Maine, the eldest child born prior to the marriage. Jonathan’s mother Martha Ballard had this entry in her diary for 24 October 1791: “I was Calld from ye Docts to Sally, Shee was Safe Deld at 1 h pm of a fine Son. her illness very Severe but I left her Cleverly & returnd to ye Docts about Sun Sett. Sally Declard that my Son Jona was the father of her Child.”^[14]

i JONATHAN B. “JACK” BALLARD, b. 24 Oct 1791

ii DE LAFAYETTE BALLARD, b. 4 Feb 1793; d. at Augusta, 9 Oct 1833; m. about 1827, BETSY MCINTIRE, b. 1805; Betsy d. at Augusta, 28 Aug 1853.

iii HANNAH BALLARD, b. 1 Feb 1795; d. at Somerville, MA, 21 May 1886; m. at Augusta, 10 Jun 1821, CHARLES PINKHAM, b. at Bristol, ME, 15 Oct 1794 son of Allen and Lydia (-) Pinkham; Charles d. at Augusta, 7 May 1853.

iv EPHRAIM BALLARD, b. 17 Feb 1797; d. at Augusta, 17 Aug 1868; m. 1st at Augusta, 14 Dec 1822, AUGUSTA WALL, b. at Augusta, 7 Dec 1794 daughter of David and Cynthia (Ingraham) Wall; Augusta d. at Augusta, 19 Dec 1835. Ephraim m. 2nd at Augusta, 4 Jun 1837, PHEBE SAWIN, b. at Sudbury, MA, 8 Dec 1798 daughter of William and Elizabeth (Temple) Sawin; Phebe d. at Augusta, 19 Nov 1884. Phebe was first married to Josiah Brown whom she divorced May 1837.

v WILLIAM BALLARD, b. 1799; d. at Augusta, 29 Jan 1896 at age 97 years; m. at Augusta, 6 Aug 1831, LUCINDA MORRILL, b. 1807 daughter of Samuel and Hannah (-) Morrill (per death record); Lucinda d. at Augusta, 7 Sep 1892.

vi SARAH BALLARD, b. 11 Jan 1801; d. at Melrose, MA, 13 May 1880; m. at Augusta, 6 Jan 1820, WILLIAM PILLSBURY, b. 10 Jun 1794 son of Ebenezer and Jane (Frazier) Pillsbury; William d. at Augusta, 16 Sep 1857.

vii MARTHA M. BALLARD, b. 22 Nov 1802; d. at Clinton, ME, about 1845; m. at Augusta, 19 Mar 1823, LUKE N. BARTON, b. at Oxford, MA, 3 Sep 1791 son of Stephen and Dorothy (Moore) Barton; Luke d. at Clinton, 1838 (probate 1838).

viii Son, b. and d. 3 Apr 1804

ix SAMUEL ADAMS BALLARD, b. 19 Apr 1805; d. 27 Nov 1806.

x JAMES S. BALLARD, b. 23 Apr 1807; d. at Augusta, 11 Oct 1847; m. at Augusta, 28 Jan 1833, MARY R. MCINTIRE, b. about 1808; Mary d. at Augusta, 27 Mar 1853. Mary married second Thomas L. Pollard.

xi ELIZABETH BALLARD, b. 3 Aug 1809; d. 19 Jul 1818.

xii Twin son1, b. 17 Mar 1812; d. 1812.

xiii Twin son2, b. 17 Mar 1812; d. 20 Mar 1812.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover ©
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-LZ9 : 20 May 2022), Jonathan Ballard, 4 Mar 1763; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009522.
3. ↑ Farlow, Ballard Genealogy, p 121
4. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-3QF8 : 1 March 2021), Jonathan Ballard, 1838; citing Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States, Townsend Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,024
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39526964/jonathan-ballard: accessed 04 March 2023), memorial page for Jonathan Ballard (4 Mar 1763–7 Jun 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39526964, citing Townsend Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, USA; Maintained by oldwolf600 (contributor 47130994).
6. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46W-Z3B : 14 January 2020), Jonathan Ballard, 1792.
7. ↑ Identity of parents confirmed by deeds
8. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z5-93Y : 16 January 2020), Sarah Ballard, 1858.
9. ↑ North, History of Augusta, p 240, p 220
10. ↑ Farlow, Ballard Genealogy, pp 121-122
11. ↑ Maine Land Records, Kennebec County, 9:58, 9:57
12. ↑ Maine Land Records, Kennebec County, 23:340, 24:360, 24:361, 29:74
13. ↑ The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Augusta, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: 256; Page: 94b
14. ↑ Martha Ballard’s Diary Online, https://dohistory.org/diary/themes/pregnancy/index.html

• Abbott, Patricia A. In Press. The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover Through Six Generations. Emerald Isle, NC: Patricia A. Abbott.
• Farlow, Charles Frederic. 1917. Ballard Genealogy: William Ballard (1603-1639) of Lynn and William Ballard (1617-1689) of Andover. Boston, MA: Charles H. Pope.
• North, James William. 1870. The History of Augusta, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: With Notices of the Plymouth Company, and Settlements on the Kennebec; Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register. Augusta, ME: Clapp and North.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Ballard-185 created through the import of Family Line.ged on 01 March 2011.

• WikiTree profile Ballard-256 created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011.