Rebecca Ballard

http://dgmweb.net/FGS/B/BallardJoseph-RebeccaJohnson.html

Seen as daughter of Father: Joseph JOHNSON

The child, Josiah, is attributed by Farlow (1911) to both Joseph BALLARD, Junior, (p. 74) and to his father, Joseph BALLARD, Senior (p. 71). Given the birth date of Josiah (22 Jun 1699) and the marriage date of Joseph BALLARD, Jr., and Rebecca JOHNSON (17 Aug 1698, ten months earlier), it is far more reasonable (to me) that Josiah was the child of Joseph and Rebecca (JOHNSON) BALLARD, Jr., and not that of Joseph and Rebeckah (REA) BALLARD, Sr., and that the mixup was the result of both couples being named: "Joseph and Rebecca BALLARD." I also suspect that the child, Jeremiah, belongs here, too, and not with the father. (Andover VR has Jeremiah with a birth date of Mar. 29, 1697. Joseph, the son, married in 1698. Thus, Jeremiah belongs to Joseph, the father.)

Andover VR has a "Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebecca, June 2, 1699." and also "Josiah, s. Joseph and Rebekah, June 22, 1699." Joseph 1699 should be with Joseph, the son. Josiah 1699 should be with Joseph, the father.

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_470.html details her parents, her marriage, and her children with their birth and marriage info. Her husband is person 9242.

Her birth is not recorded in Andover VR.

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/aMarriagesJ.shtml "(Johnson) Rebekah, and Joseph Ballard, Aug. 17, 1698."

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Andover/aDeathsB.shtml "(BALLARD (Balard)) Rebeca, wid., Jan. 22, 1754, in his 62d y."

Andover VR has Joseph & Rebecca with these children:

• Joseph, s. Joseph and Rebecca, June 2, 1699. died Aug. 29, 1703.
• Elizabeth, d. Joseph and Rebecca, Jan. 14, 1700-1701. married Thomas Abbott, Jan. 28, 1724-5.
• –––––, ch. Joseph and Rebecka, ––– 24, 1702.
• Benjamine, s. Joseph and Rebecka, ––– ––, [1703-4?]. died Feb. 21, 1703-4.
• Pennellope, s. Joseph, ––– ––, [1705?]. married Nathaniel Abbott, Nov. 23, 1726
• Joseph, s. Joseph, ––– ––, [1706-7?].
• –––––, ch. ––––h and Rebecka, Aug. 5, 1709. (This is Dorcas who married Stephen Osgood [jr. CR2], Mar. 4, 1730-31.)
• –––––, ch. Joseph and Rebecka, Mar. 1, 1710-11. (This Sarah who married William Kidder
• [Ebenezer. CR2], s. Joseph and Rebecka, July 2, 1713.
• [Dorithy. CR2], d. Joseph and Rebecka, Jan. 26, 1714-15. married Benjamin Smith, of Newbury, Aug. 16, 1734.
• Samuel, s. Joseph and Rebecka, Sept. 13, 1718. died Sept. 13, 1718.