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Elizabeth Ball (Pierce)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Norwich, Norfolk, England, (Present UK)
Death: before October 03, 1665
Probably Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA) (Went violently insane by 1660.)
Place of Burial: Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Pierce of Watertown and Elizabeth Pierce
Wife of John Ball, Sr.
Mother of John Ball; Mary Munroe; Esther Ball; Sarah Chamberlain and Abigail Ball
Sister of Anthony Pierce; Hester Morse; Barbara Pierce; John Pierce, Jr.; Robert Pierce and 5 others

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Elizabeth Ball

  • The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the ... By Charles Henry Pope
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=k___uh7sQAkC&pg=PA360&lpg=PA360&dq...
  • Pg. 360
    • PIERCE, PEARCE, PEARS, PEARSE, PEIRCE, PIERS,
  • John, weaver, ae. 49, of Norwich, R.I., with wife Elizabeth, ae. "36," and children John, Barbara, Judith and Elizabeth, and, servant John Gedney, passed exam. to go to Boston, N.E., April 8, 1637. settled at Watertown. The dau. Judith m. At Woburn Jan., 30 or Dec. 30, 1644, Francis Wyman.
  • He d. Aug. 19, 1661. Will dated 7 (1) 1657-8, prob. 1 Oct. 1661, beq. to wife Elizabeth, son Anthony and "the rest of" his children. The widow d. March 12, 1666, ae. about 79 years. Her will names children Anthony, Robert, John, Esther Morse and Mary Coldham; gr. daus. Mary and Esther Ball, ch. of her dau. Elizabeth; John, son of Anthony and Judah, dau. of Robert. [The son] Robert deposed 29 (10) 1658, ae, 38 years; Robert deposed at Ipswich in 1663 ae. about ?? years.
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  • Pierce genealogy : being the record of the posterity of Thomas Pierce, an early inhabitant of Charlestown, and afterwards Charlestown village (Woburn), in New England, with wills, inventories, biographical sketches, etc. (1882)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/piercegenealogyb00pier
    • A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/piercegenealogyb00pier#page/n21/mode/1up
  • John, Watertown, freeman, March, 1638, a man of good estate, projected settlement at Sudbury and Lancaster, d. May 9, 1661 ; and his will of March 4, 1658, was pro. the Oct. 1, following. In it he provides for wf. Elizabeth, eldest s. Anthony, and other ch. which he does not name ; but his wid. in her will of March 15, 1666-7, pro. April 2, supplies the deficiency, naming ch. Anthony, John, Robert, Esther Morse, wf. of Joseph, Mary Coldam prob. res. in Lynn, besides gr. chil. Mary Ball, and ano. Ball, Esther Morse, and the chil. of Anthony and Robert ; he also had ch. Judith, who m. Francis Wyman ; and Elizabeth, who m. John Ball, Jr. ; the two latter d. bef. their father. See Peirce Gen. by F. C. Peirce, Esq.
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Died before October 3, 1665.

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Apparently, Elizabeth was insane for some time before her death. Annoyed neighbors

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Insane in 1660

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Elizabeth Pierce Was 19 Years Old And John Ball Was 23 Years Old, When They Were Married In 1643 In Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Elizabeth And John Had 4 Girls And 1 Boy: John Ball - 1644 - May 8th 1722. Mary Ball - 1651. Sarah Ball - 1654. Esther Ball - 1655. Abigail Ball - April 20th 1658.

Elizabeth [Pierce] Ball Died At The Age Of 40 In 1660 As She Was Violently Insane. John Ball Was 75 Years Old When Captured And Killed In A Indian Raid.

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Elizabeth Ball's Timeline

1624
April 11, 1624
Norwich, Norfolk, England, (Present UK)
April 11, 1624
St Edmund,Norwich,Norfolk,ENGLAND
April 21, 1624
Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire, England, (Present UK)
April 21, 1624
Ogbourne St. Geo, Wiltshire, England
April 21, 1624
Ogbourne St. Geo, Wiltshire, England
1644
October 17, 1644
Watertown, Middlesex CountY, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1651
1651
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1655
December 9, 1655
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1655
1658
April 20, 1658