Mary Ball

Not a known daughter of Dea. Ralph Mousall

Biography

It is important to note that the work of Mousall family scholars, has disputed whether Mary (wife of Nathaniel Ball) was indeed a Mousall (as the genealogies of the family since 1829 had claimed) or Wayne (as others have posited).

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Marriage

Mary married, about 1647, Nathaniel Ball.[1]

Children

As listed by Frank Densmore Warren[1]

1. John, d. May or July 27, 1649.(died by 1660? see below)
2. Nathaniel, b. July 28, 1649; d. Oct. or Nov. 23, 1649.
3. Ebenezer
4. Eleazer, b. 1651.
5. John, b. Aug. 16, 1660.
6. Nathaniel, b. July 5, 1663.
7. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1665; m. Dec. 12, 1705, John Whittaker, of Stow.

As listed in Concord town records:[2]

p. 5 Nathaniell sonne of Nathaniell and Mary Ball born 28 of 7 mo 1648 (28 Sep 1648)
p. 6 John, son of Nathaniell and mary Ball died 27 (5) mo: (27 July) 1649
p. 6 Nathaniell the sonne of Nath: and Mary Ball died 23 (9) mo.(23 Nov) 1649
p. 9 John , son of nathaniell Balle and mary his wife born 15 Aug. 1660
p. 11 Nathanell son of Nathanell Balle and mary his wife was b. 3 July 1663
p. 12 hanna, d/o Nathaniell Ball & mary his wie, born 22 Jenr 1665 [1665/66]
Research note: Early Concord records are notoriously both incomplete and erroneous. No records survive from September 1650 through February 1654. That is of particular importance with this family. It seems reasonable to assume that Nathaniel and Mary continued to bear unrecorded children at the typical two-year intervals during the 12 years between the first Nathaniel born in 1648 and the second John born 1660. So, perhaps, the sequence of children was:

1646? John, died 1649
1648 Nathaniel, died 1649
1650 Eleazer?, married Priscilla Wood, 1675, then Sarah Merriam 1688
1652 Ebenezer?
1654 Abigail?
1656 Daughter??
1658 Daughter???
1660 John, m. Martha Bignall 1682, then Hannah Rugge 1690
1663 Nathaniel, m. Mary Brooks 1688
1665 Hannah, m. John Whittaker 1705
Mary Mousal(?) Ball died Feb. 14, 1669.[3]

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Mary (Mousall) Ball (1633 - 1669)

Mary Ball formerly Mousall aka Gove

Born 25 May 1633 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Ralph Mousall and Alice (Unknown) Mousall

Sister of John Mousall Sr, Thomas Mousall and Ruth Mousal

Wife of Nathaniel Ball — married about 1649 [location unknown]

Mother of John Ball, Nathaniel Ball, Eleazar Ball, Ebenezer Ball, Abagail Ball, John Ball, Nathaniel Ball and Hannah (Ball) Whitaker

Died 14 Feb 1669 at age 35 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mousall-60 created 10 Feb 2013 | Last modified 19 Mar 2020

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Warren, Frank Densmore, The Descendants of John Ball of Watertown, Mass 1603 to 1635 (Boston: Spaulding-Moss, 1932) https://archive.org/stream/descendantsofjoh00warr#page/10/mode/2up
↑ Concord Records.Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850. Boston: T.Todd, printer 1895. Link at Archive, page numbers indicated in list.
↑ Concord Records.Concord, Massachusetts births, marriages, and deaths, 1635-1850. Boston: T.Todd, printer 1895. Link at Archive, page 14: "mary wife of nathaniell Ball died 14: day feb: 1669" [1669/70]
Descendants of John Ball of Watertown, Massachusetts.
http://www.newenglandballproject.com/g0/p1.htm

Note from John D. Curtis: According to FamilySearch, there may have been the following additional children:

1. Abagail Ball
2. William John Ball

Additional note from John D. Curtis. The identification of Ralph and Alice Mousal as Mary's parents appears in one WikiTree. The biography states that it is the predominant belief that Alice was a Mousal. as the Mousal family genealogies since 1829 have claimed. However, others have posited that she was a Wayne. More research, if that is possible, will be needed to ascertain with certainty her proper surname.