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Mary Sterling (Ball)

Also Known As: "Bella", "Bull", "Sawyer"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lancaster, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death: February 27, 1748 (80)
Hebron, Hartford County, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Ball and Elizabeth Ball
Wife of John Sawyer; John Sawyer and William Sterling
Mother of Jacob Prescott Sawyer; Sgt Edward Sawyer and Moses Ball Sawyer
Sister of Joseph Ball; Joseph Ball; Infant Ball and Infant Ball
Half sister of John Ball; Mary Munroe; Esther Ball; Sarah Chamberlain and Abigail Ball

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Mary Sterling

Records reflect Mary Ball was married to John Sawyer, on June 16, 1686, in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, by Mr. William Brimsmeade of Marlborough.

Not to be confused with Mary Munroe

Married:

  1. 16 JUN 1686 in Worecster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts 6 Records reflect Mary Ball was married to John Sawyer, on June 16, 1686, in Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, by Mr. William Brimsmeade of Marlborough.
  2. ABT 1705 to William Sterling

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From http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ball-317

Some trees give her a middle name of Bella. As middle names were quite rare except among the aristocracy at this time, it is unlikely to be accurate for Mary.

The parentage of Mary Ball is uncertain.


from http://www.asmullen.freeservers.com/GreeneGenie/bissel.htm

Elizabeth's grandfather, John Sawyer, was born at Lancaster, Mass., on 6 April 1661. He married, at Lancaster, on 16 June 1686 to Mary Bull (or Ball), of Worcester, Mass.. She may have been the daughter of Isaac Bull and Sarah Parker of Boston, who were at Worcester in 1686.


  1. Title: A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 By James Savage Volume #1 Pgs 101 - 112 Baldwin - Bangs
  2. Title: Robert Roy's Genealogical Files
  3. Title: The Descendants of John Ball of Watertown, Massachusetts 1630 - 1635 by Frank Densmore Warren
  4. Title: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XVII, Lancaster Records
  5. Title: The American Genealogist, Volume 30, The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster by Claude W Barlow
  6. Title: Michael J Roman - Ancestry of Hattie E J Bruce - the John Ball Family
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Mary Sterling's Timeline

1667
October 29, 1667
Lancaster, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1687
March 30, 1687
Lancaster, MA, United States
1689
1689
Worcester, MA, United States
1690
1690
Lyme, New London Co., CT
1748
February 27, 1748
Age 80
Hebron, Hartford County, Connecticut
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United States