Rebecca Balch

Note: The Fairfield Family database states that William Fairfield married twice - (1) Rebeckah Stone, (2) Abigail Converse. The second wife is noted in the biography but not in the profile.

Reverend William Balch was born 30 September 1704 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, the son of Freeborn Balch and Elizabeth Fairfield.[1] He graduated from Harvard in 1724, and was first pastor at the Second Church (East Bradford) for sixty-five years. [2] William married Rebecca/Rebekah Stone on 12 March 1727/28 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. [3] After Rebecca died, he married secondly, Abigail Blodgett. He was recorded on the 1790 census for Bradford, MA.[4]

He died 12 January 1791/92.[5][6]

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William Balch (1704 - 1792)

Reverend William Balch

Born 30 Sep 1704 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Freeborn Balch and Elizabeth (Fairfield) Balch

Brother of Mirriam (Balch) Fowler [half], Freeborn Balch II [half], Benjamin Balch [half], Skipper Balch, Elizabeth (Balch) Elliott, Sarah Balch, Abigail (Balch) Raymond, Tabitha (Balch) Raymond and Mary (Balch) Wingate

Husband of Rebecca (Stone) Balch — married 12 Mar 1727 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Rebecca (Balch) Parker, William Balch Jr., Hannah (Balch) Hale, Sarah (Balch) Sargent, Daniel Balch, Nathaniel Balch and Benjamin Balch

Died 12 Jan 1792 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Balch-313 created 17 Feb 2015 | Last modified 17 Apr 2020

Sources

↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1906-1907)| Page 35
↑ Davis
↑ The Massachusetts Vital Records Project
↑ 1790 United States Federal Census, State of Massachusetts, Essex County, Bradford, Page 109, Third Column, Line 28| 1790 US Census, "Revd William Balch"
↑ Davis
↑ Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1907)| Page 296
Fairfield Family database:
http://www.fairfieldfamily.com/database/data_index.html

The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly, Essex County Birth Records
Balch, Galusha B. Genealogy of the Balch families in America (E. Putnam, Salem, Mass., 1897)| Pages 34-35
Bentley, William. The Diary of William Bentley, D.D., Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts (Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1905) Vol. 1, Page 341
Davis, Walter Goodwin. "The ancestry of Sarah Stone, wife of James Patten of Arundel (Kennebunkport) Maine", Portland: The Southworth Press| Page 17