Family:Whitney, Sarah (1688-?)
Sarah4 Whitney (Eleazar3, Thomas2, John1), daughter of Eleazer3 and Dorothy (Ross) Whitney, was born 29 May 1688, Sudbury, MA.[1]
Sarah married, 5 Jan 1709/10, Watertown, MA, Jonathan Ball, "both of Watertown",[2] son of John and Sarah (Bullard) Ball. He was born 29 Mar 1680, Watertown, MA, and died circa 1727 at Watertown, MA.
She and Sarah4 Whitney, daughter of Nathaniel3 and Sarah (Hagar) Whitney, born 13 Feb 1678/9, are confused in some sources.
Children of Jonathan and Sarah4 (Whitney) Ball:
i. Sarah Ball, b. 1710; b. 15 Jul 1710, Watertown, MA. ii. Jonathan Ball, b. circa 1715; m. Martha French. iii. Phinehas Ball, b. circa 1716, Watertown, MA; m. Martha Bixby. iv. Thankful Ball, b. circa 1719; m. John Perry. v. Daniel Ball, b. circa 1721, Watertown, MA; m. Lucy Newton. vi. Jane Ball, b. circa 1724; m. Joshua Pond. vii. Susanna Ball, b. 6 Apr 1726, Waltham or Watertown, MA.
References
1.^ "Sarah [Whitney], d. Eleazer and Dorothy, [born] May 29, [16]88, M.R.," according to Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).
2.^ "Jonathan Ball & Sarah Whitney, b. of Watertown, m. 5 Jan 1709/10," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, to the End of 1737. Also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1900), volume 2, page 40.
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