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John Bent was born on 24 January 1636.

Hannah Simmons was born on 15 November 1704 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Oliver Simmons and she were married on 20 December 1727 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Benjamin Ball and she were married on 14 November 1734 in Bristol, Rhode Island.¹ She died before 1751 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Remembrance Simmons and his wife Hannah Smith Eddy were mentioned in Abigail Eddy's will, dated January 2, 1720. Abigail was the widow of Jeremiah Smith and Zachariah Eddy and lived in Swansea. Remembrance Simmons and Hannah Smith married December 17, 1701, in Taunton.

A Benjamin Simmons, b. abt. 1678 in Duxbury, d. 1749, m. (2) Priscilla Delano July 1, 1717, had a dau. Hannah b. July 16, 1718. Benjamin was the son of John Simmons and Mercy Pabodie, dau. of William and Elizabeth Alden Pabodie. John was the son of Moses Simmons who came on the Fortune in 1621 and who m. Sarah Chandler.

OneWorldTree has this Hannah Smith marrying Oliver Simmons 22 Feb 1728 in Swansea and of course a totally different line of children.
Doublecheck that I have the right Hannah Simmons. Also, info on Simmons descendancy is different.

Thomas Raymond was born on 27 June 1687.

Agnes Bent was born in 1631.

Elizabeth Bourne was born on 31 May 1646 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ Joseph Bent and she were married on 30 June 1666 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.² She died in 1684 at age ~38 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

See also "The Bourne Genealogy," Helen Bourne Joy Le, Chester, CT, 1972.

Benjamin Ball was born about 1704. He and Hannah Simmons were married on 14 November 1734 in Bristol, Rhode Island.¹ He and Sarah Jenkins were married on 20 October 1751 in Bristol, Rhode Island.² He died on 23 April 1769 at age ~65 in Bristol, Rhode Island.³

Was Benjamin born 3 Feb 1729 in Weymouth, MA? Seems doubtful, given that he and Hannah Simmons were having children in the 1730's.

Benjamin and Hannah came from Swansea, MA. They were married by John Usher.

Five of the Balls' children (minus Betsy) were baptized in St. Michael's in 1753, 1756, and 1776. Benjamin and Hannah were baptized April 8 and December 19, 1741 respectively.

A child of Benjamin died December 20, 1741 and another child of Benjamin died 1766 (RI Vital Records, Bristol, p. 115.)

He witnessed Thomas Oldridge's will Feb. 7, 1763, in Bristol.

An Ezekiel Ball was a church member in Bristol in 1701. There was an Ezekiel Ball b. in Newark, NJ, son of Edward Ball 1644-1724 of East Haven, CT, and his wife, Abigail Blachley.

A Benjamin, son of Benjamin, b. July 16, 1718.

Francis Ball, assigned to adm. of estate of Jonathan Ball of Bristol, mariner, dtd. Sept. 20, 1737, "one of the sons of said Francis Ball." There was also an Amos Ball mentioned in court records of the time. A son of John Ball died in Bristol 13 Dec 1743. A Francis Ball died in Bristol 26 Aug 1745. His wife, Sarah, was buried 18 Aug 1743. This Francis Ball was born 21 Dec 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA, the son of Francis Ball 1636-1691 of Dorchester and Abigail Salter 1631-1708. And this Francis Ball is said to have a son, Benjamin, b. 9 Feb 1677 in Suffolk Co. who married Mary Brewer or born 30 Aug 1675 who married Mehitable Maxwell, but in either case Benjamin would have had to have been born before he was 10. Another lists the children of Francis and Sarah as Benjamin d. 1769, m. Hannah Simmons and Sarah Jenkins (our Benjamin), Jonathan, and Abigail.

Elizabeth Ball married John Glover in Bristol 17 Mar 1751.

Check the following sources:

- Benjamin named his first son Jonathan. Could it be after his father? A Jonathan Ball was born 25 Mar 1680 in New Haven, CT, or Middlesex, MA, died 1727 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA (if it was the same Jonathan), wife was Sarah Whitney married 5 Jun 1710,, parents were John Ball and Sarah Bullard. But the latter are also listed as the parents of Jonathan James Ball, b. 7 Mar 1670 in Waterton, MA, who m. Elizabeth Fiske.

- A John Ball was among those helping Plymouth Colony in Narragansett Bay during King Philip's War. He served on the sloop Swan under Samuel Woodbury of Swansea, which would seem to indicate he also was from Swansea. (Or sloop Brigandyne?)

- See printout of Ball genealogy by Nicholas Ball.

- See Dow, Ball, Eaton, and Allied Families by Grace Ann Ball Dow, 1951.

- Check John Ball 1644-1722 of Waterton, MA, m. Sarah Bullard, had son Benjamin, five other children. Benjamin had a son Benjamin b. December 17,1704, Brookfield, MA. 7 male children, one Benjamin. Thomas, the only line followed in the genealogy, had son born February 12, 1752.

- A Benjamin Ball b. Aug. 30, 1675 of Francis Ball and Abigail Salter of Dorchester. A Benjamin Ball b. October 25, 1749 of John and Margaret in Hopkinton, MA. There was a Benjamin Ball and a Benjamin Ball, Jr. in Lebanon, CT, 1735-1741.

- Francis Ball d. August 26, 1845, in Bristol, as did his wife, Sarah, d. 17 August 1843, buried there the next day. Parents of Benjamin?

- Ezekiel Ball was in Bristol September 28, 1701, became member of church.

Source for Benjamin Ball being the father of Betsy Ball is Peckham Genealogy. Peter Peckham is #101 in that genealogy. Sally, dau. of Peter and Betsy, is #217.

Some genealogies have Benjamin the son of Nathaniel Ball and Mary Brodes, but no evidence to back it up. The first genealogy on ancestry.com that put together all the facts separately collected was dmunch381's Thomas Reuben Smith tree.

Nathaniel Dodge was born on 3 November 1684 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island. He and Margaret Hulling were married on 3 March 1706 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island.

Nathaniel Dodge and Margaret Hulling were married on 3 March 1706 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island.

John Dodge was born on 6 January 1660.

Martha Fales Maxfield was born before 7 September 1817. Messadore Toscan Bennett and she were married on 8 April 1838 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Joseph Bent was born on 16 May 1641 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Bourne were married on 30 June 1666 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He died in 1675 at age ~34 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

He moved to Marshfield when he married and was constable there in 1669. He moved back to Sudbury in 1671. He was the father of six children, although the names of two daughters are not known. He was killed accidentally by a pistol shot fired by his brother Peter. Joseph Bent had person sources.²

Elizabeth Sprague was born in 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. George Sampson and she were married in 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died on 27 May 1727 at age ~70 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was buried in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

George Sampson was born about 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He and Elizabeth Sprague were married in 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died on 26 July 1739 at age ~84 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.¹ He was buried in Old Cemetery, Plympton, Massachusetts.²

Abigail Sampson was born on 21 January 1681 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Experience Bent and she were married on 26 August 1703 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.¹ She died on 15 October 1739 at age 58 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Or was she born in Duxbury? And married in Marshfield? Abigail Sampson had person sources.^2,3

Experience Bent was born in 1669 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.¹ He and Abigail Sampson were married on 26 August 1703 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.² He died about 1754 at age ~85 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

He was of Sudbury in 1690, bought house and land in Plymouth in 1701, sold it in 1708, when he was of Middleboro, and in 1712 bought land in Plympton adjoining his Middlebor property. He was a carpenter, although later in life referred to as a yeoman.

Jonathan Ball was born before 26 June 1766 in Bristol, Rhode Island. He died on 27 June 1766 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Lydia Ball was born about 1752 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. Benedict Tew and she were married. She died on 14 October 1826 at age ~74 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Did she marry Benedict Tew and have a daughter, Susannah Tew, b. 27 Sept. 1780?

Sir Humphrey Bourchier was born about 1444 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England. He and Elizabeth Tilney were married about 1467. He died on 14 April 1471 at age ~27 in Barnet, Herfordshire, England.

He was slain in battle, probably at Barnet. The Earl of Warwick and his brother, Montagu, were also slain in this battle. King Edward IV had returned from France, marched on York with no opposition. George, Duke of Clarence, rebelled against the King in 1470.

Serviah Ball was born on 19 March 1738 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Serviah Ball had person sources.¹

Sarah Ball was born on 10 July 1735 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

Or was she born 12 Aug 1735 in Bristol? Sarah Ball had person sources.¹

William Dodge was born on 1 May 1707.

Nathaniel Dodge was born on 11 May 1710.

Nehemiah Dodge was born on 9 May 1712.

Anne Dodge was born on 17 February 1715.

Mark Dodge was born on 27 March 1717.