Joanna Ball

Not a known daughter of William Thomas King of Somerset

John Ball died on 1 November 1655 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA.1

https://www.newenglandballproject.com/g0/p1.htm#i2

Comment by DGB: By some earlier researchers it was said he was born in England in 1595 and settled in Watertown, where he was made a freeman May 22, 1650 and he later removed to Concord where he lived until he died. Some early researchers stated his wife was Joanna King or possibly Elizabeth Webb, but there is no hard evidence to support this. There are also various comments made about how early he arrived in America. Early researchers thought that he was the father of both John Ball of Watertown and Nathaniel Ball of Concord. He may have been the father of one, but according to yDNA testing of descendants, not both. End of comment.

5/28/2020 Edits to match recent findings from the New England Ball Project

https://www.newenglandballproject.com/g0/p1.htm#i2

John Ball (abt 1620 - 1676) parents are UNKNOWN, and he was NOT the brother of Nathaniel of Concord. The DNA testing shows that those family groups are unrelated, which means that basically all the genealogies since the 1829 Farmer's work are wrong. He married 1st, Elizabeth Pierce and then 2nd, Elizabeth Fox.

• John Ball, of Concord & Joanna Ball were not the parents of John Ball, Sr.
• John Ball, of Concord & Joanna Ball were not the parents of Nathaniel Ball, Sr., who was not the brother of John Ball, Sr.

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Sources

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ball-322
• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name Joane King Gender Female Baptism Date 11 Mar 1597 Baptism Place Alvesdiston, Wiltshire, England Father Nicholas King FHL Film Number 1279339
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name Joanna King Gender Female Spouse Name John Ball Spouse Birth Year 1585 Number Pages 1
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via husband John Ball by SmartCopy: Nov 13 2014, 16:17:05 UTC