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First settler of Newark, New Jersey who came from New Haven, Connecticut. May have been born in East Haven, Connecticut. Supposed to be son of Alling Ball who came from England abt 1624. See record of Ball genealogy at Keauka College, New York. 30 Oct 1666 - Edward Ball signed an agreement with people of Branford who were about to move to Newark, NJ, the most noticeable article of which was not to admit any but church members 20 Jan 1667 - Appears in a New Plantation and Church Covenant of Branford, Connecticut with other inhabitants 1667 - Moved from Branford, Connecticut to Newark, NJ; pg. 23 1667 - Was assessed in the first list of Newark, NJ taxables, assigned 6 acres between Broad and Washington Sts. 1667 - Messenger of the Newark town courts. 1669-1680-1686 - Appointed town Attorney 9 Jan 1674/75 - Letters of administration on estate of John Cox of New Barbados. Also on bond as administrator 30 Sep 1675 - Patent granted for 78 acres of land 14 Mar 1676 - Made inventory of estate of John Harrison Mar 1678 - Surveyor appointed to run a boundary line of an Indian purchase 1683 - Served on Committee to settle certain differences between the settlers and the Proprietors. Continued on committee for several years 1683, 1689 - Newark town constable 1683 - Appointed attorney to prosecute offenders against the town ordinances 1692 - Overseer of the poor in Newark 1693 - Appointed High Sheriff of Essex County; pg. 31 30 Sep 1700 - Served on grand jury at Court of Sessions 1709 - Grand juror in Newark 1715 - Signed land agreement 1724 - Boundary agreement with Azariah Crane 'to prevent any difference hereafter' Reference Note 47 Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Henry Whittemore, 1967 Reference Note 48 First Settlers of Passaic Valley, NJ by John Littell, 1852 Reference Note 108 History of Essex and Hudson Counties, NJ William H. Shaw, 1884 Reference Note 159 Mrs. J.H. Frossard, Box 696, Madisonville, TX 77864 Taken from Genealogies of Connecticut Families, From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol I, selected and introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts with an index by Judith McGhan, published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1983 of Baltimore.: Edward Ball, the subject of this sketch, was at Branford, CT, Oct 30, 1666; on which day the heads of families, designing to remove to Newark, NJ signed an agreement, the most noticeable article of which, was not to admit as freemen &c., any but church members. In 1667, he was at Newark, NJ and was assessed in the first list of taxables. Jan 1, 1767, he first appears in public life, as messenger of the town Courts. In Mar 1678, he was one of the Surveyors appointed to run a boundary line of an Indian purchase. In 1683, he was appointed on a Committee to settle certain differences between the settlers and the Lords Proprietors; and was continued on this very important committee, from year to year, for several years, while all his associates were changed., About this time he was appointed Attorney to prosecute offenders against the town ordinances; and in 1693, he received the appointment of High Sheriff of the County. The date of his birth and death is not certainly known, the most reliable information places the former at 1642, and the latter at 1722. His children were I. Caleb; II. Abigail; III. Joseph; IV. Lydia; V. Moses; and VI. Thomas. The History of the City of Newark, New Jersey THE NEW HAVEN THEOCRACY From the History of the City of Newark, NJ, published in 1913 by the Lewis Historical Publishing Co., NY: The Pilgrim Fathers, the first of the Puritans to migrate, had left England and first went to Holland. They did not want to loose their identity as English and Puritans. For these reasons, the Pilgrim Fathers came to America. The Pilgrims never proposed, however, to separate themselves completely from England and they intended to support the laws of the mother country, actively when they believed in them and passively when they did not. In the New Haven Colony, however, the founders asked for nothing from England. They were to get their laws and ordinances, their whole theory and practical working scheme of government, from the Bible. They chose seven men who, besides having supreme charge of the affairs of the church, had also the highest civic functions. These 'seven Pillars' chose the first governor and four deputies to assist him, while they themselves acted as magistrates. There were no juries, because the mosaic law made no mention of any.

Settled at Stamford, Connecticut

According to the family history of Dorothy Vanderveer Des Brisay James, 'Edward Ball signed an agreement of people of Bradford, CT, who were about to move to Newark, Oct. 30, 1666. Removed to Newark 1667. Was a prominent man in its affairs; Sherriff, Committeeman on boundaries, on settlement with the Lord Proprietors, Indians and etc. Was assigned as his home lot six acres between Broad and Washington streets, the sight of, or near to, Park street Newark, NJ, probably died there. Dates of death on Edward and Abigail Ball unknown. The last record of him alive is 1724; age 81 or 82 years. Signers of the Horseneck Purchase In 1701, 13,500 acres west of Newark was purchased for $325 (or about 2.5-cents an acre) from Loantique, Taphow, Manshum and others. The original deed burned in a house fire in 1745. Descendants of the signers of the original deed promptly signed a new document. These deeds were challenged as being unlawful. According to a survey in 1746, only 35 families lived in the area. When Samuel Baldwin was arrested in 1745 for trespassing on his own land, his neighbors armed themselves with clubs, axes and crow-bars and descended on the jail to liberate him. The struggle against the Proprietors continued until 1755. Daniel Lamson and John Condict acted as agents for the Landowner's Committee and pleaded the settlers case to the King in England. ALLING, Sam'll (1 Lot) BALDWIN, Ben (1 Lot) BALDWIN, Daniel (1 Lot) BALDWIN, John Sr. (2 Lot) * BALDWIN, Sam'll (1 Lot) * BALL, Caleb (1 Lot) * BALL, Edward (1 Lot) * BALL, Joseph (1 Lot) BECH, Zophar (1 Lot) BRANT, William (3 Lot) BROADBERRY, John (1 Lot) BROWN, Daniel (1 Lot) BROWN, Joseph (1 Lot) BROWN, Thomas (1 Lot) BROWN, Thomas Jr. (1 Lot) BROWNE, Stephen (1 Lot) BRUEN, Ele. (1 Lot) BURWELL, John (1 Lot) CAMBEL, Robert (1 Lot) CAMP, Sam'll (1 Lot) CANFIELD, Joseph (2 Lot) CANFIELD, Matthew (1 Lot) CLARK, John (3 Lot) CLIZBE, James (1 Lot) COOPER, John (1 Lot) COOPER, Sam'll (1 Lot) CRANE, Azariah (3 Lot) * CRANE, Daniel (1 Lot) CRANE, Jasper (3 Lot) * CRANE, Jasper Jr. (1 Lot) CRANE, John (1 Lot) CRANE, Joseph (1 Lot) CRISPIN, Squire (1 Lot) CUNDICT, John (1 Lot) CUNDICT, Peter (1 Lot) DAVISS, John (2 Lot) DAY, Paul (1 Lot) DELGLISH, John (1 Lot) DOD, Daniel (1 Lot) DOD, Daniel Jr. (1 Lot) DOD, Sam'll (2 Lot) FREEMAN, Sam'll (1 Lot) GARDNER, John (1 Lot) HAND, Anthony (1 Lot) HARRISON, Benjamin (1 Lot) HARRISON, Daniel (1 Lot) HARRISON, Georg (1 Lot) HARRISON, Joseph (1 Lot) HARRISON, Sam'll (1 Lot) HAYES, Thomas (1 Lot) JOHNSON, Eliphalet (1 Lot) JOHNSON, John (1 Lot) JOHNSON, Joseph (1 Lot) JOHNSON, Tunis (1 Lot) KITCHEL, Sam'll (1 Lot) KITCHELL, Abraham (1 Lot) LAMSON, Elezar (1 Lot) *(probably) LEE, John (1 Lot) LINDSLEY, Ebenezer (1 Lot) LINSLEY, John (1 Lot) LINSLEY, Jonathan (1 Lot) LINSLEY, Joseph (1 Lot) LUDINGTON, Tho. (1 Lot) LYON, Sam'll (1 Lot) MEDLIS, John (1 Lot) MORRIS, John (2 Lot) MUIR, Wm. (1 Lot) OGDEN, David (1 Lot) OGDEN, Elizabeth (1 Lot) OGDEN, John (1 Lot) OGDEN, Josiah (1 Lot) OLIVE, Antonie (1 Lot) PECK, Joseph (1 Lot) PENINGTON, Judah (1 Lot) PIERSON, Mr. (1 Lot) PLUMB, John (1 Lot) PLUMB, Jose. (1 Lot) PROVOST, Cobus (1 Lot) PRUDEN, Mr. John (2 Lot) ROBERTS, Hugh (1 Lot) ROBERTS, Sam'll (1 Lot) ROGERS, James (1 Lot) ROGERS, John (1 Lot) SARGENT, Daniel (1 Lot) SARGINT, Jonathan (1 Lot) SAYERS, Jonathan (1 Lot) SMITH, James (1 Lot) TIKENOR, Daniel (1 Lot) TOMKINS, Elezar (1 Lot) TOMKINS, Seth (1 Lot) TREAT, John (1 Lot) VANGESON (1 Lot) WAKEMAN, Mr. (1 Lot) WARD, Nathaniel, Sr. (1 Lot) WARD, Sam'll (1 Lot) WHELAR, Nath. Jr. (2 Lot) WILLIAMS, Amos (1 Lot) WILLIAMS, Matthew (1 Lot) WILSON, William (1 Lot) WOOD, Joseph (1 Lot) YOUNG, Robert (2 Lot) The bill of sale was not signed until Jul 11, 1667, when practically all of those who are of right called the founders were on the ground. The original owners of the soil received goods valued at about $700.00 for the greater part of what is now Essex County. The deed of sale was not signed until the following year. The purchase price was assessed upon each family, not only those who first came, but all who arrived in the next year who were entitled to be considered among the 'associates', or makers of the original settlement. It is reckoned that the 30 families in the first group of settlers from Milford and neighboring plantations had a combined wealth (real and personal) of about $64,000, an average of over $2,000 for each family, no mean sum indeed for the time. From 'Historic Newark: A Collection of Facts & Traditions' - published in 1916 by the Fidelity Trust Co., NJ: The little band, directed by Robert Treat, gathered that May day with ever intention and favorable prospect of settling at once to work in the laying out of land which had been granted them by Philip Carteret. Whatever progress, however, they may have made was peremptorily stopped by the appearance of Hackensack Indians, who virtually said: 'You trespass on our land. These shores belong to us. From the Pesayak to Watchung they are ours. In the forests are our game; in the streams, our fish. Our feet for untold moons have trod yonder trails that you behold. No one shall sell this land, the domain of the Hackensacks.' Negotiations were opened with the Indians, and a title purchased from them July 11, 1667. Territory extending from the summit of Watchung Mountain, now Orange Mountain, 'about seven or eight miles from Pesayak Town,' was purchased for 'fifty double hands of powder, one hundred barrs of lead, twenty Axes, twenty Coates, ten Guns, twenty pistolls, ten kettles, ten Swords, four blankets, four barrells of beere, ten paire of breeches, fifty knives, twenty bowes, eight hundred and fifty fathem of wampem, two Ankors of Licquers, or something equivalent and three troopers Coates.' Tradition says that an illuminated miniature of an English queen played an important part in the purchase. This miniature was sent by the daughter of Micah Tompkins, one of the first settlers, to the squaw of an Indian chief, and it influenced Perro, the Indian, to transfer his land, so rich in game, to the settlers. Other tracts were later bought by the settlers from the Indians. One of these, owned by Winnocksop and Shenoctos, ran west to the foot of the Watchung Mountain. The Indian sold this for 'two guns, three coats, and thirteen kans of rum.' Excerpts from Sylvestor's History of Ulster Co., New York, published in the late1800s. article raises. Was Edward BALL actually from Wales and not the son of Alling Ball of New Haven by his first wife Susan as most researchers believe? Lineage as set forth in this article shows - Edward-Caleb-Caleb-John-Samuel-Amzi-John-Nancy Other research shows Edward Ball, who was born about 1640, came to this country from Wales in the year 1664 and located at Branford, Connecticut, where he married Abigail, daughter of Thomas Blachley. On October 25th of the following year, in company with twenty-five persons, he settled on the site of the present prosperous city of Newark, New Jersey, where he remained, and where some of his descendants are still honored and useful citizens. Others live in different parts of New Jersey and theUnited States. He was a man of influence and prominence, and occupied positions of trust and responsibility among his fellows. He was high-sheriff of Essex Co., New Jersey, in 1692 and 1693, and filled many minor offices. His last appearance in public life was as a member of the grand jury of Essex County in February, 1709-10. He was living in June, 1724, being then at an advanced age. QUESTIONS AND (some) ANSWERS) WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF EDWARD BALL? WAS HE ENGLISH? E-Mail from RAY PHAIR to JTR (Fidonet 11/94): RP: Edward-1 BALL, b. abt 1640-1644, possibly in England or Ireland, d. aft 2 Jun 1724, prob. at his farm on Watchung mountain in Newark township, Essex Co, NJ (now in Montclair township). He first appears in the Branford, CT, records in 1665. He moved to Newark in 2nd half of 1667, or soon afterwards. No record has been found which stated Edward's age. He served on a grand jury in Feb 1709/10. At that time the maximum age for jury service was 70, suggesting he was born no earlier than 1640. He was the defendant in a law suit in Branford in 1665, hence probably at least 21, indicating he was born no later than 1644. This estimation of Edward's age was given by John R. Burnet in 1850 [B205, B345, J. R. Burnet ms., NJHS]. He was NOT a s/o Alling (or Allen) BALL of New Haven, CT, s/o Allen BALL of London - see Donald Line Jacobus, TAG 10:208-212 (1933), also NEHGR 54:96. Edward might have been the s/o William BALL who was in New Haven by 1643 and who died there in 1648, but no records have been found to suggest he had, or didn't have, children. The notorious Gustave Anjou, perpetrator of many fraudulent genealogies, gave an Irish ancestry to Edward; however, the record which links Edward to Ireland appears to be a fake created by Anjou. He m. abt 1662, prob in Branford, Abigail BLATCHLEY (see Thomas Blatchley message), who was b. abt 164-, prob. in Branford, d. aft 31 May 1698, prob. in Newark twp. Besides their 7 children listed below, there may have been others judging from the large gaps between births. All the children, with the possible exception of their first, were prob. b. in Newark. George Washington 'wintered' the army near Montclair, New Jersey. In fact, his headquarters were in the house of one of my Crane ancestors. I had remembered hearing about the winters of despair that our army spent 'in the mountains' near Newark. That is 'our mountain' they are talking about. Our BALL ancestors were among the original signers of the 'Horseneck Purchase' .... they, in essence, bought the land for a few trinkets from the local Indians. Later, there was a legal battle over this purchase. Again, our BALL ancestors were right in the thick of it... they called their struggle the 'Horseneck Riots' and you can read about it in many History books. But back to George Washington... I have heard that while he was in New Jersey that he called our Ball family his 'cousins'. Many theorize that George Washington was just being friendly (the consummate politian), others really believe the 5 Ball Bros. theory. I personally don't know what to believe. Also, he was such a great man that many have stretched the truth to claim that he was indeed a member of their family. Geo. Washington no doubt rode by their homes on horseneck. Many of our family served in the Revolution. My ancestor was a Capt., for instance. They used the church where he is buried as a military hospital during the war.

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1722 could be the year of his death.

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Middle name could be Halsey.

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His birth date could be between 1642-1645.

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This could be the year and place of his death.