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     Rachel Hutchinson married Jonathan Ball, son of Jonathan Ball and Abigail Child, on 12 July 1833.¹
     Her married name was Osgood.¹ As of 12 July 1833,her married name was Ball.

     Hannah Ackerman was born circa 1780 at NH.² She married Briggs Ball, son of Jonathan Ball and Abigail Child, on 14 June 1814 at Second Baptist Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.³ Hannah Ackerman died on 24 October 1860 at Milford, Hillsborough Co., NH.¹
     As of 14 June 1814,her married name was Ball.

     Briggs Ball was born circa 1815.¹ He was the son of Briggs Ball and Hannah Ackerman.¹ Briggs Ball died on 7 May 1816 at Milford, Hillsborough Co., NH.¹

     Lucy Ann Ball was born on 10 July 1818.¹ She was the daughter of Briggs Ball and Hannah Ackerman.¹ Lucy Ann Ball married George N. Sloane on 10 October 1835.² Lucy Ann Ball died in 1870.¹
     As of 10 October 1835,her married name was Sloane.²

     Emily Stanley Ball was born on 13 August 1820.¹ She was the daughter of Briggs Ball and Hannah Ackerman.¹ Emily Stanley Ball died on 9 January 1897 at Milford, Hillsborough Co., NH, at age 76.¹

     Lydia Perkins Ball was born on 25 October 1822 at NH.¹ She was the daughter of Briggs Ball and Hannah Ackerman.¹ Lydia Perkins Ball died on 25 November 1894 at Milford, Hillsborough Co., NH, at age 72.¹

     Sarah H. Ball was born on 8 May 1825 at NH.¹ She was the daughter of Briggs Ball and Hannah Ackerman.¹ Sarah H. Ball married Oliver Blodgett, son of Anna (????), on 9 October 1848.¹ Sarah H. Ball died in 1897 at Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH.¹
     As of 9 October 1848,her married name was Blodgett.

     Oliver Blodgett was the son of Anna (????)² Oliver Blodgett married Sarah H. Ball, daughter of Briggs Ball and Hannah Ackerman, on 9 October 1848.¹

     Elizabeth Wyer Hall married Thomas Ball, son of Jonathan Ball and Abigail Child, say 1814.
     As of say 1814,her married name was Ball.

     Elizabeth Ball was born circa 1815 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.² She was the daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall.¹ Elizabeth Ball married Daniel Brown circa 1835.¹ Elizabeth Ball died on 13 November 1905 at Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA.² She was buried on 16 November 1905 at Marshfield Hills Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA.²
     As of circa 1835,her married name was Brown.

     Mary Ball was born say 1817 at MA. She was the daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall.¹
     Her married name was Grimes.

     Thomas Ball was born on 3 June 1819 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA.² He was the son of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall.¹ Thomas Ball married Ellen Louisa Wilde, daughter of Daniel W. Wilde, on 10 October 1854.² Thomas Ball died on 11 December 1911 at Montclair, Essex Co., NJ, at age 92.³
     After several odd jobs to help support his family he spent three years working at New England Museum entertaining the visitors by drawing portraits, playing the violin, and singing. He then became an apprentice for the museum wood-carver Abel Brown. He taught himself oil painting by copying prints and casts in the studio of the museum superintendent. As commissions started to come in he moved from studio to studio until finally settling in a studio in Tremont Row where he remained for twelve years. Here he painted several religious pictures and a portrait of Cornelia Wells (Walter) Richards, editor of the Boston Evening Transcript. He then turned his attention to sculpture, his earliest work being a bust of Jenny Lind.

At thirty-five he went to Florence for study. There, with an interval of work in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857—1865, he remained for more than thirty years, being one of the artistic colony which included the Brownings and Hiram Powers. He returned to America in 1897, and lived in Montclair, New Jersey, with a studio in New York City. His work includes many early cabinet busts of musicians (he was an accomplished musician himself, and was the first in America to sing "Elijah"). In 1890 he published an autobiographical volume, "My Three Score Years and Ten", which was updated in 1900, and reprinted in 1993. Ball created the following sculptures:

- Charles Sumner in the Boston Public Garden
- George Washington in the Boston Public Garden (an equestrian statue which may be his best-known work)
- George Washington in Methuen, Massachusetts
- George Washington in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California
- Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy in front of Old City Hall
- Daniel Webster in Central Park, New York City
- The Emancipation Memorial in Washington, DC
- Edwin Forrest as "Coniolanus," in the Actors’ Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.⁴      Photo of Thomas Ball by L. Powers; photo of Thomas Ball's 1876 sculpture of Daniel Webster located in New York City's Central Park courtesy of Einar Einarsson Kvaran.

     Sarah Ann Ball was born circa 1822.² She was the daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall.¹ Sarah Ann Ball married Levi Newcomb, son of Levi Newcomb and Joanna F. Studley, on 7 January 1844.¹ Sarah Ann Ball died on 23 May 1846 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.²
     As of 7 January 1844,her married name was Newcomb.

     Ruth Ball was born circa 1825.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall.¹ Ruth Ball married William James Newcomb, son of Levi Newcomb and Joanna F. Studley, on 19 March 1843.² Ruth Ball died on 15 August 1849.¹
     Her married name was Newcomb.

     William James Newcomb was born on 28 March 1824.¹ He was the son of Levi Newcomb and Joanna F. Studley.¹ William James Newcomb married Ruth Ball, daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall, on 19 March 1843.¹ William James Newcomb married Susannah Cushing on 14 April 1850.¹ William James Newcomb died on 4 April 1908 at age 84.¹

     Levi Newcomb was born on 8 February 1822 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA.^2,3 He was the son of Levi Newcomb and Joanna F. Studley.³ Levi Newcomb married Sarah Ann Ball, daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall, on 7 January 1844.¹ Levi Newcomb married Phebe Ann Edwards, daughter of Asa Edwards and Louisa Robinson, on 7 March 1847 at Nantucket, Nantucket Co., MA.⁴ Levi Newcomb died on 1 October 1898 at Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, at age 76.³

     Daniel Brown was born circa 1816 at Portland, Cumberland Co., ME.^2,3 He married Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Thomas Ball and Elizabeth Wyer Hall, circa 1835.¹ Daniel Brown died in 1902 at Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA.⁴

     Rebecca Warren married John Ball, son of Briggs Ball, on 3 January 1814.¹ Rebecca Warren died on 8 January 1855.¹
     As of 3 January 1814,her married name was Ball.

     John Warren Ball was the son of John Ball and Rebecca Warren.¹

     Arnold Wells Ball was the son of John Ball and Rebecca Warren.¹ Arnold Wells Ball died in September 1823.¹

     Buckminster Ball was the son of John Ball and Rebecca Warren.¹

     Abby Collins Ball was the daughter of John Ball and Rebecca Warren.¹

     Rebecca Warren Ball was the daughter of John Ball and Rebecca Warren.¹

     Arnold Wells Ball was born on 19 January 1825.¹ He was the son of John Ball and Rebecca Warren.¹ Arnold Wells Ball died on 21 January 1852 at age 27.¹