Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Ball was born on 6 September 1767, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Stephen Ball, was 41 and her mother, Abigail Atwater, was 36. She married Abraham Bradley in 1790, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 9 June 1845, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Old Cemetery, North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Mary Ball, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Mary Ball Bradley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Bradley, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bal, ball(e) ‘ball, sphere, globe, round body’ (Old French balle or Old English beall(a)), a nickname for a short, obese person.
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le) as in 1 above, but applied topographically.
English: from a Middle English adjective ball (weak form balle) in the sense ‘bald’, from ball ‘white streak, bald place’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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