Sunday, August 19, 2007

William Ballard

William immigrated in 1634, a passenger on the "Mary and John," a wooden sailing ship that left Southampton, England March 24, 1633/34. He settled in Andover, Mass. around 1644, spending most of his life there. He served in King Philip's War. He brought up his family on a plantation in Andover where all of his children were born.

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