Origins of Ballards in America

This Ballard family began in America with William Ballard1 (1617-1689) John2, Sherebiah3, John4, Israel5, (1748-1810) to Israel6. This part of the family went into central New York in 1792 and remained there for many years into the 20th century. The Richland, Oswego Co., NY arm still owned land into the 1930’s.
William Ballard of Andover, MA arrived in America on the ship Mary and John which left England on 26 March 1634. By 1645 William owned land in Newbury, MA. He died 10 July 1689, the father of 10 children.
William’s great-great grandson Israel Ballard bought land in Plainfield, CT 17 June 1779. In the 1790 first U.S. census Israel and his family were enumerated still in Plainfield. On 15 February 1792 the Plainfield property was sold. The family removed to Whitestown, Oneida Co., NY. This area of almost solid woods lay nearly uninhabited. On 29 April 1795 Israel was elected an elder in the United Presbyterian Society of Whitestown. He died in 1810 still living in Whitestown.