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Thomas Balch

Male 1692 - 1699  (7 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Balch was born 1 Apr 1692, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Samuel Balch and Martha Newmarch); died 15 Aug 1699, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Balch was born Abt 14 May 1651; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Benjamin Balch and Sarah Gardner); died 14 Oct 1723, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 23 Oct 1723, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; Will proved and approved; executor bonded
    • Will: 30 Nov 1722, Essex Co., Massachusetts; To wife Martha: all goods and items that were hers before marriage, and during her widowhood the westerly end of my now dwelling house (with rooms specified and cellar space), certain produce of the garden, certain livestock and meats, and 40s per year; to son Sam'l Balch: certain land, my wearing clothes; to son Joseph Balch: certain land; to son Benja. Balch: 20s, "inasmuch as my father gave him...a good estate in lands"; to son Peter Balch: certain land; to son Cornelius Balch: certain land; to daughters Martha Hovey and Pheby (sic.) Chapman: household goods not already bequeathed to wife Martha, equally divided, certain livestock, £20; to son John Balch, executor: all other estate not already bequeathed

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Death record: "a. abt. 72 y. 5 m."

    Samuel married Martha Newmarch 27 Oct 1675, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of John Newmarch and Martha Gould) was born Abt 1653; died 5 Jul 1720, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Martha Newmarch was born Abt 1653 (daughter of John Newmarch and Martha Gould); died 5 Jul 1720, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 27 Oct 1675, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; Marriage record: "of Ipswich"

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Death record: "a. abt. 67 y."

    Children:
    1. Martha Balch was born 13 Sep 1676, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 16 Aug 1761, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Samuel Balch was born 16 May 1678, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1754, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. Joseph Balch was christened 25 Apr 1680, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 9 Dec 1732, At sea, near Antigua.
    4. Benjamin Balch was born 29 Mar 1682, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 8 Jan 1750, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. John Balch was born 29 Mar 1682, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1756, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    6. Phebe Balch was born Apr 1684, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened 13 Apr 1684, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft 30 Nov 1722.
    7. Peter Balch was born 6 May 1685, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 27 Dec 1755, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    8. Cornelius Balch was born 1 May 1687, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened 1 May 1687, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died Bef 1 Nov 1730.
    9. Abigail Balch was born 24 May 1689, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 26 Sep 1711, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    10. 1. Thomas Balch was born 1 Apr 1692, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 15 Aug 1699, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Balch was born 1628 - 1629, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of John Balch and Margary); died Aft 1704.

    Notes:

    Not found in probate docket of Essex Co., Massachusetts (14 Dec 2017)

    Birth:
    Salem at the time was called "Naumkeag." Benjamin was said to have been the first male child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, though this claim has been disputed.

    Died:
    "[H]e signed a deed alone in that year."

    Benjamin married Sarah Gardner Abt 1650. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Gardner and Margaret) died 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Gardner (daughter of Thomas Gardner and Margaret); died 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 2. Samuel Balch was born Abt 14 May 1651; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 14 Oct 1723, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Benjamin Balch was born 1653; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died Bef 27 Jun 1698, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. John Balch was born 1654; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 19 Nov 1738, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. Joseph Balch was born 1658; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 16 Sep 1675.
    5. Freeborn Balch was born 9 Aug 1660; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 12 Jun 1729, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.
    6. Sarah Balch was born 1661; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died Bef 1717.
    7. Abigail Balch was born 1663; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 30 Apr 1706, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    8. Ruth Balch was born 1665; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft 15 Oct 1731.
    9. Mary Balch was born 1667; was christened 10 Apr 1670, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 12 Mar 1737, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    10. Jonathan Balch was christened 10 Apr 1670.
    11. David Balch was christened 9 Jul 1671, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 17 Apr 1690, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  John Newmarch died 4 Feb 1697/8.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 1 Mar 1696/7, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Will proved
    • Probate: 14 Dec 1699, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Son Thomas Newmarch appointed executor, Martha Newmarch having died; estate inventory filed, total value £229.11.3
    • Probate: 4 Mar 1699/00, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Additional estate inventory filed, value £14.12.9
    • Residence: 1638, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
    • Will: 14 Feb 1695/6, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Consideration of gifts already given to sons John Newmarsh and Thomas Newmarsh; to son Thomas Newmarsh: one third of a marsh "at a place called Labour-in-Vain", one half of a pasture; to son Zacheus Newmarsh: one half of my house and other lands, all my farm implements and equipment, and £35; to grandson Thomas Newmarsh: £10 at age 21, on condition he stays with his grandfather till age 18; to daughters Martha Baulch, Pheby Pennywell, Sarah Berry: £10 each after my wife and I decease; to granddaughter Martha Baulch: £20 after my wife and I decease; to wife Martha Newmarsh: half my house and other lands till her death, then to go to son Zacheus Newmarsh; wife Martha Newmarsh, executrix

    John — Martha Gould. Martha (daughter of Zaccheus Gould and Phebe) was christened 15 Jun 1623, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England; died 15 Feb 1698 - 14 Dec 1699. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Martha Gould was christened 15 Jun 1623, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England (daughter of Zaccheus Gould and Phebe); died 15 Feb 1698 - 14 Dec 1699.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 14 Dec 1699, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Will proved; son and executor Zacheus Newmarch renounces his executorship
    • Will: 15 Feb 1697/8, Essex Co., Massachusetts; [NOTE: The will was not recorded; an image of the original is available, but the document was badly decayed when digitized.] To son Thomas Numarch: £5; "all the rest" (rest of line missing) "Equally be divided be tweene my s(missing) and my dafter Martha and my dafter (P)hebe and my dafter Sara and my grand child Martha Balch"; son Zacheus executor

    Notes:

    Died:
    One (tertiary) source gives 1699, which is likely correct in its imprecision

    Children:
    1. John Newmarch died Bef 30 Mar 1691.
    2. Thomas Newmarch died 13 Jun 1716 - 8 Jul 1716.
    3. Zaccheus Newmarch was born Abt 1653; died 13 Aug 1731, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. 3. Martha Newmarch was born Abt 1653; died 5 Jul 1720, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. Phebe Newmarch died Aft 14 Feb 1695/6.
    6. Sarah Newmarch died Aft 14 Feb 1695/6.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Balch was born Somerset, England; died May 1648 - Jun 1648, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Sep 1623, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Called "Wessegusset" at the time
    • Probate: 28 Jun 1648, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Will proved
    • Residence: 1624 - 1626, Cape Ann, Essex, Massachusetts; Cape Ann is now within the towns of Gloucester, Essex, Rockport, and Beverly.
    • Residence: Sep 1626, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Then called "Naumkeag"
    • Residence: 1638, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; The land grant on which John Balch built his two-story frame house (still standing today) was then part of Salem.
    • Will: 15 May 1648, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Some researchers give a birth date of 1579. Some give a location of Horton and some Bridgwater.

    John — Margary. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margary
    Children:
    1. 4. Benjamin Balch was born 1628 - 1629, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft 1704.
    2. John Balch was born Abt 1630, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died 16 Jun 1662, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
    3. Freeborn Balch was born Abt 1631, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 10.  Thomas Gardner was born Abt 1592; died 29 Dec 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Probate: 4 Jan 1674/5, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Estate inventory taken; estate valued at £274.16.00
    • Probate: 29 Mar 1675, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Will proved; administrators appointed
    • Will: 7 Dec 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; To wife Damaris: £8, on condition she relinquishes her dower rights; to daughter Sarah Balch: £15; to daughter Seeth Grafton: £15; to daughters of my daughter Mirian (sic.) Hill, Miriam Hill and Susana Hill: £5 each at age 18 or at their marriage; to sons George and John Gardner: land to be equally divided; to sons Samuel and Joseph Gardner: land to be equally divided; all remaining estate to be divided into equal shares, with two shares to son Thomas Gardner and one share each to sons George Gardner, Richard Gardner, John Gardner, Samuel Gardner, and Joseph Gardner on the condition they pay 23s annually per share to their "mother in law," meaning Damaris; sons George and Samuel Gardner, executors

    Thomas — Margaret. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Margaret

    Notes:

    Name:
    "Various writers, including Rev. Joseph B. Felt, have stated that her maiden name was Fryer (or Friar)..."

    Children:
    1. Thomas Gardner was born England; died 1682.
    2. George Gardner was born England; died 20 Aug 1679.
    3. Richard Gardner died 23 Jan 1688, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
    4. 5. Sarah Gardner died 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. John Gardner was born 1624; died 6 May 1706, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
    6. Samuel Gardner was born 1627; died 3 Oct 1689 - 10 Oct 1689.
    7. Mirian Gardner
    8. Joseph Gardner died 19 Dec 1675.
    9. Seeth Gardner was christened 25 Dec 1636; died 17 Apr 1707.

  5. 14.  Zaccheus Gould was born 1589 (son of Richard Gould); died 31 Mar 1668 - 12 Nov 1668, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Not found in Essex Co., Massachusetts Probate Docket (3 Jan 2018)

    Zaccheus — Phebe. Phebe died 20 Sep 1663, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Phebe died 20 Sep 1663, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Phebe Gould was christened 27 Sep 1620, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England; died Aft 1691.
    2. Mary Gould was christened 19 Dec 1621, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.
    3. 7. Martha Gould was christened 15 Jun 1623, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England; died 15 Feb 1698 - 14 Dec 1699.
    4. Priscilla Gould died 16 Apr 1663, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. John Gould was born 10-21 Jun 1635; died 26 Jan 1709/10, Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts.


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