Deacon Samuel Balch

Abt 1651 - 1723  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Deacon Samuel Balch  [1, 2]
  Title	Deacon
  Born	Abt 14 May 1651  [3]
  	Death record: "a. abt. 72 y. 5 m."
  Christened	10 Apr 1670	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Will	30 Nov 1722	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [1, 5]
  	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
  Died	14 Oct 1723	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Probate	23 Oct 1723	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  	Will proved and approved; executor bonded
  Person ID	I3609	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Balch,   b. 1628 - 1629, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1704  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Gardner,   d. 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	Abt 1650
  Family ID	F1626	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Newmarch,   b. Abt 1653,   d. 5 Jul 1720, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1675	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Martha Balch,   b. 13 Sep 1676, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Aug 1761, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)   2. Samuel Balch,   b. 16 May 1678, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1754, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 75 years)   3. Joseph Balch,   c. 25 Apr 1680, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Dec 1732, At sea, near Antigua  (Age ~ 52 years)   4. Benjamin Balch,   b. 29 Mar 1682, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Jan 1750, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years)   5. John Balch,   b. 29 Mar 1682, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1756, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)   6. Phebe Balch,   b. Apr 1684, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 30 Nov 1722  (Age ~ 38 years)   7. Peter Balch,   b. 6 May 1685, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Dec 1755, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)   8. Cornelius Balch,   b. 1 May 1687, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1 Nov 1730  (Age 43 years)   9. Abigail Balch,   b. 24 May 1689, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Sep 1711, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 22 years)   10. Thomas Balch,   b. 1 Apr 1692, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Aug 1699, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 7 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1613	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Herrick,   d. 1745
  Married	23 Nov 1721	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [8]
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1625	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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