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     Margarett Lovett was born in 1639. She married Benjamin Balch, son of John Balch and Margaret "Margery" Lovell, on 15 March 1691/92 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Benjamin Balch was born circa 1653 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 He married Elizabeth Woodbury on 11 October 1674 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.³

Benjamin Balch died in 1698 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.⁴

     John Balch was born in 1654 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 He married Hannah Veren on 23 December 1674 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.⁴

John Balch died on 19 November 1738 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2,3

     Joseph Balch was born circa 1658 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,3
Joseph Balch died on 16 September 1675 at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA; Galusha Balch (p. 18): He was a soldier in Capt. Lathrop's company and was slain at the famous Indian battle of Blood Brook in King Phillip's war.

Palfrey's History gives an account of the battle. Deerfield was abandoned, before the inhabitants had secured their harvest. "From Hadley, twenty miles distant, the headwuarters of the troops, a party was dispatched to finish threshing the grain and bring it in. Eighteen wagons, with their teamsters, were convoyed by a company of ninety picked men, led by Capt. Lathrop"

On their return after securing the crop they were surprised at a small stream in the township of Deerfield. Here as they were crossing, a large force of Indians suddenly fell upon them and slew all but seven or eight of the company. The stream was named Blood Brook from this disaster.^1,2,4

     Freeborn Balch was born on 9 August 1660 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,4 He married Mirriam Moulton after 13 November 1682 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 1st wife.^5,6 Freeborn Balch married Mallis (?) on 20 February 1688/89 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA,
; his 2nd wife; Balch (p. 19) says "She must have died soon after for no other record is to be found."^5,6 Freeborn Balch married Elizabeth Fairfield on 30 April 1690 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^7,5,6

Freeborn Balch died on 12 June 1729 at Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA, at age 68; from Ancestry.com - Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Freeborn Balch
Event Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1659
Death Date: 12 Jun 1729
Death Place: Wenham, Massachusetts
Death Age: 70
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).^1,2,4,8,9
Freeborn Balch was buried after 12 June 1729 at Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      Aug. 9, 1660
Beverly
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA
Death:      Jun. 12, 1729

Died at the age of 70 years (according to gravestone inscription).
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Freeborn3 Balch (Benjamin2, John1) was born on 9 Aug 1660 at "Balch House" Beverly, MA, Balch p 18.
He married Mirriam Moulton Bachelder in 1682. He married (--?--) Mallis circa 1689.
He married Elizabeth Fairfield, daughter of Walter Fairfield and Sarah Skipperway, on 30 Apr 1690.
He died on 12 June 1729 at near Wenham, Beverly, MA, at age 68.
He was buried at Cemetery near Wenham Lake.
He was Farmer, Fine apple orchard, cider mill.
Mirriam Moulton Bachelder was born in 1657.
She died circa 1688.

Children of Freeborn Balch and Mirriam Moulton
Bachelder are as follows:
1.)Mirriam Balch was born on 2 Aug 1683.
2.)Freeborn Balch was born in 1685.
3.)Benjamin Balch was born in 1688. He married Mary Prentice on 4 Jan 1710/11.

Family links:
Spouse:
Elizabeth Fairfield Balch (1666 - 1737)

Children:
Skipper Balch (1692 - 1714)*
Sarah Balch (1698 - 1714)*
Tabitha Balch Raymond (1702 - ____)*
William Balch (1704 - 1792)*

Burial:
Wenham Cemetery
Wenham
Essex County
Massachusetts, USA

Created by: John Glassford
Record added: May 26, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 52888690.⁸
      ; from Ancestry.com: [quote]Freeborn, son of Benjamin and Sarah [Gardner] Balch, was born in the old homestead at Beverly, August 9, 1660, the year following the incorporation of the town. He died in Beverly, June 12, 1729. His death was probably quite sudden, for his long will was drawn up and signed the day that he died. His grave-stone stands on a hill in the cemetery near Wenham Lake with those of his mother-in-law, Sarah Fairfield, and his two children, Skipper and Sarah.

Freeborn was a farmer, and lived on a portion of his father's estate in North Beverly, on the East shore of Wenham Lake. His thrifty husbandry reared the finest apple orchard in the county, which he willed, together with his cider mill and cider house, to his son William. He married first, late in the Autumn of 1682, the widow Mirriam Bachelder. She was born in January, 1657-8, and was the daughter of Robert Moulton, Jr., and his wife Abigail [Goode ?]. She first married Joseph, son of John Bachelder, October 8, 1677.

By him she had two children, Joseph, b. July 18, 1678, and Abigail. Bachelder was a mariner, and died or was lost at sea, probably late in 1681. There is no record of her marriage with Freeborn, but as she signs her name as a witness to a deed dated November 13, 1682, "Mirriam Bachelder " their marriage must have been subsequent to that time. There is no record of Mirriam's death which probably occurred in 1688. Mirriam Moulton was a granddaughter of Robert Moulton, who came to this country in 1629, with six ship-builders, of whom he was chief. The first fishing and trading boats built in Salem were built by him and his men. He died in April, 1655, leaving a son Robert and daughter Dorothy. Robert Moulton, Jr., married Abigail Croad, a niece of Emanual Downing, by whom he had eight children, Robert, Abigail,Samuel, Hannah, John, Joseph, Mirriam, and Mary. He died in September, 1665.

Freeborn and Mirriam had three children.
50* Mirriam,* b. Aug. 2. 1683; d. 1743.
51* Freeborn,* b. Nov. 25, 1685; d. March, 1770.
62* Benjamin,* b. April 17, 1688; d. Jan. 28, 1741-2.

The Essex County Court Records give the marriage of Freeborn Balch and Mallis, February 20, 1688-9. She must have died soon after for no other record is to be found. Freeborn's third marriage was on April 30, 1690, to Elizabeth Fairfield, daughter of Walter Fairfield, and his wife Sarah [Skipperway] of Wenham. She was born August 9, 1666, and died January 31, 1736-7. They had seven children.
53* Skipper,* b. July, 25, 1692; d. Sept. 13, 1714, unm.
54* Elizabeth,* b. 1698; d. May 1, 1718.
55 Sarah,* b. 1698; d. Sept. 30, 1714, unm.
56* Abigail,* b. 1700; d.
57* Tabitha,* b. 1702; d.
58* William,* b. Sept. 30, 1704; d. Jan., 1791-2.
59* Mary,* b. June 6, 1707 ;d. Oct. 10, 1788. [end quote]^10,5

     Sarah Balch was born in 1661 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 She married James Patch on 20 December 1680 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.²

Sarah Balch died before 1717.^1,2,3

     Abigail Balch was born in 1663 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^3,4 She married Cornelius Larcum on 8 February 1681 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.²
Abigail Balch married an unknown person on 8 February 1680/81 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

Abigail Balch died on 30 April 1706.^1,2,4

     Lady Margaret Leslie married Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, 5th Earl of Morton, son of David Douglas 7th Earl of Angus and Margaret Hamilton, on 25 December 1575.¹
Lady Margaret Leslie and Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, 5th Earl of Morton were divorced in 1587.¹

     Mary Balch was born in 1667 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^2,3 She married an unknown person on 26 March 1689 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹
She married Nathaniel Stone on 26 March 1689 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.⁴

Mary Balch died on 12 March 1736/37 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2,3

     Jonathan Balch died; probably died young.² He was born before 10 April 1670 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Baptised 10 April 1670.^1,2

     David Balch was born on 9 July 1671 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.²
David Balch died on 17 April 1690 at age 18; died unmarried.^1,2

     George Balch was born circa 1550 at Horton, near Bridgewater, co. Somerset, England.¹ He married Jane Ashford, daughter of Nicholas Ashford, circa 1572 at co. Somerset, England.¹

     EDV-10. George Balch was living in 1623; The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the Year 1623 lists George as living in Horton at that time.²

     Jane Ashford was born circa 1554 at co. Somerset?, England.¹ She married George Balch, son of Henry Balch, circa 1572 at co. Somerset, England.¹

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     Henry Balch married an unknown person.¹
He was born circa 1525 at co. Somerset?, England.¹
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     Henry Balch married an unknown person.¹
He was born circa 1500 at co. Somerset?, England.¹
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     James Balch married an unknown person.¹
He was born circa 1475 at co. Somerset?, England.¹
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     George Balch married an unknown person.¹
He was born circa 1450 at co. Somerset?, England.¹
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     John Balch married an unknown person.¹
He was born circa 1425 at co. Somerset?, England.¹
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     Nicholas Ashford was born circa 1520 at co. Somerset?, England.¹
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     George Balch Jr. was born in 1585 at Horton near Bridgewater, co. Somerset, England.¹

     Grace Mallet was born circa 1667 at Massachusetts, USA.¹ She married Benjamin Balch, son of John Balch and Margaret "Margery" Lovell, on 15 March 1692 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2

Grace Mallet died before 1704 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,3

     Deborah Balch was born on 6 June 1693 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 She married William Raymond Jr., son of William Raymond, on 8 February 1710 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.³

Deborah Balch died on 5 May 1717 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA, at age 23.^1,2
     Reference: Sources:

1.Title: WFT CD4, Tree 3448
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Text: gives DOB as 16 Jun 1693.
2.Title: WFT CD12, Tree 102
Page: Trees 9 and 3198
Text: CD1, Tree 2713, CD10, Tree 2091, CD13, Tree 130, and User Page of John
Merritt Burt give DOD as 5 May 1717. Seale Family Home Page and WFT CD14, Tree
1298 give DOD as 1 May 1717.
3.Title: Family Search - Ancestral File - www.familysearch.org
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Text: DOM1710 Rochester, Plymouth, MA.¹

     William Raymond Jr. was born on 11 February 1690 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ He married Deborah Balch, daughter of Benjamin Balch and Grace Mallet, on 8 February 1710 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

William Raymond Jr. died in 1760 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹
      ; Source: Samuel Raymond, "Genealogies of the Raymond Families of New England, 1630-1 to 1886," Brooklyn, NY, 1886, p. 126: He settled in Rochester, MA; was a prominent
citizen, Town clerk 1733-37, and various other town offices, and was a member of the Congregational Church. He lived at "Raymond Landing," which was afterwards set off to Wareham. His children (except William) were born at Rochester.¹ He was Town Clerk between 1733 and 1737 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.²

     Lydia Balch was born on 28 August 1695 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^1,2 She married Samuel Bowles on 13 November 1743 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.³

     Samuel Bowles was born in 1677 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ He married Lydia Balch, daughter of Benjamin Balch and Grace Mallet, on 13 November 1743 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

Samuel Bowles died circa 1764 at Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Richard Clarke married Abigail Maverick.¹

Richard Clarke died before 5 February 1689.²
     Richard Clarke was also known as Matthew Clarke.²

     Mary Conant married William Dodge "ye yonger".
Mary Conant was born in 1632 at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹ She married John Balch, son of John Balch and Margaret "Margery" Lovell, between 1650 and 1653 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.^2,1

Mary Conant died before 1685 at Beverly, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA.¹

     Mark White married an unknown person.¹
He was born circa 1472 at co. Timsbury, England.¹
Mark White died between 27 March 1529 and 1530 at Timsbury, co. Hampshire, England.^1,2
      ; Please contact luseaann@@excite.com with any corrections/additions.¹ EDV-13. Mark White was also known as Marcus White.²

     Mildred Weston was born in 1528 at Timsbury, co. Hampshire, England.¹ She married John White, son of Mark White, in 1549.¹

Mildred Weston died between 8 January 1566 and 1567 at co. Timsbury, England.¹
      ; Please contact luseaann@@excite.com with any corrections/additions.¹ EDV-12.