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Sarah Martha Ball 1712–1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Oct 1712

Birth Location: Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 10 Dec 1779

Death Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Ball

Mother: Sarah Rhodes

Spouse(s): Paul Custer

Children(s): George Custer, John Custer, Paul Custer, Jonathan Custer, William Custer, Nicholas Custer, Mary Custer, Mary Custer, Richard Custer

Sarah Martha Ball was born in 1712 in Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of John Ball And Sarah Martha Rhodes. In 1750, Sarah Martha Ball resided in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Sarah Martha Ball married Paul Custer, and had children including George Ball Custer, John Custer, Jonathan Custer, Mary Custer, Nicholas Custer, Paul Custer, Richard Custer, William Custer. Sarah Martha Ball passed away in 1779 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Sarah Martha Ball was born in 1712 in Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of John Ball And Sarah Martha Rhodes.
  • In 1750, Sarah Martha Ball resided in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Sarah Martha Ball married Paul Custer, and had children including George Ball Custer, John Custer, Jonathan Custer, Mary Custer, Nicholas Custer, Paul Custer, Richard Custer, William Custer.
  • Sarah Martha Ball passed away in 1779 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah Ball's Ancestors

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Sarah Ball
1712–1779
Birth Place: Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
John Ball
1694–1741
Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah (Martha) Rhodes
1696–1741
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grandparents
Joseph (Matthaus) Ball
1649–1711
Millenbeck, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
Mary Bennett
1665–1721
West Chester, Chester, West and Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
John Rhodes
1664–1733
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Hannah Wilcox
1675–1710
of PA
Great-Grandparents
William III
1615–1680
Hannah Atherold
1614–1695
John Rhoads
1624–1701
Elizabeth Jessup
1633–1694
Barnabas Wilcox
1635–1690
Sarah Boone
1639–1692
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Ball's Descendants

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Sarah (Martha) Ball (30 Oct 1712–10 Dec 1779) m. Paul Custer (4 Dec 1710–10 November 1783)
  1. 1. George (Ball) Custer 1744–1829 m. Catherine Leatherman 1765–1844 m. Susannah Long 1755–1784
    1. 1. David (Custer) Sr 1780–1857 m. Elizabeth (Martha) Fisher –1858
      1. 1. George (Richard) Custer 1803–1875 m. Nancy (Phillips) Black 1798–1875
        1. 1. David (Charles) Custer 1826–1886 m. Elizabeth (Parnethia) Dunnington 1828–1882 m. Jane (L) Castle 1826–
        2. 2. Elizabeth Custer 1829–1915
        3. 3. Lydia Custer 1836–1926
        4. 4. William Custer 1825–1891
        5. 5. Thomas Custer 1831–1885 m. Amey Custer 1841–
        6. 6. George (Washington) Custer 1833–1881 m. Margaret 1845–
        7. 7. James (Merriman) Custer 1838–1850
      2. 2. David Custer 1778–
      3. 3. Anne Custer 1823–1898
    2. 2. Elizabeth Custer 1803–1861
    3. 3. Magdalena Custer 1793–1881
    4. 4. Lydia Custer 1806–1854
    5. 5. George (Ball Custer) Jr 1776–1833 m. Mary (Ann) Wise 1777–1856
    6. 6. Daniel ((twin)) Custer 1780–1780
    7. 7. Joseph Custer 1797–1881
    8. 8. Jonathan Custer 1798–1871
    9. 9. Catherine Custer 1797–1892
    10. 10. Jacob Custer 1782–1820
    11. 11. Hannah Custer 1784–1851
    12. 12. Susannah Custer 1787–1873
    13. 13. Catherine Custer 1790–1827
    14. 14. Mary Custer 1801–1881
    15. 15. John Custer 1774–1843
    16. 16. Sarah Custer 1778–1874
    17. 17. Jacob Custer 1785–1868
  2. 2. John Custer 1732–1812
  3. 3. Paul Custer 1736–1800
  4. 4. Jonathan Custer 1738–1823 m. Hannah Peters 1735–1805
    1. 1. Benjamin Custer 1763–
    2. 2. Jonathan Custer 1767–
    3. 3. Hannah Custer 1768–
    4. 4. George Custer 1770–
  5. 5. William Custer 1740–1828
  6. 6. Nicholas Custer 1753–1774
  7. 7. Mary Custer 1763–1819
  8. 8. Mary Custer 1773–1850
  9. 9. Richard Custer 1757–1837

Sarah Ball's Timeline

3 Records

1712
30 Oct 1712
Birth of Sarah Martha Ball in Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1750
1750-1900
Age 38
Sarah Martha Ball resided here in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1779
10 Dec 1779
Age 67
Death of Sarah Martha Ball in Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Oct 1712
    Event Place: Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1750-1900
    Event Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] A Pennsylvania pioneer : biographical sketch with report of the Executive Committee of the Ball Estate Association.
    [2] The Custer families
    [3] Custer genealogies

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Dec 1779
    Event Place: Lower, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records

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