Middlesex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643. The county originally included Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, Sudbury, Concord, Woburn, Medford, Wayland, and Reading.
Elizabeth Fiske Ball was born on January 19, 1667/1668 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Nathan Fiske and Elizabeth Fry.
She married a weaver and husbandman, James Ball, on January 16, 1693/94. James was born on March 7, 1669/70. His parents were John Ball and Sarah Bullard.
James and Elizabeth's children included:
James Ball (February 2, 1693/94),
Nathan Ball (February 28, 1694/95, married Mary Williams),
John Ball (July 22, 1697, married Lydia Perry),
Elizabeth Ball (April 8, 1699, died young),
Sarah Ball Hastings (September 1, 1700, married Daniel Hastings),
Abigail Ball Livermore (June 5, 1702, married Jonathan Livermore),
Elizabeth Ball Fuller (April 9, 1705, married Thomas Fuller), and
Susannah Ball Stearns (March 16, 1706/07, married Josiah Stearns).
James died February 22, 1729 and Elizabeth died in 1740 in Watertown.
