Aaron Jerome Ball

Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.

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  Aaron Jerome Ball was born 20 February 1803 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. likely

  1803-02-20 · Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA · Stated on his WikiTree profile (sourced to FindAGrave); verified directly on the profile (born 20 Feb 1803, Buffalo, Erie, New York). This CONFLICTS with the trusted family report's birth year of 1800 (a 3-year discrepancy). The Buffalo, Erie County birthplace is also internally suspect: the father Marmaduke was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and the family report places the children's births in New York generally. Rests on a single database source with no original document cited; held at 'likely' and not raised because of the conflict with the trusted anchor and the uncorroborated place. tree ↗

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  Aaron Jerome Ball died 11 October 1863 (aged 60) in Millville, Shasta County, California. likely

  1863-10-11 · Millville, Shasta County, California, USA · Stated on his WikiTree profile and verified directly there (died 11 Oct 1863 at age 60 in Millville, Shasta, California), sourced only to 'Find A Grave: Memorial #29409387'. Aaron does not appear to have his own findable FindAGrave memorial under that number, so this single-database claim is unverified at the original-record level. Death in California is consistent with the family's documented westward migration (son William Wallace Ball married in Shasta County, CA in 1862). Held at 'likely'. Caution: Aaron's father Marmaduke also died in 1863 — do not conflate the two. tree ↗

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  Aaron Jerome Ball married Lucretia Blodgett (c.1806 New York - 1850 Wisconsin), daughter of Ephraim Blodgett and Sybil Roberts Blodgett. likely

  · Downgraded from 'confirmed' to 'likely'. The spouse identity (Lucretia Blodgett) is corroborated: his WikiTree profile lists 'Husband of Lucretia (Blodgett) Ball' (verified directly) and Lucretia's FindAGrave memorial names Aaron Jerome Ball (1803-1863) as her spouse. However, WikiTree explicitly records the marriage date and place as 'unknown', so the marriage EVENT itself is undocumented, and the two cited trees are not clearly independent (WikiTree profiles are commonly derived from the same FindAGrave data). The son named 'Ephraim Blodgett Ball' supports the Blodgett maternal surname. Spouse linkage is solid; the marriage event is not established by an original record. findagrave ↗tree ↗

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  The family appears to have migrated westward during Aaron's lifetime: from New York to Wisconsin Territory (children born there in the 1830s) and ultimately to Shasta County, California. likely

  · New York; Wisconsin Territory; Shasta County, California · Reconstructed from the birthplaces of children on WikiTree/FindAGrave (NY, then Wisconsin Territory) and the California death/marriage records, not from a single migration document. Son Harvey Porter Ball's service in a Wisconsin regiment supports the Wisconsin residence. Held at 'likely' as an inference from database entries. tree ↗findagrave ↗

likely birth.date: report “1800” vs. found “1803-02-20”. The family report gives a birth year of 1800; the genealogical databases (WikiTree, sourced to FindAGrave) give 20 February 1803 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. The 3-year difference is unresolved. The Buffalo, Erie County birthplace is itself uncorroborated and inconsistent with the father's Massachusetts origin and the report's general placement of the children's births in New York; an original record is needed. Verified directly on WikiTree Ball-17249.

likely death: report “(none in report)” vs. found “1863-10-11, Millville, Shasta County, California”. The report records no death information. WikiTree adds a death of 11 October 1863 in Millville, Shasta County, California, cited only to FindAGrave Memorial #29409387 (not independently verified — Aaron has no findable own memorial). Caution: Aaron's father Marmaduke also died in 1863, so the two 1863 deaths must not be conflated.