The first thing I did in my search for additional information on the early Jarvis Ballard (whom I will call “the elder”) was to check the library for any collections of seventeenth-century Maryland records. Second Subpart: Jarvis Ballard (the Elder) in Maryland I hope that others who have better access to the primary source material will correct my errors and provide supplemental information. Before proceeding, however, I must include a word of caution: since I did not have ready access to the original records in Maryland or Boston, I have relied chiefly on secondary sources. I therefore decided to see if I could find out any additional information about this earlier Jarvis, the father of Mary Ballard Lynde, and also if I could double-check the English baptismal record. Moreover, I knew that another Jarvis Ballard left a will in Boston dated 1719 mentioning his Maryland cousins. See Clayton Torrence, Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, p.435 (Richmond, 1935). I was also familiar with the secondary sources stating that Charles Ballard of Somerset County, Maryland had a son by the name of Jarvis, who reportedly died in 1765. I had seen references to a Jarvis in the 1680’s in York County, Virginia. Since I knew that some Jarvis Ballard also had connections with Maryland and Virginia and that specific information about English origins was extremely rare in the Ballard family, my interest was immediately aroused. Of particular interest in the website citation, however, was the reference to a specific baptismal date for Mary at a specific church in London: March 26, 1657, at St. That much of the entry had also been mentioned in William Ballard Derby, Ballard-Ballord Bits (1978), at p.96 (under B-3). When I tried “Jarvis” Ballard, I found an entry for a person of that name who reportedly was the father of a Mary who in 1674 married Samuel Lynde of Boston. Jarvis Ballard (the Elder) of England, Maryland and Massachusetts (c-c1702)Ī couple of months ago, I was searching the Mormon genealogical website “for various Ballard names.

Please see Origins for an Introduction to this section. The Ballards of Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina:Ĭompilation and Comments by John M.

Pestilence by Edward Jarvis