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Some family records state that he was George Washington's uncle. However, this is doubtful. It is likely that George Washington stayed in Timothy's home during his several visits to New Jersey, but no definite link could be made by the two men as to their possible common ancestry, nor has one been established since despite considerable research. Jefferson Village is now called Maplewood, NJ, and was my home town. The original village was located near the current intersection of Jefferson and Maplewood Avenues. The village was situated in a valley formed on the west by the Orange mountain, and to the east by the opposite ridge of high ground declining towards Newark. These are the first hills encountered northwest of Newark. Jefferson Village is significant to our group because it was first occupied by several of the offspring of Edward Ball. At that time, all of the land laying between the Passaic River where the first beginnings of Newark sprang up and the top of the Orange Mountain (then called Newark Mountain) was held to belong to Newark, and it was not difficult for the Ball family to get a patent to a tract of land within that area. Edward's son Thomas settled on such a tract between North Farms and Jefferson Village. The most impressive Ball home is that of Thomas's son, Timothy. I have a history and photos of the Timothy Ball House, which is now called the Washington Inn because George Washington stayed there during the battle of Springfield. I would be happy to share these if anyone is interested. Other grandsons of Edward Ball also built homes in the Jefferson Village area. By 1796, Jefferson Village was considered part of Springfield Township, yet the only public building was a school. Because Jefferson Village was several miles from the toll road connecting the two 'large' towns of Morristown and Newark (which at that time had 250 and 1000 inhabitants respectively), it was considered remote and had no business district. By 1815 it had over thirty families and applied for its own post office. About that time a land speculator bestowed the name of Maplewood on a railway station built at his own expense in Jefferson Village, and the name took hold, eventually replacing Jefferson Village. There is an enormous amout of information about Jefferson Village and Maplewood in the book 'Maplewood, Past and Present', prepared by the Friends of the Maplewood Library in 1948 and published by the Princeton University Press. I have a copy if anyone is interested.
Farmer, on the mountainside, west of Maplewood Station, near South Orange, NJ.
He died of small pox after being innoculated for it in a futile attempt to avoid contracting the disease.
_Alling BALL _________________________+
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_Edward BALL ________|
| (1642 - 1724) m 1664|
| |_Dorothy TUTTLE ______________________+
| (.... - 1689) m 1648
_Thomas BALL ________|
| (1687 - 1744) m 1710|
| | _Thomas BLATCHLEY ____________________
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| |_Abigail BLATCHLEY __|
| (1648 - 1725) m 1664|
| |_Susanna (Susannah Or Susannah) BALL _+
| (1626 - 1677) m 1643
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|--Timothy BALL
| (1711 - 1758)
| _Stephen DAVIS _______________________
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| _Thomas DAVIS _______|
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|_Sarah DAVIS ________|
(1689 - 1778) m 1710|
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|_Mary WARD __________|
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Mother: Ann BUTLER |
_Thomas HARRISON I_______+
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_Thomas HARRISON II_____|
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| |_Sithia Elizabeth SHORT _
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_Thomas HARRISON IV__|
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|--Elizabeth HARRISON
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|_Ann BUTLER _________|
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|--James Douglas HILL
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| _Cyrus Alexander COOK ___+
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| _Joseph Alexander "Alec" COOK _|
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| | |_Louise Whitehead CRANE _+
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|_Helen Elizabeth COOK _|
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|_Marion Fenimore ENGLE ________|
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