John Ball (assemblyman)
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John Ball (February 10, 1756 – November 7, 1838) was an American soldier and politician.
Ball was born in Bedford, Westchester County, New York in 1756. He was the second son of Eliphalet Ball, minister of the Presbyterian Church there, and Elizabeth van Flamen. In 1769 the family relocated to Ballston in Saratoga County, New York, then a thinly-settled wilderness. Around 1777 he married Mary Collins, daughter of Tyrannus Collins and Abigail Peck; the couple had one son and four daughters. In 1808 he married Anna Swart, daughter of Dirick Swart, and they had two sons and two daughters.[1] John Ball died in Ballston in 1838; his burial site is unknown.