(VI) Lt. Elijah BALL, son of Phineas BALL (V) was born in Holden, Mass. on March 2, 1748. He married Rebecca MOORE ( intentions dated Sept. 21, 1770 ), both were from Lancaster. The marriage date was Oct. 18, 1770. She died at Boylston on Oct. 13, 1829, age 75. He died at Boylston on Nov. 10, 1834, age 86. At the breaking out of the Revolution he was living in Lancaster, perhaps on or near the farm in Holden or Boyston. He went with Capt. Benjamin HOUGHTON's Company in Colonel John WHITCOMB's Regiment in response to the Lexington Call of April 19, 1775. He was a corporal in Capt. Samuel SAVAGE's Company in 1776. He was sergeant in Capt. William GREENLEAF's Company, Colonel Job CUSHING's Regiment, enlisting Sept. 3, 1777 and he was First Lieutenant in the 5th Company, Colonel Josiah WHITNEY's Regiment ( 2nd Worcester), commissioned June 17, 1779. He was with General PUTNAM in the campaign on Long Island. He owned land in the 2nd Precinct of Shrewsbury, probably by inheritance before 1781 when he sold land there to John BARNARD. This land was situated in what is now, Boylston. He made his home in Boylston after the Revolution and became a prosperous farmer and prominent citizen there. His grandson, ex Mayor BALL, of Worcester, presided at the centennial exercises in 1886. The town of Boylston was incorporated March 1, 1786. The farm of Lt. BALL was inherited by Manasseh Sawyer BALL, his son, and the father of Phineas BALL, of Worcester. The children of Lt. Elijah and Rebecca (MOORE) BALL were: #1 Elijah born in Lancaster on Aug. 29, 1771, married 4 times #2 Abigail born in Boylston on July 25, 1773 #3 Amaziah born in Boylston on Jan. 30, 1776 #4 Levi born in Boylston on Jan. 6, 1778 #5 Rueben born in Boylston on May 9, 1780 #6 Rebecca born in Boylston June 1, 1782 #7 Micah Ross BALL born July 29, 1784 #8 Patty born in Boylston on March 20, 1789 #9 Jonh born May 13, 1791 #10 Phineas born Aug. 20, 1794 #11 Cinda born in Boylston on Feb. 12, 1797 #12 Manasseh Sawyer BALL born Dec. 28, 1800. (VII) Micha Ross BALL, son of Lt. Elijah BALL (VI) was born in Boylston, Mass. on July 29, 1784. He married Rachel LINCOLN. They settled at Leominster, Mass. and were the parents of Rev. George S. BALL of Upton, Mass. END of PART 3