Smithfield, Rhode Island Vital Records.
Ezekiel Ballard estate, 1821, Danby, Vermont - lists all heirs of Jonathan.
Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts Marriage & Marriage Intentions Records.
Order and birthyears of children are estimated.
1790, 1800 censuses of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Danby, Vermont Deeds - children quit-claimed share of Ezekiel's estate.
Probate of Jonathan Ballard, 1802, Smithfield - probably our Jonathan, but no proof.
Probate of Jonathan Ballard, 1854, probably son of Jonathan.
Jonathan may have married 2nd, Dinah.
1800 Census - Otsego, Otsego, New York.
1810, 1820 Censuses - Hartwick, Otsego, New York.
1830, 1840, 1850 Censuses - Otto, Cattaraugus, New York.
Estate of Ezekiel Ballard, 1821, Danby, Vermont.
Otsego County Land Records.
Settled in Otto in 1819.
1800, 1810 Censuses - Danby, Rutland, Vermont.
1820 Census - Concord, Niagra, New York.
1830, 1840 Censuses - Collins, Erie, New York.
Danby, Vermont Land Records.
Estate of Ezekiel Ballard, 1821, Danby, Vermont.
Jonathan - of Grafton, Illinois, youngest of 15 children.
History of McHenry County, Illinois - 15 Children.
Mary may have been a daughter of Smithfield Ballard.
Ruth may have been a daughter of Steven Ballard.
Estate of Ezekiel Ballard, 1821, Danby, Vermont.
Probate of Jonathan Ballard, 1854, Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Husband listed in will of Phebe Whipple, half brother. Also listed is Dinah Ballard, Mother of Phebe Whipple.
1800 Census - Smithfield, Rhode Island - in household of Jonathan Ballard.
1810, 1820, 1830 Censuses - Smithfield, Rhode Island - in household of Dinah Ballard.
1840, 1850 Censuses - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island.
Jonathan seems to be single until the 1850 census when there is a possible wife named Hannah, aged 74.
Some records have indicated that Jonathan married a Permelia Bennett, but no evidence has been found to substiantiate this.