Individual Details
Lois Ballard
(19 Jul 1746 - 21 Dec 1836)
Events
| Birth | 19 Jul 1746 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 17 Feb 1767 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Joshua Phelps | |||
| Death | 21 Dec 1836 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Probate | 24 Jan 1837 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Burial | South Church Cemetery |
Families
| Spouse | Joshua Phelps (1738 - 1798) |
| Child | Lois Phelps (1767 - 1849) |
| Child | Hannah Phelps (1769 - 1853) |
| Child | Joshua Phelps (1774 - 1807) |
| Child | Samuel Phelps (1777 - 1778) |
| Father | Hezekiah Ballard (1720 - 1801) |
| Mother | Lydia Chandler (1720 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Lydia Ballard (1742 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Ballard (1744 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Hannah Ballard (1748 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Mary Ballard (1750 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Joshua Ballard (1753 - 1755) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ballard (1755 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Dorcas Ballard (1757 - 1775) |
| Sibling | Lucy Ballard (1760 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Hezekiah Ballard (1762 - 1847) |
Notes
Probate
Case number 21655Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.
In her will written 16 July 1811, Lois Phelps bequeathed one dollar to all the children of deceased son Joshua to be equally divided among them. The remainder of the estate is equally divided between daughters Loes Blunt wife of Captain Isaac Blunt and Hannah Abbot wife of Lieutenant Nathan Abbot. Henry Phelps is named executor. At the time of Lois's death 25 years after she wrote the will, Henry Phelps felt no longer able to fulfill the functions of executor and asked to be excused.