John Ballou

John married Hannah (..) Ballou about 1675 in Providence Co, Rhode Island, and was divorced on 2 May 1676 in Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island. Hannah was born about 1650; died after 1678. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Divorced:
Hannah was brought to court on 27 Oct 1675 in Newport [General Assembly Meeting]: "There being dubiosity in a case concerning John ffreeman and Hannah daughter of Edward Larkin..." [Mr. "ffreeman" is fined 5£'s and Hannah 40s. and she to] "...keep the child and may have proclamation made and may both be cleared if no accusations come then and paying their fees." [RI Archives, Colonial Records 1671-80, p44]

Seems John paid his but maybe "John Bellow his wife" did not [it isn't clear it would seem, ibid, Treasurer's Acc's p3]. Then, on 2 May 1676 at Newport, John Ballou petitioned the General Assembly for a divorce from Hannah. The court found that their marriage hadn't ever been good, she having complained early on of "insufficiency" on his part and that he'd "never had knowledge of her body" and she also confessed that the child she had by then given live birth to wasn't the child of her husband. John Ballou was granted a div. from Hannah [ibid. Col.Rec. p48]

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JOHN BALLOU presumed to have been b. in Providence, R. I., about the year 1650; m. 1st Hannah (???), surname, parentage, date and particulars of mge. not found. From this wife he was separated by divorce of the Colonial General Assembly, May 2, 1676.

John married Hannah Garrett on 4 Jan 1678 in Providence Co, Rhode Island. Hannah was born about 1650 in Rhode Island; died after 1700 in of, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Ballou was born on 26 Aug 1683 in Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 7 Dec 1765.

Maturin married Hannah Pike in 1646 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. Hannah was born in 1626 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 27 Oct 1707 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]