Catherine Ball
(1693-1758)
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May 16, 1693
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1758
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Catherine Ball Carleton was the mother of Guy Carleton, later Baron Dorchester, and Thomas Carleton, New Brunswick’s first lieutenant governor. Her first husband, Christopher, collected customs at Newry, Ireland. After his death she reportedly married rector Thomas Skelton around 1739. A published Ball genealogy records probate of her will in June 1758. The master links her to Christopher born in 1749, a later generation; her own reported 1693 birth is unverified.
EARLY LIFE
Catherine Ball was born May 16, 1693. The external genealogical record identifies Henry Ball as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Catherine Ball is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Catherine Ball died 1758. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
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Catherine Ball died in 1758. Catherine Ball Carleton was the mother of Guy Carleton, later Baron Dorchester, and Thomas Carleton, New Brunswick’s first lieutenant governor. Her first husband, Christopher, collected customs at Newry, Ireland. After his death she reportedly married rector Thomas Skelton around 1739. A published Ball genealogy records probate of her will in June 1758. The master links her to Christopher born in 1749, a later generation; her own reported 1693 birth is unverified. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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