James Ballard

who was she the widow of ???

27 Aug 1638, Joane Dowden married Peter Hulbert at St James Trowbridge, Wilts. 

note; when did Peter Hulbert ,die.

James Ballard of Bristol, (Baptist) born estimate 1680

Balard (with 1 L) was used as in Wilts Ballards.

Wm Ballard b. Apx 1680 moved to Portishead (Quaker) Not far from Frome.

Tilshead near Steeple Ashton wilts, home of Alexander family.

The Alexander Family  (Samuel & Bridget) were connected with Southwark, London & some Alexanders are found in Ramsbury Wiltshire.

Steeple Ashton, Cloth mills farming - 4.5 miles Trowbridge and Near Bratton.

Southwick, Near Trowbridge together with North Bradley, was part of Steeple Ashton manor

Settlement at Southwick began in the early Middle Ages and grew with the woollen cloth industry, weavers working at home for Trowbridge clothiers;

Southwick was one of the earliest and largest Baptist centres in Wiltshire, beginning in the mid-17th century. A chapel linked to the Conigre church at Trowbridge stood near Bradley Common throughout the 18th century, and in 1709 another was built on the south side of Wynsome Street, which soon had a congregation of 300.  From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwick,_Wiltshire>