Although there were several hundred "Ball" immigrants to New England during the Project time frame, only a handful have ever been significantly researched. The larger New England Ball families with known immigrant heads (in the database with the ship icon by their name; hover cursor over other icons for an explanation of their use) include:
- Alling Ball (b. Eng. ????-1689), and sisters Mary Ball (b. Eng. ????-1674) and Susannah Ball (b. Eng. ????-????) Ball of New Haven CT (chart)
- Edward Ball (c1642-c1724) of Branford CT and Newark NJ (chart)
- Edward Ball (c1640-1714) of Block Island RI (chart)
- Francis Ball (????-1648) of Springfield MA (chart)
- Francis Ball (c1624-1690) of Dorchester MA (chart)
- Isaac Ball (b. Isle of Jersey c1659-????) of Marblehead MA (chart)
- James Ball (c1690-????) of Boston MA (chart)
- John Ball (b. Eng. c1620-1676) of Watertown MA and Lancaster MA and includes Benjamin Ball of Framingham MA (chart)
- Nathaniel Ball (b. Eng. c1625-1709) of Concord MA (chart)
- Peter Ball (c1645-c1719) of Portsmouth NH (chart)
The larger unattached branches (as noted in the database by the "brick wall" icon) include:
- Alvin Ball (1780-1846), Jesse Ball (c1772-1847), and John Ball (c1789-1863) of Ferrisburgh VT; Alvin is DNA-linked to John Ball Jr. of Watertown MA
- Amos Ball (1775-????) and David D. Ball (c1780-1825) of VT and Tunkhannock PA; Amos is DNA-linked to John Ball Jr. of Watertown MA
- Daniel Ball (c1744-1825) of Salisbury CT; DNA-linked to John Ball Jr. of Watertown MA
- Daniel Ball (c1720-1813) of Shrewsbury MA; DNA-linked to John Ball Jr. of Watertown MA
- Daniel Ball (c1793-1860) and Diantha Clark of VT and MI; DNA-linked to John Ball Jr. of Watertown MA
- David Ball (c1727-1807) of Dartmouth MA and Wilmington VT; possibly a descendant of John Ball Jr. of Watertown MA
- James Ball (????-c1733) of Wallingford CT
- Jefferson Davis Ball (1827-1900) of Boonville CA; possibly a descendant of Edward Ball of Block Island RI
- Jonas Ball (c1769-1853) of Pittsfield MA
- Samuel Ball (c1740-1800) of Boothbay ME; possibly a descendant of Nathaniel Ball of Concord MA
- Samuel Ball (1769-1806) of Pownalsborough and Hancock ME
- William Ball (c1783-1870) of Sebec ME
- Zopher Ball (c1724-1803) of Washington Co. PA; DNA-linked to Edward Ball of Branford CT and Newark NJ