Balch, William

Balch, William a Congregational minister, was born in Beverly, Mass., in 1704; and was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1724. In 1728 he was ordained as the pastor of the Second Church in Bradford, Mass., where he remained until his death, Jan. 12, 1792. He published several discourses, among which was the Convention sermon of 1760. See Mass. Hist. Col. 4:145; Allen, Amer. Biog. s.v. (J. C. S.)