Recipient of the 2024 National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence: Genealogy and Family History Book for "The Descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover Through Six Generations." This award is presented to an individual or nonprofit organization for a specific, significant single contribution in the form of a family genealogy or family history book published during the past three years that serves to foster scholarship and/or otherwise advances or promotes excellence in genealogy. This volume is a comprehensive genealogy of the descendants of William and Grace Ballard of Andover. It traces the male and female descendants to the sixth generation covering over 1100 complete families. The volume includes substantial coverage of Butterfield and Spalding families.