Burgess Col. William Ball, IMMIGRANT^{[1, 2]}

1615 - 1680  (65 years)

• Name	William Ball
  	http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I032784 Hannah Atherold b: 2 FEB 1617/18 in England Married: 2 JUL 1638 in London, England Children: Richard Ball b: ABT 1632 in London, England William Ball b: 2 JAN 1640/41 in London, England William {addl records} Ball b: 2 JAN 1640/41 in London, England Joseph Ball b: 24 MAY 1649 in London, England Hannah Ball b: 12 MAY 1650 in Berkshire, England
  Title	Burgess
  Prefix	Col.
  Suffix	IMMIGRANT
  Born	1615	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1680	Millenbeck, Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I13220	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family	Hannah Atherold,   b. Est 1622, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Married	2 Jul 1638	England
  Children	+ 1. Captain William Ball,   b. 2 Jan 1641, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 30 Sep 1694, St. Mary's White Chappell Parish, Lancaster Co., Virginia  (Age 53 years)   2. Colonel Joseph of Epping Forest Ball,   b. 24 May 1649, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F4590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Virginia Heraldica - A Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor with Genealogical Notes of the Families Edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F.R.S., F.G.S.A. Virginia County Record Series Volume V. 1908 virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I032784 URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kcrnkovich&id=I 03946 URL title: Kellie's Family Connections Note: "William Ball of the province of Maryland planter," 15 February, 1659, was granted 420 acres of land "Balleston, Lying on the West Side of the Chesapeak Bay, and on the West side of the river in the said bay, called North West river beginning at a marked Locust Tree by the riverside running South West by the Riverside for breadth Two hundred and five perches, to a Creek called Balls Creek, etc. " (Land Office, Liber 4, folio 342.) By the latter part of the year 1663 William Ball had sailed down the Chesapeake Bay and settled at the mouth of Corotoman River, Lancaster Co, VA, where he built the beautiful Georgian mansion, "Millenbeck." On 18 Jan 1663, he received 300 acres at the head of a small br. proceeding out of the S.W. side of Narrow Neck Cr. in Lancaster Co, formerly granted in 1653 to David Fox, sold by him to Thomas Hobkins, and bought by William Ball. On 17 April, 1667, Major William Ball and Thomas Chetwood received a grant of 1,600 acres of land in the County of Rappahannock on the north side of Rappahannock River. On 10 June, 1671, the Balleston estate in MD was re-granted by Lord Baltimore to "William Ball of the Collony of Virginia planter" ..... the said William Ball was granted that parcel of "Land now Resurveyed called Balleston Lying in the County of Baltimore on the west Side of the Chesapeake Bay &c." (Land Office, Liber 16, folio 268.) === James Hughes 2006-09-29 15:25:02 Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1677-1678 Volume 67, Page 134 Upon the Petition of William Ball That Thomas Humphrys gives three hundred acres of Land called East Humphrys to Mary his wife constituteing her his heire by Testament in writeing Anno One thousand six hundred and Sixty, Mary beares a Child posthuma to Humphrys & by deed in her Widowhood Anno One thousand Six hundred sixty One gives the three hundred acres of Land to Mary her daughter reversion to her selfe, if the daughter dye before age or without heire & marries & beares Hannah to Ball, Mary the sister to Hanna dyes Quere whether Hanna is heire to Mary her sister It is the judgment of the Court here the eighth of October One thousand six hundred Seventy Seaven that Hanna is heire to Mary her sister and thereupon Order Patent of Confirmation accordingly. James Hughes 2006-10-01 12:16:15 (*) "In the name of god Amen. I William Ball of ye County of Lancastr in Rapp being Praised be god in good & pfect health both of Body and minde doe make and Ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (vis) Imp'et I bequeath my Soule to god Almighty my maker and Creator in full Assurance of ye pardon and Remission of all my sins Through ye death & meritts of Jesus Christ my only Savior and Redeemer and my body to ye Earth from Whence it Came to be Decently Intered and for my Worldly Estate my Just Debts and funerall Rights first is Charged I give and Dispose as foll: Item I give and Devise my Land and Plantation Whereon I Lived Expresst in two pattents Containing five hundred & forty Acres to my Sone William Ball and his heirs forever never ye les it is my Will and Pleasure yt my Loving Wife Hannah Ball be and Remaine in full possession thereof together wth all householde goods and Servants both Christians and Negrowes wth ye * * * of Cattle of all kinds Excepting What is pticularly bequeathed out of it wch never ye less is not to be Delivered till ye * * * of her rights for and During her natural Life pvided she soe long Remained A Widdow and therefore it is my Will and pleasure that what shall remain in her possession be Inventoryed and Vallued by her Selfe and my two Sons Between them them selves to go (together) and if She Should Marry againe She may then Enjoy on * * her pporconable parte according to Law. Item, for ye Other part of my Estate Consisting Cheifly in Marchantdiseing goods and Debts it is my will and pleasure ye same alsoe be Inventoried and Vallued as before and that she my s'd Wife Likewise Enjoy one third part thereof and that ye Remainder togeather wth what shall be Over and Above her third part of houschold goods servants and Cattle of all Kinds & not hereby pticularly bequeathed bee Soone After ye termination of her Right hereby lymitted Devided into five parts three Whereof I give and Bequeath to my Son William Ball & his heirs forever and ye Other two parts to my Son Joseph Ball & his heirs forever their part of Marchantdizeing goods & Debts to be forthwth Delivered. Item, I give and Devise my land in ye freshes of Rappk Cont'g by pattent 1600 Acres to my two Sons William and Joseph and to each of there heires forever to be equally Divided between them wthout any Advantage of Survlvorshipp if either of them should decese before Demission. Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son William and his heires my two Negroes Called Tame and Katie his Wife and to my son Joseph and his heires my Negro Tony and Dinah his wife, the Negro Girle Bess and ye negro boy James to my wife to Dispose of between my two sons or their Children, and noe other Wise When her Rights shall Determine Either by Death or Marryage. Item I give unto my two Sons William and Joseph Whatsoever Either of them stands Indepted to me upon Acco in my book. Item, I give unto my Daughter Hannah now ye Wife of Capt David ffox only five shillings Sterling Which is an Overplus both of her portion and Deserts. Item I hereby nominate and Appointe my two sons William and Joseph Executors of this my Last Will and testament to act together in all things in ye Ordering and Disposing of ye Estate According to the true Intent and meaning thereof by a due pformance of ye Severall Exceptions pvisoes and Limitations therein Contained hereby Renouncing all former Wills and Deeclare this to be my last Will and testament by Witnessing the same wh my hand Seale this fifth day of Octr 1680 and in the two and thirtieth year of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles ye Second. WILLIAM BALL [L.] Sealed and Delivered in psence of us Thomas Everest, John Mottby, per signo Probat fuit humoi Testmt in Cur Com Lancast Decimo die Novembris Ao Domi 1680 pr Saemt Thomas Everest et John Mottby Jur in Cur. Test John Stretchly Clk. True copy test. Jno. Stretchly. James Hughes 2006-10-01 12:16:15 (*) "In the name of god Amen. I William Ball of ye County of Lancastr in Rapp being Praised be god in good & pfect health both of Body and minde doe make and Ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following (vis) Imp'et I bequeath my Soule to god Almighty my maker and Creator in full Assurance of ye pardon and Remission of all my sins Through ye death & meritts of Jesus Christ my only Savior and Redeemer and my body to ye Earth from Whence it Came to be Decently Intered and for my Worldly Estate my Just Debts and funerall Rights first is Charged I give and Dispose as foll: Item I give and Devise my Land and Plantation Whereon I Lived Expresst in two pattents Containing five hundred & forty Acres to my Sone William Ball and his heirs forever never ye les it is my Will and Pleasure yt my Loving Wife Hannah Ball be and Remaine in full possession thereof together wth all householde goods and Servants both Christians and Negrowes wth ye * * * of Cattle of all kinds Excepting What is pticularly bequeathed out of it wch never ye less is not to be Delivered till ye * * * of her rights for and During her natural Life pvided she soe long Remained A Widdow and therefore it is my Will and pleasure that what shall remain in her possession be Inventoryed and Vallued by her Selfe and my two Sons Between them them selves to go (together) and if She Should Marry againe She may then Enjoy on * * her pporconable parte according to Law. Item, for ye Other part of my Estate Consisting Cheifly in Marchantdiseing goods and Debts it is my will and pleasure ye same alsoe be Inventoried and Vallued as before and that she my s'd Wife Likewise Enjoy one third part thereof and that ye Remainder togeather wth what shall be Over and Above her third part of houschold goods servants and Cattle of all Kinds & not hereby pticularly bequeathed bee Soone After ye termination of her Right hereby lymitted Devided into five parts three Whereof I give and Bequeath to my Son William Ball & his heirs forever and ye Other two parts to my Son Joseph Ball & his heirs forever their part of Marchantdizeing goods & Debts to be forthwth Delivered. Item, I give and Devise my land in ye freshes of Rappk Cont'g by pattent 1600 Acres to my two Sons William and Joseph and to each of there heires forever to be equally Divided between them wthout any Advantage of Survlvorshipp if either of them should decese before Demission. Item, I give and Bequeath to my Son William and his heires my two Negroes Called Tame and Katie his Wife and to my son Joseph and his heires my Negro Tony and Dinah his wife, the Negro Girle Bess and ye negro boy James to my wife to Dispose of between my two sons or their Children, and noe other Wise When her Rights shall Determine Either by Death or Marryage. Item I give unto my two Sons William and Joseph Whatsoever Either of them stands Indepted to me upon Acco in my book. Item, I give unto my Daughter Hannah now ye Wife of Capt David ffox only five shillings Sterling Which is an Overplus both of her portion and Deserts. Item I hereby nominate and Appointe my two sons William and Joseph Executors of this my Last Will and testament to act together in all things in ye Ordering and Disposing of ye Estate According to the true Intent and meaning thereof by a due pformance of ye Severall Exceptions pvisoes and Limitations therein Contained hereby Renouncing all former Wills and Deeclare this to be my last Will and testament by Witnessing the same wh my hand Seale this fifth day of Octr 1680 and in the two and thirtieth year of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles ye Second. WILLIAM BALL [L.] Sealed and Delivered in psence of us Thomas Everest, John Mottby, per signo Probat fuit humoi Testmt in Cur Com Lancast Decimo die Novembris Ao Domi 1680 pr Saemt Thomas Everest et John Mottby Jur in Cur. Test John Stretchly Clk. True copy test. Jno. Stretchly. Source: A Geanealogy of the Glassell Family, Page, 50, 51 === James Hughes 2006-09-25 13:55:24 Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623 -1666 , Page 19 Ball, Tho., 1654, by Capt. John West, Esq., Gloucester Co. Ball, James, 1654, by John Drayton, Westmoreland Co. Ball, John, 1655, by Wm. Botham, Westmoreland Co. Ball, Eliza, 1651, by Richard Smith, Northampton Co. Ball, John, 1653, by Tho. Harmanson, Northampton Co. Ball, Wm., 1653, by Robert Brasseur, Nansemond Co. Ball, Wm., 1653, by Robert Brasseur, Nansemond Co. Ball, Richard, 1651, by Mr. Richard Lawson, (???) Co. Ball, Tho., 1650, by Edward Walker, Northumberland Co. Ball, John, 1643, by Mr. Moore Fantleroy, Upper Norfolk Co. Ball, John, 1652, by Mr. Peter Knight, Gloucester Co. Ball, Michael, 1638, by John Jackson and Eliza Wingswill, James City Co. Ball, Richard, 1638, by Humphry Tabb, Elizabeth City Co. === Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 3 - 1663-1668; pg 525-527 TO ALL TO WHOM etc. NOW KNOW YEE etc That I the sd Sr. WM. BERKELEY Knt. Govern: wth the consent of the Coun cell of State accordingly give and grant unto MAJR. WM. BALL and MR. THOMAS CHETWOOD sixteene hundred acres of land scituate in the County of Rappa, and on the North side of Rappa. River bounding as following Begining at a marked white oake standing by the River from thence runing downe the sd River South South East 500 poles to a corner marked Pocickry from thence East North East into the Woods 520 poles from thence parrallell wth the River 500 poles then West North West to the Corner tree where it first begann The said land being due unto the sd Ball and Chetwood by and for the Transptacon of thirty two persons into the Colony whose names are on the Records menconed underneath this Pattent To Have and To Hold etc. Provided etc dated the 17th day of Aprill 1667 signed William Berkeley I the wthin named THOMAS CHETWOOD for and in consideracon of the sume of foure thouand pounds of Tob, to me already paid by the wthin named WM. BALL doe fully and absolutely assigned to the sd Wm. Ball his heires for Ever all my right Title clayme and interest to my moyety or halfe part of the wthin menconed 1600 acres of land being by consent and agreemt: the uppermost parte thereof and doe hereby warrant the same and doe oblidge my selfe to give further assurance thereof by a particular Bill of Sale when thereunto required IN WITTNESS whereof I have hereunto sett my hand this third day of November 1668. Tho: Chetwood THESE PRESENTS WITTNESSETH that I ELIZA. CHETWOOD Wife of Thomas Chetweood of the County of LANCASTR. in Virginia doe hereby make and ordaine Capt. ALEXR FLEMING of the County of Rappa. my true and lawfull Attorney for me and inmy place to acckowledg in the County Court of Rappa. my full and free assent and consent to the sale and assignmt: of eight hundred acres of land sold and assigned by my husband to WM. BALL of LANCASTER aforesd it being the moyety of Sixteene hundred acres of land formerly taken up & Pattented betweene the sd Wm. Ball and my said Husband WITTNESS my hand & seale this third day of November Anno Domini 1668 In presents of us JOHN SANDERS Elizabeth Chetwood PETER ELMORE Recognit in Cur Com Rappa 4th Die 9bris 1668 === LANCASTER COUNTY DEEDS & WILLS 1661-1666; Antient Press; Page 365 Lancaster County Court 14th of March 1665/66 - Certificate accordinge to Acte is granted unto Major WILLIAM BALL for the transportacon of hym selfe & WILLIAM, his Sonne, HANNAH BALL SENR., HANNAH BALL JUNR,. MARY JONES. MARTHA JONES. RANDOLPHE GW ILL. JOS: HASLEDOWNE, JOS, FOSTER, RALPHE GATH, GEORGE COONTZ, YARRETT WILLIAMS, HEN: SCHOLLER, WILL; HIGGINS, EDWARD VAGG, JAMES CROSSE, PETER EVERSHAM, ACKARY OGDIN (?), CHS. ( ?) LAINE, ( ) KATHERYNE into this Countrey === 1674-1678 Lancaster County Va Order Book; {Antient Press} pg 306 Lancaster County Court 9th of December 1674 - It is ordered by this Cort: that ye FERREY kepte the last yere by Coll. WILLIAM BALL bee continued & pde. for accordinge to ye former Order of this Cort: and to begin from November last === 1682-1686 Lancaster County Order Book 2; {Antient Press}: pg 174 Lancaster county Court 15th of November 1684 - Upon the Petition of WILLIAM (? JARVICE) and (? ELIZABETH) his Wife. the Daughter of Mr. JOHN EDWARDS, (deced) and allsoe of WILLIAM ESTERBROOKE and SARAH his Wife. likewise the Daughter of the saide JOHN EDWARDS (deced), for the Estate belonging to them out of their Fathers Estate being in the possession of Coll. WM: BALL (deced). It is therefore ordered that the same bee forthwth: paide out of the saide Coll, WM BALLS Estate === CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 4; Pg 347 DOMINICK FERRIATT, of Corotoman, in Lancaster Co., 1600 acs., 2 June 1657, p. 102, (152). At the head & upon main branch of Corotoman Riv. which divides this & land of Mr. Edwin Conaway & S. W. upon Claphams Cr. Trans. of 32 pers: Wm. Ball 4 times, Hugh Davis, Rich. Ball, Wm. Butler, Joane his wife, 2 maid servants, Wm. Perkins, John Jones, Sarah Lee, Ann Whone (?), Patience Martin, Nicho. Jackson, Francis Jackson, Wm. Sparrow, Rich. Franklin & Francis , Tho. Coote, Eliz. Blay, Judith Sewell. Renewed I8 Mar. I662. === CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 5; Pg 491 MR. WM. BALL, 300 acs. at the head of a small br. proceeding out of the S.W. side of Narrow Neck Cr., both of which divides this & land in possession of Tho. Rootes formerly belonging to Edward Grimes, dec'd. &c. to next Cr. proceeding out of Coratoman Riv. &c. Granted to David Fox 1 Nov. 1653, assigned to Tho. Hobkins, & by him sold to sd. Ball. 18 Jan. 1663, p. 300, (270). === CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 20 MAJOR WILLIAM BALL, 240 acs. on N. side of Rappa. Riv., upon David Fox, land of Grimes, a Cr. deviding this & land of Tho. Harwood. Granted unto Edward Grimes, 21 May 1651, deserted, & now granted, &c. 30 Sept. 1667, p. 67. Trans. of 5 pers: Wm. Jeffrey, Abram Jackson, Tim White, Bernard Moore, Mary Feild. === CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS PATENT BOOK No. 6; Pg 20 MAJOR WM. BALL & MR. THOMAS CHETWOOD, 1600 acs. Rappa. Co., N. side of Rappa. Riv., 17 Apr. 1667, p. 68. Trans. of 32 pers: Will. Ball, his son, Hanah Ball, Her daughter, Mary Jones, Martha Jones, Ran. Gwill, jos. Haseldowne, Joseph Foster, Ralph Gath, George Comes, Yarrett Williams, Henry Scoller, Will. Higgins, Edward Wagg, Dorothy Wells, Wm. Morris, Joshua Greene, Jno. Chandler, Wm. Harloe, Natl.. Freeman, Tho. Harris, George Martin, Jno. Bridgman, Eliz. Smith, Grace ?, Edward Salter, Richard Blackman, Robt. Sanders, Tho. Bowles, Tho. Dickins, Robt. Ambrose. VINCENT COX, 665 acs. W'moreland Co., 27 Sept. 1667, p. 68. Beg. at Robt. Selfe, to a br. falling into Nomeny Riv., &c. to Mr. Francis Clay &c., to head of a br. falling into Yeocomico 'Riv. 346 acs. parte granted sd. Cox 20 Oct. 1661; 319 acs. due for trans. of 7 pers: Waitron Morgan, Will. Smith, Dorcas Houghton, Eliz. Fisher Bakehouse, Rowland Morgan, Jno.Davis.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/ball.william.html. Col. William Ball (1615) is one of the 'founding fathers" of Jamestowne, VA (1607-1670) [ "Genealogies of Va. Families, Vol 1" : "William & Mary Quarterly] I find this particular statement to be in conflict with his dates of birth. he certainly was not in Jamestown in 1607 and probably didn't arrive here until after 1650. He certainly was an early settler of Virginia on the rappahannock River in St Mary's Parish. " The following biography of Col. William Ball comes from the books: "COLONEL WILLIAM BALL of VIRGINA, the Great Grandfather of George Washington", by Earl L. W. Beck, published and sold by Sydney Wm. Dutton. Also, "Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives", by Norma Tucker. Colonel William Ball (1615) was born in England and educated in or about London. Evidence shows that he was married July 2, 1638 to Miss Hannah Atherold, the daughter of Thomas Atherold. He probably left England soon after the death of King Charles I, about 1650. He had studied law in England, and later interpreted the principles of Comon Law for fellow Virginia Colonists. He was a soldier "under Fairfax" and served in the Royal Army and took part in the (English) Civil Wars, remaining true to the Royal standards and serving faithfully under the banners of the ill-fated King Charles. He was probably present at the battles of Naseby and Marston Moor. When the Royal Army was defeated, Colonel Ball lost the greater part of his considerable estates. In company with other Royalists, he fled to Virginia, the most loyal of the king's possessions, and last to surrender to Cromwell's authority. Colonel William Ball probably had a brother in Virginia. Col. Ball did not apply for a land grant until at least 8 years after arriving in 1650. It is thought that he was waiting out the bad times at home and planned to return with the Stuarts when they were returned to the Throne. He seems, however, to have operated a vessel between England and Virginia during this time. He first appears in the Colonial records as a Merchant, probably a tobacco merchant. After 1660, Col. William Ball took an active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660, he was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a boundary for the occupation of land by the white men. He first received the title of Colonel in 1672, the year he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster. If you held such a rank, you may have earned it as a member of the General Court of Virginia. This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at that time as 'gentlemen,' men of wealth, family and influence, and whose official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was himself commissioned 'Colonel' by Royal authority...The Governor was Lieutenant-General, the Councilors, Lieutenants of Counties with the title of Colonel, and in counties where a Concillor resided, some other person was appointed with rank of Major. From 1670 until his death in 1680 he was a member of the Burgesses of Lancaster County. He eventually became a planter and on January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrow Neck Creek in Lancaster County. Four years later, he received a joint grant of 1600 acres in the County of Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name together with Thomas Chetwood. A few months later he acquired 300 acres of rich bottom land adjoining the estate of Daniel Fox. who later became the Colonel's son-in-law. He built a beautiful Georgian mansion on his Lancaster County estate, which he named Millenbeck, probably after some place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire in England. The estate was held for four successive generations by the William Balls and played a prominent part in Virginia's history. " [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/ball.william.html. There is a rather long and detail history written by Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Neale about the St. Mary's White Chapel in Lancaster County, Virginia. Some of the names connected to this church include David Fox, Ralaigh Downman, John Washington of Westmoreland County, as well as a good deal of information on the Ball family. "It was first built , like her contemporary, Old Christ church, in the lowere part of the county (or rather Old Christ was built like St. Mary's, for we are assured that St. Mary's is the older) in the form of a cross, with three galleries, one owned by Major James Ball and Mr. Joseph Ball; one by the Downmans, of Belle Isle, and one was for the slaves of the Churchmen. ... The old tablets were brought down from the gallery, where they had been laid in the dust, and restored at a cost of one hundred dollars. ... There were four in number. Two contain the Ten Commandments and were a gift of David Fox in 1702. The other two were given by son, William Fox, and contain the Apostless Creed and the Lord's Prayer. There is no date inscribed on these, but they were given in 1717, as shown by the will of Captain William Fox, dated 1717, in which he directed: "My wife shall send for the Lord's Prayer and Creed, well drawn in gold letters, and my name under each of them, set in decent black frames, as a gift to St. Mary's White Chapel"; and he also left by his will to that church "the font that came in that year." [The wife in this case would be Hannah (Ball) Fox- note by EC] "The Old Bible was given by Rawleigh Downman, of Belle Isle, in 1838. The beautiful circular Communion railing remains as in olden days, but the brick aisles have been planked and carpeted, as has the chancel, and fitted up with modern furniture. The old Communion table is still in the vestry room. It once stood in the chancel, and was covered with a green velvet cover with a gilt fringe, and in the center was the Ball coat-of-arms in bas-relief and done in gilt. This was sold years ago to one of the Downmans, whose maternal ancestor was a Ball. " "In the churchyard are a number of old tombs of massive marble, bearing dates in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Nearly all of the oldes are inscribed with the name of Ball. The first is David Ball, seventh son of William Ball, Mary Ann Ball, daughter of Rev. John Betrand, Jesse Ball, Mary Ball, daughter of Edwin Conway, and James Ball, her husband; Fanny, daughter of Rawleigh Downman, of Lettuce, third wife of James Ball and daughter of Richard Lee, of Ditchley. These names show that this church counted among her numbers names of old Virginia Aristocrates of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Among the Churchmen of the eighteenth century we will mention, Chinn, Downman, Carter, Ball, Mitchell, Lee, Lewis, Ewell, McCarty, Towles, Chowning, Sneads, Pierce, Robinson and Chilton. ... In the corner of the churchyard ... Col. William Ball, who came to this county from England in 1650, settled at the mouth of Corrotoman River, bringing his family. He died in 1669, leaving two sons and one daughter, Hannah, who married Daniel Fox. William left eight sons. Joseph left no male issue, but General George Washington is his grandson by his youngest daughter, Mary. Mary Ball, grandmother of Washington, lies buried at "Epping Forest," five miles from the church, and a handsome oil picture of her adorns the walls of the court-room at Lancaster, county seat. None of Col. William Ball's children are buried at the church, but his grandchildren and their descendants. Joseph Ball married a Miss Ravenscroft, of England, and settled in London. He was brother of Mary Ball, who was the mother of Washington. He only daughter, Fannie married Raleigh Downman, of Morattico; Fannie, who married Col. James Ball, of Beaudley, and Mr. Raleigh Downman, of Belle Isle. " [Lewis pp. 308-312]