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Burgess John Ball[1]

Male Est 1744 - 1773  (~ 29 years)


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  • Name John Ball 
    Title Burgess 
    Born Est 1744  Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1773  Tomahawk, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I13191  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2021 

    Father George Ball,   b. Est 1715, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1754, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Mother Judith Payne,   b. Est 1719, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1745, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years) 
    Married 10 Oct 1735 
    Family ID F4581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary 'Molly' Ball,   b. Est 1738, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1775, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1765  Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Ball,   b. 1 Jan 1768, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1856, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +2. Catherine Ball,   b. 9 Aug 1769, Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F4580  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Deaths
Pittsylvania County Virginia Deaths
Jackson, 
Jefferson
    Deaths Pittsylvania County Virginia Deaths Jackson, Jefferson
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    John Ball Rinds Virginia Gazette - 20 May 1773
    John Ball Rinds Virginia Gazette - 20 May 1773
    13191BallJohn RindsVirginiaGazette May20,1773.jpg
    Obituary for Mary Ball
    Obituary for Mary Ball
    BallMary TheVirginiaGazette May6,1775.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      John Ball gave consent for his daughter, Catherine's marriage to Alexander Mahan; thus he was in Virginia until his death. Further, Hugh Reynolds land deed is described as between BALL & DEVIN, and is also Tomahawk Creek.

    2. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I040394.
      Mary Ball is the d/o William Ball and Lettice Corbin Lee; John Ball, her husband, is the s/o George Ball and Judith Payne. John Ball and Mary Ball Married: 2 MAR 1765 in Lancaster County, Virginia
      Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800; {Ida J. Lee}
      [Lettice Ball is the Mother of Mary Ball] BALL, Mrs. Lettice. Will. 16 October 1788. Rec. 15 Dec. 1788. Son, Dr. William Ball, decd., Dau. Mary Graham (first married John Ball). Gr. Daus: Mary Bland Ball; Letty Ball; Cordelia and Florindor Ball daughters of son Dr. Wm. Ball, decd. Dau. in law Mrs. Catherine Ball; gr. son William Ball. Gr. gr. dau., a daughter of Judith Blackburn. Extrs. Col. James Ball Jr., and Richard Bland Lee, of Loudon Co. Wits. Mary Page Newby, Jno. Chowning, Ozwald Newby. W.B. 22, p. 193.
      John Ball
      Birth: ABT 1744 in Lancaster County, Virginia
      Death: 1773 in Fauquier County, Virginia
      Father: George Ball b: ABT 1715 in Lancaster County, Virginia
      Mother: Judith Payne b: ABT 1719 in Lancaster County, Virginia
      Marriage 1 Mary Ball b: 1748 in Lancaster County, Virginia


    3. [S40] Will, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/ball/6262/.
      The will of John Ball, in Will Book 1 of Pittsylvania Co., VA, names no sons but names William Campbell to receive $1.00; dec'd daughter Sarah Campbell, probably the wife of William; Elizabeth Jefferson; executor John Mahan, grandson; and witnesses James Hopkins, Sam'l Jefferson, and William Mahan.Accounts were settled with nine legatees: Elizabeth Jefferson; Catharine Mahan; Thomas Ball; Ruth Peak's heirs; Olive Ball; Sarah Campbell's heirs; Samuel Ball; George Hedrick, son in law; and John Ball's heirs.

    4. [S47] Newspaper Article.
      Fauquier, May 1, 1773
      Having administered on my deceased husband John Ball's estate, I do hereby appoint Richard Lee and Henry Lee, Esquires, or either of them to transact the business of that estate; to whom all persons that have demands against the said estate are to make them known, and those that are indebted are to make payment - Mary Ball, Administratrix