Richard Ball^[1]

1675 - 1727  (51 years)

• Name	Richard Ball
  Born	12 Aug 1675	Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Feb 1727	Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I13205	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family	Sarah Young,   b. Abt 1675, South Farnham Parish, Essex Co., Virginia ,   d. 10 Sep 1742, Lancaster Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	18 Mar 1703	Northumberland Co., Virginia
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Ball,   b. Abt 1705, Lancaster Co., Virginia ,   d. 16 Oct 1783, Lancaster Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F4585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Ancestry Link, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I029365. Richard Ball Birth: 12 AUG 1675 in Lancaster County, Virginia Death: 8 FEB 1726/27 in Lancaster County, Virginia - Probate Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800; {Ida J. Lee} BALL, Richard, of Par. St. Mary's White Chapel, May 1726. Rec. 8 Feb. 1726. Wife Sarah; daus. Sarah Selden, my plantation whereon I now live; Margaret Ball, wife of Wm. Ball Jr., plantation at mouth of Corotoman River; Hannah and Ester Ball. W.B. 10, p. 510. Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800; {Ida J. Lee} BALL, Capt. Richard. Inventory and Appraisement. 8 Feb. 1726. Rec. 5 Aug. 1727. === Will Book 10, p. 510: In the name of god amen I Richard Ball of the Psh of St Mar ys white Chappel in the County of Lancaster {VA} being sick an d weak of body but in perfect mind and memory thanks be to god for the same, & calling to mind the urcertainty of th is life I do therefore make & ordain this my last will & te stament in manner and form following Imprimis I give & bequeath my soul to god that gave it me in full hope of pardon & remission for all my sins in & through the merrits of m y blessed Saviour Jesus Christ & my body to be decently buried at the disposition of my Exec'rs hereafter named Item I give to my daughter Sarah Selden my plantation where on I now live and my water mill & all the land that lays be low that road from colo. Willm Balls mill to Cundiffs to her and the heirs forever lawfully begotten and for want of such heirs then to my daughter Margaret Ball & the second heirs male of her and my Son in law Wm Ball Jun'rs body lawfu lly begotten forever and for want of such then to the heirs male of their two bodies lawfully begotten & to the second son of that heir male & his heirs male forever Lawfully begotten Item I give to my daughter Margaret Ball my plantation & Land at the mouth of Corotomon River & to the heirs male of my son in law William Ball jun'r and of my sd daughter Margaret forever Lawfully begotten and for want of heirs male of their two bodys Lawfully begotten then I give the said la nd & plantation at the mouth of Corotomon to my sd daughter Margaret Ball & her heirs forever I likewise give to the second son of my son in Law Willm Ball jun'r and my sd daughter Margaret to be begotten all the land on the upper side of the branch that runs along the North side of my old plantation so far as the road that leads to Cundiff's But up on condition that my son in Law Wm Ball gives his Quarter plantation & land to the same son that then the aforesaid land to go to the sd second son & his heirs forever but not to be made use of till he come of age to enjoy it himself But if it should so happen that there should be no such son or that my son in Law should not give him his Quarter plantation & land in like manner that then the said land shall go to my daughter Hannah in like manner as the land heretofore given her Item I give to my daughter Hannah Ball my old plantation & all the land above the road that leads from Colo Wm Ball's mill to Cundiff's & all the land on the East side of the sd road from the corner hiccory that stands between the two mill paths and from thence running a straight course to Dennis Conarse's to her and her heirs Lawfully begotten for ever and for want of such issue then I give he said plantation & Land to my daughter Easther Ball & her heirs lawfully begotten for ever. Item I give to my daughter Easter Ball one hundred and fifty pounds ster'g to be laid out in land & the land to go to her & her heirs Lawfully begotten forever. But in case my sd daughter should dye w'hout issue and before the said money be laid out in Land that then the sd money be divide d between the rest of my daughters. Will Book 12, p. 17: At a Court held in Lancaster County on the 3d day of ffeb'r y 1726 Mrs Sarah Ball widow of Richard Ball gent dec'd making oath in open Court that she found this writing among the papers of the sd dec'd and that she verily believed it to be his last will (there being no other to be found) and that the sd (R. B.) wrote & acquainted her with it May last And it being the Courts opinion that it is his own handwriting on the (oath) of the said Sarah the same was admitted to record and is recorded. Test T Edwards Cl Cur: Copia Test. S Edwards Cl Cur. Sarah B. appears as adm'x Aug. 5, 1727; was admitted Exec' x of Capt R. B, North'd Co, 1731 === Coutance (Coutanceau, Coutanciau), John, Northumberland Co., Va.17th Dec., 1718; 21st Jan., 1718. To uncle William Young, aunt Sarah Ball, cousin Dorcas Walters, cousins John Young and Joseph Ball, Jr., uncle Richard Ball, cousins Katherine and Elizabeth Walters, Mary Ball, Elizabeth Hack, Sarah dau. of Richard Ball, Margaret Ball and Mr. David Ball, personalty. To John Young, Joseph Ball, Jr., and Doroes Walters, residue of estate. Ex.: Cousin Joseph Ball. Test: Charles Burges, David Ball, Patrick Bailey. 17 Dec., 1718. Assignment of certain personalty to Capt. Richard Ball afsd. for use of testator's bro. Peter and hrs., sd. personalty to be delivered to sd. bro. when he shall come to age. Test: Charles Burges, aged 36, David Ball, aged 46. Additional testimony of Mrs. Sarah Ball, aged 57, wife of Capt. Richard Ball, shows that testator was under legal age at date of this assignment. 21. 692. St. Mary's County Will Abstracts, 1638-1800 http://userpages.umbc.edu/~pdavis2/Participants/dawsonm/genealogy/wills/wi lls_c.htm ===