Col. William BALL, I

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L8BF-R5N
• MilitaryService: Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America; "He served as a major in the militia of Lancaster County, Virginia"
• Name: William BALL
• Occupation: ; Colonel, Major, Planter and Gentleman, Member of the House of Burgess from 1670-1680
• Occupation: Virginia, British Colonial America; Member of the House of Burgesses from 1668 until 1676 and again from 1676 to 1677.
• Reference Number: 7532
• Immigration: 1653, Virginia, British Colonial America; William's earliest immigration date was recorded in Lancaster County, VA-24 OCT 1653. Certificate granted to Capt. Henry Fleet for importation of 21 people, including William Ball. (DB 1, p. 89)
• Occupation: 1660, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America; Merchant [tobacco]
• Probate: 10 Nov 1680, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America; Will Proved

Notes:

William Ball was born in 1615, studied law in London and served in the Royal Army in the Civil Wars under Charles I. With the regicide in 1650, he lost the greater part of his English estates and fled to Virginia. He had married Hannah Atherall (Atherold) 2 July 1638 in London and immigrated to Virginia with his wife and three children--Hannah, Joseph, and William. He did not apply for a land grant in Virginia for eight years, waiting for the restoration of the 1660 Stuart kings. He settled in Narrow Neck (now Ball Point) on the west side of the Corrotoman River in 1663. Ball operated the vessel Merchant between England and Virginia as a tobacco merchant. He acquired 2000 acres in Virginia, served on an Indian peace-treaty council, and administered Lancaster County affairs as a Colonel. He built a Georgian mansion, Millenbeck, and led the defense of the county to help quell Bacon's Rebellion. One of his land grants for 300 acres adjoined the land of Daniel Fox, who married his daughter Hannah. He was a Warden of Christ Church in Lancaster and also owned land in Rappahannock County. He served as a Burgess from 1699-1173 and was George Washington's great grandfather. ? He died at Millenbeck in 1680 and left his estate to his wife and two sons.

THE BALL FAMILY FROM THE MT. VERNON LIBRARY:
The Ball family line connects to George Washington through his maternal lineage. The first member of the Ball family to come to America was George Washington's great-grandfather, William Ball (1615- c.1680).
In Virginia, Ball began acquiring land, engaging in commerce, and taking part in colonial politics. He served as a major in the militia of Lancaster County, Virginia, and as a member of the House of Burgesses from 1668 until 1676 and again from 1676 to 1677. During this time period, Ball had dealings with John Washington, George Washington's paternal great-grandfather.
The four children of William Ball and Hannah Atherold were Richard Ball (died in Maryland in 1677), William Ball (II) of Virginia, Hannah Ball (later the wife of Colonel David Fox, and Joseph Ball (1649-1711). ========================================================
WILLIAM BALL IMMIGRATION RECORDS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY:
William's earliest immigration date was recorded in Lancaster County, VA-24 OCT 1653. Certificate granted to Capt. Henry Fleet for importation of 21 people, including William Ball. (DB 1, p. 89)
Lancaster County, VA-19 MAY 1657. Certifcate for land issued to William Ball for transporting himself four times and for transporting Hugh Davys and Richard Ball once. (Orders 1656-1666, p. 16, Sparacio, p. 10).
Lancaster County, VA-2 JUN 1657. Land Patent to Domick Theriott of Lancaster County, land on Clapham's Creek and adjacent to Edwin Conway, due for importation of 32 persons, including William Ball four times and Richard Ball. (PB 4, p. 102.) These were probably some of the same headrights named in the certificate issued to William Ball above, and apparently sold by William Ball to Domick Theriott.
Ancestry.com File #27291 indicates place of birth as Wiltshire, England and place of death as Plantation "Millenbeck", Lancaster County, Virginia. This file also gives surname of wife as ATHEROLD. [LDK]

Colonel William BALL probably left England soon after the death of King Charles I, circa 1650. [SOURCE: #27291 Ancestry.com]

President George Washington directly descends from Col. William Ball. The Chesebro's descend from Col. William Ball's son Richard Ball. The Chesebro's relationship to George Washington from the Ball family is 4th cousin X times removed depending on their generation beginning with Lawrence Edmund Chesebro', Jr., November 13, 1937. [SOURCE: Larry Chesebro']

Immigrated in April 1635 from England to Virginia in the ship "Planter". {Must have returned to England} Evidence shows that he married (in London, England) 2 July 1638 to Hannah Atherold. 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 & serving faithfully under the banners of the ill-fated King Charles. 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. [SOURCE: Larry Chesebro']

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

William married Hannah ATHEROLD on 2 Jul 1638 in London, England. Hannah (daughter of Thomas ATHEROLD, IV and Mary HARVEY) was born in 1615 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 25 Jun 1695 in Millenbeck, Lancaster, Virginia; was buried in Jun 1695 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard BALL was born in 1639 in Barkham, Berkshire, England; died on 11 Jul 1677 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
2. Capt. William BALL, Jr. was born on 2 Jun 1641 in Barkham, Berkshire, England; was christened on 2 Jun 1641 in Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 30 Sep 1694 in Lancaster, Virginia, British America; was buried on 4 Jan 1694 in Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America.
3. Edward BALL was born in 1642 in France; died in 1724 in France.
4. Joseph BALL was born on 25 May 1649 in Northumberland County, Virginia; died on 11 Jul 1711 in Epping Forest, Lancaster County, Virginia; was buried in 1711 in Saint Marys White Chapel, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America.
5. Hannah BALL was born on 12 Mar 1650 in London, Middlesex, England; died in 1709 in Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America; was buried in Bridges Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia.

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: LBLP-Y3Q
• Name: William Ball
• Reference Number: 7902
• _UID: 1926024E1DC54DE48F556FCCDB90420573BB

Notes:

William Ball arrived in America on the English ship "Planter" about April 1635 with his six sons - Alling, Francis, John, Samuel, Richard and William according to "The Name AND Family of BALL", compiled by The Research Bureau of Washington, DC (page 21) and affirmed by a genealogist with the Institute of American Genealogy of Chicago. Some sources state incorrectly that William of Lincoln's Inn was also married to Dorothy Tuttle. Our majority of sources dispute this and record Dorothy married to William's son Alling Sr. [SOURCE: Larry Chesebro' - CHESEBRO' GENEALOGY]

One of four Attorneys in the office of pleas in the Exchequer.

Capt. Ball married three times first to Joanna King, second to Dorothy Tuttle and third to Alice Waltham.

William married Alice WALTHAM about 1594 in London City, London, England. Alice was born in 1573 in Millenback, Wiltshire, England; died in 1622 in Chancery Lane, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: GPBF-HHW
• Name: Alice Ann Waltham
• _UID: 55387DEEF30F40719CE0AB8F1BEBA0151C55

Notes:

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: GLZY-HH4
• Name: John Paris Ball, II
• Reference Number: 8163
• _UID: 6AFA662F451D4151A6E0883347D63A981D44

Notes:

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

John married Elizabeth WEBB in 1572 in In Or Near London City, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas WEBB) was born about 1555 in Ruscombe, Comitatis, Berkshire, England; died in 1595 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England (Or Wiltshire). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: GLDC-MKK
• Reference Number: 8164
• _UID: 8BC532F827104CCE9B0BB61AA1462B93E673

Notes:

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: G5G4-L5G
• Reference Number: 8176
• _UID: DE6AF8F4B45F4CB19EEC33D5554F7D847B3E

Notes:

John Ball, Sr., was the heir of William Ball of Wokingham. [SOURCE: Larry Chesebro']

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

John married Agnes (Hathoway) HOLLOWAY about 1550 in France. Agnes (daughter of Richard HOLLOWAY) was born between 1527 and 1529 in Barkham, Berkshire, England; died after 1583. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: G5G4-KSB
• Reference Number: 8177
• _UID: EC1CC7E6CA4743E38AAA8176C214B0DD7ADD

Notes:

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 8165
• _UID: 6E31BC731C074BF4836EDE5C41767A54E0C5

Notes:

Please verify / prove information and notify contributor of corrections / errors.
Information amassed from various sources - family records, official publications &
documents, gedcom files from relatives, etc.