Arlington County Pioneer.
(In 1722, Arlington County was part of Fairfax County)
Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA
The most reliable publication about the Ball family is
"The Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654-2004," by Dr Doris Ball PhD and George Ball MS
Parent: Immigrant James Ball
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Wife #1: Sinah (maiden name unknown) (married John Ball about 1694) She died between 1708 and 1710.
Wife #2: Winifred Williams (married John Ball 9 Mar 1710)
Winifred Ball married Benjamin Lawrence after John Ball died. Their daughter: Pryscilla Lawrence was born 27 Dec 1728 (from the Bible record of Moses Ball) In 1723, Winifred Ball (widow) conveyed 106 acres on Dogue Run to George Mason. This was land she had inherited from her father, William Williams. In 1741, Winifred Lawrence and Moses Ball (son of John Ball I) of Truro Parish, Prince William Co (later Fairfax Co) leased 30 acres of land to John West
Note:
Memorial ID 40686061, John Ball I
I joined the DAC through John Ball I. The most useful book that you cited, "Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654 - 2004" shows that family tradition gives the name of George Ball's wife as Keziah. On page 319 it explains that her surname is unknown and that it is not Hanson. The authors explain that George Bell and George Ball's records became tangled. They state that it was George Bell's wife who was Ann Hanson.
Sue
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Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA with the following heirs:
Children of John Ball & Sinah:
1. Lt James Ball 1695-1783 m. Catherine unk. (inherited 100 acres of old plantation)
2. Mary Ball 1698-1788 m. John Jackson (she inherited 300 acres on Dogues Run next to George Mason)
3. Dinah (Sinah) Ball 1704-after 1722 (she inherited tract of land on the south side of Dogues Run adjoining Richard Carpenters)
4. Martha Ball 1708-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Ann, on both sides of Piney Branch)
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Children of John Ball & Winifred:
5. Ann Ball 1712-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Martha, on both sides of Piney Branch)
6. John Ball II 1714-1766 m. Elizabeth Payne, Margaret Williams (inherited his father's dwelling plantation and all his land on south side of Great Hunting Creek)
7. Moses Ball 1717-1792 m. Nancy Ann Brashears (inherited all the land, plantation and water mill on the north side of Great Hunting Creek)
8. George Ball 1720-1801 m. Keziah Ann Hanson (inherited the remainder of the tract, including 2 plantations, that James Ball was living on) Moved to Ewing, Lee Co VA.
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Land records:
John & Winifred Ball owned 1745 acres of land in the 1690s.
One piece of land is now George Washington's Grist Mill near Mt Vernon (Dogue's Run property). G.W. inherited the mill with Mt Vernon in 1754.
Grant of 140 acres 4 Dec 1742 between the heads of some of the drains of Holmes Run & Dogue Run next to Matthew West, John West & Michael Reagan excluding Royal Mines.
Land patent of 221 acres on 9 Aug 1695 in Stafford Co on the north branch of Little Hunting Creek. Land was adjacent to Capt George Brent, Thomas Stafford (Standiford), William Pence (Spence), Jonathan Mothershead.
In 1694 Jonathan Mothershead owned 301 acres on Little Hunting Creek adjacent to Giles Vandegasteel & Royal Mines.
1699/1700 grant for 300 acres on Doegs (Dogues?) Run next to Capt George Mason.
John Ball also bought 343 acres in 1703/04 on the north side of Hunting Creek from Robert Brent, executor for Nicholas Brent.
1703/04 Thomas Sandiford owned 598 acres next to John Ball & Capt John West & Royal Mines (white oak to Potomack), 1/3 part of all lead, copper, coke, tin, & iron mines.
In 1706 William Harrison owned 266 acres on Dogues Run adjacent to John Ball & Capt John West.
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Suggested edit: I see someone has added photos of the John Ball House to this Memorial for John Ball, Sr. The John Ball House, aka Ball-Sellers House - the oldest house in Arlington, was built by John Ball, Jr., aka John Ball II in 1742 or in the years immediately following after receiving a 166-acre grant in 1742. Since John Ball, Sr., aka John Ball I died in 1722, it is quite obvious that he was not associated with the house in these photos. Because the Ball-Carlin Cemetery is located on a portion of the 166-acre grant of John Ball II, John Ball I was not buried there. He was likely buried on his plantation on Great Hunting Creek where he was living at the time of his death. John Ball II, his brother Moses Ball, Sr. and other members of the Ball and Carlin families are buried in the Ball-Carlin Cemetery which is located adjacent to the Glencarlyn Branch Library in Arlington, VA.
Contributor: Ken Ball (49725922) 1/24/2021
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(In 1722, Arlington County was part of Fairfax County)
Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA
The most reliable publication about the Ball family is
"The Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654-2004," by Dr Doris Ball PhD and George Ball MS
Parent: Immigrant James Ball
-----------------------
Wife #1: Sinah (maiden name unknown) (married John Ball about 1694) She died between 1708 and 1710.
Wife #2: Winifred Williams (married John Ball 9 Mar 1710)
Winifred Ball married Benjamin Lawrence after John Ball died. Their daughter: Pryscilla Lawrence was born 27 Dec 1728 (from the Bible record of Moses Ball) In 1723, Winifred Ball (widow) conveyed 106 acres on Dogue Run to George Mason. This was land she had inherited from her father, William Williams. In 1741, Winifred Lawrence and Moses Ball (son of John Ball I) of Truro Parish, Prince William Co (later Fairfax Co) leased 30 acres of land to John West
Note:
Memorial ID 40686061, John Ball I
I joined the DAC through John Ball I. The most useful book that you cited, "Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654 - 2004" shows that family tradition gives the name of George Ball's wife as Keziah. On page 319 it explains that her surname is unknown and that it is not Hanson. The authors explain that George Bell and George Ball's records became tangled. They state that it was George Bell's wife who was Ann Hanson.
Sue
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Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA with the following heirs:
Children of John Ball & Sinah:
1. Lt James Ball 1695-1783 m. Catherine unk. (inherited 100 acres of old plantation)
2. Mary Ball 1698-1788 m. John Jackson (she inherited 300 acres on Dogues Run next to George Mason)
3. Dinah (Sinah) Ball 1704-after 1722 (she inherited tract of land on the south side of Dogues Run adjoining Richard Carpenters)
4. Martha Ball 1708-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Ann, on both sides of Piney Branch)
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Children of John Ball & Winifred:
5. Ann Ball 1712-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Martha, on both sides of Piney Branch)
6. John Ball II 1714-1766 m. Elizabeth Payne, Margaret Williams (inherited his father's dwelling plantation and all his land on south side of Great Hunting Creek)
7. Moses Ball 1717-1792 m. Nancy Ann Brashears (inherited all the land, plantation and water mill on the north side of Great Hunting Creek)
8. George Ball 1720-1801 m. Keziah Ann Hanson (inherited the remainder of the tract, including 2 plantations, that James Ball was living on) Moved to Ewing, Lee Co VA.
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Land records:
John & Winifred Ball owned 1745 acres of land in the 1690s.
One piece of land is now George Washington's Grist Mill near Mt Vernon (Dogue's Run property). G.W. inherited the mill with Mt Vernon in 1754.
Grant of 140 acres 4 Dec 1742 between the heads of some of the drains of Holmes Run & Dogue Run next to Matthew West, John West & Michael Reagan excluding Royal Mines.
Land patent of 221 acres on 9 Aug 1695 in Stafford Co on the north branch of Little Hunting Creek. Land was adjacent to Capt George Brent, Thomas Stafford (Standiford), William Pence (Spence), Jonathan Mothershead.
In 1694 Jonathan Mothershead owned 301 acres on Little Hunting Creek adjacent to Giles Vandegasteel & Royal Mines.
1699/1700 grant for 300 acres on Doegs (Dogues?) Run next to Capt George Mason.
John Ball also bought 343 acres in 1703/04 on the north side of Hunting Creek from Robert Brent, executor for Nicholas Brent.
1703/04 Thomas Sandiford owned 598 acres next to John Ball & Capt John West & Royal Mines (white oak to Potomack), 1/3 part of all lead, copper, coke, tin, & iron mines.
In 1706 William Harrison owned 266 acres on Dogues Run adjacent to John Ball & Capt John West.
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Suggested edit: I see someone has added photos of the John Ball House to this Memorial for John Ball, Sr. The John Ball House, aka Ball-Sellers House - the oldest house in Arlington, was built by John Ball, Jr., aka John Ball II in 1742 or in the years immediately following after receiving a 166-acre grant in 1742. Since John Ball, Sr., aka John Ball I died in 1722, it is quite obvious that he was not associated with the house in these photos. Because the Ball-Carlin Cemetery is located on a portion of the 166-acre grant of John Ball II, John Ball I was not buried there. He was likely buried on his plantation on Great Hunting Creek where he was living at the time of his death. John Ball II, his brother Moses Ball, Sr. and other members of the Ball and Carlin families are buried in the Ball-Carlin Cemetery which is located adjacent to the Glencarlyn Branch Library in Arlington, VA.
Contributor: Ken Ball (49725922) 1/24/2021
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Arlington County Pioneer.
(In 1722, Arlington County was part of Fairfax County)
Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA
The most reliable publication about the Ball family is
"The Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654-2004," by Dr Doris Ball PhD and George Ball MS
Parent: Immigrant James Ball
-----------------------
Wife #1: Sinah (maiden name unknown) (married John Ball about 1694) She died between 1708 and 1710.
Wife #2: Winifred Williams (married John Ball 9 Mar 1710)
Winifred Ball married Benjamin Lawrence after John Ball died. Their daughter: Pryscilla Lawrence was born 27 Dec 1728 (from the Bible record of Moses Ball) In 1723, Winifred Ball (widow) conveyed 106 acres on Dogue Run to George Mason. This was land she had inherited from her father, William Williams. In 1741, Winifred Lawrence and Moses Ball (son of John Ball I) of Truro Parish, Prince William Co (later Fairfax Co) leased 30 acres of land to John West
Note:
Memorial ID 40686061, John Ball I
I joined the DAC through John Ball I. The most useful book that you cited, "Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654 - 2004" shows that family tradition gives the name of George Ball's wife as Keziah. On page 319 it explains that her surname is unknown and that it is not Hanson. The authors explain that George Bell and George Ball's records became tangled. They state that it was George Bell's wife who was Ann Hanson.
Sue
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Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA with the following heirs:
Children of John Ball & Sinah:
1. Lt James Ball 1695-1783 m. Catherine unk. (inherited 100 acres of old plantation)
2. Mary Ball 1698-1788 m. John Jackson (she inherited 300 acres on Dogues Run next to George Mason)
3. Dinah (Sinah) Ball 1704-after 1722 (she inherited tract of land on the south side of Dogues Run adjoining Richard Carpenters)
4. Martha Ball 1708-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Ann, on both sides of Piney Branch)
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Children of John Ball & Winifred:
5. Ann Ball 1712-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Martha, on both sides of Piney Branch)
6. John Ball II 1714-1766 m. Elizabeth Payne, Margaret Williams (inherited his father's dwelling plantation and all his land on south side of Great Hunting Creek)
7. Moses Ball 1717-1792 m. Nancy Ann Brashears (inherited all the land, plantation and water mill on the north side of Great Hunting Creek)
8. George Ball 1720-1801 m. Keziah Ann Hanson (inherited the remainder of the tract, including 2 plantations, that James Ball was living on) Moved to Ewing, Lee Co VA.
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Land records:
John & Winifred Ball owned 1745 acres of land in the 1690s.
One piece of land is now George Washington's Grist Mill near Mt Vernon (Dogue's Run property). G.W. inherited the mill with Mt Vernon in 1754.
Grant of 140 acres 4 Dec 1742 between the heads of some of the drains of Holmes Run & Dogue Run next to Matthew West, John West & Michael Reagan excluding Royal Mines.
Land patent of 221 acres on 9 Aug 1695 in Stafford Co on the north branch of Little Hunting Creek. Land was adjacent to Capt George Brent, Thomas Stafford (Standiford), William Pence (Spence), Jonathan Mothershead.
In 1694 Jonathan Mothershead owned 301 acres on Little Hunting Creek adjacent to Giles Vandegasteel & Royal Mines.
1699/1700 grant for 300 acres on Doegs (Dogues?) Run next to Capt George Mason.
John Ball also bought 343 acres in 1703/04 on the north side of Hunting Creek from Robert Brent, executor for Nicholas Brent.
1703/04 Thomas Sandiford owned 598 acres next to John Ball & Capt John West & Royal Mines (white oak to Potomack), 1/3 part of all lead, copper, coke, tin, & iron mines.
In 1706 William Harrison owned 266 acres on Dogues Run adjacent to John Ball & Capt John West.
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Suggested edit: I see someone has added photos of the John Ball House to this Memorial for John Ball, Sr. The John Ball House, aka Ball-Sellers House - the oldest house in Arlington, was built by John Ball, Jr., aka John Ball II in 1742 or in the years immediately following after receiving a 166-acre grant in 1742. Since John Ball, Sr., aka John Ball I died in 1722, it is quite obvious that he was not associated with the house in these photos. Because the Ball-Carlin Cemetery is located on a portion of the 166-acre grant of John Ball II, John Ball I was not buried there. He was likely buried on his plantation on Great Hunting Creek where he was living at the time of his death. John Ball II, his brother Moses Ball, Sr. and other members of the Ball and Carlin families are buried in the Ball-Carlin Cemetery which is located adjacent to the Glencarlyn Branch Library in Arlington, VA.
Contributor: Ken Ball (49725922) 1/24/2021
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(In 1722, Arlington County was part of Fairfax County)
Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA
The most reliable publication about the Ball family is
"The Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654-2004," by Dr Doris Ball PhD and George Ball MS
Parent: Immigrant James Ball
-----------------------
Wife #1: Sinah (maiden name unknown) (married John Ball about 1694) She died between 1708 and 1710.
Wife #2: Winifred Williams (married John Ball 9 Mar 1710)
Winifred Ball married Benjamin Lawrence after John Ball died. Their daughter: Pryscilla Lawrence was born 27 Dec 1728 (from the Bible record of Moses Ball) In 1723, Winifred Ball (widow) conveyed 106 acres on Dogue Run to George Mason. This was land she had inherited from her father, William Williams. In 1741, Winifred Lawrence and Moses Ball (son of John Ball I) of Truro Parish, Prince William Co (later Fairfax Co) leased 30 acres of land to John West
Note:
Memorial ID 40686061, John Ball I
I joined the DAC through John Ball I. The most useful book that you cited, "Ball Family of the Potomac, 1654 - 2004" shows that family tradition gives the name of George Ball's wife as Keziah. On page 319 it explains that her surname is unknown and that it is not Hanson. The authors explain that George Bell and George Ball's records became tangled. They state that it was George Bell's wife who was Ann Hanson.
Sue
---------------------
Will proved 14 Nov 1722 in Fairfax Co VA with the following heirs:
Children of John Ball & Sinah:
1. Lt James Ball 1695-1783 m. Catherine unk. (inherited 100 acres of old plantation)
2. Mary Ball 1698-1788 m. John Jackson (she inherited 300 acres on Dogues Run next to George Mason)
3. Dinah (Sinah) Ball 1704-after 1722 (she inherited tract of land on the south side of Dogues Run adjoining Richard Carpenters)
4. Martha Ball 1708-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Ann, on both sides of Piney Branch)
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Children of John Ball & Winifred:
5. Ann Ball 1712-after 1722 (inherited 590 acres, with her sister Martha, on both sides of Piney Branch)
6. John Ball II 1714-1766 m. Elizabeth Payne, Margaret Williams (inherited his father's dwelling plantation and all his land on south side of Great Hunting Creek)
7. Moses Ball 1717-1792 m. Nancy Ann Brashears (inherited all the land, plantation and water mill on the north side of Great Hunting Creek)
8. George Ball 1720-1801 m. Keziah Ann Hanson (inherited the remainder of the tract, including 2 plantations, that James Ball was living on) Moved to Ewing, Lee Co VA.
--------------------------
Land records:
John & Winifred Ball owned 1745 acres of land in the 1690s.
One piece of land is now George Washington's Grist Mill near Mt Vernon (Dogue's Run property). G.W. inherited the mill with Mt Vernon in 1754.
Grant of 140 acres 4 Dec 1742 between the heads of some of the drains of Holmes Run & Dogue Run next to Matthew West, John West & Michael Reagan excluding Royal Mines.
Land patent of 221 acres on 9 Aug 1695 in Stafford Co on the north branch of Little Hunting Creek. Land was adjacent to Capt George Brent, Thomas Stafford (Standiford), William Pence (Spence), Jonathan Mothershead.
In 1694 Jonathan Mothershead owned 301 acres on Little Hunting Creek adjacent to Giles Vandegasteel & Royal Mines.
1699/1700 grant for 300 acres on Doegs (Dogues?) Run next to Capt George Mason.
John Ball also bought 343 acres in 1703/04 on the north side of Hunting Creek from Robert Brent, executor for Nicholas Brent.
1703/04 Thomas Sandiford owned 598 acres next to John Ball & Capt John West & Royal Mines (white oak to Potomack), 1/3 part of all lead, copper, coke, tin, & iron mines.
In 1706 William Harrison owned 266 acres on Dogues Run adjacent to John Ball & Capt John West.
---------------------------
Suggested edit: I see someone has added photos of the John Ball House to this Memorial for John Ball, Sr. The John Ball House, aka Ball-Sellers House - the oldest house in Arlington, was built by John Ball, Jr., aka John Ball II in 1742 or in the years immediately following after receiving a 166-acre grant in 1742. Since John Ball, Sr., aka John Ball I died in 1722, it is quite obvious that he was not associated with the house in these photos. Because the Ball-Carlin Cemetery is located on a portion of the 166-acre grant of John Ball II, John Ball I was not buried there. He was likely buried on his plantation on Great Hunting Creek where he was living at the time of his death. John Ball II, his brother Moses Ball, Sr. and other members of the Ball and Carlin families are buried in the Ball-Carlin Cemetery which is located adjacent to the Glencarlyn Branch Library in Arlington, VA.
Contributor: Ken Ball (49725922) 1/24/2021
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