Sinah's name has been transcribed as "Dinah" but she was named after her mother, Sinah, as was consistent with the naming practices of the time, for both Western England and colonial America and these naming practices were followed by the John Ball I family consistently for generations. (pg 18, Ball Family of the Potomac)
Sinah was the second daughter and third child born to John Ball I and his first wife, Sinah. She was named after her mother. Sinah was probably born about 1704 on Little Hunting Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. When her mother died (1708/1709), her father remarried to a young Catholic Welsh heiress named Winifred Williams on 9 Mar 1710. They had four more children making them her half siblings. Sinah moved with her family to Great Hunting Creek in Stafford County between 1715 and 1717 to land John Ball I had purchased from Robert Brent, executor of Nicholas Brent in 1715. Sinah's married name is not known. (pg 94, Ball Family of the Potomac)
She was mentioned in her father's will, dated August 14, 1722 and proven in court on November 14, 1722. The transcriber of John Ball's will read Sinah's name as Dinah. The name Dinah was extremely rare and almost non-existent in colonial America. Her father John Ball I bequeathed to her:
"Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sinah Ball all that tract of land lying on the south side of Doegg's Run joining on Richard Carpenters called Barneby, the said land I give to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body forever but in default of such heirs that then to fall to her sister Martha Ball to her and her heirs forever." (pg 22, Ball Family of the Potomac)
Sources:
"The Ball Family of the Potomac (1654-2004)" by Doris LeClerc Ball, PH.D. and George L. Ball, M.S.
"Ball Family History" by Joan Huseman Ball (1980)
Some family trees show this Sinah as being married to James Thrift. However, the Sinah Ball (1795-1882) that married James Thrift in 1813, was born to James Ball (1750-1815) & Cassandra Ellis.
Sinah was the second daughter and third child born to John Ball I and his first wife, Sinah. She was named after her mother. Sinah was probably born about 1704 on Little Hunting Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. When her mother died (1708/1709), her father remarried to a young Catholic Welsh heiress named Winifred Williams on 9 Mar 1710. They had four more children making them her half siblings. Sinah moved with her family to Great Hunting Creek in Stafford County between 1715 and 1717 to land John Ball I had purchased from Robert Brent, executor of Nicholas Brent in 1715. Sinah's married name is not known. (pg 94, Ball Family of the Potomac)
She was mentioned in her father's will, dated August 14, 1722 and proven in court on November 14, 1722. The transcriber of John Ball's will read Sinah's name as Dinah. The name Dinah was extremely rare and almost non-existent in colonial America. Her father John Ball I bequeathed to her:
"Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sinah Ball all that tract of land lying on the south side of Doegg's Run joining on Richard Carpenters called Barneby, the said land I give to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body forever but in default of such heirs that then to fall to her sister Martha Ball to her and her heirs forever." (pg 22, Ball Family of the Potomac)
Sources:
"The Ball Family of the Potomac (1654-2004)" by Doris LeClerc Ball, PH.D. and George L. Ball, M.S.
"Ball Family History" by Joan Huseman Ball (1980)
Some family trees show this Sinah as being married to James Thrift. However, the Sinah Ball (1795-1882) that married James Thrift in 1813, was born to James Ball (1750-1815) & Cassandra Ellis.
Sinah's name has been transcribed as "Dinah" but she was named after her mother, Sinah, as was consistent with the naming practices of the time, for both Western England and colonial America and these naming practices were followed by the John Ball I family consistently for generations. (pg 18, Ball Family of the Potomac)
Sinah was the second daughter and third child born to John Ball I and his first wife, Sinah. She was named after her mother. Sinah was probably born about 1704 on Little Hunting Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. When her mother died (1708/1709), her father remarried to a young Catholic Welsh heiress named Winifred Williams on 9 Mar 1710. They had four more children making them her half siblings. Sinah moved with her family to Great Hunting Creek in Stafford County between 1715 and 1717 to land John Ball I had purchased from Robert Brent, executor of Nicholas Brent in 1715. Sinah's married name is not known. (pg 94, Ball Family of the Potomac)
She was mentioned in her father's will, dated August 14, 1722 and proven in court on November 14, 1722. The transcriber of John Ball's will read Sinah's name as Dinah. The name Dinah was extremely rare and almost non-existent in colonial America. Her father John Ball I bequeathed to her:
"Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sinah Ball all that tract of land lying on the south side of Doegg's Run joining on Richard Carpenters called Barneby, the said land I give to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body forever but in default of such heirs that then to fall to her sister Martha Ball to her and her heirs forever." (pg 22, Ball Family of the Potomac)
Sources:
"The Ball Family of the Potomac (1654-2004)" by Doris LeClerc Ball, PH.D. and George L. Ball, M.S.
"Ball Family History" by Joan Huseman Ball (1980)
Some family trees show this Sinah as being married to James Thrift. However, the Sinah Ball (1795-1882) that married James Thrift in 1813, was born to James Ball (1750-1815) & Cassandra Ellis.
Sinah was the second daughter and third child born to John Ball I and his first wife, Sinah. She was named after her mother. Sinah was probably born about 1704 on Little Hunting Creek in Stafford County, Virginia. When her mother died (1708/1709), her father remarried to a young Catholic Welsh heiress named Winifred Williams on 9 Mar 1710. They had four more children making them her half siblings. Sinah moved with her family to Great Hunting Creek in Stafford County between 1715 and 1717 to land John Ball I had purchased from Robert Brent, executor of Nicholas Brent in 1715. Sinah's married name is not known. (pg 94, Ball Family of the Potomac)
She was mentioned in her father's will, dated August 14, 1722 and proven in court on November 14, 1722. The transcriber of John Ball's will read Sinah's name as Dinah. The name Dinah was extremely rare and almost non-existent in colonial America. Her father John Ball I bequeathed to her:
"Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sinah Ball all that tract of land lying on the south side of Doegg's Run joining on Richard Carpenters called Barneby, the said land I give to her and her heirs lawfully begotten of her body forever but in default of such heirs that then to fall to her sister Martha Ball to her and her heirs forever." (pg 22, Ball Family of the Potomac)
Sources:
"The Ball Family of the Potomac (1654-2004)" by Doris LeClerc Ball, PH.D. and George L. Ball, M.S.
"Ball Family History" by Joan Huseman Ball (1980)
Some family trees show this Sinah as being married to James Thrift. However, the Sinah Ball (1795-1882) that married James Thrift in 1813, was born to James Ball (1750-1815) & Cassandra Ellis.
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