Sharon,
Thank you for the websites that you gave me. :) I can't believe all  of the
websites that are on cyndislist.com  I went to a few already but  still
have so much more to try. :)

I appreciate all of your suggestions as well. :) I will definitely  post on
the forums as well and go to the other websites that you gave me. :)

Hope you enjoy your day.

Judy
New York


In a message dated 5/4/2009 8:16:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com writes:

Judy,  You might try _http://www.cyndislihttp:/_
(http://www.cyndislist.com/)  This site  has loads of links to websites in
literally THOUSANDS of
categories! Also,  another website to try would be _http://www.worldgenhttp://_
(http://www.worldgenweb.org/)  Much  like USGENWEB, which has links to US
states and county sources, WorldGenWeb  has some info from other countries. If
all else fails, (and still I would,  & have) utilize the message boards on
Ancestry as well as Rootsweb and  other genealogy websites. It often takes
longer, but can be rewarding when you  get an answer to your query! Be sure
to post in several as you do not know  which board (whether it be a board for
surname(s), area, etc.) you may find  someone who can help.

Happy  Hunting!!
Sharon


**************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.
(http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)


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I just wanted to send out a reminder that all messages are moderated.  This
means that when you post a message, I have to go in and approve the message for
the group.  Once it is approved, the message is then posted to the group
website.

The reason to have the group moderated is to avoid all the spam that happens on
groups like this.

So please do not post your message twice because it does not show up on the
website immediately.  I normally check the messages at least 4 times a day but
there are times when life gets in the way.  So  please be patient as I try to
protect the group from unwanted spam!!

Thanks,
Tina Stedman
Genealogy Research Club Moderator

Thank You so much, for the info... Which ones where from the 1800's. I know I
think his name was Frank, fred? He was a Uncle to my Grandmother. Grandmother
was 1/2 Indian, saw a picture of them in front of a dugout at Jay Ok. They
played instrutments also in the picture.� Hannah had only the 2 girls, no one
said the fathers name? A mystery... Paula

--- On Tue, 5/5/09, circa_1948 <circa_1948@...> wrote:


From: circa_1948 <circa_1948@...>
Subject: Re: [Genealogy Research Club] Yingling
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 1:10 AM








I emailed you a pdf of my desc sheet for yinglings in case it helps. Mine are
most or all in Pa however but may be your line and of some help.
sunny
----- Original Message -----
From: paula_lada
To: genealogyresearchcl ub@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 4:05 PM
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Yingling

Hi, I need some help please. I have been trying to find info on my dads side.
Ralph Eugene Wright, his dad and mom Ralph Eugene Wright married a twin named
Elva Yingling{her sister is Eva} the mother is Hannah Yingling. Did a search and
they showed up on Ancestery. com. For the Elva Yingling it says about 1907 for
birth which would about right, these I think are on the native America Census.
Trying to find out more. Elva's says Delware Ok. Delware is the county of the
Cherokee Nation, and Hannahs says Cherokee Nation Territory. Could someone help
Please? Thank You Paula

------------ --------- --------- ------

Searching for your ancestry? You'll find great help at Ancestry.Com

http://service. bfast.com/ bfast/click? bfmid=5647408& siteid=18621718

Yahoo! Groups Links

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I put documents in archival page protectors in a plastic filing case. I also use
archival paper and ink pen when needed.
Since I have thousands of names it wouldn't be prudent to  save by surname so I
label the files "deaths", "marriage", "obit", "land titles" etc. That worked for
a while but I soon ran out of room so I bought a cheap filing cabinet and use
that now.
sunny
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: JudyAnn54@...
   To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:24 AM
   Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Genealogy Supplies? What Are You Using? Any
Suggestions?


   What does everyone use to keep track of information you find and do  you
   store them permanently in something? What is everyone using?

   Would like to get some suggestions. Right now I'm using a very  small
   notebook just to start off with.  I'll probably buy a few notesbooks  for each
   family tree and use only one page per person when I find additional
   information on them. I have a few different family trees that I'm looking up
so
   whatever I finally decide what to use, I'll have to get a few of them. :)

   Judy
   New York
   **************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.
   (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)


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   Yahoo! Groups Links





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Go to Myrt@...�� She is posting a year long get organized checklist
for genealogy.� It is very thorough and interesting.� VJ




________________________________
From: circa_1948 <circa_1948@...>
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 6:25:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Genealogy Research Club] Genealogy Supplies? What Are You Using?
Any Suggestions?





I put documents in archival page protectors in a plastic filing case. I also use
archival paper and ink pen when needed.
Since I have thousands of names it wouldn't be prudent to save by surname so I
label the files "deaths", "marriage", "obit", "land titles" etc. That worked for
a while but I soon ran out of room so I bought a cheap filing cabinet and use
that now.
sunny
----- Original Message -----
From: JudyAnn54@aol. com
To: genealogyresearchcl ub@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:24 AM
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Genealogy Supplies? What Are You Using? Any
Suggestions?

What does everyone use to keep track of information you find and do you
store them permanently in something? What is everyone using?

Would like to get some suggestions. Right now I'm using a very small
notebook just to start off with. I'll probably buy a few notesbooks for each
family tree and use only one page per person when I find additional
information on them. I have a few different family trees that I'm looking up so
whatever I finally decide what to use, I'll have to get a few of them. :)

Judy
New York
************ **Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.
(http://yellowpages. aol.com/search? query=florist& ncid=emlcntusyel p00000006)

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Searching for your ancestry? You'll find great help at Ancestry.Com

http://service. bfast.com/ bfast/click? bfmid=5647408& siteid=18621718

Yahoo! Groups Links

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Kat,
we would be happy to help you, but there are tons of Castleberry names in Texas,
can you be a bit more specific..
1. where in Texas
2. please some first names
3.. a specific time line, i.e. (1900-1930 etc)

if you can start us off on who you have and what you know we can often work
backwards and forward to help you.

We have lots of resources and many willing  lokeruppers here.

Hi Meagan,
Glad you could use the info. You might want to check the passenger lists for
Philadelphia as well as Boston. You can do that thru Ancestry.com. If you need
to do research in New England the NE Genealogical society is super easy to find
in Boston.

Rachel




--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, JudyAnn54@... wrote:
>
> I don't know why I was thinking that everyone came in through Ellis
> Island. lol I guess because my grandmother came through, I thought her
husband,
> my grandfather,  would have come through there, too. Nope. lol
>
> I will definitely be taking trips here and there when I can but I  doubt
> I'll be able to get to Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Italy. lol   I can look up
> information in the city and Massachusetts at least. I'd like to  find out
> where my grandparents were buried here on Long Island so that's a good
> start. I'm not sure where they've been buried but I'm sure I'll find that out
> eventually.
>
> Thank you so much for the information and tips that you gave me. :)
>
> Judy
> New York
>
>
> In a message dated 5/4/2009 8:16:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
> _Re: Introduction  - New Member _
>
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genealogyresearchclub/message/12666;_ylc=X3oDMTJy\
ZGc4ZDloBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzUyNT
> k5NDAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NjkwOTMyBG1zZ0lkAzEyNjY2BHNlYwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW
> 1lAzEyNDE0MzkzNDk-)
> Posted by: "Meagan Coggins" _xdaysofyouthx@...  _
> (mailto:xdaysofyouthx@...?Subject= Re:%20Introduction%20%20-%20New%20Member)
> _xdaysofyouthx _ (http://profiles.yahoo.com/xdaysofyouthx)
> Mon May 4, 2009  4:40 am (PDT)
>
>
> Not  every immigrant came in through ellis island.  And websites are not
> perfect.  Once you get through the sites you will find yourself driving  all
> over- in the years I have done this I have been to many churches,  town/city
> halls, the central library in my county, inactive records (where  city hall
> sends the "useless" records), cemeteries, etc.  I have written  to
> genealogy societies out west and have received birth cert., newspaper  records
for
> only $5.  Just keep in mind that the internet is not magic  and you will need
> to do research offline.  Look for genealogy societies  in your area too.  I
> am lucky that here in Buffalo we have a great polish  genealogy society
> that has helped with my polish side and I have been down to  PA for
information
> on one side that immigrated to PA.
>
>
>
>
> **************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.
> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Most Yinglings were born in the 1800's.

as for the Franks....
Frank E Yingling b. 24 Jul 1894 d. Jun 1974.
Franklin B Yingling b. 29 Dec 1887 d. 12 Jan 1915.

The Freds were born a bit earlier...
Frederick Yingling b. 1745.
Frederick Yingling b. 1784 d. 1868.

I have spousal/parentage info etc as well if needed.

Sunny





   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Paula Lada
   To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:36 AM
   Subject: Re: [Genealogy Research Club] Yingling


   Thank You so much, for the info... Which ones where from the 1800's. I know I
think his name was Frank, fred? He was a Uncle to my Grandmother. Grandmother
was 1/2 Indian, saw a picture of them in front of a dugout at Jay Ok. They
played instrutments also in the picture. Hannah had only the 2 girls, no one
said the fathers name? A mystery... Paula

   --- On Tue, 5/5/09, circa_1948 <circa_1948@...> wrote:


   From: circa_1948 <circa_1948@...>
   Subject: Re: [Genealogy Research Club] Yingling
   To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
   Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 1:10 AM








   I emailed you a pdf of my desc sheet for yinglings in case it helps. Mine are
most or all in Pa however but may be your line and of some help.
   sunny
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: paula_lada
   To: genealogyresearchcl ub@yahoogroups. com
   Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 4:05 PM
   Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Yingling

   Hi, I need some help please. I have been trying to find info on my dads side.
Ralph Eugene Wright, his dad and mom Ralph Eugene Wright married a twin named
Elva Yingling{her sister is Eva} the mother is Hannah Yingling. Did a search and
they showed up on Ancestery. com. For the Elva Yingling it says about 1907 for
birth which would about right, these I think are on the native America Census.
Trying to find out more. Elva's says Delware Ok. Delware is the county of the
Cherokee Nation, and Hannahs says Cherokee Nation Territory. Could someone help
Please? Thank You Paula

   ------------ --------- --------- ------

   Searching for your ancestry? You'll find great help at Ancestry.Com

   http://service. bfast.com/ bfast/click? bfmid=5647408& siteid=18621718

   Yahoo! Groups Links

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Just looking for some info. on Collett� Family Hertiage. Thanks....




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We have a huge 3 in ring binder with our nicely typed out information on each
last name and any accompanying documents and photos follow each name in a
plastic sleeve.� This binder is what we show relatives and anyone interested.�
We are constantly adding and amending things, so each page is in its own plastic
sleeve so we can just print an updated page adn slide it in without having to
replace the entire binder.�
We also have two folders filled with hand written notes, cemetery maps,
photocopied papers, and just about anything we think may be helpful someday.�
Keep in mind that something may seem insignificant now, could be the key to a
big dead end. �

--- On Tue, 5/5/09, JudyAnn54@... <JudyAnn54@...> wrote:

From: JudyAnn54@... <JudyAnn54@...>
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Genealogy Supplies? What Are You Using? Any
Suggestions?
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 10:24 AM

















       What does everyone use to keep track of information you find and do  you

store them permanently in something? What is everyone using?



Would like to get some suggestions. Right now I'm using a very  small

notebook just to start off with.  I'll probably buy a few notesbooks  for each

family tree and use only one page per person when I find additional

information on them. I have a few different family trees that I'm looking up so

whatever I finally decide what to use, I'll have to get a few of them. :)



Judy

New York

************ **Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.

(http://yellowpages. aol.com/search? query=florist& ncid=emlcntusyel p00000006)



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To find out where they are buried you can get their death certificates and it
will tell you the cemetery.� Cemeteries are very nice about giving you a map of
the place and showing you the lot and row # to find them.� If for some reason
you cannot get a death cert., you can call local cemeteries and just ask if your
relative is buried there.� It helps if you know what religion or ethnicity they
were (ie all my German ancestors are buried in the German cemetery in town).

--- On Tue, 5/5/09, JudyAnn54@... <JudyAnn54@...> wrote:

From: JudyAnn54@... <JudyAnn54@...>
Subject: Re: [Genealogy Research Club] Re: Introduction - New Member - Meagan
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 10:01 AM

















       I don't know why I was thinking that everyone came in through Ellis

Island. lol I guess because my grandmother came through, I thought her husband,

my grandfather,  would have come through there, too. Nope. lol



I will definitely be taking trips here and there when I can but I  doubt

I'll be able to get to Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Italy. lol   I can look up

information in the city and Massachusetts at least. I'd like to  find out

where my grandparents were buried here on Long Island so that's a good

start. I'm not sure where they've been buried but I'm sure I'll find that out

eventually.



Thank you so much for the information and tips that you gave me. :)



Judy

New York





In a message dated 5/4/2009 8:16:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

genealogyresearchcl ub@yahoogroups. com writes:



_Re: Introduction  - New Member _

(http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/genealogyr esearchclub/ message/12666;
_ylc=X3oDMTJyZGc 4ZDloBF9TAzk3MzU 5NzE1BGdycElkAzU yNT

k5NDAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxN zA1NjkwOTMyBG1zZ 0lkAzEyNjY2BHNlY wNkbXNnBHNsawN2b XNnBHN0aW

1lAzEyNDE0MzkzNDk- )

Posted by: "Meagan Coggins" _xdaysofyouthx@ yahoo.com  _

(mailto:xdaysofyouthx@ yahoo.com?Subject= Re:%20Introduction% 20%20-%20New%
20Member)

_xdaysofyouthx _ (http://profiles. yahoo.com/ xdaysofyouthx)

Mon May 4, 2009  4:40 am (PDT)



Not  every immigrant came in through ellis island.  And websites are not

perfect.  Once you get through the sites you will find yourself driving  all

over- in the years I have done this I have been to many churches,  town/city

halls, the central library in my county, inactive records (where  city hall

sends the "useless" records), cemeteries, etc.  I have written  to

genealogy societies out west and have received birth cert., newspaper  records
for

only $5.  Just keep in mind that the internet is not magic  and you will need

to do research offline.  Look for genealogy societies  in your area too.  I

am lucky that here in Buffalo we have a great polish  genealogy society

that has helped with my polish side and I have been down to  PA for information

on one side that immigrated to PA.



************ **Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist near you now.

(http://yellowpages. aol.com/search? query=florist& ncid=emlcntusyel p00000006)



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Does anyone have information on Julia A Dunn, b. about 1860 in Logan County IL.
She was the first wife of Peter B Leach. I'm trying to confirm if Andrew and
Sarah Dunn were here parents. She would have probably died between 1880 and
1890.
Thanks in advance,
Nancy

George Hilmers b. Elsinor Denmark around 1840- his son is George Hilmers b. May
1863 in Denmark and was married twice- my line is wife Eliza Raysor married in
1898. She was born in Kentucky. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.  Other
wife is Johannah Muinich. Came to Victoria 1875.


George and Eliza’s child-  Ira Monroe Hilmer who married a Shawl in the early
1900’s.


Other spelling for this line are: Kelmers, Hilmers, Hellmer, Hillmer. There are
only 2 lines of Hilmers. One from Germany and mine from Denmark.






The other name I am doing at the moment is Castleberry. I have nothing except it
is west Texas- Abilene, Odessa, Midland or Big Spring. !962. Looking for all
Castleberries in that area at that time.


-----Original Message-----
From: mccgram <mccgram@...>
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 5 May 2009 5:18 pm
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Re: Castleberry and Hilmer Families


































Kat,

we would be happy to help you, but there are tons of Castleberry names in Texas,
can you be a bit more specific..

1. where in Texas

2. please some first names

3.. a specific time line, i.e. (1900-1930 etc)



if you can start us off on who you have and what you know we can often work
backwards and forward to help you.



We have lots of resources and many willing  lo
keruppers here.





































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Ellis Island didnt open till 1892, before that they were processed at Castle
Garden in Manhattan, before that they were processed on the ship they traveled
on.

Other U.S.Port listings are: NY, Boston, Mass.,Baltimore, Maryland, Philly,
Penn., Angel Island,�San Fran., and even Florida.

Families also came in thru Canada- Manatoba, Montreal, Nova Scocia, Quebec,
St.Johns and Vancouver Island.

Also thru Mexican Borders and South American entries.

Plus New Orleans and Galveston. I know Galveston has a ton of things online. It
was home to the Navy in 1835. German and Russians came thru here starting in
1847 and headed to lands west. Info here-
http://www.portofgalveston.com/about/history.shtml

Great site for Ports of the world in the 1800's can be found
here-�http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ports/usNewYork.html and also
here-�http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html� state archives has lists of entry as
well-�http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/index.html and of course Cyndis list at-
http://www.cyndislist.com/portsentry.htm

Just FYI,
=Kat=

My line connects to the Ball family with this info- I think I have more info as
well-
=Kat=





Ball Family -






The word "ball" has come a long way from its medieval meaning to its present
position in the field of sports, toys and romantic dancing. As a matter of fact,
the surname of Ball is given several meanings from the ancient English language.


The preferred meaning of the name comes from the Cornish-Welsh "bal" referring
to a "hill top" and probably given to one of the Ball ancestors who lived near a
particular knoll or rounded hill. On the other hand, the Gaelic "bal" came from
"baile", meaning "village or castle." Yet another reference refers to the Middle
English "bal", an adjective describing one who is bald. Some authorities claim
that Ball arose as a shortened form of the Baldwin surname.


In any case, this ancient English family originated at Tussingham, where they
held lands befeore the time of Edward I. Numerous lines also appeared in
Chester, Stafford, Devon, Derby, Lincoln and Lancashire.


Godwin Balle was an early London name in 1137. Norman Balle was recorded in
Northampton in 1183. Robert and Matilda le Bal lived in Sussex in 1296. The name
of Balla appears in England in 1250.


Ball appeared in Virginia in the late 1600's. The coat of arms was found on a
vellum painting brought to Virginia by William Ball in 1680. The earliest
arrival to the colonies was Francis Ball, who came from England to Dorchester,
Mass., in 1639. Allen Ball arrived
  in New Haven, Conn., in 1643.


The Ball coat of arms is a red or black lion passant on a silver shield. The
upper portion of the shield is red with three silver stars.

names-


Alling:


Lawrence:


Robert:


Susannah:


William:


At 25 years of age William became the father of William BALL in England, March
2, 1641. At 33 years of age William became the father of Joseph BALL in England,
May 24, 1649. Colonel in the Royal Army - Present at Battles of Marstn Moor and
Naseby. Through defeat of Chales I, lost his estates and fled to Virginia in
1650 where he built Millenbeck of Lancaster, Ca. The Lancaster Ball family which
has been traced back to William Ball who built Millenbeck Plantation in Virginia
is the largest of the many Ball branches in America


" A rate (a tax) for the raysing of £ 20 in part payment for ye Indian purchas
of ye land of the plantation". There followed a list of those assessed. FRANCIS
BALL paid 7 shillings 6 pence. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 6 May 1644.


       " A bargain was driven betwixt the towne of Springfield and
FRANCIS BALL for a shop for a Smith which is to be 12 foote wide, 16 foote in
length, 6 foote studd betwixt joynts, a chimney for the forge rungd,to be boarde
both roofe and sides, to make a doore and windowe in the end, with a beam in ye
middest, for which worke to be sufficiently accomplished by September ye 28th
next, the towne doth condition to pay him five20pounds either in wheate at 3 s 8
p per b, or worke as he shall need it, to be payd unto him ye 10th of March
next, at the house of Henry Smith. He doth also agree to find boards for ye
coveringe and sides with nayles and hinges and what he wants else, and he is to
bringe in his account what boards he useth and what other charges he is at, for
which he is to be payd as before in wheate at 3 s 8 p per b or in worke as he
and they shall agree". Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 4 September 1646.


       " It is agreed by ye generall vote of ye towne ye £ 55 shall be
raysed by a rate on goods and lands for Minister Moxons maintenance. The persons
under named have agreed to add £ 5 more soe ye wholl some is £ 60". FRANCIS
BALL was included on this list. Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 10
February 1647.


       " A rate for ye raysing of £ 30 for the purchase of the lands of
the plantation 1646". FRANCIS BALL was assessed 9 shillings 5 pence on his 33
acres. It is interesting to note that even by this time in 1647 there were still
only 42 families in Springfield. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 1 April
1647


 


FRANCIS BALL drowned in the Great River which is now called the Connecticut
River and it runs right through the downtown section of Springfield. Some of his
property was on the river where the County Court House now stands on State
Street.
0A


       There is one more mention in the town meeting minutes about a
month after FRANCIS BALL drowned which concerns his widow Abigail Burt. " It is
agreed that those who will joyne to make a cartway over ye meddow against Robert
Ashlees shall have the liberty to barr up ye cartway, and to take 4 pence per
load of any others ye shall cart over sais way, who have not joyned in making of
it. Those who have given in ye names to make cartway are as followeth". There
were 9 names on the list including Widow Ball. Taken from Springfield Town
Meeting 7 November 1648.


 


William Ball and six sons were persecuted by Charles the First and Bishop Laud.
They came to America in 1635 on the ship, Planter. Many of the sons went to
different states. William is the Greatgreat Grandfather of George Washington
(his son William had a son Joseph who had a daughter Mary who had a son, George
Washington.).


Richard Ball, son of Lawrence, was a Doctor of Divinity. Oxford, Magdalene
College, B.A. 1590, M.A. 1594. Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham College. Vicar,
Saint Helen's Bishopsgate, London. The Ball Coat of Arms was assigned to him on
22 Dec 1613 by Sir William Segar, Garter.


 


Dennis Ball


Born 1779 - Died 1839

Wife: Margaret Lines - Born 1775 - Died 1866


Mr. Dennis Ball was born in Pennsylvania, Mercer County. Part of the family
moved to Butler County, Ohio, and Mr. Ball was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for
many years. He was=2
0a volunteer in the War of 1812, and had a brother, Henry, who served in the
same War. Henry was taken prisoner and held by the Indians twelve (12) years. He
adopted their customs and habits, and finally married the old Chief's daughter.
Henry is believed to be buried in the Ball cemetery in Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, Delaware Township.


In 1825, the Balls settled in Montgomery County, Indiana, where they entered 320
acres of land patent for this being signed by John Quincy Adams, President of
the United States of America. They were fourteen (14) days on their journey to
this country, which was then mostly wilderness, covered with woods, and
inhabited by wild beasts and Indians.


Dennis was the owner of the Ball "long-string" Grandfather clock. Bennet Ball,
currently living in Anchorage, Alaska, is the current owner of the family clock.
Dennis's father bought the clock in 1828. As of December 1997, the clock is in
excellent condition and runs.


                                        \
                                        \
                               Edward Ball 


our ancestor,  Born in 1644  in Brad
ford Conn.  He moved to Newark New Jersey in 1667,  and from then on his name
appeared in all affairs of the town.  He was committee  man on boundaries 
and settlements with the Lord Proprietors  and Indians.  He was Sheriff of
Orange County, New Jersey, and his name last appeared in the records of the year
1724.  These facts are to be found in the records of Newark , Orange County New
Jersey.  He married  Abigale Blatchley of Hartford Conn.


Dr. Stephen Ball ,  Married Sarah Ross of Springfield,  New Jersey.  Dr. Ball
served in the First New Jersey  Regiment and was with his cousin George
Washington,  when the army wintered in New Jersey.  Date of enlistment, 
September 26 1780.  These facts found in , Heitman’s  register “Officers
Revolutionary Army”.  Also records of War Department,  Washington, D.C. 
There is much written about our Dr. Stephen Ball


   The Ball Family were large land owners and high up in  the Government. 
The Balls came to America in 1635 and settled throughout the east coast .  One
branch settled in Virginia.  Our ancestors settled first in Virginia, and then
after the Revolutionary War  migrated down the coast to Georgia and were the
first settlers in Washington, Georgia.  Our Dr. Doric Ball, moved to  New
Orleans, Louisiana.  Many of our family’s large plantations were destroyed
during the War Between the States,  and the old South
  with the big land and slaves were forever gone.  After the War,  many people
moved West to get away from the poverty in the South to get a new start.


Colonel William Ball of Virginia

The Great-Grandfather of Washington

 


Born 1615 - Died 1680

Wife: Hannah Atherold - Died 1695

 


Colonel Ball was the younger son of Reverand Richard Ball, Vicar of St. Helen's
Bishipsgate, London, and is of the Northamptonshire brach of the
widely-scattered English family.


Colonel Ball came from England with his family about the year 1650 and settled
at the mouth of the Corotoman River in Lancaster County, Virginia.


Educated in or about London, and possibly studied law, as in later years he
showed more than ordinary knowledge in the principles of Common Law.


He married July 2, 1638 in London to Miss Hannah Atherold, the daughter of
Thomas Atherold, a barrister-at-law, who was living at Gray's Inn during
1610/11.


The culture of tobacco had by 1655 become an important industry of Virginia, and
was the chief, if not the only, source of income to the colonists. By 1650,
Augustine Herrman of New Amsterdam, and George Hack of Virginia, had built up a
large trade of tobacco between the Colony and London. It is, therefore, quite
probable that William Ball became a tobacco merchant, carrying the produce to
England and disposing of it there.


If Ball first came to Virginia with the intention of remaining only so long as
the Protectorate existed in England, he soon decid
ed to cast his lot with the fortunes of the New World. After 1660 he took an
active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660 he
was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a
boundary for the occupation of land. In 1661, his name still appears in the
Northumberland County Records as a merchant. Later he became a planter, and on
January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrow Neck Creek in Lancaster
County. Four years later, he appears in the records as Major Ball, and together
with Thomas Chetwood, received a grant of sixteen hundred acres in the County of
Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name. A few months later
he acquired three hundred additional acres of rich bottom land adjoining the
estate of Daniel Fox, whose friendship Ball appears to have cultivated, and who
later became the Colonel's son-in-law, marrying his only daughter, Hannah.


It was on the Lancaster County estate, however, where Colonel Ball built the
beautiful Georgian mansion which was later to become famous. He named it
"Millenbeck," probably after a place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire. The
estate was held for four successive generations by William Balls, and with
"Epping Forest," the home of Mary Ball (Washington), played a prominent part in
the annals of Virginian history.


It seems highly probable, moreover, that Ball remained something of a merchant
after he became a Lancaster County planter, and he undoubtedly made frequent
trips b
ack to London, for in those days it was a common practice for one planter,
skilled in business usages, to see about the marketing of his own as well as the
tobacco of two or three of his closest neighbors and best friends.


From 1672, Ball took an active part in the administration work of his adopted
county and colony. He first received the title of "Colonel" in that year. It is
the opinion that he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster of that year,
inasmuch as we find that Robert Jones had to pay him on March 19th of that year
over fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco. In Introduction to Vol. I, Calendar
Papers, the author, Plamer, has given us the following description of the
General Court of Virginia, and with it the origin of the Virginian title of
Colonel:


"This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at
that time as "gentlemen," men of wealth, family and influence, and whose
official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed
the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the
way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was
himself commissioned "Colonel" by royal authority . . ." "The Governor was
Lieutenant-General, the Councillors, Lieutenants of Counties with the title of
Colonel, and in counties where a Councillor resided, some other person was
appointed with rank of Major."


In light of this information, it has been concluded that Colonel Ball may have
been a Colonel20of Foot or Horse and not County Lieutenant. If not County
Lieutenant, he was doubtless Presiding Magistrate and Colonel Commandant of the
County.


From 1675/77, Colonel Ball served on various committees in Lancaster County.
March 28, 1675/76, he and Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter were empowered by the
General Assembly of Virginia to mobilize men and horsese in defense of the
colony against Indian depredations, to be lead by Nathaniel Bacon. He was
presiding member of various courts held in Lancaster County, and received this
honor for being the only resident Colonel in that county.


August 14, 1677, Colonel Ball and his neighbor, John Washington, were present at
a meeting to impress upon the citizens the necessity of making immediate payment
of a tax imposed upon the people by the General Assembly to put down Bacon's
rebellion which had lately arisen. From 1670 on until hs death, he was a member
of the Burgesses of Lancaster County.


Colonel Ball was an earnest and devout churchman, and was a zealous supporter of
the Virginia branch of the Church of England; he was at various times a member
of committees appointed for arranging the government for its support. He and
John Washington were wardens of Christ Church, Lancaster County.


At the time of his death, Colonel Ball owned nearly two thousand acres of land
in Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties. Of this, "Millenbeck" comprised five
hundred and forty acres. He died at "Millenbeck" November 1680. Colonel Ball
willed his favorite estate to his eldest so
n, William, after making ample provision for his wife, his other son, Joseph,
and daughter Hannah, both of whom he saw successfully married. Mrs. Hannah
Atherold Ball, his widow, continued to live at Millenbeck with her elder son
until her death in 1695. Her will is on record in Lancaster County and dated
June 25, 1695.


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To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Ball,Marlett,Washington


































I have some names and the connections for the above names. They are part of the
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--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, ck4evr@... wrote:
>
> My line connects to the Ball family with this info- I think I have more info
as well-
> =Kat=
>
> I also have a Ball, Marlett, Washington line connected to Myers Paula
>
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> Ball Family -
>

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>
> The word "ball" has come a long way from its medieval meaning to its present
position in the field of sports, toys and romantic dancing. As a matter of fact,
the surname of Ball is given several meanings from the ancient English language.
>
>
> The preferred meaning of the name comes from the Cornish-Welsh "bal" referring
to a "hill top" and probably given to one of the Ball ancestors who lived near a
particular knoll or rounded hill. On the other hand, the Gaelic "bal" came from
"baile", meaning "village or castle." Yet another reference refers to the Middle
English "bal", an adjective describing one who is bald. Some authorities claim
that Ball arose as a shortened form of the Baldwin surname.
>
>
> In any case, this ancient English family originated at Tussingham, where they
held lands befeore the time of Edward I. Numerous lines also appeared in
Chester, Stafford, Devon, Derby, Lincoln and Lancashire.
>
>
> Godwin Balle was an early London name in 1137. Norman Balle was recorded in
Northampton in 1183. Robert and Matilda le Bal lived in Sussex in 1296. The name
of Balla appears in England in 1250.
>
>
> Ball appeared in Virginia in the late 1600's. The coat of arms was found on a
vellum painting brought to Virginia by William Ball in 1680. The earliest
arrival to the colonies was Francis Ball, who came from England to Dorchester,
Mass., in 1639. Allen Ball arrived
>  in New Haven, Conn., in 1643.
>
>
> The Ball coat of arms is a red or black lion passant on a silver shield. The
upper portion of the shield is red with three silver stars.
>
> names-
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> Alling:
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> Lawrence:
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> Robert:
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> Susannah:
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> William:
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> At 25 years of age William became the father of William BALL in England, March
2, 1641. At 33 years of age William became the father of Joseph BALL in England,
May 24, 1649. Colonel in the Royal Army - Present at Battles of Marstn Moor and
Naseby. Through defeat of Chales I, lost his estates and fled to Virginia in
1650 where he built Millenbeck of Lancaster, Ca. The Lancaster Ball family which
has been traced back to William Ball who built Millenbeck Plantation in Virginia
is the largest of the many Ball branches in America
>
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> " A rate (a tax) for the raysing of £ 20 in part payment for ye Indian
purchas of ye land of the plantation". There followed a list of those assessed.
FRANCIS BALL paid 7 shillings 6 pence. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 6 May
1644.
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>        " A bargain was driven betwixt the towne of Springfield and
FRANCIS BALL for a shop for a Smith which is to be 12 foote wide, 16 foote in
length, 6 foote studd betwixt joynts, a chimney for the forge rungd,to be boarde
both roofe and sides, to make a doore and windowe in the end, with a beam in ye
middest, for which worke to be sufficiently accomplished by September ye 28th
next, the towne doth condition to pay him five20pounds either in wheate at 3 s 8
p per b, or worke as he shall need it, to be payd unto him ye 10th of March
next, at the house of Henry Smith. He doth also agree to find boards for ye
coveringe and sides with nayles and hinges and what he wants else, and he is to
bringe in his account what boards he useth and what other charges he is at, for
which he is to be payd as before in wheate at 3 s 8 p per b or in worke as he
and they shall agree". Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 4 September 1646.
>
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>        " It is agreed by ye generall vote of ye towne ye £ 55 shall be
raysed by a rate on goods and lands for Minister Moxons maintenance. The persons
under named have agreed to add £ 5 more soe ye wholl some is £ 60". FRANCIS
BALL was included on this list. Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 10
February 1647.
>
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>        " A rate for ye raysing of £ 30 for the purchase of the lands
of the plantation 1646". FRANCIS BALL was assessed 9 shillings 5 pence on his 33
acres. It is interesting to note that even by this time in 1647 there were still
only 42 families in Springfield. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 1 April
1647
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> FRANCIS BALL drowned in the Great River which is now called the Connecticut
River and it runs right through the downtown section of Springfield. Some of his
property was on the river where the County Court House now stands on State
Street.
> 0A
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>        There is one more mention in the town meeting minutes about a
month after FRANCIS BALL drowned which concerns his widow Abigail Burt. " It is
agreed that those who will joyne to make a cartway over ye meddow against Robert
Ashlees shall have the liberty to barr up ye cartway, and to take 4 pence per
load of any others ye shall cart over sais way, who have not joyned in making of
it. Those who have given in ye names to make cartway are as followeth". There
were 9 names on the list including Widow Ball. Taken from Springfield Town
Meeting 7 November 1648.
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> William Ball and six sons were persecuted by Charles the First and Bishop
Laud. They came to America in 1635 on the ship, Planter. Many of the sons went
to different states. William is the Greatgreat Grandfather of George Washington
(his son William had a son Joseph who had a daughter Mary who had a son, George
Washington.).
>
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> Richard Ball, son of Lawrence, was a Doctor of Divinity. Oxford, Magdalene
College, B.A. 1590, M.A. 1594. Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham College. Vicar,
Saint Helen's Bishopsgate, London. The Ball Coat of Arms was assigned to him on
22 Dec 1613 by Sir William Segar, Garter.
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> Dennis Ball
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> Born 1779 - Died 1839
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> Wife: Margaret Lines - Born 1775 - Died 1866
>
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> Mr. Dennis Ball was born in Pennsylvania, Mercer County. Part of the family
moved to Butler County, Ohio, and Mr. Ball was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for
many years. He was=2
> 0a volunteer in the War of 1812, and had a brother, Henry, who served in the
same War. Henry was taken prisoner and held by the Indians twelve (12) years. He
adopted their customs and habits, and finally married the old Chief's daughter.
Henry is believed to be buried in the Ball cemetery in Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, Delaware Township.
>
>
> In 1825, the Balls settled in Montgomery County, Indiana, where they entered
320 acres of land patent for this being signed by John Quincy Adams, President
of the United States of America. They were fourteen (14) days on their journey
to this country, which was then mostly wilderness, covered with woods, and
inhabited by wild beasts and Indians.
>
>
> Dennis was the owner of the Ball "long-string" Grandfather clock. Bennet Ball,
currently living in Anchorage, Alaska, is the current owner of the family clock.
Dennis's father bought the clock in 1828. As of December 1997, the clock is in
excellent condition and runs.
>
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>
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                               Edward Ball 
>
>
> our ancestor,  Born in 1644  in Brad
> ford Conn.  He moved to Newark New Jersey in 1667,  and from then on his
name appeared in all affairs of the town.  He was committee  man on
boundaries  and settlements with the Lord Proprietors  and Indians.  He was
Sheriff of Orange County, New Jersey, and his name last appeared in the records
of the year 1724.  These facts are to be found in the records of Newark ,
Orange County New Jersey.  He married  Abigale Blatchley of Hartford Conn.
>
>
> Dr. Stephen Ball ,  Married Sarah Ross of Springfield,  New Jersey.  Dr.
Ball served in the First New Jersey  Regiment and was with his cousin George
Washington,  when the army wintered in New Jersey.  Date of enlistment, 
September 26 1780.  These facts found in , Heitman’s  register “Officers
Revolutionary Army”.  Also records of War Department,  Washington, D.C. 
There is much written about our Dr. Stephen Ball
>
>
>    The Ball Family were large land owners and high up in  the Government. 
The Balls came to America in 1635 and settled throughout the east coast .  One
branch settled in Virginia.  Our ancestors settled first in Virginia, and then
after the Revolutionary War  migrated down the coast to Georgia and were the
first settlers in Washington, Georgia.  Our Dr. Doric Ball, moved to  New
Orleans, Louisiana.  Many of our family’s large plantations were destroyed
during the War Between the States,  and the old South
>  with the big land and slaves were forever gone.  After the War,  many
people moved West to get away from the poverty in the South to get a new start.
>
>
> Colonel William Ball of Virginia
>
> The Great-Grandfather of Washington
>
>  
>
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> Born 1615 - Died 1680
>
> Wife: Hannah Atherold - Died 1695
>
>  
>
>
> Colonel Ball was the younger son of Reverand Richard Ball, Vicar of St.
Helen's Bishipsgate, London, and is of the Northamptonshire brach of the
widely-scattered English family.
>
>
> Colonel Ball came from England with his family about the year 1650 and settled
at the mouth of the Corotoman River in Lancaster County, Virginia.
>
>
> Educated in or about London, and possibly studied law, as in later years he
showed more than ordinary knowledge in the principles of Common Law.
>
>
> He married July 2, 1638 in London to Miss Hannah Atherold, the daughter of
Thomas Atherold, a barrister-at-law, who was living at Gray's Inn during
1610/11.
>
>
> The culture of tobacco had by 1655 become an important industry of Virginia,
and was the chief, if not the only, source of income to the colonists. By 1650,
Augustine Herrman of New Amsterdam, and George Hack of Virginia, had built up a
large trade of tobacco between the Colony and London. It is, therefore, quite
probable that William Ball became a tobacco merchant, carrying the produce to
England and disposing of it there.
>
>
> If Ball first came to Virginia with the intention of remaining only so long as
the Protectorate existed in England, he soon decid
> ed to cast his lot with the fortunes of the New World. After 1660 he took an
active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660 he
was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a
boundary for the occupation of land. In 1661, his name still appears in the
Northumberland County Records as a merchant. Later he became a planter, and on
January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrow Neck Creek in Lancaster
County. Four years later, he appears in the records as Major Ball, and together
with Thomas Chetwood, received a grant of sixteen hundred acres in the County of
Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name. A few months later
he acquired three hundred additional acres of rich bottom land adjoining the
estate of Daniel Fox, whose friendship Ball appears to have cultivated, and who
later became the Colonel's son-in-law, marrying his only daughter, Hannah.
>
>
> It was on the Lancaster County estate, however, where Colonel Ball built the
beautiful Georgian mansion which was later to become famous. He named it
"Millenbeck," probably after a place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire. The
estate was held for four successive generations by William Balls, and with
"Epping Forest," the home of Mary Ball (Washington), played a prominent part in
the annals of Virginian history.
>
>
> It seems highly probable, moreover, that Ball remained something of a merchant
after he became a Lancaster County planter, and he undoubtedly made frequent
trips b
> ack to London, for in those days it was a common practice for one planter,
skilled in business usages, to see about the marketing of his own as well as the
tobacco of two or three of his closest neighbors and best friends.
>
>
> From 1672, Ball took an active part in the administration work of his adopted
county and colony. He first received the title of "Colonel" in that year. It is
the opinion that he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster of that year,
inasmuch as we find that Robert Jones had to pay him on March 19th of that year
over fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco. In Introduction to Vol. I, Calendar
Papers, the author, Plamer, has given us the following description of the
General Court of Virginia, and with it the origin of the Virginian title of
Colonel:
>
>
> "This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at
that time as "gentlemen," men of wealth, family and influence, and whose
official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed
the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the
way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was
himself commissioned "Colonel" by royal authority . . ." "The Governor was
Lieutenant-General, the Councillors, Lieutenants of Counties with the title of
Colonel, and in counties where a Councillor resided, some other person was
appointed with rank of Major."
>
>
> In light of this information, it has been concluded that Colonel Ball may have
been a Colonel20of Foot or Horse and not County Lieutenant. If not County
Lieutenant, he was doubtless Presiding Magistrate and Colonel Commandant of the
County.
>
>
> From 1675/77, Colonel Ball served on various committees in Lancaster County.
March 28, 1675/76, he and Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter were empowered by the
General Assembly of Virginia to mobilize men and horsese in defense of the
colony against Indian depredations, to be lead by Nathaniel Bacon. He was
presiding member of various courts held in Lancaster County, and received this
honor for being the only resident Colonel in that county.
>
>
> August 14, 1677, Colonel Ball and his neighbor, John Washington, were present
at a meeting to impress upon the citizens the necessity of making immediate
payment of a tax imposed upon the people by the General Assembly to put down
Bacon's rebellion which had lately arisen. From 1670 on until hs death, he was a
member of the Burgesses of Lancaster County.
>
>
> Colonel Ball was an earnest and devout churchman, and was a zealous supporter
of the Virginia branch of the Church of England; he was at various times a
member of committees appointed for arranging the government for its support. He
and John Washington were wardens of Christ Church, Lancaster County.
>
>
> At the time of his death, Colonel Ball owned nearly two thousand acres of land
in Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties. Of this, "Millenbeck" comprised five
hundred and forty acres. He died at "Millenbeck" November 1680. Colonel Ball
willed his favorite estate to his eldest so
> n, William, after making ample provision for his wife, his other son, Joseph,
and daughter Hannah, both of whom he saw successfully married. Mrs. Hannah
Atherold Ball, his widow, continued to live at Millenbeck with her elder son
until her death in 1695. Her will is on record in Lancaster County and dated
June 25, 1695.
>
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This is from the Bible of Moses Ball 1717-1792
 
William Ball, Wiltshire, England
            wife
              ?
 
Allen
Francis
]John
samuel
Richard
Colonel William
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   Colonel William Ball 1615 London , Eng-Nov1680, Millenbeck, Lancaster Co.
Va.
              wife
   Hannah Atherall, Suffolk England
                    Richard 1645, Norfolk Co. Va
                       w
                    Elizabeth Linton
 
                        John Ball l 1670-1742
                          w
                       Winifred Williams, Charles Co, Md
                      
                          Moses Ball I
5/2/1717-7/3/1792
                               w
                          Nancy Ann Brashaer, 
9/26/1729-12/30/1816
 
                              Captian George
Ball  3/1751?- 12/24/1825
                                  w
                               Elizabeth Tunnell
                        
                                  Moses Ball
1768-7/9/1846
                                     w
                                   Elizabeth
Yeary  1771- 12/29/1845
                                    
                                    James
Ball  8/15/1789-1867
                                      w
                                    Susannah
Posey  1798-1850
 
                                      Moses
Pinkney Ball  6/23/1816-11/21/1867
                                        
w
                                      Levi\
na Jane Jones   1818-7/20/1802
           
                                        
Joseph Marlett  3/22/1844-10/15/1920
                                        \
    w
                                        
Mary Adeline Ball 11/26/1850- 4/17/1939
 
                                        \
    Albert Myers 4/18/1880-4/9/1948
                                        \
       w
                                        \
    Dovie Ann Marlett, 3/10/1881- 6/16/1924
 
                                        \
       William Earl Turner 8/4/1894-11/11/1964
                                        \
         w
                                        \
       Dovie Ethel Myers   11/16/1902-
 
Colonel William Ball arrived in America about 1650.
 
Have a outline of the Brashear line,Marlett's line that are directly connected
the Myers line.
 
Moses Ball ll & Elizabeth Yeary  (D.A.R)
 
James S. Ball & Susannah Posesy Washington Family Descendants, Order of
Washington, Magna Charta Dames
 
Moses Ball & Nancy Ann Brashear Fairfax Va.
   Ensign John
   Moses Jr.
   Robert
   Bazil
   Captain George
   James
   Sabilla
 
There's more.
Have the Paternal Ancestry of George Washington
 
Paula
 
      

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From: ck4evr@... <ck4evr@...>
Subject: Re: [Genealogy Research Club] Ball,Marlett,Washington
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 8:06 PM








My line connects to the Ball family with this info- I think I have more info as
well-
=Kat=

Ball Family -

The word "ball" has come a long way from its medieval meaning to its present
position in the field of sports, toys and romantic dancing. As a matter of fact,
the surname of Ball is given several meanings from the ancient English language.

The preferred meaning of the name comes from the Cornish-Welsh "bal" referring
to a "hill top" and probably given to one of the Ball ancestors who lived near a
particular knoll or rounded hill. On the other hand, the Gaelic "bal" came from
"baile", meaning "village or castle." Yet another reference refers to the Middle
English "bal", an adjective describing one who is bald.. Some authorities claim
that Ball arose as a shortened form of the Baldwin surname.

In any case, this ancient English family originated at Tussingham, where they
held lands befeore the time of Edward I. Numerous lines also appeared in
Chester, Stafford, Devon, Derby, Lincoln and Lancashire.

Godwin Balle was an early London name in 1137. Norman Balle was recorded in
Northampton in 1183. Robert and Matilda le Bal lived in Sussex in 1296. The name
of Balla appears in England in 1250.

Ball appeared in Virginia in the late 1600's. The coat of arms was found on a
vellum painting brought to Virginia by William Ball in 1680. The earliest
arrival to the colonies was Francis Ball, who came from England to Dorchester,
Mass., in 1639. Allen Ball arrived
in New Haven, Conn., in 1643.

The Ball coat of arms is a red or black lion passant on a silver shield. The
upper portion of the shield is red with three silver stars.

names-

Alling:

Lawrence:

Robert:

Susannah:

William:

At 25 years of age William became the father of William BALL in England, March
2, 1641. At 33 years of age William became the father of Joseph BALL in England,
May 24, 1649. Colonel in the Royal Army - Present at Battles of Marstn Moor and
Naseby. Through defeat of Chales I, lost his estates and fled to Virginia in
1650 where he built Millenbeck of Lancaster, Ca. The Lancaster Ball family which
has been traced back to William Ball who built Millenbeck Plantation in Virginia
is the largest of the many Ball branches in America

" A rate (a tax) for the raysing of £ 20 in part payment for ye Indian purchas
of ye land of the plantation". There followed a list of those assessed. FRANCIS
BALL paid 7 shillings 6 pence. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 6 May 1644.

       " A bargain was driven betwixt the towne of Springfield and
FRANCIS BALL for a shop for a Smith which is to be 12 foote wide, 16 foote in
length, 6 foote studd betwixt joynts, a chimney for the forge rungd,to be boarde
both roofe and sides, to make a doore and windowe in the end, with a beam in ye
middest, for which worke to be sufficiently accomplished by September ye 28th
next, the towne doth condition to pay him five20pounds either in wheate at 3 s 8
p per b, or worke as he shall need it, to be payd unto him ye 10th of March
next, at the house of Henry Smith. He doth also agree to find boards for ye
coveringe and sides with nayles and hinges and what he wants else, and he is to
bringe in his account what boards he useth and what other charges he is at, for
which he is to be payd as before in wheate at 3 s 8 p per b or in worke as he
and they shall agree". Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 4 September 1646.

       " It is agreed by ye generall vote of ye towne ye £ 55 shall be
raysed by a rate on goods and lands for Minister Moxons maintenance. The persons
under named have agreed to add £ 5 more soe ye wholl some is £ 60". FRANCIS
BALL was included on this list. Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 10
February 1647.

       " A rate for ye raysing of £ 30 for the purchase of the lands of
the plantation 1646". FRANCIS BALL was assessed 9 shillings 5 pence on his 33
acres. It is interesting to note that even by this time in 1647 there were still
only 42 families in Springfield. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 1 April
1647

 

FRANCIS BALL drowned in the Great River which is now called the Connecticut
River and it runs right through the downtown section of Springfield. Some of his
property was on the river where the County Court House now stands on State
Street.
0A

       There is one more mention in the town meeting minutes about a
month after FRANCIS BALL drowned which concerns his widow Abigail Burt. " It is
agreed that those who will joyne to make a cartway over ye meddow against Robert
Ashlees shall have the liberty to barr up ye cartway, and to take 4 pence per
load of any others ye shall cart over sais way, who have not joyned in making of
it. Those who have given in ye names to make cartway are as followeth". There
were 9 names on the list including Widow Ball. Taken from Springfield Town
Meeting 7 November 1648..

 

William Ball and six sons were persecuted by Charles the First and Bishop Laud.
They came to America in 1635 on the ship, Planter. Many of the sons went to
different states. William is the Greatgreat Grandfather of George Washington
(his son William had a son Joseph who had a daughter Mary who had a son, George
Washington.) .

Richard Ball, son of Lawrence, was a Doctor of Divinity. Oxford, Magdalene
College, B.A. 1590, M.A. 1594. Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham College. Vicar,
Saint Helen's Bishopsgate, London. The Ball Coat of Arms was assigned to him on
22 Dec 1613 by Sir William Segar, Garter.

 

Dennis Ball

Born 1779 - Died 1839

Wife: Margaret Lines - Born 1775 - Died 1866

Mr. Dennis Ball was born in Pennsylvania, Mercer County. Part of the family
moved to Butler County, Ohio, and Mr. Ball was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for
many years. He was=2
0a volunteer in the War of 1812, and had a brother, Henry, who served in the
same War. Henry was taken prisoner and held by the Indians twelve (12) years. He
adopted their customs and habits, and finally married the old Chief's daughter.
Henry is believed to be buried in the Ball cemetery in Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, Delaware Township.

In 1825, the Balls settled in Montgomery County, Indiana, where they entered 320
acres of land patent for this being signed by John Quincy Adams, President of
the United States of America. They were fourteen (14) days on their journey to
this country, which was then mostly wilderness, covered with woods, and
inhabited by wild beasts and Indians.

Dennis was the owner of the Ball "long-string" Grandfather clock. Bennet Ball,
currently living in Anchorage, Alaska, is the current owner of the family clock.
Dennis's father bought the clock in 1828. As of December 1997, the clock is in
excellent condition and runs.

                                        \
                                        \
                               Edward Ball 

our ancestor,  Born in 1644  in Brad
ford Conn.  He moved to Newark New Jersey in 1667,  and from then on his name
appeared in all affairs of the town.  He was committee  man on boundaries 
and settlements with the Lord Proprietors  and Indians.  He was Sheriff of
Orange County, New Jersey, and his name last appeared in the records of the year
1724.  These facts are to be found in the records of Newark , Orange County New
Jersey.  He married  Abigale Blatchley of Hartford Conn.

Dr. Stephen Ball ,  Married Sarah Ross of Springfield,  New Jersey.  Dr. Ball
served in the First New Jersey  Regiment and was with his cousin George
Washington,  when the army wintered in New Jersey.  Date of enlistment, 
September 26 1780.  These facts found in , Heitman’s  register “Officers
Revolutionary Army”.  Also records of War Department,  Washington, D.C. 
There is much written about our Dr. Stephen Ball

   The Ball Family were large land owners and high up in  the Government. 
The Balls came to America in 1635 and settled throughout the east coast .  One
branch settled in Virginia.  Our ancestors settled first in Virginia, and then
after the Revolutionary War  migrated down the coast to Georgia and were the
first settlers in Washington, Georgia.  Our Dr. Doric Ball, moved to  New
Orleans, Louisiana.  Many of our family’s large plantations were destroyed
during the War Between the States,  and the old South
with the big land and slaves were forever gone.  After the War,  many people
moved West to get away from the poverty in the South to get a new start.

Colonel William Ball of Virginia

The Great-Grandfather of Washington

 

Born 1615 - Died 1680

Wife: Hannah Atherold - Died 1695

 

Colonel Ball was the younger son of Reverand Richard Ball, Vicar of St. Helen's
Bishipsgate, London, and is of the Northamptonshire brach of the
widely-scattered English family.

Colonel Ball came from England with his family about the year 1650 and settled
at the mouth of the Corotoman River in Lancaster County, Virginia.

Educated in or about London, and possibly studied law, as in later years he
showed more than ordinary knowledge in the principles of Common Law.

He married July 2, 1638 in London to Miss Hannah Atherold, the daughter of
Thomas Atherold, a barrister-at- law, who was living at Gray's Inn during
1610/11.

The culture of tobacco had by 1655 become an important industry of Virginia, and
was the chief, if not the only, source of income to the colonists. By 1650,
Augustine Herrman of New Amsterdam, and George Hack of Virginia, had built up a
large trade of tobacco between the Colony and London. It is, therefore, quite
probable that William Ball became a tobacco merchant, carrying the produce to
England and disposing of it there.

If Ball first came to Virginia with the intention of remaining only so long as
the Protectorate existed in England, he soon decid
ed to cast his lot with the fortunes of the New World. After 1660 he took an
active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660 he
was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a
boundary for the occupation of land. In 1661, his name still appears in the
Northumberland County Records as a merchant. Later he became a planter, and on
January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrow Neck Creek in Lancaster
County. Four years later, he appears in the records as Major Ball, and together
with Thomas Chetwood, received a grant of sixteen hundred acres in the County of
Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name. A few months later
he acquired three hundred additional acres of rich bottom land adjoining the
estate of Daniel Fox, whose friendship Ball appears to have cultivated, and who
later became the Colonel's son-in-law, marrying his only daughter, Hannah.

It was on the Lancaster County estate, however, where Colonel Ball built the
beautiful Georgian mansion which was later to become famous. He named it
"Millenbeck, " probably after a place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire. The
estate was held for four successive generations by William Balls, and with
"Epping Forest," the home of Mary Ball (Washington) , played a prominent part in
the annals of Virginian history.

It seems highly probable, moreover, that Ball remained something of a merchant
after he became a Lancaster County planter, and he undoubtedly made frequent
trips b
ack to London, for in those days it was a common practice for one planter,
skilled in business usages, to see about the marketing of his own as well as the
tobacco of two or three of his closest neighbors and best friends.

From 1672, Ball took an active part in the administration work of his adopted
county and colony. He first received the title of "Colonel" in that year.. It is
the opinion that he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster of that year,
inasmuch as we find that Robert Jones had to pay him on March 19th of that year
over fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco. In Introduction to Vol. I, Calendar
Papers, the author, Plamer, has given us the following description of the
General Court of Virginia, and with it the origin of the Virginian title of
Colonel:

"This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at
that time as "gentlemen," men of wealth, family and influence, and whose
official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed
the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the
way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was
himself commissioned "Colonel" by royal authority . . ." "The Governor was
Lieutenant-General, the Councillors, Lieutenants of Counties with the title of
Colonel, and in counties where a Councillor resided, some other person was
appointed with rank of Major."

In light of this information, it has been concluded that Colonel Ball may have
been a Colonel20of Foot or Horse and not County Lieutenant. If not County
Lieutenant, he was doubtless Presiding Magistrate and Colonel Commandant of the
County.

From 1675/77, Colonel Ball served on various committees in Lancaster County..
March 28, 1675/76, he and Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter were empowered by the
General Assembly of Virginia to mobilize men and horsese in defense of the
colony against Indian depredations, to be lead by Nathaniel Bacon. He was
presiding member of various courts held in Lancaster County, and received this
honor for being the only resident Colonel in that county.

August 14, 1677, Colonel Ball and his neighbor, John Washington, were present at
a meeting to impress upon the citizens the necessity of making immediate payment
of a tax imposed upon the people by the General Assembly to put down Bacon's
rebellion which had lately arisen. From 1670 on until hs death, he was a member
of the Burgesses of Lancaster County.

Colonel Ball was an earnest and devout churchman, and was a zealous supporter of
the Virginia branch of the Church of England; he was at various times a member
of committees appointed for arranging the government for its support. He and
John Washington were wardens of Christ Church, Lancaster County..

At the time of his death, Colonel Ball owned nearly two thousand acres of land
in Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties. Of this, "Millenbeck" comprised five
hundred and forty acres. He died at "Millenbeck" November 1680. Colonel Ball
willed his favorite estate to his eldest so
n, William, after making ample provision for his wife, his other son, Joseph,
and daughter Hannah, both of whom he saw successfully married. Mrs. Hannah
Atherold Ball, his widow, continued to live at Millenbeck with her elder son
until her death in 1695. Her will is on record in Lancaster County and dated
June 25, 1695.

-----Original Message-----
From: paula_lada <paula_lada@yahoo. com>
To: genealogyresearchcl ub@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 9:12 pm
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Ball,Marlett, Washington

I have some names and the connections for the above names. They are part of the
Myers, though marriage. Hope I can help someone Paula

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My line is the Mathews Family. I was lucky that a few Aunts had done alot of the
work in America, as they were daughters of the Revolution. 


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This is from the Bible of Moses Ball 1717-1792

 

William Ball, Wiltshire, England

            wife

              ?

 

Allen

Francis

]John

samuel

Richard

Colonel William

----------------------------------------------------------

   Colonel William Ball 1615 London , Eng-Nov1680, Millenbeck, Lancaster Co.
Va.

              wife

   Hannah Atherall, Suffolk England

                    Richard 1645, Norfolk Co. Va

                       w

                    Elizabeth Linton

 

                        John Ball l 1670-1742

       =C
2                  w

                       Winifred Williams, Charles Co, Md

                      

                          Moses Ball I
5/2/1717-7/3/1792

                               w

                          Nancy Ann Brashaer, 
9/26/1729-12/30/1816

 

                              Captian George
Ball  3/1751?- 12/24/1825

                                  w

                               Elizabeth Tunnell

                        

                                
  Moses Ball 1768-7/9/1846

                                     w

                                   Elizabeth
Yeary  1771- 12/29/1845

                                    

                                    James
Ball  8/15/1789-1867

                                      w

                                    Susannah
Posey  1798-1850

 

                                      Moses
Pinkney Ball  6/23/1816-11/21/1867

                                        
w

  C2                                   Levi\
na Jane Jones   1818-7/20/1802

           

                                        
Joseph Marlett  3/22/1844-10/15/1920

                                        \
    w

                                        
Mary Adeline Ball 11/26/1850- 4/17/1939

 

                                        \
    Albert Myers 4/18/1880-4/9/1948

                                        \
       w

                                        
   Dovie Ann Marlett, 3/10/1881- 6/16/1924

 

                                        \
       William Earl Turner 8/4/1894-11/11/1964

                                        \
         w

                                        \
       Dovie Ethel Myers   11/16/1902-

 

Colonel William Ball arrived in America about 1650.

 

Have a outline of the Brashear line,Marlett's line that are directly connected
the Myers line.

 

Moses Ball ll & Elizabeth Yeary  (D.A.R)

 

James S. Ball & Susannah Posesy Washington Family Descendants, Order of
Washington, Magna Charta Dames

 

Moses Ball & Nancy Ann Brashear Fairfax Va.

   Ensign John

   Moses Jr.

   Robert

   Bazil

   Captain George

   James

   Sabilla

 

There's more.

Have the Paternal Ancestry of George Washington

 

Paula

 

      



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Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 8:06 PM



My line connects to the Ball family with this info- I think I have more info as
well-

=Kat=



Ball Family -



The word "ball" has come a long way from its medieval meaning to its present
position in the field of sports, toys and romantic dancing. As a matter of fact,
the surname of Ball is given several meanings from the ancient English language.



The preferred meaning of the name comes from the Cornish-Welsh "bal" referring
to a "hill top" and probably given to one of the Ball ancestors who lived near a
particular knoll or rounded hill. On the other hand, the Gaelic "bal" came from
"baile", meaning "village or castle." Yet another reference refers to the Middle
English "bal", an adjective describing one who is bald.. Some authorities claim
that Ball arose as a shortened form of the Baldwin surname.



In any case, this ancient English family originated at Tussingham, where they
held lands befeore the time of Edward I. Numerous lines also appeared in
Chester, Stafford, Devon, Derby, Lincoln and Lancashire.



Godwin Balle was an early London name in 1137. Norman Balle was recorded in
Northampton in 1183. Robert and Matilda le Bal lived in Sussex in 1296. The name
of Balla appears in England in 1250.



Ball appeared in Virginia in the late 1600's. The coat of arms was found on a
vellum painting20brought to Virginia by William Ball in 1680. The earliest
arrival to the colonies was Francis Ball, who came from England to Dorchester,
Mass., in 1639. Allen Ball arrived

in New Haven, Conn., in 1643.



The Ball coat of arms is a red or black lion passant on a silver shield. The
upper portion of the shield is red with three silver stars.



names-



Alling:



Lawrence:



Robert:



Susannah:



William:



At 25 years of age William became the father of William BALL in England, March
2, 1641. At 33 years of age William became the father of Joseph BALL in England,
May 24, 1649. Colonel in the Royal Army - Present at Battles of Marstn Moor and
Naseby. Through defeat of Chales I, lost his estates and fled to Virginia in
1650 where he built Millenbeck of Lancaster, Ca. The Lancaster Ball family which
has been traced back to William Ball who built Millenbeck Plantation in Virginia
is the largest of the many Ball branches in America



" A rate (a tax) for the raysing of £ 20 in part payment for ye Indian purchas
of ye land of the plantation". There followed a list of those assessed. FRANCIS
BALL paid 7 shillings 6 pence. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 6 May 1644.



       " A bargain was driven betwixt the towne of Springfield and
FRANCIS BALL for a shop for a Smith which is to be 12 foote wide, 16 foote in
length, 6 foote studd betwixt joynts, a chimney for the forge rungd,to be boarde
both roofe a
nd sides, to make a doore and windowe in the end, with a beam in ye middest, for
which worke to be sufficiently accomplished by September ye 28th next, the towne
doth condition to pay him five20pounds either in wheate at 3 s 8 p per b, or
worke as he shall need it, to be payd unto him ye 10th of March next, at the
house of Henry Smith. He doth also agree to find boards for ye coveringe and
sides with nayles and hinges and what he wants else, and he is to bringe in his
account what boards he useth and what other charges he is at, for which he is to
be payd as before in wheate at 3 s 8 p per b or in worke as he and they shall
agree". Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 4 September 1646.



       " It is agreed by ye generall vote of ye towne ye £ 55 shall be
raysed by a rate on goods and lands for Minister Moxons maintenance. The persons
under named have agreed to add £ 5 more soe ye wholl some is £ 60". FRANCIS
BALL was included on this list. Taken from the Springfield Town Meeting 10
February 1647.



       " A rate for ye raysing of £ 30 for the purchase of the lands of
the plantation 1646". FRANCIS BALL was assessed 9 shillings 5 pence on his 33
acres. It is interesting to note that even by this time in 1647 there were still
only 42 families in Springfield. Taken from Springfield Town Meeting 1 April
1647



 



FRANCIS BALL drowned in the Great Riv
er which is now called the Connecticut River and it runs right through the
downtown section of Springfield. Some of his property was on the river where the
County Court House now stands on State Street.

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       There is one more mention in the town meeting minutes about a
month after FRANCIS BALL drowned which concerns his widow Abigail Burt. " It is
agreed that those who will joyne to make a cartway over ye meddow against Robert
Ashlees shall have the liberty to barr up ye cartway, and to take 4 pence per
load of any others ye shall cart over sais way, who have not joyned in making of
it. Those who have given in ye names to make cartway are as followeth". There
were 9 names on the list including Widow Ball. Taken from Springfield Town
Meeting 7 November 1648..



 



William Ball and six sons were persecuted by Charles the First and Bishop Laud.
They came to America in 1635 on the ship, Planter. Many of the sons went to
different states. William is the Greatgreat Grandfather of George Washington
(his son William had a son Joseph who had a daughter Mary who had a son, George
Washington.) .



Richard Ball, son of Lawrence, was a Doctor of Divinity. Oxford, Magdalene
College, B.A. 1590, M.A. 1594. Professor of Rhetoric, Gresham College. Vicar,
Saint Helen's Bishopsgate, London. The Ball Coat of Arms was assigned to him on
22 Dec 1613 by Sir William Segar, Garter.



 



Dennis Ball



Born 1779 - Died 1839




Wife: Margaret Lines - Born 1775 - Died 1866



Mr. Dennis Ball was born in Pennsylvania, Mercer County. Part of the family
moved to Butler County, Ohio, and Mr. Ball was Justice of the Peace in Ohio for
many years. He was=2

0a volunteer in the War of 1812, and had a brother, Henry, who served in the
same War. Henry was taken prisoner and held by the Indians twelve (12) years. He
adopted their customs and habits, and finally married the old Chief's daughter.
Henry is believed to be buried in the Ball cemetery in Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, Delaware Township.



In 1825, the Balls settled in Montgomery County, Indiana, where they entered 320
acres of land patent for this being signed by John Quincy Adams, President of
the United States of America. They were fourteen (14) days on their journey to
this country, which was then mostly wilderness, covered with woods, and
inhabited by wild beasts and Indians.



Dennis was the owner of the Ball "long-string" Grandfather clock. Bennet Ball,
currently living in Anchorage, Alaska, is the current owner of the family clock.
Dennis's father bought the clock in 1828. As of December 1997, the clock is in
excellent condition and runs.



                                        \
                              
                                        
Edward Ball 



our ancestor,  Born in 1644  in Brad

ford Conn.  He moved to Newark New Jersey in 1667,  and from then on his name
appeared in all affairs of the town.  He was committee  man on boundaries 
and settlements with the Lord Proprietors  and Indians.  He was Sheriff of
Orange County, New Jersey, and his name last appeared in the records of the year
1724.  These facts are to be found in the records of Newark , Orange County New
Jersey.  He married  Abigale Blatchley of Hartford Conn.



Dr. Stephen Ball ,  Married Sarah Ross of Springfield,  New Jersey.  Dr. Ball
served in the First New Jersey  Regiment and was with his cousin George
Washington,  when the army wintered in New Jersey.  Date of enlistment, 
September 26 1780.  These facts found in , Heitman’s  register “Officers
Revolutionary Army”.  Also records of War Department,  Washington, D.C. 
There is much written about our Dr. Stephen Ball



   The Ball Family were large land owners and high up in  the Government. 
The Balls came to America in 1635 and settled throughout the east coast .  One
branch settled in Virginia.  Our ancestors settled first in Virginia, and then
after the Revolutionary War  migrated dow
n the coast to Georgia and were the first settlers in Washington, Georgia.  Our
Dr. Doric Ball, moved to  New Orleans, Louisiana.  Many of our family’s
large plantations were destroyed during the War Between the States,  and the
old South

with the big land and slaves were forever gone.  After the War,  many people
moved West to get away from the poverty in the South to get a new start.



Colonel William Ball of Virginia



The Great-Grandfather of Washington



 



Born 1615 - Died 1680



Wife: Hannah Atherold - Died 1695



 



Colonel Ball was the younger son of Reverand Richard Ball, Vicar of St. Helen's
Bishipsgate, London, and is of the Northamptonshire brach of the
widely-scattered English family.



Colonel Ball came from England with his family about the year 1650 and settled
at the mouth of the Corotoman River in Lancaster County, Virginia.



Educated in or about London, and possibly studied law, as in later years he
showed more than ordinary knowledge in the principles of Common Law.



He married July 2, 1638 in London to Miss Hannah Atherold, the daughter of
Thomas Atherold, a barrister-at- law, who was living at Gray's Inn during
1610/11.



The culture of tobacco had by 1655 become an important industry of Virginia, and
was the chief, if not the only, source of income to the colonists. By 1650,
Augustine Herrman of New Amsterdam, and George Hack of Virginia, had built up a
large trade of tobacco betwee
n the Colony and London. It is, therefore, quite probable that William Ball
became a tobacco merchant, carrying the produce to England and disposing of it
there.



If Ball first came to Virginia with the intention of remaining only so long as
the Protectorate existed in England, he soon decid

ed to cast his lot with the fortunes of the New World. After 1660 he took an
active part in the religious, political and social life of Virginia. In 1660 he
was a member of a court to make a treaty with the Indians and to establish a
boundary for the occupation of land. In 1661, his name still appears in the
Northumberland County Records as a merchant. Later he became a planter, and on
January 18, 1663, received a grant of land on Narrow Neck Creek in Lancaster
County. Four years later, he appears in the records as Major Ball, and together
with Thomas Chetwood, received a grant of sixteen hundred acres in the County of
Rappahannock on the north side of the river of the same name. A few months later
he acquired three hundred additional acres of rich bottom land adjoining the
estate of Daniel Fox, whose friendship Ball appears to have cultivated, and who
later became the Colonel's son-in-law, marrying his only daughter, Hannah.



It was on the Lancaster County estate, however, where Colonel Ball built the
beautiful Georgian mansion which was later to become famous. He named it
"Millenbeck, " probably after a place in Warwickshire or Northamptonshire. The
estate was held for four successive generatio
ns by William Balls, and with "Epping Forest," the home of Mary Ball
(Washington) , played a prominent part in the annals of Virginian history.



It seems highly probable, moreover, that Ball remained something of a merchant
after he became a Lancaster County planter, and he undoubtedly made frequent
trips b

ack to London, for in those days it was a common practice for one planter,
skilled in business usages, to see about the marketing of his own as well as the
tobacco of two or three of his closest neighbors and best friends.



From 1672, Ball took an active part in the administration work of his adopted
county and colony. He first received the title of "Colonel" in that year.. It is
the opinion that he was the County Lieutenant of Lancaster of that year,
inasmuch as we find that Robert Jones had to pay him on March 19th of that year
over fifteen hundred pounds of tobacco. In Introduction to Vol. I, Calendar
Papers, the author, Plamer, has given us the following description of the
General Court of Virginia, and with it the origin of the Virginian title of
Colonel:



"This august and aristocratic body was always composed of the class known at
that time as "gentlemen," men of wealth, family and influence, and whose
official station added much to their influence. They, with the Governor, formed
the executive council, who dispensed the entire patronage of the colony in the
way of official appointment, at the same time that each individual himself was
himself commissioned "Colonel" by=2
0royal authority . . ." "The Governor was Lieutenant-General, the Councillors,
Lieutenants of Counties with the title of Colonel, and in counties where a
Councillor resided, some other person was appointed with rank of Major."



In light of this information, it has been concluded that Colonel Ball may have
been a Colonel20of Foot or Horse and not County Lieutenant. If not County
Lieutenant, he was doubtless Presiding Magistrate and Colonel Commandant of the
County.



From 1675/77, Colonel Ball served on various committees in Lancaster County..
March 28, 1675/76, he and Lieutenant-Colonel John Carter were empowered by the
General Assembly of Virginia to mobilize men and horsese in defense of the
colony against Indian depredations, to be lead by Nathaniel Bacon. He was
presiding member of various courts held in Lancaster County, and received this
honor for being the only resident Colonel in that county.



August 14, 1677, Colonel Ball and his neighbor, John Washington, were present at
a meeting to impress upon the citizens the necessity of making immediate payment
of a tax imposed upon the people by the General Assembly to put down Bacon's
rebellion which had lately arisen. From 1670 on until hs death, he was a member
of the Burgesses of Lancaster County.



Colonel Ball was an earnest and devout churchman, and was a zealous supporter of
the Virginia branch of the Church of England; he was at various times a member
of committees appointed for arranging the government for its support. He and
John Washi
ngton were wardens of Christ Church, Lancaster County..



At the time of his death, Colonel Ball owned nearly two thousand acres of land
in Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties. Of this, "Millenbeck" comprised five
hundred and forty acres. He died at "Millenbeck" November 1680. Colonel Ball
willed his favorite estate to his eldest so

n, William, after making ample provision for his wife, his other son, Joseph,
and daughter Hannah, both of whom he saw successfully married. Mrs. Hannah
Atherold Ball, his widow, continued to live at Millenbeck with her elder son
until her death in 1695. Her will is on record in Lancaster County and dated
June 25, 1695.



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From: paula_lada <paula_lada@yahoo. com>

To: genealogyresearchcl ub@yahoogroups. com

Sent: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 9:12 pm

Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Ball,Marlett, Washington



I have some names and the connections for the above names. They are part of the
Myers, though marriage. Hope I can help someone Paula



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Searching these surnames.   Widdis-Purkiss-Howard-Smith-Davis    Any Widdis.
Purkiss in England.  Howard in Canada.  Smith in the Alton, Orangeville Ontario
area. Davis in the Alton, Orangeville Ontario area.  Thanks     Mike

Hello all!
    I am a new member and have been researching family history for about two
years.  One of the things that have stumped me is my mother-in-laws father.
No one seems to know anything about him, including her.  His name is Fern
Leroy Smith.  I believe he was born November 23, 1911 and he did pass away
on May 1, 1976 in Franklin County Ohio.  I have no idea where he was born or
who his parents were.  He was married to Daisy Jane Gordon prior to 1960 (my
mother-in-laws year of birth) but later they were divorced.  They lived in
Wayne County (Applecreek or Wooster) during their marriage.  Daisy Jane was
from Applecreek originally and stayed there her entire life.  That's all I
have on the whole thing.  The one person who may have been able to give more
information was Daisy and she passed away quite a few years ago.  Thanks in
advance for any help!

Tracy

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Hi Nancy,

I found the 1870 Census on ancestry.com. It shows a Julia A Dunn 10yrs old. With
Andrew and Sarah Dunn as parents. Also shows the other kids. If you need that
list let me know. The census says the Town is Eminence,Logan Co,IL

Rachel
--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, "nanci182001" <CJN218@...> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have information on Julia A Dunn, b. about 1860 in Logan County
IL. She was the first wife of Peter B Leach. I'm trying to confirm if Andrew and
Sarah Dunn were here parents. She would have probably died between 1880 and
1890.
> Thanks in advance,
> Nancy
>

--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Linton" <sassylassy1@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>    I am a new member and have been researching family history for about two
> years.  One of the things that have stumped me is my mother-in-laws father.
> No one seems to know anything about him, including her.  His name is Fern
> Leroy Smith.  I believe he was born November 23, 1911 and he did pass away
> on May 1, 1976 in Franklin County Ohio.  I have no idea where he was born or
> who his parents were.

   Have you tried the SS Death index to get his SS#? Then, though it will cost
about $30 you could request a copy of his SS application. That would give
possibly gice you his parents names. I did this for my hubby's grandmother...

Happy Hunting & Good Luck in your research...
Sharon

this poses an interesting problem, as Fern is normally considered a girls name,
now I am wondering if they made an error on the census and listed him as a girl?
Name: Fern L Smith
Home in 1930: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Relation to Head-of-house: Daughter  (**?could there be a census error )
Father's Name: Clarence H
Mother's Name: Ethel M
Race: White
Clarence H Smith 42
Ethel M Smith 42
Alberta F Smith 22
Fern L Smith 19


And I did find the following:



Bride                                Groom
Prefix   Prefix
First Name ETHEL               First Name CLARENCE
Middle Name                      Middle Name E
Last Name HENDY                  Last Name SMITH
Suffix   Suffix
Gender F  Gender M
Record Key 0205854531  Record Key 0205853060

  Now do you have  Fern Leroys marriage cert?

Thank you Rachel for the confirmation on that. I do have the names of the
others though.
Thanks so much for taking the time to look this up for me.
Nancy
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I do have his social # but I never thought of requesting a copy of the
application.  What a great idea!  Thank you!

-------Original Message-------

From: Sharon
Date: 5/8/2009 3:46:35 PM
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Re: Fern Leroy Smith Ohio?




--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Linton" <sassylassy1@..
> wrote:
>
> Hello all!
> I am a new member and have been researching family history for about two
> years. One of the things that have stumped me is my mother-in-laws father.

> No one seems to know anything about him, including her. His name is Fern
> Leroy Smith. I believe he was born November 23, 1911 and he did pass away
> on May 1, 1976 in Franklin County Ohio. I have no idea where he was born
or
> who his parents were.

Have you tried the SS Death index to get his SS#? Then, though it will cost
about $30 you could request a copy of his SS application. That would give
possibly gice you his parents names. I did this for my hubby's grandmother..


Happy Hunting & Good Luck in your research...
Sharon





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Sorry, where do I request the copy at?

Tracy

-------Original Message-------

From: Sharon
Date: 5/8/2009 3:46:35 PM
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Re: Fern Leroy Smith Ohio?




--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Linton" <sassylassy1@..
> wrote:
>
> Hello all!
> I am a new member and have been researching family history for about two
> years. One of the things that have stumped me is my mother-in-laws father.

> No one seems to know anything about him, including her. His name is Fern
> Leroy Smith. I believe he was born November 23, 1911 and he did pass away
> on May 1, 1976 in Franklin County Ohio. I have no idea where he was born
or
> who his parents were.

Have you tried the SS Death index to get his SS#? Then, though it will cost
about $30 you could request a copy of his SS application. That would give
possibly gice you his parents names. I did this for my hubby's grandmother..


Happy Hunting & Good Luck in your research...
Sharon





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--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Linton" <sassylassy1@...>
wrote:
>
> Sorry, where do I request the copy at?
>
> Tracy
>

If you have and ancestry.com subscription, you can generate the request
application from the search result.

   [A standard letter to the Social Security Administration is available with the
search results on the Ancestry.com Social Security Death Index. This letter may
be printed and mailed to the Social Security Administration to request a copy of
your ancestor's SS-5 form. The Social Security Administration now charges $27.00
for each individual copy (an abbreviated NUMIDENT printout is available for
$16.00). ]

The generated application looks like this:

Social Security Administration
Office of Earnings Operations
FOIA Workgroup
300 N. Greene Street
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore, Maryland 21290
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request

Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

I am writing this request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. Section
552. I hereby request a copy of the SS-5, Application for Social Security Card,
or a corresponding NUMIDENT printout (see below) for the following individual:

Smith, Fern
280-12-2855
Birth: 23 Nov 1911
Death: May 1976

This individual is deceased, having been listed in the Social Security
Administration's Death Master File. I understand the fee for this service is $27
for copy of original SS-5 application OR $16 for copy of an abbreviated NUMIDENT
printout when the Social Security Number is provided. I am requesting a (circle
one: SS-5 copy OR Numident printout) Included is a check for $______ made out to
the Social Security Administration to cover any administrative costs required by
this request.

Please respond to my request upon receipt of this initial correspondence. Thank
you for your attention and assistance.

Sincerely,




Address:

Daytime Phone Number:






   Hope this helps!
Sharon

You know, I never thought about a census error.  That is completely possible
   I do not have the marriage certificate.  Are parents always listed on the
marriage cert?  I should just order it anyhow, there could always be
pertinent info on it!  I know that Daisy & Fern were married in Wayne County
  Ohio so I can always call the courthouse and order it.  Thanks for your
help.  It is very much appreciated.

Tracy

-------Original Message-------

From: mccgram
Date: 5/8/2009 9:12:27 PM
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Re: Fern Leroy Smith Ohio?




this poses an interesting problem, as Fern is normally considered a girls
name, now I am wondering if they made an error on the census and listed him
as a girl?
Name: Fern L Smith
Home in 1930: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Relation to Head-of-house: Daughter (**?could there be a census error )
Father's Name: Clarence H
Mother's Name: Ethel M
Race: White
Clarence H Smith 42
Ethel M Smith 42
Alberta F Smith 22
Fern L Smith 19

And I did find the following:



Bride Groom
Prefix Prefix
First Name ETHEL First Name CLARENCE
Middle Name Middle Name E
Last Name HENDY Last Name SMITH
Suffix Suffix
Gender F Gender M
Record Key 0205854531 Record Key 0205853060

Now do you have Fern Leroys marriage cert?





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I found this in the�1930 census - this is probably him and he is living with his
grandparents and the mother-in-law of his grandmother.� That gives you two more
last names!!� Hopefully you have access to the census image, if not, I can send
a copy direct to you.� The spelling of the names could be different on the image
than it is on the index - I think Roads is actually Rhoads.� Incidentally, there
are a ton of Fern L. Smith's in the Ohio death index.� Was this a family name,
do you know?
�




������������������� Fern Smith

Home in 1930:
Cherry Valley, Ashtabula, Ohio

Age:

AgeWith12ths('18',false);
18

Estimated Birth Year:
abt 1912

Birthplace:
Ohio

Relation to Head-of-house:
Grandson

Race:
White


�

�




Household Members:




Name
Age

Judson Keech
62

Emma Keech
63

Charity Roads
81

Fern Smith
18

Kathy
Genealogists never die, they just lose their census.
visit my family history website: http://dutraporter.tribalpages.com/




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Thank you!

-------Original Message-------

From: Sharon
Date: 5/9/2009 6:38:37 PM
To: genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Genealogy Research Club] Re: Fern Leroy Smith Ohio?




--- In genealogyresearchclub@yahoogroups.com, "Tracy Linton" <sassylassy1@..
> wrote:
>
> Sorry, where do I request the copy at?
>
> Tracy
>

If you have and ancestry.com subscription, you can generate the request
application from the search result.

[A standard letter to the Social Security Administration is available with
the search results on the Ancestry.com Social Security Death Index. This
letter may be printed and mailed to the Social Security Administration to
request a copy of your ancestor's SS-5 form. The Social Security
Administration now charges $27.00 for each individual copy (an abbreviated
NUMIDENT printout is available for $16.00). ]

The generated application looks like this:

Social Security Administration
Office of Earnings Operations
FOIA Workgroup
300 N. Greene Street
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore, Maryland 21290
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request

Dear Freedom of Information Officer,

I am writing this request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.
Section 552. I hereby request a copy of the SS-5, Application for Social
Security Card, or a corresponding NUMIDENT printout (see below) for the
following individual:

Smith, Fern
280-12-2855
Birth: 23 Nov 1911
Death: May 1976

This individual is deceased, having been listed in the Social Security
Administration's Death Master File. I understand the fee for this service is
$27 for copy of original SS-5 application OR $16 for copy of an abbreviated
NUMIDENT printout when the Social Security Number is provided. I am
requesting a (circle one: SS-5 copy OR Numident printout) Included is a
check for $______ made out to the Social Security Administration to cover
any administrative costs required by this request.

Please respond to my request upon receipt of this initial correspondence.
Thank you for your attention and assistance.

Sincerely,

Address:

Daytime Phone Number:

Hope this helps!
Sharon








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