A FORGOTTEN MEMBER OF THE BALL FAMILY by Christopher Johnston, in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society), 7(4):440-441 and 8(80-8x), Apr 1900 and Jul 1900, Secondary quality.
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... Under the date of March 1, 1661/2, Mary Humphreys, "now in widowhood," gives 300 acres and a man servant to her daughter, Mary Humphreys, to be delivered to her at the age of sixteen years or day of marriage (Balt. Co. R.M., No. H S, 7). The deed is recorded by "Mr. Richard Ball, husband of Mary Humphreys." ...