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... 48. COLONEL JAMES BALL, JR. (James, William, William, William), of "Bewdley," Lancaster county, called "The Young Colonel," b. Dec. 31, 1718 ; d. Nov. 24, 1789.
He m.
(I.) _____ this marriage is recorded in the charts but the name is not given.
(II.) MILDRED _____, b. 1725; d. Dec. 1, 1751. Her family name is not known.
(III.) 1753, LETTICE LEE, b. 1731 ; d. Nov. 17, 1811 ; dau. of Richard Lee and his wife, Miss Silk, and gr. dau. of Richard and Lettice (Corbin) Lee. (Lee Gen., N.E. His. Gen. Reb., 26, 61. Critic I., 48-50.) It was claimed that she m. (II.) a Corbin. The inscription on her tombstone disposes of this claim. * It also shows that she was Col. Ball's third wife.
"I have heard my parents and others speak of her as 'old Mrs. Ball who lived at Bewdley.' After her son James' mar. she gave up the house to them, and took as her room a wing of the house (long since pulled down), where my father and mother well remember going in to their needlework and spinning, work that was considered of great importance in that day. I know that old Mrs. Ball's mother was a Miss Steptoe. I have often seen a very handsome portrait of her, said to have been painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and which was cut out of the frame and carried off during the last war." (J.R.D.)
[Note per Hayden:] Miss D. is in error. Eliz'h Steptoe m. Philip Ludwell Lee. ...
... "In memory of Lettice, 3d Wife of Col. James Ball, daughter of Richard Lee of Ditchley. Died Nov., 17th, 1811, in the 80th year of her age." Tomb, Lanc. Co.
