Person:James Ball (91)

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Col. James Ball, Jr., of Bewdley
b.31 Dec 1718 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
d.24 Nov 1789 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 16 Apr 1707
  1. Frances Ball1709 -
  2. Sarah Ball1711/12 -
  3. Eve Ball1713 - 1778
  4. Jesse Ball1716 - 1747
  5. Col. James Ball, Jr., of Bewdley1718 - 1789
  6. Mary Ball1721 -
  7. Edwin Ball1723 -
  8. Jeduthan Ball1725 - 1749
  9. Sinah Ball1727/28 - 1798
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Col. James Ball, Jr., of Bewdley1718 - 1789
  • W.  Mildred Smith1725 - 1751
m. Abt 1740
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Col. James Ball, Jr., of Bewdley1718 - 1789
  • W.  Lettice LeeEst 1731 - 1811
  1. Judith Ball
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Col. James Ball, Jr., of Bewdley
Alt Name[2] "The Young Colonel" Ball
Gender Male
Birth[2] 31 Dec 1718 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Marriage Abt 1740 Virginia, United Statesto Mildred Smith
Marriage to Lettice Lee
Marriage to Margaret Burgess
Other[2] Oct 1744 Northumberland, Virginia, United Stateselected vestryman, St. Stephen's Parish
Other[2] 1745 Northumberland, Virginia, United Stateselected Church Warden when father was in the vestry
Other[1] 15 Jul 1754 Lancaster, Virginia, United Statesnamed Executor in father's will and guardian of his nephew Burgess Ball
Other[2] 1755 Lancaster, Virginia, United States"Burgess for Lanc'r Co., 1755, resigning that year to accept the office of Sheriff."
Property[2] 1756 "sold to Geo. Chewning an estate he had bought of Wm. Ball, Gent."
Other[2] 22 Jul 1785 Northumberland, Virginia, United Stateselected Treasurer of St. Stephen's Parish
Other[2] 1788 Delegate and Member VA Convention
Death[2] 24 Nov 1789 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Burial[2] Lancaster, Virginia, United States"In memory of Col. James Ball, sd son of James and Mary Ball, his sd wife, daughter of Edwin Conway. Born Dec. 31, 1718. Died Nov. 24, 1789."
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Will of James Ball, in Source needed.

    ... Item I give to my son James the use of all the remainder of my estate including my Slaves in his possession which he has now the use of all during his natural life and at his death to dispose of as he shall think fit.

    Item I do appoint my Son Exr of this my last will and testament and guardian to my grand son Burgess Ball and my will is that my estate be not appraised. In witness my hand and seal this 15th day of July 1754. ...
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    [Identifies him as a son of James Ball and guardian of Burgess Ball, son of Jeduthan Ball, decd.]

  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 COLONEL JAMES BALL, in Hayden, Horace Edwin. Virginia genealogies : a genealogy of the Glassell family of Scotland and Virginia: also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland. (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891).

    [see Transcript:Hayden, Horace E. Virginia genealogies/p95]
    [see Transcript:Hayden, Horace E. Virginia genealogies/p96]

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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. ...

    ... Col. Ball was a vestryman of St. Stephen's Par., North'd Co., 1744-1789. Mr. James Ball was elected Oct., 1744, to fill Mr. Richard Chichester's place, and took the oath Nov. 12, 1744. Mr. James Ball, Jr., rec'd 400 lbs tobacco for keeping
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    * "In memory of Col. James Ball, sd son of James and Mary Ball, his sd wife, daughter of Edwin Conway. Born Dec. 31, 1718. Died Nov. 24, 1789." Tombstone, Lanc'r Co. ...

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    John Hogan in 1744. In 1745 he was elected Church Warden when James Ball, Sr., was in the vestry. Aug. 16, 1751, the vestry ordered that Colonel James Ball, Jr., and Major Peter Conway agree with workmen to build a house for the glebe. In 1756 he sold Geo. Chewning an estate he had bought of Wm. Ball, Gent. In 1760 he was appointed to procession the land. Was frequently Ch. Warden, and July 22, 1785, elected Treasurer. He was, with Col. Thomas Gaskins, exec'r of Maj. Peter Conway's Est. (CONWAY 13.) He was also Burgess for Lanc'r Co., 1755, resigning that year to accept the office of Sheriff. For many years he was a Delegate, and in 1788 Mem. Va. Convention.

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    Hill, p. 10 ; Cukro, p. 25, 75-76 (47)
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