Hi Norma There is only a short paragraph in Jones' book about the Balls. He says that "whether or not the Balls of Co. Limerick were of German ancestry is not yet firmly proven. There was, however, a 1709er family who settled in colonial America, descended from Johannes Ball and his wife Anna Catharina of 6719 Mauchenheim near Alzey, Germany [see my The Palatine Families of N.Y. Vol 1 pp. 14-16, for more on this interesting group] John Switzer of Dublin assigned a house to John Ball on 24 April 1784. A John Ball of Kilscannel parish md. Elizabeth Bovenhoizer of the same parish 3 Oct 1786; James Ball md. Margaret Shouldice of Killiheen 24 Nov 1790, and perhaps he was the same man as the James Ball, weaver of Killiheen, bur. 30 Nov 1800 (Rathkeale Chbk.)" That is all. Mary -----Original Message----- From: Norma Moug <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [IP] Palatine Families of Ireland > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Casey Family" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 7:36 PM >Subject: [IP] Palatine Families of Ireland > > >> The book "The Palatine Families of Ireland " apparently mentions the >surname BALL. My local library cannot get it for me on library loan. They >found one copy but it was not for loan. Could someone tell me if there is >another place I could try or could someone please tell me if my family is >even mentioned. >> Thank you inadvance >> Brenda >> Ontario, Canada >> Researching BALL,PYPHER/PIPHER in Limerick, Ireland >> >> >> ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== >> You can't plough a field merely by turning it over in your mind. >> > > >==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== >My folks didn't come over on the Mayflower, but >they were there to meet the boat. Will Rogers > >

Sorry, It was Brenda who was interested in Ball families. I merely indicated some of the books H. Jones had published on the Palatines. Thanks anyway, I'm sure Brenda will see it. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Wallace" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:28 AM Subject: Re: [IP] Palatine Families of Ireland > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Casey Family" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 7:36 PM > >Subject: [IP] Palatine Families of Ireland > > > > > >> The book "The Palatine Families of Ireland " apparently mentions the > >surname BALL. My local library cannot get it for me on library loan. They > >found one copy but it was not for loan. Could someone tell me if there is > >another place I could try or could someone please tell me if my family is > >even mentioned. > >> Thank you inadvance > >> Brenda > >> Ontario, Canada > >> Researching BALL,PYPHER/PIPHER in Limerick, Ireland > >> > >> > >> ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > >> You can't plough a field merely by turning it over in your mind. > >> > > > > > >==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > >My folks didn't come over on the Mayflower, but > >they were there to meet the boat. Will Rogers > > > > > > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > Feel free to submit to the IP GenConnect boards. Here are two: > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Special/IRL-PalatineBibl > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/Special/IRL-PalatineBios >