Most Interesting> There is another Blue Ball Farm, in Chester County. It is on the N. side of the PRR tracks at Daylesford between the Lincoln Highway and Bear Hill, Rt. 202. I am away from home and my sources, so that's a guess. Blue Ball Inn sits at the corner of Roberts Road in back of Daylesford Train Station. In the mid 1700s the farm and Inn were acquired by Dr. Bernardus VanLeer of Marple Township. He left parts of it (including the Inn) it to his daughter, Mary VanLeer Moore, and to his son, Isaac Wayne VanLeer. Isaac died in middle-age, leaving a wife and about 10 kids, and very little money. His farm was sold and resold over the years, though smaller and smaller pieces of it remained in the VanLeer family. Today, that land belongs to Conestoga High School and its school buildings and athletic fields cover much of the acreage. A VanLeer log cabin, part of the farm in the early 1800s, remains as an historical building. The school and its students have kept it up as a history lesson for years.. Mary left her farm to her daughter, Priscilla Moore Robinson -- and it is Prissy's ghost who is said to haunt the Inn. Prissy married three, maybe four, times: Robinson, Cahill, Reese, and ? She had no children of her own, so she left her estate to the daughters of her sister, Mary. Prissy lived to be 100 years old and is buried in Great Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, as Priscilla Robinson, I think. The ghost story is that the remains of three bodies were found buried under the cellar's dirt floor, and they are believe to be Prissy's 3 husbands: Legend has it she killed them all. Nice! And her ghost wanders the rooms of the Inn (now a home) at night, wearing a bloody nightgown and the noises heard ore those of closets and drawers opening and shutting as she frantically searches for a clean gown. And yes, Priscilla had a tavern license and did a good business as an inkeeper and stage station. Real ghosts in our closets. Marj --- Don Roberts <ponerse@gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting, thanks for sharing Helen. > > On 3/15/07, HMWEBBER@aol.com <HMWEBBER@aol.com> wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > > > Yesterday, I went to the presentation regarding Blue Ball Farm -- > > (Foulk Road & Rt. 202), it was fantastic! Now, I know what "Blue Ball" > > means -- you learn something new everyday. (No matter how old > > you get!) :D > > > > In Delaware Co., PA, there is a Blue Ball Ave that runs from > > Chichester Ave in Upper Chichester Township down to Post Road in > > Marcus Hook, Lower Chichester Township. In the past, Blue Ball Ave > > did continue on into what is now Sun Refinery and most likely went as > > far as the Delaware River. > > > > For many years, I have been intrigued and wondered where and > > how the name "Blue Ball" came to be. Of course my mind would > > imagine many different scenarios. Over the years, many others have > > asked this same question, what does Blue Ball mean? > > > > Well it is all very simple, at a stagecoach station a "Blue Ball" > > would be placed on top of a pole when the there were passengers > > awaiting to board a "stagecoach!" When placing a "Blue Ball" on the > > top of the pole, the stagecoach driver would only need to take a > > glance -- if there was no "Blue Ball" he would be on his merry way. > > The moral of the story, the stagecoach drivers "in the days of Ole" > > had time schedules to keep, too. > > > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > > > > > > > > ************************************** > > AOL now offers free email to everyone. > > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Don Roberts - don@roberts.net > http://www.myspace.com/donroberts > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message