Craig,   You’re right in that I should have listed William Ball, I & Hannah Atherold.    However, I wasn’t sure how conclusive the evidence is for this marriage to Hannah Atherold, and I also wasn’t entirely confident of my own data on William Ball, I as far as dates were concerned (I had more concrete data on William Ball, II who married Margaret Williamson).   I don’t know if there is documentation to support it, but I have seen Hannah Atherold listed as the daughter of Thomas Atherold and Mary Vesey (Atherold was a Suffolk, England family).    I have always found this supposed Vesey connection intriguing as I see this surname elsewhere.   For instance, the Dameron Family Association has conducted research (led by John Dameron whose sister Syl Vaden is a member of this List) of the Damerons in Suffolk, England and found a marriage record for George Dameron to Elizabeth Gosnold in 1555 in Suffolk, England.   George Dameron & Elizabeth Gosnold (married 1555) may possibly be the great-grandparents of emigrant ancestor Lawrence Dameron who was married to Dorothy MNU.   It appears this Elizabeth Gosnold who married George Dameron in 1555 was the daughter of Edmund Gosnold and Grace MNU.   Edmund Gosnold had nephew Robert Gosnold who married Mary Vesey.    This Robert Gosnold and Mary Vesey are ancestors of Bartholomew Gosnold, the Jamestowne founder.   Lazarus Taylor of Northumberland Co., VA supposedly married Mary Vesey.   I don’t have proof, but suspect that this Lazarus Taylor is a brother (or related somehow)  of the widow Elizabeth Dennis who married George Dameron, son of emigrant ancestor Lawrence Dameron (I descend from two of the sons of emigrant Lawrence Dameron & Dorothy MNU – Bartholomew who married Elizabeth Garlington and George who married widow Elizabeth Dennis).   Anyway, this brings us back to a question previously discussed on this List.   Where is the English home of the William Ball, I family?   Suffolk or perhaps even Norfolk seem to me to be likely locations.   Here is an excerpt from the William & Mary Quarterly on this subject:   http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915162   Thanks. David From: Craig Kilby <persisto1@gmail.com> To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Revised Patriarch List Just wondering here why David isn't using the emigrant, William-1 Ball instead of his son William-2. Might make more sense if he did this: BALL, William 1650-1680 Lancaster: David Brown WILLIAMSON, James 1600s Essex: David Brown I'd be tempted to add: ATHEROLD, Hannah d 1695 Lancaster (widow of William-1 Ball): David Brown