Craig and David This is Thomas BALL who mar Sarah Bell and their dau. Catherine/Katherine Ball mar. Abraham Bledsoe. Henry Bell died in 1695 and in July/1698 Lancaster Co.arising out of another law suit that originated from the will of Henry Bell. The action of debt brought by Wm. Ball of Richard Ball, executor of Capt. Wm. Ball, deceased and Ffranciso Fforizal.next for Wm. ball to produce his fathers books, the business depending at this court between Thomas Ball and Wm. Wren plaintiff and Andrew Jackson and Wm. Lister, defendants/defemdamts cpmcermong a egacu govem tp Wm. Wren and Catherine Ball ye daughter of Thomas Ball.on and on I can fax you a list of ideas of where to look. My library doesn`t have but half of the info. Not sure if it would help but worth a try. The info you stated below on Richard Ball is new to me. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Craig Kilby <[email protected]> To: va-northern-neck <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 7:03 pm Subject: Re: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] HAYDEN vs HILL Downing/Ball Connections Jim, I have never heard of a "Forgotten Thomas Ball" in relation to the Balls of Virginia. Eldest son Richard Ball was the subject of an article by that title some years ago. But Thomas is a new one for me. Can you provide some more detail here? Are we talking about BALL or BELL? Craig On Sep 12, 2011, at 7:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Craig and David, while your looking for Balls and the gentleman from NJ.. might want to take a look at a Thomas Ball, the forgotten Ball. I can not believe someone does not to research that. Maybe another son of Wm. Ball? Notes for Richard Ball: Wm. Ball of Richard Ball for Wm. Ball to produce his fathers books. Law suit arising out of another that Lancaster originated from the will of Henry Bell. This line of Bells brobably came fron Norfolk just above Suffolk. Edmund Bell was the MP and built the flag ship for the London Trading Co. in Suffolk. Let me talk to the man in NJ. Jim > > > > > This is very interesting news concerning future research of the Ball family in > England. I thought the Ball family of the Northern Neck stemmed from Suffolk > in England. Is this not true or do we really have no idea? There was > supposedly a Ball/Dameron marriage in the early 1600's in Suffolk (see below), > which many have attributed as evidence of an earlier connection between the two > families. > > "And there is still another item that seems to connect Col. William Ball with > County Suffolk. In the parish register of St. Matthew’s church, Ipswich, > Suffolk, is the entry of the marriage, 17 November, 1605, of Thomas Ball and > Anne Dameron, widow." Source: Ball, Cuppage and Dameron of Northumberland > County, Virginia By Charles H. Browning -- Genealogies of Virginia Families From > the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine > > Thanks. > > David > > From: Craig Kilby <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 1:39 PM > Subject: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] HAYDEN vs HILL Downing/Ball Connections > > On a side note, a gentleman from New Jersey is much interested in all things > Ball. He has relatives in England and will be going there next July and is > donating one day of time at PRO in Kew [though we may send him to > Northamtonshire instead]. We (MBW) are diligently working with him to collect > anything and everything we know of written about Balls in England. It is a mass > of material but Peter Walne's 1959 article remains the best source for clues, > along with the first part of Heck's booklet written in the 1920s. Nancy > McBride's book, *Gordon Kinship* has a lengthy section on records in England > that she identified but did not examine. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message