Sarah Young married 3 times in rather quick succession. She m1) Spencer Mottrom and had Mary and Spencer. She m2) William Howson and as far as I know had no children by him. She m3) Richard Ball, who became guardian of her older children. She had Sarah, Margaret, Hannah, and Easter by Richard. (By the way, Easter and Esther were interchangeable spellings in the 17th and 18th centuries. Numerous women are found with both spellings in the records. It's a clue to the way the name was pronounced then.) When Mary Mottrom grew up, she m1) Joseph Ball and m2) William Lowry. Kathleen On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 Janean wrote: > > All this information is getting me confused. > > David(1) d. 1669 m. Mary Unknown and had > David (2) b. 1647 d. 1702 m Hannah Ball. > Hannah m. John2 Mottrom > Rebecca m. Robert Tomlin > > Hannah and John Mottrom had Spencer... Who m. Sarah Young and they had > Spencer Jr. and Mary. Spencer-1 dies and daughter Mary picks Richard Ball > as her guardian... But then soon marries Joseph Ball. OK so I have Mary > and > Joseph's marriage correct, I'm just mixed up on the marriage of Spencer. > However...... The Richard Ball that was most likely the guardian..... I > show > Sarah Young m. Capt. Richard Ball abt. 1700. The same time Spencer died > coincidentally. So DID Sarah m. Richard after the death of Spencer and go > on to have Margaret Ball (William Ball) Sarah Ball (John Selden) Hannah > Ball and Easter Ball? > >