David, Wow. I do not how your are coming up with these conclusions. The only "parchments" I can remember reading about were papers only Hayden had seen. Not Walne. Walne never said anything except that William Ball, the emigrant, was NOT from Barkham Manor, he MAY have been from Northamptonshire, and that Hanna his wife was NOT a daughter of Thomas Atherold of London. There is nothing difficult here. Craig On Nov 1, 2012, at 1:50 PM, DAVID BROWN wrote: > Thanks Kathleen. I have read the Walne article, and he does not state William Ball of Virginia may be a son of Richard Ball of Northamptonshire. He only states that William Ball may be connected to the Northamptonshire family. However, I think Walne's statement to this effect is based on very flimsy evidence (a Parchment that no one has seen) and not sure how this meets the genealogical standards/expectations as set forth by others on this List. Recently, I quoted a late 1500's will from Suffolk, England which specifically mentioned a Ball and was told it was fantastic and speculative. Yet, it seems List members are more than willing to accept Walne's statement regarding the Northamptonshire Ball family which is based on a supposed parchment invented by Heck (not Hayden). I don't get it. Is it because Walne is published and therefore given more freedom to speculate as he pleases??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathleen Much <much.bookdr@gmail.com> > Sender: va-northern-neck-bounces@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 06:30:17 > To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com<va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com> > Reply-To: va-northern-neck@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VA-NORTHERN-NECK] Richard Ball, > possible father of Wm the Immigrannt > > Here's what Peter Walne said about the Richard Ball he thought might possibly be (Walne did not claim he was) William's father: > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VA-NORTHERN-NECK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message