Someone asked me for my Ball lineage, so I typed it up. It took a while to do, so I want to post it. Here it is.
Note: My Ball line had been thought to be related to George Washington's Ball line. George Washington's mother was Mary Ball. Mary's father was Joseph Ball, and his parents were William and Hannah (nee Atherold) Ball.
My John Ball of Stafford County, VA, was thought to be the son of Richard Ball, who was the brother of Joseph, making John and George's mother, Mary, first cousins.
It is true that John Ball of Stafford and George Washington were neighbors in what is now Arlington, VA. George called John Ball's son, Moses, "cousin."
Moses Ball mentioned in his will (dated 1786), land to be granted to his son John, "to my son John, 25 acres of land beginning on the south side of Four Mile Run, at the White Oak, corner of Genl. Washington, thence with Washington line to Alexanders line and thence with Alexanders line, and the meanders of Long Branch westwardly until the quantity of 25 acres is made." Moses also mentioned in his will, "my executors to pay as soon as possible to his excellency, Gen. Washington, the sum of ten pounds with interest, a sum I borrowed from him."
Read more here: http://www.commuterpage.com/walk/go/gwforest.html
So...while Y-DNA tests have disproved the connection between John Ball of Stafford County, VA, and Mary Ball's grandfather, we still feel there may be a familial connection there. We do not know what the connection is. Perhaps they were very distant cousins.
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Robert Aaron Boyd was my great-great grandfather.
Note: My Ball line had been thought to be related to George Washington's Ball line. George Washington's mother was Mary Ball. Mary's father was Joseph Ball, and his parents were William and Hannah (nee Atherold) Ball.
My John Ball of Stafford County, VA, was thought to be the son of Richard Ball, who was the brother of Joseph, making John and George's mother, Mary, first cousins.
It is true that John Ball of Stafford and George Washington were neighbors in what is now Arlington, VA. George called John Ball's son, Moses, "cousin."
Moses Ball mentioned in his will (dated 1786), land to be granted to his son John, "to my son John, 25 acres of land beginning on the south side of Four Mile Run, at the White Oak, corner of Genl. Washington, thence with Washington line to Alexanders line and thence with Alexanders line, and the meanders of Long Branch westwardly until the quantity of 25 acres is made." Moses also mentioned in his will, "my executors to pay as soon as possible to his excellency, Gen. Washington, the sum of ten pounds with interest, a sum I borrowed from him."
Read more here: http://www.commuterpage.com/walk/go/gwforest.html
So...while Y-DNA tests have disproved the connection between John Ball of Stafford County, VA, and Mary Ball's grandfather, we still feel there may be a familial connection there. We do not know what the connection is. Perhaps they were very distant cousins.
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Robert Aaron Boyd was my great-great grandfather.
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Robert Aaron Boyd, son of Jonathan and Mary "Polly" (nee Burnett) Boyd http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/photos/jonboyd.html, b. 4 Oct 1844 Russell Co., VA, d. 7 Feb 1914 Swords Creek, Russell Co., VA, buried Ball/Boyd Cemetery, Honaker, Russell Co., VA,
m. 20 Jan 1866 (Russell Co., VA) Polly Angeline Ball, dau of William Lee and Sydney Jane (nee Fletcher) Ball, b. 27 Dec 1847 Russell Co., VA, d. 30 Apr 1923 Honaker, Russell Co., VA, buried Ball/Boyd Cemetery, Honaker, Russell Co., VA. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/photos/rabfam.html
William Lee Ball, son of John T. and Mary "Polly" (nee Ball) Ball, b. 20 Dec 1820 , VA, d. 16 Aug 1901 Russell Co., VA, buried Ball/Boyd Cemetery, Honaker, Russell Co., VA,
m. 14 Jan 1847 (Russell Co., VA) Sydney Jane Fletcher, dau of James and Celia (nee Thompson) Fletcher, b. 21 Oct 1822 Russell Co., VA, d. 27 Feb 1863 Russell Co., VA, buried Ball/Boyd Cemetery, Honaker, Russell Co., VA.
John Tunnell Ball, son of George and Elizabeth (nee Tunnell) Ball, b. 10 Jun 1779, Fairfax or Alexandria Co., VA, d. 27 Jul 1863, New Garden, Russell Co., VA, buried John Ball Cemetery, Gardner, Russell Co., VA,
m. abt ca 1805 (probably at her family home, Beech Creek, Hawkins Co., TN) Mary "Polly" Ball, dau of Moses and Mary Ann (nee Hardin) Ball, b. 4 May 1788 Fairfax Co., Virginia, d. 11 Feb 1856 New Garden, Russell Co., VA, buried probably John Ball Cemetery.
George Ball, son of Moses and Ann (nee Brashears) Ball, b. 1752 Fairfax Co., VA, d. 24 Dec 1825 Russell Co., VA, buried probably New Garden, Russell Co., VA,
m. abt 1777 (Fairfax Co.?) Elizabeth Tunnell, dau of William and Ann (nee Howard) Tunnell, b. ca 1744 Virginia, d. ?? (probably New Garden, Russell Co., VA), buried probably New Garden.
Moses Ball, son of John and Winifred (nee Williams) Ball, b. 2 May 1717 Stafford Co., VA, d. 1792 Fairfax Co., VA, buried probably Fairfax Co.,
m. 23 Jun 1745 (place ??) Nancy Ann Brashears, dau of Robert and Charity (nee Dowell) Brashears, b. 26 Sep 1729 (Prince George's Co., MD), d. 30 Nov 1816 (Fairfax Co., VA), buried probably Fairfax Co.
John Ball, son of (James?) and (??), b. 1660-1677 prob. Stafford Co., VA, d. 1722 Stafford Co., VA, m. (1) (Sinah?), m. (2) abt 1710 (place?), Winifred Williams, dau of William and Ann (nee Harrison?) Williams, b. abt 1690 Charles Co., MD, d. 1751/52 Fairfax Co., VA.
