James Ball Jr. (abt. 1718 - 1789)

Born about 24 Nov 1718 in Bewdley, Lancaster, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred (Smith) Ball — married 1745 in Lancaster, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1789 at about age 71 in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

James Ball, Jr.
The Young Colonel of Bewdley or The Young Colonel.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Origins

Born 31 Dec 1789 in Lancaster County, VA. His family's 3rd generation in Lancaster County.

Early Life

• 1744 - Received 400 lbs. tobacco for keeping John Hogan.
• 1756 - Sold George Chewning an estate he had bought from William Ball, gentleman.
• 1760 - Appointed to procession the land.
• Frequently a Church Warden
• For many years a Delegate and in 1788 Member Virginia Convention.

Family.

• Married Lettice Lee born 1731, Ditchley, Northumberland County, died 17 Nov 1811

Occupation

• Vestryman of St. Stevens Parish, Northumberland County, VA. Elected Oct 1744. Took the Oath 12 Nov 1744
• Elected Church Warden 1745 when his father was in the vestry
• Frequently a Church Warden
• 1755 - Burgess for Lancaster County, VA, and then resigned the same year to become the Sheriff.

Death & Legacy

Burial

Buried at St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, VA. Inscription: "2nd son of James and Mary Ball, his second wife, daughter of Edwin Conway."

Sources

1. ↑ Harold E. Ball, From Saddlebags to Satellites, The Story of Shadrach D Ball, (Ball Printing Service, PO Box 63, Uniontown, KS, USA; Copyright 1990), page 5.
2. ↑ Earl L. W. Heck, Colonel William Ball of Virginia, The Great-Grandfather of Washington, (Sydney Wm. Dutton, 103 Newgate Street, London, E.C.1.MCMXXVII).>
3. ↑ Stella Picket Hardy, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families Who Settled in the Colonies prior to the Revolution., (Baltimore, MD: Southern Book Co., 1958.), page 35.
4. ↑ Horace Edwin Hayden, Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland, E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891
5. ↑ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, editor, Encyclopaedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I -, II, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY 1915), page 177.