John Ball (abt. 1548 - abt. 1628)

Born about 5 May 1548 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Died about 1628 at about age 79 in Berkshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ball Name Study.

John Ball was the son of John Ball and Agnes Holloway, according to the Ball family pedigree in the Visitation of London.^[1] Walne considered his mother to be John's other wife Alice Haynes.^[2]

He is estimate here as born in 1548, likely in the family estate in Wokingham, Berkshire, England. However no source is identified for this.

John inherited the family estate when his father died in 1599.^[1][2]

John Ball married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Webb of Ruscombe, Berkshire.^[2] They had five sons and six daughters: William, Thomas, George, Richard & Samuel; Rachel, Elizabeth, Susan, Als, Dorothy & Mary.^[2][1]

John apparently died in 1628, presumably in Wokingham, Berkshire, England.^[1] However Walne indicates there is no trace of his will nor of his burial at Wokingham.^[2]

Research Notes

A monograph by Mary Ball Washington apparently indicates the following dates for their children:^[3]

1. RACHAEL BALL, b. 1568.
2. WILLIAM BALL, b. 1573, Wiltshire, England
3. THOMAS BALL, b. 1575.
4. RICHARD BALL, b. 1577.
5. GEORGE BALL, b. 1579.
6. SAMUEL BALL, b. 1581.
7. RACHAEL BALL, b. 1583.
8. ELIZABETH BALL, b. 1585.
9. SUSAN BALL, b. 1587.
10. ALIS BALL, b. 1589.
11. DOROTHY BALL, b. 1591.
12. MARY BALL, b. 1593.

Note that son William is considered in some family trees to be father to Colonel William of Millenbeck, immigrant to Virginia, and in turn to the US president George Washington. However see Walne for some discussion of that link as of 1959.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "The Visitation of London, 1633, 1634 and 1635", Volume 1, page 40, by H St George and Richard St George. (The Harleian Society, London, 1880). https://archive.org/details/visitationoflond01stge/
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} "The English ancestry of Colonel William Ball of Millenback", by Peter Walne, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 67, Number 4 (Oct 1959), page 400. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4246576
3. ↑ Monograph: Mary Ball Washington Note: Not reviewed, as this link generates warning messages in browser. March 2024

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of David Rentschler Family Tree_2010-09-30.ged on 01 October 2010.
• This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.