Benjamin Ball (1742 - 1810)

Born 13 Sep 1742 in St. Paul's Parish, Stafford, Virginia

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Descendants

Died 1810 at about age 67 in Adair, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Ball performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Benjamin Ball, Jr. was born September 13, 1742, in St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, a son of Benjamin Ball, born November 18, 1719, in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia and his wife, Anne Owen, of that Parish. Benjamin died in 1810.^[1]

About 1673, [this is a typo] Benjamin married Anna Smith McIntosh, born November 10,1748, in St Paul's Parish, Stafford county, Virginia. ^[2]

Benjamin was residing in Fauquier county, Virginia at the time of the American Revolutionary War. Benjamin rendered material aid to the cause of the Continental Army, for which he was reimbursed after the end of the War. ^[3] Benjamin is honored for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A005387. DAR records indicate that Benjamin died before March 5, 1807, in Fauquier county, Virginia and that his wife's name was Ann. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made the the descendants of their sons, James Ball, who married Anna Claypoole; David Ball, who married Sarah MacNeal; and Benjamin Ball, III, who married Nancy Dodd; and of their daughters, Mary Ball, who married George Creel; and Clementine Ball, who married Rodham Lunsford. Note: these are all children of his double first cousin Benjamin Ball (1736-1807).^[4]

U.S. Bounty War Land Warrant

Name: Benjamin Ball

Date of Warrant: 25 Feb 1796

War: Revolutionary

1. of Acres: 100 ^[5]

Research Notes

For new sources and analysis of this family see, Ronald Ames Hill, The Ancestors and Descendants of Reuben Ball: The Ball Migration: Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and Points West 1653-1900 (Star, Idaho: Chaghill Publications, 2007), pages 59-72; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/559205/?offset=&return=1#page=85 : accessed 27 August 2023). I have only partially conformed this profile to reflect Mr. Hill's findings and research.

Sources

1. ↑ Ronald Ames Hill, The Ancestors and Descendants of Reuben Ball: The Ball Migration: Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, and Points West 1653-1900 (Star, Idaho: Chaghill Publications, 2007), page 63; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/559205/?offset=&return=1#page=89 : accessed 27 August 2023).
2. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I90075&tree=Tree1
3. ↑ ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 346
4. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A005387
5. ↑ U.S., War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data:U.S. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio and Relating Papers (Acts of 1788, 1803, and 1806), 1788-1806; Microfilm Publication M829, 16 rolls; ARC ID: 635444. Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at Washington, D.C.War of 1812 Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1815-1858; Microfilm Publication M848, 14 rolls; ARC ID: 4923870. Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at Washington, D.C. [1]

• Ronald A. Hill, PhD, CG in The American Genealogist, October 2003, Vol. 78, No. 4, Page 294.
• Birth recorded in the St. Paul's Parish, Stafford County, Virginia. King, Register of St. Paul's parish, 1715-1776, 6.