Mary (Kensey) Ball (abt. 1633 - bef. 1670)

Born about 1633 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Ball — married 1 Mar 1662 (to before Jul 1677) in Baltimore, Maryland

Died before 28 Jul 1670 before about age 37 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Mary (Kensey) Ball was a Maryland colonist.

Origin

Mary Humphreys is believed to be the daughter of Hugh Kensey. The evidence for this relationship is given as follows:

On 22 May 1660, Hugh Kinsey entered his right to claim 400 acres that he surveyed along the Patapsco River in 1659. He transported the following persons to Maryland: Hugh Kinsey, Richard Meredith, Abraham South, Mary Humphreys, Elizabeth Kinsey, Mary Humphreys, Jr , Paul Kinsey, and Edward Norson. ^[1] Mary appears to be a widow with a daughter in this land claim, but all of the people listed do not have to be related to Hugh Kensey.

Mary was mentioned in the 1667 will of Hugh Kensey as follows:

should the said Elizabeth die without issue , then that which is bequeathed to her is to go to Mary Humphreys, but if Mary Humphreys should decease, then my desire is that my estate should be equally divided among the rest of my children.^[2]

Evidence in Baltimore County

Mary Humphreys was deceased before 28 JUL 1670 when a warrant was given to W. Ball to resurvey the several acres belonging to the orphan of Humphreys or his own father Ball. Just below this statement was the warrant to resurvey for Mary Humphrys orphant of Thomas Humphryes of the county of Baltimore decd. a parcel of land called East Humphreys cont. 300 acres. At the same time William Ball was given a warrant to resurvey a 420 acre parcel called Ballistone. ^[3]

Marriage to Richard Ball

A patented date 23 FEB 1677 to Hannah Ball , daughter of Richard Ball , late of Baltimore County, deceased for 300 acres in Baltimore County, called East Humphreys. The tract was patented 13 FB 1659 to Thomas Humphreys who died leaving one daughter, Mary Humphreys, and devised the land by will to his wife Mary Humphreys. Mary Humphreys, widow of Thomas Humphreys, conveyed the land to her daughter and shortly after wed Richard Ball by whom she had one daughter, Hannah Ball.

Mary Humphreys, daughter of Thomas and Mary obtained a re-survey on said land and a patent on the re-survey dated 10 June 1671 , but subsequently died without issue . Richard Ball and Mary, his wife, are both dead, and William Ball administrator of Richard Ball , petitions for an extension of the patent to Hannah Ball , sole daughter of Richard and Mary, as heir to her sister, Mary Humphreys. Whereupon the patent was issued as prayed. ^[4]

Marriage & Family

Mary was married first to Thomas Humphreys of Rappahannock, Virginia and they were the parents of one known daughter.

Mary Humphreys b. abt. 1658 and d. bef. 1677

Mary Humphreys was married to her second husband, Richard Ball before 1 MAR 1661/62 and was living on the tract called East Humphreys. ^[5]Mary and Richard were the parents of one daughter:

Hannah Ball b. abt. 1663 m. before 1682 to Thomas Everest.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Maryland Patents Liber 4 folio 565 [msa.maryland.gov]
2. ↑ Prerogative Court Wills of Maryland Liber 1 folio 291 [msa.maryland.gov
3. ↑ Maryland Patents Liber 12 folio 598 [msa.maryland.gov]
4. ↑ Maryland Patents Liber 20 folio 10 [msa.maryand.gov]
5. ↑ Baltimore County Deeds Liber RM HS folio 7
6. ↑ Baltimore County Deeds Liber IR AM folio 176

Original sources indicating she was daughter of Hugh Kinsey and widow of Thomas Humphrey are discussed in The William Ball Family of Virginia. by Claudette M. Atwood Maerz, The William Ball Family of Virginia, Bloomington, MN: author (1993), digital copy available on familysearch.org, pp. 6-8