William Ball, of New Haven

Not the same as William Ball of Lincoln's Inn

This profile represents the William Ball who emigrated to New Haven by 1638 and died there in 1648.

Children of Alling Ball of London & his unknown wife

3. William Ball4 d. c Apr 1648. No known wife or children.

http://www.newenglandballproject.com/p312.htm#i22650

Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ball-2064

"William Ball died in New Haven, intestate and probably without issue, in the month of April, 1648. The inventory of his estate, taken on the 30th of April of that year, was presented to the Court held at New Haven. The amount of his estate was L13.0.9d."[1][2]

Jacobus theorized that this was the William Ball, cousin to John Ball, testator of 1638 who made a bequest to "the wife of my cousin William Ball who is beyond the seas." He suggests the possibility that he might have been brother of Alling Ball, emigrant to New Haven; but he could just as easily been a cousin.[3]

Biography

This profile for William Ball, III, is an amalgamation of of at least two or three different men. The William Ball of New Haven, CT, was NOT the same as the William Ball of Lincoln's Inn, London, who was born in Wokingham, Berkshire, and married Alice Waltham. According to the New England Ball Project, cited below:

William Ball of New Haven was probably the son of Alling Ball.1 William Ball died circa April 1648 at New Haven, New Haven Co., CT.1

William Ball first appeared in New Haven records in 1643 (a few months after first record for Alling Ball). There is nothing to show that William left any family. He is assumed to have died about April 1648, because of a probate record in the New Haven Book I of an inventory, taken "30th of 2d mo. 1648" (i.e., 30 April 1648), by Thos. Trowbridge and Joseph Allsup, £13:00:09 for the estate of William Ball. Comment by DGB: This William Ball has been assumed to be a brother of Alling Ball because of his early presence in New Haven CT. Since his estate was left to town officials to settle, it is not certain that he actually was brother of Alling. 2

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There have been DNA tests completed for descendants of Alling Ball of New Haven CT, Francis Ball of Springfield MA and Francis Ball of Dorchester MA and both purported sons of John Ball of Watertown and those DNA results are different from both and William Ball of VA, as well as from each other. None of the early Ball immigrants to New England are genetically related to William Ball of VA or, for that matter, to each other.

Source: David G. Ball, "6 Brothers Myth," The New England Ball Project, https://www.newenglandballproject.com/ui15.htm

See also David G. Ball, "Adventures with a DNA Study: 'What? I’m Not Related to George Washington!' American Ancestors, Summer 2011, pp. 44-45, https://www.newenglandballproject.com/nehgsarticle.pdf

Disambiguation

The William Ball of Lincoln's Inn, England, who was one of four attorneys in the Office of Pleas and Exchequer, never left England and in fact died in England, so he could not be the same man as the William Ball of New Haven. William Ball of Lincoln's Inn, the son of John Ball II, was born between 1601 and 1603. On 16 July 1627, at the parish church of St. Gregory by St. Paul in the City of London, he married Alice, daughter of Richard Waltham of London. His widow, Alice, was the executrix of his will. There is no record of him ever marrying Joanna King or Dorothy Tuttle. He died in England in late 1647. In his will, William left legacies of £500 each to his four daughters and his sons, Richard and Samuel. There was no reference to a son called William, but 'A Parish Booke for Wokingham ex Dono Willelmi Ball', which William Ball had presented to the parish of Wokingham in 1636, into which local records (e.g. charity deeds) were copied, contains a copy of a 1641 deed of appointment of new almshouse trustees, including William Ball of Wokingham, gentleman, and William Ball, "sonne and heir apparant" of William Ball.

Please see the following excellent sources about William Ball of Lincoln's Inn:

D.J. French. The Ancestry of the Balls of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Virginia. Online: https://maryballwashington.com/. 2013, accessed 20 Sep 2021.

Peter Walne. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1959), pp. 399-405 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Article Online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4246576. accessed 20 Sep 2021. Also available at http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/ball.richard.html

I am not going to attempt to untangle these different William Balls. Their profiles should not have been merged, and a separate one for William Ball of New Haven (with no known parents, siblings, wife, or children) needs to be created.

Keith Riggle, 20 Sep 2021

Notes

• Please see the New England Ball Project for assistance in clarifying this Lineage. Their site is http://www.newenglandballproject.com/index.htm
• Alling Ball is not a son. See http://www.newenglandballproject.com/ui18.htm#a0
• no relation to Col. William Ball of Millenbeck, VA. See The English Ancestry of Colonel William Ball of Millenbeck. Peter Walne. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1959), pp. 399-405 Published by: Virginia Historical Society Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4246576

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From http://www.newenglandballproject.com/ui15.htm

The Six Brothers Myth

"Of course the first cold water to be thrown on this fable was the proof by the highly respected genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus that Alling Ball of New Haven CT was the son of an Alling Ball of London, England (see "The American Genealogist", Vol. 10, pp. 208-212). The real clincher is DNA testing; see the Project DNA study (also see FamilyTreeDNA Ball Study). There have been DNA tests completed for descendants of Alling Ball of New Haven CT, Francis Ball of Springfield MA and Francis Ball of Dorchester MA and both purported sons of John Ball of Watertown and those DNA results are different from both and William Ball of VA, as well as from each other.  None of the early Ball immigrants to New England are genetically related to William Ball of VA or, for that matter, to each other."

Sources

• The New England Ball Project, https://www.newenglandballproject.com/g1/p1080.htm#i26993 cites
• [S17] Ball Families of North America as collected by Dr. Joseph L. Druse (1915-2004), 3x5 inch index card file, last updated December 2001, Personal Library of David G. Ball, North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• [S414] Donald Lines Jacobus, "Notes on the Ball Family of New Haven, Conn.," The American Genealogist, vol. 10 (1931): p. 208.