COL. JAMES BALL, (10—9), of "Bewdley," Lancaster Co., Va., b. Dec. 31, 1718; d. Nov. 24, 1789; served as a Vestryman of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland Co., 1744-89, and Warden in 1745; and Treasurer in 1785; was a Burgess from Lancaster, 1755; High Sheriff and of the Convention of 1788;

Married (first) unknown; (second) Mildred , b. 1725; d. Dec. 1, 1751; (third) 1753, Letitia Lee b. 1731 died 1811.

See Lee of Virginia 1642-1892 edited by Edmund Jennings Lee. Heritage Press 2008, pages 234 - 236, especially page 235.

See his wife, Letitia Lee's profile for a link to her gravestone which gives her husband as Col. James Ball and her father as Richard of Ditchley.