Ann Ball

The first documented evidence of Ann Ball was her mention in her father's Will, from which she inherited 590 acres, with her sister Martha, on both sides of Piney Branch: "Item: I give to my daughter Martha Ball and my daughter Ann Ball that Tract of land lying situate and being on both sides of Piney Branch containing Five Hundred Ninety five acres equally to be divided between my two daughters Martha & Ann and to their heirs lawfully begotten of their bodys for ever but in default of such heirs that then to fall to the next male heir."

Whether or not Ann Ball, daughter of John Ball I married or had issue is unknown. It has been stated incorrectly that this Ann Ball married a Samuel Hawes in 1749, but in fact, an Ann Ralls of Overwharton Parish married him. This error was due to Boogher's misreading of the name Ann Ralls as Ann Ball. This error was later corrected by G.H.S. King in his compilation of the Overwharton Parish register.

Sources: "The Ball Family of the Potomac (1654-2004)" by Doris LeClerc Ball, PH.D. and George L. Ball, M.S. pages 18-19; and "Ball Family History" by Joan Huseman Ball (1980).

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