Ens. John Ball

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Ens. John Ball

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fairfax County, Province of Virginia
Death: December 14, 1814 (68)
Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Moses Ball and Ann Nancy Ball
Husband of Mary Ann Ball
Father of Anna Shreve; Robert Ball; William Ball, Sr.; Dabney Ball; Horatio Ball and 7 others
Brother of Moses Ball, II; Robert Ball; George Ball; Basil Ball; Lt. James Ball and 6 others

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Immediate Family

About Ens. John Ball

Children:

  1. Anna BALL Born: 3 Dec 1774 at Fairfax Co., VA. Married Jehu SHREVE.
  2. Robert BALL Born: 13 Nov 1776 at: Fairfax Co., VA Died: 21 May 1861 at: Alexandria, Fairfax Co., VA. Married Ann THRIFT.

John & Mary (Thrift) Ball were married on December 12, 1773.

John was a soldier with the 6th VA Infantry during the Revolutionary War. He was ranked an Ensign. DAR Ancestor #: A005456.

To see pictures from John's *Find A Grave memorial, go to the Media section.

Per the Will of Moses Ball, father of John Ball, John received 25 acres, "beginning on the South side of Four Mile Run at the White Oak corner of General Washington's, thence with Washington's line to Alexander's line and the meanders of Long Branch westwardly until the quantity of twenty-five acres is made then with a southerly line from the Long Branch to said line of Alexander."

Link to the Will of Moses Ball (John's father): http://www.ronulrich.com/rfuged/nti06360.htm. John was co-Executor of his father's Will, along with Mr. Joseph Birch.

Per *Find A Grave Memorial # 36746700: Ballston in Arlington County, VA was named for the Ball family who owned Ball's Tavern at Ball's Crossroads in the early 1800s (N. Glebe Rd. & Wilson Blvd).

Children of John & Mary (Thrift) Ball:

  • John Ball Jr. (1770-1823) m. Marian Bowling/Bolling
  • Anna (Ball) Shreve (1774-1871?) m. John Jehu Shreve, Thomas Allison
  • Robert Ball (1776-1861) m. Ann Thrift
  • William Ball (1779-1862) m. Sarah Cassidy.
  • Aquilla Ball (1783-1814)
  • Horatio Ball, Sr. (1785-1872) m. Catherine Marcey
  • James Ball
  • Rev. Dabney Ball (1787-1857) m. Penelope Mills
  • Mary (Ball) Allison (1793-) m. John Thomas Allison
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Ens. John Ball's Timeline

1746
July 25, 1746
Fairfax County, Province of Virginia
1774
December 31, 1774
Fairfax County, Virginia
1776
November 13, 1776
Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
1781
June 21, 1781
Annandale, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
November 30, 1781
Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
1787
October 21, 1787
Georgetown, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
1814
December 14, 1814
Age 68
Fairfax, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
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Virginia, United States