Hannah Ball

Hannah Atherold, seen as daughter of Thomas Atherold , Jr. and Mary Harvey, (disputed - see below) was born 1619 in London, Middlesex, England, and died 25 JUN 1695 in "Millenbeck"; Lancaster co., Virginia.

She married William Ball on 2nd July, 1638 in London. He was born about 1615 in England and died 15 OCT 1680 in "Millenbeck"; Lancaster co., Virginia. His parents are not known.

They came to Virginia with their children about 1650 (apparently Joseph came later & separately) and settled at the mouth of the Corontonian River in Lancaster County, Virginia.

Their 4 children were

1. Richard (1640 - 1677) "of Patapsco" Married Mary Kinsey
2. Capt. William II (1641 - 1694) "of Millenbeck." Married Margaret Williamson.
3. Col. Joseph (1649 - aft 1711) "of Epping Forest" Married Elizabeth Romney.
4. Hannah (1650 - 1694) Married David Fox.

notes

from http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/ball.william3.html

1695-Jun 25 - Hannah Ball, mother of this William(#3), writes her will and dies by Oct 12 1695. Her will is filed in Lancaster Co.,Virginia. Will Book 8, p. 102. June 25, 1695

In the name of God, Amen, I, Hannah Ball, widow and relict of Coll. William Ball late of the County of Lancaster, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament.

2. I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Hannah, one negro or Mulatto girl named ................, being increase of a negro woman named Bess given unto me by husband, Coll. William Ball.

3. I give and bequeath unto my grandson William Ball one negro woman named Bess.

4. My grandson James Ball.

5. My daughter Hannah Fox and Grandson William Ball executors.

I set my seal in the year of our Lord 1695-June 25.

Coats-of-Arms in Virgnia, "William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers," Vol. 1, No. 3. (Jan., 1893), pp. 167-171.

COATS-OF-ARMS IN VIRGINIA. (Additions to the List given in last Quarterly.)

HANNAH BALL: will, Lancaster, June 25th, 1695, and Richard and David Ball, bond, Lancaster, 1712, apparently the same arms. the seals of the two last are perfectly pre- served, and bear a bend between two lions rampant holding a globe in the dexter paw. That on Mrs. Ball's will is somewhat defaced, but shows the bend between what appears to be lions. Her crest, perfectly preserved, is a lion rampant with dexter paw extended (probably holding a globe). This coat differs somewhat from the well known emblazoning of the Ball arms, described by Hayden (Va. Genealogies) and others.

comments

Alternately spelled Hannah Atherall, mother's name may have been Vesey, not Harvey. lineage gets a bit tangled, see contradictions below:

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gdecourc...

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brownlee...

William, Edward, Richard, Samuel, Joseph, Hannah.

Hannah Atherold Ball's son Col. Joseph Ball was the father of Mary Ball, wife of Augustine Washington, and mother of President George Washington. Therefore, Hannah is George Washington's maternal great-grandmother.

Hannah Atherold was the daughter of Thomas Atherold of Suffolk, England. At some time prior to 2 Jun 1641, Hannah Atherold married Col. William Ball in London, England.

SOURCE: Married Well and Often, Marriages of the Northern Neck of VA, 1649 - 1800, Headley

Disputed Origins

http://maryballwashington.com/2013monograph2.pdf Page 54

By all accounts, Hannah and her four children (aged 5 to 16) were still living in England in 1655 (see Section G.16(c)), and it might appear strange for Thomas III's only grandchildren to be excluded from the scope of a comprehensive contingent family bequest when nieces were included.

14. A possible explanation for the absence of any reference to Hannah in Thomas Atherold III's will is that they were estranged or else that Hannah was a member of a different line of the Atherold family (which could explain why there is no reference to her in any of the pedigrees of the Atherold family of Burgh compiled by the Suffolk antiquarians). The parish registers and other primary sources provide evidence that there was probably more than one Atherold family living in Burgh and that there were also Atherold families at nearby Hasketon and Little Bealings, and doubtless I25 paragraph 45. elsewhere.

A list of potential alternative progenitors is set out in Appendix XVI,

15. Despite the survival of extensive primary sources, the pedigree of Hannah Atherold gives rise to considerable uncertainty:

• - there is doubt whether Hannah's maiden name was 'Atherold', 'Atherall' or 'Athereth', although there is some evidence that 'Atherall' may have been a variant of 'Atherold';
• - to date no public record of either the birth or marriage of Hannah Atherold/Atherall/Athereth (or of the marriage of her reputed parents) has been found;
• - there is doubt as to the veracity of the evidence linking Hannah to the Atherold family of Burgh in Suffolk and it is conceivable that the connection with Burgh derives merely from the copying of the Atherold entry in the Visitation of Suffolk 1664-68 on the hypothesis that Joseph Ball II had failed to find any references to 'Atherall' or 'Athereth' in the visitation books;
• - there is a strong possibility that Hannah was a member of a different line of the Atherold family or else was not of the Atherold family at all.

The total absence of any reference to Hannah amongst the extensive surviving evidence inevitably leads to the conclusion that it is highly improbable that Hannah came from Burgh or was the daughter of Thomas Atherold III.

References

• “Abstracts, Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills, 1653-1800” By Ida Johnson Lee. Page 6. GoogleBooks
• D. J. French, "The Ancestry of the Balls of Berkshire, Northamptonshire and Virginia," 2013, v1.2 (PDF) pp 49-53 http://maryballwashington.com/2013monograph2.pdf
• MEMORIAL ID 41512628
• http://chesebro.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I185&tree=Complete cites
• [S52] From Saddlebags to Satellites, The Story of Shadrach D Ball, Harold E. Ball, (Name: Ball Printing Service, PO Box 63, Uniontown, KS; Copyright 1990; Location: Chesebro' Reference Material;), pages 3-8.
• [S1074] Ancestors of American Presidents, Gary Boyd Roberts, (Name: Carl Boyer, 3rd, Santa Clarita, CA, charts by Julie Helen Otto, published in cooperation with the NEHGS, Boston, MA 1995; Location: Chesebro' Reference Material;), page 1.
• [S90] Genealogies of Virginia Families Volume I, English Ancestry of Col. William Ball of Millenbeck, Peter Walne, Berkshire County, Archivist, Reading, England, (Name: 1981; Location: Chesebro' Reference Material;), pages 16-22.
• [S830] Royal and Noble Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, (Name: Copyright 1994-2005 Version 7 Mar 2005; Location: Royals Source File;).
• [S1138] Ball (Robert) Family Records, Robert Ball, (Name: 1998; Location: Ball Source File;).
• [S1466] WikiTree, WikiTree was started by Chris Whitten and is hosted by Interesting.com, Inc., (Name: 24 August 2012; Location: http://www.wikitree.com;), http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Atherold-1.