Robert Ball, of Barkham Manor

http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/descend.cfm?fid=156273

http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/custer/ball.html

About Barkham Manor, a prominent farming family, that of Ball, is erroneously said to be that of George Washington's mother, Mary Ball Washington. They lived in the parish from the late 15th to the mid-17th century, but William Ball, the man once thought to have emigrated to Virginia and become Mary's great grandfather, actually died in London and his family lived in the East Berkshire area for at least two more generations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkham#Manor

1. The Visitation of London 1633-35 gives the following information in respect of the Balls of Barkham, which was supplied in 1634 by William Ball of Lincoln's Inn.E1

• 1480 death of William Ball of Barkham
• 1543 death of his son, Robert Ball of Barkham
• (1546 per parish registers)E2
• 1550 death of Robert's eldest son, William, at Wokingham
• [1558] death of Robert's second son, EdwardE3

GEDCOM Note

Wm. (Ball) Rowlands (rowlands@whidbey.com) states in his message to Ball Family Genealogy GenForum {Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/ball/messages/5374.html} as date of death in the year of 1543.

• http://maryballwashington.com/E.berksBalls.pdf