William Ballard, of Charles City

William BALLARD (Thomas BALLARD Sr.2, Henry BALLARD1) was born AFT 1 MAY 1668, and died in Charles City County, VA. c 1725

Family

From https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&d...

He married Elizabeth (BALLARD). She died BEF 2 NOV 1726 in Charles City County, VA.

	  Children of William BALLARD and Elizabeth (BALLARD) are:

* i. Francis BALLARD was born ABT 1705, and died BEF 7 JUN 1727 in Charles City County, VA.

• ii. Martha BALLARD was born ABT 1711.
• iii. Thomas BALLARD. He married Mary DANCY.
• iv. Rebecca BALLARD died AFT 22 MAY 1726.
• v. Anna BALLARD died AFT 22 MAY 1726. May have married Henry Talman.
• vi. John BALLARD Sr. died BEF 6 JUL 1787 in Mecklenburg County, VA. Married Faitha Edmunds.
• vii. Elizabeth BALLARD. She married William FIRTH.
• viii. William BALLARD. He married Elizabeth CLOPTON.

Notes

From https://frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I37291&tree=fr...

Citing https://ballardofvirginia.com/about/william-ballard-of-charles-city...

This is a work in progress -

Very little is known of William Ballard, the youngest son of Thomas Ballard of James City county. We assume that he was born after 1668, given the bequest made to all of the children of Thomas Ballard except William by Robert Baldrey in his will dated 1 May 1668 and recorded 30 December 1676 in York county ...

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=susan84911&id=I07748

Places this William as Captain William Ballard

"....very little is known. He figured in the York records, shortly after his father's death, in a suit he brought against James Harrison, William Ballard being then described as 'assignee of Benj: Goodrich, Attorney of Alice Ballard, Exorx Coll: Tho. Ballard, dec'ed': this suit, begun at a court held 24 September 1691, was dismissed at a court held 24 November 1691, the defendant making oath the debt had been paid through Jerome Ham."

[Source: "The Majors and Their Marriages," by James Branch Cabell, 1915; The W. C. Hill Printing Co., Richmond, VA; p. 101. SMB Apr. 2003.]