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Capt. William BALL immigrated from Wiltshire, England (possibly on the ship Planter in 1635) with his six sons John, Samuel, Richard, William, Alling (Alan), and Francis somewhere around the year 1640. They first landed in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, then migrating to different parts.*
He came to America settling in St. Mary's Parish in Lancaster CO Va. It is said that a William Ball of Wiltshire arrived in America on the English ship Planter, about April 1635 with six sons, Alling, Francis, John, Samuel, Richard, and William. According to the Name And Family Of Ball compiled by the research Bureau of Washington D. C. (page 21) and affirmed by a genealogist with the Institute of American Genealogy of Chicago.**
Ball appeared in Virginia in the late 1600s. The coat of arms was found on a vellum painting brought to Virginia by William Ball in 1680. The earliest arrival to the colonies was Francis Ball who came from England to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1639. Alling Ball arrived in New Haven, Connecticut in 1643.
Capt. Ball married three times first to Joanna KING, second to Dorothy TUTTLE and third to Alice WALTHAM.
*Francis Ball's Descendants or The West Springfield Ball Family From 1640 to 1902 By T. H. Ball - 1902
**http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haslam/surnames/b.html
• : I99267
• Name: William BALL
• NSFX: Sr.
• Sex: M 1
• Death: DEC 1647
• Occupation: Sworn Attorney of Court of Exchequer of Pleas, London
• Note:
Began legal studies on 1 Sept 1627 at Lincoln's Inn, London
Was practicing at law in 1630
Became a member of Parliament representing Abingdon,Berkshire from 1645 till his death.
He recorded his Ball pedigree at the Hearalds Visitation of London in 1634/35 which is now amongst the records of the College of Arms. This pedigree is printed in Visitations of Berkshire,I,62 (Harleian Society, vol LVII, London, 1908)Father: John BALL
Mother: Elizabeth WEBB b: in Ruscombe near WokinghamMarriage 1 Alice WALTHAM
• Married: 16 JUL 1627 in London, England
Children
1. William BALL b: 1615 in England
2. Elizabeth BALL
3. Mary BALL
4. Susan BALL
5. Sarah BALL
6. Richard BALL
7. Samuel BALLSources:
1. Text: Burkes American Families with British Ancestry, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1977
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