I am fairly certain of my BALL ancestors from Col. William BALL (b. ~1615) to Judith Steptoe BALL (b. ~1805); it is the branches marrying into the BALL line that are uncertain. I welcome ANY assistance to ease my confusion!
Thomas ATHEROLD = Mary VESSEY John HARVEY of Burgh Suffolk _______________| | | Thomas ATHEROLD = Mary HARVEY b. ~1590 | Col. William BALL = Hannah ATHEROLD (ATHERALL) b. ~1615 m. 2 July 1638 b. 1619 ______________________|__________________ Rawleigh DOWNMAN | | | Col. Joseph BALL = Mary MONTAGUE Capt. Wm. BALL Jr = Margaret DOWNMAN b. 1641 | | Mary BALL = Augustine Maj. James BALL = (2m) Mary CONWAY WASHINGTON b. 1678 DANGERFIELD | | b. 1685/6 | | George WASHINGTON James BALL = (3m) Lettice LEE b. 1718 | b. 1731 | Col. James BALL = Frances DOWNMAN Col. Thomas = Mary Randolph b. 1755 | b. 1758 MARSHALL | KEITH | | (Hon.)William Lee BALL = Mary Lee PIERCE Charles MARSHALL = Lucy PICKETT ____________| | | Charles Coatsworth MARSHALL m. Judith Steptoe BALL 8/10/1799-1840 b. 21 Mar 1805 d. 1865 ______________________________|______________________ | | | Susan M., 1826 - Maria Jane Judith Ball m. Abel Benedict BETTS 1828-1905 1832-1858 m. Robert L ANDREWS m. 1853 Mary Foree, 1851- 1808-1865 George Gordon m. Charleston, MS | HARVEY Asa Lafayette CROW see below | | Judith Ball Asa Lee b. near b. Charleston, MS, 10/8/1884 Charleston, MS d. 11/13/1967, Galveston, TX m. Eugene E. m. Margaret Jeannetta STAFFORD EVANS b. 10/26/1889, Galveston, TX | d. 4/30/1973, Galveston, TX Judith Cecile b. Crystal Springs, MS m. Saunders BOOTH The middle child: Maria Jane COATSWORTH 1828-1905 m. Robert L. ANDREWS 1808-1865 ________|_________________________________________________ | | | | | Charles Mary D. Frances E. Mattie J. Mary Pierce Marshall m. Charles m. Wm. F. 1864 - m. Joseph P. 2.m Mary T. J. PHILIPS SLOAN m. Pickett FOREE | W. LUSK | Mattie 1857 - Charles m. Charles L. SHAW | m. Sallie Laura Mc GRATH m. B. FRANK | Alice m. Albert Ferrell MASON
Some Sources:
Heck, Earl L. W. Col. William Ball of Virginia: Great Grandfather of Washington. Sydney Wm. Dutton (publisher).
Hardey, Stella Pickett. Colonial Families of the South States of America. Southern Book, 1958.
http://www.vanygenealogy.com/ball.htm
Bradley, Leonard Abram. History of the Ball Family. 1916
History of the Ball Family: Descendants of Thomas Carter Downman Family