Martha Dandridge BALL

     Martha Dandridge BALL, daughter of Col. Burgess BALL and Frances Ann WASHINGTON, was born on 9 October 1799 in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.^1,2

Martha Dandridge BALL was named an heir in the will of Col. Burgess BALL dated 8 December 1800 in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Martha married Col. Jonathan Catlett GIBSON, son of Jonathan Catlett GIBSON III and Elizabeth Mallory, circa 1816 in Virginia.

In the Mercer Family of Virginia papers is a deed (unexecuted), undated, of John Francis Mercer to the children of Burgess Ball: Charles Burgess Ball, Fayette Ball, Frances Washington Ball, George Washington Ball, Martha Dandridge (Ball) Gibson, and Mildred Thornton (Ball) Thompson for 125 acres in Loudoun County, Virginia. John Francis Mercer was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.³

Martha Dandridge BALL died on 20 April 1822 in Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia, at age 22.^4,5 She was buried in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Culpeper County, Virginia. Her marker reads: "SACRED to the memory of Martha D. Gibson, Wife of J. C. Gibson, Born the 9th of October 1799, Died in April 1822 in the 23rd year of her age."^6,4