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     Charles Burgess married Frances Fox, daughter of Capt. Samuel Fox and Anne Daingerfield, on 5 October 1721 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; her 1st husband.²
Charles Burgess died before 10 December 1737; his wife remarried on 10 Dec 1737.¹

     Capt. Samuel Fox married Anne Daingerfield.¹
Capt. Samuel Fox was born on 28 February 1674.¹
Capt. Samuel Fox died circa 1712.¹

     Mary Smith married Jesse Ball, son of Col. James Ball Sr. and Mary Conway, on 14 February 1740/41 at Northumberland Co., Virginia, USA,
; his 2nd wife; her 1st husband.¹ Mary Smith married John Lee, son of Col. Henry Lee and Mary Bland, after 14 August 1747
; her 2nd husband; her 1st husband d. 14 Aug 1747. Per Hill [1990:10]" Mary Smith Ball m(21) John Lee, son of Mary & Henry Lee of "Lee Hall," who d. Westmoreland Co., VA [Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia, Appeals Press, 1925, pp. 122, 155, 158]."¹

     Philip Smith married Mary Mathews.¹

     Mary Mathews married Philip Smith.¹

     Margaret Burgess married Col. James Ball Jr., son of Col. James Ball Sr. and Mary Conway,
; his 1st wife.¹
      ; Hill [1990:10] cites Will Bk 14:10 (Lancaster Co., VA??) for proof of parentage.¹

     Mildred Smith was born circa 1725.¹ She married Col. James Ball Jr., son of Col. James Ball Sr. and Mary Conway,
; his 2nd wife.¹
Mildred Smith died on 1 December 1751.¹
Mildred Smith was buried after 1 December 1751 at St. Mary's Whitechapel Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA; Inscription from grave marker (from FindAGrave memorial): "Here Lieth the Body of MILDRED BALL, Wife of JAMES BALL Jun. Gent., who departed this life the 1st day of December 1751 in the ---- year of her age Leaving one Son & three Daughters having faithfully discharged the several duties incumbent on a wife, a parent, a neighbor & a christian."^1,2

     Col. Jesse Ball married Agatha Conway, daughter of Major Peter Conway and Elizabeth "Betty" Spann, between 9 March 1765 and 1766 at St. Mary's White Chapel, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.^2,3

Col. Jesse Ball died between 6 November 1775 and 20 August 1778; dates are presumably for will and probate; Hill [1990:10] cites Lancaster Co., VA. Will Bk 20:144-145.²

     Agatha Conway married Col. Jesse Ball, son of Col. James Ball Jr. and Leticia Lee, between 9 March 1765 and 1766 at St. Mary's White Chapel, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.^2,3

     Agatha Conway lived on 13 May 1798 at Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA.²

     Major Peter Conway was born circa 1715 at Christ Church Parish, Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.³ He married Elizabeth "Betty" Spann, daughter of Richard Spann and Priscilla Churchill, circa 1735 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
;
His 1st wife.^3,4 Major Peter Conway married Elizabeth "Betty" Lee, daughter of Richard Lee and Judith Steptoe, before 8 September 1740 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
;
His 2nd wife.^3,2
Major Peter Conway died in 1753.²
Major Peter Conway died on 16 February 1753 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.³
     Reference:
"Early Colonial Settlers" cites: The Storied Kendalls with historical and genealogical records of Scottish and allied families, 1947, 209 pgs
     "Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wi.³

Major Peter Conway left a will in 1760; From RootsWeb: "Last Will and Testament of Edwin Conway
     I Edwin Conway of the County of Lancaster being in the Eightieth year of my age and of sound memory, thanks be to my Gracious God do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following viz 1 commit my sauld to God, my Creator. Redeemer and Preserver and my Body to the Earth its original being fully assured by Divine Oracle, that the sacrifice of Christ is a worthy Expiation for all the sins of the faithfull and therefore hope that my saul and Body will have a Joyful meeting at the Resurrection of the Dead by the Merits Mediation and Intercession of our Compleat Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ Amen.
     First I give to Peter Conway my Heir at Law the negro boy named March Item I give to my Grandson George Conway and his heirs, the two Negroes that were allotted to his Brother Peter Hack Conway deceased out of the Estate of their Father George Conway and Also my man Stephen and thirty pounds current money.
     Item I give to my Grandson Walker Conway and his heirs the two negroes allotted to his Brother Edwin out of their Father's Estate and also my man Abraham and thirty pounds current money.
     Item I give to my Grandson Edwin Garlington thirty pounds current money Item I give to my Grandson Joseph Garlington thirty pounds current money Item I give to my Grand Daughter Agatha Conway my great Bed, Bolster and pair of Pillows the best white Rug and a blanket the fine Virginia Quilt and the other furniture of the said Bed Mrs Conway has already received for my said Grand Daughter, and also one Doz very fine Large China Plates for Table use.
     Item I give to my said Grand Daughter Agatha Conway and her heirs the negro Girl named Mary.
     Item I give to my Grand Daughter Agatha Eustace my Chest of Drawers in the Parlor and Dressing Glass over the Hall and the Table it Stands on.
     Item I give to my Grand Daughter Anne Conway and her heirs two negro Girls viz Winny and Sary.
     Item I give to my Grandson Edwin Conway and his heirs my Dwelling House and Plantation Together with all the Lands and their appurtenances which I hold in Fee Simple, except one hundred Acres, now in the Possession of Mr Richard Boatman which one hundred acres of Land I give to Peter Conway my Grandson and Heir at Law and also except two small Parcels that I bought of Richard Porter and Wm. Porter and Eight Acres I bought of John Tayloe Esqr deceased.
     Item I give to my said Grandson Edwin Conway and his heirs all the rest of my Negroes on Condition that he will make over his right in the four Negroes above mentioned to his two Brothers according to this again, &c.⁵

     Catherine Armstrong married James Jones at Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia, USA.²
Catherine Armstrong was born after 1661 at Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia, USA.¹
Catherine Armstrong died after 1700 at Sittenbourne Parish, Essex Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     Reference:
From "Early Colonial Settlers...":
     "Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia 1656-1692, Page 104
18 December, 1677; 4 September,1678 - Grigory, John
In the Name of GOD Amen. I John Grigory being very Sick and Weak in body in perfect mind and memory Doe make this my last Will & Tesamt:
First I give my Soule to God that gave it me a Sure and Certaine hope that after this life Ended, that at the last day my Soule & Body shall be Untied together, & my body to the Earth to be buried in a Terestiall Buriall as my Friends shall think Fitt & as for my worldly Goods. I bestow as followed.
Item I give unto my Sister Mary Grigory foure hundred and Eighty acreas of Land being a Tract of land former brought by Robert Bishop of Mr. Henry Awbrey to her and heires forever but if my Said Sister Die with out Issue lawfully begotten of her, that then the said land to Returne to the nearest of Blood, Alsoe one pied Cow Calfe the said Cow shall being to be delivered to Katherine Armstrong to her and heires for Ever.
Item I give to my Sister Elizabeth one Red Cow with all her increase to her and heires for Ever Alsoe.
I doe Appoint my Brother Richard Grigory my whole and Sole Execr of this my Will to See it performed as WITNESS my hand this 18th dor Decembr: 1677
John Grigory
Test Tho:Games James Fugit
     "Contributed by: James Hughes
Tennessee Cousins, Page 221
Note: ROBERT ARMSTRONG, the emigrant to Virginia and his wife DOROTHY had a daughter KATHERINE ARMSTRONG, & she married JAMES JONES.
October 26, 1666, the record shows that ROBERT ARMSTRONG patented 400 acres of land "being in RAPPAHANNOCK CO. on the North side of PISCATAWAY CREEX"; Robert ARMSTRONG assigned this patent for some reason to NICHOLAS CATLETT in 1672, in February; then on the 17th day of June following, CATLETT acknowledged the land to ROBERT ARMSTRONG Then on OCTOBER 8, 1700, the land was in possession of JAMES JONES, the husband of KATHERINE ARMSTRONG, daughter of ROBERT ARMSTRONG, long since dead, and Jones and his wife KATHERINE, sold it by deed to CHARLES BROWN, of SITTINGBOURNE PARISH, in Essex County, Virginia, and described the land as "my part of a tract of land left to my wife KATHERINE by her father, ROBERT ARMSTRONG".
     "Old Rappahannock Co VA Deed & Will Book 6, Part II - 1679-1682; Antient Press: pg 298
CAPT. CRAsk.. Record for JOHN MORGAN a Cow Calfe with a slitt & a nick in the right eare and with the left eare an underkeele
Alsoe for KATHERIN ARMSTRONG a two yeare old heifer with a crop and two slitts in the right eare and a Cockshod in the left eare; And Alsoe a heifer given by JOHN GREGORY with the same mark to the sd KATHERIN, Likewise for LETISHA ARMSTRONG [Elizabeth] one heifer with a Cockshod in the right eare and in the left eare two slitts and a nick under the eare and a young horse about two yeares old a dark bay branded with D the sd Horse was bought of Major LOYD Vide: ARMSTRONG
Recordatr xx9 die Januarii 1680
     "Old Rappahannock Co Va Deed Book 7, Part I - 1682-1686; Antient Press: pg 101-102
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I WILLIAM MOSS SENYR: doe forever make over unto KATHERINE JONES and her heires for ever one Bay Mare about two yeares old with a small star in the forehead and doe warrant the same from the claime of all maner of persons whatsoever As Witness my hand this first day of Febry. 1683
THO. NEW WM. MOSS his marke
JANE KINGE Branded with A
Test WM. COLSTON Cl Cur
     "1699-1701 Essex Co VA Deed & Will Book; Antient Press: (Page 58)
THIS INDENTURE made the 8th day of October in ye year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred. Nov Know yee that JAMES JONES of Sittinburn Parish in ye County of Essex, Planter, & KATHERINE my Wife for the sum of Two thousand Five hundred pds. of tobo: & caske in hand paid or secured to be paid have sold unto the sd CHARLES BROWNE his heirs, Exers. Admrs. & assignes forever my part of a Devident of land left to my Wife, KATHERINE, by her Father, ROBT. ARMSTRONG, it being part of Four hundred acres of land Patented for my Father, ARMSTRONG. ye twenty six of 8:ber 1666 then assigned to NICHOLAS CATLETT ye 20th Febry: One Thousand six hundred & seventy two & then the sd NICHO: CATLETT by a Power of Attorney to Mr. EDMD. COOKE bearing date ye 17th of June 1672; acknowledged ye said land unto the aforesd. ARMSTRONG his heirs Exrs. Admrs. & assignes, the sd land being in RAPPA: County binding upon ye North side of PISCATTAWY CREEK as by Patent will more at large appear together with all edifices woods profits appurtenances wt:soever To have & to hold to him the sd CHARLES BROWNE his heirs or assignes forever & ye sd JAMES JONES and KATHERINE my Wife for ourselves our heirs warrant to defend ye sd land from the claime of any manner of persons and that the sd CHARLES BROWNE his heirs & assignes shall forever hereafter hold the sd tract of land paying yearly for Rent due for ye same to our Sovereigne Lord ye King his heirs.& successors as Cheif Lord of the fees. In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and fixed our wales this 10th day of
October 1700
Signed sealed & delivered in the pr:sents of us ROBERT KAY, JAMES JONES JOHN ELLITT KATHERINE JONES
Acknowledged in Essex County Court ye 10th day of October 1700 by JONES & KATH: his Wife (ye sd KATH: being examined did it freely without compulsion of her 8d Husband) & truely recorded Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER, Cl Cur."¹

     Jesse Conway Ball married Peggy Mitchell between 17 February 1789 and 1790 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; her 1st husband; date of marriage bond.¹
Jesse Conway Ball died before 13 May 1798.¹

     Peggy Mitchell married Jesse Conway Ball, son of Col. Jesse Ball and Agatha Conway, between 17 February 1789 and 1790 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; her 1st husband; date of marriage bond.¹ Peggy Mitchell married George Gill on 25 June 1801 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; her 2nd husband.¹

     George Gill married Peggy Mitchell on 25 June 1801 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; her 2nd husband.¹

     Rev. John Smith Ball was born in 1773 at Virginia, USA.¹ He married Nancy Opie, daughter of Lindsey Opie and Elizabeth McAdam, on 8 April 1799 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.¹

Rev. John Smith Ball died in 1849 at Lincoln Co., Missouri, USA.¹
     Reference: See Hill [1990:11] for more information on the children of Reb. John Smith and Nancy (Opie) BALL.¹

; her 2nd husband.¹

     Nancy Opie married Rev. John Smith Ball, son of Col. Jesse Ball and Agatha Conway, on 8 April 1799 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.¹

     Lindsey Opie married Elizabeth McAdam.¹

     Elizabeth McAdam married Lindsey Opie.¹

     Betty Lee Ball married John Gordon on 31 October 1787
; Date of marriage bond.¹

     John Gordon married Betty Lee Ball, daughter of Col. Jesse Ball and Agatha Conway, on 31 October 1787
; Date of marriage bond.¹

     Agatha Conway Ball died; per Hill [1990:11] "prob d. young."¹

      ; Hill [1990:11] cites "will of aunt Mildred Selden, Lanc. Co, VA Will Bk 22:243."¹

     William Ball married Charlotte Duvall, daughter of Henry Duvall.¹
William Ball was born after 19 April 1778.¹

      ; Hill [1990:11] cites Culpeper Co. Deed Bk 3:91.¹

     Mildred Ball married James Selden on 7 May 1766 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; Date of marriage bond.¹
Mildred Ball died between 29 March 1793 and 16 September 1793 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA.¹
     In Col. James Ball Jr.'s will dated 3 September 1789, Mildred Ball was named as an heir;      From "Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties":
     "Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800;
BALL, James. Will. 3 Sep. 1789. Rec. 21 Dec. 1789.
Gr. Dau. Mary Edwards, negroes purchased of her father, Mr. Thos. Glascock, and after the death of her husband Maj. Leroy Edwards, to be divided between James Ball McCarty and Mildred Smith McCarty her half brother and sister. Gr. sons: James Ball (500 a. land) Jesse Conway, John Smith and William Ball sons of son Jesse Ball. Son James Ball land purchased of Burges Smith, adjoining Jesse Conway and Capt. Richard Selden's mill, containing 150 acres. Daus. Mildred Selden, Sinah Beale, Judith Fauntleroy, Ann Ball, Frances Lee and Sarah Ball. Son James Ball, Extr. No witnesses. W.B. 22, p. 117.²

     James Selden married Mildred Ball, daughter of Col. James Ball Jr. and Leticia Lee, on 7 May 1766 at Lancaster Co., Virginia, USA,
; Date of marriage bond.¹