Frances Washington BALL

F, b. 20 April 1798, d. December 1884
Relationship
3rd great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Frances Washington BALL, daughter of Col. Burgess BALL and Frances Ann WASHINGTON, was born on 20 April 1798 in Virginia.1

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.2

Frances Washington BALL died in December 1884 at age 86.3 She was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.
Last Edited=28 Jun 2023

Citations

  1. [S376] Rootsweb, online https://sites.rootsweb.com, Unconfirmed but listed by numerous researchers.
  2. [S641] Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, online http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/guides/southern_hist/…, Mss1M3545a, Mercer Family Papers, 1656-1869, section 37.
  3. [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Frances Washington Ball, Record ID #84360230, Accessed: 28 JUN 2023.

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