BALL family

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! 


Col. William BALL
b. 1615 England
1657, immigrated to America
d. Nov 1680 Lancaster co., VA
m. 2 Jul 1638 London
Hannah ATHEROLD (ATHERALL)
b. 1619
d. (will written 25 June 1695 Lancaster co, VA)
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Capt. Wm. BALL Jr                                             William Underwood
b. 2 Jun 1641 England                                                 |
d. 30 Sept 1694 Lancaster co., VA        Dr. James Williamson = Anne Underwood
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m(3) ca 1672                                   |                              |
Margaret WILLIAMSON-----------------------------                          Mary Rozier
d. 1697
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Maj. James BALL
b. 1678
d. 13 Oct 1754
2m. 16 Apr 1707 Mary (nee CONWAY) Dangerfield
b. 16 Feb 1686
d. 15 Sept 1730
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Col. James BALL
b. 31 Dec 1718
d. 24 Nov 1789
3m Lettice LEE
b. 1731
d. 17 Nov 1811
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Col. James BALL Jr.
b. 20 Feb 1755
d. 18 Dec 1825
m. ca. 1776
Frances DOWNMAN
b. 4 May 1758
d. 23 Jan 1821
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(Hon.)William Lee BALL
b. Lancaster co., VA, Aug 1781
d. 29 Feb 1824 VA
m. 30 Apr 1804 Fauquier, VA
Mary Lee PIERCE
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Judith Steptoe BALL
b. 21 Mar 1805 Lancaster co., VA
d. 2 Nov 1865 MS
m. 1 Nov 1821
Charles Coatsworth MARSHALL  
b. 10 Aug 1799 Warrenton, VA
d. April 1849 Memphis, TN of cholera
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Susan M. MARSHALL
b. 1826 "Bentley," Lancaster co., VA
d. 1 Jan 1883 Charleston, MS
m. 20 July 1847 MS
Abel Benedict BETTS

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Mary Foree BETTS
b. 1851 Charleston, MS.
d. 1888
m. Charleston, MS
Asa Lafayette CROW
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Asa Lee
b. Charleston, MS, 10/8/1884
d. 11/13/1967, Galveston, TX
m. Margaret Jeannetta STAFFORD
b. 10/26/1889, Galveston, TX
d. 4/30/1973, Galveston, TX

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
Marriages of Virginia Residents, Vol I, Part I, Surnames A-B, by Dorothy Ford Wulfek, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986

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