Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Col. William Ball” in entry washington-mary of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... She is believed to have been a lineal descendant of John Ball, the medieval champion of the rights of man, who was executed at Coventry in the year 1381 for participating in Wat Tyler's rebellion.
Col. William Ball , a native of Kent, came from England with his family about the year 1650, and settled in Lancaster county, Va., where he died in 1659, leaving two sons, William and Joseph, and one daughter, Hannah.
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