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Margaret Anne Ball 1592 – 1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 December 1592

Birth Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1662

Death Location: Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia

Father: WILLIAM Washington

Mother: Lady Waltham

Spouse(s): William Downman

Children(s): Margaret Downman

In 1592, Margaret Anne Ball entered the world in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, born to WILLIAM Weaver Ball Grandfather of 1st President George Washington and Lady Alice Ann Chatterfield Waltham. Margaret Anne Ball married William Rawleigh Downman, and had children including Margaret Downman. Margaret Anne Ball passed away in 1662 in Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia.

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Biography

  • In 1592, Margaret Anne Ball entered the world in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, born to WILLIAM Weaver Ball Grandfather of 1st President George Washington and Lady Alice Ann Chatterfield Waltham.
  • Margaret Anne Ball married William Rawleigh Downman, and had children including Margaret Downman.
  • Margaret Anne Ball passed away in 1662 in Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

WILLIAM Washington
1573 – 1647
Birth Location: Wokingham, Berkshire, England
WW
Lady Waltham
1573 – 1648
Birth Location: London, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
LW

Spouses(s)

William Downman
1592 – 1655
Birth Location: Plymouth, , Devonshire, England
WD

Children(s)

Margaret Downman
1645 – 1686
Birth Location: Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America
MD

Margaret Ball's Ancestors

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Margaret Ball
1592 – 1662
Birth Place: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
WILLIAM Weaver Ball Grandfather of 1st President George Washington
1573 – 1647
Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Lady (Alice Ann Chatterfield) Waltham
1573 – 1648
London, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Paris Ball (de) Balliol)
1548 – 1628
Barkham, Berkshire, , England
Elizabeth (Richmond) Webb
1549 – 1616
Ruscombe, England
Great-Grandparents
John I
1525 – 1599
Lady Bawle)
1529 – 1588
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Ball's Descendants

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Margaret (Anne) Ball (12 December 1592 – 1662) m. William (Rawleigh) Downman (Aug 1592 – 1655)
  1. 1. Margaret Downman (5 Apr 1645 – 1686) m. Honorable (Judge Joseph Blackwell, 9th) GGF (1610 – 05 Aug 1685)
    1. 1. Samuel (Blackwell 1680+++*# Honorable, Captain,) Judge, (23 Sep 1680 – 17 Jun 1730) m. Margery ((Blackwell) Downing) 1690+++*# (23 Sep 1690 – 21 Sep 1723)
      1. 1. William (Blackwell 1713**++# Revolutionary War) Soldier (25 Apr 1713 – 10 Sep 1772) m. Lucy (Elizabeth (Blackwell) Steptoe) 1716***++# (20 Nov 1716 – 26 April 1787)
        1. 1. LUCY (Anna) BLACKWELL (1749 – 1791) m. WILLIAM (A. STANTON,) Jr. (11 Nov 1750 – 23 Feb 1811)

Margaret Ball's Timeline

2 Records

1592
12 December 1592
Birth of Margaret Anne Ball in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1662
1662
Age 70
Death of Margaret Anne Ball in Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia
Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 December 1592
    Event Place: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1662
    Event Place: Morattico, Lancaster, Virginia
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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