19. Joseph8 BALL (William7, William6, John5, John4, William3, Robert2, William1) (#141) was born in England May 24, 1649. Joseph
died June 1, 1715 in Epping Forest, Virginia, at 66 years of age.
He married Mary FONTAINE in 1707, Lancaster, Virginia, 1707. (Mary FONTAINE is #142.) Mary was born
in England 1670. Mary died 1745 at 75 years of age. At 37 years of age Mary became the mother of Mary BALL in Eppig
Forest, Landcaster County, Virginia, 1707.
At 58 years of age Joseph became the father of Mary BALL in Eppig Forest, Landcaster County, Virginia, 1707. Joseph BALL 24
May 1649 - BEF. 1711 BIRTH: 24 May 1649, England DEATH: BEF. 1711, Epping Forest, Virginia Father: William BALL Mother: Hannah ATHERALD
Family 1 : Mary FONTAINE MARRIAGE: 1707, Lancaster, Virginia +Mary BALL
Joseph BALL and Mary FONTAINE had the following child:
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Mary9 BALL (#143) was born in Eppig Forest, Landcaster County, Virginia
1707. Mary died August 25, 1989 in Fredricksburg, Virginia, at 282 years of age. She married
Augustine WASHINGTON in Virginia, March 06, 1730. (Augustine WASHINGTON is #144.) Augustine was born in Bridge Creek,
Westmorland Co. Va 1697. Augustine died April 12, 1743 at 45 years of age. At 34 years of age Augustine became the father of
George WASHINGTON in Wakefield, Westmorland Co, Va, February 22, 1732. (See Augustine WASHINGTON
for the continuation of this line.)
At 24 years of age Mary became the mother of George WASHINGTON in Wakefield, Westmorland Co, Va, February 22, 1732. George
Washington descended from the Lancaster Ball Family through his mother, Mary Ball. Mary Ball was born in 1708 to Joseph Ball and Mary
Montague Johnson. Her father died only a few years after his daughter was born. Mary's mother remarried a man named Richard Hewes. By 1721,
when Mary was only thirteen, both her mother and stepfather had died. Colonel George Eskridge, a close family friend was appointed her
guardian and Mary live at his home in Sandy Point, Westmoreland Co. Virginia until she married Augustine Washington. Mary met Augustine
Washington when she visited her half brother Joseph Ball in Loudoun Co., Virginia. The two were married in 1731 at Sandy Point.
Augustine's three children from a previous marriage made an instant family for Mary in her new home at Pope's Creek Plantation on the
Potomac River. On the morning of February 11, 1731 Mary gave birth to a son and named him George after her guardian George Eskridge. Mary
and Augustine would later have five other children. (As a young man George adjusted his own birth date when the 11 days were dropped from
the calendar making it Feb. 22, 1731/32.) In 1738, Augustine Washington purchased Ferry Farm on the north bank of the Rappahannock River,
opposite Fredericksburg. Four years later Augustine Washington died leaving Mary and nine children. She never remarried. In 1772, when
Mary was 64 years old, George Washington purchased the house in Fredericksburg and moved his mother there to be closer to her daughter
Elizabeth. Mary Ball Washington lived to see her son elected President but died later that same year. Mary BALL 1707 - 25 Aug 1789 BIRTH:
1707, Landcaster County, Virginia DEATH: 25 Aug 1789, Fredricksburg, Virginia Father: Joseph BALL Mother: Mary FONTAINE Family 1 :
Augustine WASHINGTON MARRIAGE: 6 Mar 1730, Virginia George WASHINGTON Elizabeth WASHINGTON Samuel WASHINGTON John Augustine WASHINGTON
Charles WASHINGTON Mildred WASHINGTON
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