History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

BRANCH OF HIS SON WILLIAM. 407
mnd at the court house of Lancaster, and it states that he resided
j Essex
» that
and was under age. His father was his surety and certificate
effect was filed with the marriage bond. He appears to have
sen an only child as far as records go. Capt. Richard Ball died
ct. 26, 1626 and had been deceased a year when this marriage took
lace. Hannah had received by her father's will, the "old Ball plan-
ttion," which probably was situated within a mile of the present
)urt house, on the opposite side of the Heathville road from the
iantation where Capt. R. Ball died. Here they probably removed
)on after their marriage and thus resided in Lancaster, near Hannah's
lOther, Mrs. Sarah Ball. This plantation may have been a part of
le original plantation of his ancestor Peter No. i, the emigrant. At
le time of his marriage he owned an estate left to him by the will
t his uncle Thomas [3 171]. In the summer of 1733 he came into
ossession by will of his father, of 500 acres of land at Montague
land in Middlesex with also considerable personal property. By
lis will he also held for life, the plantation of his father in Essex
here he was born and raised. He also owned a tract of land " on
le Dragon." Thus he owned plantations in Lancaster, Essex and
iried near his daughters Hannah Montague and Sarah Selden, half a mile from Lancaster,
. H., on the Heathville road, 300 yards in the woods. His tombstone lies there on the
ound broken in two. The following is the inscription on it :
" The body of Capt. Richard Ball
Lies entombed within this wall.
Thrice seventeen years, two months, his age,
He dwelt on earth. But from this stage
He was removed by God's great grace
We hope unto a nobler place ;
October was the month wherein
He was acquitted from his sin
Even the twelfth day at ten at night
Death did deprive him of our light.
One from the date of twenty seaven
The Lord (we trust) took him to Heaven.
1726."
The following from Va. Gen. IL— Capt. Richard Ball ;«., about 1700, Sarah Young, who
I 1742. Her will, dated Aug. 6, 1742, was proved Sept. 10, 1742. By this will she leaves one-
fth of her estate to her grandson William Montague [son of her dau. Hannah], when of age.
Whence he received his title is not known, but he is named as "Capt." on the records of
.ancaster Co. He d. 1726. His will was proved Feb. 3, 1726. By this will he gives "to my
au. Hannah Ball my old plantation and all the land above the road that leads from Col.
Villiam Balls mill to Cundiffs, and all the land on the east side of the said road from the
orner hiccory, that stands between the two mill paths and from thence running a straight
ourse to Dennis Conarse's, to her and her heirs," etc. Their children were, Sarah, who m.,
)ct - !3> 1725. John Selden of Elizabeth City; Margaret, who m., Feb. 17, 1723-4, Capt. Wm.
Jail; Hannah, who m., Oct. 16, 1727, Wm. Montague; and Esther, who m., May 10. 172S,
"apt. Wm. Glasscock.—" II."