First Generation

1. Mr William BALL was born about 1776 in Hammersmith.^1,2,3 [[[Birth note: see Burial note. Aged 85 in 1861][1851 census aged 75 born Hammersmith][1861 Census aged 84, born Langley Bucks. Did a 'nearby' relative fill in 1861 Census or was 1851 incorrect? (Note a dozen or so Ball in Langley from 1851 to 1901)]]] About 1851 he was a Bailiff.³ [Occupation note: 1851 Census] He lived in Back Lane, Ickenham about 1851.³ [Residence note: 1851 Census] Before 1861 he was a Baliff at "Swakeleys" Ickenham in Ickenham.⁴ [ Occupation note;Transcript of Ball family grave headstone (1861) By J.A.Ralph, Verger of St Giles Church Ickenham] He died on 22 Nov 1861.⁴ [[[Death note: Buried 29 Nov 1861][Died 22 Nov 1861 aged 85 years. Transcript of Ball family grave
headstone By J.A.Ralph, Verger of St Giles Church Ickenham]
[Letter from him has the following transcript:- / signifies on new line:
SACRED / TO MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BALL / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 22nd 1861 / AGED 85 YEARS / / FROM EARLY HABITS OF DILIGENCE AND / SOBRIETY, HE ROSE TO THE POSITION / OF BAILIFF AT SWAKELEYS. / THIS SITUATION HE HELD AS A HIGHLY / ESTEEMED AND VALUED SERVANT / WITH INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS / FOR YEARS, ONLY CEASING WITH / THE INFIRMITIES OF AN HONOURABLE / AND HONOURED OLD AGE. / / ALSO ____ MARY, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED AUGUST 17th 1874 / AGED 84 YEARS.
"This stone is still standing and is in quite good condition. However, as with just a few other graves, the inscription is on the west face rather than on the east face" ]]] He was buried on 29 Nov 1861 in St Giles, Ickenham.⁵ [[[[Burial note: aged 85 in Parish register transcription by HFHS]
[On Headstone: Buried 29 Nov 1861][Died 22 Nov 1861 aged 85 years. Transcript of Ball family grave headstone By J.A.Ralph, Verger of St Giles Church Ickenham]
[Letter from him has the following transcript:- / signifies on new line:
SACRED / TO MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BALL / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 22nd 1861 / AGED 85 YEARS / / FROM EARLY HABITS OF DILIGENCE AND / SOBRIETY, HE ROSE TO THE POSITION / OF BAILIFF AT SWAKELEYS. / THIS SITUATION HE HELD AS A HIGHLY / ESTEEMED AND VALUED SERVANT / WITH INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS / FOR YEARS, ONLY CEASING WITH / THE INFIRMITIES OF AN HONOURABLE / AND HONOURED OLD AGE. / / ALSO ____ MARY, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED AUGUST 17th 1874 / AGED 84 YEARS.
"This stone is still standing and is in quite good condition. However, as with just a few other graves, the inscription is on the west face rather than on the east face" ]]]]
[General note: 1841 census has William Ball, Mary Ball: and Lucy Treadaway aged 70 : query Mother in Law](IGI LDS has a reference to Mary Treadway birth 1784 and married William Ball (death 1861) in Mox in 1805 !!!!!)(At the LMA (Mar 2006) we found a baptism of a Charlotte Ann Ball on 17 Feb 1805 at St Giles, Ickenham with parents Wm and Ann. We wonder if this is same family because no other Ball around at the time?????)
(Also at LMA there are several Ball baptisms (1800 to 1817) to William and Susannah Ball (living in Uxbridge). He is a Pastry Cook. This family could have been confused with ours??? St. Margaret, Uxbridge is not recorded on IGI. We cannot find these people on 1841 or 1851 censuses or references elsewhere!!)

Mr William BALL and Miss Susanna GOMM were married on 14 Oct 1798 in St Giles, Ickenham.⁵ [Marriage note: Parish register transcription by HFHS. Both of this Parish. Witnesses: Ann Fitzwater; John Weedon](IGI LDS has William bc 1773 and married Susanna Gom (bc 1777) on 14 Oct 1798) Miss Susanna GOMM was born before 4 Apr 1772.¹ [[Birth note: Son William has mother Susanna][See Burial of Susan aged 54 in 1826]]
(IGI LDS also has bc 1777 of Ickenham with the marriage date to William Ball) She was christened on 5 Apr 1772 in Ruislip TBC.⁶ [Christening note: IGI LDS with parents John Gomm and Rebecka TBC !!]
(IGI LDS also has 25 Dec 1776 in Hillingdon with parents Wm Gomme and Anne. Does not tie in with proposed death date and age) She died before 25 Aug 1826. [Death note: Burial 25 Aug 1826] She was buried on 25 Aug 1826 in St Giles, Ickenham.⁷ [Burial note: aged 54 in Parish register transcription by HFHS] Mr William BALL and Miss Susanna GOMM had the following children:

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Mr William BALL.

Mr William BALL and Miss Mary Treadway 2ND W OF WILLIAM BALL were married in 1828 in Limehouse St Anne.⁸ [[[Marriage note: ? 2nd Marriage of William Ball?
:Susan Ball buried 1826. We've assumed she is Suzanna married to our William because few Ball around at that time. Mary Ball on 1841 census][Pallot Marriage Index: Mary Treadway (not -Away) has 1823 on one record but other more likely is 1828 (Ball Wm. (Ickenham Mdx))][note Treadaway connections in Censuses with Ickenham]]] Miss Mary Treadway 2ND W OF WILLIAM BALL⁹ was born abt 1790 or c 1796 in Hillingdon.^2,3,9 [[[[[[Birth note: 1841 census aged 45 in same household as William Ball][1851 census aged 55, wife of WB, born Hillingdon][1871 Census aged 77][1861 census has aged 67][BUT See headstone transcription of William Ball. It has Mary his wife died 1874 aged 84. Therefore born about 1790. This is a lot out. Is it correct person??[Usually spelled TreadAway]]]]]]] She died on 17 Aug 1874.⁴ [[Death note: died 17 Aug 1874 aged 84 years]
[Transcript of Ball family grave headstone By J.A.Ralph, Verger of St Giles Church Ickenham. Letter from him has the following transcript:- / signifies on new line:
SACRED / TO MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BALL / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 22nd 1861 / AGED 85 YEARS / / FROM EARLY HABITS OF DILIGENCE AND / SOBRIETY, HE ROSE TO THE POSITION / OF BAILIFF AT SWAKELEYS. / THIS SITUATION HE HELD AS A HIGHLY / ESTEEMED AND VALUED SERVANT / WITH INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS / FOR YEARS, ONLY CEASING WITH / THE INFIRMITIES OF AN HONOURABLE / AND HONOURED OLD AGE. / / ALSO ____ MARY, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED AUGUST 17th 1874 / AGED 84 YEARS.
"This stone is still standing and is in quite good condition. However, as with just a few other graves, the inscription is on the west face rather than on the east face" ]](Also FBMD Sep q 1874 84 Uxbridge 3a 17)
She was buried on 21 Aug 1874.⁵ [Burial note: aged 84 in Parish register transcription by HFHS] [General note: early Census ages rounded (down to nearest 5?)](Her mother was possibly Lucy Treadaway. cf 1841 census: Ickenham: William Ball 60 N: Mary 45 Y: Lucy Treadaway 70 N.
FBMD Death Sep q 1842, Treadaway Lucy, Uxbridge 3 261)(IGI LDS has a reference to Mary Treadway birth 1784 and married William Ball (death 1861) in Mox in 1805 !!!!!)