Ancestry of
William Nelson Forbes

(1905–1973)

Sampson Edward Ball

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of William Nelson Forbes — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • Edward Ball 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Baker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Sep 1779 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Sep 1829 
  • Death Location:
  • Bayou Sara (near St. Francisville), East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Warren
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 OCT 1800 or 06 NOV 1800 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Midway, Liberty, Georgia 
  • Child:

  Jesse Warren Ball (Ahnentafel No:12 )

• Sources for Sampson Edward Ball

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A005404 and #A121550.
  • ² Image of Sampson Edward Ball Memorial Plaque (location unknown).
  • ³ William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, July 1930, Vol. 10, No. 3, Page 261.
  • ⁴ Mills, Elizabeth Shown, "Unravelling Balls of Yarn: Lessons in the Use of a Skeptical Eye (as Taught by William Bartholomew Ball and . . ., Genealogical Journal, 1991, Vol. 19, Page 1-21.