Frances Thornton Washington Ball
(1763-1815)
BIRTH
1763
PLACE
Stafford County, Virginia Colony
DEATH
1815
PLACE
Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
FAMILY
FATHER
Charles Washington
(1738-1799)
BROTHER
Augustine Washington Sr.
(1694-1743)
SISTER
Mary Ball Washington
(1709-1789)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Frances Ann Washington (1763–1815), also called Frances Thornton, was Charles Washington and Mildred Thornton’s daughter and George Washington’s niece. She married Colonel Burgess Ball in 1781 and was named executrix in his 1800 will. After his death she married Dr. Francis H. Peyton in 1802; their daughter Adelaide died young. Published genealogy cites lineage records for these marriages, but original registers still need inspection. She is not a wife of Charles Peyton.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Frances Thornton Washington’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Frances Thornton Washington is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Frances Thornton Washington died in 1815, in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. Frances Ann Washington, also called Frances Thornton, was Charles Washington and Mildred Thornton’s daughter and George Washington’s niece. She married Colonel Burgess Ball in 1781 and was named executrix in his 1800 will. After his death she married Dr. Francis H. Peyton in 1802; their daughter Adelaide died young. Published genealogy cites lineage records for these marriages, but original registers still need inspection. She is not a wife of Charles Peyton. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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