John Balls of Aldeburgh (1758)

[windy_miller]

Solved!  Good sleuthing.

[gobbitt]

There is a will for John BALLS, miller of Middleton at Norfolk Record Office, died 1781.
https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/balls-john-miller-of-middleton-suffolk

FamilySearch has images of the NCC probate registers.

The will of John Balls of Middleton with Fordley can be downloaded free of charge from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN6-CTMJ?cat=278818&i=368&lang=en

David

[maddys52]

I forget that familysearch has so many images now, that's great gobbitt. Informative will. 

[windy_miller]

Hi Gobbitt,

I'll look into this will as I believe John Balls had no less than 4 windmills in the 1760.  It'll be interesting to see if circumstances changed by 1781.

Windy