Christopher Ball was baptised 06 Dec 1752
His parents were John Ball and Anne Clemoes.
He was married to
Ann Abbott 01 Apr 1777 Little Petherick, Cornwall.
Their children all baptised in Little Petherick:
John 1778-1829
Ann 1781
Jonathan 1783-1855
Grace 1787-1872
Mary 1790-1847
William 1792-1814
Martha 1794-1880
Maria 1794-1795
James 1796
Christopher died 31 Mar 1828.
Buried 03 Apr 1828 Little Petherick, abode given as "Trevilleder, Little Petherick". (Christopher's gt grandson William Broad, and William's widowed mother, Honor Brewer Pope Broad, lived in Treviledor in 1901. William went blind and went to live with his youngest sister Kate Broad Chapman in Woking, Surrey, in a house called Trevilledor. It's lived in by a descendant of Kate's husband by his first marriage).
Gravestone:
Here lie the remains of Christopher Ball of Trevilledor died 31st March 1828 aged 76. A man beloved for his honesty, humility and kindness of his heart to all.
When a Parish officer he receive can oath, and loved the sacred purposes of his office more than his money, especially towards the house of God and the rood. He was the son of John Ball whose pious exertions when church Warden AD 1750 posterity will long be indebted for the tower now standing in this churchyard
Link to 3 x gt grandmother:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...elizabeth+ball