married 17 July 1807 at Fairlight 3
 ( Lewes marriage licences 1772 - 1837 Sussex Record Society vol. 25
 Ball, Richard of All Saints, Hastings bachelor aged 33 and upwards and Mary Russell of Catsfield, a minor aged 19 and upwards with consent of Thomas Russell her father. bondsmen said Richard Ball and Thomas Russell of Catsfield, father of Mary Russell, a minor 16 July 1807 [Lewes])
 Richard Ball 1773-1852 Licensee of the Ship Inn, Hastings (between 1803 and 1818) 4 of 77, High Street, Hastings

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| | Eliza Ball 1809-1848 born 1809 baptized 8 November 1809, All Saints, Hastings died 2 May 1848 married 2 June 1833 All Saints Church, Hastings Alfred Dulake died before 1846 |
| Edward Russell Ball born 1814 baptized 2 March 1814, All Saints, Hastings |
| Richard Ball born 1815 born 10 April 1815 baptized 3 May 1815, All Saints, Hastings |
| Dick Ball born 1816 baptized 31 July 1816, All Saints, Hastings |
| Mary Ann Ball born 1821 baptized 18 April 1821, All Saints, Hastings married 5 February 1846 All Saints Church, Hastings John Piper |
| William Ball born 1823 baptized 30 July 1823, All Saints, Hastings |
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