He was the son of Jean Abraham Desmarais and Alis Ball
http://michaelhussey.com/familytree/indiP-425182753.html

The Ball family can be traced back to William Ball born 1450 http://www.billputman.com/Ball.pdf

Alis Ball mother is AGnes Hathoway she is the daughter of richard hathoway

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