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Descendants of George Ross




Generation No. 1


1. GEORGE1 ROSS was born Abt. 1629 in Scotland, and died January 1704/05 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. He married CONSTANCE LITTLE December 07, 1658 in New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut.

Notes for GEORGE ROSS:
George Ross was born about 1629 as he gave his age as 35 in 1664. Family tradition is that he was a Scots soldier captured by Oliver Cromwell's forces at either the Battle of Dunbar on September 3, 1650 or the Battle of Worchester on September 3, 1651 and deported to the American Colonies. There were at least two boatloads of prisoners sent to New England. His name is not among the legible names on the passenger list of the ship, John and Sarah, coming in November 1651 although there were nine other Rosses aboard. The ship Unity came earlier in 1650 but there is no record of the 150 Scots aboard. He was married by the Governor on December 7, 1658 to Constance Little or Littel, and in 1670 he moved to Elizabethtown, New Jersey. (Ref: Gardner Collection and Dornan Collection, NJ Hist. Soc. & Rutgers U.) He took the oath of Fidelity May 1660 (Records of N. H. Col. 1638-49). He was admitted a freeman in New Haven in 1658. He was appointed by the General Assembly a Lieutenant of the ET Foot Malitia with his commission dated December 3, 1683; one of the Judges of the Court of Small Cases May 1, 1686; he had an allotment of 120 acres "in Right of himself and wife." (Ref: History of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, by Rev. Edwin Hatfield, New York, 1868, p. 167) In May 1671 the first jury at ET sat, and Geo. Ross was a member of it - "all freeholders, and most of them leading men." (Hatfield, pp 135-6) On September 11, 1673 he took the Oath of Allegiance. (p. 159) He appears in a Survey on March 27, 1676, as owning 120 acres (p. 183). In 1682 he was one of six assessors for ET (p. 218). In 1694 he was one of many who subscribed to the support of Rev. John Harrison of the 1st Presbyterian Church. He is shown as "Deacon Geo. Ross" and he subscribed one pound, 10 shillings. (p. 284)

     
Children of GEORGE ROSS and CONSTANCE LITTLE are:
2. i.   JOHN2 ROSS, b. February 23, 1659/60, New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. December 09, 1702, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey.
3. ii.   GEORGE ROSS, b. Abt. 1662, New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. October 1717, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey.
  iii.   DANIEL ROSS, b. October 10, 1663, New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. 1722; m. ABIGAIL ALLING?, 1705.
  Notes for ABIGAIL ALLING?:
Abigail was the widow of his brother John.

  iv.   ELIZABETH ROSS, b. December 26, 1665, New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; d. 1742; m. DANIEL PRICE.
  Notes for ELIZABETH ROSS:
Died a widow and thought to be childless.

  v.   HANNA ROSS, b. August 14, 1668, New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut; m. JOHN LAMBERT.
Generation No. 2



2. JOHN2 ROSS (GEORGE1) was born February 23, 1659/60 in New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died December 09, 1702 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. He married ABIGAIL ALLING?, daughter of JOHN ALLING.
     
Children of JOHN ROSS and ABIGAIL ALLING? are:
  i.   JOHN3 ROSS, b. 1683.
  Notes for JOHN ROSS:
Supposedly went to sea and drowned.

4. ii.   GEORGE ROSS, b. 1685, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey; d. October 1750, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey.
  iii.   ABIGAIL ROSS, b. 1687; m. JONATHAN MILLER.
  iv.   SARAH ROSS, b. 1689; m. PETER KINGSLAND.
  v.   NATHANIEL ROSS, b. 1691.
  vi.   JAMES ROSS, b. 1693; d. 1723.
  vii.   JOSEPH ROSS, b. 1695.
  viii.   BENJAMIN ROSS, b. 1697; d. 1760.


3. GEORGE2 ROSS (GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1662 in New Haven Colony, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died October 1717 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. He married HANNAH SPINNING Abt. 1696.

Notes for GEORGE ROSS:
Baptised May 1662. Died October 1717.

Notes for HANNAH SPINNING:
Hannah Spinning may have been Hannah Spinage.

     
Children of GEORGE ROSS and HANNAH SPINNING are:
  i.   JOHN3 ROSS, b. Abt. 1698; d. August 21, 1754; m. SARAH; b. 1704; d. April 19, 1759.
  Notes for JOHN ROSS:
Buried at the Presbyterian churchyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Alderman of the Borough in Charter of February 8, 1739/40 - Mayor 1748.

  ii.   THOMAS ROSS, b. Abt. 1700; d. 1767; m. SARAH UNKNOWN.
  iii.   ABIGAIL ROSS, b. Abt. 1703.
  iv.   SARAH ROSS, b. Abt. 1704.
  v.   GEORGE ROSS, b. Abt. 1705, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey; m. JOANNA OGDEN; d. September 26, 1768.
  Notes for JOANNA OGDEN:
Buried at the Old Springfield Cemetery.

  vi.   WILLIAM ROSS, b. Abt. 1709; d. 1764; m. JANE UNKNOWN.
5. vii.   SAMEUL ROSS, b. February 15, 1711/12, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey.
  viii.   HANNA ROSS, b. Abt. 1717.
Generation No. 3



4. GEORGE3 ROSS (JOHN2, GEORGE1) was born 1685 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey, and died October 1750 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey.

Notes for GEORGE ROSS:
He was a carpenter.
     
Children of GEORGE ROSS are:
  i.   SUSANNA4 ROSS.
  ii.   HANNAH ROSS.
  iii.   DAVID ROSS.
  iv.   PHEBE ROSS.
6. v.   GEORGE ROSS, b. Abt. 1715, Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey; d. March 1785, Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey.
7. vi.   JOHN ROSS, b. December 24, 1715, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey; d. April 07, 1798, Westfield, Union Co., New Jersey.


5. SAMEUL3 ROSS (GEORGE2, GEORGE1) was born February 15, 1711/12 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. He married (1) PHEBE CARPENTER 1739. He married (2) DEBORAH WOOD 1765.

Notes for DEBORAH WOOD:
From New Providence.
     
Children of SAMEUL ROSS and PHEBE CARPENTER are:
8. i.   SAMUEL4 ROSS, b. Abt. 1740, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey.
  ii.   JACOB ROSS, b. Abt. 1745; m. ABIGAIL ALLEN, January 19, 1769, New Providence, Union Co., New Jersey.
  iii.   EDWARD ROSS, b. 1745; m. PHEBE CARPENTER, January 19, 1769, New Providence, Union Co., New Jersey.
  iv.   STEPHEN ROSS, b. Abt. 1749; d. Abt. 1768.
Generation No. 4



6. GEORGE4 ROSS (GEORGE3, JOHN2, GEORGE1) was born Abt. 1715 in Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey, and died March 1785 in Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey. He married RUTH SCUDDER, daughter of BENJAMIN SCUDDER.
     
Children of GEORGE ROSS and RUTH SCUDDER are:
  i.   JOHN5 ROSS.
9. ii.   GEORGE ROSS, b. Abt. 1745, Rahway, Union Co., New Jersey; d. July 1786, Rahway, Union Co., New Jersey.
  iii.   RUTH ROSS, b. Abt. 1754; d. February 06, 1791, Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey.


7. JOHN4 ROSS (GEORGE3, JOHN2, GEORGE1) was born December 24, 1715 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey, and died April 07, 1798 in Westfield, Union Co., New Jersey. He married HANNAH TALMADAGE June 11, 1736.

Notes for JOHN ROSS:
Judge of Essex Co. Court and Master of Chancery. He was an alderman of the borough of Elizabeth in 1748. He is buried in the Colonial Cemetery of the Presbyterian Church in Westfield, New Jersey.
     
Children of JOHN ROSS and HANNAH TALMADAGE are:
10. i.   JOHN JR.5 ROSS, b. August 26, 1737; d. August 27, 1800, Westfield, Union Co., New Jersey.
11. ii.   REBECCA ROSS, b. June 14, 1739.
12. iii.   TIMOTHY ROSS, b. August 26, 1741.


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