Person:James Ross (109)

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James Ross, Sr., of Washington Co., PA
b.25 May 1735 Chester County, Pennsylvania
d.Bef Mar 1781 Pennsylvania
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1728
  1. Pvt. John Ross, Jr.1732 - 1802
  2. Sarah Ross1733 - 1800
  3. James Ross, Sr., of Washington Co., PA1735 - Bef 1781
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  James Ross, Sr., of Washington Co., PA1735 - Bef 1781
  • W.  Mary McKnight1735 - 1807
m. Abt 1756
  1. Hannah Ross1757 -
  2. James Ross, Jr.Abt 1759 - 1841
  3. John RossBef 1761 -
  4. Moses Ross1764 - 1847
  5. Phoebe "Febee" Ross1769 - 1849
  6. Isabel Ross1773 - 1856
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Facts and Events
Name James Ross, Sr., of Washington Co., PA
Gender Male
Birth? 25 May 1735 Chester County, Pennsylvania
Marriage Abt 1756 to Mary McKnight
Death? Bef Mar 1781 Pennsylvania
Probate? Mar 1781 Yohogania County, Virginia
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Will Abstract

James Ross, Gentleman, "of Racune Settlement in Yohogania County, Virginia", dated January 6, 1781, attested by James McClellan, James Ross, proved March __, 1781.
Beneficiaries: wife Mary, sons James, Moses, Robert, Andrew, John, daughters, Hannah Andrews, Margaret Ross, Isabel Ross, Febee Ross.
[The Records of Deeds for the District of West Augusta, Virginia: for the Court held at Fort Dunmore (Pittsburgh, PA), 1775-1776, copied consecutively as recorded, pg. 327].
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Records in Virginia

Eighth Company; Captain. David Morgan, May 17, 1777. First Lieutenant. John Robinson, Jun., May 17, 1777; Second Lieutenant. Joseph Talbot, May 17, 1777; Court Martial Men. James Ross. May 17, 1777, Henry Menges, May 17, 1777. Pennsylvania Archives
John Ross of Oxford Twp., Chester Co., Pa. to James Ross of Raccoon Settlement, Wash. Co., Pa., 300 acres on headwaters of Raccoon Creek. Oct. 30, 1781. [1] [Note: these appear to be both sons of James Ross who died in 1781]
References
  1.   Egle's 1876 Penna. History - Washington County, in PA-Roots.com.

    The names of our early settlers, and with whom the history of Washington county are so intimately blended, are David Hoge, Daniel Leet, Doctor Absalom Baird, Van Swearingen, William Findley, Hon. Alexander Addison, David Reddick, Hon. James Ross, Alexander Reed, James Marshall, Rev. Thaddeus Dodd, John Rutman, Dennis Smith, Abel McFarland, Nathaniel McGiffen, Joseph Townsend, Isaac Jenkinson, Matthew Ritchie, Rev. Matthew Henderson, Thomas Stokely, Rev. Joseph Smith, Rev. Thomas Marquis, William Rankin, Rev. John McMillan, Colonel George Morgan, James Stephenson, George Burget, Patrick McCullough, Adam Poe, Rev. Elisha McCurdy, Rev. John Watson, Henry Graham, Samuel Johnson, William Patterson, and a host of others too numerous to mention, whose descendants are living in our county, and generally upon the homestead of their fathers, each having a strong desire to perpetuate their respective families in the home of their ancestors.

  2.   .

    Otis K. Rice, The Allegheny Frontier: West Virginia Beginnings, 1730-1830 (Lexington, Ky.,
    1970), pp. 350-51; Baldwin, Whiskey Rebels, pp. 185-92. The federal commission consisted of
    William Bradford, James Ross, and Jasper Yeates; the Pennsylvania delegation included Thomas
    McKean and Gen. William Irvine.

    Rice, Allegheny Frontier, p. 350. Rice cites a letter dated 23 August 1794, from William
    McKinley to James Ross, Jasper Yates, and William Bradford (federal commissioners) to substantiate his claim (William McKinley to James Ross, Jasper Yeates, and William Bradford, 23 Aug. 1794, Jackson MSS, 1781-1832, Eli Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.)

  3.   Geni.com: (not a reliable primary source).

    https://www.geni.com/people/James-Ross-sr/6000000000500108559

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