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William Rose
b.Est 1745
 
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  1. Hugh RoseAbt 1738 - 1824
  2. James RoseEst 1740 -
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Name William Rose
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1745

Said to have come over with other Highlanders on the ship Pearl from Glengarry in the Great Glen of Scotland, arriving in New York on October 18, 1773. (Some passengers from Glengarry went on to Albany, and some settled in Kortright.) He settled on land of Philip Livingston on the Delaware River. He went to Canada in 1778 and served in the war there under Sir John Johnson.