Daniel Ross

Daniel Ross,

• b. 1760, Scotland
• d. 22 May 1830 (aged 69) / “of” Saint Elmo, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (at the home of his son in Rome, Georgia)
• Parents unknown
• m. 1786 Mary McDonald; b. 1770, Tennessee USA; d.1808, Tennessee USA.

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Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91510465/daniel-tanelli-ross

Daniel married Mary "Molly" McDonald in 1786 at Ross' Landing, Tennessee. It is the first recorded wedding in Hamilton County, Tennessee.

According to old newspaper articles Daniel Died at his sons home in Rome, Georgia and not in Tennessee

Family Members

Spouse: Mary McDonald Ross 1770–1808 (m. 1787)

Children

1. Jane Ross Coodey 1787–1844
2. Elizabeth Grace Ross Ross 1789–1876
3. John Ross 1790–1866
4. Susannah Ross Nave 1793–1867
5. Lewis Ross 1796–1870
6. Andrew Tlo-s-ta-ma Ross 1798–1840
7. Annie Ross Nave 1800-1825
8. Margaret Ross Hicks 1803–1862
9. Maria Ross Mulkey 1806–1838

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Biography

In a letter written by Joshua Ross, a nephew of John Ross, he gives the biography of John Ross:

"John Ross was born October 3, 1790. He died in Washington, D. C., August 1, 1866, while representing the Cherokee Nation.

"He was a grandson of John McDonald, an Indian trader who was a member of Clan MacDonald, Inverness, Scotland. His grandmother was Anna Shorey, of the Cherokee Bird Clan.

"The good influence of John McDonald saved many American lives during the Revolution, and after the war, from the hands of the Spanish and English and the Indian warriors in the valleys and mountains of Tennessee.

"It is said that he saved the life of Daniel Ross, of Sutherlandshire, Scotland, who crossed the ocean when he was a boy. His mother died on the water and was buried at sea. The orphan boy landed at Baltimore, Md. When he was a little older he joined Mayberry's Trading Expedition and set out for the Tennessee country.

"John McDonald made young Ross a clerk in the trading house which he had established, and in time gave him his daughter, Mollie McDonald, for a bride.

"Daniel Ross became a merchant and trader like his father-in-law and when his children were of school age he employed a teacher and conducted a private school for his children, the third of whom was afterwards famous chief, John Ross.

See also The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, p 58, Armstrong, 1992

“Hunter’s Home”. The Ross Family. < link >

Daniel and Mollie were the parents of nine children: Jennie (Jane) Ross (Mrs. Joseph Coodey), Elizabeth (Eliza) Ross (who married another unrelated Scotsman named John Golden Ross), John Ross, who became the Principal Chief from 1828 to 1866, Susannah Ross (Mrs. Henry Nave), Lewis Ross, often the Treasurer of the Nation and father of the two Mrs. Murrells, Annie Ross (Mrs. William Nave), Andrew Ross, Margaret Ross (Mrs. Elijah Hicks), and Maria Ross (Mrs. Jonathan Mulkey). All nine of these siblings or their family members immigrated to the new Cherokee Nation between 1834 and 1839, some voluntarily, most under duress. There were no members of this family that remained in the old Nation or “hid out in the hills” as some researchers seem to believe.

Origins

Unknown.

According to the Ross Family Information page, both of the [DNA] kits state that the ancestor of Daniel Ross (b. 1760) was "Hugh Ross III, Lord of Ross; b. 1735, Scotland; d. 1799, Scotland; m. Lady Janet; b. 1740, Scotland, d.1768, Scotland" however, no source is provided for that statement. It does not appear that any other participants are documented descendants of that line so at this point, the DNA cannot clearly be used to substantiate the claim. Daniel Ross was a child when he immigrated from Sutherlandshire, Scotland with his unnamed mother, who died aboard the ship. (1)
"It is said that he [John McDonald] saved the life of Daniel Ross, of Sutherlandshire, Scotland, who crossed the ocean when he was a boy. His mother died on the water and was buried at sea. The orphan boy landed at Baltimore, Md. ..." (1)

DNA Testing

There are 3 different participants in the Ross DNA Project at Family Tree DNA who list their ancestor as Daniel Ross b. 1760 d. 1830.

The DNA says that these 3 men are not related to each other.

One is a match to the Clan MacLeaod project. And one is a match to the Craig project.

See the Ross FamilyTreeDNA Surname Project MRCA Chart for more info.

References

• Chief John Ross Chapter DAR
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tncjrcd/biography.htm
• The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volume 1 By Zella Armstrong. Page 58. GoogleBooks
• ROSS - TMRCA To the Clan MacLeod Haplotype = 1650 AD
• John Ross Chapter DAR