George Ross

Lue: Penni Airaksen tarinat

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“ William Ross moved first to Stockholm in 1617 as a political refugee with his father George. Ten years after that he moved to Turku (Åbo) and after that to Uusi Karlepyy where he worked as a sales-agent. Later he moved to Vaasa and he had company which sold tar to Stockholm. He became one of the richest man in the Vaasa region.”

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Disputed Origins

Dates seen as 1569 Birth Location Scotland Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Death Date 1647

Was he from the family of Hugh Ross, 4th of Balmachy ?

Not from the family of Hugh Ross of Halkhead

Not from George Ross, 5th Laird of Balmachy and Margaret McCulloch - they did not have a William son as far as I can see in Rossiana. Their children were Walter and Andrew.

https://archive.org/details/rossianapapersdo01read/page/42/mode/2up

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Flyttade från Skottland till Stockholm 1617.
Flyttade till Åbo i Finland ca 1627. Flyttade till Vasa ca 1630.

http://forsman-koskimies.info/sukutaulut/ilmajoki/k_files/data.html...

George Ross. Wikipedia. Syntynyt 1560. George Ross blev en politisk flykting vid deltagande i den maktövertagande operationen av den skotska kungen James VI, Stuart på 1600-talet. Took part in rebellion against King James VI Stuart in 1591 with his cousin Lord Robert Ross. Moved to Stockholm 1617. There is also a picture of the arms which Williams ssss Herman Ross used when he was enobled in 1819. It shows three walking lions. (Herman Ross [son of Isaac Ross, a Judge at Osterbotten, descended from William Ross, a Scottish merchant in Wasa under Gustavus Adolphus] was cr. a NOBLE [Finland] by the Emperor-Grand-Duke Alexander I. 1819, but did not trouble to take his seat in the House of Peers.)

Notes

To Maarit Birgitta From: Yet many websites state that the Finnish Rosses are descendants of Ninian Ross, Lord of Halkhead, this is probably not true. The most probable line goes through Rosses of Kindeace (the older branch) to Rosses of Balnagowan. This is backed up by the coats of arms Herman Ross (the last male Ross in Finland) sent to the House of Nobility in Finland. He was not granted permission to use it since he couldn't give documents reliable enough. Anyway, the coat of arms is the one of Rosses of Kindeace,

The problem is that, as far as I know, nobody has found Scottish data about George Ross and his son, William. William was born in 1598, but we don't know much about George. He came to Stockholm in 1617 as you wrote, but there isn't any more information about him. Since his father's name was said to be Hugh, one alternative is Hugh Ross of Kindeace, born 1532, died 1622, but I haven't seen any Scottish documents if he had another son in addition to Walter.

Since I used the coat of arms to connect the Finnish Rosses to Rosses of Balnagowan, I have to note the coats of arms of Rosses of Halkhead in Geni are of Rosses of Balnagowan. I wrote about that to the maintainers but they haven't changed it.

And yes, I'm also a descendant of William Ross.

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George Ross blev en politisk flykting vid deltagande i den maktövertagande operationen av den skotska kungen James VI, Stuart på 1600-talet. Took part in rebellion against King James VI Stuart in 1591 with his cousin Lord Robert Ross. Moved to Stockholm 1617. There is also a picture of the arms which Williams ssss Herman Ross used when he was enobled in 1819. It shows three walking lions. (Herman Ross [son of Isaac Ross, a Judge at Osterbotten, descended from William Ross, a Scottish merchant in Wasa under Gustavus Adolphus] was cr. a NOBLE [Finland] by the Emperor-Grand-Duke Alexander I. 1819, but did not trouble to take his seat in the House of Peers.).

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L. E. Bexar: Skotteättlingar i Vasa, släkten Ross

[Sl%C3%A4kten] Ross. (Genealogiska Samfundets i Finland Årsskrift V). Helsingfors 1921.