Gilchrist “Kiticris” Ross

John Ross came from Scotland on the passenger ship the JOHN &; SARA in 1651 and was an indentured servent to Mr. Wardell which he worked off. John and the family moved to Pomfret, Conn. from Ipswich in the year 1682.

Funell (Fernell) Ross, George, John and Killecriss Ross were assumed to be brothers; captured in the Battle of Dunbar; and, sent to the colonies as indentured servents on ships in the mid 1600's.

Another Scots 1650 Battle of Dunbar POW indentured to the colonies for 7 years:

https://spows.org/battle-of-dunbar/battle-of-dunbar-prisoners-of-wa...

ROSS, GILCHRIST

Battle: Battle of Dunbar at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland on 03 Sep 1650 Ship/Arrival: The ketch Unity – Late Dec 1650 – MA Bay Colony Prisoner and List: Gilchrist Ross, #89 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar list1 Name Variations: Killicrece, Killicrese, Killicress, Kilicres, Ross, Rosse, Roase, Rouse, Rouce Residences: Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [%E2%80%A6]

Published: 02 Sep 2018, Updated: 02 Oct 2020
Page contributors: Ray Dusek, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

FIRST GENERATION IN THE NEW WORLD
1. GILCHRIST¹ ROSS, was born, presumably in Scotland and died at Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1683/4. He married at Ipswich on 09 May 1661, MARY GALLY2 (1640-1720 at age 80).

Children of Gilchrist and Mary (Gally) Ross:

• 2. i. JOHN ROSS4, b. at Ipswich, Massachusetts on 09 May 16625; d. 1745.
• 2. ii. MARY ROSS4, 1664-1739
• 2. iii. SARAH ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 22 Jan 16666 and died in 1714.
• 2. iv. ELIZABETH ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 27 Jul 1667.7
• 2. v. MARGARET/MARGRETT ROSS, was born at Ipswich on 13 Dec 16685 and died in 1683.
• 2. vi. WILLIAM ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 11 Feb 16706 and died in 1727.
• 2. vii. SAMUEL ROSS8, was born at Ipswich on 25 May 16736 and died in 1696.
• 2. viii. JANE ROSS8, was born at Ipswich on 15 May 16757and died in 1736.
• 2. ix. ABIGAIL ROSS4, was born at Ipswich on 20 Jun 16779 and died in 1720.
• 2. x. DANIEL ROSS4, was born at Ipswich in Jul 16797 and died in 1750.
• 2. xi. JONATHAN ROSS4 was born at Ipswich on 14 Jul 16815; and died in 1722.

Biographical Notes:

1. According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 251, Gilchrist is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Ross, Gilchrist. Residences: Ipswich MA. Appears: 1654. D.1683. Servant of Samuel Symonds. [Exiles; DR; SPOWS]For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

2. The Ross Families of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Kathleen Canney Barber, Janet Ireland Delorey, and Alan Bruce Sherman.3

Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)

Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/24220-co2/31464555

References

• The Great Migration Project: John Galley "* ii   MARY GALLEY, b. about 1641("Mary, widow Killecross," d. 1 February 1720[/1?], aged 80); m. Ipswich 9 May 1661 Killecross Ross."
• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 638. “Ross”. AncestryImage Ross, Kiticris (- 1683/4) & Mary Gally (-1720, ae 80); 9 May 1661; Ipswich

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