James P. Ross, I

James P. Ross

• Birth: After 1719, Elizabeth City County
• Death: Nov. 1, 1788 Salisbury Rowan County North Carolina, USA
• Parents: Francis Ross, Elizabeth Mallory

Family

• Husband of Mary Woods and Jean Shaw

Father of

• James P. Ross Jr(1741-1809)
• Henry Ross (1745-1827)
• John Ross (1747-1791)
• Jane Ross

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From http://https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.ross/9929/mb.ashx

Rowan County Rosses
Land grants of Rowan County overlaid onto OpenStreetMaps

Rowan was the same place that James P Ross, Sr. made his will in 1788. The will is online. In the will is mentioned Henry Ross as both a son of James Ross, Sr. and as exec of his will. Henry does not receive from the will, but would have to be an adult to be an exec. Also on the will of James Ross, Sr. is wife Jean, daughter-in-law Shaw, and an Anderson as one of the execs, the same as signed the marriage bond for Gene Anderson and Henry Ross in Guilford, 1786. Also on the will are four "minor" children of James Ross, Sr, including Benjamin Ross. Thus James Ross Sr, and James P Ross are evidently the same person. James P married first to Mary Woods. And later was married to Jean Shaw in Guilford around 1777 (see Guilford Marriage Records). Each wife had her own family. A son from the first marriage Henry Ross recorded a land deed in Rowan in 1785, that says on it Henry was of Guilford County, NC. It can be found online. Combined Census Records on Ancestry.com shows James and sons James and Henry Ross in Rowan in 1762.

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Map of Davidson County, N.C. c1890 showing 1st & 2nd forks of Rich ForkSurvey drawings & descriptions for land grants for James and his Rowan County neighbors indicate that his land was on the third fork of the Rich Fork of Abbotts Creek. This area would've been north of Thomasville close to the Guilford County line.

DNA Testing

Several descendants of James Ross are Participants in the Ross Surname Project at FamilyTreeDNA.

They descend through his sons James P. Ross, II & Henry Ross. They all belong to a small group of matches that only contains descendants of this James Ross.

No descendants of any other sons of Hugh Ross, 'the Immigrant' have been identified as Participants in the Project. Therefore, Y-DNA has only proven the lines back to James Ross Sr.

There are also no Participants in the Project that have been verified as descendants of Rev. George Aeneas Ross, M.A.. At this point, the genetic signature of his family is still unknown.

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Notes

Not the son of Hugh Ross, in Balblair

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There is no evidence of the name of James's first wife. The wife of James Ross, U.S. Senator was Mary Woods, daughter of Col. George Woods. Col. George Woods was captured by the Delaware in Pennsylvania in 1755. It seems that these two Jameses have been confused & Mary Woods belongs with James Ross, U.S. Senator.

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In 1884, James's great-grandson stated that his grandfather, James Jr., was born in Ireland and immigrated when he was 9 years old. If this is the case, it seems that it does not align for James Sr. to be descended from Hugh Ross, 'the Immigrant' who was already in Virginia as early as 1696. More Y-DNA evidence is needed to determine which North Carolina Ross lines are descended from Hugh Ross, 'the Immigrant'.

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Virginia was a colony at the time of his birth.

supporting data

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979". FamilySearch. Dec 22, 2016. James Ross and Jean Shaw, 31 Aug 1778; citing Guilford, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 536,827.
• "Call# S.108.1019. Grant no. 681 book 51 pg 209". North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data. North Carolina Historical Records Online.
• "State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh NC, microfilm call # S.108.1019 frame 85". North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data. North Carolina Historical Records Online.
• "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970". FamilySearch. May 21, 2014. Rowan > Wills, 1797-1801, Vol. D > image 46 of 298; James Ross, 1788.
• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for James Ross Sr. (1715–1 Nov 1788), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177389569; Maintained by redheadkelly (contributor 47079195) Burial Details Unknown.
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 28 2017, 0:10:30 UTC
• Will of John Ross, 1758, Elizabeth City County, VA, alludes to estate reverting to brother James if his son, also named James, does not become of age link
• https://www.familytreedna.com/public/rossdnaproject/default.aspx?se... “ R Haplogroup - Rose (Kilravock) Clan, poss. early Ross Clan (not cur) and George Ross, b. 1679 Branches (unproven). Related to the G Group in the Rose project” Hugh Ross b. 1671 d. 1700 Hampton, Virginia R-BY11158