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About Joanna Ross
Biography
Name: Joanna /Williams/[1]
Burial
Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard, New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, USA [2]
Joanna (Williams) Ross (1689 - 1726)
Joanna Ross formerly Williams
Born 1689 in Rhode Island
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Wife of George Ross — married 1708 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
Mother of David Ross, Margaret (Ross) Currie, John Ross, Aeneas Ross, Anne (Ross) Yeates and Jacob Ross
Died 29 Sep 1726 at about age 37 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware
Profile last modified 24 Feb 2020 | Created 29 May 2011
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Sources
↑ Source: #S138 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
↑ Amos Eagle Elliston
Source: S138 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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Source: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 February 2020), memorial page for Joanna Williams Ross (1689–29 Sep 1726), Find A Grave Memorial no. 117636876, citing Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard, New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, USA ; Maintained by Dale Lee Lane (contributor 47946546) .
Acknowledgments
Thix pfofile was created through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on May 29, 2011 by Kennon Edwards.
Thank you to John DeFalco for creating this ikiTree profileon Aug 17, 2013.
Joanna Williams
- Birth: 1682 (possibly) Rhode Island (unconfirmed)
- Death: Sep. 29, 1726 New Castle New Castle County Delaware, USA
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/46986586/person/6662914648/family
parents
She was born about c1682. Her parents have been often said to have been Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Williams of Rhode Island.
~• but this is incorrect. No sourced genealogy of the famed Rev. William of Providence Plantation and his son Joseph mention a Joanna Williams. Please don't change Joanna's parentage here.
It would be bizarre that biographies of the famous Rev. WIlliams family of Providence Plantation to omit the birth of a granddaughter.
marriage
She was the first wife of Rev. George A. Ross (1680 Scot.-1755 DE.) & married about c1706 in New Castle, DE.
children and death
George & Joanna were the parents of 6 known living children. She is believed to have died after child birth. Their graves are unknown but the memorial for Rev. George A. Ross is inside the Immanuel Episcopal Church in New Castle, Delaware. Some of their children are also buried there.
remarriage of husband
Rev. George A. Ross married again about 1728 to Catherine Von Gezel (abt.1708-aft.1754). George & Catherine were the parents of 7 known living children. Their daughter Gertrude Ross Read is also buried there.
The children of George & Joanna Ross were:
George married Joanna Williams in about 1705. She was born in about 1690 and died on 23 Sept 1725. They had 6 children:
1. David Ross was born in 1708. He married Sarah Rolfe on 12 Feb 1731 in New Castle, DE.
2. John Ross was born in 1711 in New Castle, DE and died 8 May 1776 in Philadelphia, PA. He married Elizabeth Morgan on 28 Dec 1731.
3. Margaret Ross was born in 1712 and died 20 Aug 1766. She married Rev. Walter Hackett and Rev. William Currie.
4. Rev. Aeneas Ross was born 17 Sep 1716 in New Castle, DE and died in Apr 1782 in New Castle, DE. He married Sarah Leach on 3 Jan 1745.
5. Ann Catherine Ross was born in 1719. She married John Yeates.
6. Jacob Ross was born in 1726. He married Jane Syre.
Family links:
Spouse: George Ross (1680 - 1755)
Children:
- Margaret Ross Milton (1716 - 1811)* ^ Aeneas Ross (1716 - 1782)*
- Calculated relationship
Burial: Immanuel Episcopal Churchyard New Castle New Castle County Delaware, USA
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Created by: Dale Lee Lane Record added: Sep 25, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 117636876 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117636876
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Joanna Ross's Timeline
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1680
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(unconfirmed), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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| 1708 |
April 28, 1708
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New Castle, New Castle County, Lower Counties on the Delaware
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| 1712 |
October 1712
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Chester County, now Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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1712
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September 17, 1716
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New Castle, New Castle County, Lower Counties on the Delaware
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August 14, 1719
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New Castle, Delaware
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| 1721 |
1721
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New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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| 1726 |
September 29, 1726
Age 46
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New Castle, New Castle County, Lower Counties on the Delaware
Dr. Ross married, 1st, Joanna Williams, said to have been of Rhode Island. She died Sept. 29, 1726 (O.S.) in the 37th year of her age. |
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September 29, 1726
Age 46
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Immanuel Church, New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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