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William Ross

Male 1760 - 1821  (~ 60 years)


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  1. 1.  William Ross was born May 1760, , Chester, Pennsylvania; died 1821, Rossville.

    Notes:

    During the Revolutionary War William was a private in Capt. William Dodds'
    Company of York County Militia in 1781, and while his brother Alexander Ross was
    stationed with his division at York, William took his place at the camp while
    Alexander came home to put out his grain.

    William was a major of the Warrington Rangers which did service in the Indian
    Wars of 1794 and colonel of the First Battalion of Rifelmen which he helped to
    organize during the Second War with England.

    It was in his time that the name of the town of Warrington Square was changed
    to Rosstown and later to Rossville.

    He was appointed justice of the peace for Warrington Township for life and was
    sheriff of York Co., and one of the earliest postmasters. Major Ross built a
    tannery at Rossville and a stone dwelling house on the old York Road in
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    References:
    "A Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart families of Pennsylvania",
    Blanche T. Hartman, 1929, p 56.
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
    McTeer, 1975, p 53.

    William — Alice (Elsie) Mateer. Alice (daughter of William McTeer and Margaret Carothers) was born 15 Jul 1769, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 8 Aug 1828, Rossville, York, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. James Ross  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Apr 1791; died 7 Nov 1867, Rossville, Pennsylvania.
    2. 3. William Ross  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 May 1793.
    3. 4. Elizabeth Ross  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1794.
    4. 5. John Ross  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1797; died See Notes.
    5. 6. John Ross  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1803; died See Notes.
    6. 7. Margaret Ross  Descendancy chart to this point was born Jan 1809.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Ross Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 24 Apr 1791; died 7 Nov 1867, Rossville, Pennsylvania.

    James — Margaret Ewing. (daughter of William Ewing and Ann McConaughy) [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Ross  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 9. Ross  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 10. Ross  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. Ross  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 12. Ross  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 13. Ross  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  William Ross Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 29 May 1793.

  3. 4.  Elizabeth Ross Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 1794.

  4. 5.  John Ross Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 1797; died See Notes.

    Notes:

    Died in infancy.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
    McTeer, 1975, p 53.


  5. 6.  John Ross Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born 1803; died See Notes.

    Notes:

    Died in infancy.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
    McTeer, 1975, p 53.


  6. 7.  Margaret Ross Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born Jan 1809.


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Ross Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.William1)

  2. 9.  Ross Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.William1)

  3. 10.  Ross Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.William1)

  4. 11.  Ross Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.William1)

  5. 12.  Ross Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.William1)

  6. 13.  Ross Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.William1)


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