Gertrude Ross ^654,1049

  General Notes:

Gertrude ROSS was born about 1732 in New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. She died on 2 SEP 1802 in New Castle, New Castle Co., DE.

She was married to Thomas TILL on 6 JUN 1752 in New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. Thomas TILL died before 1763. Thomas was Captain of a Sussex Co., DE, Regiment in 1756 and 1758.

He was the son of William Till who served as Justice of the Peace for Sussex Co., DE, member of the Assembly, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties, member of the Provincial Council, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia. William Till died 13 Apr 1776; his son had preceded him in death.

She was married to George W. READ on 11 JAN 1763 in Immanuel Church, New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. George W. READ was born on 18 SEP 1733 in Cecil Co., MD. He died on 21 SEP 1798 in New Castle Co., DE. He was buried in Immanuel Church Cemetery, New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. On his burial stone are the words: George Read born A.D. 1732, Died 21 Sept. 1798, Member of the Congress of the Revolution, the Convention that framed the Constitution of the U.S. and of the first Senate under it, Judge of the Admiralty, President and Chief Justice of Delaware, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. George, an attorney, was admitted to the bar in 1753 and practiced in New Castle, DE. In 1763 he was appointed to succeed John Ross as attorney general of Delaware’s three counties. He held this office until 1775 when he was elected to the first Continental Congress.

George served in the Congress throughout the Revolutionary War and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was elected president of the convention which formed the first Constitution of the State of Delaware. When in 1777 the governor of Delaware was captured by a detachment of British troops, George discharged the governor’s duties until his release. He was a member of the first US Senate 1789-1793, and chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court for five years.
George’s father John Read was from Ireland. His mother Mary Howell was from Wales. ¹⁰⁸⁵

  Research Notes:

Gertrude ROSS and George W. READ had the following children:
37 i. William READ. William was Consul General of the Kingdom of Naples.
38 ii. George READ Jr. was born about 1764. George served as U. S. District Attorney.
He married Mary Thompson, his cousin, 30 Oct 1786. She was the daughter of General William and Catherine (Ross) Thompson. They had the following children: George, bapt. 13 Jul 1788; William Thompson, bapt. 16 Dec 1792; Ann Catherine, bapt. 1 Feb 1795, aged 3 mos.; Charles, bapt. 19 Sep 1800, aged 3 mos.; John Dickinson, bapt. 25 Dec 1803, aged 11 mos.; and Mary Gertrude, bapt. 12 Jul 1806, aged 1 year. All were baptized at Immanuel Church, New Castle, DE.
39 iii. John READ was born in 1769. He died in 1854. John was the fourth son of Gertrude and George Read. The eldest son, John, named in honor of his grandfather, had died in infancy and the fourth son received the same name. He was an eminent lawyer, financier and philanthropist and one of the leaders of the Federal Party. John served as a U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania.

40 iv. Mary READ. She married Colonel Matthew Pearce of Cecil Co., MD.
Document 1-Becky Barefoot

Children of the Rev. George Ross by his second wife:

GERTRUDE ROSS. She died at New Castle, Del., Sept 2, 1802. She married, first, June 18, 1752, Thomas Till, son of William and Mary (Billingston) Till. He died before his father, William Till, whose death occurred Apr. 13, 1766. The latter held many important offices, among them: Justice of the Peace for Sussex Co., Del., member of the Assembly, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties, member of the Provincial Council, Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Mayor of Philadelphia, Prothonotary of Customs at New Castle. (See Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. IV, pp. 236, 237, and Keith's Provincial Councillors, p. 195.) Mrs. Till married second, Jan 11, 1763, George Read, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Note - For sketch of Wm. Till, see "Ancestry of Rosalie Morris Johnson," by R. Winder Johnson. Thos. Till was Captain of a Sussex County Regiment in 1756 and 1758. Penna. Arch. 2 series, Vol. X, pg. 291.
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Tombstone inscription, Immanuel Protestant Episcopal Church, New Castle, New Castle Co., PA; transcribed by Carol A. (Duppstadt) Roudabush, 13 Oct 2001:

Note: George Read, 1732-1798 on front of tombstone; wife, Gertrude on left side; son, George Read, 1765-1836, and wife, Mary, on right side of same tombstone.

GERTRUDE
WIFE OF
GEORGE READ
and Daughter of the Rev GEORGE ROSS
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Bios: Rich-Ry SURNAME Index to "Colonial Families of Philadelphia," Philadelphia, PA

This file contains a part of the every name index to "Colonial Families in Philadelphia", edited by John W. Jordan, published by Lewis Publishers of New York in 1911 in 2 volumes.

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NAME MAIDEN NAME DATE PAGES, COMMENTS
ROSS, GERTRUDE D1802 526 1251 MD TILL & READ ¹⁰⁸⁵

Gertrude married Captain Thomas Till on 18 Jun 1752 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA.¹⁰⁴⁹ (Captain Thomas Till died before 13 Apr 1763 ¹⁰⁴⁹.)

  Marriage Events:

• Alt. Marriage, 17 Aug 1752. ⁶⁵⁴

Gertrude next married George W. Read Sr. on 11 Jan 1763 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA ⁶⁵⁴.^,1049 (George W. Read Sr. was born on 18 Sep 1733 in Cecil County, Maryland, USA,¹⁰⁴⁹ died on 21 Sep 1798 in New Castle County, Delaware, USA ^654,1049 and was buried in Immanuel Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery (New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA) ^{654,1049,1242}.)

  Marriage Notes:

Immanuel Protestant Episcopal Church