Ann Ross ^851,1330

  Research Notes:

Ann ROSS was born on 5 JAN 1774 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died on 9 DEC 1816 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. Before marriage she resided with her father at the northwest corner of Prince and Orange Streets. Her father was visited there by Lafayette in 1825. During her married life she lived on East King St. in Lancaster, the site of the present courthouse.
She was married to James HOPKINS on 18 JUN 1791 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. James HOPKINS was born on 21 SEP 1760 in Compassville, Lancaster Co., PA. He may have been born 8 Aug 1762. He died on 19 DEC 1834 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. James became the leading attorney at the Lancaster bar and amassed what was considered a vast fortune. He was the law preceptor of James Buchanan who became President of the United States. Ann ROSS and James HOPKINS had the following children:
81 i. George Ross HOPKINS19 was born on 30 MAR 1792 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 19 FEB 1821 in Middletown, Dauphin Co., PA. On 27 Dec 1814, in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA, George Ross married Ann Reigart, born 4 Jul 1795 and died 4 Jan 1826. Their children were: Adam Reigart, born 19 Nov 1816, Lancaster, PA, and died 15 Dec 1854, Lancaster, PA,, unmarried; Emily Wilson, born 20 Jun 1818, Lancaster, PA, and died 25 Mar 1870, Cecil Co., MD, m. 28 Oct 1840 Henry Slaymaker Magraw and married Henry S. McGraw, the State Treasurer of PA; Horace, born 3 Mar 1820, Lancaster, PA, and died 10 Feb 1857 of croup in Lancaster, PA, unmarried.
82 ii. Clementina HOPKINS was born on 7 DEC 1794 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died in 1796. She was buried in 1796 in St. James Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died in infancy.
83 iii. Mary HOPKINS was born on 13 DEC 1796 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died in 1826. She married George Barnett or Barrett.
84 iv. George Washington HOPKINS was born on 9 MAR 1799 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 21 APR 1833 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. On 12 Mar 1823 in Lancaster he married Mary Franklin, who was born 29 Oct 1804 in Philadelphia, and who died 17 Dec 1893 in Haverford, PA. George graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1819 and was admitted to the bar. Their children were: Ann, born 13 Dec 1823, Lancaster, PA, died 27 May 1888, Philadelphia, PA, married 13 Feb 1844 Joseph Boyd Baker; Mary Franklin, born 4 Sep 1825, died 3 May 1904, Philadelphia, PA, married 17 Jun 1851 Lafayette Baker; Emeline Fox, born 3 May 1828, Lancaster, PA, married 21 Oct 1862 James Emmet Gowen; James, born 17 Jun 1830, Lancaster, PA, died 14 Aug 1882, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA, married 21 Jun 1853 Sarah Sophia Duffield; Phebe Emlen, born 9 Mar 1832, Lancaster, PA, unmarried, and Washington, born 6 Aug 1833, Lancaster, PA, 8 Dec 1835, Lancaster, PA.
85 v. Horatio Nelson HOPKINS was born on 9 APR 1807 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA.
86 vi. Ann Coleman HOPKINS was born on 30 JUN 1809 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died on 11 APR 1886 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She married Isaac Newton Lightner 6 May 1841. They had a son James who lived in Lancaster.
87 vii. James Montesquieu HOPKINS was born on 9 MAR 1811 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 17 JAN 1896 in Lancaster Co., PA. James graduated from Dickinson College and was owner of the Conowingo Furnace in Drumore Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.
On 15 Mar 1836, he married Harriet Louisa Webb, who was born 26 Jul 1815, Pine Grove Forge, Lancaster Co., Known children were: Robert Cobeen, born 22 Nov 1845, who married Mary Rowland 16 Oct 1873 and had a daughter, Francis S., born Port Deposit, Md., (she married Bennett Darnell); Emma Anderson, born 23 Apr 1853 in Drumore Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, who married Henry Clay Gardiner 17 Feb 1880; Henry Clay, born 4 Apr 1842 in Drumore, Twp., Lancaster Co. PA, who married Anna E. Nauman 13 Dec 1870; Elizabeth Old, born 16 Dec 1836, Lancaster Co., PA, who married 22 Feb 1858 James King Alexander; Washington Webb, born 5 Jun 1838, Lancaster Co., PA, who married first Harriet Dorothea Rogers and second Mary A. Long; Laura Ellmaker, born 12 Sep 1839, Lancaster Co., PA, who married 17 Nov 1869 Samuel Hockley Rutter; Louise Tome, born 29 Jan 1841, Lancaster Co., PA, and died 30 Jul 1856, Port Deposit, MD; James, born 29 Mar 1844, Lancaster Co., PA, and died 6 Jan 1863 in Washington, D.C.; Anne Ross, born 9 Oct 1847, Lancaster Co., PA, and died 19 Aug 1856, Lancaster Co., PA; Harriet Old, born 3 Jul 1849, Lancaster Co., PA, and married 24 Dec 1873 Gardner Clinton Deaver; and Newton Lightner, born 31 Jul 1851, Lancaster Co., PA, and died unmarried 17 Jul 1876, Lancaster Co., PA.
88 viii. Emily Wilson HOPKINS was born on 27 SEP 1812 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died on 20 FEB 1816 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA.
89 ix. William HOPKINS was born on 25 NOV 1816 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 17 APR 1888. He married Margaret Pennell or Margaret Burnell.
75. Rebecca ROSS was born on 22 DEC 1769 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She died on 22 JAN 1853 in Bedford Co., PA. She was buried in Quaker Cemetery, East St. Clair Twp., Bedford Co., PA. The Quaker Cemetery is located on Route 56 west of Fishertown in East St. Clair Twp., Bedford Co., PA. Rebecca's grave has a marker erected in 1967 by the Barefoot Reunion Association which says: "Rebecca (Ross) Barefoot, wife of Dr. Benjamin Barefoot (grand-daughter of Col. George Ross, signer of Declaration of Independence), mother of James Barefoot, Pioneer settler of Bedford Co. 12-22-1768 -- 1-22-1853." I have found no records proving or disproving her connection to this family. Her relationship to James and George the Signer has been a part of oral family history for some generations.
Handwritten on the last page of the Rebecca Ross Bible is: "George Ross served in the Revolutionary War as Colonel of Pennsylvania troops, organization not stated. The following regiment orders were signed by him July 1, 1776: 'Lieutenant Crawford is ordered to take the detachment of the 1st Battalion ordered for the borough of Lancaster, under his command, to have the roll called morning and evening, and consult with his committee for maintaining the proper guard and pay proper attending to their requisitions.'" There is no notation saying George Ross was her grandfather. (The Rebecca Ross Bible was once in the possession of Carl and Avis Barefoot. Its present location is unknown. This bible was printed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1784 and purchased by Rebecca Ross 13 Jan 1785.)
According to the" Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster Co., PA," Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, PA, 1918, page 692, Leacock Presbyterian Church Cemetery records show a Samuel Barefoot, son of Benjamin and Rebecca, died 7 Mar 1817, aged 1 year and 9 months. If this record is accurate, perhaps this child was named after a brother Samuel who died in 1814. Rebecca would have been aged 45 at the time of this child's birth, certainly not too old to have a baby, but it would have been 17 years since the birth of her last known child, a substantial gap of years. It is important to note this child's name is not recorded in the Rebecca Ross bible.
She was married to Dr. Benjamin BAREFOOT (son of Thomas BAREFOOT and Elizabeth WELLS) on 28 APR 1787 in Lancaster Co., PA. Dr. Benjamin BAREFOOT22 was born in 1764 in Chester Co., PA. I have strong doubts that Benjamin was actually the son of Thomas Barefoot, and am inclined to think instead that he was the son of Samuel, or that his father's name was William. However, since oral family history claims Thomas as his father, that connection is retained until disproven.
Benjamin is listed on the tax duplicate of West Nantmell Twp., Chester Co., PA in 1785. At that time, all males were placed on the tax duplicate when they became 21 years of age. Subtracting 21 from 1785 would make Benjamin's birth year 1764. This is the birth date used on all S.A.R. and D.A.R. records mentioning Benjamin. No records have been located officially noting his date or place of birth. He died in 1839 in PA. Benjamin was killed (by whom or what unknown) in 1839 while on a trip to Bedford Co. to visit his son James. He was buried in Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA. There is a Revolutionary marker on his grave. It is not known if or where Dr. Barefoot received his medical education. Until the early 1900s licenses were not required in Pennsylvania. Up to that time all one had to do to become a physician was study under another doctor, read his books and "put up a shingle."
CENSUS: 1800 PA, Fayette Co., pg. 616. Rebecca ROSS and Dr. Benjamin BAREFOOT had the following children:
+90 i. James BAREFOOT.
+91 ii. William BAREFOOT.
92 iii. Samuel BAREFOOT was born on 2 AUG 1793 in PA.23 He was baptized on 2 JUL 1797 in St. Gabriel's Church, Berks Co., PA. He died on 15 MAR 1814. He was buried in Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster Co., PA.
93 iv. Ezibella BAREFOOT was born on 11 NOV 1795 in PA.24 She was baptized on 2 JUL 1797 in St. Gabriel's Church, Berks Co., PA. She may have married a Daniel Rutter 24 Jun 1819. Notice of the marriage of an Isabella Barefoot to this man (both of Lancaster ) was carried in the "Intelligencer & Weekly Advertizer" of Lancaster, PA on Saturday 26 Jun 1819.
+94 v. Job Palmer BAREFOOT.
80. Catherine Thompson ROSS was baptized on 18 JAN 1802. In a letter to Frank Willing Leach, Ross researcher, from A. E. Witmer, Lancaster, PA, dated 11 Dec 1897, he says, "Respecting the Church records, I will give you that in facsimile as there is a name I cannot decipher. The records are in very bad shape. It is as follows:- 'Catharine Thompson, Daughter of James Ross and Kuhn, received adult baptism, same time and place, viz. Jan. 18th, 1802, (N.B.). Cannot make out what the name is, certainly copied letters as nearly as possible.'" She died about 1852 in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA. She was born in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. After her husband died, Catherine moved back to Pennsylvania and opened a private school for small children in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA.
She was married to Richard CLAIBORNE on 5 MAR 1807. Richard CLAIBORNE was born on 4 AUG 1755 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He died in MAR 1819 in New Orleans, Orleans Co., LA. Richard was an officer of the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. He became Major and aide-de-camp to Gen. Nathaniel Greene, serving with the Marquis de Lafayette with whom he developed a warm friendship. He retired from the army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Richard was appointed Secretary of State of Louisiana by his cousin, Governor William C. C. Claiborne. He also held the position of Clerk of the U. S. Court at New Orleans, at the time of the celebrated trial of Andrew Jackson, and was subsequently appointed Judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana. Catherine Thompson ROSS and Richard CLAIBORNE had the following children:
95 i. Henrietta Elizabeth Virginia CLAIBORNE was born in 1809 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA. She was christened on 23 AUG 1823 in St. James Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She was christened as Harriet Elizabeth Virginia Claiborne. She died on 27 NOV 1882 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL. She was baptized. Henrietta married first Preston Billings Elder, 26 Mar 1834, in Columbia, PA. He was Editor of Colonial Spy and Cashier of the Columbia Bridge Co. She married second Peter Haldeman, 19 Mar 1843. Peter was born 12 Apr 1800 and died 10 Jun 1868. Henrietta and Peter had a son, James Ross Haldeman, who married Alice Reed Frazer 23 Apr 1878.
96 ii. Guilford Greene CLAIBORNE was born on 10 OCT 1811 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA. He was christened on 23 AUG 1823 in St. James Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 5 JAN 1876 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. Guilford Greene was named for a battle in the Revolutionary War in which his father fought - Guilford Court House - and Greene, for a General his father served under. He married Elizabeth Kidwell Currie 4 Oct 1832. Guilford enrolled in West Point but never served in the army. He worked as a postmaster in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA
97 iii. Clarisia CLAIBORNE was born on 15 AUG 1813 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA. She died when an infant.

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Ann married James Hopkins on 18 Jun 1791 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ⁸⁵¹.^,1330 (James Hopkins was born on 21 Sep 1760 in Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ⁸⁵¹ and died on 14 Sep 1834 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ¹³³⁰.)