Rev. David Ross ^{715,1027,1134,1173}

  Research Notes:

Children of Rev. George Ross, by his first wife:
DAVID ROSS. He was according to Holcomb's History of Immanuel Church, (pg. 178), New Castle, DE., a Church of England missionary. William Thompson Read, in his life of George Read, the Signer, states, (pg. 68) that Rev. David Ross died a missionary at Albany, N.Y. where he had been sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Mr. E. H. Bell states, however, that his name does not appear in the records of the London Society, nor can it be found in any of the records of St. Peter's Church, Albany, or of the P.E. Church in New York State. Mr. Bell has visited Albany and made a personal examination of the records, without obtaining any clue to David Ross. It is not known when he married. The early marriage licenses of New York State show the marriage of a David Ross to Rachel Stymets, but this David Ross is styled in a license as a "carpenter," late of Essex Co., N.J. The records of Christ Church, in Philadelphia, show the following marriages: David Ross to Ann Adams, Dec. 11th, 1723; David Ross to Martha Hopper, Sept. 27, 1788.

David ROSS was born about 1708 in New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. He died before 1754. David was said to have married Sarah Rolfe. She was from the line of Thomas Rolfe, son of John and Rebecca Rolfe. Rebecca was the Indian princess Pocahontas. David and Sarah had four children: Daniel; George; John, born 1732; and James Michael, born about 1740 and died 1801 in Stonycreek Twp., Somerset Co., PA.

David was said to be a Church of England missionary. However, Edmund Hayes Bell, a Ross family researcher at the turn of the century, said in a letter to Frank Willing Leach, another Ross researcher: "I have never been able to locate him at Albany, N.Y., and doubt his having been a clergyman... The name of Rev. David Ross does not appear in the records of the London Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts nor can it be found in any of the records of St. Peter's Church, Albany, N.Y. or of the Episcopal Church in New York State. On the other hand, Holcomb's History of Immanuel Church, New Castle, DE, pg. 178, mentions Rev. David Ross, and Mr. Thompson Read in his life of George Read of Delaware, pg. 62, mentions Rev. George Ross' eldest son David who died a missionary of the Church of England at Albany, N.Y."
+7 ii. Margaret ROSS.
+8 iii. John ROSS.
+9 iv. Aeneas ROSS.
+10 v. Ann Catharine ROSS.
+11 vi. Jacob ROSS.

He was married to Anna Catherine VAN GEZEL (daughter of Jacob VAN GEZEL and Gertrude REYNIER) about 1728 in New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. Anna Catherine VAN GEZEL was born in 1689 in New Castle, New Castle Co., DE. She was christened on 20 OCT 1689 in Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, NY. Witnesses at the christening were Reynier Williams, Hendrick Boelen, and Femmetje Kock. She died after 1748. She was known as "Catherine" by family and friends. Rev. George ROSS and Anna Catherine VAN GEZEL had the following children:
+12 i. George ROSS.
+13 ii. Gertrude ROSS.
+14 iii. Catherine ROSS.
+15 iv. Elizabeth ROSS.
+16 v. Susanna ROSS.
+17 vi. Mary ROSS.
+18 vii. James 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.

Index compiled and © by Hamilton Computer Service in 1980, thusneld@fmtc.com
Scanning and OCR by Joy Fisher, 2000 from a bound copy donated by Hamilton Computer Service.

These books and index are available on microfiche/microfilm from the Family History Library, Salt Lake City:

Vol. 1 FHL US/CAN Film #0924483 Item 1
Vol. 2 FHL US/CAN Film #1697339 Item 2

Indexes:
Index, McKinsey, J. - Suter, A. FHL US/CAN Fiche #6331278

David married Ann Adams on 11 Dec 1723.¹¹⁴²

David next married Sarah Rolfe on 12 Feb 1731 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA.¹¹³⁴ (Sarah Rolfe was born in 1720 in Salem County, New Jersey, USA,⁷¹⁵ died in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA ¹¹³⁴ and was buried in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, USA ¹¹³⁴.)

David next married Martha Hopper on 27 Sep 1738.¹¹⁴²