Stephen I. ROSS

1749 - 1814  (64 years)

• Name	Stephen I. ROSS
  Birth	20 Oct 1749	Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	GQ59-CJT
  Residence	1757	Hopewell, East Nottingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  Occupation	1758	East Nottingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  	Apprenticed To his uncle John Day to learn the tanning business.
  Religion	[2]
  	Quaker
  Residence	1758	Nottingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America   [2]
  _UID	B6D59EBEFA75431CBA380E5C490DA13139B4
  Death	22 Apr 1814	Springfield, Ross, Ohio   [1]
  Person ID	I29551	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Samuel ROSS,   b. 15 Feb 1711, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 12 Dec 1803, Rhode Island (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Martha THORTON,   b. 1727   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F13985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth CROSE,   b. 1752, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 23 Apr 1814, Springfield Township, Ross County, Ohio (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1766	Hampshire County, Virginia, (now Grant County, West Virginia)
  Children	1. Stephen ROSS,   b. 1767, Hardy, Bedford, Virginia d. 1855, Ross, Ohio (Age 88 years)   2. Mary "Polly" ROSS,   b. 1769, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 13 Sep 1852, Bourbon County, Kentucky (Age 83 years)   3. John ROSS,   b. 1770, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 1837, Putnam, Indiana (Age 67 years)   4. Phillip ROSS,   b. 1771, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 16 Apr 1813, Ross, Ohio (Age 42 years)   5. Anna ROSS,   b. 1772, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 12 Sep 1825, Ross, Ohio (Age 53 years)   6. William ROSS,   b. 1774, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 1852, Ross, Ohio (Age 78 years)   7. Margaret ROSS,   b. 1775, Hampshire County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   8. Barbara ROSS,   b. 1778, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 1826, Ross, Ohio (Age 48 years)   9. Rebecca ROSS,   b. 1779, Hampshire County, Virginia d. 7 Dec 1858, Ross, Ohio (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F13972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Stephen was born in 1749, the son of John R. Ross and Lydia Hollingsworth. He married Elizabeth Crose in 1866. in Hampshire, Virginia, Children:[1] Mary Ross m. Michael Crose Philip Ross m. Elizabeth ___ John Ross m. Susannah Doll Margaret Ross m. ___ Doll Stephen Ross m. Barbary William Ross Stephen Ross m. Barbary An ___ Rebecca Rpss m. Edward Salts Stephen passed away April 22, 1814 in Springfield Township, Ross, Ohio, United States. We know by tax and deed records of Hardy County, West Virginia (formerly Hampshire County, Virginia) that Stephen Ross lived in that county between 1787 and 1807. Then he and his family moved to Springfield Township, Ross County, Ohio, where he died in 1814. His burial location may be on his farm but is unknown. He married Elizabeth Crose in the mid 1760's in Virginia, and she is the sister of Michael Crose. 1762 Will of Read, Daniel; August, Court, 1762 - Brother and sister in Scotland--John and Jane Read. Legatee: Jonathan Ross, George Ross, Robert Murphy, Hannah Kirk, Legatees: John Ross, 12 pounds., Jno Lupton, Robert Milburn, Mary Sutherland; Witnesses: Stephen Ross, Samuel Littler, John Milburn, Mary Sutherland[2] 1782 List of inhabitants for Hampshire County, Virginia Stephen Ross - 9[3] 1800 Stephen and Elizabeth (Crose) Ross left Hardy County, Virginia now West Virginia, in approximately 1800 and they went to Ross County, Ohio, locating on 316 acre's near Chillicothe, Ohio, Harrison Township, Section 7, Range 20. Sources ? Christian Crose family newsletter - v. 1, no. 3 (Nov. 1976.) ? Abstracts of wills, inventories, and administrations accounts of Frederick County, Virginia ? List of inhabitants (Virginia), 1782; Hampshire County; Film # 008151560; p310 Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 150 "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL65-MGGD : 20 February 2021), Stephen Ross, Jan 1778; citing Jan 1778, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,379. A brief history of the settlement of Virginia: Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893; Jolliffe, William,. Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 : also sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and other cognate families.. unknown: unknown, 1893. Christian Crose family newsletter - v. 2, no. 1 (Jul. 1977.) p 7 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39314246/stephen-ross: accessed 04 June 2023), memorial page for Stephen Ross (1749– 22 Apr 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #39314246

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Stephen ROSS, person ID GQ59-CJT. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 5 Oct 2024), entry for Stephen I. ROSS, person ID GQ59-CJT. (Reliability: 3).