Patrick Ross, schoolmaster in Farr
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Patrick Ross | |
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| Residence | Farr Parish, Sutherland |
| Emigration | 15 April 1774 |
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| Occupation | schoolmaster |
Patrick Ross was a schoolmaster in Farr Parish, Sutherland. He boarded the Ship Bachelor at Port Lerwick, Shetland, on 15 April 1774, headed for Wilmington, North Carolina.
DNA evidence
Y-DNA
Research has not yet uncovered descendants of this Patrick Ross, therefore no Y-DNA results have been associated with him in the Ross Surname Project."
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Marriage and children
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Death & burial
Timeline
- 8 Mar 1772 - Letter from Charles Gordon at Clerkhill to [factor of Countess of Sutherland?], enclosing account of eagles and foxes killed in the parish [Farr]. Discusses the need to raise the stent to cover costs, the conduct of some tenants, and the accounts for paying the last schoolmaster, Mr Ross, and those who have supplied his place since Whitsunday. Hopes to obtain bear to relieve tenants of Rimisdale and other lands who have lost their crops.[1]
- 15 April 1774 - Patrick Ross left the Port of Lerwick, Shetland, aboard the Ship Bachelor of Leith aged thirty five Unmarried, lately Schoolmaster in the Parish of Farr, in the County of Sutherland. Goes to America on the Assurance of some of his Friends already in that Country of procuring a more profitable School[2]
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Research notes
- The letter dated 8 Mar 1772 refers only to a schoolmaster Mr. Ross. It does not specify that Mr. Ross was the schoolmaster in Farr Parish. It does discuss the fox hunting in Farr Parish, so it is an assumption, at this point, that this Mr. Ross is the same man as Patrick Ross, schoolmaster in Farr Parish. A copy of the letter has not yet been obtained from the NRS.
- Farr Parish did not record births until 1790 and marriages until 1801.[3]
Immigration sources
Patrick Ross is listed several times in Ancestry.com's U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index. This database is a compilation of names & dates listed in other sources. The specific source can be found in the 'Annotation' tab. Most of these sources are simply books, or directories, that contain a one-line description of a person that includes a time & place that they were mentioned in the Americas. They are not necessarily 'Passenger and Immigration Lists'. It's important to note that the column labels 'Arrival year' and 'Arrival place' are, therefore, not accurate. The values in these columns are taken from any number of different types of documents that indicate someone's presence somewhere.
The annotations in the database lead to these resources that mention Patrick Ross. They, themselves are only secondary sources. Any information found in primary sources is discussed above.
Sources
- ↑ "JP32/7/5/13". National Records of Scotland. Nov 9, 2007.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Newsome 1934, p. 135.
- ↑ Great Britain 1872, p. 6.
- ↑ Whyte 1972 p. 382.
Bibliography
- Great Britain (1872). Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland. Edinburgh: Printed by Murray and Gibb for the Registrar General of Births Deaths and Marriages. OCLC 1457239. OL 6923027M.
- Newsome, A. R., ed. (April 1934). "Records of Emigrants from Scotland". The North Carolina Historical Review. Records of Emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina, 1774-1775. 11 (2). JSTOR 23514858.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- Whyte, Donald (1972). A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A.. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-8063-4817-9. OCLC 571637385.
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