Lemuel H. Ross (1783-1836)
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Rev. Lemuel H. Ross | |
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| Born | March 1, 1783 |
| Died | 1836 (aged 53) |
| Residence | Long Acre Township, Beaufort County, North Carolina |
| Children | |
| Family | Rosses of Beaufort County |
| Mother | Prudence Redditt (c1747-1819) |
| Father | Benjamin Ross (1736-1823) |
| Public trees (may need correction) | |
| FamilySearch | L1XT-6JX |
Rev. Lemuel H. Ross (March 1, 1783 – 1836) was a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt. He carries the honorific "Rev." in project genealogical records, though no record of his ministry or denomination has been located in the sources reviewed for this article. He is documented as Benjamin's son in an 1823 Beaufort County land deed — the most direct piece of documentary evidence for any parent-child relationship in this generation of the family.
DNA evidence
Y-DNA
No documented direct male-line descendant of Lemuel H. Ross has taken a Y-DNA test as of this writing. See Benjamin Ross for the status of Y-DNA testing within this family generally.
Autosomal DNA
Biography
Early life
Lemuel Ross was born March 1, 1783 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt.
In 1823, the year of Benjamin Ross's death, a Beaufort County land deed recorded a transaction between Benjamin Ross and Lemuel Ross in which Benjamin names Lemuel as his "son" — the clearest documentary proof located for this article of any parent-child relationship within Benjamin Ross's family.[1]
Ancestors
| Benjamin Ross (1736-1823) | |||||||||
| Lemuel H. Ross (1783-1836) | |||||||||
| William Redditt (1712-1784) | |||||||||
| Prudence Redditt (c1747-1819) | |||||||||
| Susan Reed Cobb (1713-1781) | |||||||||
- Lemuel H. Ross (1783-1836)
Lemuel H. Ross was a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt. See Disputed origins regarding Benjamin's own contested relationship to John Ross the Immigrant.
Marriage and children
No spouse is documented for Lemuel H. Ross. His children:
- John Bowen Ross (b. 1821, d. 1894)
- Henry Blount Ross (b. 1830, d. 1903)
Occupation
Recorded with the honorific "Rev." in project genealogical records; no further detail on his ministry has been located in the sources reviewed for this article.
Military
Death & burial
Lemuel Ross died in 1836. He has an entry in the BillionGraves cemetery index[2] and in the Find a Grave index, the latter also recording 1836 as his death year;[3] neither index entry gives a specific burial place.
Timeline
- July 20, 1821 - Deed of Gift from Benjamin Ross to son Lemuel Ross for good will and affection, 100 acres south side of the Pamlico River and west side of Durham Creek in the head of the Reedy Cove, witnessed H. H. McCabe and John Ross[4]
- February 1827 - Deed from William Barrow to Lemuel Ross, per the Beaufort County General Index to Real Estate Conveyances.[5]
- August 9, 1832 - Deed of Gift of 100 acres dated July 20, 1821, from Benjamin Ross to Lemuel Ross recorded[4]
- November 1833 - Deed of Gift from Lemuel Ross to Riley Ross, per the Beaufort County General Index to Real Estate Conveyances.[6]
Research notes
Disputed origins
Of the three sons of Benjamin Ross covered in this project, Lemuel Ross's parentage rests on the strongest direct documentary footing: the 1823 land deed in which Benjamin Ross explicitly names Lemuel as his son.[1] See Benjamin Ross for the broader, unresolved question of Benjamin's own place in this family and his relationship (if any) to John Ross the Immigrant.
Common discrepancies
- This man is frequently at risk of confusion with his grand-nephew Lemuel Hiram Ross (b. 1861) — son of his brother John Riley Ross's son Riley Ross — the 1912 Sons of the American Revolution applicant; see the hatnote above and Benjamin Ross.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Beaufort. Deeds 1823–1829, 1829–1831, Mortgages 1823–1829, 1829–1831," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DB-DQY), land deed between Benjamin Ross and Lemuel Ross, Beaufort County, North Carolina, 1823.
- ↑ "Lemuel Ross," BillionGraves Index, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SY-ZSF4).
- ↑ "Lemuel Ross," Find a Grave Index, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV25-2QFW).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Beaufort Co. bk. 17 p. 260
- ↑ Beaufort Co. bk. 14 p. 223
- ↑ Beaufort Co. bk. 18 p. 120
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