Eli Ross (1805-1885)
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Eli Ross | |
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| Born | June 2, 1805 |
| Died | October 20, 1885 (aged 80) |
| Residence | Trigg County, Kentucky |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Strawbridge (1805-1877) |
| Children | |
| Family | Rosses of Rocky River |
| Father | Charles T. Ross (bef1791-aft1835) |
| Public trees (may need correction) | |
| FamilySearch | KNHW-XBF |
Eli Ross (June 2, 1805 – October 20, 1885) is the earliest confirmed ancestor of this line. Recent research suggests that he is the son of Charles T. Ross and grandson of William Ross Sr. of Montgomery and Stewart County, Tennessee.
DNA evidence
Y-DNA
A documented direct male-line descendant of Eli Ross has been Y-DNA tested, returning haplogroup R-FT424248. This is a match to the largest group in the the Ross Surname Project, Y-DNA R Haplogroup - Family 01.
Several participants have been found to carry this R-FT424248 haplogroup. They descend from James Ross of Monroe County. Y-DNA is telling us that Eli and these James Ross descendants share a common ancestor who lived circa 1790 CE [1650-1890 CE].
It is not yet clear how Eli might be related to James of Monroe County, but several researchers have determined that Eli is most likely descended from William Ross Sr. through Charles T. Ross.[1]
Eli is often to connected in trees to Nathan Ross Sr. of Stewart County, mostly likely due to their geographical proximity. Nathan was the grandson of William Ross Sr. of Martin County. We do not yet have Y-DNA results from this line for comparison.
R Haplogroup - Family 01 is a large group that shares a common ancestor who lived circa 1100 CE. It breaks into three main branches, two of which contain Ross kits and the other containing a combination of Ross and Rose kits. Kits descended from Hugh Rose, 8th of Kilravock, fall into the Ross and Rose branch. It is currently assumed that this branch represents the descendants of Hugh Rose, 1st of Kilravock, who appeared in the Highlands in the 13th century. It was thought by historians several centuries ago that his ancestors came from Rots in Normandy during the Conquests with William's brother Odo who was bishop of Bayeux.[2][3]
The Ross branches are still unknown. There is legend that Kilravock descends from, or is kin to, Ross of Halkhead, Lords of Parliament. It is entirely possible that one or both of the Ross branches descend from Ross of Halkhead, but there is not yet Y-DNA evidence to confirm this. They could also potentially represent descendants of another family that came from Normandy during the Conquest. There were several that settled in England including Ros of Kent and Roos of Helmsley.[2]
Eli's results fall into the larger of the two Ross branches.
This Kilravock group is descended from R1b-L21, known as the Atlantic Celtic branch. These peoples had reached what is now Germany by 2500 BCE and had crossed over to Britain by about by 2100 BCE.[4] This is not to say that the Kilravock line made its way to Britain 4,000 years ago and remained there. It's entirely possible that there were additional migrations that placed them back in the area of Normandy at the time of the Conquest as is postulated by later historians. While Y-DNA testing has not yet refuted this theory, it also has not confirmed it. More testing is needed.
Autosomal DNA
Biography
Early life
Eli Ross was born June 2, 1805, in South Carolina, and died October 20, 1885, in Trigg County, Kentucky.[5] No primary vital record (a birth or death record, census entry, or similar) has yet been located independently for this article to confirm these dates; they are carried here as the working figures used in current research pending further documentation.
Ancestors
| William Ross Sr. of Rocky River | |||||||||
| Charles T. Ross (bef1791-aft1835) | |||||||||
| Elizabeth Unknown (-aft1815) | |||||||||
| Eli Ross (1805-1885) | |||||||||
- Eli Ross (1805-1885)
Eli Ross's parentage is a working identification currently under research, not a confirmed fact; see Research notes below.
Marriage and children
Eli Ross married Elizabeth Strawbridge (December 12, 1805 – July 1, 1877), daughter of William Strawbridge.[5] Their documented son:
- George A Ross (May 5, 1835 – December 21, 1922), m. Mariah Cherry
Occupation
Military
Death & burial
Eli Ross died October 20, 1885, in Trigg County, Kentucky.[5] No burial location has been independently documented for this article.
Timeline
Research notes
Eli Ross's parentage has been the subject of active, unresolved research among his descendants. Two identifications have been proposed:
- Son of Nathan Ross, "Rosses of Martin County" family. An unsourced GEDmatch-hosted pedigree chart identifies Eli Ross as a son of Nathan Ross (b. November 2, 1773, Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina; d. July 14, 1834, Bumpas Mills, Stewart County, Tennessee) and Lydia Best Wheatley Nobles, in turn a son of Rev. William Griffin Ross Jr. and Mary Griffin.[5] This pedigree does not itself cite a primary source for the Eli–Nathan relationship. Fellow researchers Jana Killebrew and Jim Long, the latter a descendant of the Martin County Ross family himself, now consider it highly improbable that Eli descends from that family, on the basis that the Martin County Rosses and Eli's own family lived in the same part of Tennessee at the same time under similar or identical given names, leading earlier researchers (including Killebrew's own branch) to attach Nathan Ross as Eli's father without documentary support.[1][6]
- Son of Charles T. Ross, "Rosses of Montgomery County" family. Killebrew and Long's current working theory, based on land-record research and preliminary DNA analysis, identifies Eli's father instead as Charles T. Ross, a son of William Ross Sr. of Montgomery/Stewart County, Tennessee, and Elizabeth.[1] No primary source directly naming Eli's father has yet been located for this article under either identification.
Common discrepancies
- Eli Ross's birth and death dates, and his marriage to Elizabeth Strawbridge, are currently sourced only to an unsourced GEDmatch-hosted pedigree chart; no independent primary record has been located for this article.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jana Killebrew, "Re: Ross Surname Project Y-DNA results," email to Kelly Moores and others, July 8, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas 1764, p. 580.
- ↑ "Rose". Clan Central. Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA)". Eupedia. May 9, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Pedigree for *D Ross," GEDCOM 4236481, GEDmatch, July 4, 2026.
- ↑ Jana Killebrew, "Martin County Ross family and circleback," email to Kelly Moores, July 12, 2026.
Bibliography
- Douglas, Robert (1764). The peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation ; collected from the public records, ancient chartularies, the carters and other writings of the nobility, works of our best historians, &c (1st ed.). Edinburgh: R. Fleming.
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Disclaimer
It is admittedly impossible that we have been able to evaluate every piece of evidence available for every person included on this site. What you often find on the internet, though, are trees with no sources attached at all. Many of these trees were created pre-internet & have been passed down, uploaded & copied to multiple sites without details of the original sources they were based on. Now, with the advent of DNA testing, we're finding that they don't always match up with what the DNA is telling us. In order to reevaluate these trees in conjunction with the DNA evidence, we need to have available the sources that they might've originally been based on. This site, then, is intended as a repository for these sources and an opportunity to share what the DNA is telling us so that we can work collectively to correct these trees. Over time, more of the old records will be able to be combed through, and the sources cited here will grow.