Josiah Ross (c1776-aft1850)
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Josiah Ross | |
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| Other names | Isaiah Ross |
| Residence | • South Creek, Beaufort County, North Carolina • Aurora, Beaufort County, North Carolina |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy West (1780-1850) |
| Children | |
| Family | Rosses of Beaufort County |
| Mother | Prudence Redditt (c1747-1819) |
| Father | Benjamin Ross (1736-1823) |
| Public trees (may need correction) | |
| FamilySearch | LR8K-L57 |
Josiah Ross was a landowner of the South Creek and Aurora vicinity of Beaufort County, North Carolina, and a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt.
DNA evidence
Y-DNA
No documented direct male-line descendant of Josiah 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
Josiah Ross was born about 1776 in the South Creek vicinity of Beaufort County, North Carolina, a son of Benjamin Ross and Prudence Redditt. His given name is recorded in at least one source as "Isaiah" rather than "Josiah," suggesting some uncertainty in transcription between the two similar names; this article follows "Josiah."
He purchased land in Beaufort County from Thomas Ellison.[1] He appears in the 1840 United States census[2] and, together with his wife Nancy, in the 1850 census for Beaufort County.[3]
Ancestors
| Benjamin Ross (1736-1823) | |||||||||
| Josiah Ross (c1776-aft1850) | |||||||||
| William Redditt (1712-1784) | |||||||||
| Prudence Redditt (c1747-1819) | |||||||||
| Susan Reed Cobb (1713-1781) | |||||||||
- Josiah Ross (c1776-aft1850)
Josiah 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
Josiah Ross married Nancy West (b. 1780, North Carolina; d. aft. November 19, 1850, Beaufort County, North Carolina). Their children included:
- Martin H. Ross (b. 1803, North Carolina; d. aft. 1870, Aurora, North Carolina), m. Elizabeth Betsy "Betty" Bowen
- Lavinia Ross (b. 1805, d. 1880)
- William John Ross (b. 1814, Beaufort County, North Carolina; d. April 1868, Beaufort County, North Carolina), m. Lovey S. Walker
Occupation
Military
Death & burial
Josiah Ross's death is documented only as after 1850, in Beaufort County, North Carolina, on the basis of the 1850 census.[3] No specific date or place of burial has been found.
Timeline
Research notes
Disputed origins
No primary source directly naming Josiah's parents has been located for this article. 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
- His given name appears as both "Josiah" and "Isaiah" across the sources reviewed for this article.
Sources
- ↑ "Index to Real Estate Conveyances, 1696–1959; Deeds & Mortgages, 1700–1960," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DB-HB3W), Josiah Ross purchasing land from Thomas Ellison, Beaufort County, North Carolina.
- ↑ "United States, Census, 1840," entry for Josiah Ross, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRR-9QD).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States, Census, 1850," entry for Josiah Ross and Nancy Ross, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B7-38F).
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