Capt.
Robert
John
Ralston
Born before in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Frances W. (Tate) Ralston
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
after about age 63
in Anderson, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Robert was born about 1725 to William Ralston and Jean Ralstone and baptised 10 Jun 1725 in Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire. [1]
He served with the 4th/6th Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Dean, Esq. as Captain. [2]
Sources
- ↑ >"Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 24 Mar 2023), Robert Ralston, parents: William Ralston and Jean Ralstone, 10 Jun 1725, Abbey; citing Parish Number 559, Reference Number: 20 120.
- ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-M954 : 1 March 2021), Robert Ralston, 1781; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229257.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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~3.12%
Roy Minyard
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Sharon Van Weerdhuizen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Anna (Ralston) Kerrigan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Anna_Kerrigan
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Robert Ralston (b1725), a stockingmaker in Hamilton, married Susannah Sim(p)son in 1749, later (1784) became a burgess in Glasgow where he operated as a stockingmaker in Calton and died in Aug 1806. Church records show he is buried in the same plot as Susannah Simson, who died in 1807. Additionally, yDNA shows that descendants of this Robert are not the same haplogroup as the Paisley Ralstons.
Unsure if he married two different women named Frances (not impossible) or if Frances Tate had a first marriage or a later marriage to Clarkson.