Born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Ross
and Mary (Haggett) Ross
Sister of
John Ross II, Sarah Ross, Hannah Ross, Abigail Ross, Susanna Ross, William Ross, Daniel Ross, Jonathan Ross, Joseph Ross, Benjamin Ross and Elizabeth Ross
Wife of
Samuel Southwick
— married
24 Jun 1686 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Samuel Southwick, Ebenezer Southwick, Hannah Southwick, Jonathan Southwick, Benjamin Southwick, Mercy (Southwick) Brock, Mary (Southwick) Hutchins, David Southwick, Elizabeth Southwick and Provided (Southwick) Carroll
Died about
at about age 74
in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
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| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Mary Ross, born 16 April 1666 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, was the daughter of John Ross and Mary Haggett. [1] [2][3]
Mary married Samuel Southwick, the son of John Southwick and Sarah Tidd, in 1686. They had 10 children:
- Samuel Southwick 2nd, born January 30, 1688/9, died before 1709
- Ebenezer Southwick, born November 1690, married Sarah Proctor and Mary Whitman.
- Hannah Southwick, born February 24, 1691/2.
- Jonathan Southwick, born about 1694, married Elizabeth Dowty.
- Benjamin Southwick, born 1696, married Abigail Burt.
- David, born 1701, married Thankful Grigg, died after 1791.
- Mercy, born 1698.
- Mary, born 1700, married Henry Hutchins.
- Elizabeth, born 1702.
- Provided, born 1704, married John Carroll.
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.)
- ↑
Birth:
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
citing FHL microfilm: 877468; Record number: 1237;
FamilySearch Record: FHL5-MJW (accessed 23 November 2022)
Mary Ross born on 16 Apr 1666, daughter of John Ross, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. - ↑ NEHGR: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) The Ross Families of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Volume 157, Page 38
- Caller, James Moore. Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Mass (J.H. Choate & Co., Salem, Mass., 1881), page 84.
- Ipswich birth record
- Essex County MA marriage record
- New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol 2, page 1416: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1416/45698962
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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Originally Ross-217 had a birthdate of 1658. The only reason she has a birthdate that matches that of Ross-1971 is because in April 2021 you changed that information on her profile. I reviewed the sources from Torrey again for the marriage of Samuel Southwick and Mary Ross. There is no mention of her birth year or her parents. You have provided no evidence that Ross-1971 and Ross-217 actually have the same birth information. I still maintain that there is no evidence for which Mary Ross of Ipswich was the wife of Samuel Southwick.
I agree that it would be nice to clear this up, but I am concerned that without evidence, it is inappropriate to make assumptions about which Mary Ross, out of three different ones in Ipswich, was the actual wife of Samuel Southwick.
Source: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14304/39/38851909
Can someone with access to NEHGR vol 157, refer to page 40 and see if there is indeed the approriate data to support this?
Also, anyone with access to Amer. Ancestors, what is at this URL? https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7724/320/141483951
edited by Shaun Sindelman
The record you added for NEHGR vol 157, page 40, explains clearly that the Mary Ross who married Samuel Southwick in 1686 was the daughter of John Ross and Mary Haggett (because of her mention as Mary Ross alias Southwick in the distribution of her brother Jonathan's estate in 1704).
Thanks also to Carolyn Adams for her persistence! I've approved the merge.
Now we just need the approval of Heather Brown (profile manager for Southwick-1971) to complete the merge.
The Ipswich birth records for that time period show three girls named Mary Ross:, d. of Kilicres, born 31 March 1664, d. of John born 16 April 1666, and d. of Fenell born 23 December 1668.
How have you determined that Ross-1971 is the same person as Ross-217? Isn't it just as likely that Ross-1971 married Abraham Fitts, not Samuel Southwick? Or that Mary Ross-1971 didn't marry either Abraham Fitts or Samuel Southwick.
I've changed this pending merge to an Unmerged Match and think we should leave it there until these questions are resolved.