Catherine Margaret (Ross) Adams (abt. 1720 - abt. 1816)

Born about 1720 in New Jersey

Wife of Samuel Greer Adams — married 1741 in Westmoreland, Fayette, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 1816 at about age 96 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Catherine (Katherine) Ross was born about 1720 in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. According to Find A Grave, Katherine Ross was born in 1724 in Frederick County, Virginia and died 7 December 1748 in Frederick County. It is reported that she died during an outbreak of sickness in the community. She was said to be buried in the Hopewell Friends Burial Ground. I suspect that her death may be confused with that of her mother. Catherine is often referred to as Catherine Hardwick. Perhaps this came from the book, The East Germans of New Jersey by Theodore F. Chambers (1895). He mentions that Samuel Adams and his wife Catherine bought land from James and Deborah Bell, 26 June 1766, in Hardwick, New Jersey, which they mortgaged to John McDowell on 24 October 1766. This would be Hardwick Township in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey.

Name

Name: Catherine /Hardwick/

Name: Catherine /Adams/^[1]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Catherine /Hardwick/.

Birth

Date: 1720

Place: Westmoreland, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Alexander Ross

Wife: Catherine Chambers

Child: Catherine Hardwick

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1706

Place: Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States^[3][4]

One source cites her as Catherine H., born about 1720 and passed away about 1816. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-182875169 APID: 1,3599::20285
2. ↑ Source: #S-182875169 APID: 1,3599::20285
3. ↑ Source: #S-182875050 APID: 1,7249::104010480
4. ↑ Source: #S-182700795 Page: Source number: 1558.002; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::1042566
5. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to George Adams.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183632032/catherine-adams: accessed 9 January 2023), memorial page for Catherine Hardwick Adams (1720–1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #183632032, citing Westmoreland County Home Cemetery, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Debbie Johnson (contributor 49365974).
• Source: S-182875169 Repository: #R-797940450 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,3599::0
• Repository: R-797940450 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S-182878577 Repository: #R-797940450 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=67343359&pid=425