Hannah (Ross) Lambert (1668 - 1748)

Born 14 Aug 1668 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John David Lambert I — married 11 Apr 1679 in Elizbeth, Union, NJ

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Died 22 Dec 1748 at age 80 in Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey Colony

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Biography

Biography

FATHER GEORGE ROSS FROM SCOTLAND, CAPTURED BY ENGLISH IN 1651, IMPRISONED AND SENT TO NEW ENGLAND COLONIES. HE WAS MADE A SERVANT FOR 6 YEARS.

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George Ross of Scotland was taken prisoner by the Parliamentary forces (Cromwell's Army) at the Battle of Dunbar, Lancashire, England, September 3, 1650. Owing to his youth, scarcely 20 years old, he was sentenced to the New England Colonies [Nelia Huffman Henry records in Danville, Illinois, Genealogical Society, citing no sources]. Angry that the English had executed the Stewart king Charles I in 1649, the Presbyterian Scots decided to invite Charles’ son and heir, Charles II, to be their new king. In England, the ruling Council of State saw this act as a severe threat to the security and stability of their fledgling republic. It was therefore decided to send an army northwards to depose the new Scottish king. Charles II concentrated on negotiating with the Scots, who were angry at the English Parliament's presumption in executing Charles I - who had been king of Scotland as well as king of England. The Council of State in London decided to mount an invasion of Scotland in order to forestall any Scottish move against England. Sir Thomas Fairfax was reluctant to lead an offensive against the Scots and resigned from command of the New Model Army. Oliver Cromwell was appointed Lord-General in his place. Cromwell's army of eight regiments of horse and nine of foot, numbering around 16,000 men, marched north via York, Newcastle and Durham and crossed the border into Scotland on 22 July 1650. All through August 1650 the Covenanter army, commanded by David Leslie, manoeuvred to avoid a pitched battle with the New Model. The Scottish army greatly outnumbered the Parliamentarians but, in a great military blunder, the Covenanting Committee of Estates which directed Scottish military operations insisted on purging the army of all but strict Covenanters. The veterans who were unable to serve were replaced by raw recruits, so Leslie played for time. On 2 September, Leslie took up a commanding position overlooking the English encampment at Dunbar. Trapped between the sea on one side and the Covenanters' impregnable position on the other, and with the road back to England blockaded by the Scots, it seemed that Cromwell had no option but to evacuate his troops by sea. The new Scottish line stretched in a great arc with the coast on their right flank; the two armies were separated by the steep ravine of the Brox Burn. During the night, while the Covenanters rested uncomfortably in rain-soaked fields, Cromwell prepared a surprise attack. In a daring night maneuver across difficult terrain, the bulk of the Parliamentarian army crossed the Brox Burn ravine in secrecy and reformed their lines on the other side. Just before dawn on 3 September, the Parliamentarian vanguard attacked, spearheaded by Lambert's cavalry and seconded by Monck's infantry regiments. Although taken by surprise, the Scots fought back fiercely. They succeeded in holding their position in the center and keeping the Parliamentarians at bay. Cromwell then delivered his master stroke by leading his reserves in a crushing flank attack on the Scottish right wing, which was cramped between the Lammermuir hills behind and the Brox Burn ravine in front. Unable to maneuver, the Scottish horse were driven back through their own infantry. Cromwell's force broke through the Scottish lines. The Scottish position crumbled; the battle lasted two hours; 3000 Scots were killed in the rout and another 10,000 taken prisoner. Cromwell claimed that the Parliamentarians lost no more than 40 men. Cromwell was able to march unopposed to Edinburgh. He quickly captured the Scottish capital, although Edinburgh Castle held out until the end of December. Of the 10,000 Scottish prisoners, Cromwell ordered about half to be released because they were unable to fight owing to their wounds. The remainder were force-marched south towards England in order to prevent any attempt to rescue them. The conditions on the march were so appalling that many of the prisoners died of starvation, illness or exhaustion. By 11 September, when the remnants arrived at Durham Cathedral (which dates from 1100), where they were to be imprisoned, only 3,000 Scottish soldiers were still alive. Although the Cathedral offered a degree of shelter, the English failed to provide their prisoners with adequate food or fuel. For a time, the prisoners kept warm by burning all of the woodwork in the Cathedral with the exception of Prior Castell's Clock in the South Transept - thought to be spared because it carries a thistle, the emblem of Scotland, on it..

By the end of October, cold, malnutrition and disease had resulted in the deaths of another 1600 of the Scots soldiers. The bodies of many of those who had died were simply thrown into a mass grave in the form of a trench running northwards from the Cathedral. Of the estimated 5000 Scottish soldiers that began the march southwards from Dunbar, over 3500 died either on the march or during imprisonment in the Cathedral - more than the total number killed on the battlefield. Of 1400 survivors, the majority were eventually transported to English colonies in the New World and the Caribbean. GEORGE ROSS was one. On 3 Sep 1751 the Battle of Worcester was the final crushing defeat for King Charles II and the Royalist cause. The civil war ended at the place where it had started nine years previously. Charles II eluded capture for 45 days until he was able to slip away to France..

GEORGE ROSS was sentenced to transportation to the New England Colonies in the ship John and Sarah of London, John Green, Master, one of the ships in the Winthrop fleet, probably as an indentured servant since he was not listed as a passenger. Exiles had to repay their passage with a few years of servitude. George arrived in Boston before July 28, 1651, when the Rev. John Cotton referred to him in a letter, and he worked in Winthrop's Saugus Mine Works, probably Governor Jonathan (John) Winthrop, Sr's. Typical Indenture Contracts shown on the Virtual Jamestown website required five years of service. Within six years George, a carpenter by trade, was free and made his way to New Haven, CT, where he was listed a free man on 1 Oct 1657. New Haven Colony was independent of the Colony of Connecticut until 1663, and went west to Stamford, east to Guilford, south to Long Island Sound. In 1663 its governing council chose to join Connecticut rather than be annexed by the Catholic Duke of York, or the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam at New York. [Ancient New Haven Families and Genealogies of Connecticut Families. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981]. George Ross purchased land in New Haven in 1659, and their first son, JOHN, was born 23 Feb 1660. George was chosen a fence viewer in 1662. Their son DANIEL was born 10 Oct 1663. Daughter ELIZABETH was born 16 Dec 1665. Daughter HANNAH was born 14 Aug 1668. In 1667 George was chosen Corporal of the Trayne Band. Unfortunately, I don't know what that was. In Oct 1669, George Ross was on the same census page with John Alling, Alling Ball, and Samuel Alling [New Haven Census: Appendix, p. 524]. Alling Ball's son Edward Ball, Esq., a signer of the New Haven Covenant, was among a Puritan group who moved on from New Haven to Essex Co., NJ, with Dr. Abraham Pierson and the Kitchells (ancestors of Sarah Kitchell who md. James Green in Greene Co., IL, whose son John Marion Green was the father of Mary Ann Green, wife of William Alfred Ross, my grandfather). In 1670, George Ross and wife Constance Little moved to Essex Co., New Jersey, among its earliest settlers. After the move, their last son, GEORGE, was born in Essex Co., and it is from him that my family descends. In May 1671, George was impannelled a juror. Back in New Haven, there had been no jurors until the colony became part of Connecticut, just a panel of judges. On 11 Sep 1673, George Ross signed the oath of allegiance. In 1676 at Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ, he was granted a land patent for 132 acres in six parcels, being a house lot of 6 acres next to Jonas Wood and Caleb Carwithy, 18 acres of upland in the neck next to Barnabas Wines, William Johnson and John Gray; 40 acres of upland on the plains next to John LITTLE and Fresh Meadows; 50 acres of upland at Rahawack point to Elizabethtown Creek on the great river; and 12 acres at Rahway. That year, on 4 Dec 1676, he was appointed Select Man to judge minor court cases. He had enough education that from 1677-1695, he made inventories of the estates of Robert Bond (1677), John Woodruff Sr. (1684), Lydia Toe, widow (1690), and Thomas Lee (1695). In 1683 he was one of six Essex Co. Tax Assessors, and was appointed Lieutenant (of the militia?). Again, on 1 May 1686, he was appointed judge of small causes. From 1684-1695, he witnessed the wills of Matthias Hatfield (1684), John Winans (1688), Humphrey Spinning (1689), and George Allen (1695). From 1687-1705, he was one of two Deacons of the church in Mr. Harriman's time, and was on the minister's salary list in 1694. In 1690, George Ross was named executor of the will of DANIEL SPINNING, probably his brother-in-law, and his wife Constance Ross was a beneficiary. Clearly some of her Spinning family also moved to New Jersey. Constance had a brother Richard and was the daughter of JOHN LITTLE and wife MARY WHITE. Constance gave her age as 28 in 1664, and in 1662 she was listed as a member of New Haven's First Christ Church [Historical Catalog of the Members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center Church): A.D. 1639-1914, by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, New Haven, CT, 1914, p. 18]. On 1 Jan 1703, George Ross deeded 1/3 of his 2nd lot in Elizabethtown to the widow and children of his deceased son John. George died after 1705, and his will is not listed in Essex Co..

Hannah was born in 1668. She passed away in 1748.

Sources

• Source: S115442756 Repository: #R-2139325385 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=22480020&pid=2046
• Repository: R-2139325385 Ancestry.com Note:
• Born in New Haven

14th August 1668

Died in Elizabethtown 22nd December 1748

Father George Ross Rev 1629-1717 Mother Constance Little 1638-1715