William Ross (1686 - abt. 1767)

Born 1686 in Westerly, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Lewis) Ross — married 18 Apr 1711 in Westerly, Providence Plantations, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1767 at about age 81 in Westerly, Kings, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations [uncertain]

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Biography

William Ross, Jr., son of William Ross and Hannah Hungerford, was born about 1686 ^[1] or 1688 ^[2] in Westerly, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ^{[3] [4]}

William wed Anna Lewis on 18 April 1711 in Westerly. They were married by John Saunders, Justice. ^[5][6] William and Anna had at least the following children:

1. Jemima (Ross) Coon, born 1711;
2. William Ross, b. 1715;
3. Thomas Ross, b. 1719;
4. Isaac Ross, b. 1722;
5. Ann Ross, b. 1726;
6. Hannah Ross, b. 1727;
7. Peleg Ross, b. 1733.

William was elected by the General Assembly to the rank of Ensign in the Kings county militia, from May 1728-May 1733. The following were the units he was elected to:^[7]

• May 1728, 2nd Regiment Militia of the Main Land, 2nd Westerly Company. Officers: Lt. Stephen Wilcox, Ens. William Ross.
• May 1729, no list for this year.
• May 1730, 2nd Regiment Militia of the Main Land, 1st Westerly Company. Officers: Capt. Isaac Thompson, Lt. Stephen Wilcox, Ens. Wm. Ross.
• May 1731, 3rd Regiment Kings County Militia, 1st Westerly Company. Officers: Capt. Isaac Thompson, Lt. Stephen Wilcox, Ens. William Ross.
• May 1732, 3rd Regiment Kings County Militia, 1st Westerly Company. Officers: Capt. Isaac Thompson, Lt. Dan’l Stanton, Ens. Wm Ross.
• May 1733, 3rd Regiment Kings County Militia, 1st Westerly Company. Officers: Capt. Stephen Wilcox, Lt. Daniel Stanton, Ens. William Ross.

William signed the 1738 petition to divide Westerly, Rhode Island and create Charlestown. ^[8]

In 1747 William Ross was living in Westerly, Kings county, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ^[9]

William's wife Anna died on 29 February 1748 in Westerly. William died in or about 1767: his Will dated 1767 mentions their son Peleg Ross as executor. ^[10]

Geopolitical-Historical Note

Kings County was created from Providence Plantations in 1729. It was renamed Washington County on 29 October 1781 in honour of General and President Washington.

Sources

1. ↑ Rootsweb [on-line] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nanc/nanorman/aqwg20.htm#3328
2. ↑ Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication, [on-line] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000
3. ↑ Flint, James, ed. Rhode Island Colonial War Servicemen, 1740-62, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA, 1999
4. ↑ Genealogy of one branch of the Peckham family of Newport and Westerly, R.I. : and its allied families. Ross. William Ross. Page 123. See Image.
5. ↑ Westerly, Rhode Island Marriages, page 55
6. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7JNC-J8T2
8. ↑ 1738 petition https://sosri.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_39f2af5d-2690-4a04-938f-3156380fb526/
9. ↑ Jackson, Ronald V., Rhode Island Census, 1740-1890, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
10. ↑ Beaman, Westerly, Rhode Island - Wills

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Albertus for creating WikiTree profile William Ross on 23 Jan 2015. Click to the [Changes page] for the details of edits by Albertus and others.
• Ross-8713 was created by Erinne Kennedy-Dock through the import of Erinne Clark Kennedy Family Tree Partial.ged on 6 Oct 2015 and merged into Ross-7330 by Albertus on 31 Oct 2015.