John was born in 1768. He is the son of Donald Ross. [1]
Sources
↑ Nigg Anti-Burgher Church Baptism and marriage book (earliest record) (Nigg Associate Church, Baptisms and Marriages, 1767-1867 CH3/1433/12) consulted at Highland Archives Centre, Inverness, Scotland, August 29, 2012 (the book was highly irregular with names of male parishioners and all their living children entered with birth dates in the first six pages. This must have been done in the late 1780s. The baptism entries became normal after 1790, although mother's names did not appear in the baptism records until 1814) Entry on p. 2 or 3 "11 Sep 1768 Donald Rioch (tailor) had a son John Ross born at Corrinicairn, son Donald Ross born 20 Oct 1781 at Culnaha, daughter Janet Ross 26 Jan 1783 at Culnaha, son Alexander Ross 7 Aug 1785 at Culnaha" (the last number on the last date was difficult to decipher but was interpreted as a 5.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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