George Washington Ross married Mary Witmer and had a daughter; Mary Elizabeth Ross who was born in Pennsylvania [1]
posted by Louise Darcy in Genealogy.com on September 30th 2007
Re: George Ross ... Signer of Declaration of Independence.
There is a story about George Washington Ross: In a letter written in 1897 by Caroline Eschleman to Frank Willing Leach, she says, "The marriage of my uncle, George Washington Ross, to Miss (Mary) Witmer was a runaway match and after three years of unhappiness the mother (Mary) died in the birth of her second child. The father (GW Ross) disappeared and was never seen by the family afterwards. Miss Ross was then three years old and was taken in by her aunt, my mother, and was among us all her life, lived with us. I tell you this to explain why we know nothing about the Witmer family and care less."
George Ross would have been around 29 years old when his wife Mary died about 1817; the family seem to never have heard from him again. He is thought to have gone to Ohio.
Sources
↑ Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Volume 9
Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross ..... by Read, Harmon Pumpelly, 1860 page 171 - Pub. Albany, N.Y. [Press of the Argus co.] pdf in Open Library [1] The Library of Congress call no:10092427
Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Volume 9 1895 [2]
Louise Darcy in Genealogy.com September 30, 2007 [3]
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