Stephen
Weeks
Ross
Born in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Aaron Ross
and Elizabeth (Hedden) Pratt
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Stevenson) Clark
— married
2 Mar 1839 in Sussex, New Jersey, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Edgar Ross, Stephen Weeks Ross Jr., Sarah Elizabeth (Ross) Lamb, Adrian Valarius Ross and Samuel Stevenson Ross
Died
at age 37
in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Apr 2016
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Biography
Stephen was born in 1812. Stephen Ross ... He passed away in 1849. "He was a merchant and marble engraver at Newark. He married in Sussex Co, N.J. 3-2-1839, Jane Stevenson, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lusk) Stevenson of Upper Canada. She was born 12-5-1820 and died 9-21-1895, Lehi, Utah. Per the 1850 Census Jane and her children were at Newark with her mother-in-law, Elizabeth H (Ross) Pratt. Soon after they went to Council Bluffs and in 1852-3 to Lehi, Utah. Jane married 2nd 2-2-1852 William Clark and had children. Children of Stephen and Jane:
- 1879. John Edgar born 1-13-1840 Newark, N.J.
- 1880. Stephen Weeks, born 4-12-1841 Newark, N.J.
- 1881. Sarah Elizabeth born 4-23-1843 Newark, married 3-21-1863 James Jackson Lamb and died 10-5-1927.
- 1882. Adrian Valarius born 6-18-1846 and died 2-5-1849 Newark, N.J.
- 1883. Samuel born 3-18-1850 and died 4-2-1850." [1]
Sources
- ↑ Ross, Robert L., The Ross Family of New Jersey: A Record of the Descendants of George and Constance (Little) Ross ~ and~ Other New Jersey Ross Families. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc, 1990. Page 117.
- "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWR3-TWN : 12 December 2014), Stephen W Ross and Jane Stephenson, 02 Mar 1839; citing Sussex, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,294,803.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M198
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~0.78%
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