| Battle: | Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
| Ship/Arrival: | John & Sara, May 1652 |
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Published: 09 March 2016
Updated: 25 Mar 2020
Researchers: Ray Dusek, Maureen Ross Franz, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust
Descendants of: James Ross/e of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
All on the John and Sara Passenger List:
Ross, Alester. NEHGR, SD
Ross, Dan. NEHGR, SD
Ross, David. Rosse in NEHGR
Ross/e, James, (1). NEHGR, SD
Ross, James, (2). NEHGR, SD
Rosse, John, (1). NEHGR, SD
Rosse, John, (2). NEHGR, SD
Rosse, John, (3). NEHGR, SD
Ross, Jonas. NEHGR, SD
Name Variations: Ross, Rosse
First Generation in the New World
1. JAMES ROSS, was born presumably in Scotland and died at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on 18 Sep 1690.1 He married at Sudbury, Massachusetts on 05 Dec 1658, MARY GOODENOW. She was born in 1640. 2
Biographical Notes:
“Mary was the fifth child born to Thomas and Jane Goodenow and the first born in America. In April of 1657 she was tried and convicted of fornication by the church having had a child out of wedlock at age 15. The father of the child was an indentured servant named James Ross apparently serving her father.
SEX IN MIDDLESEX by Roger Thompson
GOODENOWS WHO ORIGINATED IN SUDBURY, MA 1638 A.D. by Theodore James Fleming Banvard.
Through the Gleason line, the Giles Family traces its connection to the Goodenow family through the (bastard) child Mary Ross. SEE, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown , MA by John Barber White
“I am a descendant of James Rosse (Ross) Diane Rapaport sites him in her book, “The Naked Quaker”. It was interesting to find that the Master he struck (John Rudducke of Sudbury) and Thomas Goodenow were neighboring farmers. It was Goodenow’s daughter, Mary who was impregnated by James and then later married. The two neighbors moved further West and Thomas left his farm to James & Mary Ross. ~ Maureen Ross Franz”
Children of James and Mary (Goodenow) Ross:
2. i. MARY ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 25 Dec 1656.3
2. ii. THOMAS ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 29 Sep 1660.4 (THREE MONTHS BETWEEN THESE BIRTHS)
2. iii. JAMES ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 04 Jan 1661,5 d. before Aug 1664.
2. iii. JANE ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 26 Aug 1664*. TWIN NEED SOURCE
2. iii. JAMES ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 26 Aug 1664.5
2. iv. DOROTHY ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 20 Jul 1667.5
2. v. SARAH ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 28 Mar 1670.4
2. vi. ELIZABETH ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 15 Mar 1672.5
2. vii. SUSANNA ROSS, b. 1676 and d. 1739. NEED SOURCE
2. viii. HANAH ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 23 Dec 1678.5
2. ix. DANIEL ROSS, (James¹), born at Sudbury on 28 Oct 1681.5
Second and Third Generations
2. i. MARY ROSS, (James¹), was born at Sudbury on 25 Dec 1656 and died 28 Mar 1688. She married, at Sudbury on 15 Jan 1678, JOHN GLEASON. 3, 6 He died in 1689.7
Could the date of her first marriage in incorrect? Birthdates for children?
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/128/22296093
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/623/426924890
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/648/426925449
I suspect there was another ROSS in Sudbury at the same time as James Ross (1).
Children of John and Mary (Ross) Gleason:
3. MARY³ GLEASON, (Mary², James¹), born at Sudbury on 03 May 16818 and died in 1752.
3. JAMES³ GLEASON, (Mary², James¹), b. 1684 and d. 1750. SOURCE?
3. MARTHA³ GLEASON, (Mary², James¹), born at Sudbury on 25 Mar 1688.9
2. ii. THOMAS ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 29 Sep 1660* and died at Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts before 10 Jun 1719. He married, ANNA RICE.
Children of Thomas and Anna (Rice) Ross:
3. THOMAS³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), 1704-1765. (Became Guardian of sister Anna in June 1729.)
3. HANNAH³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), 1706-1746.
3. LYDIA/LIDIAH³ ROSS*, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 12 Jul 1707* and d. 1752.
3. JAMES³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 23 Oct1711* and d. 1782
3. TIMOTHY³ ROSS, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 20 Aug 1714*
3. ANNAH³ ROSS/ROOS*, (Thomas², James¹), b. at Sudbury* on 23 Nov 1716*.
2. JAMES² ROSS, (James¹), was born at Sudbury on 4 Feb 1661.
2. iii. JANE² ROSS, (James¹), was born at Sudbury on 26 Aug 1664. SOURCE? She married at Sudbury on 04 Jan 1683, SAMUEL ALLEN, (John², Walter¹), b. at Newbury on 08 Apr 1658 and died 28 Aug 1720, she was his first wife.10
Children of Samuel and Jane (Ross) Allen:
3. JOHN³ ALLEN, b. 05 Jul 1686 and died in 1724.
3. SAMUEL³ ALLEN, born at Sudbury on 13 Mar 1687/8 and died 19 May 1689.
3. SILENCE³ ALLEN, 1689-1754.
3. SARAH³ ALLEN, b 30 May 1690 and died 1789; m., SAMUEL STRATTON.
3. EPHRAIM³ ALLEN, born about 1691-1776.
3. SALOME ALLEN, married, JOHN SHATTUCK.
3. JANE³ ALLEN, 1702-1702.
2. iv. DOROTHY² ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 20 Jul 1667*. She married at Sudbury on 11 Aug 1687*, ELEAZER WHITNEY*.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21176/1659/426947463
Children of Eleazer and Dorothy (Ross) Whitney:
3. SARAH³ WHITNEY, born at Sudbury on 29 May 1688.
3. ELEAZER³ WHITNEY, born at Sudbury on 05 Mar 1690 and died at Watertown, Middlesex County, MA on 12 Feb 1697/8. Died young.
3. JAMES³ WHITNEY, b. at Watertown on 20 Nov 1697.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14085/10/256338942
2. v. SARAH ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 28 Mar 1670* and died at Bradford on 27 Jul 1728. She married, JOSEPH WORCESTER.
Children of Joseph and Sarah (Ross) Worcester:
3. ELIZABETH³ WORCESTER, 1699-1772.
3. JANE³ WORCESTER, 1703-1739.
2. vi. ELIZABETH ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 15 Mar 1672*.
2. vii. HANAH ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 23 Dec 1678*.
2. viii. DANIEL ROSS*, (James¹), was born at Sudbury* on 28 Oct 1681*. He would have reached marrying age in about 1707.
Biographical Notes:
There is a Daniel marrying a Susannah Rogers int. 12 Jan 1705 in Ipswich and a Daniel marrying Hannah Harrisse at Boston on 4 Jul 1709.
SOURCES AND NOTES:
James was a former Scottish soldier having been captured in the Battle of Worcester between Scotland and England in Sep 1651 and sent with 500 others to serve their terms in the colonies. Records show that James arrived on board the “John and Sarah” from London, November 11,1651, Captain John Greene. The passenger list shows other passengers on board named Ross. He served in Sudbury, MA against the Indians in King Phillip’s War and later at an advanced age in the Narragansett expedition under Capt. Mosley in 1676. Mary originally refused to marry James which presented a serious problem in this Puritan community of Sudbury, MA. Mary later recanted and married James and they parented eight additional children. It is recorded that James received 39 lashes for his indiscretion with Mary, but it appears that he was later accepted into the family as he and Mary purchased the homestead of Mary’s father Thomas Goodenow in Sudbury when he moved to Marlboro. Mary was later mentioned in the will of her father.”
SEX IN MIDDLESEX by Roger Thompson
GOODENOWS WHO ORIGINATED IN SUDBURY, MA 1638 A.D. by Theodore James Fleming Banvard.
Through the Gleason line, the Giles Family traces its connection to the Goodenow family through the (bastard) child Mary Ross. SEE, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown , MA by John Barber White
James Ross enlisted in the Scots army at the age of 16 or 17. He served in the Narragansett Swamp Fight in King Phillip’s War in 1675.
I am a descendant of James Rosse (Ross) Diane Rapaport sites him in her book, “The Naked Quaker”. It was interesting to find that the Master he struck (John Rudducke of Sudbury) and Thomas Goodenow were neighboring farmers. It was Goodenow’s daughter, Mary who was impregnated by James and then later married. The two neighbors moved further West and Thomas left his farm to James & Mary Ross. ~ Maureen Ross Franz
SEE: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) “Sudbury, Massachusetts VR”
Submitted by: Chuck Ross – in July 2016:
“I’m working to prove a link to James on my Ross side. I believe this
is through James’ son Daniel -> his son Daniel -> his son William, Sr. I’m curious
if you have documentation on this branch of James’ descendants?”
- “James, Sept. 18, 1690. M.R.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7806/324/142140835 [↩]
- “ROSS, James (-1690) & Mary GOODENOW (1640-); 5 Dec 1658; Sudbury {Fulton Anc. 583; Gleason 26; Dunham-Boyd 370, 372; Starkey 113; Bridges Anc. 43, 68}” New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21175/1303/426902262 [↩]
- “Mary, d. James Ross and Mary Goodenow 25 Dec 1656” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/128/22296093 [↩] [↩]
- https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/128/22296093 [↩] [↩]
- https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/127/22296358 [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩] [↩]
- “John Gleason & Mary Ross, 15 Jan 1678” https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21081/313/426691584 [↩]
- Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/rd/14472/9195-co1/263865985 [↩]
- “Mary, ch. Jo[h]n and Mary, May 3, 1681. M.R.”https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/50/142132311 [↩]
- https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7806/50/142132311 [↩]
- ALLEN, Samuel & 1/wf Jane ROSS; 4 Jan 1683; Sudbury {Essex Ant. 2:99; Allen (,14) 5; Reg. 113:77} New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21174/26/426912110 [↩]