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From: Rebecca Pacey <>
Subject: [SUT] Hugh Ross-Margaret MacDonald
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 06:35:10 -0700

I am new to your list and this is my first post regarding this family.
The information gathered came from the book "The Stephen Lacy Family of
Goochland Co. VA by Lawler" and a genealogy of the Lacy/Ross families by
Morrison.
Any help on finding the family of Hugh Ross and Margaret
MacDonald/McDonald would be appreciated.
I descend from their daughter Jean/Jane who md. Thomas Lacy.
Thanks,
Becky

1. Hugh1 Ross died Aft. November 18, 1793. He married Margaret
MacDonald. She was born Abt. 1750 probably Scotland, and died in Anson
Co. NC.
Children of Hugh Ross and Margaret McDonald are:
+2i.Margaret2 Ross.
3ii.Mary Ross.
+4iii.Donald Ross, born May 01, 1765 in Edinburgh, SCT; died December
03, 1825 in ,NC, Anson Co., USA.
+5iv.Jr. Hugh Ross, born June 08, 1767 in ,SCT; died November 12,
1849 in ,TN, Henderson Co., USA.
+6v.Jean/Jane Ross, born June 14, 1775 in ,NC, Anson Co., USA; died
Bef. May 03, 1833 in ,TN, Madison Co., USA.
+7vi.Katherine Ross, born June 08, 1780 in ,NC, Anson Co., USA; died
November 05, 1858.
This is the story I have of Hugh Ross.

Hugh Ross, the immigrant ancestor of the Ross family which is also the
subject of this genealogy, was born in Scotland, near Edinburgh, and in
Sutherland Shire, Scotland, married Margaret McDonald. They, with two
and probably three children, immigrated to the Colonies ca. 1771, and
settled in Anson Co., NC, where three and possibly four of their
children were born, and where they lived and died, he leaving a will
dated November 18, 1793. The dates of the births and deaths of Hugh
Ross and his wife, Margaret McDonald, and the date of their marriage are
unknown, but he died after March 30 1798. They were the parents of six
children, who are named in his will, of record in Will Book A, p. 37, in
Anson Co., N. C.
Hugh Ross was left an orphan at five or six years of age. His father,
when on his death bed, put him in the care of a nobleman, in whom he had
confidence.
He lived with the nobleman, who, experiencing ill health and knowing
that he could not live to raise the boy, decided to apprentice him to a
tailor, to learn the trade. This he did. After Hugh Ross completed his
apprenticeship,
he practiced his trade in Edinburgh, and in Sutherland Shire, where he
gained
note for his fine workmanship.

It was while in Sutherland Shire he met the woman who was to become his
wife
Reference: Letter of Stephen L. Ross, grand-son of Hugh and Margaret
MacDonald
Ross, written about 1890, to a cousin, Thomas Lacy. (The Ross Family, "
by Sam W. Ross, Dec. 1934)

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