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Elizabeth Ross

F, #10376, b. about 1758

Parents

FatherThomas Ross (b. 1725, d. 9 December 1798)

Biography

Birthabout 1758Elizabeth Ross was born about 1758.
Last Edited15 July 2019

Zacheriah Ross

M, #10377, b. 1761, d. 1816

Parents

FatherThomas Ross (b. 1725, d. 9 December 1798)

Biography

Birth1761Zacheriah Ross was born in 1761 in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
ResidenceMarch 1799As of March 1799 Zacheriah lived in Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania,
Property Record8 March 1799Zacheriah was involved in a property transaction on 8 March 1799 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Release. Release Zachariah Ross to David Ross and James Ross:

Know all men by these presents, that whereas Thomas Ross of Lower Mount Bethel, Northampton County and State of Pennsylvania, made his Last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty-fifth day of July in the year of our Loar Seventeen hundred and ninety-six, did among other legacies therein contained, Give and bequeath unto me, Zachariah Ross of Chiliskuqen [Chillisquaque] , Northumberland County and State aforesaid, a legacy of One Seventh part of all his Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, Rights and Credits, and of his said Will made and Constituted David Ross and James Ross sole Executor As in and by the said Will may appear. Now know ye, that I the said Zachariah Ross do hereby confess and acknowledge that I have had and received of and from the said David Ross and james Ross the Legacy or Sum of one hundred and Seventy-eight Pounds, Eighteen shillings and eleven pence, being the Amount of the Sale of the one-seventh part of the Lands and Tenements, Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits so as aforesaid given and bequeathed unto me by the said Thomas Ross. And therefore I do, by these presents, acquit, release and discharge the said David Ross and James Ross of and from all Legacies, Duties, Dues and Demands whatsoever which I, my executors or administrators, may have, claim, challenge or demand of or against the said David Ross & Jamess Ross, their Executors or Administrators by Virtue of the said Last Will and Testament of or out of the Estate of the said Thos. Ross, Deceased, as aforesaid.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety-nine.
Zachariah Ross

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of James Beard, Rachel Beard.
Death1816He died in 1816
Newspaper Mention18 April 1850The 18 April 1850 edition of the Star of the North, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, reported On Wednesday evening, the court granted tavern licenses to the following persons:

Anthony Township, John Crawford
Beaver, Joseph H. Shuman,
Bloom, Enoch Howell, Regina Worman, Robert Hagenbuch, C. H. Doebler, Samuel Blue, Peter Shug, Zachariah Ross
Briarcreek
Center
Cattawissa
Danville Borough, etc. etc.

Perhaps this was a son of Zachariah 1761.
Newspaper Mention11 September 1907The 11 September 1907 edition of the Danville Morning News, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, reported "Old Cemetery is Passing

Wolf Monument will be Removed to Odd Fellows' Cemetery

The old cemetery on Bloom street is passing. Only half a dozen tombstones remain erect, a mere suggestion of the familiar old burial ground in which the first settlers were buried and which for over a hundred years occupied the well-known site. The work of grading is already under way and in a few days, the last trace of the famous old landmark will be effaced.

The old cemetery being oblitered, the tract must henceforth be known as the "park." The tract is driven full of stakes, on which by means of stout cords is indicated the grade.....[paragraph on the process of the grading]....

Yesterday the remains of John Lunger and wife, Anna, were being removed by Samuel Lunder, a son. The bodies of George and Sarah Lunder, were also being exhumed by Charles, William and Harry Lunger, sons of the couple. Other members of the Lunger family will also be removed. All will be taken to the Odd Fellows' cemetery.

The monument in the northeast corner erected tot he memory of the Wolf family will be removed to the Odd Fellows' cemetery along with the remains of Hiram Wolf, David Wolf, Josiah Wolf and Leah, wife of Samuel Wolf. Hiram Wolf was First Lieutenant in Company H, Second Pennsylvania volunteers, Mexican War. He was born July 9, 1823 and died March 5, 1866.

The two granite tombstones near the center, marking the graves of Zachariah and Jane Ross, will be removed to Bloomsburg. The date of birth on the oldest of these is 1761; of the death 1816. Jane Ross died in 1820 aged 94 years. Two tombstones belonging to the Gulick family will also be removed."

[Note: if these dates are correct, it is unlikely that Jane was Zachariah's wife, because dying at age 94, in 1820, she would have been born in 1726.]
Last Edited10 July 2019

Esther Simonton

F, #10378, d. 23 June 1839

Family: Thomas Ross (b. 1756, d. 4 March 1835)

Biography

AddressEsther lived.
Marriageabout 1779Thomas Ross and she were married about 1779 in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,1
Death23 June 1839She died on 23 June 1839 in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,1
Pension Listing22 July 1851She was involved with a pension for Thomas Ross as follows: on 22 July 1851 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Deposition of Eloner McCracken, in support of the claims of the heirs of Ester Ross, widow of Thomas Ross of North'n Pa.

Before me John DeYoung, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Northampton, personally appeared Eloner McCracken, of the Township of Upper Mount Bethel, in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she is about seventy-eight year of Age, and is of Sound mind, memory and understanding, that she was well acquainted with Thomas Ross and his Wife Ester, late of Lower Mount Bethel Township in said County deceased, that the parents of said Ester Ross, dec'd, formerly Ester Simonton, used to live also in said Township of Lower Mt Bethel, and she, the said Eloner McCracken, lived with them before said Ester was married to said Thomas Ross deceased; that said Thomas Ross got married to said Ester Ross dec'd (formerly Ester Simonton) when the said Eloner McCracken was six years old, namely about seventy two years ago, which would be in the Year Anno Domini 1779, they were married by the Rev'd Mr. Tweed, in the Dwelling of Robert Simonton, dec'd, in said Township of Lower Mount Bethel, father of said Ester Ross, dec'd, that the said Elenor was present at the Wedding. And farther saith not.

Elenor McCracken (her mark)

Sworn and subscribed before me this 22d Day of July Anno Domini 1850.

John DeYoung, J.P.
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Citations

  1. [S231] ; Record Group 15; FHL Film 0971703; Microcopy 804 (700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.: National Archives and Records Administration), Application Packet of Thomas Ross.

Sophia Grube

F, #10397, b. 1853, d. 12 December 1930

Parents

Family: Henry Ross (b. 20 May 1844, d. 18 November 1930)

Biography

Birth1853Sophia Grube was born in 1853 in Pennsylvania.
Marriageabout 1870Henry Ross and she were married about 1870
Death12 December 1930She died on 12 December 1930 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
Burial15 December 1930She was buried on 15 December 1930 at North Bangor Cemetery in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
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George Grube

M, #10398

Family:

DaughterSophia Grube (b. 1853, d. 12 December 1930)
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Beatrice

F, #10400
Last Edited3 July 2019