Katherine (Chambers) Ross (1681 - 1749)

Born 13 Sep 1681 in Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania Colony

Wife of Alexander Ross — married 11 Apr 1706 in Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1749 at age 68 in Opequon, Frederick, Virginia

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Biography

Katherine (Chambers) Ross was a Virginia colonist.

Katherine was a Friend (Quaker) Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Opequon, Frederick County, Virginia

Katherine was born in 1681. She is the daughter of John Chambers of Chichester Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. According to the website "John Chambers of Chichester Twp, Chester Co., PA", John Chambers of Chichester "would seem to be the most likely candidate for being the father of the Lydia Chambers who married Arthur Barrett in 1705, the Katherine Chambers who married Alexander Ross in 1706, and the Rebeckah Chambers who married William Baels/Beals in 1712."

When Katherine was about 18 she married Alexander Ross in 1706^[1] in Chichester, Chester, Pennsylvania. The couple had several children:^[1][2][3]

Removal to new monthly meeting.: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 ^[4]

Katherine was mentioned on a memorial in Hopewell Friends Burial Ground, Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia, United States with a death date of 12 Dec 1749.^[5]

Research

Although there is nothing which identifies the father of Lydia Chambers, because her marriage took place only a year before the marriage of Katherine Chambers and because both the Barrett and Ross families later settled in Frederick County, Virginia, the assumption has been made that they were sisters. Noncontemporary biographies of Alexander Ross have stated that Katherine was 'of Chichester', which would match up with John Chambers of Chichester". The Quaker records of the marriage of Rebeckah Chambers identified her father as "John Chambers of Chichester". Some epidemic at the time of her death in 1748 was doubtless raging in the community, as her sons David and John, her son-in-law John Littler, her husband Alexander, and several of the neighbors died within a few weeks.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jolliffe, William. Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893: also sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and other cognate families. 1893, p. 70-1. Philadelphia: J B Lippincott.
2. ↑ Consider removing these Ancestry Records unless they can be proven to link to actual sources: Marriage: Title: Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
   Ancestry Record 7249 #104010481 (accessed before 6 April 2022).
3. ↑ Consider removing these Ancestry Records unless they can be proven to link to actual sources: Marriage: Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,
   Page: Source number: 1558.002; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.
   Ancestry Record 7836 #1042566 (accessed before 6 April 2022).
4. ↑ Removal to new monthly meeting.: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
   Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #99919345 (accessed 13 March 2024)
   Name: Katherine Ross; Event Type: Index; Residence Place: Delaware, Pennsylvania; Monthly Meeting: Radnor Monthly Meeting; Religion Sect: Orthodox; Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: Pennsylvania; Meeting County: Delaware.
5. ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave", database
   Find A Grave: Memorial #183440579 (accessed 13 March 2024)
   Memorial page for Katherine Chambers Ross (13 Sep 1681-12 Dec 1749), citing Hopewell Friends Burial Ground, Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Dale Lee Lane (contributor 47946546).