Show who are you the romance of your name by RUBY HASKINS ELLIS J A rose ross THIS HIS Is the name of a very old scottish clan that furnished most of the people of or this name in america the name itself Is derived from the gaelic word ros meaning an esth mus or promontory it was first ap plied piled as a name to p shire in scotland the plaid or tartan of the ros clan Is very attractive it is dark blue red and green arranged in broad and narrow stripes producing an et er feet that Is very vivid and sing the ancient home of this family in scotland was in the district of belna belnato 0 o wan and the founder was william boss ross a great patriot and friend of robert the bruce williams son earl hugh was aas killed fighting for the king at hal ila don hall in 1745 the fighting force of the rosi ross clan was estimated at men it Is sup sed that the first poss ross to come to america was as thomas rosse bosse af 0 ap cr U 11 ff 0 10 pal who was of the colony ue ile settled on the river james in virginia after the massacre of 1022 he be was reported dead leaving a wife and two children descendants Descend ints of this family are to be found in north carolina and other southern states another early settler was rev george ros who came from scotland and settled in delaware in 1703 11 s son george was one of the signers of the declaration of another settler was john ross who went from scotland to ireland in 1689 he ile came to america in 1703 1706 and purchased land in chester county pennsylvania this property was known as toss ross common george ross a descendant of this branch was Goer governor nor of pennsylvania the bosses were noted tor for their unswerving uns werNing loyalty to their convie eions and for their bravery in defend ing those principles which made them a clan to be reckoned with they were of the presbyterian faith among the many members of the family who have distinguished them selves by ng achievements there Is bethy ross who was el with the anlin of the first american flag she however was not a boss ross by birth being the wife of john poss pass who was wa the nephew of george ross rosa the big gi er in the census of 1790 there were 07 ross families in south carolina alone numerous families in new jer scy sey maryland marland and other southern states isaac rosa ross was a captain in the atlon the coat of arms above shown P I 1 used by I 1 who trace to rev george ross mentioned in this esketh he was a direct descendant des cendan of the bellgowan Bel gowan branch of ingland an edmonstone tarance THIS HIS family originated in northern trance with count count de edmont colmont a duke of I 1 landers whose son william in went to scotland as a 3 special to queen margaret argaret Il wife of king malcolm the king bestowed bes toed upon him the land of pomiston Pd miston and amet for faith ful service archibald edmonstone t was the first of the family in ATner ici he patented ap 11 ily t land in ibba in maryland and and succeeded his father as comman ler of county mil tia in Nl maryland aryland he married jane beall daughter of the well known milan beall through intermarriages the ed mon stones became connected wita many prominent fam lies among them the ormes who claim descent from alia royal house of stuart ib puhl d TAJ tr fia 1 |