George Ross
(1679-1754)
BIRTH
1679
PLACE
Balblair, Parish of Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland
DEATH
1754
PLACE
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware Colony
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Gertrude Ross Read
(1733-1802)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
ANGLICAN
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
George Ross (about 1679–1754) was a Scottish-born Anglican missionary and the first rector of Immanuel Church in New Castle, Delaware. He served there in 1705–1708 and again from 1714 until his death, with intervening work at Chester and nearby Pennsylvania churches. His surviving letters describe parish finances, missionary work and disputes over religious revival. His children included the clergyman Aeneas Ross, Gertrude Ross Read and the Declaration signer George Ross.
EARLY LIFE
George Ross was born 1679. The external genealogical record identifies Captain David Ross of Balblair as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for George Ross is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. George Ross died 1754. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
George Ross died in 1754, in New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware Colony. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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20 N American St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
George Ross (c.1679–1754), the Anglican missionary and Immanuel Church rector at New Castle, distinct from his son, the Declaration signer. Barthelmas concerns his son. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference — Della Gray Barthelmas. [Related biography of his son] Find on Amazon
2. A History of the Episcopal Church — Robert W. Prichard. [Related church and missionary history] Find on Amazon
3. History of Delaware, 1609–1888 — J. Thomas Scharf. [Local and biographical history] Find on Amazon
4. Sketch of Early Ecclesiastical Affairs in New Castle, Delaware, and History of Immanuel Church — Thomas Holcomb. [Local ecclesiastical and biographical history] Find on Amazon
5. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania — John W. Jordan. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
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