Mary ROSS (1739-1790)

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Welcome to the Mary ROSS (1739-1790) Project

Mary ROSS (1739-1790)

great-grandmother of Thomas Jefferson BIRD (1861-1931)

2nd great-grandmother of Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954)

3rd great-grandmother of Evelyn Virginia BIRD Linton (1922-2012)  

 

 

Terry Louis Linton © 1982

Linton Research Fund Inc., © 1987

 

A Brief Bird Family History (Terry L. Linton © 1982) published by (Linton Group, Limited © 1982 Fredericksburg, VA.) (printed in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.)

 

The Direct Ancestral Lineage of Evelyn Virginia BIRD Linton, The Daughter of Jeff August BIRD (1893-1954) and Clara Myrtle GREY (1900-1988) (Terry L. Linton © 1987, Linton Research Fund Inc., Publication © 1987, printed in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.) (First Revision, January, ©1989) Linton Research Fund Inc., Publication © 1987

 

LINTON & BIRD Chronicles Volume XIV Issue 1, Spring © 2019, ISSN 1941-3521

 

 

Mary ROSS (1739-1790) was the great-grandmother of Thomas Jefferson BIRD (1861-1931), the 2nd great-grandmother of Jeff Augustus "Gus" BIRD (1893-1954) and the 3rd great-grandmother of Evelyn Virginia BIRD Linton (1922-2012).

 

Mary ROSS (1739-1790) was the daughter of Reverent George Aeneas ROSS (1679-1753) & Anna Catherine VAN GEZEL (1689-1748) the emigrants. Mary was born on February 4, 1739 in Newcastle, Newcastle County, Delaware.

 

Mary married Colonel Mark BIRD (1739-1812) on December 31, 1762 in the Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. They were married by Reverend Duch with a License signed by the Governor.

 

Mark & Mary had ten known children: Charlotte BIRD (1764–1843); Captain William BIRD (1765–1812); Captain Jonathan "John" BIRD (1767–1813); Major Ross BIRD (1770–1815); George BIRD Sr., (1774–1847); Catherine "Kitty" BIRD (1775–1844); James BIRD (1780–1780); Colonel Edward BIRD (1781–1856); Henry C. BIRD (1782–1841); Lawson BIRD (1785–?).

 

Mary died on June 10, 1790 in Alexandria, Virginia at the home of Mark’s brother Colonel William BIRD (!757-1812) and his wife Catharine DALTON (1763–1822). Mary was traveling from Pennsylvania to Bostic, North Carolina. Mary was buried on June 14, 1790 in the Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

Colonel Mark BIRD died in 1812 in Rutherford County North Carolina and was buried in the Concord Cemetery, Bostic, Rutherford County North Carolina.

Direct linage line of Mary ROSS (1739-1790)

 

Terry Louis Linton © 1982

Linton Research Fund Inc., Publication © 1987

LINTON & BIRD Chronicles Volume VII, Issue 1, Spring © 2007, ISSN 1941-3521

updated April 2, 2019

LINTON & BIRD Chronicles Volume XIV, Issue 1, Spring © 2019, ISSN 1941-3521

 

 

Reverent George Aeneas ROSS (1679-1753) & Anna Catherine VAN GEZEL (1689-1748)

 

David ROSS (1643–1710) Laird of Balblair & Margaret STRONACH (1657–1710)

 

Andrew ROSS (1619–1678) Laird of Balblair & Mary FRASER (1617–1646)

 

George ROSS (1596–1647) Laird of Balblair & Mary Margaret McCULLOCH (1598–1649)

 

Hugh ROSS (1569–1639) Lord of Balmachy & Roseanna FALCONAR (1569–1637)

 

Hugh ROSS (1532–1569) Lord of Balmachy & Katherine MacLEOD (1538–1569)

 

Walter ROSS (1511–1558) Barron Balnagoun & Jean DOUGLAS (1513–1569)

 

David ROSS (1486–1527) Barron Balnagoun & Lady Helen KEITH (1489–1520)

 

Alexander ROSS (1440–1486) Knight of Balnagowan, 2nd Laird of Little Allen, 6th Lord of Balnagowan, 10th Chief of Clan Ross

&

Dorothea SUTHERLAND (1440–1505) "Baroness of Moray"

 

John ROSS (1425–1479) 5th Laird of Balnagowan & Christina MacLEOD (1425–1460) Baroness of Balnagowan

 

Hugh ROSS (1386–1486) 4th Lord of Balnagowan & Janet SUTHERLAND (1390–1450) Damsel

 

Walter ROSS (1368–1431) 3rd Laird Balnagowan and Laird of O'Beolan &  Katherine McTYRE (1368–1412)

 

William ROSS (1341–1372) 6th Earl of Ross (5th in the O'Beolan Line), Laird Balnagowan and Skye, Chief of Clan Ross

&

Christian McTYRE (1344–1405)

 

Editors note: to be continued