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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: James Whitaker Ross Note Born: 4 Jan 1804 at Fairfield County, , , South Carolina Married: Abt 1828 at South Carolina, , , Died: 6 Apr 1848 at Perry County, , , Alabama Father: Abner Ross Mother: Mary Whitaker
WIFE
Name: Sarah E.j. Rochelle Note Born: Abt 1805 at Fairfield County, , , South Carolina Died: 1852 at Union Parish, , , Louisiana Other Spouses: Elias George Reverend Father: Anderson Rochelle Mother: Nancy Ann Harrison
CHILDREN
Name: Mary W. Ross Born: Abt 1833 at Fairfield County, , , South Carolina Died:
Name: James R. Ross Born: 1835 at Fairfield County, , , South Carolina Died: 1868 at Texas, , , Wife: Louisa C. Locke
Name: William E. Ross Born: 1837 at Fairfield County, , , South Carolina Died: at Burnet, , , Texas
Name: Anderson J. Ross Born: Abt 1838 at Perry, , , Alabama Died:
Name: John Alfred Ross Born: 3 Feb 1842 at Perry County, , , Alabama Died: 31 Mar 1916 at Burnet, , , Texas Wife: Nancy Jamison
NOTES
1). James Whitaker Ross was born 4 January 1804 and died 6 Apr il 1848 in Perry Co., AL. His wife Sarah Rochelle was bor n 1810 and died about Nov 1856 in Union Parish, LA. They ha d four sons and one daughter James R., William E., Anderso n J., John Alfred,and Mary. Census records show that James , Will, and Mary were born in South Carolina, while Anderso n and John A. were born in Alabama.James W. Ross was burie d in Ocmulgee Church Cemetery still active since 1820 , so utheast Perry County, Alabama, beside his mother and fathe r in law Mrs. Ann Rochelle and Anderson Rochelle, and Thoma s G. Bryant, his wife s brother in law. Mrs. Ann Rochelle s maiden name was Nancy Ann Harrison and she was the daught er of Reuben Harrison and his 2nd wife Nancyof Fairf ield County. James Whitaker Ross was the son of Abner Ross, born 1780, d ied 1830, and his wife Mary Polly Whitaker, born 1766 nea r Elizabeth Town, East New Jersey, died 1846, who probabl y married where her family lived in North Carolina while Ab ner was en route from New Jersey to South Carolina. Abner w as the son of David Ross, born 1733 and died 1796 in New Je rsey, who served in the Revolution, and Hannah Scudder. Pol ly was the daughter of James Whitaker ca 1740 1789 and hi s wife Catherine Wiggins. James was the son of John Whitake r and Martha Gough. Catherine was the daughter of Revolutio nary Lt. John Wiggins 1720 1786 and his wife Catherine C aty Baker. !DEATH Headstone, Ocmulgee Church, Perry, Alabama, Headston e, Ocmulgee Church, Perry, Alabama
2).  ROCHELLE HARRISON FAMI LIES John Alfred Ross, my great grandfather, was the son of Jame s W. Ross and Sarah E. J. Rochelle. Sarah  s parents were An derson Rochelle and Nancy Ann Harrison, as proven by thei r wills in Ferry County, Alabama, recorded in 1842 and 1846 .   2 Anderson and Nancy Rochelles moved to Ferry County, Al abama, from Kershaw County, South Carolina, about 1837 38 w ith their son Dr. James Harrison Rochelle and their daughte rs Sarah and Mary. Sarah and James W. Ross had two childre n born in South Carolina, and Mary Rochelle and her husban d Thomas Bryant had none. Dr. James H. Rochelle died in 184 0. After Anderson and Nancy Rochelle, James Ross, and Thoma s Bryant died in Perry County, the sisters Sarah Ross and Mary Bryant moved witht heir children to Union Parish, Louisiana.3 The Ross and Roc helle families were wealthy planters. The 1850 U.S. Slave C ensus for Perry County listed 50 slaves owned by the wido w Sarah Rochelle Ross, by name, color, and age. Anderson Rochelle was the son of James Rochelle  born c a 1750  and wife Margaret Evans  born ca 1760 . James Roche lle was the son of John Rochelle and Elizabeth Boone, who m arried by 1748 in Virginia or North Carolina. John Rochelle   s father was JamesRochelle. James Rochelle, Sr., was th e son of George? Ralph? Rochelle. The Rochelles were French Huguenots who emigrated to Vir ginia by 1668. The town of La Rochelle, France, had a cit y wall around it. King Huguenot, who lived in the 14th cent ury, had the city gate covered by an arch commemorating hi s life and deeds. ThePresbyterians held their revival meet ings under his gate, and the Catholics would not bother the m, since they thought that old King Huguenot  s spirit walke d on this gate at night. For this reason, all Protestants w ere called by Catholics, Huguenots.

						

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