FYI: Ross of Hanyng, County Ayr.
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Family of John Ross and Marion Hamilton: Their son Matthew Ross
| Walter Farwell (View posts) | Posted: 3 Oct 2002 7:32PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ross, Hamilton, Stewart, Boyle, Maxwell, Stirling
MATTHEW ROSS.--This is the son who inherited Hanyng after the line of the eldest son, George Ross, failed in the male line when the grandson George Ross died circa 1597."The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland", Vol. 23, under date of March 19, 1597 seem to show Matthew Ross inheriting the lands of Hayning, lying in the barony of Galstoun, bailliary of Kylestewart.
1. Birth.--Matthew was probably the second son, so, if the oldest, George, were born circa 1550, this Matthew was probably born by 1555 (we do not know anything about the daughters of John Ross and Marion Hamilton.)
2. Death.--James Paterson's "History of Ayr...", page 525, says this Matthew died about April 1619, at which time his son Matthew became his father's heir to lands in Hanyng.
3. Marriage.--"The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland", (1620 - 1633), Vol. 8, page 481, entry number 1425, under the date of June 19, 1629, says that MARGARET BOYLE, wife of James, Archbishop of Glasgow , was the mother of one Matthew Ross of Hanyng (and the sister of John BOYLE of Kilburne). If these conjectures are correct, it means that the widow of Matthew Ross, d. 1619, had remarried.
4. Children:
a. Matthew Ross; the son who was old enough to inherit Hanyng in 1619.
b. George Ross; it appears reasonable to assume the grandchildren of a man born circa 1555 could have been born circa 1600. George Ross died in July 1655 at Galstoun, although he had lived most of his life at Brownhill, County Renfrew. He was married two times: (1) to Grissell Maxwell who died April 4, 1647, and (2) to Jean Stirling of Glorat. He left a "natural son" Alexander, and two others sons--George and Mungo Ross--who were under the age of 15 years in 1655...George returned to Galstoun when his nephew Lodowick Stewart, died in May 1650 without issue, leaving his land in Glastoun to his uncle George Ross.
c. Jean Ross, (died Dec. 1632) married Thomas Stewart (d. circa 1643). He married (2) Anna Ross, sister of his first wife. Besides Ludowick Stewart who died in May 1650, they were the parents of Margtaret Stewart and Barbara Stewart (she was baptized on July 30, 1626).
d. Anna; she married her brother-in-law Thomas Stewart after the death of her sister Jean in 1632.
1. Birth.--Matthew was probably the second son, so, if the oldest, George, were born circa 1550, this Matthew was probably born by 1555 (we do not know anything about the daughters of John Ross and Marion Hamilton.)
2. Death.--James Paterson's "History of Ayr...", page 525, says this Matthew died about April 1619, at which time his son Matthew became his father's heir to lands in Hanyng.
3. Marriage.--"The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland", (1620 - 1633), Vol. 8, page 481, entry number 1425, under the date of June 19, 1629, says that MARGARET BOYLE, wife of James, Archbishop of Glasgow , was the mother of one Matthew Ross of Hanyng (and the sister of John BOYLE of Kilburne). If these conjectures are correct, it means that the widow of Matthew Ross, d. 1619, had remarried.
4. Children:
a. Matthew Ross; the son who was old enough to inherit Hanyng in 1619.
b. George Ross; it appears reasonable to assume the grandchildren of a man born circa 1555 could have been born circa 1600. George Ross died in July 1655 at Galstoun, although he had lived most of his life at Brownhill, County Renfrew. He was married two times: (1) to Grissell Maxwell who died April 4, 1647, and (2) to Jean Stirling of Glorat. He left a "natural son" Alexander, and two others sons--George and Mungo Ross--who were under the age of 15 years in 1655...George returned to Galstoun when his nephew Lodowick Stewart, died in May 1650 without issue, leaving his land in Glastoun to his uncle George Ross.
c. Jean Ross, (died Dec. 1632) married Thomas Stewart (d. circa 1643). He married (2) Anna Ross, sister of his first wife. Besides Ludowick Stewart who died in May 1650, they were the parents of Margtaret Stewart and Barbara Stewart (she was baptized on July 30, 1626).
d. Anna; she married her brother-in-law Thomas Stewart after the death of her sister Jean in 1632.