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Hi Isaw this on another list and thought you might want to look at it.
Jean


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Subject: Birds/Ross of PA--1710
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OK, ya'll.  Here is some of my old family.  Keep in mind that
until four years ago (1996) we thought we were 'just poor
southerners.'  More about this family is available in a book
called "The Ironmasters Kin..." which sells for $8 (yep, just
eight) throught the Broad River Genealogy Society in northern
South Carolina.

For something to do while waiting for postal delivery, check out
the National Park Service home page on the Bird and Ross
foundaries at:



In case you are wondering 'why did I get this,' here are some
possibilities:
  We are related (family moved quite quickly to Rutherford Co
NC/Cherokee Co SC (or parent counties).  Associated families are
McSwain, Roberts, Cooper, Smith, Nance, Lipscomb, Moore and
others.

    You are researching the places, people, or history.

    You have a foundary business (Gary W).  The Birds started
several foundaries in the Carolinas.


Here goes:

William Bird was born in England in 1706 or 1707 and came to
Pennsylvania before 1733.

The Bird family married into the Rev. George Ross family early.
Rev. George Ross (b. 1679 in Balblair Scotland) came to the
Colonies in about 1703.

William Bird's family built, owned, and operated several iron
forges and furnaces see:

http://www.nps.gov/hofu/


Bird and Ross families figured prominently in US hisory:

Children of William Bird/Bridgett Huling

--Rachel Bird (child 7), born 1749, died 1786, married James
Wilson, Nov. 5, 1771.  James Wilson was a signer of the
Declaration of Independence.

--Mary Bird (child 9), born Dec. 23, 1753, died Jan. 24, 1813,
married George Ross Jr., Son of George Ross, signer of the
Declaration of Independence.


Rev. George Ross/Johanna Williams of Rhode Island

--Rev. David Ross (Child 1), born before 1708.

--Margaret Ross (child 2) born 1712, married 1) Rev. Walter
Hackett, 2) Rev. William Currie.

--Honorable John Ross (child 3), b. 1714.

--Rev. Aeneas Ross (child 4) born 1715, m. Sarah Leach.

--Dr. Jacob Ross (child 6), b. 1720.

Rev. George Ross married a second time to Catherine Van Gezel and
they had seven children.

--Col George Ross, (George's child 7) signer of the Declaration
of Independence.

--Gertrude Ross (child 8), b. about 1732, married twice.  First
to I. Till, second to Honorable George Read, signer of the
Declaration of Independence.

--Catherine Ross (child 9), b. about 1734, married Brigadier
General William Thompson.

--Elizabeth Ross (Child 10), b. about 1735, married Col. Edward
Biddle of Reading PA.

--Susanna Ross, (child 11), b. 1737, married Rev. William
Thompson, cousin of Brigadier General William Thompson.

--Mary Ross, b. about 1740 (child 12), married Col. Mark Bird of
Birdsboro, PA (my direct descendent line).

--James Ross, b. 1742.


Rev. Aeneas Ross' (George's child 4) married Sarah Leach.
They had five children, including:

--Johanna Ross who married Capt. Thomas Holland, an English
officer killed in the battle of Germanton.

--Jonn Ross, who died in Jan. 1776 in an explosion during the
American Revolution.  He died before having children.  His spouse
was Betsy Griscom...also known as Betsy Ross (of flag fame).

James Stone
in Idaho




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