John Ross and Mary Jenkins

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Husband John Ross ¹

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           Born: 1770 - Solebury, Bucks Co, PA 2
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           Died: Jan 1834 2
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         Father: Thomas Ross (      -      ) 1
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       Marriage: 1795 2

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Wife Mary Jenkins ²

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Children

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1 M Hon. Thomas Ross ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 3 Dec 1806 - Easton, Northampton Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1 Jul 1865 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Pawling (      -Aft 1879) 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Ross

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He studied law with his cousin, Thomas Ross, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and after becoming a member of Congress, was in 1818 appointed President Judge of the courts of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Bucks counties. In 1830, he was transferred by Governor Wolf to the bench of the Supreme Court, which position he held till the time of his death.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Jenkins

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from Jenkintown, Montgomery Co, PA

1 M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 377.

2 M. Auge, Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa. (Norristown, PA: Privately published, 1879), Pg 378.

3 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 525.

4 Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B, Some Account of the Pawling Family of New York and Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: Wickersham Press, 1918), Pg 22.

5 Theodore W. Bean, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1884), Pg 506.