This was sent to me by a cousin. Maybe someone can use the info. Everything between the quotation marks is exactly as I received it. Good Luck. Nora Ross ----------------------------------------------------------------- "Biography on the ROSS surname, Mass & CT Posted by Tracey Fotiou <[email protected]> on Fri, 25 Aug 2000 Surmname: Ross, Holman, Smith, Munyan, Gleason, Peck, Whipple, Darling, Drake Below is a transcriptionof a 3 page, unfinished biography of the ROSS family. It was with the Hamilton Brown Shoe Comapny Newsletter (my previous post). Begin Transcription: Thomas ROSS a Scotchman who was of Cambridge as early as 1656 removed about 1670 to Billerica, Mass. His wife Seeth, daughter of William HOLMAN, was kiled by the Indians in 1695. In Miss Sarned's work on Windham County it is stated that in 1711 a Mass Colony took possesion of Chestnut Hill in the town of Killingly Conn. among this colony, or soon following it, was a David ROSS who purchased 5,000 acres of the Salton stall grant of 2,000 acres made i 1714 situated in the north east corner of said county and in the town of Killingly. The church records of that vicinity show the baptisms of the children of David ROSS to have been David, Isabel, Sarah, Abigail, John and Johnathan, all occuring between 1717 and 1732. It is believed that the present family of ROSS is decended(sic) from Thomas ROSS of Billerica, through David ROSS the colonist of Killingly Conn. Lemuel ROSS a large land owner in Buck Hill great grandfather of Asa M., married Olive SMITH his wife born in Thompson. His children were; Esek; Ziba, who married Nancy MUNYAN; Arthur Amasa, who was a minister; Asa; Stephen; Abigail, who married Thomas GLEASON; Eli; Obadiah who married Martha PECK; Sally who (married, crossed out) was the wife of Amos WHIPPLE; Anne who was the wife of Andrew DARLING; Prudence who was the wife of Nelson DRAKE. Asa ROSS married Sarah MUNYAN. Children Roxy End Transcription. I hope this short bio helps someone and I hope to return it to it's rightful owner. Thanks, Tracey"