Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/557 Surname: ROSS, CUMMING, MACDOUGALL, CAMPBELL ------------------------- JAMES ROSS Bp. 1797 in Parish of Durness, Scotland. His parents were Donald Ross and Ann Dunn, who emigrated to Pictou Co., Nova Scotia about 1816. They had eight children. James, as went to live in the United States. He may have come over later than his parents. It anyone in the U.S.A. looking for origin of James Ross?