Hi Wanda, The battle of Worcester was in the English Civil War and if Cromwell deported your ancestor after that battle he was on King Charles' side. An 'e' on the end of words was not uncommon in the period. John Shearer -----Original Message----- From: Wanda Ross <wander52@capital.net> To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 26 September 1999 17:31 Subject: Re: Would appreciate a suggestion. >Hope I'm doing this right.... I'm looking for info on an ancestor that was a >prisoner of war from the Scottish Civil War and was sent to the Colonies by >Cromwell after the Battle of Worcestor. His name was John Ross and he was >born about 1635. There were three John Ross's aboard the John and Sarah >that sailed out of Gravesend Eng in the fall of 1651. They landed in Boston >Mass in 1652 and all three were indentured to a Thomas Kemble. My John Ross >ended up in Malden, Mass. I know the line of descendency from there. I >also know that there was a James Ross on board the ship who had a brother >and father named John. The father could have been born in or about 1609. >James gained some notariety as he got Mary Goodnowe in the family way and >she refused to marry him and he was whipped for the deed. Also in some of >the ship's passenger list that I've seen Ross had an 'e' on the end of it. >Anything would be helpful. > >Blessings, >Wanda Ross > >Every evening I turn my troubles over to God - He's going to be >up all night anyway. [Donald J. Morgan, Columbus, Ohio] > > >==== SCOTLAND-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Genealogy Help List >http://posom.com/hl/ > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! >