In a message dated 1/15/00 3:26:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, WEXFORD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Would anyone have heard of a ship called MERCHANT ROSS that would have travelled from Waterford to Newfoundland around 1750? Thanks. >> I looked in the book " Ships from Ireland to Early America" and it didn't list this ship, however there was a ship "Merchants Goodwill, sailed from Ireland to Newfoundland in 1691". There were 2 other ships with the name Merchant in them, but they did not sail to Newfoundland. Sherrye