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- Name: John Ross
Arrival year: 1668
Arrival Place: Maryland
Primary Immigrant: Ross, John
Source Publication Code: 8510
Annotation: Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.
Source Bibliography: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.
ON 22 DEC 1681, A 200 ACRE PARCEL WAS SURVEYED FOR JOHN ROSS (1649-1695) WHICH WOULD BE NAMED "ROSSES RANGE." GRANT # 550. A PATENT FOR THIS PARCEL WAS ISSUED TO JOHN ROSS ON 20 AUG 1683. THIS LAND WAS LOCATED IN WHAT IS NOW THE NECK DISTRICT OF DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND, ON THE WEST SIDE OF PHILLIPS CREEK ON ROSSES NECK. CURRENTLY, IT IS PART OF THE LAND OWNED BY JAMES S. KEELTY. UNFORTUNATELY, AS DISCUSSED BELOW, OTHER LAND IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA ALSO BECAME KNOWN AS "ROSSES RANGE" WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN JUST WHAT PARCELS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARDS TO THE ORIGINAL 200 ACRES.
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