George Ross Jr., the "Signer"

Click on image to enlarge or for higher resolution	Title/Occupation	Signer of the Declaration of Independence (for PA) Colonel Continental Army Continental Congress
	Address
	Artist	John Hesselius
	Date painted
	Credit	Private collection
	Married	Ann Lawler (1751)
	Parents	George Ross & Gertrude Ross
	Children	George (1752-1809), James (1753-1809), Mary (1765-), Ann, Patton, William (1782-1828), Gertrude (1785-1786), George, Thomas (1791-1811), Robert (1793-1818), Caroline, Eliza, Washington, William, George, James, Ann, George (1788, m1812)

Wikipedia
George Ross Jr. Benjamin West (1738-1820) Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall Biographies of George Ross, Jr., his wife Ann Lawler, and his sister Gertrude Ross Till Read , (wife of George Read Sr.) George Ross Sr. owned a house at 9 The Strand which may be where the family lived. There is a local tradition they also lived at what is now 129 E 2nd. Street

Jim Meek
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