Ancestors of Georgia Ellison
Jacob Gross 1 2
Birth:1740 in Zweibrcken, Germany 1 2
Death:20 Jun 1809 in Northampton County, PA 1 2
Sex:M
Father:Fredrick Gross b. 1708 in Zweibrcken, Germany
Mother:Anna Maria b. 1712 in Germany
  

Spouses & Children
Dorothy Sabina (Wife) b. 1744 in Germany
Marriage: 1767 in Northhampton County, PA
Children: 
  1. DescendantsJohn Gross b. 1774 in Northampton County, PA
  2. Jacob Gross, Jr. b. 1770
  3. Mary Gross b. 1770
  4. Martin Gross
  5. Catherine Gross
  6. David Gross
  7. Conrad Gross
  8. Elizabeth Gross
  9. George B. Gross
  10. Solomon Gross
  11. Jonathon Gross
  12. Sevender Gross
 

Notes
Individual:
From website of Shari Bennett http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/rollingacres/569/family/fred.txt

JACOB and SABINA (DOROTHY) GROSS came from Germany. They sailed from Rotterdam October 4th,
1752 on the ship "NEPTUNE" with JOHN MASON, the captain. Chadwell Heritage says they
settled in Rockingham County North Carolina and then came to Sullivan County Tennnessee in
1789 and then to Claibourne County, Tennessee, which is just NW of Knoxville, Tennessee.
JACOB was a weaver by trade. There are several reports of JACOB fighting in the Revolution,
but we will only quote one: In the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, July 1921,
Vol. 45, page 260, we find the Muster of the "Light Dragoons for the county of Philadelphia,
with the Battalion they belonged to annexed to their names," on which appears the name JACOB
GROSS, in the same publication, page 279, is the statement: "JACOB GROSS died about June
20, 1809, letters of administration being granted to DOROTHY GROSS, and security being
given by GEORGE GROSS and JOHN GROSS cordwainers." (Shoe Makers) JACOB GROSS
SR. bought 300 acres of land on November 17th, 1790 for which he paid 150 shillings in
Sullivan County N.C. which later became Claibourne County, Tenn. The description of the land
said 300 acres on the path that goes from Nancy Choates to Burclus, turning toward Watauga,
(which is now Elizabethton, Tenn.)



Sources
  1. Title: ellison2.FTW
    Media: Other
    Text: Date of Import: Jul 10, 1999
  2. Title: lellison3.FTW
    Media: Other
    Text: Date of Import: Oct 7, 1999

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