ROSS, John, Sir 1Another name for John was DE ROSS, John.2 User ID: Y580. General Notes: "Either at the death of Sir John Ross or of his widow, the lands passed to his nephew William, who became Earl of Ross in 1333." John married Margaret COMYN, daughter of Sir Alexander COMYN Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, Wigtownshire and Johanna LATIMER, in 1309.1 (Margaret COMYN was born about 1285.) Marriage Notes: "John Comyn left no children by his wife, but he was succeeded by his nieces..... .... Margaret Comyn, the second daughter of Sir Alexander, received the half of the Earl of Buchan's whole lands in Scotland in tocher on her marriage, about 1309, with Sir John Ross, son of William, Earl of Ross. ..... Sir John Ross died childless, apparently very soon after his marriage, and his widow seems to have married a Sir William Lindsay. |