Hugh ROSS, EARL

Birth:
Abt 1270/75
of Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Death:
19 Jul 1333
Battleof Halidon, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Burial:
Abbey, Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Marriage:
Nov 1329
of Old Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Sources:
Ancestry.com
RootsWeb.com
Internet IGI, April 2009
New.familysearch.org, March 2013, June 2013, April 2009
Notes:
                      Named Aodh of Ross, or Earl Hugh of Ross (4th Earl of Ross), 1323-1333

Information from prior research indicated that the Cromarty ancestors were of the Urquhart Clan. The Internet was searched for histories and additional data that would show this connection. The history quoted above all was the Urquhart genealogy written by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty (1611-1660).  It is thought that the Urquhart family was established in Cromarty during the wars between Edward I and Robert the Bruce, known as the Scottish War of Independence.  William Urquhart, who had been a coroner of Edward I, turned his support to Robert the Bruce, and therefore came into disfavor of the King.  He left Scotland and went to Cromarty, soon after becoming the first known Sheriff of Cromarty.  The history states that as his lands at Cromarty were overrun by King Edwards men, and William garrisoned his house and victualed with three years provision of all necessaries for 100 men.  By a stratagem, William gained the castle, and with the matter of forty men, kept it out against the forces of Edward, for the space of seven years and a half; during which time, all his lands were totally wasted and his woods burnt, so that having nothing then he could properly call his own, but the Motehill only of Cromarty, which he fiercely maintained against his enemies.  He was named Gulielmus (archaic for William) de Monte Alto.  The forces of William Wallace finally came to his assistance, and after much bloody war, the shire of Cromarty was totally purged of the enemy.  This William Urquhart married Lillias Ross of Cromarty, who was the daughter of Hugh Ross, Earl of Cromarty, and Maud or Matilda Bruce (daughter of Robert the Bruce).  As far as can be known at this time, the Urquharts are not the direct ancestors of David Nearon.  The Nearon direct ancestor was Margery Ross, daughter of Hugh Ross and Maud/Matilda Bruce, the sister of Lillias.
	(Research note: Some genealogies show Lillias as the daughter of Margaret Graham, the second wife of Hugh Ross.)
                  
Margaret GRAHAM
Birth:
Abt 1305
of Old Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Euphemia ROSS, QUEEN
Birth:
Abt 1330
of Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Death:
1387
 
Marr:
 
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Hugh Ross, Earl - Margaret Graham

Hugh Ross, Earl was born at of Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Abt 1270/75. His parents were William II of Ross and Euphemia of Baliol.

He married Margaret Graham Nov 1329 at of Old Montrose, Angus, Scotland . Margaret Graham was born at of Old Montrose, Angus, Scotland Abt 1305 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Euphemia Ross, Queen born Abt 1330.

Hugh Ross, Earl died 19 Jul 1333 at Battleof Halidon, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England .