Born c1803, probably in Scotland. Teacher at Aberdour, Presbytery of Deer, Scotland. He married (secondly?) Catherine Brown. Did missionary work in Scotland and the West Indies. In Jamaica c1840. Returned to Scotland. Arrived at Melbourne on 8 September 1849 per "Nerbudda" from Greenock, Scotland, with his wife and family. Sent out from Scotland to assist the Rev. James Forbes. Fell ill on the voyage out and died a few weeks after arrival. His son, Rev. Charles Stuart Ross, was Presbyterian minister at Skipton, Victoria from 1885-1899 and the author of "Colonization and Church Work in Victoria" and the "Scottish Church in Victoria 1851-1901." Died on 25 September 1849 at Melbourne, Port Phillip District, and was buried on 26 September 1849 at the Presbyterian Burial Ground, Old Melbourne Cemetery, Melbourne, P.P.D.

[death certificate; Ward & Prentis Presbyterian Ministers in Australia 1822-1901; Ross Colonization and Church Work in Victoria]

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