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John Ross Birdsong 1683–1756 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1683

Birth Location: Kassel, Hessen, Germany

Death Date: 28 Jan 1756

Death Location: Saint Charles Parish, York, Virginia

Father: Heinrich Vogelsang

Mother: Anna Ritterrshausen

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Tomlinson

Children(s): John Major, Francis Birdsong, James Birdsong

In 1683, John Ross Birdsong entered the world in Kassel, Hessen, Germany, born to Heinrich Wilhelm Birdsong Vogelsang And Anna Magdalene Ritterrshausen. John Ross Birdsong married Elizabeth Tomlinson, and had children including Francis Birdsong, James John Birdsong, John Ross Birdsong Ii Major. John Ross Birdsong passed away in 1756 in Saint Charles Parish, York, Virginia.

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Biography

  • In 1683, John Ross Birdsong entered the world in Kassel, Hessen, Germany, born to Heinrich Wilhelm Birdsong Vogelsang And Anna Magdalene Ritterrshausen.
  • John Ross Birdsong married Elizabeth Tomlinson, and had children including Francis Birdsong, James John Birdsong, John Ross Birdsong Ii Major.
  • John Ross Birdsong passed away in 1756 in Saint Charles Parish, York, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Heinrich Vogelsang
1660–1727
Birth Location: Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany,
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Anna Ritterrshausen
1661–1727
Birth Location: Kassel, Hessen, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Tomlinson
1676–1747
Birth Location: Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
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Children(s)

John Major
1711–1785
Birth Location: Elizabeth, York, Virginia, United States
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Francis Birdsong
1715–
Birth Location: York, Virginia, United States
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James Birdsong
1713–1756
Birth Location: York, Virginia Colony
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John Birdsong's Ancestors

Self
John Birdsong
1683–1756
Birth Place: Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Parents
Heinrich Wilhelm Birdsong Vogelsang
1660–1727
Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany,
Anna (Magdalene) Ritterrshausen
1661–1727
Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Grandparents
Birdsong Vogelsang
1618–1682
Schwelm, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Anna (Elisabeth) Lecke
1637–1678
Kassel, Stadt Kassel, Hessen, Germany
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Birdsong's Descendants

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John (Ross) Birdsong (about 1683–28 Jan 1756) m. Elizabeth Tomlinson (11 Aug 1676–17 Apr 1747)
  1. 1. John (Ross Birdsong Ii) Major 1711–1785 m. Damaris Hancock 1718–1797 m. Hannah Freeman 1701–1729 m. Sarah (Lydia) Bennett 1701–1735 m. Mary Bennet 1719–1748
    1. 1. John Birdsong 1725–1790 m. Mary (Marshall) Tabb 1730–1760
    2. 2. Enos Birdsong 1735–1735
    3. 3. Edmund Birdsong 1737–1743
    4. 4. Bennett Birdsong 1739–1744
    5. 5. Ann Birdsong 1742–1764
    6. 6. Mary Birdsong 1746–
    7. 7. William Birdsong 1752–1823
    8. 8. Joseph Birdsong 1756–1798
    9. 9. Rebecca Birdsong 1759–1826
    10. 10. Lucy Birdsong 1761–
    11. 11. Sally (Sarah) Birdsong 1761–
    12. 12. John (Ross Birdsong Iii) Major 1733–1790 m. Mary (L.) Armistead 1735–1782
      1. 1. Mary Birdsong 1745–
      2. 2. John (Iv) Birdsong 1756–1850
      3. 3. Mary Birdsong 1765–1808 m. Richard (Drake) III 1730–1814
        1. 1. Matthew Drake 1753–1777
        2. 2. Rebecca Drake 1773–1850
        3. 3. John Drake 1777–
        4. 4. Lucy Drake 1779–
        5. 5. Mary Drake 1781–1820
        6. 6. William Drake 1783–
        7. 7. Micajah Drake 1800–
      4. 4. Sarah (Elizabeth) Birdsong 1757–1793 m. John (Ambrose Ramsey) Colonel 1747–1801 m. Mathew (Matthew Drake) Lieutenant 1753–1775
        1. 1. Francis (Penrose) Drake 1774–1850
        2. 2. Britton Drake 1776–
        3. 3. Lydia Ramsey 1777–1861
        4. 4. Sarah (Sally) Ramsey 1779–1802
        5. 5. Mary Ramsey 1781–1850
        6. 6. Nancy (Ann) Ramsey 1783–1857
        7. 7. Jane Ramsey 1785–1854
        8. 8. Frances (Fanny) Ramsey 1787–1849
        9. 9. John (Ambrose Ramsey) III 1788–1824
        10. 10. James Ramsey 1773–1849
      5. 5. John (Procter) Birdsong 1798–
      6. 6. Bathsheba (Batthey) Birdsong 1758–
      7. 7. William (Birdsong Sr) General 1764–1850
      8. 8. Henry Birdsong 1769–1850 m. Sarah (Sally) Rountree 1769–1851
        1. 1. Hezekiah Birdsong 1801–
        2. 2. John (J B) Birdsong 1792–1850
        3. 3. William (W M) Birdsong 1799–1860
        4. 4. Harvey Birdsong 1812–1880
        5. 5. Miles (M M) Birdsong 1808–1851
        6. 6. Eliza Birdsong 1800–1860
        7. 7. Elizabeth Birdsong 1817–1888
      9. 9. John (Birdsong IV) (Private-military) 1762–1846
      10. 10. Lydia Birdsong 1758–1837
      11. 11. Rebecca (Winter) Birdsong 1776–1801
      12. 12. Jesse (Richard "J.r" Birdsong) Sr. 1774–1836
      13. 13. Mary Birdsong 1771–1829
      14. 14. Mary (Nancy) Birdsong 1777–1852 m. Sigismundsejazmond Stribling 1775–1826
        1. 1. Mary (Birdsong Jane) Stribling 1796–1860
        2. 2. John (Birdsong) Stribling 1790–1880
        3. 3. Francis Stribling 1793–1880
        4. 4. Mary (Birdsong Meekmeeks) Stribling 1793–1852
        5. 5. Thomas (Farr) Stribling 1812–1873
        6. 6. Francis Stribling 1803–1880
        7. 7. Obidiah (Trimmier) Stribling 1800–1833
      15. 15. Batte (Birdsong Captain) NCM 1755–1813
      16. 16. John (William) Birdsong 1750–1830
      17. 17. Lydia (Nancy) Birdsong 1780–1834
      18. 18. Lucy Birdsong 1754–1782 m. Edmund (Waddell) Lieutenant 1748–1815
        1. 1. John (Birdsong J B) Waddell 1784–1854
        2. 2. Polly (Mary) Waddell 1771–1843
        3. 3. Sarah (Sallie) Waddell 1774–1851
        4. 4. Lucy (Birdsong) Waddell 1796–1850
        5. 5. William (Thomas W T) Waddell 1768–1855
      19. 19. Rebekah Birdsong 1770–1801
      20. 20. Elizabeth ("Eliza" Thweatt) "Birdsong" 1772–1837 m. John Howard 1761–1822 m. Baldwin (Baldin) Howard 1769–1835
        1. 1. Michael Howard 1811–1881 m. Lucinda (Caroline) Carlton 1820–1886
        2. 2. Rachel Howard 1823–
        3. 3. Mary Howard 1807–1850
        4. 4. Temperance ("Tempy") Howard 1819–1891 m. Shadrack Taylor 1820–1890
        5. 5. William Howard 1815–
        6. 6. Hulda Howard 1813–
        7. 7. Esther (R) Howard 1813– m. David Canon 1810–
        8. 8. Elijah Howard 1811–1864
        9. 9. Luvinalavina Howard 1808–1884 m. James (N) Patillo 1802–1886
        10. 10. Emily Howard 1805– m. Whitfield (W.) Rogers 1800–
        11. 11. Adam Howard 1804–1853
        12. 12. Hannah (A.) Howard 1803–1830 m. Thomas (William) Landreth 1801–1870
        13. 13. Catherine\Cathryn Howard 1801–1884 m. Lovell Coffman 1800–1866
        14. 14. Margaret Howard 1798–1822 m. Charles (Archibald Stobo Bulloch) Oliver 1788–1880
        15. 15. John Howard 1801–1853 m. Catherine Weaver 1798–1882
        16. 16. Malinda Martin 1818–1882 m. Ezra (F.) Martin 1807–1874 m. David Hendricks 1821–1857
    13. 13. William Birdsong 1752–1823
    14. 14. Sarah (Sally) Birdsong 1761–1826
    15. 15. Edmund Birdsong 1737–1743
    16. 16. Enos Birdsong 1735–1735
    17. 17. Charles (Hancock) Birdsong 1757–1787
    18. 18. Althie Birdsong 1891–1983
    19. 19. Mary Birdsong 1746–
    20. 20. Ann Birdsong 1742–1764
    21. 21. James Birdsong 1726–1798
    22. 22. Rebecca Birdsong 1757–1826
    23. 23. Batte Birdsong 1753–1810
    24. 24. Ann Birdsong 1742–1764
    25. 25. Mary Birdsong 1746–1808
    26. 26. Bennett Birdsong 1739–1744
    27. 27. Edmund Birdsong 1737–1744
    28. 28. Miles Birdsong 1753–1814
    29. 29. Butts Birdsong 1753–
  2. 2. Francis Birdsong 1715–
  3. 3. James (John) Birdsong 1713–1756

John Birdsong's Timeline

2 Records

1683
about 1683
Birth of John Ross Birdsong in Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Kassel, Hessen, Germany
1756
28 Jan 1756
Age 73
Death of John Ross Birdsong in Saint Charles Parish, York, Virginia
Saint Charles Parish, York, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about 1683
    Event Place: Kassel, Hessen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Jan 1756
    Event Place: Saint Charles Parish, York, Virginia
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