Ambrose DOSS

Male Abt 1765 - Deceased


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ambrose DOSS was born about 1765 (son of James DOSS and Frances NIX); died in Deceased.

    Ambrose married Sarah THURMAN on 19 Jul 1790 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Richard THURMAN and Elizabeth ???) was born in 1770 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Ann DOSS was born in 1793 in , , Kentucky, USA; died before 1871 in Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, USA.
    2. Ezekiel DOSS was born about 1794; died in Deceased.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James DOSS was born about 1715 in , , Virginia, USA (son of Thomas DOSS); died in May 1796 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

    James married Frances NIX in 1740 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. Frances (daughter of Edward NIX and Eunice GIBSON) was born about 1720 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died after 1776 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Frances NIX was born about 1720 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA (daughter of Edward NIX and Eunice GIBSON); died after 1776 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    or born in Hanover, Hanover Co, Virginia

    Children:
    1. 1. Ambrose DOSS was born about 1765; died in Deceased.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas DOSS was born in 1686 in , Middlesex, Virginia, USA (son of John DOSS and Ann TAYLOR); died after Mar 1759 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 2. James DOSS was born about 1715 in , , Virginia, USA; died in May 1796 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    2. Zachariah DOSS was born about 1717; died in Deceased.

  2. 6.  Edward NIX was born on 7 Nov 1686 (son of James NICHS and Elizabeth LEWIS); died in 1776 in , , South Carolina, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth date is actually christening date. St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County. From information compliled by Wanda Gregory in "Doss Family Connection": In 1722, a chapel was ordered built at or near Edward Nix. In 1724, Nix paid for fence railings at the Allen's Creek church (Vestry book, St. Paul's Hanover). In 1731, Nix received a patent for 400 acres in Hanover, adjacent to Col. Meriweather, on a branch of the Southanna R. (Va. patent book 14, p. 229) Will was filed in Charleston , SC will book 1774-79, p 418.

    Edward married Eunice GIBSON. Eunice (daughter of Thomas GIBSON) was born about 1695; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Eunice GIBSON was born about 1695 (daughter of Thomas GIBSON); died in Deceased.
    Children:
    1. 3. Frances NIX was born about 1720 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA; died after 1776 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John DOSS was born about 1661; died in Deceased.

    John married Ann TAYLOR. Ann was born about 1666; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann TAYLOR was born about 1666; died in Deceased.
    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas DOSS was born in 1686 in , Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died after Mar 1759 in , Goochland, Virginia, USA.

  3. 12.  James NICHS was born about 1661; died in Deceased.

    Notes:

    Many sources list his name as John. Before birth of Edward, James had just arrrived in VA from Barbados. He died soon after birth of Edward, this is his only child.

    James married Elizabeth LEWIS about 1685. Elizabeth was born on 10 May 1665 in , Louisa, Virginia, USA; died in Deceased in , Hanover, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth LEWIS was born on 10 May 1665 in , Louisa, Virginia, USA; died in Deceased in , Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 6. Edward NIX was born on 7 Nov 1686; died in 1776 in , , South Carolina, USA.

  5. 14.  Thomas GIBSON was born about 1670; died about 1735 in , Hanover, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Will dated Oct. 9, 1734, Hanover County, VA

    Children:
    1. 7. Eunice GIBSON was born about 1695; died in Deceased.


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