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James and Mary's children's births are recorded in the Vital Records of Sudbury, MA.
His name is on a list of those who suffered loss by the depredations of the Indians during King Philip's war, 1675. (Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Waterown, Mass 1607-1909, p. 26-27)

The book, Planters of Early New England, by E. Bruce Butler, p.269,
reports he was one of the Scots captured by Oliver Cromwell's army at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 and was shipped to New England. Upon his arrival in 1652 at Boston, he became an indentured servant to John Ruddocke, but created some troubles with him.


Questionable:
It is said he is the same James that came on the ship John and Sara as a Scottish prisoner of war, after Cromwell defeated the Scottish at the battle of Worcester. Cromwell banished the prisoners as indentured servants to the colonies. See passenger list of the John and Sara at Scottish Prisoners of War Society.com He was an indentured servant in Sudbury Massachusetts.


It is said that the John & Sarah came form London 11 Nov 1651, Capt John Greene, ship master. Several passengers named Ross - two named James Ross.
Looking this up reveals that one James Ross (Dunbar priosoner) born in Scotland transported on the "Unity" died in Maine about 1676. Lived in Old Falmouth, Maine.

From
https://scottishprisonersofwar.com/james-ross-a-passenger-on-the-john-and-sarah/
“Mary was the fifth child born to Thomas and Jane Goodenow and the first born in America. In April of 1657 she was tried and convicted of fornication by the church having had a child out of wedlock at age 15. The father of the child was an indentured servant named James Ross apparently serving her father [this is disputed - he may instead have been the indentured servant of a neighbor, John Ruddick). James was a former Scottish soldier having been captured in the Battle of Worcester between Scotland and England in Sep 1651 and sent with 500 others to serve their terms in the colonies. Records show that James arrived on board the “John and Sarah” from London, November 11,1651, Captain John Greene. The passenger list shows other passengers on board named Ross. He served in Sudbury, MA against the Indians in King Phillip’s War and later at an advanced age in the Narragansett expedition under Capt. Mosley in 1676. Mary originally refused to marry James which presented a serious problem in this Puritan community of Sudbury, MA. Mary later recanted and married James and they parented eight additional children. It is recorded that James received 39 lashes for his indiscretion with Mary, but it appears that he was later accepted into the family as he and Mary purchased the homestead of Mary’s father Thomas Goodenow in Sudbury when he moved to Marlboro. Mary was later mentioned in the will of her father.”
SEX IN MIDDLESEX by Roger Thompson
GOODENOWS WHO ORIGINATED IN SUDBURY, MA 1638 A.D. by Theodore James Fleming Banvard.

Marriage	5 Dec 1658	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Mary Goodenow
Death	18 Sep 1690	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Spouse	Mary Goodenow ( - )
Child	Mary Ross (1656 - )
Child	Thomas Ross (1660 - )
Child	James Ross (1661 - )
Child	Jane Ross (1664 - 1702)
Child	Dorothy Ross (1667 - )
Child	Sarah Ross (1670 - )
Child	Elizabeth Ross (1672 - )
Child	Hannah Ross (1678 - )
Child	Daniel Ross (1681 - )

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