Katherine Ross

Katherine Ross born Katherine Collace (1635 – 10 July 1697) was a Scottish Covenanter, memoirist and schoolmistress.

Life Ross was born in Edinburgh in about 1635. Her parents were Marion (born Muirhead) and Francis Collace. Her father was the minister of Gordon and he died when she was about twelve. Her four sisters included Elizabeth and the writer Jean Collace. When she was about fourteen she was converted by the eventual martyr Hugh Mackail who was then the minister at Trinity in Edinburgh. Ross was well read and a good writer.