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I am not sure why the old cemetery on the High Street would be referred to as the East Cemetery as it is the furthest West of the cemetery's in Prestopans. On the dates you are looking at I would think the cemetery at the Parish Church is the furthest east. In addition to this I have also seen reference to graves in this cemetery given as "14 paces from East Wall" for example. So it could be your relative is buried at the Parish Church.

Hi Bill

My descent line is from David Ross m Alison Brown then their last born son Alexander m Christina(Christian Coull) then John Ross m Isabella McDonald to William Ross m Jane Jarron to Alexander (Sandy) Ross m Mary Black (my grandparents). They had five children with my mum and Johnny being two of them.

More than happy to exchange tree info with you and your theory on Walter and Rachel.

regards
Stuart

Hi Folks
This is my first post but I have been following it with interest for some time as my mother is a "Ross" and my grandparents are the Ross's from 14 North Seton Park that Tom referred to in an earlier post on this thread. The Johny Ross that Bill mentions getting fish from is my uncle and he shared the boat The Robin with Skip Ross. I think we are all distantly related though as I have also traced my line back to Walter Ross and Rachel Hunter. I would be interested to hear if anyone has got further back than that.
With regard to the Land's such as Ross's Land, Lamb's Land, Thomson's Land etc they were buildings named after the person who owned it and rented out the flats. For example my grandfather was born in Fisherman's Land. This was a building owned by the Friendly Society of Fisherman. Cockenzie and Port Seton and housed 19 families. According to the 1911 census my grandfathers flat had 2 rooms with widows for six of them. Some of the flats had a lot more people than that. Fisherman's Land was to the east side of the Parish Church where Jonny Di Ciacca's was eventually and Rock Terrace was to the West side of the church overlooking the boatshore. It is possible to work out where the various buildings were using the census and Valuation Rolls and I was in the process of this to find Fishermans land when my mum told me where it was anyway. Someday I will work out where the rest of them were but I think most were along the North side of the High Street which was largely rebuilt in the early 1900's.
I have visited Register House a few times and have copies of lots of registery and Old Parish Records relating to the Ross's as well as census's. If anyone wants any of them please let me know.

Stuart
Port Seton