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Speculation on origin of our line of Ramseys

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Descendants of Alexander De Ramsey

Generation No. 1

 

1. ALEXANDER1 DE RAMSEY1 was born Abt. 1438 in of Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland1, and died Bef. March 16, 1482/831. He married ISOBEL DOUGLAS1 1464 in Kilmaurs, Ayr, Scotland1, daughter of GEORGE DOUGLAS and ISABELLA SIBBALD. She was born Abt. 14461.

 

Child of ALEXANDER DE RAMSEY and ISOBEL DOUGLAS is:

2. i. ALEXANDER2 DE RAMSEY, b. 1463, Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; d. September 09, 1513, battle of Floden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England.

Generation No. 2

 

2. ALEXANDER2 DE RAMSEY (ALEXANDER1)1 was born 1463 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland1, and died September 09, 1513 in battle of Floden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England1. He married (1) ELLEN HOME1. He married (2) NICHOLE KERR1.

 

Child of ALEXANDER DE RAMSEY and ELLEN HOME is:

3. i. NICHOLAS3 DE RAMSEY, b. 1488; d. Bef. May 09, 1555, Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. NICHOLAS3 DE RAMSEY (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1)1 was born 14881, and died Bef. May 09, 1555 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland1. He married CHRISTIAN ROSS1 November 05, 1552 in Hawkhead, Renfrew, Scotland1.

 

Child of NICHOLAS DE RAMSEY and CHRISTIAN ROSS is:

4. i. GEORGE4 DE RAMSEY, b. Abt. 1515.

 

Generation No. 4

 

4. GEORGE4 DE RAMSEY (NICHOLAS3, ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1)1 was born Abt. 15151. He married ELIZABETH HEPBURN1. She was born 1517 in Waughton, Scotland1, and died 15711.

 

Child of GEORGE DE RAMSEY and ELIZABETH HEPBURN is:

5. i. JAMES5 DE RAMSEY, b. Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.

 

Generation No. 5

 

5. JAMES5 DE RAMSEY (GEORGE4, NICHOLAS3, ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1)1 was born in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland1. He married ELIZABETH1 April 05, 15701.

 

Child of JAMES DE RAMSEY and ELIZABETH is:

6. i. GEORGE6 DE RAMSEY, b. 1571, Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland; d. Aft. March 24, 1628/29, Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.

 

Generation No. 6

 

6. GEORGE6 DE RAMSEY (JAMES5, GEORGE4, NICHOLAS3, ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1)1 was born 1571 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland1, and died Aft. March 24, 1628/29 in Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland1.

 

Child of GEORGE DE RAMSEY is:

7. i. SIR JAMES7 DE RAMSEY, b. 1601.

 

Generation No. 7

 

7. SIR JAMES7 DE RAMSEY (GEORGE6, JAMES5, GEORGE4, NICHOLAS3, ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1)1 was born 16011.

Notes for SIR JAMES DE RAMSEY:

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Colonial Families of the United States

"This family is of a Scotch ancestry and claims descent from William Ramsey, who fought under Robert Bruce for the independence of Scotland, and was one of the nobles who subscribeded the celebrated memorial to the pope in 1320, vindicating the rights and liberties of Scotland . The Ramseys settled in Scotland in the time of David I. The name, it is claimed was originally "De Ramesey." Elgin is in Morayshire County, and the first of the name to settle there was a farrier from Forfarshire, which is clearly the ancestral seat. The head of  the clan was th e Earl of Dalhousie, whose family name was Ramsey. It is unquestionable that the first Ramsey who came to Scotland held property in Huntindonshire, from which he took the name o f DeRamesey.That property was part of the estate belonging to the Honour of Huntingdon,which was in posession of David, Earl of Huntingdon, afterwards David I of Scotland. De Ramesey came to Scotland in the train of the Earl of Huntingdon, but retained his designation from his English estate. Soon after the year 1700, there was a large Scotch-Irish emigration to Pennsylvania , and among the emigrants was William Ramsey,who settled with his family in B ucks County, and who is said to have been of the lineage of Sir James De Ramesey, of Dalhousie, Scotland. He may have come from Ireland, as the family possess traditions of Irish locations. There was a Thomas Ramsey who died intestate in1714, and a James Ramsey who died in testate in 1720, both of Bucks County.