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John "the Yankee" Ramsay 1753–1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 Nov 1753

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Death Date: 1804

Death Location: Kiers Wharf, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Father: John Ramsay

Mother: Margaret ✅

Spouse(s): Catherine McKay

Children(s): Helen ♪, Christie Ramsay, Alexander ♪, Jennie ♪, Sarah ♪, Donald ♪, Mary ♪

John "the Yankee" Ramsay was born in 1753 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the child of John Ramsay And Margaret Taylor. John "the Yankee" Ramsay married Catherine Mckay, and had children including Alexander Ramsay 1, Christie Ann Ramsay, Donald Daniel Ramsay, Helen Nellie Ramsay 1, Jennie Ramsay 1, Mary Ramsay 3, Sarah Ramsay 1. John "the Yankee" Ramsay passed away in 1804 in Kiers Wharf, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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Biography

  • John "the Yankee" Ramsay was born in 1753 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the child of John Ramsay And Margaret Taylor.
  • John "the Yankee" Ramsay married Catherine Mckay, and had children including Alexander Ramsay 1, Christie Ann Ramsay, Donald Daniel Ramsay, Helen Nellie Ramsay 1, Jennie Ramsay 1, Mary Ramsay 3, Sarah Ramsay 1.
  • John "the Yankee" Ramsay passed away in 1804 in Kiers Wharf, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Ramsay
1728–1798
Birth Location: Ugadale, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Margaret ✅
1730–1798
Birth Location: Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Catherine McKay
1760–1825
Birth Location: Alberton, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Children(s)

Helen ♪
1805–1870
Birth Location: Malpeque, PEI
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Christie Ramsay
1798–1879
Birth Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Alexander ♪
1805–1899
Birth Location: Tyne Valley, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
A♪
Jennie ♪
1802–
Birth Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
J♪
Sarah ♪
1804–
Birth Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Donald ♪
1794–1871
Birth Location: Lot 16, Cape Malpeque, Prince Edwards Island, Canada
D♪
Mary ♪
1789–1872
Birth Location: Hamilton, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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John Ramsay's Ancestors

Self
John Ramsay
1753–1804
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents
John Ramsay
1728–1798
Ugadale, Argyllshire, Scotland
Margaret (Taylor) ✅
1730–1798
Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Grandparents
Donald (Ramsay) 1
1707–1798
Ugadale, Argyllshire, Scotland
Janet McKinley
1710–1758
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Ramsay
1685–1774
Janet McTyre
1680–1752
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Ramsay
1648–1707
Jonet Harley
1652–

John Ramsay's Descendants

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John ("the Yankee") Ramsay (02 Nov 1753–1804) m. Catherine McKay (1760–15 Mar 1825)
  1. 1. Helen (Nellie Ramsay 1) ♪ 1805–1870 m. Hugh (MacArthur) ♪ 1801–1854
    1. 1. William (Henry McArthur) ♪ 1830–1910
    2. 2. Elizabeth (MacArthur MacDougall) ♪ 1828–1917
    3. 3. Cornelius (E MacArthur) ♪ 1832–1914
    4. 4. John (MacArthur) ♪ 1839–1892
    5. 5. Nellie (MacArthur) ♪ 1841–1917
    6. 6. Julia (Ann MacArthur) ♪ 1840–1900
    7. 7. Sarah (Jean Jane MacArthur) ♪ 1836–1922
    8. 8. Matthias (MacArthur) ♪ 1838–1892
    9. 9. Moriah (MacArthur) ♪ 1835–
  2. 2. Christie (Ann) Ramsay 1798–1879 m. Alexander (MacArthur) ♪ 1800–1889
    1. 1. Henry (MacArthur) ♪ 1834–
    2. 2. Benjamin (MacArthur) ♪ 1839–1910
    3. 3. John (MacArthur) ♪ 1829–1885
    4. 4. Samuel (MacArthur) ♪ 1843–1907
    5. 5. James (MacArthur) ♪ 1832–1900
    6. 6. Anne (Nellie MacArthur) ♪ 1827–1900
    7. 7. Jamima (MacArthur) ♪ 1836–1927
    8. 8. Nathaniel (MacArthur) ♪ 1828–1888
  3. 3. Alexander (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1805–1899 m. Nancy (Taylor) ♪ 1805–1883
    1. 1. Neil (Ramsay) ♪ 1835–1916 m. Sarah (Ann Wallace) ♦ 1837–1919
      1. 1. Obediah (Ramsay) (DNA) 1863–1936 m. Priscilla (Gorrill) ♦ 1878–1954
        1. 1. Wallace (Bruce Ramsay) (DNA) 1905–1948 m. Mary Enman 1909–1991
      2. 2. William (Wallace) Ramsay 1867–1931
      3. 3. Ellen Ramsay 1873–
      4. 4. Daniel (Stuart) Ramsay 1875–
      5. 5. Arthur (Carr) Ramsay 1881–1945 m. Susan (Irbine) Penwarden 1883–1974
        1. 1. Edna (Mabel) Colwill 1910–2004 m. Herbert (Athol Blanchard Colwill) (STOP) 1907–1958
        2. 2. Wilfred (Daniel) Ramsay 1915–1930
        3. 3. Emily Ramsay 1922–1930
        4. 4. Wesley Ramsay 1911–1934
        5. 5. Pearl (Viola) Ramsay 1908–1997 m. Arthur (Spurgeon) Dyment 1910–1994
        6. 6. Lewis (Arthur) Ramsay 1913–1987 m. Gladys (Mae) Brooks 1915–1999
        7. 7. William (Lorne) Ramsay 1906–1997 m. Jane Woodside 1919–1990 m. Marie (Alexina) Gionet 1919–2017
        8. 8. Cecil (SPURGEON) Ramsay 1916–2000 m. Evelyn (Virginia Murphy) ✔️ 1920–2009
        9. 9. Lois (Mae) Ramsay 1919–1996
        10. 10. Lloyd Ramsay 1921–1985
        11. 11. Verna (Maud Ramsay) ✔️ 1923–2013
      6. 6. Eletha ("Lettia") Ramsay 1862–1889
      7. 7. Annie ("Pricilla") Ramsay 1880–
      8. 8. Alexander (Donald Ramsay) ✅ 1867–1934 m. Sarah (Josephine) Newcombe 1868–1934
        1. 1. Eleanor (M) Ramsay 1908–1979
        2. 2. Harold (Alvin) Ramsay 1904–1930
        3. 3. Minnie (Gertrude Ramsay) ✅ 1891–1967 m. Ezra (C) Chase 1858–
        4. 4. Ruth (Evelyn) Ramsey 1904–1961
        5. 5. Edwin (Earl) Ramsey 1893–1930
        6. 6. Dorothy (Newcomb) Ramsay 1897–1956
      9. 9. George (Bruce) Ramsay 1874–1934
      10. 10. Colin (Lee) Ramsay 1876–1962
      11. 11. Arthur (James) Ramsay 1880–1903
    2. 2. John (Ramsay) ♪ 1840–1921 m. Elizabeth (Stewart) ♪ 1847–1926
      1. 1. Talmage Ramsay 1883–
      2. 2. David Ramsay 1876–
      3. 3. Collin Ramsay 1878–
      4. 4. Elman Ramsay 1881–
    3. 3. Mary (Ann Ramsay) ♪ 1835–1917
    4. 4. James (Taylor Ramsay) ♪ 1844–1926
    5. 5. Elizabeth (Ramsay) ♪ 1850–1939
    6. 6. Emmeline (Ramsay) ♪ 1845–1924
    7. 7. Margaret (Ramsay) ♪ 1841–
    8. 8. Lemuel Ramsay 1851–1916 m. Penrose (Annie Hannah) MacDougall 1858–1927
      1. 1. Lewis (Swabey) Ramsay 1881–1937 m. Margaret (Anna) MacFarlane 1883–1944
        1. 1. Ruth (Elizabeth Irene Ramsay) ✔️ 1920–2011 m. Alfred (Wyman) Yeo 1909–2000
        2. 2. Roy (Henry Ramsay) ✔️ 1921–2008 m. Sadie (G.) MacLeod 1925–2018
        3. 3. Mildred (Laura) Ramsay 1925–2000
  4. 4. Jennie (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1802–
  5. 5. Sarah (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1804–
  6. 6. Donald (Daniel Ramsay) ♪ 1794–1871 m. Nancy (Mary Grant) ♪ 1800–1896
    1. 1. Alexander (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1834–1901 m. Louisa (Sullivan) ♦ 1853–1898
      1. 1. Sophia (Ann) Ramsay 1877–1941
      2. 2. Arthur Ramsay 1878–1911
      3. 3. James (Abner Ramsay) ✅ 1884–1957 m. Mary (Blue) McDonald 1886–1959
        1. 1. Leota (Charlotte) Ramsay 1918–2002
        2. 2. Keith (McLaren) Ramsay 1916–1923
        3. 3. Annie (Louise) Ramsay 1918–
        4. 4. Gordon Ramsay 1921–
        5. 5. Alden (Keith Ramsay) 1✔️ 1924–2015
    2. 2. Charlote Ramsay 1837–
    3. 3. James (Hall Ramsay) ♪ 1844–
    4. 4. John (Ramsay) ♪ 1826–
    5. 5. Samuel (Ramsay) ♪ 1837–1918 m. Mary (Jane) Henderson 1848–1915
      1. 1. Margaret (Drusila) Ramsay 1869–1944 m. Edward (Ramsey) MacArthur 1866–1953
        1. 1. Clarence Macarthur 1895–1981
        2. 2. Ralph (Ephriam) MacArthur 1899–1963
    6. 6. Sara (Ramsay) ♪ 1824–
    7. 7. Susan (Ann Ramsay) ♪ 1846–1937
    8. 8. Barbara (Ramsay) ♪ 1829–1893
    9. 9. Robert (Gordon Ramsay) ♪ 1840–1890 m. Sarah (Ellis) ♦ 1845–1912
      1. 1. Anna (Madeline) Robinson 1880–1948
      2. 2. Robert Ramsay 1877–1877
      3. 3. Marian Ramsay 1875–1939
      4. 4. Mary (J.) Ramsay 1870–1931
      5. 5. Emma Ramsay 1879–
      6. 6. James Ramsay 1868–
      7. 7. Ellen (Ellis) Ramsay 1867–1939 m. William (Havelock Dyment) ♦ 1860–1919
        1. 1. Melbourne (A) Dyment 1898–1987 m. Norma (C. Lippi) ♦ 1902–
        2. 2. Frank (Allen) Dymond 1895–1941 m. Helen (M Sims) ♦ 1896–
      8. 8. Francis (N.) Ramsay 1874–
    10. 10. Maria (E.) Ramsay 1820–1913 m. Andrew (Nelson) Ramsay 1824–1887
      1. 1. Barbara Ramsay 1848–
      2. 2. William (Henry) Ramsay 1873–1950
      3. 3. John (Archibald) Ramsay 1857–1933
      4. 4. Susan (Ann) Ramsay 1863–1937
      5. 5. Cornelius (J. Ramsay) 1 1853–1897 m. Jane (Annie) MacArthur 1859–
        1. 1. Robert (Otis) Ramsey 1883–1963 m. Mary (A) Watson 1881– m. Grace (Viola) Church 1885–1953
      6. 6. Robert (Andrew) Ramsay 1864–1937 m. Mary (Magdalen Conway) ♦ 1873–1939
        1. 1. Clarence (Stanley) Ramsay 1903–1983 m. Anna (E Cushing) ♦ 1912–1993
      7. 7. Ann (Ramsay) ✅ 1856–1897
  7. 7. Mary (Ramsay 3) ♪ 1789–1872

John Ramsay's Timeline

2 Records

1753
02 Nov 1753
Birth of John "the Yankee" Ramsay in Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
1804
1804
Age 51
Death of John "the Yankee" Ramsay in Kiers Wharf, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Kiers Wharf, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 Nov 1753
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Prince Edward Island, Canada
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Prince Edward Island; Year: 1770; Page Number: 365

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1804
    Event Place: Kiers Wharf, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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