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William Ramsay 1685–1774 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Apr 1685

Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 25 Dec 1774

Death Location: Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

Father: James Ramsay

Mother: Jonet Harley

Spouse(s): Janet McTyre

Children(s): Catherine Ramsay, William Ramsay, Margaret Ramsay, Janet Ramsay, John 1, Donald 1, Andrew Ramsay

In 1685, William Ramsay entered the world in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland, born to James Ramsay And Jonet Harley. William Ramsay married Janet Mctyre, and had children including Andrew Ramsay, Catherine Katherine Ramsay, Donald Ramsay 1, Janet Ramsay, John Ramsay 1, Margaret Ramsay, William Ramsay. William Ramsay passed away in 1774 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1685, William Ramsay entered the world in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland, born to James Ramsay And Jonet Harley.
  • William Ramsay married Janet Mctyre, and had children including Andrew Ramsay, Catherine Katherine Ramsay, Donald Ramsay 1, Janet Ramsay, John Ramsay 1, Margaret Ramsay, William Ramsay.
  • William Ramsay passed away in 1774 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Ramsay
1648–1707
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
JR
Jonet Harley
1652–
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
JH

Spouses(s)

Janet McTyre
1680–1752
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
JM

Children(s)

Catherine Ramsay
1701–
Birth Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
CR
William Ramsay
1708–
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaret Ramsay
1699–
Birth Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
MR
Janet Ramsay
1710–
Birth Location: Scotland
JR
John 1
1704–
Birth Location: Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
J1
Donald 1
1707–1798
Birth Location: Ugadale, Argyllshire, Scotland
D1
Andrew Ramsay
1703–
Birth Location: –
AR

William Ramsay's Ancestors

Self
William Ramsay
1685–1774
Birth Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Parents
James Ramsay
1648–1707
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Jonet Harley
1652–
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Ramsay
1620–1687
Gallowtoun, Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Janet Keddie
1624–
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
David Ramsay
1626–1673
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Mergaret Swantone
1627–1684
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Ramsay
1602–1672
James Setone
1606–1684
Kathren Mur
1610–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Seton
1590–
Johne Mur
1579–
Agnes Miller
1589–

William Ramsay's Descendants

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William Ramsay (07 Apr 1685–25 Dec 1774) m. Janet McTyre (1680–1752)
  1. 1. Catherine (Katherine) Ramsay 1701–
  2. 2. William Ramsay 1708–
  3. 3. Margaret Ramsay 1699–
  4. 4. Janet Ramsay 1710–
  5. 5. John (Ramsay) 1 1704–
  6. 6. Donald (Ramsay) 1 1707–1798 m. Janet McKinley 1710–1758
    1. 1. Malcolm Ramsay 1730–1798 m. Mary (Shuman) ♪ 1730–1798
      1. 1. Edward (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1761–1837 m. Flora (MacKay) ♪ 1772–1826
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1809–1892
        2. 2. John (Ramsay 8) ♪ 1800–
        3. 3. Donald (Ramsay 7) ♪ 1814–1884
        4. 4. Rachel (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1817–1897
        5. 5. Janet (Ramsay) 1 1802–1873 m. John Donald 1798–1880
        6. 6. Nancy (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1804–1884
        7. 7. Neil (Ramsay 5) ♪ 1794–1837
        8. 8. Malcolm (Ramsay 6) ♪ 1796–
        9. 9. Barbara (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1792–1858 m. George (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1786–1862
        10. 10. Mary Ramsay 1811–1881 m. John (Owen) ♦ 1799–1868
        11. 11. Flora (Ramsay 3) ♪ 1805–1871 m. Robert (Hardy) ♦ 1795–1872
        12. 12. Archibald (Ramsay 4) ♪ 1797–1872
        13. 13. Margaret Ramsay 1791–1892 m. Dugald (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1784–1851
      2. 2. Malcolm (Ramsay) ✅ 1758–1826 m. Agnes (Nancy or Ann) MacNeill 1769–1843
        1. 1. Elizabeth (BETSY Ramsay) ✅ 1788–1868 m. Dougald (MacArthur) McArthur 1790–1862
        2. 2. Nellie (Ramsay) 2 1790–1868 m. Donald (McGougan) ♦ 1790–
        3. 3. Charles (S Ramsay 1) ♪ 1802–1889 m. Margaret Hunter 1816–1908
        4. 4. Malcolm (Ramsay 5) ♪ 1789–1879 m. Catherine (Reilly) ♦ 1792–1837
        5. 5. Nancy (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1797–1823
        6. 6. Penelope (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1793–1857
        7. 7. James (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1795–1887
        8. 8. Flora (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1799–1890
        9. 9. Barbara (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1804–1843
        10. 10. Janet (Jennie Ramsay 2) ♪ 1806–
        11. 11. Edward (Ramsay 4) ♪ 1808–1843 m. Amelia (Emily) Easter 1813–
    2. 2. John Ramsay 1728–1798 m. Margaret (Taylor) ✅ 1730–1798
      1. 1. Archibald Ramsay 1756–1839 m. Helen (Montgomery) ♪ 1768–1853
        1. 1. Mary (Ramsay 4) ♪ 1788–1867 m. Benjamin McEwen 1789–1867
        2. 2. Norman (McLeod Ramsay 1) ♪ 1808–1860
        3. 3. Hugh (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1795–1881
        4. 4. Helen (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1804–1870
        5. 5. Archibald (Ramsay 3) ♪ 1800–1873
        6. 6. Donald (Ramsay 6) ♪ 1798–1879 m. Penelope (McNutt) ♪ 1802–1836
        7. 7. Margaret (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1792–1861 m. Joseph (McEwen) ♪ 1791–1843
        8. 8. John (Ramsay 7) ♪ 1790–1839 m. Martha (Owen) ♪ 1790–1863
      2. 2. Malcolm (MOCCASIN MAC Ramsay) ✅ 1761–1841 m. Margaret Murphy 1759–1839
        1. 1. John (Ramsay) 11 1789–1873 m. Koy (McKay) ♦ 1798–1867
        2. 2. James (Ramsay) 4 1806–1894 m. Anna (Maxfield) ♦ 1818–1911
        3. 3. Donald (Richard Ramsay) 8 1790– m. Elizabeth (Green) ♦ 1801–1879
        4. 4. Archibald (Ramsay) 7 1804–1886 m. Helen (Stewart) ♪ 1800–1889
        5. 5. Margaret Ramsay 1812–1895 m. Henry (Folland) Sr. 1812–1879
        6. 6. Mary (Ramsay) 7 1794–1862
      3. 3. Neil (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1751–1806 m. Mary (Janet) Cole 1759–1873
        1. 1. Donald (Ramsay 3) ♪ 1794–1884
        2. 2. Jannet Ramsay 1801–1863 m. John (Craig) ♪ 1806–1863
        3. 3. Mary (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1790–1873 m. William (Hardy) ♪ 1791–1864
        4. 4. Dugald (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1784–1851 m. Margaret Ramsay 1791–1892
        5. 5. Benjamin (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1803–1877 m. Margaret Balfe 1825–1899
        6. 6. Edward (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1787–1857 m. Mary (Drummond) ♪ 1803–
        7. 7. John (Ramsay 4) ♪ 1782–1851
        8. 8. Neil (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1789– m. Elizabeth (McCallum) ♪ 1806–
        9. 9. George (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1786–1862 m. Barbara (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1792–1858
      4. 4. Donald (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1748–1798 m. Mary (McMillan) MacMillan 1748–1798
        1. 1. Archibald (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1791–1839
        2. 2. Eleanor (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1797–
        3. 3. Angus (Ramsay 2) ♪ 1792–
        4. 4. Malcolm (Ramsay 4) ♪ 1789–1835 m. Eleanor (Boyle) ❌ 1798–1875
        5. 5. Michael (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1789–1852 m. Nancy (Ann Smith) ♦ 1798–1867
        6. 6. Neil (Ramsay 3) ♪ 1780–1861 m. Katherine McIntosh 1783–1840
        7. 7. Donald (Daniel) Ramsay 1784–1845 m. Mary (Marie Cannon) ♦ 1797–1839
        8. 8. John ("Justice") RAMSAY* 1771– m. Margaret Penman 1791–1892
      5. 5. Angus (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1764–1804
      6. 6. John ("the Yankee") Ramsay 1753–1804 m. Catherine McKay 1760–1825
        1. 1. Helen (Nellie Ramsay 1) ♪ 1805–1870 m. Hugh (MacArthur) ♪ 1801–1854
        2. 2. Christie (Ann) Ramsay 1798–1879 m. Alexander (MacArthur) ♪ 1800–1889
        3. 3. Alexander (Ramsay 1) ♪ 1805–1899 m. Nancy (Taylor) ♪ 1805–1883
        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
        7. 7. Mary (Ramsay 3) ♪ 1789–1872
  7. 7. Andrew Ramsay 1703–

William Ramsay's Timeline

3 Records

1685
07 Apr 1685
Birth of William Ramsay in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1685
11 Apr 1685
William Ramsay was baptized in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1774
25 Dec 1774
Age 89
Death of William Ramsay in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07 Apr 1685
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1685
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1774
    Event Place: Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland
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