Ramsay, Neil - Lot 18

Birth Name Ramsay, Neil - Lot 18
Gender male
Age at Death about 57 years

Narrative

Son of Neil Ramsay and Mary Cole.

Date of birth for Neil is a guess. I'm assuming he wouldn't have been much older than his wife. We do know that he was under 16 in 1798, or born between 1782-1798.

Elizabeth (Betsy), (CHILD OF DUNCAN AND JANET (GREGOR) MCCALLUM)
b. ca. 1795; living 2 July 1842; m. in 1821 Neil Ramsay, Jr. of Malpeque, son of Neil and Mary (Cole) Ramsay of Lot 18 and grandson of John and Mary Ramsay.

The History of Hamilton says that Neil and Betsey had 3 sons, John, Edward and James. The son named James described in this book was the son of Neil and Barbara (Patriquin) Ramsay; no records can be found for Edward or James, although there are a couple of "spare" Edward Ramsays that I can't definitely place in a family.

The will of Neil from Lot 18 with wife Elizabeth was proved in 1846 (Will R-28). Only a son John and wife Elizabeth were named in this will. If James and Edward were older than their brother John and already settled, that wouldn't be unusual, but it would be unusual for a father not to mention any younger children. What would also be unusual is for Elizabeth, if she did have 3 sons, to have not named at least one of them Duncan, after her father.

Elizabeth left the Island with her son son John around 1864. They went to Wisconsin, where they can be found in census records in 1870 and 1880.

 

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1789 Oyster Cove, Lot 18, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada approximate date  
Death about 1846 Lot 18, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada based on his will  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ramsay, Neil Neill - Lot 18about 1751before April 1812
Mother Cole, Maryabout 1833
    Brother     Ramsay, John - Lot 18 about 1782 about 1835
    Brother     Ramsay, Dougald Dugald about 1784 November 6, 1851
    Brother     Ramsay, George about 1786 December 27, 1862
    Brother     Ramsay, Edward - Lot 18 about 1787 April 16, 1857
         Ramsay, Neil - Lot 18 about 1789 about 1846
    Brother     Ramsay, Donald 1790 about 1850
    Sister     Ramsay, Mary 1792
    Sister     Ramsay, Jane Jennie about 1801 June 13, 1863
    Brother     Ramsay, Benjamin October 5, 1803 April 7, 1877

Families

Family of Ramsay, Neil - Lot 18 and McCallum, Elizabeth Betsy

Married Wife McCallum, Elizabeth Betsy ( * April 6, 1806 + November 19, 1889 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage October 5, 1824 Prince Edward Island, Canada Margate church records and History of Hamilton says married 1824  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Ramsay, James
Ramsay, Edward
Ramsay, JohnOctober 25, 1825November 23, 1897