Hugh Ramsey and Jane Thompson
Husband Hugh Ramsey 1
Born: Abt 1749 - Ireland Christened: Died: 25 Mar 1825 1 Buried:Marriage: 30 Mar 1779 - Bucks Co, PA 1
Wife Jane Thompson 1
Born: 8 Oct 1760 1 Christened: Died: 12 May 1836 1 Buried:
Father: William Thompson ( - ) 2 Mother:
Children
1 F Margaret "Peggy" Ramsey 1
Born: 7 Aug 1780 1 Christened: Died: 7 Aug 1834 1 Buried:Spouse: Dr. William Thompson (1768-1832) 3 Marr: 15 Oct 1807 1
2 M William Ramsey 3
Born: Abt 1781 Christened: Died: 14 Mar 1856 3 Buried:Spouse: Martha McVey (1792-1834) 3 Marr: 18 Feb 1813 3
3 M John Ramsey 3
Born: Abt 1784 Christened: Died: May 1815 3 Buried:
4 F Elizabeth Ramsey 3
Born: Abt 1787 Christened: Died: 23 Jul 1844 3 Buried:
5 F Mary Ramsey 3
Born: Abt Apr 1793 Christened: Died: 17 Feb 1829 4 Buried:Spouse: William Lowry ( - ) 3 Marr: 6 May 1813 3
6 M Thompson Ramsey 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Martha Scott ( - ) 3 Marr: 19 Nov 1813 3
7 M Hugh Ramsey, Jr. 3
Born: 1 Jun 1795 3 Christened: Died: 1 Apr 1826 3 Buried:
8 F Jane Thompson Ramsey 3
Born: Abt 1798 Christened: Died: 25 May 1875 3 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
9 F Nancy Ann Ramsey 5
Born: 22 Aug 1802 5 Christened: Died: 7 Jan 1870 5 Buried:Spouse: James Jefferson Fulton (1801-1864) 5 Marr: 7 Jun 1827 6
10 F Sarah Ramsey 3
Born: 10 May 1806 3 Christened: Died: 25 Sep 1865 3 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Hugh Ramsey
He was born in Ireland and came to America from the north of Ireland in 1768 when nineteen years of age, and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he lived when married. He built the east end of Hilaman's hotel and store building in East Nottingham Township, Chester County, in 1794, several years after leaving Bucks County. He died at seventy-six years of age. He is said to have owned 500 acres of land in Nottingham Township, at the time of his decease.
Hugh Ramsey was said to have been the last man in that section who wore knee breeches. Many years he kept tavern in the old stone building at Ramsey's Corner, afterward Hilaman's, and later Chrome, East Nottingham. He was a man of quiet mind, and after age had advanced upon him and while sitting in his great chair meditating over the past, he would pull one long white hair after another from his head. "This habit of pulling his hair," reports an informant, "grew so great that he pulled nearly all out and his head became bare before its time." His face bore the furrows of time and care and he was well known near and far. Once behind the partition of slats that divided the landlord from the customer he would say to those who had entered the room to drink: "And is it a half pint ye want, gentlemen? for there's very little drinkin' in a gill; a half pint will cost a levy and a gill a fipnybit." During his time fox hunting was indulged in to some extent in that vicinity. The hunters would arrive from miles around, and Nathan Harris and Emory Knight, from near Rising Sun, would generally lead the riders. After the chase had ceased and the tired and hungry hounds were resting near the tavern door, the usual "big dinner" would be partaken of by the huntsmen who gathered around the board prepared by the landlord and his good lady. Upon the death of Hugh his wife, Jenny, conducted the tavern for some time. She was a sharp business woman and managed things in a successful way. She was known to have said that "a tailor was the ninth part of a man." One day Samuel McIntire, a tailor, who lived within six miles of Elkton, was journeying toward Oxford and he stopped at Ramsey's to slake his thirst. His request for a half pint caused Jenny to remark: "Half a pint is a good bit for the ninth part of a man to drink." After tossing it down Sam said: "Well, then, Jenny, wait till the other eight-ninths come along and they'll pay for it." He then left the room without paying for the liquor. McIntire was well known for his wit and jovialness.
Alexander Ramsey, a half brother of Hugh Ramsey, went to Minnesota and is supposed to have settled Ramsey County, in which St. Paul, the State capital, is located. [Genealogy of the Fulton Family, 184] This seems unlikely:
Hon. Alexander Ramsey, first territorial governor of Minnesota, is a native of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, and was born near Harrisburg on the 8th of September, 1815. He is of Scotch-Irish descent on his father's side, and German on his mother's. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Kelker) Ramsey. His grandfather, Alexander Ramsey, was born in eastern Pennsylvania, his father, near the town of York, in York county, on the 15th of June, 1784, and was an officer in the war of 1812-'15, dying when the son was ten years old. Left an orphan, Alexander was assisted in his education by a grand-uncle, Frederick Kelker. [History of Ramsey County and the city of St. Paul, 592]
General Notes: Wife - Jane Thompson
John Thompson, brother of this woman, went to the Valley of Virginia, and perhaps was grandfather of Gen. Jefferson Thompson of Rebel fame.
1 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 173.
2 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 183.
3 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 174.
4 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 162.
5 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 29.
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Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 161.
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