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Ramsay, Neil Neill - Lot 18

Birth Name Ramsay, Neil Neill - Lot 18
Gender male
Age at Death less than about 61 years, 3 months

Notes

Note

Neil was baptized in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland in 1751, the son of John Ramsay and Margaret Taylor. There is general agreement that Neil Ramsay emigrated to PEI in 1770 with his parents, and married Mary Cole sometime after his arrival on the Island.

Their marriage was not in the Cash License Book, and none of their children were in the PEI Baptismal Index, which means that Mary might not have been Neil's first wife, or the mother of all of his children. However, let's go for the simplest story.

He is the Neal Ramsay who received a government grant for land in Princetown in 1787, and who was in the 1798 census of PEI in Lot 18 with a household of 9.
Head -16 M 16/60 60+ -16 F 16/60 60+ Total
Neal Ramsay 5 2 -- 1 1 -- 9

According to the History of Hamilton, Pathways to the Present, their children were John, Dugald, George, Edward, Neil, Mary, Jane (Janet), Benjamin and Donald. Thomas Ramsay's booklet on the Ramsay family included:
John, married Mary McGougan in 1803
George, married Barbara Ramsay in 1818
Dougald, married Margaret Ramsay
Edward, married Mary Drummond in 1822
Neil, married Elizabeth McCallum in 1821
Donald, never married
Benjamin married, named not recorded
Jennie, married John Craig
Mary, married William Hardy

Name: Neil Ramsay
Year: 1770
Place: Prince Edward Island
Source Publication Code: 9758
Primary Immigrant: Ramsay, Neil
Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship, place of origin, place of destination, date of birth and death, parentage, occupation, and other historical and family data may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society. Volume 1, 1986. 443p.
Page: 365

Will of Mary Ramsay, widow of Neil, Oyster Cove, Prince Co.
1st son John
2nd son Dougald
3rd son George
4th son Edward
5th son Neil
sons Donald and Benjamin
daughters Mary Hardie and 2nd dau. Jane Craigg

Several of Neil's sons signed a petition, undated (although had to be between 1824-1831), relating the location of a road through Malcolm Ramsay's property.

See also the Ramsay family trees on the Island Register.

On the whole, Neil's family has been fairly well documented.

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Baptism May 5, 1751 Cambeltown, Argyll, Scotland "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch  
Birth about 1751 Ugadale Beg, Argylshire, Scotland    
Death before April 1812 Lot 18, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada Mary was a widow when she signed a document on 14 April 1812  

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ramsay, Johnbefore 1728about 1798
Mother Taylor, Margaretbefore 1798
    Brother     Ramsay, Donald - Lot 13 about 1748 April 1798
    Brother     Ramsay, John “The Yankee” about 1750 about 1806
         Ramsay, Neil Neill - Lot 18 about 1751 before April 1812
    Brother     Ramsay, Archibald - Lot 18 about 1755 March 17, 1839
    Brother     Ramsay, Malcolm - Lot 16 &17 about 1757 1841
    Sister     Ramsay, Janet about 1760 before 1766
    Brother     Ramsay, Angus 1764
    Sister     Ramsay, Jenat Janet 1766

Families

Family of Ramsay, Neil Neill - Lot 18 and Cole, Mary
Married Wife Cole, Mary ( * + about 1833 )
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Ramsay, John - Lot 18about 1782about 1835
Ramsay, Dougald Dugaldabout 1784November 6, 1851
Ramsay, Georgeabout 1786December 27, 1862
Ramsay, Edward - Lot 18about 1787April 16, 1857
Ramsay, Neil - Lot 18about 1789about 1846
Ramsay, Donald1790about 1850
Ramsay, Mary1792
Ramsay, Jane Jennieabout 1801June 13, 1863
Ramsay, BenjaminOctober 5, 1803April 7, 1877

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