RAMSAY.
Rev. John Ramsay was the rector of St. Anne's parish,
lived in the southern part of the county, and died in 1770.
In 1772 John Ramsay, of Augusta, purchased from Archibald
Woods nearly four hundred acres on Stockton's Creek,
and five years later sold them to Alexander Ramsay, in all
probability a brother. In 1774 William, another brother as
is supposed, bought from Adam Dean in the same vicinity
more than four hundred acres, and ten years after from Alexander
all that belonged to him.
William married Margaret, daughter of Andrew Wallace,
and granddaughter of old Michael Woods. His home was on
the place where James M. Bowen resided. He first built the
mill on the place, which in early times went by the name of
Ramsay's Mill. The old dwelling still stands near the head
of the mill pond. He died in 1825. He had three sons,
Andrew, John and William. In 1814 Andrew was living on
a farm on the Staunton Road, adjoining the lands of G. W.
Kinsolving, William Fretwell and John Dettor. His children
were Thomas, Higginbotham, Margaret, William Albert,
Mary J., and Andrew W. John married Mary, daughter of
Samuel Black. His home was where Dr. John R. Baylor
lived. His children were William, Jane, the wife of John G.
Lobban, Catharine, Joseph T., Mary, the wife of James C.
Rothwell, and Dorcas. William, son of William, succeeded
to the home of his father, and died in 1832. His children
were Jane, the wife of Jarrett Harris, William S., Margaret,
the wife of Meredith Martin, and Mary, the wife of Jeremiah
Wayland. All the descendants of these families, bearing
the name, removed to different parts of the West.
