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Personal data David Ramsay 

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Household of David Ramsay

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Frances Ann Smith) is 31 years younger.

(1) He is married to Martha Laurens.

They got married on January 23, 1787 at Charleston, South Carolina, he was 37 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. James Ramsay  1798-1832
  2. ??  
  3. ??  
  5. ??  
  7. Fanny Ramsay  1791-1792
  12. ??  
  15. William Ramsay  1802-1847


(2) He is married to Sabina Ellis.

They got married on February 9, 1775 at Charleston, South Carolina, he was 25 years old.Source 1


(3) He is married to Frances Witherspoon.

They got married on March 18, 1783, he was 33 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. David Ramsay  1769-1806
  3. ??  


(4) He had a relationship with Frances Ann Smith.


Notes about David Ramsay

Continental Congressman, Revolutionary War Veteran, Historian, Physician. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) in 1765, received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1773, and established a practice in Charleston. From 1776 to 1783 he was a member of the South Carolina legislature. On July 4, 1778 Ramsay delivered in Charleston the first Independence Day oration, "the Advantages of American Independence." During the Revolutionary War he served as a field surgeon, was captured by the British in 1780, and confined for a year. From 1782 to 1783 and 1785 to 1786 he served in the Continental Congress, and was President of the Congress in his second term. From 1801 to 1815 he served in the South Carolina Senate and was Senate President. Ramsay trained numerous physicians and advocated for a medical school in Charleston, a vision that was realized after his death. He was an opponent of slavery and was the first historian of the Revolution. His works included "History of the Revolution in South Carolina," "History of the American Revolution," "Life of Washington," and "History of South Carolina." His three-volume "History of the United States" formed part of 1819's twelve volume "Universal History Americanized." He was the son in law of Continental Congressman Henry Laurens and the brother of Continental Congressman Nathaniel Ramsey. Ramsay died two days after being attacked by a crazed patient.
RIN: MH:N498

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    Birthday April 2, 1749

    • The temperature on April 2, 1749 was about 4.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly east. Weather type: geheel betrokken vochtig. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
      • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
      • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
      • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
      • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.

    Day of marriage March 18, 1783

    • The temperature on March 18, 1783 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1783: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 3 » Spain–United States relations are first established.
      • April 18 » Three-Fifths Compromise: the first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
      • May 18 » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick), Canada, after leaving the United States.
      • June 8 » Laki, a volcano in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
      • October 15 » The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier.
      • November 25 » American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

    Day of death May 8, 1815

    • The temperature on May 8, 1815 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1815: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 8 » War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British.
      • January 15 » War of 1812: American frigate USSPresident, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
      • March 1 » Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
      • March 9 » Francis Ronalds describes the first battery-operated clock in the Philosophical Magazine.
      • April 23 » The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
      • December 11 » The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
    

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