Margaret Elliott (Burd) Ramsey (1745 - 1833)

Born 1745 in Maryland

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Died 25 May 1833 at about age 88 in Springfield Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1745. The daughter of John Burd and Elizabeth Elliott. Before her marriage, she was known as Margaret Burd Elliott. When she married William Thomas Ramsey, she became Margaret Ramsey. Because of her use, in her maiden name, of both her father's and mother's last names, some confusion has ensued about her parentage with some records showing her as the daughter of Thomas Elliott and Mary Johnston who were, however, her uncle and aunt. In the face of the "uncertainty", we believe that parentage as stated above is the more likely as otherwise, there would not by any way of accounting for her use of the surname Burd. She passed away in 1833. ^[1]

She was the mother of: Alexander Ramsey, Benjamin Ramsey, Elizabeth Ramsey, Jean (Ramsey) Logan, Margaret (Ramsey) Locke, Robert Ramsey, Agnes (Ramsey) Parks, William Ramsey Jr., John Ramsey and Matthew Ramsey

In the absence of exact birth years for her children, the are listed as being "Before 1795" when she turned 50. Likely, they actually occurred about every second year from about 1763 to 1785.

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Name

Name: Margaret Burd /Elliot/^[3]

Name: Margaret Elliot /Burd/

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Margaret Burd /Elliot/.

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1. ↑ Entered by Linda Skov, Saturday, September 28, 2013.
2. ↑ Elliot-1465 was created by Audrey Staples through the import of aud5rey2015_wikitree.ged on Sep 18, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
3. ↑ Source: #S81 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23688191&pid=3690

"Ramsey/Ramsay Individual Records" Volume I Held at Pioneer Library, Bedford Cty. Hist. Soc. "as interpreted by Linda Skov".

PLEASE REFER TO THE PROFILE OF margaret's father jOHN BURD AND READ THE SUMMARY OF HIS WILL! IT CLEARLY STATES THAT MARGARET RAMSEY IS HIS DAUGHTER.

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Thank you to Linda Skov for creating Burd-117 on 28 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Linda and others.

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