Part 4: Thoughts

Issue of Col. Nathaniel Ramsay and Charlotte Hall

Nathaniel Ramsay (May 1, 1741-October 23, 1817, married Charlotte Hall (February 11, 1758-July 1838) on January 7, 1790. Five (5) children.

                1. Montesquieu (November 25, 1791-June 25, 1792)

                2. William White (November 29, 1792-December 26, 1831)

                      married March 6, 1816 Eleanor Brooke Hall (April 8, 1704-September 22, 1876)

                       (note: Eleanor Brooke Hall was the niece of Charlotte Hall)

                                Issue:

                                                Nathaniel (February 1, 1818-January 28, 1822)

                                                Sarah Hall (b. May 7, 1820)

                                                Charlotte (March 30, 1822-May 8, 1852)

                                                   married December 5, 1850 to John A. Sheaff (d. 1877)

                                                                Issue: William Ramsay (b. May 5, 1852)

                                                Mary (b. July 3, 1824)

                                                   married November 20, 1845 to William Penn Chandler Whitaker

                                                                Issue:    Ellen Ramsay (b. August 24, 1846)

                                                                                Grace Adams (b April 3, 1848)

                                                                                Mary Elizabeth (b. April 17, 1850), married James Lee

                                                                                Charlotte (b. August 24, 1852)

                                                                                   married Isaac R. Pennypacker on January 8, 1879

                                                                                Lelia Gertrude (b. July 21, 1855)

                                                                                Sarah (March 6, 1858-March 9, 1858)

                3. Sophia Hall (September 18, 1794-December 13, 1874)

                                      married June 23, 1812 to Daniel William McHenry (note: Daniel William   McHnery was the son of the Hon. James McHenry, for whom Fort McHenry is named.

                                Issue: Ramsay (January 15, 1814-August 13, 1878)

                4. Charlotte Jane (January 3, 1797-May 31, 1868)

                      married November 16, 1820 to Henry Hall

                                Issue:  Charlotte Ramsay (b. August 31, 1821)

                                                Sophia McHenry (b. August 15, 1824)

                                                  married May 25, 1843 to Rev, William Francis Brand

                                                                Issue: McHenry Boyd (b. March 20, 1857)

                                                Anna Elizabeth (b. October 28, 1828)

                                                  married first on December 4, 1847 to McHenry Boyd, who died on           December 8, 1847, after accidentally shooting himself

                                                  married second on October 2, 1860 to General John G. Barnard

                                                                Issue:    John Hall (b. July 5, 1861)

                                                                                Jane Brand (b. November 26, 1862)

                                                                                Anna McHenry (b. June 16, 1886)

                                                Henry Carvil (b. November 2, 1832)

                                                William White Ramsay (b. June 15, 1835)

                                                  married October 30, 1860 to Sally Pritchard       

                5. Caroline (b. July 3, 1789 d. September 3, 1799)