Thomas Ramsdell, Sr.

From the research of Bruce Cooley Pusch:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pusch&id=...

ID: I072679

Name: THOMAS RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL

• Sex: M
• ALIA: THOMAS /RAMSDEN/
• Birth: BET 1677 AND 1680
• Death: 16 SEP 1727

Father: DANIEL RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 14 SEP 1649

Mother: HANNAH OR SARAH CASWELL b: 14 JUL 1661

Marriage 1 SARAH ALVERSON OR ALBESON b: ABT FEB 1682

Children

• 1. THOMAS RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: ABT 1704
• 2. MARY RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 9 MAY 1706
• 3. JOSEPH RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 29 MAY 1708
• 4. JEMIMAH RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 28 JUL 1710
• 5. GIDEON RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 13 SEP 1712
• 6. TOWNAL RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 4 JUN 1714
• 7. SARAH RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: BET 12 JUL AND 14 AUG 1715
• 8. MERCY RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 5 NOV 1717
• 9. LYDIA RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 5 SEP 1719
• 10. DAVID RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 24 OCT 1721
• 11. ELIZABETH RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 1722
• 12. GRACE RAMSDEN OR RAMSDELL b: 5 JUN 1725

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On 14 April 1745, Sarah Ramsdale, wife of Gideon, was admitted to the Hanover First Church.; At the July 1764 Court, Gideon Ramsdell of Abington, yeoman, was charged with abandoning his wife and cohabitating with Ruth Palmer of Abington,widow, a person of ill fame. Abigail Ramsdell, wife of Gideon Ramsdell, appeared and said for more than a year she has been in great fear that Gideon, her husband, would take her life.; On 13 July 1812, the balance of Gideon's estate was divided among sonsJohn, Gideon, Micah, Noah, David and Thomas Ramsdell; the heirs of Job Ramsdell; Content Cudworth, Deborah Gurney an d Abigail Russell. [Ref:Hanover VR p. 119 (1st m.); Marshfield VR p. 147 (2nd m.); VR Abingto n;Plymouth Co. CT RECS 3:195; Plymouth County LR 78:197; Hanover FirstChurch pp. 73, 111, 181 ]

The surname "Ramsdell" was sometimes referred to as "Ramsden". Both names were legitimately used as a surname.

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Thomas Ramsden, son of Daniel Ramsden and his first unknown wife, was born probably at Plymouth in 1677 or earlier.<ref name=MD36 >Wakefield, Robert S. "The Ramsden Family of Plymouth, Mass." The Mayflower Descendant 36: 187 (1986) Link at AmericanAncestors ($) </ref><ref name=MF5>Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations : Volume 9, Francis Eaton, (Plymouth:GSMD, 1996), Vol. 9, p. 12, 30</ref>

Proof that he was son of Daniel:<ref name=MD36 />*16 July 1702 Thomas Ramsdell of Duxbury and Edward May of Plymouth, husbandmen, sold 30 acres of Land in Plymouth at Lakenham [Plymouth County Deeds 18:99]. This is almost certainly the land that Joseph(1) Ramsden deeded to his son Daniel(2) Ramsden in 1673.*Other than John Ramsden (in Plymouth records) no other Ramsden familylived in Plymouth.*16 Dec 1735 contained in a petition for a grant for service in King Philip's war, under Middleborough is Daniell Ramsdell as the soldier grantee and Thomas his son as claimant. Of course Thomas was deceased in1727, but examining the list their are other men listed who were alsodead and it is concluded that the list was prepared in 1727. "He married Scituate 23 March 1702/3, at Scituate, Sarah _____*, b. c.1682; d. Hanover 4 Aug 1773 ae 91."<ref name=MF5 /> The *footnote says: "She is called Sarah Alverson, prob. dau. of Nicholas, in MF 1:26 The VR does not give her surname. LDS Archives say Sarah was born 5 March 1682. The reference is 'Family Bible - Dorothy Munson.' "

• Is his wife Sarah _____ or Sarah Alverson? :::For**MF 1 = Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 1 which contained Frances Eaton but has been replaced by the current volume 9 says Sarah Alverson and **Mayflower Marriages: Thomas Ramsdell (son of Daniel) and Sarah Alverson were married 22 Mar 1702/3, Scituate.<ref>Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Marriages: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990) p. 166 Accessed at Ancestry ($) </ref> Mayflower marriages is based on Bowman's older notes. :::Against**Duxbury Vital records: Sarah ____ <ref>Vital records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. ( Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911) p. 292 Ramsdill</ref>**Scituate Vital Records: Sarah ____ <ref>Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Volume II – Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Mass. : Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909) p. 243</ref>**Mayflower Descendant 36, A correction to MF 1 quotes the vital records Sarah ____ mentioning the reference to Alverson in MF 1.<ref name=MD36 />*Current Mayflower Families Vol 9 lists her as Sarah ____ with the footnote about being called Alverson. "Thomas Ramsdil father to Joseph Ramsdil decest the 16th day of September 1727" in Hanover, Massachusetts<ref>Hanover. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). p. 9</ref><ref name=MF5 />

Children:<ref name=MF5 />

1. probably Thomas b. c. 1704
2. Mary b. Pembroke 9 May 1706
3. Joseph b. Pemborke 29 May 1708
4. Jemima b. Pembroke 28 July 1710
5. Gideon b. Scituate 13 Sep 1712
6. Sarah b. Scituate 12 July 1715; bpt 14 Aug 1715; n.f.r.
7. Mercy b. Scituate 5 Nov 1717
8. Lydia b. Scituate 5 Sep 1719; n.f.r.
9. David b. Abington 24 Oct 1721;
10. Grace b. Hanover 5 Jun 1725.

Sources

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• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Publication: Name:Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;*Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Title: Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location:Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005; * Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; * Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; // Deaths Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001; // Births Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT,

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