'Ramsay07'
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Families covered: Ramsay of Colluthie, Ramsay of Corston (Corstoun)
| The following Henry was "nearly related to Ramsay of Forthar but the precise details of that relationship have not been established". | |||||||||||||||
| Henry de Ramsay | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William de Ramsay of Colluthie, later 'Earl of Fife' (a 1346, 1358) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William de Ramsay of Colluthie (d before 15.08.1390) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John de Ramsay of Colluthie (a 1395) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Alexander de Ramsay of Colluthie (a 1395, 1433) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ramsay (dau of Sir John de Ramsay of Kernock) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Ramsay of Colluthie (a 1428, d before 13.10.1470) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Lumsden (a 1479) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Ramsay of Colluthie (d before 17.01.1479/80) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Kinloch | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | David Ramsay of Colluthie (d before 20.09.1511) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Balfour (a 1511) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | David Ramsay of Colluthie (d before 22.04.1544) | ||||||||||||||
| Part of the following was initially shown as a section within Ramsay03 on 05.07.17, then being based on 'Fife (P&H)' (vol 1, p187). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 07.02.1509) Margaret Lundy (a 1569, dau of Sir Andrew Lundy of Balgony) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henry Ramsay of Colluthie (d Pinkie 10.09.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| 'Fife (P&H)' reports that Henry married Marjory Kirkaldy but MacGregor reports that, whilst he had been contracted to marry Marjory, "the terms of that were not fulfilled and, instead, he married her sister Christian". | |||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Kirkaldy (dau of Sir James Kirkaldy of Grange, m2. Alexander Crichton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Christian Ramsay (dsp after 27.10.1545) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Elizabeth Ramsay of Colluthie (d before 15.02.1566/7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 25.09.1559) David Carnegie of Kinnaird | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Ramsay of Logie | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Gourlay | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | George Ramsay of Langraw & Pittoncardie (a 15575) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Gourlay | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | George Ramsay of Langraw | ||||||||||||||
| ((a))+ | issue - William of Langraw, Andrew (a 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | David Ramsay of Newgrange of Pittauchop | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isobel Paterson (d 10.1603) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | James Ramsay of Corston (d before 11.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.1580) Janet Ramsay (dau/heir of John Ramsay of Corston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | James Ramsay of Corston (d before 08.1620) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Moncrieff | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | James Ramsay of Corston (dsp before 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | David Ramsay of Corston (a 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| (((3)) | John Ramsay (b c1602, d 12.1666, minister of Kettle) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sarah Cranston (dau of William Cranston, minister of Kettle) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (17.04.1656) Anna Stewart (dau of James Stewart of Rosyth, widow of William Gedd of Baldrig) | |||||||||||||||
| (((4)))+ | other issue - Eupham, Janet, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Agnes Ramsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frederick Elphinstone of Inverdovat (d 10.08.1614) | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Christian Ramsay possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Aytoun of Inchdairney | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | John Ramsay (a 1603) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Patrick Ramsay (a 1550, 1569) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Katherine Ramsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 02.03.1535) David Balfour of Balledmonth | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Helen Ramsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. John (probably not David) Kinnear of that ilk (b 1520/22, d 21.06.1584) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Balfour of Dovan | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Janet Ramsay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Napier (son of Sir Alexander of Merchiston) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Christian Ramsay (a 1495) | ||||||||||||||
| MacGregor reports that Christian "married or at least was contracted to marry Henry Pitcairn of that ilk". We suspect that the marriage did not take place, or was his second marriage, as we show him as married to another. | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | William de Ramsay (a 1395) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth de Ramsay | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John de Lassell | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1358) David de Barclay | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabella, Countess of Fife (dsp c1390, m2. m3. m4.) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'RedBookScot' (Gordon MacGregor, vol 14 (2025 edition), 'Ramsay of Colluthie', p156+)
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