Background
Ramsay, Nathaniel was born on May 1, 1741 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Jane (Montgomery) Ramsay.
army officer Continental congressman
Ramsay, Nathaniel was born on May 1, 1741 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of James and Jane (Montgomery) Ramsay.
Graduated from College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1767.
Del to Maryland. Convention, 1775, signer Maryland. Declaration of Freemen. Member Continental Congress from Maryland., 1775, 85-87.
Captain Smallwood’s Maryland. Regiment, 1776; commissioned lieutenant colonel 3d Maryland. Regiment, Continental Army, 1776-1781.
Served at Battle of Monmouth, 1778, helped check retreat begun by General Charles Lee. United States marshal. District Maryland, 1790-1798.
Naval officer Port of Baltimore, 1794-1817.
Member Continental Congress from Maryland., 1775, 85-87.
Married Mary Jane Peale, 1771. Married second, Charlotte Hall, 1792.