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Descendants of James Ramsbottom

Generation No. 1

1. JAMES¹ RAMSBOTTOM was born Abt. 1745 in Unknown, and died Aft. March 27, 1806 in Unknown. He married ELIZABETH Abt. 1775 in Unknown. She was born Abt. 1755 in Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES RAMSBOTTOM:
James and Elizabeth Ramsbottom lived in southern Ohio and West Virginia.
Source: Carolyn J. Murray, Windham, NH.

The Ramsbottoms of America came from England. Some of them came by way of Ireland or Scotland, but the homeland was Lancashire, England. In the 1900 census of the United States, we find at least 63 families of Ramsbottoms with at least one of the parents born in the British Isles.

The Parish Register Societies of the British Isles are preserving, recording, indexing and publishing the parish records which are essential to family research in England. Parish registers began in the reign of Henry VIII, when by a royal injunction, published by Cromwell, the Vicar General, were ordered to keep registers of all Christenings, burials and weddings, but this was not always carried out due to the fact that it was believed to be the prelude to a new tax.

In 1630, Richard of Ramsbottom is first listed. Later his listing becomes Richard Ramsbottom, Gentleman, indicating that he was a significant landholder. Richard died June 13, 1644 leaving a family of at least six children, of whom two died within the year. Thereafter, Ramsbottom, the locality, appears periodically in the records.

The records indicate that the Ramsbottom families lived in an area of England bounded roughly by Manchester and Ashton on the south, Wigan and Blackburn on the west, Clitheroe, Skipton and Harrogate on the north, and Leeds and Wakefield on the east. This area is largely in Lancashire, but on the northeast spills over intoYorkshire, the fount of two of the very successful Ramsbottom families of America.

The Ramsbottoms certainly were weavers; where occupations is mentioned, they were weavers, farmers or clergy men. It is clear that the relatively large immigration of Ramsbottoms in the period 1830-1880 was skilled craftsmen associated with the weaving trades.

Children of JAMES RAMSBOTTOM and ELIZABETH are:

JOSEPH² RAMSBOTTOM, b. Bef. 1776, Culpeper County, Virginia (Source: 1820 Census, Rockingham County, Virginia.); d. 1847, Augusta Co., Virginia; m. CATHERINE ALLBRIGHT; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH RAMSBOTTOM:
Joseph Ransbottom is listed in the 1820 census for Rockingham County, Virginia. The following information is listed for Joseph: Free White Males under 10 - 1; Free White Males of 45 and over including Head of Household - 1; Free White Females under 10 - 2; Free White Female of 26 and under 45 including Head of Household - 1; Number Engaged in Agriculture - 1.

More About JOSEPH RAMSBOTTOM:
Fact 1: August 11, 1818, Marriage

2.	ii.	WILLIAM RAMSBOTTOM, b. Abt. 1777, Culpeper County, Virginia; d. Bef. 1838, Franklin, Ohio.
3.	iii.	THOMAS RAMSBOTTOM, b. January 13, 1778, Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England; d. November 13, 1878, Liberty Twp., Hardin County, Ohio.
	iv.	JAMES RAMSBOTTOM, JR., b. Abt. 1781, Culpeper County, Virginia; d. 1848, Madison County, Virginia; m. MARY ANN MERCER; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAMES RAMSBOTTOM, JR.:
[Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 16, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.9460.191]

Individual: Ramsbottom, James
County/State: Madison Co., VA
Page #: 320
Year: 1840

More About JAMES RAMSBOTTOM, JR.:
Fact 1: County/State: Madison Co., VA (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 16, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.9460.191)
Fact 3: Page #: 320 (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 16, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.9460.191)
Fact 4: Year: 1840 (Source: Brøderbund Family Archive #316, Ed. 1, Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840, Date of Import: Mar 16, 1998, Internal Ref. #1.316.1.9460.191)

RICHARD RAMSBOTTOM, b. Abt. 1784, Culpeper County, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. LUCY JENKINS; b. Bet. 1795 - 1804 (Source: 1820 Census, Rockingham County, Virginia.); d. Unknown.

Notes for RICHARD RAMSBOTTOM:
Richard Ransbottom is listed in the 1820 census for Rockingham County, Virginia. The following information is listed for Richard: Free White Males of 26 and under 45 including Head of Household - 1 Free White Females of 16 and under 26 including Head of Household - 1; Number Engaged in Agriculture - 1.

More About RICHARD RAMSBOTTOM:
Fact 1: April 15, 1816, Marriage

	vi.	ABRAHAM RAMSBOTTOM, b. Abt. 1789, Culpeper County, Virginia; d. January 11, 1809, Madison County, Virginia.
	vii.	HANAH RAMSBOTTOM, b. 1792, Ohio; d. 1834, Unknown; m. LEVY DERROW; d. Unknown.
4.	viii.	SIMEON RAMSBOTTOM, b. 1794, Ohio; d. October 05, 1851, Unknown.
	ix.	MARY (POLLY) RAMSBOTTOM, b. 1797, Ohio; d. 1858, Unknown; m. (1) PETER DERROW, March 15, 1814; b. 1787; d. Bef. 1858; m. (2) HARMAN HOUCK, July 15, 1858; d. Unknown.

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