Letter from Mary Jane to Nellie
This is a letter from Mary Jane (Ramsell) Williams to her daughter Nellie. Mary Jane evidently wrote this between 1933 when her brother Charles died, and 1938 when she died. I have transcribed it and added punctuation in most cases. Notice that she misspelled the name "Benjamin" both when referring to Moses' Father and for the middle name of her brother William B.
Chris Ramsell 5/6/99
Nellie, I think I sent you a copy of our own family sometime ago. Now this is all I know about my father's family. His Mother's name was Eunice Easten or Eastman. I am not sure which. His Father was an English sea captain. He might have been a pirate, but I don't think he was. My great grand father Ramsell was Scotch and Irish and a veteran of the Revolutionary War the only title that I ever heard of in our family. My grand father Bengaman Ramsell was called the Honest Miller. He had a grist mill on his farm. I am not ashamed of any of them and if there are any more questions you want to ask, I will be glad to answer them the best I can.
Lovingly,
Mother
The Record of my Family so far as I know it.
Nancy Ramsell was born April 17, 1822
Moses Ramsell was born June 9th 1831
Their Children
William Bengaman Ramsell was born May 7th 1854
Mary Jane Ramsell was born December 22, 1856
Charles Dudley Ramsell was Born July 7, 1861
Marriages
Moses S. Ramsell and Nancy Walker were married May 12, 1852
Deaths
Margaret Walker died Oct. 1846
Jane Walker died Sept. 15, 1850
Nancy Walker Ramsell died November 22, 1865
Charles Dudley Ramsell died Febuary 17, 1933