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The surname Rumsfelt comes from the place-name Ramsey, which is derived from the Old English words "hramsa" and "eg," which mean "wild garlic" and "island." Thus, the original bearers of the surname came from an island where wild garlic was grown.
The surname Rumsfelt was first found in Huntingdonshire, where the first record of the name was Simund de Ramesie who witnessed the charter by Turstan filius Leuingus of the church of Livingston to the Abbey of Holyrod (c. 1153-1156.) 1
But later, in 1320 William Ramsay swore allegiance to King Robert the Bruce of Scotland when he, a Campbell, a Cameron, a MacDuff, a Fergusan and a Murray signed the 'Declaration of Independence' in Arbroath, asserting to the Pope that Scotland would never again be subject to English rule.
Sir Alexander Ramsay (died 1342), of Dalhousie, Scottish patriot, was descended from the main line of the Scottish Ramsays, the earliest of whom was Simundus de Ramsay, a native of Huntingdon in England, who received from David I of Scotland a grant of lands in Midlothian. "Sir Alexander is supposed to have been the son of Sir William de Ramsay, who, for his lands of Dalwolsie or Dalhousie, Midlothian, and of Foulden, Berwickshire, swore fealty to Edward I in 1296." 2
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rumsfelt research. Another 477 words (34 lines of text) covering the years 1335, 1574, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1624, 1633, 1646, 1658, 1659, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1682, 1684, 1686, 1688, 1689, 1695, 1696, 1700, 1743, 1758 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Rumsfelt History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Ramsay, Ramsey and others.
Notable among the family at this time was Andrew Ramsay (1574-1695), Scottish divine and Latin poet, son of David Ramsay of Balmain, Kincardineshire; Sir Andrew Ramsay (c. 1620-1688) Scottish Baronet and Lord Provost of Edinburgh, of Abbotshall and Waughton, was eldest son of Andrew Ramsay; William Ramsay, 1st Earl of Dalhousie (d. 1672); George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie (d...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Ramsey, who came to Virginia in 1654; Henry Ramsey, who arrived in Barbados in 1656; Edward Ramsey, who came to Virginia in 1661; Margaret Ramsay, who came to Barbados in 1663.