"William Ramsden, alias John Arnold, Schoolmaster. I, William Ramsden do declare and assert that I am the son and first born of Sir William Ramsden of Kingston Super Hull in the land and realm of England and do hereby acknowledge Bowley Ramsden my natural son and he was born unto me by Mary, my well beloved wife, in the town of Killingworth, March 1, 1679/80 and baptized by the Pastor of the Church in Norwich in the Colony of Connecticut in New-England. Witness my hand. William Ramsden."
