Person:Mary Ramsey (43)

Mary Ramsey is commonly stated to have been born in 1734 (*), but that means her last three children would have been born when she was 50, 55 & 59 years old. At least one researcher has proposed the last two digits were transposed and it should be 1743, which means the last three children would have been born when she was 41,46 and 50. Something much more likely.

• - 1734 date is possibly calculated from Jay Guy Cisco's 1909 book 'Historic Sumner County, TN' wherein he stated: "Mrs. Bledsoe was fifty-four years of age when her husband was killed. Five years thereafter, when she was in her sixtieth year, she married Nathan Parker, an old man, a pioneer, and the father of several children, some of whose descendants are prominent citizens of this (Tennessee) and other states." Colonel Anthony Bledsoe was killed by Indians in 1788. 1788 - 54 years of age equals 1734.