Martha Laurens Ramsay

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Martha Laurens Ramsay was an 18th-century American diarist and devout Christian woman from a prominent South Carolina family, whose pious life and writings were published posthumously and became widely read in early American religious circles.

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Martha Laurens Ramsay canonical 3

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instanceOf Christian writer ⓘ
diarist ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
birthName Martha Laurens ⓘ
burialPlace Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1759 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1811 ⓘ
describedAs devout Christian woman ⓘ
ethnicGroup Euro-American ⓘ
familyName Ramsay ⓘ
father Henry Laurens ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre religious autobiography ⓘ
spiritual diary ⓘ
givenName Martha ⓘ
hasPosthumousPublication Memoir of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay ⓘ
influenced early American religious readers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Laurens family of South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Laurens family
mother Eleanor Ball Laurens ⓘ
movement Evangelicalism ⓘ
notableFor influence on early American Protestant piety ⓘ
posthumously published religious memoir ⓘ
notableWork Memoir of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay ⓘ
diaries ⓘ
occupation diarist ⓘ
religious writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth South Carolina ⓘ
placeOfDeath Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
relative John Laurens ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence South Carolina ⓘ
spouse David Ramsay ⓘ

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Henry Laurens → child → Martha Laurens Ramsay ⓘ
Laurens family → hasNotableMember → Martha Laurens Ramsay ⓘ