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 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian writer
diarist
person
associatedWith Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina

Presbyterianism
birthName Martha Laurens
burialPlace Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Laurens family of South Carolina
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, United States of America
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
relative John Laurens
religion Christianity
residence South Carolina
spouse David Ramsay

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Henry Laurens child Martha Laurens Ramsay