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==Early life==
==Early life==
The son of an Irish emigrant, he was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He graduated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1765, received his medicine degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1773, and settled as a physician at Charleston, where he had a large practice.
The son of an Irish emigrant, he was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He graduated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1765, received his medicine degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1773, and settled as a physician at Charleston, where he had a large practice.
His older brother Nathaniel Ramsey<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Revolutionary_A/QAgEVl8wQmsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA235]</ref> was brother-in-law to well known revolutionary artist [[Charles Willson Peale]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Heirlooms_in_Miniatures/jMC59BgvyYoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA81]</ref>
==Career==
==Career==