Descendants of Andrew Gawn, Halftown, Co. Antrim:
Born 1777
Nancy Gawn was reputed to be a very good looking girl with red hair when she was young. She had two admirers, James Ramsey and Tom McConnell, both prosperous farmers who lived locally. Tom McConnell won the day and Nancy married him on November 26, 1826 in 1st Donegore Presbyterian Church, Parkgate, Co. Antrim just before her twentieth birthday. It is told that James Ramsey was unconcerned and stated that he was in no hurry to marry and if Nancy had a good looking red headed daughter like herself he was prepared to wait. That indeed was the case and he married the eldest daughter Sarah Agnes McConnell who was born November 1, 1827. James Ramsey was five years older than her father Tom McConnell.