The Washington herald., 1907-05-12
GENEALOGICAL
DEPARTMENT
REPLIES.

1ls ALLERTON. - Isaac Aliert0H.
whose father came over" In the May
flower. in 1870 was born about 1880 in
Plymouth. Mass. was graduated from
Harvard College in 1850. and Is supposed
TO have settled in Virginia about l65f
aiaJ. Isaac Allerton (as lie was known
settled on the vest size Of the Machotck
Creek OF river. he Was major in the
militia over which John washington was
colonel. and took an active part in the
Indian wars. He died IN I70z. As FAR as
We are aware, there is no definite list Of
his children. he is known. however. 70
have had daughter, Sarah. who married
Lee. and another who married a New
ton, by whom she had a son named Al
lertOa Newton Besides these two chill
dren. it Is certain that ne had a son, Wiz
iOugh5y Alierton, the collector of customs
Of Potomac River, in f7li, who married
Mrs. Hannah BushrOd the widow Of
John Bushrod. Of Hominy, and daughter
of William Keene. He died in l7Z5-a, styl-
ing himself in his viii, "Wiiloughby Al
lertOn. Gent. Of WestmOrsIand County in
Virginia. Willough3y's son, Isaac. mar
ried Anne Corbin, daughter of Gavin
Corbin, and died In 1913.
IL DUPONT.-Rear Admiral Francis
Dupont L. s ~. who was born ia 1893
and died in 1855. was the eldest son Of
Victor Marie Dupont. vino was born Oc-
tober !. 1851, and died January 30, 1s7.
Victor was the son Of Pierre Samuel Du-
pont de Eemours who was born IN Paris,
France, December a. I73s. and died near
Wilmington, Del. August e. lslI The
family is Of Huguenot origin.
lis DIGGEs-The founder Of the
Digges family in America was Edward
Digges 6son Of Sir Dudley Dlgges, at one
tine British ambassador 20 Russia, a
member Of Parliament and Master Of the
Rolls, whose wife was Mary Kemp. daugh-
ter OF Sir Thomas Kemp Of Chnham,
Kent County, England Who was born IN
1921, and died March j.. I5.5-6. He came
10 Virginia about 1870. and the same year
purchased LOO acres fronting on York
River. which became the WeIi-kuJHu
''BellGeld' estate. and remained ln the
family for several generations. He was
a man of great prominence in the colony,
having been a member Of the council.
audit0r-general. and governor G655-IsgsJ.
Subsequently he was sent as colonial
agent TO England. His wife. Elizabeth is
supposed to have been sister Of Col.
John Page. the prOgenitOr Of that Vir-
ginia family. His tombstone states that
he had six sons and seven daughters. the
names OF only five of whom are known.
William. Edward, Mary. Anne, and Dud-
ley. The Virginia branch of the family
appears 10 be chiefly descended from the
son. Dudley.
1l9 WORMELEY--Ralph Wormeley,
who was born in I7H. and died in 1876
was the son OF Ralph Womeley. a mem
Der OF the colonial council Of Virginia in
17Il; of the convention Of I78. and u
the house Of delegates from 1857 10 1890
His wife. Eleanor TayIoe, Of Mount Airy
was born Ia l156. and died February 9,
1915. He was the son of Ralph WOrmeley.
who was "a member of the colonial coun-
ell in 1854, and Of the House Of Burgesses
from ll43 10 1854 with but few Interrupt
tions. He married. first. sally Berkeley.
Of Barn Elms. AIiddlesex County. Va.
daughter Of Col. Edward Berkeley and
secondly, Jane Bolles, daughter Of Jeonrey
Bolles. The father Of this Ralph was John
Wormeley OF -ROsegiII,' 8Iiddlesex Coun-
/ ~. Va. who was born ia 1859. and died in
{ l126. The Christian name of his wife was
Z Elizabeth, and she died in 1t43. This John
/ NOrmeley was the son Of Col Ralph
/ WOTmcley. OF "ROsegili." +" who was born
about 1870, and died December 3. T703- He
Z was matriculated at OrieI College, OK
J ford, July H. l665, and FIVE years later
4 was a member OF the colonial council OF
/ Virginia. His first wife was the widow
/ OF Capt Peter Jennings attorney general
+ Of Virginia. and a daughter OF Sir Th0m-
+ as Lunsford. She died May i, 15S5. and
/ he married Elizabeth Armistead ldaugh-
! ter of Col John Armistead) on the 18th Of
I February, 16Sl. This Col. Ralph WOrme-
/ ley was the son of Capt Ralph Worme-
/ ley, Of 'ROsegill, who was born about
! l6lo. and died about 1915. He was a mem
/ Der Of the council as early as 1919. and
! was reappoiHted in 1850 by Charles H. He
married. between 1910 and 1915, Agatha
] Eltonhead daughter of Richard Elton
/ head Of Eltonhead. Lancastershire. Eng
/ land. who subsequently married Sir Hen
ry Chicheley. Knight, deputy governor of
/ Virginia, in 1913