The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13

16V2.'D8, and, as president of the
Council, he was acting Governor dur
ing the absence Of Andres In 1893 and
1894.
The old register 80 often referred
to in these papers announces tina.
zion. Ralph WOrmeley, Eau, was mar
ried at Colonel Artnistcaus, In Giou.
ccster, on the l6tn OF February, lbot.f
Colonel Armisteads was the stately
olu mansion or Hcsse, still stanulnx
me valentine season was goou Tor d
wedding, snow proOapiy was on the
lawn and the hOiiy berries WhIcn
giAadened the Landscape were huns
hilner and yOnder against the panvi.
| ing and riyaied the piS lircs III color
and cneeriness. Guests came from lar
and near, tor the union OF great
| houses mas financial as we'll as u
/, romantic charm, ana there were some
1 picturesque and powerful next OK :
kin, assembled to witness the memo
| rial ceremony In the big drawing
room.
Mrs. Wormeley left in a few days
| for Kosegill iii chariot with tour
| horses aud outrlders, aud mad two
| children to marry and rear families
Ralph (3), tho Oldest child, died, and
John (3) inherited Rosegill. 1t seema
| q pity for Ralph to die and break the
| SUCCESSION OF the name, but John (3)
| carried on the family prestige with
dignity and honor. lie was born at
1 kosegill in 1858 and died in 1895. He
married Elizabeth ~ and had Sarah
| "a and judith (4), twins, born l,l4,
Ralph 81 born Ills, Elizabeth G)
| 1l1t, another Sarah a. born 1918.
4 Mary (4), 1719, Agatha (4). in 1870,
and John "a. born in 1873. The twin
sarah (4), OF course, dieu. Jonn l4J
1 held land in Middlesex. Gloucester.
King William, York and Caroline
l counties. Ralph ca inherited Hose-
/! gill, and married first the celebrated
sally Berkeley. of Barn Eims. and.
| secondly. Jane. daughter of Geoifrey
| Elizabeth CO.. and ia. IS 60; by his
! second, Ralph go, John t5) ana
! Judith (5), who married Philip Lud-
well Grymes, OF Brandon. mo nm
| mense fortune OF John (3) Wormeley
! may be imagined when II Is told that
| his youngest son. John az. inherited
| $4,000 acres of land. John Gu lived
| quietly at Rosegill and did not NEEDLE
| with politics like the rest of the
family.
4 Ralph "a Wormeley. the fourth
! master of the manor OF Rosegill. was
| In the Council In 1854 and Burgess
| 1743-'SA HIS son Ralph, the nitn
master. got his bride, Eleanor Tayloe.
| from Mount Airy, across the way.
I! This Ralph was member OF the Coun-
Gil in 1771 and OF the convention OF
! 1888. James (5), the brother OF this
Ralph (5). married Ariana RAN
dolph, and was the father of Ralph
Randolph Wormeley. admiral r. ~"
/ who was the ancestor OF Randoipn
] Wormeley Latimer, Esq, who married
4 Miss Annie Wise Mayo, of Richmond.
! The other children OF Ralph "a were:
John 90, Judith go, who married
Philip Ludweil Grymes. of Brandon.
Ralph CO.. and Eleanor Tayloe were
married in 1872, and mad no chiid UNI
4 til 1916, when Jane 80 was born. Quite
an unusual Colonial occurrences! Ralph
i (6) came in 17l6, Jonn CD in 1917
Warner Lewis Co in 1875, Rebecca
! Tayloe in 1887. Judith (6) in 1888. She
1 died afe four: Sarah (6). Tayloe in
LIZA. John go, the third child, dieo
just before he was twenty-one.
Ralph (s), inherited Rosegiil. and died
1906. ..He had a painful illness, which
he bore with Christian fortitude
and died with ease and resignation
.The eautiful portrait Of Ralph (5)
in cap and gown. is owned by Mrs
4 Thurston Williams. OF ROCK Hill, Fau-
quier county, Va. His son, Ralph lol
inherited Rosegill. and married Miss
i Boswell. OF Gloucester. He had nc
children, and from him Rosegili pass,
ed to strangers 1t is the same old
\ story of the failure OF the race to
preserve its patrimony Warner t6)
/ Lewis. the second son, inherited the
vast landed estate of "Manskln Lodge,
/ in King william county, and married
4 Miss Coldwell. and had the late DR..
Carter ca Wormeley. who Inherited
4 Manskin Lodge, married Ellen d
4 Lightfoot. and was the father OF the
late P. Lightfoot Warner and William
Wormeley and several daughters.
Manskin Lodge is the one remnant OF
the original Wormeley grants which
remains in the family.
Ralph (5) Wormeley, of Rosegill.
who died in 1906, was educated like
the rest OF his race, In England. First
he was at Elton and finally at Trinity
Hall Cambridge. Like his grandfather,
John co. he preferred tho luxury.
beauty and seclusion of Rosegill to
public life, but his Immense fortune
and inherited influence could not be
opscured by personal tasts, and II
It'll, by the persistent Importantly o.
his friends, he was made member
of tile Council. In ITS he retired
from office and when Dunmore lief
WINS. Burghe, felt secure at Rosegill
although he was not entirely in sym
pathy with the Virginians. A rashl.
exposed letter got him into trouble.
Dunmore requested him to Join hir
on his ship, which he refused to dc
hut unfortunately. fearing perhaps tina
his political sentiments might be mis-
understood. he wrote letter to job
Randolph Grymes. his friend and neigh
Dor. which was intercepted and eS
posed. and poor Mr.. Wormeley, TO
his lack of sympathy with the Revo
/ luton. was put under arrest and !
t other ways treated with an entire lac
| OF consideration.
He tried to explain his position an
1 begged for a release, but he was ker
4 in confinement until 1873, when the in
auence of his brother-in-law, Man
page. secured his freedom. lie re
turned to Rosegill where his father,
very old man. still lived, and probabl
4 because the Tories considered him
little lukewarm in his attitude to Their
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