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(Janl, 1898), pp. 153-155 page 153 Marriage Records from Ralph Wormeley's Bible was finished, returned to Va. one of the king's council and secretary of the colony. Lord Effingham Howard, governor of Virginia, lived with him at Rosegill. Mr. Wormeley died aged Sixty years, A.D. 1700. His sons, his grandson, my father and I have resided here ever since. The writer of this was educated at Eaton school. Robert D. Avery Hilliard of Winestead was his cotemporary both there and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and can inform Mr. Wormeley of the truth of the above facts; he was a fellow commoner of Trinity Hall. The present Bishop of London he is known to, and also to Edmund Jennings, Esq., formerly of Yorkshire, and now of Lincoln's Inn. Mr. William Beverley, of Beverley, in Yorkshire, who married Miss Midgeley, can inform Mr. Wormeley of the Character, circumstances, family and condition of the underwritten. In 1765 he returned to Virginia, and was one of the king's councel in the colony, and a member, of coarse, of the upper house of legislature. In the war he was confined for his loyalty and attachment to the old government, suffered in his person and fortune. He has three sons and three daughters. Mr. William Strickland, the son of Sir George Strickland, has been here, having done him the favor to get letters to introduce him to the subscriber. He can also inform Mr. Wormeley of all particulars concerning the writer of this paper. Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill is the oldest son of the late R.Wormeley, who was the eldest branch of the family, none of whom are left but his sons and daughters. Ralph Wormeley has two brothers and one sister alive, who married Mr. Philip Ludwell Brymes of Brandon, Virginia. There are none of the name left except the subscriber, and his children and his two brothers. Ralph Wormeley Wm. Stricklan, Esq. MARRIAGE RECORDS FROM RALPH WORMELEY'S BIBLE1 (Printed in 1768) Miss Elizabeth Tayloe was married to Col. Edward Lloyd the 19th of November 1762, he died July 11, 1796 page 154 William and Mary College Quarterly Mrs. Anne Corbin Tayloe was married to Mr. Lomax, 25 May, 1773. Miss Mary Tayloe was married to Mr. Page, 18th April, 1776, Mrs. Page died 23 March, 1803. Miss Katharine Tayloe was married to Mr. Carter Feb. 5, 1780. Mrs. Carter departed this life 22 Dec. 1795 Miss Eleanor Tayloe was married to the Honorable Ralph Wormeley 19 Nov. 1772. Jane, the daughter of Ralph Wormeley and Eleanor his wife was born 29th Feb. 1776 Ralph, their second, was born June 16, 1777 John, their third, was born July 3, 1780 Warner Louis, their fourth, was born 24 March, 1785 Rebecca Tayloe, their fifth, was born 5 October, 1787 Judith, their sixth, was born January 30, 1789. And she died the 9th July, at twenty minutes after four in the afternoon, in the year 1793. Being four years, five months and ten days old Sarah Tayloe, their seventh, was born December 17, 1794 John Tayloe Wormeley died on Wednesday, at 11 o'clock p.m., January 25, 1801, aged 20 years six months and 18 days. Honorable Ralph Wormeley, of Rosegill, departed this life 19January, 1806; he had a painful illness, which he bore with a Christian fortitude, and died with ease and resignation. He was62 years of age, wanting three months. Eleanor Wormeley died February, 1815, at Rosegill, aged 58 John Tayloe was married to Rebecca, the daughter of the Hon. George Plater, Esq., of Maryland, 11 July, 1747 Elizabeth, the daughter of John Tayloe and Rebecca his wife,was born the sixth of March, 1750 Rebecca, their second, was born the 17 January, 1752; and Corbin their third, was born 7th day of July, 1753 Mary, their fourth, was born May the first, 1755. And died the 16th Eleanor, their fifth, was born Oct. 16, 1756 Mary, their sixth, was born Oct. 28th, 1759 Katharine, their seventh, was born Oct. 10, 1761 The Genealogy of General J.E. B. Stuart, and of his Collateral Relations on his Mother's Side - Pannill, Strother, Banks, Bruce, etc. William and Mary Collete Quarterly Historical magazine, Vol. 6. No. 3. (Jan., 1898). pp 155-158 page 155 The Genealogy of General J.E.B. Stuart, Etc. John Tayloe departed this world 12th April, 1779, at 11 o'clock at night, aged 58. He was born 1721 Rebecca Tayloe, his wife, departed this world on the 22 Jan. in the year 1787, aged 55, at half-past one in the afternoon. Ralph Wormeley, Sr., died August 19, 1790