• General Notes

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  See Historical Document.
  
  !(1) "Virginia Genealogies - A Genealogy of the Glassell Family," by Rev.    Horac
  e Edwin Hayden (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1966) p.228,230.    (2) Barbara
  Blair Pixley, 13340 Thistle Loop, Penn Valley, CA 95946.    (3) "Genealogy of the
  Virginia Family of Lomax by one of the Seventh    Generation in the Direct Line" (
  1913) p.46. FHL #929.273 L 8 37l.    (4) "Genealogies of Virginia Families," Vol.
  5 (1981) p.886-887.    !Birth: (1) c.1620, s/o Christopher Wormeley/Mary Adams of
  Adwick le Street,    Co. York, England. (2) Before 1589, England, s/o Christopher
  Wormeley/Elizabeth    Hogg(e) of Hatfield or Hadfield, Co. York. His son Ralph was
  the one b. 1620.    (NOTE: His son could not have been born 1620 if his wife, the
  mother, was    baptized 1623 under the name Eltonhead.) (3) 1620, England. (3,4)
  Brother of    Christopher Wormeley (d. 1649).    Death: (1) c.1665. (2) About 1649,
  by 1654, VA. (3) 1655. (4) Before 16 Sep    1651.    (3) Christopher and Ralph Worme
  ley, brothers, were first of the name in VA.    Christopher came to VA in 1635.    (
  4) ca. 1636: Came to VA and settled in York Co.    (4) 1636: Justice of York Co.,
  VA.    (1) 1640: Of His Majesty's Council of State for VA, of Co. York.    (1) 1640,
  23 Mar: Received a grant on the Rappahannock River, mouth of Nimcock    Creek, fo
  r transportation of 5 persons.    (4) ca.1643: Inherited his brother Christopher's
  large plantation in York Co.,    VA.    (4) 1647: Justice of York Co., VA.    (4) 164
  9, 4 Jan: Richard Kemp, Secretary of State and Gov. of VA, in his will,    named h
  is wife Elizabeth, daughter Elizabeth, and makes his "uncle" Ralph    Wormeley exe
  cutor. Elizabeth may have been his niece, daughter of his brother    Christopher.
    (4) 1649: Col. Henry Norwood, a Cavalier officer, visited him at his home near
    the present Yorktown on Wormeley's Creek.  In his account of his voyage to VA,
    Col. Norwood says, "It fell out at that time that Capt. Ralph Wormeley (of his
    Majesty's Council) had guests in his house feasting and carousing, that were    l
  ately come from England, and most of them my intimate acquaintance. Using the    c
  ommon freedom of the country, I thrust myself amongst Capt. Wormeley's    guests,
  and had a kind reception from them all, which answered (if not    exceeded my expe
  ctations).  Sir Thomas Lunsford, Sir Philip Honywood, Sir    Henry Chicheley, and
  Col. Hammond were the persons I met there, and enjoyed    that night with very goo
  d cheer."    (4) 1649, Oct: Member of the House of Burgesses for York Co., VA.    (1
  ) 1649, 2 Oct: Received 3000 acres in VA, part formerly granted to Capt.    Chisto
  pher Wormeley on 27 Jan 1638, part assigned by Ralph Read and Francis    Carter to
  Robert Todd, who sold to Capt. Ralph Wormeley, and 1545 acres due him    as execu
  tor of the last will of Capt. Christopher Wormeley, by whom it was    bequeathed t
  o him. (NOTE: Christopher Wormeley was his brother.) Capt.    Christopher Wormeley
  's grant of 1638 was for 1420 acres, Charles River Co.,    which he willed to his
  brother Ralphe. Christopher d. c.1649. (3) Received    a grant of 3,000 acres of l
  and, 2,000 acres in King George Co. and 1,000 acres    in Middlesex Co., which lat
  ter grant afterwards consituted the "Rose Gill    Plantation," and his various pur
  chases of land brought the acreage of "Rose    Gill" up to about 2,300 acres.    (1,
  3) Of "Rosegill," Middlesex Co., VA.    (4) 1650: Was appointed by the King, then
  in exile at Breda, a member of the VA    Council.    (4) 1656, 6 Dec: When the will
  of Richard Kemp was proved, Ralph Wormeley and    Elizabeth Kemp, daughter of Rich
  ard, were deceased.    (4) Lancaster Co., VA indenture between Sir Henry Chichley
  of Rosegill,    Middlesex Co., VA, Knight, and Ralph Wormeley, of the same place,
  Esquire, son    and heir of Ralph Wormeley, Esq., deceased, and Agatha his wife.
  The said    Ralph Wormeley, deceased, was possessed of a considerable estate in ho
  uses,    land, plate, jewels, goods, household stuff, horses, mares, tobacco, negr
  oes,    English servants and other estate in the counties of York and Lancaster (n
  ow    Middlesex), and said Ralph Wormeley deceased left his estate to his wife, wh
  o    afterwards married Sir Henry Chichley; but before the marriage she settled th
  e    estate upon her son, Ralph Wormeley, the younger, who at the time of the    mar
  riage was under age of 21; said Chichley, in payment of the profits of the    esta
  te which he has received, conveyed to said Ralph Wormeley, the younger,    700 acr
  es in Middlesex and certain goods (per schedule)... (NOTE: Rest not    copied. Nee
  d to look up. No date noted.)

Details of Ralph's family with Agatha Eltonhead