After the death of his mother, Ariana (Randolph) Wormeley in 1794, Ralph was taken to England by his father, James Wormeley.
Ralph Wormeley entered the British Navy while yet a boy, became a British subject, and worked his way up to the rank of rear-admiral.
Ralph, his wife, and their four children traveled from London to Paris, to Boston, to Newport, and to Virginia. In 1848, the family began an American stay that continued after the Admiral died. They divided their time between Boston and Newport.
Wormeley was the nephew of the first Attorney General of the United States, Edmund Randolph of Williamsburg, Virginia, although his father, James Wormeley, was a committed loyalist who served in the British Army during the American Revolution.
Ralph Wormeley entered the British Navy while yet a boy, became a British subject, and worked his way up to the rank of rear-admiral.
Ralph, his wife, and their four children traveled from London to Paris, to Boston, to Newport, and to Virginia. In 1848, the family began an American stay that continued after the Admiral died. They divided their time between Boston and Newport.
Wormeley was the nephew of the first Attorney General of the United States, Edmund Randolph of Williamsburg, Virginia, although his father, James Wormeley, was a committed loyalist who served in the British Army during the American Revolution.
After the death of his mother, Ariana (Randolph) Wormeley in 1794, Ralph was taken to England by his father, James Wormeley.
Ralph Wormeley entered the British Navy while yet a boy, became a British subject, and worked his way up to the rank of rear-admiral.
Ralph, his wife, and their four children traveled from London to Paris, to Boston, to Newport, and to Virginia. In 1848, the family began an American stay that continued after the Admiral died. They divided their time between Boston and Newport.
Wormeley was the nephew of the first Attorney General of the United States, Edmund Randolph of Williamsburg, Virginia, although his father, James Wormeley, was a committed loyalist who served in the British Army during the American Revolution.
Ralph Wormeley entered the British Navy while yet a boy, became a British subject, and worked his way up to the rank of rear-admiral.
Ralph, his wife, and their four children traveled from London to Paris, to Boston, to Newport, and to Virginia. In 1848, the family began an American stay that continued after the Admiral died. They divided their time between Boston and Newport.
Wormeley was the nephew of the first Attorney General of the United States, Edmund Randolph of Williamsburg, Virginia, although his father, James Wormeley, was a committed loyalist who served in the British Army during the American Revolution.
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Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
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U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current
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Web: Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008
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