Ariana Jenings was the daughter of Edmund Jenings and his wife (m. 1728), Ariana Vanderheyden, the daughter of Matthias Vanderheyden and widow of James Frisby and Thomas Bordley. She was a granddaughter of Edmund Jenings (c1659-1727), President of the Council of Virginia and the acting governor from August 23, 1706, to June 10, 1710. Her paternal grandmother was Frances Corbin.
She, her husband, John Randolph, and their daughters, Susannah and Ariana, left Virginia at the onset of the American Revolution and remained there for the rest of their lives. Her husband died in 1784 and his remains were eventually returned to America where he was interred at the Chapel of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ariana died and was buried in England. Her grandson, Ralph Randolph Wormeley (1785-1852), a Rear-Admiral in the British Navy, recalled visiting her grave "in Brompton." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine (1941), page 175, states:
"Where is the grave of Ariana Jennings [sic] Randolph? It seems that Rear Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley told of being taken in his childhood to her grave "in Brompton". But a search of the Brompton cemetery records made in person in 1937 and earlier correspondence with the rector of the Brompton Parish church, yielded no information. When Mrs. Randolph died, in 1800 [sic], she was, in her will, "of Knightsbridge."
At the time of Ariana Jenings Randolph's death, in 1801, there was no church to directly service the people of Brompton. Prior to the construction of Holy Trinity Brompton, the present site was a part of the large parish of Kensington which was served only by the nearby St Mary Abbots church. This church dates from 1262, although it has seen a series of buildings on the site since that time. The present church structure was built in 1872. It's entirely possible the construction of the present structure may have resulted in the obliteration of Ariana Jenings Randolph's grave site and it must also be remembered at the time of her death she was living in what is best described as genteel poverty.
Ariana Jenings Randolph was described in her will as residing in Knightsbridge. Brompton Road, Beauchamp Place and the western section of Pont Street serve roughly as Knightbridge's southern border along with their adjacent gardens and squares such as Ovington Square, Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square. Brompton Road is a street located in the southern part from Knightsbridge and in the eastern part from Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly the City of Westminster in London.
She, her husband, John Randolph, and their daughters, Susannah and Ariana, left Virginia at the onset of the American Revolution and remained there for the rest of their lives. Her husband died in 1784 and his remains were eventually returned to America where he was interred at the Chapel of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ariana died and was buried in England. Her grandson, Ralph Randolph Wormeley (1785-1852), a Rear-Admiral in the British Navy, recalled visiting her grave "in Brompton." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine (1941), page 175, states:
"Where is the grave of Ariana Jennings [sic] Randolph? It seems that Rear Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley told of being taken in his childhood to her grave "in Brompton". But a search of the Brompton cemetery records made in person in 1937 and earlier correspondence with the rector of the Brompton Parish church, yielded no information. When Mrs. Randolph died, in 1800 [sic], she was, in her will, "of Knightsbridge."
At the time of Ariana Jenings Randolph's death, in 1801, there was no church to directly service the people of Brompton. Prior to the construction of Holy Trinity Brompton, the present site was a part of the large parish of Kensington which was served only by the nearby St Mary Abbots church. This church dates from 1262, although it has seen a series of buildings on the site since that time. The present church structure was built in 1872. It's entirely possible the construction of the present structure may have resulted in the obliteration of Ariana Jenings Randolph's grave site and it must also be remembered at the time of her death she was living in what is best described as genteel poverty.
Ariana Jenings Randolph was described in her will as residing in Knightsbridge. Brompton Road, Beauchamp Place and the western section of Pont Street serve roughly as Knightbridge's southern border along with their adjacent gardens and squares such as Ovington Square, Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square. Brompton Road is a street located in the southern part from Knightsbridge and in the eastern part from Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly the City of Westminster in London.
Ariana Jenings was the daughter of Edmund Jenings and his wife (m. 1728), Ariana Vanderheyden, the daughter of Matthias Vanderheyden and widow of James Frisby and Thomas Bordley. She was a granddaughter of Edmund Jenings (c1659-1727), President of the Council of Virginia and the acting governor from August 23, 1706, to June 10, 1710. Her paternal grandmother was Frances Corbin.
She, her husband, John Randolph, and their daughters, Susannah and Ariana, left Virginia at the onset of the American Revolution and remained there for the rest of their lives. Her husband died in 1784 and his remains were eventually returned to America where he was interred at the Chapel of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ariana died and was buried in England. Her grandson, Ralph Randolph Wormeley (1785-1852), a Rear-Admiral in the British Navy, recalled visiting her grave "in Brompton." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine (1941), page 175, states:
"Where is the grave of Ariana Jennings [sic] Randolph? It seems that Rear Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley told of being taken in his childhood to her grave "in Brompton". But a search of the Brompton cemetery records made in person in 1937 and earlier correspondence with the rector of the Brompton Parish church, yielded no information. When Mrs. Randolph died, in 1800 [sic], she was, in her will, "of Knightsbridge."
At the time of Ariana Jenings Randolph's death, in 1801, there was no church to directly service the people of Brompton. Prior to the construction of Holy Trinity Brompton, the present site was a part of the large parish of Kensington which was served only by the nearby St Mary Abbots church. This church dates from 1262, although it has seen a series of buildings on the site since that time. The present church structure was built in 1872. It's entirely possible the construction of the present structure may have resulted in the obliteration of Ariana Jenings Randolph's grave site and it must also be remembered at the time of her death she was living in what is best described as genteel poverty.
Ariana Jenings Randolph was described in her will as residing in Knightsbridge. Brompton Road, Beauchamp Place and the western section of Pont Street serve roughly as Knightbridge's southern border along with their adjacent gardens and squares such as Ovington Square, Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square. Brompton Road is a street located in the southern part from Knightsbridge and in the eastern part from Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly the City of Westminster in London.
She, her husband, John Randolph, and their daughters, Susannah and Ariana, left Virginia at the onset of the American Revolution and remained there for the rest of their lives. Her husband died in 1784 and his remains were eventually returned to America where he was interred at the Chapel of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Ariana died and was buried in England. Her grandson, Ralph Randolph Wormeley (1785-1852), a Rear-Admiral in the British Navy, recalled visiting her grave "in Brompton." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine (1941), page 175, states:
"Where is the grave of Ariana Jennings [sic] Randolph? It seems that Rear Admiral Ralph Randolph Wormeley told of being taken in his childhood to her grave "in Brompton". But a search of the Brompton cemetery records made in person in 1937 and earlier correspondence with the rector of the Brompton Parish church, yielded no information. When Mrs. Randolph died, in 1800 [sic], she was, in her will, "of Knightsbridge."
At the time of Ariana Jenings Randolph's death, in 1801, there was no church to directly service the people of Brompton. Prior to the construction of Holy Trinity Brompton, the present site was a part of the large parish of Kensington which was served only by the nearby St Mary Abbots church. This church dates from 1262, although it has seen a series of buildings on the site since that time. The present church structure was built in 1872. It's entirely possible the construction of the present structure may have resulted in the obliteration of Ariana Jenings Randolph's grave site and it must also be remembered at the time of her death she was living in what is best described as genteel poverty.
Ariana Jenings Randolph was described in her will as residing in Knightsbridge. Brompton Road, Beauchamp Place and the western section of Pont Street serve roughly as Knightbridge's southern border along with their adjacent gardens and squares such as Ovington Square, Lennox Gardens and Cadogan Square. Brompton Road is a street located in the southern part from Knightsbridge and in the eastern part from Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly the City of Westminster in London.
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