Brief Life History of Robert
Robert Worsham was born about 1748, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America as the son of Joshua Worsham and Mary. He married Ruth Wynne in 1769, in Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1778. He died before 13 August 1807, in Washington, Virginia, United States, and was buried in Washington, Virginia, United States.
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- Robert Worsham in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560
- Worsham, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
- R Worsham, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Worsham, in Oxfordshire and Sussex. The first is named from the Old English personal name Wulfmǣr + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’; the second is from an unattested Old English personal name Wyrtel + hā.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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