BIOGRAPHY: Col. of Turkey Island, on the James River a member of the VA House of Burgesses, and the Governor's Council "immigrant ancestor of prominent family" - Colonial Virginia, index.

Children-
- Elizabeth Randolph
- Isham Randolph
- William Randolph Jr.
- Thomas Randolph-

Richard Randolph (2)
- Mary Randolph
- John Randolph

HISTORY: Col. William Randolph (1651-1711), North American planter and Colonial official, born Warwickshire, England, first of a notable family, bought Turkey Island on the James River in 1684, and acquired other vast tracts and imported many slaves.

MISC_NOTES: AFN:9RNB-TM

SOURCES: Clinton R. Haggard (http://haggard.surnames.com) says the death date should be 21 Apr 1711. He also says the birth should be Morton Hall.

BIOGRAPHY: She lived on Turkey Island, Henrico, Virginia.

MISC_NOTES: Some say she died on the 29th of December and was born in 1660. glf

BIRTH: Turkey Island, VA & Jordan's Point, Marion, now West Virginia

DEATH: 1680 DEATH: 22 Jan 1720, Jordan's Point, Marion, West Virginia

MISC_NOTES:  AFN: J6F6-PQ

RESOURCES: See: LDS (AFN: 9WVQ-HG)

RESIDENCE: Jordan's Point, James River, Prince George Co. Virginia

SOURCES: Ancestry.com search: Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia. Source Information: Meade,

William. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, Volume I. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1857.

Largely settled by members of the Church of England, Virginia parishes changed rapidly in the growing colony. This database is a collection of records from these early parishes. Originally published in the mid-nineteenth century, it provides the names of many early ministers and parishes within the state. In many cases, a brief history of the minister and parish is included along with the names of prominent families. It contains the names of over 11,000 persons associated with these churches. For researchers of early Virginian ancestors, this can be an informative database.

BIRTH: RICHARD BLAND, father of Elizabeth (Randolph) Bland, of "Jordan's" in Prince George Co., VA. Some say this is the real birthplace of Colonel Richard Bland.

BIOGRAPHY: William: Colonial Families in the United States of America Vol. V by MacKensie p. 426-31

BIOGRAPHY: "William Randolph of "Turkey Island," Henrico, was a son of Col. William Randolph of the same place, and was born in Nov., 1681. His first public office seems to have been assistant to his father as clerk of the house of burgesses, a position to which he finally succeeded, holding it until 1712. In 1720, and probably other years, he was a member of the house of burgesses for Henrico county, and in 1727, he was appointed to the council. In 1737, he made a voyage to England for his health, but returned the following year from which time he was a constant attendant at the sessions of the council until his death which occurred Oct. 19, 1742. He married Elizabeth Beverley, daughter of Hon. Peter Beverley, of Gloucester county, Virginia, and had issue."

BIOGRAPHY: Councilor / Colonel

BIOGRAPHY:  JOHN RANDOLPH, later to be SIR JOHN RANDOLPH, was a brother of her sister's husband WILLIAM RANDOLPH. William was Clerk of the County between 1710 and 1720 at Henrico Co., VA. He was a member of the House of Burgesses 1718 and 1720-1726 at Virginia. He was a member of Council between 1728 and 1742 at Virginia. He was Treasurer of the Colony in 1738 in Virginia. He was Royal Councillor of Statein 1737 in Virginia. He died at age 60, and was buried at "Turkey Island", Henrico Co., VA.

WEBSITE: http://www.geocities.com/roberttbeverly/bfn-a.htm

Elizabeth BEVERLEY, daughter of Col. Peter BEVERLEY and Elizabeth PEYTON, was buried on Turkey Island, and her gravestone inscription contains some useful family information. It states that she was born 1 January 1691, "the second daughter of Peter BEVERLEY of the county of Gloucester, Esq., by Elizabeth his wife, who was daughter of Robert PEYTON of an ancient family in Norfolk, Gent." --i.e. Norfolk, England. This gravestone also states that Elizabeth was married to William RANDOLPH on 22 June 1709 and died 26 December 1723.

BIOGRAPHY:  Col. Thomas and Judith (Fleming) Randolph lived at "Tuckahoe" in what is now Goochland County. The plantation has survived and is one of the finest existing early eighteenth-century plantations in America. It stands in its virtually undisturbed setting on a bluff overlooking the James River valley. It is located on River Road seven miles west of Richmond and is open to the public by appointment.

MISC_NOTES: Clinton R. Haggard says Isham was born at Turkey Island, Henrico, Virginia.

MISC_NOTES: There is a very big error in the Ancestral file because William Randolph, who was an uncle of President Thomas Jefferson, is listed as having two sets of parents. This causes one set of his parents to be listed as having 20 children. All of these family records, both of parents and of children, are likely to be wrong. The correct parents are Col. Isham Randolph and Jane Rogers, and not Henry Randolph IV and Tabitha Poythress. I say this because Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his uncle William Randolph saying in effect, "by the way, your sister died last year". This is the only time that Thomas Jefferson ever mentioned his mother, Jane Randolph, in any of his thousands of letters which he wrote. His uncle, William Randolph, born in Virginia, had moved to England, a reverse immigration. Because of this error which affects so many children, all of these records are going to have to be corrected. Sam Sloan

SOURCES: Individual Record FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19

William RANDOLPH (AFN: BN78-93)

Pedigree

Sex: M

Family Event(s):

Birth:

1745/1746

Henrico Co., Va.

DEATH: Alternate death date & place - 27 Jun 1791, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Burial - 2 Jul

1791, St Mary-Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

WEBSITE: See: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/woodson/30306 by Joe Payne, EMail: JPayne5744@aol.com 7/00 Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Pleasants, p.164-5; Pleasants Co.,WV

Marriage Records, p. 8 [AGLL film# V150-0212]; Federal Census 1870 Pleasants Co.,WV [AGLL film# M593-1697]; Federal Census 1860 Pleasants Co.,WV [AGLL film# M653-1371]; GEDCOM from Robert Alvis Apr 1995.

WEBSITE: Camille's Big Genealogy Page by Mary Camille Brown Thornton, EMail: thornton@prodigy.net 8/01 http://pages.prodigy.com/thornton/lewis.htm co-author of a book on the genealogy of New Madrid, Missouri PIONEERS OF NEW MADRID, MISSOURI AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. http://pages.prodigy.com/thornton/nmbook.htm

MARRIAGE: Children;

+Jane RANDOLPH <../d0035/g0000082.html>

+Mary RANDOLPH <../d0085/g0000058.html>

+Dorothea RANDOLPH <../d0090/g0000029.html>

+Thomas Isham RANDOLPH <../d0026/g0000097.html>

MISC_NOTES: LDS (AFN:Z6FD-GS)

BIOGRAPHY: Burgess for Charles City, Virginia.

BIOGRAPHY: "John Stith, son of Major John Stith (q. v.), had in 1692 a patent for land on the south side of Chickahominy river, in James City county. He was captain of the militia in 1692, sheriff in 1691, and burgess for Charles City county in 1692-93. He married Mary Randolph, daughter of William Randolph, of Turkey Island, and Mary Isham, his wife. He died before 1724, leaving issue:
1. Rev. William Stith, president of William and Mary (q. v.).
2. John Stith.
3. Mary Stith, married William Dawson, president of William and Mary College."

HISTORY: Sir John Randolph

(Born 1693, died 1737)

It was written of Sir John Randolph that "his Parts were bright and strong; his Learning extensive and useful." He was, it was said, "An Assertor of the just Rights and natural Liberties of Mankind; an Enemy of Oppression; a Support to the Distressed." He had, in short, "the Air of a man of quality." The phrases are lifted from Randolph's obituary in the March 11, 1737, edition of Williamsburg's Virginia Gazette. Had they been written about another man, they might be discounted as the sort of overgenerous flattery that characterized the death notices of prominent men. But such things were said of Sir John Randolph while he lived, and modern biographers fill their columns with his praise.

According to these reports, Sir John was modest and sincere, a man of integrity and patience who had great concern for impartiality and the rule of law. He was tactful, warm, and good-humored. He was the only colonial-born Virginian to be distinguished with knighthood and the best-regarded lawyer in the colony. A legal scholar, he had an interest in literature and history and a remarkable library.

Born in 1693 to William and Mary Isham Randolph of Turkey Island in Charles City County, Sir John was the youngest of six brothers who, with their two sisters, led Virginia's most powerful family into the 18th century.

An early student of the College of William and Mary, Randolph finished his studies in the fall of 1711 as "first scholar" and took up the study of the law. Governor Alexander Spotswood made him a deputy attorney general of Charles City, Prince George, and Henrico Counties the following year.

Randolph prosecuted cases for the Crown until he followed his legal studies to London to be admitted to Grays Inn at the Inns of Court on May 17, 1715. He made short work of his courses, being called to the bar November 25, 1717, and leaving for Virginia the following spring. Spotswood appointed him clerk of the House of Burgesses as soon as he returned.

That appears to be the year Randolph married Susannah Beverley, whose elder sister had married his eldest brother. Their first child, a boy named Beverley, was born about 1720, and their second, Peyton, in 1721.

Randolph took leave of his young family in 1722 to act as secretary to the Virginia delegation that traveled to Albany, New York, for a meeting of Iroquois chiefs organized by Governor William Burnet of that state.

Williamsburg was incorporated that year, and Randolph was among the original aldermen. Although we do not know where the family first lived in Williamsburg, Randolph acquired two wooden houses thirty-six feet apart on Market Square in 1724. Joining them with a center section, he fashioned what today is called the Peyton Randolph House.

His most valuable property was a plantation across the York River in Gloucester County, and at the end of his life he also owned other lots in Williamsburg, lots with a tobacco warehouse at College Creek, a 100-acre plantation at Archer's Hope Creek, lands in Martin's Hundred near Carter's Grove, and lands on the Chickahominy River.

In April 1726 the governor appointed Randolph the colony's acting attorney general and acting clerk of its Council. Perhaps the year after, Susannah gave birth to their son John. The date of birth of their only daughter, Mary, is unknown.

Apart from his official duties, Randolph had a valuable private law practice. He represented prominent men, but accepted the cases of the less fortunate for "Fees he constantly remitted, when he thought the Paiment of them would be grievous to themselves or Families."

In 1728 he took the House of Burgesses for a client. The house sent Randolph to London as its special agent to secure repeal of a law that prohibited the export of tobacco leaf that had been removed from the stalk. The stems added to the bulk of shipments, and thus to the number of hogsheads the Crown might tax, but impaired the quality of the product and cheapened market prices.

In addition, Randolph represented the College of William and Mary in the transfer of its property from its trustees to its president and faculty. His service was memorialized in an illuminated and handsomely penned parchment.

Randolph returned to Virginia to report success in both endeavors and was dispatched again to England in 1732 to try to persuade Parliament to adopt an excise on tobacco imported to England. The intent was to improve the economics of the trade, but in this he failed, despite enlisting the help of the prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole.

In any case, Randolph distinguished himself by his industry and skill and, perhaps because of them, was knighted. The date and the circumstances of the honor are not known, but he was listed on the rolls of the Imperial Society of the Knights Bachelor by September 1732.

Before returning to Virginia in the summer of 1733, Randolph asked the bishop of London and the archbishop of Canterbury for advice on books for the library of the Brafferton, the Indian school at the College of William and Mary, and he attempted to secure a long-promised donation of volumes.

On August 22, 1734, Sir John Randolph resigned the clerkship of the House of Burgesses. The next day, the college administration elected him its burgess, and on Saturday the burgesses elected him Speaker of the House. In September he became a justice of Gloucester County, and in October he became treasurer of the colony. When Norfolk was incorporated in 1736, it made Randolph its recorder. Although the work of the office would be performed by a deputy, the city marked his swearing in with an elaborate celebration.

Despite the accumulation of wealth, honors, and offices--perhaps because of it--Randolph did not escape criticism or controversy. Spotswood, now a private citizen embittered by political battles of the past, attacked Randolph in the public prints, describing him as "a fawning creature . . . whose Pride and Spell has made him turn against his Benefactor, who first promoted him in the World." Randolph answered the assault in the Virginia Gazette with an angry rejoinder.

He preferred simplicity in religion, which offended the dogmatism of the established clergy. In some quarters he was regarded as a deist, a heretic, and a schismatic. These charges he answered in his will, writing a long profession of Christian faith based on the unembellished precepts of the Bible.

He also recorded in his will that he had earned his estate honestly, "tho' by a profession much exposed to temptations of deceit and extortion."Randolph died on March 7, 1737, and "was (according to his own Directions) carried from his House to the Place of Interment, by Six honest, industrious, poor-House-keepers of Bruton Parish" who divided £20 for their services. The place of interment was the chapel of the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary.

Fire gutted the Wren in 1859 and the burial vaults were disturbed. A physician who examined the contents of Sir John Randolph's tomb discovered the bones of two men. The identity of the second is a mystery.

Residence: Henrico County, Virginia.

History: Lady Susannah Beverley Randolph

(Born ca. 1692, died after 1754)

In almost two centuries of colonial Virginia history, there was only one woman who had a certifiable claim to the title of Lady--Susannah Beverley Randolph.

Courtesy, of course, bestowed the honor of "lady" on every woman of "the better sort," and certainly most of "the middling class." But she was the wife of Sir John Randolph, the only Virginian knighted from the day Roanoke Island was settled in 1585 until independence was declared in 1776.

To be a Randolph was to be a member of the most powerful clan in 18th-century Virginia. Sir John was the most accomplished lawyer in the colony, and a public servant of the first rank. But Susannah Beverley brought to her marriage a connection to a family nearly as distinguished. Her kinsmen had been high government officials and prominent planters. One had written a history of the colony in 1705 that was still in print 242 years later.

Susannah Beverley Randolph was born about 1692 and became a wife about 1718--there are no records of the exact dates. If truly 26 at the time of her marriage, she was rather mature for a colonial bride, but certainly not alone in taking her vows at that age. Her eldest sister was the wife of her husband's eldest brother, which may suggest how they met. Whatever the uncertainties, there is no doubt that Sir John found her to be an excellent mate, or that she reared children of unusual ability.

It appears--again the records are silent--that she bore her first child, a son named Beverley, about 1720. Peyton, named for his maternal grandmother's family, was born in 1721. John, known to historians as "The Tory," but sincerely respected by his contemporaries, was born in 1727 or 1728. Her only daughter, Mary, followed, but the year of her birth is uncertain.

Apart from her children, Susannah Randolph had charge of a domestic establishment that was among Williamsburg's largest and best. Moreover, there were three plantations, at least one of which had houses of some sort that may have required her management. Her husband's position required frequent and fine entertaining of clients and associates, an activity that also required her attention.

Sir John's obituary in the Virginia Gazette stated: "As he received a noble Income, for Services in his Profession and Emploiments, so he, in some Measure, made a Return, by a most generous, open and elegant Table . . . . But the Plenty, Conduct, and Hospitality, which appeared there, reflect an equal Praise on himself and his Lady."

Widowed in 1737, she was entrusted with a share in the supervision of her husband's estate for the benefit of their children and for herself. When Sir John penned the portion of his will specifying his bequests, he began with "my dear and most beloved wife who for her faithfulness affection and prudence deserves to be remembered in the first place." She was given the use of his property in Williamsburg for her life, after which it became Peyton Randolph's.

In the care of the estate, she had the assistance of her two brothers-in-law, but she seems to have been quite capable of acting for herself. In 1740, after the family's tobacco inspection and warehousing facilities on nearby College Creek expanded, she petitioned the General Assembly for an increase in the rents. Her petition was granted.

She still moved in Williamsburg's social circle and remained the object of the considerate attention of the friends she and her husband had shared. Among them was William Byrd II, who was a member of the colony's Council and General Court, the scion of another first family, and the master of Westover plantation on the James River.

Byrd and his wife were old and particular friends, and his diaries record visits to the Widow Randolph many evenings when business carried him to the city. Sometimes she sent a carriage to meet him at the ferry. They played cards, drank tea, or merely visited. In the words of a Colonial Williamsburg historian,

Byrd had "special ties of affectionate concern for her welfare, and pleasure in her company."

By 1751, and perhaps earlier, Susannah had the company of son Peyton and his wife as well. In 1745, when he was entitled to his share in the income of his father's estate, he married Betty Harrison. Peyton may have lived with his mother all along, but by 1751 the house was referred to as if it were already his, suggesting that he was in residence and in charge.

The records of Bruton Parish Church show that Susannah Randolph had two slaves baptized in 1754. It is her last appearance in the historical record. Neither the date of her death nor the place of her burial is known.

WEBSITE: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69605399

Proof that Elizabeth Bland is the mother of my Elizabeth Beverley.

MISC_NOTES: See LDS (AFN:L9X3-TT)

Occupation: Burgess

Resources: See LDS (AFN:MZ6G-67)

Notes:

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I, IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons:
William

Beverly son of Robert Beverley, the historian, was born about 1698, lived at "Blandfield," Essex county,

which he built and which still remains in the possession of the family (in 1977). He was clerk of Essex

county from 1716 to 1745, Burgess for Orange county 1734-1740 and for Essex 1742-1747 and 1748-

1749. With Sir John Randolph, Richard Randolph and John Robinson, he obtained on Sept. 6, 1636, a

grant of 118,490 acres called "Beverley Manor," in Augusta county, though he had the chief interest. He

married Elizabeth Bland, (born May 29, 1706) daughter of Richard Bland of "Jordan's" Prince George

county, and died on or before 1766.

Source:

The Colonial Virginia Register

A list of Governors, Councillors and Other Higher Officials, and also of Members of the House of

Burgesses, and the Revolutionary Conventions of the Colony of Virginia --- Compiled by William Glover

and Mary Newton Standard, published by Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, Albany, New York, 1902.

WILLIAM BEVERLEY: "Blandfield," Essex County, Va. 1750 Born about 1698, in Virginia. Died about

March 1, 1756, in Virginia.

WEBSITE: (29 Jan 2003) http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69605398

COL. WILLIAM BEVERLEY was born at home "Blandfield" -- was Clerk of Essex Co, VA, from 1716 to

1745, and Burgess for Orange County 1734-1740, & Burgess for Essex County. 1742-1747 and 1748-

1749. He was a member of Council between 1752 and 1755 in Virginia. He left a will on 3 Dec 1755;

proved 3 May 1756. He heired large properties, including land in Essex County. His largest estate was "

Beverley Manor" a tract of 118,490 acres in Augusta County. He built "Blandfield" in Essex Co., where

he lived and died. This magnificent Colonial Georgian brick mansion with its dependencies is on an

estate of about 5,000 acres and remains in the Beverley family where today (article references May

1977) live Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw Beverley and his mother, Mrs. William Beverley. (Later, was sold for

taxes.)

Named for his mother's father Colonel William Byrd. glf

TITLE: Colonel

OCCUPATION: Justice 1741; Clerk Of Burgesses, Treasurer Of Colony 1751

SOURCE: Virginia Genealogist 2, 5, 1958.
Karen Cotter, 2 April 2003, citing "Genealogy of the Cocke

Family of Virginia" reprinted in volume 2 of Genealogies of Virginia Families from the The Virginia

Magazine of History and Biography. Peter Randolph of Chatsworth.

DEATH: Virginia Genealogist 2, 5, 1958.

BIOGRAPHY: "Lucy, born 3 May, 1719, married #1. John HALL; Married #2. Peter Randolph in 1733."

SOURCE: Virginia Genealogist 2, 5, 1958.
Karen Cotter, 2 April 2003, citing "Genealogy of the Cocke

Family of Virginia" reprinted in volume 2 of Genealogies of Virginia Families from the The Virginia

Magazine of History and Biography.

BIRTH: born at Prince George, Virginia, USA

Children

Sarah RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607194> b: 1736 in Virginia

William RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607195> b: 1736

Peter RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607196> b: Abt. 1738 in Virginia

Anne RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607191> b: 1749 in Of, Virginia

Harrison RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607199> b: Abt. 1741 in Virginia

Benjamin RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607200> b: Abt. 1743 in Virginia

Lucy RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607201> b: 1744 in Virginia

Peyton RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607203> b: Abt. 1746 in Virginia

Elizabeth RANDOLPH </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1558744&id=I69607205> b: 1746 in Of, Virginia

Children:

1. Thomas Mann Randolph, R61164211, born 1740, Tuckahoe, Goochland County, VA, married ca.

1761, Anne Carey.

2. Judy Randolph, R61164212, born ca. 1742, Tuckahoe, Goochland County, VA, married ca. 1762,

Edmund Berkeley.

3. Mary Randolph, R61164213, born ca. 1744, Tuckahoe, Goochland County, VA, married ca. 1764,

Tarleton Fleming II, son of Tarleton and Hannah (Bates) Fleming of "Rockcastle", Goochland County,

VA, thirty miles up the river from "Tuckahoe".

See Clinton R. Haggard Historical Notes H3.

There is a very big error in the Ancestral file because William Randolph, who was an uncle of President

Thomas Jefferson, is listed as having two sets of parents.

This causes one set of his parents to be listed as having 20 children.

All of these family records, both of parents and of children, are likely to be wrong.

The correct parents are Col. Isham Randolph and Jane Rogers, and not Henry Randolph IV and Tabitha

Poythress. I say this because Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to his uncle William Randolph saying in

effect, "by the way, your sister died last year". This is the only time that Thomas Jefferson ever

mentioned his mother, Jane Randolph, in any of his thousands of letters which he wrote. His uncle,

William Randolph, born in Virginia, had moved to England, a reverse immigration.

Because of this error which affects so many children, all of these records are going to have to be redone.

Sam Sloan

Individual Record FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19

William RANDOLPH (AFN: BN78-93)

Pedigree

Sex: M

Family Event(s):

Birth:

1745/1746

Henrico Co., Va.

Death:

27 Jun 1791, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Burial:

2 Jul 1791

St Mary-Redcliffe, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Parents:

Father: Henry IV RANDOLPH (AFN: G6G1-H2)

Mother: Tabitha POYTHRESS (AFN: G6G1-MQ)

Father: Isham Col RANDOLPH (AFN: RM8W-35)

Mother: Jane ROGERS (RODGERS) (AFN: Z6FD-GS)

Marriage(s):

Spouse:

LITTLE (AFN: NFZH-QF)

Marriage: Abt 1746 Albemarle, Va

Spouse: Miriam Ann EPPES (AFN: BN78-B8)

Marriage: 1807/1810

Sullivan, Tennessee

Spouse:

Elizabeth LITTLE (AFN: L9XZ-MD)

Marriage: 31 Jul 1761 Albemarle, Va