Isham Randolph of Dungeness
Isham Randolph | |
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Born | February 24, 1687 |
Died | November 2, 1742 (aged 55) |
Resting place | Turkey Island, Virginia |
Spouse |
Jane Lilburne Susan Rogers
(m. 1717) |
Children | 11, including Jane |
Parents |
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Relatives | Thomas Jefferson (grandson) Charles Lilburn Lewis (grandson) James Pleasants (grandson) |
Isham Randolph (February 24, 1687 – November 2, 1742) was an American planter, merchant, public official, and
Early life
Isham Randolph was born on the
Randolph graduated from the College of William & Mary.[3]
Marriage and children
In 1717, Isham Randolph married Jane Rogers in London[4] at St. Paul's Church in the Shadwell parish (today east London).[4] Jane was from a wealthy landed gentry family of England and Scotland.[3] Isham and Jane Randolph moved to Virginia. Together, they had nine children[nb 1] and were familially connected to many other prominent individuals:
- Isham Randolph (1718-1718), lived only ten days.
- Jane Randolph (1720-1776),[4] who married Peter Jefferson and had nine children, including Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.[5]
- Isham Randolph (born August 18, 1724), married Sarah Hargreaves in 1749, in Philadelphia.[4]
- Mary Randolph (born October 15, 1725 in Colonial Williamsburg),[6] who married Colonel Charles Lewis of Buck Island and had eight children, including Charles Lilburn Lewis, one of the founders of Milton, Virginia.[7][8]
- Elizabeth Randolph (born 1727)[4]
- William Randolph (born July 9, 1729), married Elizabeth Little on 31 July, 1761, in London.[4]
- Dorothea Randolph (born November 24, 1730)[4]
- Thomas Randolph (1732-173?), died young.
- Ann Randolph (born February 5, 1735),[4] who had four children in three marriages.[5] She was the mother of James Pleasants Jr., the 22nd Governor of Virginia, via her last marriage to James Pleasants Sr.[5]
- Thomas Randolph (born August 13, 1736),[4] who married Jane Cary, the daughter of Archibald Cary, in 1768.[4]
- Susannah Randolph (born September 25, 1738),
Career and death
Following his father, he was a prominent planter, merchant, public official, and also was a
Randolph was a prominent member of the Virginia planter class, often referred to as the "planter aristocracy", owning enslaved Africans which grew tobacco on his plantations.[11] He also participated in the triangular trade, in addition to bringing indentured servants and slaves to colonial Virginia.[3]
Like his good friend, Colonel William Byrd, Randolph had an interest in science and engaged in amateur science circles while in London. He was noted for his abilities as a naturalist by members of the Royal Society.[3] Upon the recommendation of naturalist John Bartram, Randolph was visited by botanist Peter Collinson and led an excursion to gather specimens in colonial Virginia.[3][14]
In 1738, Randolph became the adjutant general of Virginia. The following year, he became a colonel of the militia of Goochland County. He was also a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.[6] Randolph died in November 1742[4] and was buried on Turkey Island.[14] In his will he assigned guardians of his children, including his son-in-law, Peter Jefferson (the father of President Thomas Jefferson.)[6]
The distinguished qualities of the Gentleman he possessed in an eminent degree: To justice probity & honor so firmly attached that no view of secular interest or worldly advantage, no discouraging frowns of fortune could alter his Steady purpose of heart. By an easy Compliance and obliging deportment he new no enemy but gained many friends; this in life meriting an universal esteem.
— From the inscription on his tomb[15]
Ancestry
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See also
- Ancestry of Thomas Jefferson
- Jane Randolph Jefferson § Ancestry
Notes
- ^ Robert Isham Randolph, whose grandfather's grandfather was Thomas Randolph, wrote that various sources erroneously treat sons Thomas and Isham as one child named "Thomas Isham". He also noted that some sources list birthdates for the children well after Isham Randolph of Dungeness had died in 1742.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780945612803.
- ^ Glenn, p. 458.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-06-097617-0.
- ^ JSTOR 4244820.
- ^ a b c d e Page, Richard Channing Moore (1893). "Randolph Family". Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia (2 ed.). New York: Press of the Publishers Printing Co. pp. 263–264.
- ^ a b c d e Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections. H. M. Woodson. 1915. pp. 46–47.
- ^ McAllister, John Meriwether; Tandy, Lura Boulton, eds. (1906). "Charles Lewis". Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families. Columbia, Missouri: E.W. Stephens Publishing Company. p. 101.
- ISBN 9780806308319.
- ^ ISBN 9780795020988.
- ISBN 978-1-4422-3984-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-465-09469-1.
- ISBN 978-0-8139-1491-6.
- ^ "Dungeness Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c Henry Stephens Randall (1858). The Life of Thomas Jefferson. Derby & Jackson. p. 10.
- ^ Glenn, pp. 450–451,