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Mary Helen Cary, daughter of Charles Cary and Virginia Simmons, b. Mareh 13, 1859, at Chunnenugge, Ala. Married Sidney Cieero Shivers, of Sparta, Hancoek Co., Ga.
Eugenia Gertrude Cary, b. at Chunnenugge Ridge, Ala., Septem- ber 24, 1861. Married (October 17, 1888) Willard Preston Beman. Issue :
I. IIelen Preston Beman, b. Aug. 4, 1889.
II. Luey Douglas Beman, b. Oet. 23, 1897.
Charles S. Cary, son of Charles Cary and Virginia Simmons. Married (December 14, 1898) Mary Elizabeth Rives. Issue:
I. Charles Williamson Cary, b. Feb. 10, 1900.
II. George Rives Cary, b. July 8, 1902.
Norborne Berkeley Powell and Eliza Ann Rebeeea Holmes Powell had issue :
I. Virginia Amanda Powell, b. in Jasper Co., Georgia, Oet. 21, 1819; d. Jan. 14, 1907, Washington, D. C. Mar- ried Col. Homer Blaekmon.
II. Richard Holmes Powell. Married Mary Ann Blackmon.
III. Annastasia Powell. Married Dr. James Foster.
IV. Mary Carter Powell. Married James Carter.
V. Nathaniel Powell.
VI. James Lueas Powell. Married Franees Thompson.
VII. Luey Jeanette Powell. Married Joseph Milton Cary. Issue given above.
Virginia Amanda Powell. Married Col. Homer Blaekmon and had issue :
I. Eugenia Holmes Blaekmon, b. May 5, 1812, Maeon Co., Ala.
II. John P. Blaekmon, d. without issue.
III. Mary Eliza Blaekmon, b. Oet. 1839, Maeon Co., Ala .; d. June 19, 1856, at Chunnenugge, Ala., without issue.
IV. Rebeeea Beatrice Blaekmon, b. July 4, 1845, at Chunne- nugge, Maeon Co., Ala .; d. Nov. 20, 1877, Union Springs, Ala. Married Col. Loeke. No issue.
V. Virginia Annastasia Blackmon, b. 1847, at Chunne- nugge, Ala.
VI. Ida Powell Blaekmon, b. June 29, 1853, at Chunnenugge, Ala.
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VII. Mary Eliza Blackmon, b. 1857, at Chunnenugge, Macon Co., Ala.
Richard Holmes Powell. Married Mary Ann Blackmon and had issue :
I. Virginia Eliza Powell. Married Capt. A. R. Pickett.
II. Nathaniel Powell, d. without issue.
III. Norborne Berkeley Powell.
IV. Homer Powell, d. without issue.
V. James Blackmon Powell. Married Almyra Brown.
VI. Mary Carter Powell.
VII. Thomas Powell.
VIII. Massy Powell.
Annastasia Powell. Married Dr. James Foster and had issue :
I. Norborne Foster, d. without issue.
II. Mary Cooper Foster. Married A. J. Pittman.
Mary Carter Powell. Married James Carter. Issue :
I. Mary Carter. Married Capt. E. T. Randle. James Lucas Powell. Married Frances Thompson and had issue :
I. Charles James Powell, d. without issue.
II. Mary Eliza Powell. Married A. J. Pittman.
III. Norborne Berkeley Powell, d. without issue.
IV. Richard Holmes Powell, d. without issue.
V. Rebecca Beatrice Powell, d. without issue.
VI. Benjamin F. Powell. Married Frances Crewdston.
VII. James Lucas Powell. Married A. E. Singleton.
Eugenia Holmes Blackmon, daughter of Homer and Virginia A. Blackmon. Married, first, Locke Weems; second, Col. James Goodwin. Issue :
I. Locke Ira (or Ina) Weems.
Issue by second marriage :
II. Virginia Powell Goodwin.
III. Beatrice Seymour Goodwin.
Virginia Anastasia Blackmon. Married Henley Vanner Napier and had issue :
I. John Blackmon Napier.
II. Anastasia Napier.
III. Hendley Vanner Napier.
IV. Ida Page Napier.
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Virginia Eliza Powell, daughter of Richard Holmes Powell and Mary Ann Blackmon. Married Captain A. H. Pickett and had issue :
I. Marie Powell Pickett. Married Rev. L. W. Johnston.
II. Ada Bledsoe Pickett. Married J. Ogburn.
III. Ethel Claire Pickett. Married Clifford - Steed.
IV. Anastasia Robinson Pickett. Married Sands S. Weems. V. Alma Holmes Pickett. Married
VI. Virginia Llewellyn Pickett. (Pickett Family, Volume I.) James Blackmon Powell, son of Richard Holmes Powell and Mary Ann Blackmon. Married Almyra Brown and had issue :
I. Richard Holmes Powell. Married Julia Riggs.
II. Benjamin Phill Powell.
III. James Blackmon Powell.
IV. Floyd Berkeley Powell.
V. Alto W. Powell, d. without issue.
Mary Cooper Foster, daughter of Anastasia Powell and Dr. James Foster. Married A. J. Pittman and had issue :
I. Anastasia Pittman.
II. James Foster Pittman.
III. Virginia Pittman.
IV. Norborne Pittman.
V. Mary Cooper Pittman.
VI. Andrew Jackson Pittman.
Mary Carter, daughter of Mary Carter Powell and James Carter. Married Capt. E. T. Randle and had issue :
I. Anne Eliza Randle.
II. Emily Colquit Randle.
III. Mary Carter Randle.
IV. Edmond T. Randle.
V. Sarah Hines Randle.
VI. Lucy Powell Randle.
VII. James Henry Randle.
Mary Eliza Powell, daughter of James Lucas and Frances Thompson. Married A. J. Pittman and had issue :
I. Hugh Pittman.
II. James Lucas Pittman.
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James Lucas Powell, daughter of James Lucas Powell and Frances Thompson. Married Judge A. E. Singleton, Judge of Probate, Bullock County, Union Springs, Ala. They had issue :
I. Nannie Singleton.
II. Lucile Singleton.
III. Alexander Edward Singleton.
IV. Powell Singleton.
V. Frances Singleton.
VI. Burnett Eley Singleton.
VII. Charles Brown Singleton.
Lucas Powell, b. near
John and Anne (Sweeney) Cary had issue :
I. John Cary. Married Anna Cooper and moved to the Southwest.
II. Miles Cary, d. in Mississippi, leaving one son and three daughters.
Gill Armistead and Sally (Baytop) Cary had issue :
I. John B. Cary, formerly of Hampton, now of Richmond; colonel in the Confederate States Army and later Superintendent of the Schools in Richmond. Col. John B. Cary married Columbia Hudgins of Mathews County, Virginia.
II. Dr. Nathaniel R. Cary, b. 18 ---; d. 1874. Married Susan Fisher.
III. Richard Miles Cary, of Hampton and Petersburg, member of Petersburg Militia, severely wounded in the defense of Petersburg, June 9, 1864. Married Hannah, daughter of John Cary, of Whitney.
IV. Gill A. Cary, b. 1831; d. 1880, lieutenant Confederate States Cavalry. Married Virginia Smith, of South Carolina.
Col. John B. and Columbia (Hudgins) Cary had issue :
I. Gilleria Cary.
II. Effie Cary.
III. Sally Cary.
IV. Archibald Cary.
V. Elizabeth Cary.
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Dr. Nathaniel R. and Susan ( Fisher) Cary had issue :
I. Sally Cary.
II. Juliet Cary.
III. Susan Cary.
Richard Miles and Hannah (Cary) Cary had issue :
I. Richard Cary.
II. Sally Cary.
III. Martha Cary.
IV. Lelia Cary.
V. Clara Cary.
Gill Armistead and Virginia (Smith) Cary had issue :
I. Belle Cary.
II. Mathew Cary.
Thomas and Dorothy (Phillipson) Cary had issue :
I. Robert Cary, of Chesterfield. Married Mary, daughter of William Jennings, of Amelia, Va.
II. Thomas Cary, of Chesterfield; d. 1784.
Robert and Mary (Jennings) Cary had issue :
I. Anne Cary.
II. Dorothy Cary.
III. Judith Cary.
IV. Elizabeth Cary.
V. Robert Cary, b. 1768. Braneh.
Married a daughter of Edward
VI. Wilson Cary, b. 1770. Married Judith Baker, removed to Kentucky.
VII. Henry Cary, b. 1771. Married Elizabeth Morrisette, and moved to Kentucky.
VIII. Miles Cary, b. 1776; d. 1814. Married Obedienee Brum- mell, of Chesterfield.
IX. Nathaniel Cary.
Miles Cary and Obedienee (Brummell) Cary had issue :
I. Nelson Cary, b. 1794. Married Anna Blount and had issue :
I. Robert Henry Cary.
II. John Pettus Cary.
III. Milton Cary, b. 1796. Married Phoebe Haneoek, and settled in Greenbrier Co., Va.
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THE CARY FAMILY OF VIRGINIA.
Miles and Elizabeth (Cocke) Cary had issue :
I. Miles Cary, of "Pear Tree Hall," Warwiek; elerk of that county ; d. 1766. Married, first, Hannah, daughter of William Armistead, of Elizabeth City Co .; second- ly, Mrs. Anne Howard and had no issue by second marriage.
II. Thomas Cary, of "The Lodge," York Co., and after 1753, of Chesterfield Co .; d. 1755. Married Dorothy, daughter of Dr. Robert Phillipson, of York Co.
III. Nathaniel Cary.
IV. Bridget Cary.
V. Dorothy Cary.
VI. Martha Cary.
VII. Anne Cary. Married Benjamin Watkins, of Chesterfield. VIII. Elizabeth Cary.
Miles and Hannah (Armistead) Cary had issue :
I. Miles Cary, of Southampton Co., b. May 28, 1727; d. Sept. 3, 1763. Married (May 23, 1752) Elizabeth Taylor.
II Richard Cary, of Warwick Co., b. 1739 (?) ; d. Nov. 3, 1789. Clerk of Warwick Co., 1764, member of the House Committee of Safety, 1774-6; of the convention of 1776 and House of Delegates 1776, from Warwiek ; appointed a judge of the Court of Admiralty, Dee. 27, 1776, and of the general court, Dee. 24, 1788. Married Mary Cole.
III. Colonel John Cary, of Elizabeth City, b. 1745; d. 1795, member of the county committee, 1774, and a captain in the Revolutionary army 1775. Married, first, Sallie Slaughter, and had Miles, b. 1767; married, second, Susan, daughter of Gill Armistead, of New Kent.
IV. Robert Cary, d. in Buekingham about 1803, and left no issue.
V. Anne Cary. Married Thompkins. Miles and Elizabeth (Taylor) Cary had issue :
I. Colonel Miles Cary, b. Sept. 1757; d. 1809. Married Elizabeth, widow of Colonel William Yates and a daughter of George Booth.
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II. Nathaniel Cary, b. Oct. 19, 1763 ; d. Nov. 15, 1767.
III. Elizabeth Cary. Married (1774) William Hay, of Surry. Miles and Elizabeth (Booth) Cary had issue :
I. George Booth Cary, of Southampton, member of Congress 1841-3; d. without issue.
II. Daughter. Married Judge Gholson.
Judge Richard and Mary (Cole) Cary had issue :
I. Richard Cary, of Warwick Co., member of the House of Delegates, 1787, 1798, 1799, 1800 and probably other years; member of the convention of 1788. Married Catherine Dudley.
II. Miles Cary, b. 1763; d. 1797. Married Anne Robinson. Richard and Catherine (Dudley) Cary had issue :
I. Richard Cary, d. without issue at the age of thirty.
II. Miles Cary, of Warwick. Married Arianna, daughter of William and Mary (Digges) Hill, and had Arianna, married A. F. Kuper, of Richmond, and Catherine, married James Powers, of Richmond.
Miles and Anne (Robinson) Cary had a son Miles, who was born 1797. Married Harriet C. Staples and died 1847, leaving issue :
I. Anthony Cary.
II. Richard Milton Cary, colonel of the 13th Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army. Married Anne Dunbar.
III. John Cary.
IV. David K. Cary.
V. Miles Cary.
VI. Ann Cary.
VII. Ellen Cary.
VIII. Sarah Cary. IX. Robert Cary.
Colonel John and Susan (Armistead) Cary had issue :
I. Miles Cary, b. 1767; d. 1850, member of the House of Delegates from Warwick, 1823-26; removed to Camp- bell Co. Married Mrs. Page (née Mallory).
II. John Cary, of Hampton, b. 1770; d. 1822. Married
Anne Wythe Sweeny, niece of George Wythe.
III. Nathaniel, d. young.
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IV. Colonel Gill Armistead, of Hampton, b. 1783; d. 1843. Married Sallie Baytop.
V. Nathaniel Cary, b. 1792; d. unmarried, 1832. VI. Robert Cary.
VII. Hannah A. Cary. Married Horaee Whiting.
VIII. Judith R. Cary. Married Henry Howard.
IX. Susan Cary, b. 1791; d. 1873.
Miles and (Mallory-Page) Cary had issue :
I. John Cary, of Lynchburg and Richmond, b. 1802; d. 1868. Married Susan Lambeth.
II. Daughter. Married Hunt.
III. Daughter Married Nelson.
John and Susan (Lambeth) Cary had issue :
I. Miles Cary, of Richmond. Married had issue : Mrs. Upshur, Mrs. Gentry and Alfred.
II. George Cary, of Richmond.
III. John Cary, of New York.
IV. Francis Mallory Cary, of Richmond.
Schooler and
V. Eliza Cary. Married - Hoppe. VI. Virginia Cary.
John and Anne (Sweeny) Cary had issue :
I. John Cary. Married Anna Cooper and moved to the southwest, where he died, leaving a daughter.
II. Miles Cary, d. at Pontotoe, Mississippi, leaving one son and three daughters.
Gill A. and Sally (Baytop) Cary had issue :
II. John B. Cary, formerly of Hampton, now of Richmond. Major Thomas Cary, of Magpie Swamp. Married -__; d. .. 1708, leaving issue :
I. Thomas Cary, of Warwiek Co., b. 1678; d. 1764, was Sheriff of Warwick Co. from 1712 to 1713. Married , and left issue :
I. Thomas Cary, d. 1790, leaving a son, William, who d. in 1808, leaving issue :
I. William Miles Cary.
II. Elizabeth Cary. Married Richard Whitaker, a native Englishman, who came from England and settled in North Carolina.
III. A Daughter. Married G. Whitaker.
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NOTE. The following items are copied from Whaler's History of North Carolina, now out of print :
Cary Whitaker, graduated from North Carolina University in 1802.
Wilson Cary Whitaker, graduated from North Carolina Uni- versity, 1851.
Spear Whitaker, of Halifax County, member of the House of Commons, 1838. Attorney General of State, 1842.
Elizabeth Cary Whitaker, daughter of Elizabeth Cary and Riehard Whitaker, both of Halifax County, North Carolina. Mar- ried Edward. Morris, a minister of the Gospel, the year the in- dependenee was deelared; enlisted in the army of Virginia, when he was twenty-three years of age. General George Washington relieved him from military duty, and gave him the position and rank of Chaplain. After the war he went to North Carolina in 1790, where he married.
Edward Morris, son of Cornelius Morris and Mary Dieken. Cornelius was of Irish deseent and Mary Dieken of Seoteh deseent.
Edward Morris and Elizabeth Cary Whitaker had eight ehildren, five daughters and three sons. The sixth ehild was Mary Dieken Morris. Married (1837) Henry Fuller Smith, who was reared in Virginia, but went to Wilson County Tennessee, where he married. Mary Dieken Morris, b. 1802; moved in 1812, with her parents, to Wilson County Tennessee. Being the daughter of a Revolu- tionary soldier, she was made an honorary member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and pre- sented with a gold souvenir spoon.
Henry Fuller Smith and Mary Dieken Morris had issue :
I. Martha Louise Smith.
II. Edward Morris Smith.
III. Lucy Coleman Smith.
IV. Henry Clay Smith.
Martha Louise Smith. Married (1856) Edwin Ruthven Penne- baker and had issue:
I. Mary Howard Pennebaker.
II. Edwin Ruthven Pennebaker.
III. Lena Owen Pennebaker.
IV. Aliee Pennebaker.
V. Lueile Pennebaker.
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Edward Morris Smith, second child of Henry Fuller Smith and Mary Dieken, lives in Texas and has six ehildren.
Lucy Coleman Smith, third child of Henry Fuller Smith and Mary Dicken Morris. Married (1875) Joseph N. Mackenzie. She is a widow, living at Lebanon, Tennessec. Issue :
I. Stuart Mackenzie.
II. Henry Mackenzie.
III. Mary Morris Mackenzie.
Henry Clay Smith, fourth child of M. D. Morris and H. F. Smith. Married Martha Shutt, who died without issue. Married, sceond, a younger sister of his first wife. Issue :
I. Stokes Smith.
II. Owen Smith.
Mrs. Emma S. Smith and her two sons are living near Gallatin, Tennessee.
Mary Howard Pennebaker. Married (1878) Frazor Titus Edmundson. Issue :
I. . James Howard Edmundson.
II. Martha Titus Edmundson.
All living at 500 Linden Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
Edwin Ruthven Pennebaker. Married (1875) Katherine Bos- tick. Issue :
I. Frank Wilson Pennebaker.
II. Edwin Ruthven Pennebaker.
All living at 715 Walnut Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
Lena Owen Pennebaker. Married (1882) Samuel Golladay. She is a widow. Issue :
I. George Shawl Golladay.
II. Mary Howard Golladay.
III. Gladys Golladay.
All now living in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Alice Pennebaker, b. 1863. Married (1882) Edward Taylor Campbell. Issue :
I. Edwin Taylor Campbell.
II. Lueile Cary Campbell. Residence St. Louis, Mo.
Lucile Pennebaker. Married (1891) David J. Matteson. Issue :
I. Dorothy Matteson.
Residence 5925 Horton Place, St. Louis, Mo.
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CHAPTER V
THE RANDOLPH FAMILY.
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Randolph. 1650.
RANDOLPH COAT-OF-ARMS
The arms are described as follows:
Gules, a cross fleury, argent, bearing five mullets uierced, sable. Crest-An antelope erased, holding in the mouth a baton. Motto-Farique sentiat (To speak what he thinks).
I. Archibald Cary. Married (May 31, 1744) Mary Ran- dolph, of Curl's Neck.
II. Anne Cary, b. Feb. 1745. Married (Nov. 18, 1761) Thomas Mann Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Goochland Co., Va.
III. Jane Cary, b. Feb. 12, 1751. Married (1768) Thomas Isham Randolph, of Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va.
The following is copied from the Baltimore Sun, March 26, 1904:
Perhaps the largest connection in Virginia is that of the Randolphs. The first Colonial settler, William, left seven sons and two daughters, whose descendants are to be found in every state in the Union. Robert
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Randolph married Rose, daughter of Thomas Roberts, of Hawkhurst, Kent, England. They had one child, William, whose wife was Dorothy, daughter of Richard Law and widow of Thomas West. Their first son was Thomas, the poet, whose works have been edited by Hazlett. Their second son, Richard, married Eliza, daughter of Richard Ryland, and had four sons and four daughters.
The second son of this union was William Randolph, who was the pro- genitor of the numerous family of Randolphs in America. He married Mary Isham, of the Isham family of Northamptonshire, England, baronets. (Contributed by Edward C. Meade.)
FIRST GENERATION.
We are informed, by one of the descendants, that William Randolph bought at one time the whole of Sir Thomas Dale's settlement, amounting to five thousand aeres of land, and as muel more of other persons, reaching down to Four Mile Creek, on James River. The two settlements of Varina and Curls, so long the property and abodes of the Randolphs, were on this estate. The estate of Bacon, the rebel, onee formned a part of this tract, and there are still some remains of the fort which he ereeted, when eontending with the Indians.
The estate ealled Varina, which continued longest in possession of the Randolphs, was so called from a place of that name in Spain, because the tobacco raised at both places so resembled each other in flavor.
The Randolphs are connected not only with the Episcopal Church, but ministry, both in England and Ameriea.
Robert Randolph, of Hams, County Sussex, England, Gent. Married Rose Roberts, of Hawkhurst, County Kent, England. Besides other children they had:
William Randolph, b. 1572; d. 1660. Married, secondly, Dorothy Lane. Their son :
Richard Randolph, b. Feb. 22, 1627; d. 1671, in Dublin, Ire- land. Married Elizabeth Ryland, daughter of Riehard Ryland, and settled at "Morton Hall," Warwickshire, England. Their second son :
William Randolph, b. 1651; d. April 15, 1711. The follow- ing inseription was copied from his tombstone at Turkey Island, by Dr. Robert C. Randolph, of New Market, Clarke Co., Va .:
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Col. William Randolph of Warwickshire, but late of Virginia, Gent., died April 11, 1711.
Mrs. Mary Randolph, his only wife. She was the daughter of Mr. Henry Isham by Catherine his wife. He was of Northamptonshire, but late of Virginia, Gent.
In 1674 he emigrated to Virginia and settled at Turkey Island, on James River, Henrico County, Va. Was clerk of Henrico County from 1683 to 1711; was member of the House of Burgesses from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1705, and again in 1710; Speaker of the House, 1690; Clerk of the House, 1702; Attorney General, 1696, and of the Royal Council a member. There is on file at Henrico Court House a paper dated 1698 bearing signa- ture and a fine impression of his arms-"Gu, upon a cross or, fin mullets gu."
Col. William Randolph married (1680) Mary Isham, daughter of Henry Isham, of Burmuda Hundred on James River, and Catherine, his wife (maiden name unknown). Their children, arranged in order, by John Randolph of Roanoke, are as follows :
1. William Randolph, Jr., known as Councillor Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Nov. 1681. Married (1705) Eliza- beth Beverly.
2. Thomas Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, June, 1683, settled at Tuckahoe on James River, Goochland Co., Va. Mar- ried (1710) Judith Churchill.
3. Isham Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, Dec. 1684, settled at Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va. Married (1717) Jane Rogers, of Shadgate Street, London, Eng.
4. Richard Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, May, 1686, settled at Curls Neck. Married (1714) Jane Bolling.
5. Henry Randolph, b. Oct. 1687; d. unmarried, in England and willed his share of Curls cstate to Richard.
6. Sir John Randolph, Knight, b. at Turkey Island, April, 1689; settled in Williamsburg, Va. Married (1718) Susanna Beverly, sister of his brother William's wife.
7. Edward Randolph, b. Oct. 1690, settled in Bristol, Eng. Married (1715) Miss Grosvenor, of Bristol, and had among other children Edward Randolph, Jr., who mar- ried Lucy Harrison; Elizabeth, married Mr. Yates, of Gloucester Co .; Mary, married Rev. Robert Yates. Their
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daughter, Catherine, married Dr. Robert Wellford, a surgeon in the English army, who settled in Frederieks- burg. (See Secretary Nelson's record.)
8. Mary Randolph, b. at Turkey Island, 1692. Married (1712) Capt. John Stith. Their only son, Rev. William Stith, was president of William and Mary College and historian of Va. He wrote his "History of Virginia" in 1740; died at William and Mary College, 1752. He married (Feb. 1744) Judith Randolph, of Tuekahoe. Mary Stith, daughter of Capt. John Stith and Mary, née Randolph, married Rev. William Dawson, D. D., second president of William and Mary College. Their daughter, Mary Dawson, married Ludwell Grymes. Their daughter, Mary, married Rev. Walker Maury, of Norfolk, Va. Their daughter, Anne, married Maj. Isaac Hite.
9. Elizabeth Randolph, b. at Turkey Island 1695, youngest child of Col. William Randolph and Mary, nee Isham. Married (1711) Richard Bland, of Jordan's Point on James River. She was his second wife and d. Jan. 22, 1720. Among other children they had :
Mary Bland, b. 1712. Married (1728) Henry Lee, of Lee Hall. Their third son and fourth child was Henry Lee, Jr., b. 1733. Married (1755) Lucy Grymes (Wash- ington's "Lowland Beauty"). Their son was Gen. "Light Horse" Harry Lee, father of the illustrious Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Richard Bland, Jr., of Jordan's Point on James River, was member of the House of Burgesses; was in the Con- vention of 1775, and member of the first American Con- gress at Philadelphia. He married Anne Poythress.
Theodoric Bland, youngest child of Richard Bland, of Jordan's Point, and Elizabeth, née Randolph, b. 1720, just before his mother died.
II. William Randolph, known as Couneillor Randolph of Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Va., eldest child of William Ran- dolph, progenitor of the family in Virginia, and Mary, née Isham, was b. 1681; d. Oet. 19, 1741. IIe inherited Turkey Island
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and was buried there. On the slab which covers his grave there is a lengthy inscription, which can be found in the Page Family History.
Councillor William Randolph married (1705) Elizabeth Peyton Beverly, daughter of Peter Beverly and Eliza Peyton, his wife, of Gloucester Co., Va. Issue five children :
1. Beverly Randolph, b. at Turkey Island 1706, son of Councillor Randolph and Eliza, nce Peyton. Married (1734) a Miss Lightfoot, and d. without issue.
2. Peter Randolph, b. at Turkey Island 1708, son of Coun- cillor Randolph and Eliza, née Peyton, lived at Chats- worth. Married (1733) Lucy Bolling, daughter of Robert Bolling, and had four children, viz .: William, Beverly, Robert and Ann. Beverly was b. at Chats- worth 1734, and inarried Martha Cooke. He died at his residence "Green Creek," in Feb. 1797. He suc- ceeded Edmond Randolph as Gov. of Virginia, Dec. 1, 1788, and served until Dec. 1, 1791. He was succeeded by Gen. "Light Horse" Harry Lee.
3. William Randolph, b. 1710, son of Councillor Randolph and Eliza, nec Peyton, settled at "Milton," Henrico Co., Va. Married (1735) Anne, daughter of Benj. Harri- son, of Berkley on James River, Virginia, and Anne, née Carter. Issue :
1. William Randolphı, b. 1736.
2. Peyton Randolph, b. 1738. Married (1763) his cousin, Lucy Harrison. They had three children: Betty Ran- dolph, Kidder Randolph and Peyton Randolphi, who married Anne, daughter of James Innes, Atty. Gen. of Va. His only son, James Innes Randolph, married Susan, danghter of Capt. Addison Armistead, U. S. Army.
3. Anne Randolph, b. 1740. Married (1760) Benj. Harri- son, of Brandon, on James River, Va. No issue.
4. Elizabeth Randolph, b. 1742. Married (1762) Philip Grymes, of Middlesex Co., Va.
5. Lucy Randolph, b. 1744. Married (1764) Lewis Burwell, of King's Mill, York Co., Va.
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4. Daughter Randolph, daughter of Councillor Randolph and Eliza, née Peyton, b 1718. Married - Priee.
5. Elizabeth Randolph, b. 1725. Married (1745) Col. Jolin Chiswell and had four children: 1. Lucy Chiswell, married (Nov. 24, 1770) Col. William Nelson of "The Dorrile," Hanover Co., Va .; 2. Susan R. Chiswell, mar- ried Speaker John Robinson, of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and had issue; 3. Daughter Chiswell, mar- ried Warren Lewis; 4. Elizabeth Chiswell, married Charles Carter, of Ludlow. Col. John Chiswell and Elizabeth, née Randolph, had no sons, so the name of Chiswell as a surname in Virginia is extinct. It is be- lieved it was originally written De Choiseul.
II. Thomas Randolph, of Tuekahoe on James River, Gooeh- land Co., Va., second son and ehild of William Randolph, progen- itor of the family in Virginia, and Mary, née Isham, was b. at Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Va., 1683. He married (1710) Judith Churchill, of Middlesex Co., Va. There appears to be some un- certainty as to who Thomas Randolph of Tuekahoe married. Rev. Philip Slaughter in his "History of Bristol Parish," p. 214, and Browning in his "Amerieans of Royal Deseent," both say she was a Miss Fleming. On the other hand, Mrs. Ellen Wayles Randolph Harrison, of Edge Hill, Albemarle Co., Va., states her name was Judith Churchill, and that no marriage took place between Ran- dolp and Fleming until a later period. Mr. Wilson M. Cary agrees with her. The children of Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe and Judith Churchill were three-namely :
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