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Governor Nelson died during an attack of asthma, caused by exposure during the war of the Revolution.
Edmund Randolph began a career of prominence, and figured largely for many years as the defender of his country in the councils of his state and of the nation, and was the zealous sup- porter of the Church against all which he believed to be assaults upon her rights. He had been adopted by his uncle, Peyton Ran- dolphi, and had espoused his patriotic views with regard to the independence of America.
His father bitterly regretted going to England, died of a broken heart, and directed tliat his remains be brought to America. They were buried in the college chapel.
In 1775 Edmund Randolph was a delegate to the Virginia Convention, May, 1776, and from 1779 to 1783 he was a member of the Continental Congress.
Being a member of the Virginia delegation to "The Constitu- tional Convention," which met in Philadelphia, May 25, 1787, Edmund Randolph introduced, on behalf of his delegation, a series of propositions, fifteen in number, embodying a new scheme of central government, known in history as the Virginia plan. This plan, discussed for two weeks in committee of the whole, was so modified, amended and changed that it could only be called the foundation of what was finally accepted and signed by the dele- gates in due form. The authorship of the constitution, as then laid down, was clearly the product of many minds, and the source of some of its most vital phrases will never be given to posterity. We only know that the end attained was after long, laborious, anxious discussion and most sagacious compromise.
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Sectional differences of opinion were reconciled, and a distinct plan of constitutional union finally arranged. Washington presided at this convention, and by his inflexible course did much to keep the assembly together, a convention whose almost continuous session of four months had more than once threatened to break up in disorder.
It is to be regretted that so little can be known of the Constitu- tional Convention of Philadelphia, but the injunction of secrecy under which its deliberations were held was never removed. The official journal deposited by Washington in the public archives, and Madison's notes, are the only extended testimony to throw light on this intensely interesting period-a time when Washing- ton himself declared "that our political affairs were suspended by a thread." In that dread crisis the past furnished no light to guide the statesmen of this august meeting; the present was full of doubt and despair, and the destiny of the American liberty hung trembling in the balance. But in the injunction the majestic reason of George Washington triumphed. "It is too probable," said he, "that no plan we propose will be adopted."
"Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The event is in the hands of God." If, in this memorable speech, Washington counseled immediate action, and thereby cemented the opposing sentiments of the convention by one decisive and imperishable step; if he now laid the foundation of honesty and purity in constitutional government, we, the heirs of this rich legacy, are indebted no less to another Virginian for making the constitution practically all that it has been, is, and yet may be.
To John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801- 1835, do we turn with gratitude for lifting these resolutions from the mist and cloud of doubt, to be the radiant source of light and life, and happiness to millions of enraptured frcemen. When, as yet, the constitution was a doubtful experiment, Judge Marshall by his clear, unanswerable logic, laid it before an eager world as a wonderful combination of liberty and law, and by his practical construction of its beneficent provisions he established it in the hearts and minds of his fellow-citizens as a wise and never-to-be-abandoned system of frce government.
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At the close of the momentous deliberations of the Constitu- tional Convention the plan adopted was disapproved by Edmund Randolph, but in June, 1788, when it was submitted to the Virginia Convention, in Richmond, for ratification, he pronounced decidedly for it.
Of the deputies from Virginia, who signed the constitution in Philadelphia, September 17, 1787, were: George Washington, John Blair, James Madison, Jr. Those of the Virginia delega- tion who did not sign it were: Edmund Randolph, George Mason, George Wythe and James McClung. But the constitution was finally accepted by Virginia, through her convention held at Richmond, and ratified June 25, 1788, by a vote of 89 to 79.
Upon the resignation of Patrick Henry as Governor of Vir- ginia, Edmund Randolph was elected to succeed him, December 1, 1786, and remained in this important office until December, 1788. A glance at the Acts of Assembly during this period will show the varied subjects which claimed the attention of his ad- ministration, developing through the laws enacted the gradual and intelligent progress of a people in the difficult experiment of self-government.
In 1784, Edmund Randolph had been appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Virginia, and in 1786 he was elected Grand Master of the same body, when he named the Honorable John Marshall as his deputy. His name was masonically perpetuated in the Richmond Randolph Lodge, No. 19, chartered October 19, 1787.
In 1790 Edmund Randolph was appointed by Washington the first Attorney General of the United States, a position which as a man of elegant manners and an accomplished lawyer he was well fitted to adorn. On August 2, 1794, he succeeded Jefferson as Secretary of State, which office he held until August 19, 1795, when he withdrew to private life and resumed the practice of law.
The fact that he retired from the cabinet of Washington was made the occasion of much comment by his political antagonists. He published a "Vindication" of his cause, which ably and effect- ually silenced the calumnies of his enemies.
Edmund Randolph, son of Sir John Randolph and Susanna, née Beverly, b. August 10, 1753; d. in Frederick Co., Va., Scp- tember 12, 1813, at his daughter's, Mrs. Bennett Taylor's, where
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he spent the latter part of his life; he lies buried by her side in the old graveyard of that parish. He died at "Carter's Hall," the seat of Colonel Nathaniel Burwell. Married (August 29, 1796) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Carter Nicholas, Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of Virginia. Issue :
I. Peyton Randolph5. Married Maria Ward, who had been engaged to John Randolph, of Roanoke, Va. Issue:
I. Elizabeth Randolph". Married Dr. Skelton.
II. Edmund Randolph". Married Tomasia De Meaux, of
New Orleans, La. I met her in Baltimore, 1902-3. She was still living last time I heard from her daughter Margaret. She was eontemporary of my mother and aunt, the Misses Moneure. Issue :
I. Margaret Randolph7.
III. Mary RandolphG. Married J. G. Kent, of Wytheville, Va. Issue :
I. Luey Kent™, was studying to be a trained nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital when I was in Baltimore, Md.
II. Charlotte Kent™.
III. Gordon Kent ?.
IV. Hugh Kent7.
V. Mary Kent7.
IV. Luey Randolph".
Susan Beverley Randolph5 (Edmund+, John3, John2, William1), seeond ehild of Gov. Edmund Randolph and Elizabeth Nicholas, his wife. Married J. Bennett Taylor, of Albemarle Co., Va. Issue :
I. John C. Taylor". Married Patsy Randolph.
II. Charlotte R. Taylor". Married Moneure Robinson, of Philadelphia.
Edmonia Randolph5 (Edmund4, Johna, John2, William1), third daughter of Gov. Edmond Randolph. Married John L. Preston. Issue :
I. Elizabeth Preston". Married William A. Coeke.
II. Maj. John T. L. Preston". Married, first, Sarah Caruthers; seeond, Margaret Junkin (Beeehenbrook). Issue will be given later.
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Lucy Randolph5 (Edmund+, John3, John2, William1), daughter of Gov. Edmund Randolph and Elizabeth Nicholas, his wife, b. 1790; d. November, 1847. Married (1809) Hon. Peter Vivian Daniel, b. "Crow's Nest," Stafford Co., Va., April 24, 1784; d. Richmond, Va., May 30, 1860. He married, sccond, Elizabeth Harris, daughter of Dr. Thomas Harris, son of Thomas Harris; d. by accidental burning. Issue :
I. Elizabeth Randolph Daniel6, b. 1810; d. June 12, 1879, unmarried. She was a communicant of Monumental Church, 1841-1879.
II. Peter Vivian Daniel®, b. April 17, 1818; d. Richmond, Va., April 2, 1889. Married (Dec. 1, 1846) Mary Robertson, daughter of James Robertson, cashier United States Bank of Richmond and his wife, Mary Clarkson, of England, adopted daughter of Dr. Enoch Edwards, Philadelphia, Pa. I met Mrs. Daniel in 1888, also her son James R. V. Daniel. The latter remembered me as a "French girl, playing on Capitol Square, Richmond, Va., who could not understand a word of English." Mrs. Daniel d. Sept. 16, 1890, aged 71. Peter Vivian Daniel and Mary Robertson, his wife, had issue :
I. James Robertson Vivian Daniel7, b. Jan. 1, 1850. Mar- ried Hallie W. Williams. He was confirmed at Monu- mental Church, April 21, 1867; educated University of Virginia 1867-68; member of the law firm of Minor and Daniel, Richmond, Va. Issue :
I. Robert W. Daniel8.
II. Channing W. Daniel8.
III. Mary Isabel Daniel8.
II. Lucy Randolph Daniel7, b. July 19, 1854; baptized Sept. 18, 1854. Married Richard K. Courtley, of England. Issue :
I. John Baskett Courtley8.
II. Henry Courtley8.
III. R. Vivian Courtley8.
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I, L. Peequet du Bellet, being in Baltimore 1902-3, met Mrs. Courtley several times. She was very courteous, extending to me an invitation to attend the Woman's Literary Club, whenever I wished to do so. Mrs. Courtley was Vice-President of the Club. Residence, 1532 Mt. Royal Ave., Baltimore.
Anne Lewis Daniel® (Lucy Randolph5, Edmund4, John2, John2, William1), b. - 1822; d. 1905. Married Charles Prosser Mon- eure. (Their issue, Moncure Family, Chapter XIII.)
2. Ariana Randolph+ (John3, John2, William1), b. at Williams- burg, James City Co., Va., 1750, daughter of John Randolph and Ariana Jennings. She went with her father to England, when the war broke out, and married James Wormcley, Captain of the King's Guard, Windsor. Issue :
I. Jane Wormeley5. Married Mr. Norris, of Virginia. .
II. Ariana Wormcley5. Married Mr. Nelson.
III. Susan Wormeley5. Married
IV. Ralph Wormeley5, b. in Virginia, 1785; d. 1832, and is buried in Newport, R. I.
James Wormelcy went to England after the death of his wife. He left his three daughters with their uncle, Attorney General Randolph. He soon married an English lady and placed his son in the English Navy.
V. Ralph Randolphi Wormeley" (Ariana+, John3, John2, William1), b. in Virginia, October 29, 1785; d. 1832. Married (October, 1820) Caroline Preble, of Boston, daughter of Eben Preble, and nieec of Commodore Edward Preble. She died 1872, · aged 83, and is buried at Newport, R. I., with her husband. He served in the English Navy and rose to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. He served with great distinction. While traveling with his family in U. S. A. he died, 1832, and was buried at Newport, R. I. His widow and daughters settled there. They had issue :
I. Ariana R. Wormeley6. Married (1853) D. Samuel Custis. She is still living and has resided in Europe sinee 1876. Her home is in Venice, Italy, at present. Issue :
I. Ralph Wormelcy Custis7. Married Lisa Ritch, née Colt. Issue :
I. Sylvia Custis8, b. 1893.
II. Marjorie Custis8, b. 1900.
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II. Osborne Sargeant Custis7. Married Henrietta Gaudy, daughter of Captain Gaudy, English Navy. Issue :
I. Henry Sargant Gaudy8, b. 1886.
II. Arthur Randolph Gaudy8, b. 1888.
III. Ariana Edith Gaudy8, b. 1891.
Osborne Custis has been naturalized an Englishman; his sons are at Eton and will serve in the English Army.
II. M. Elizabeth Wormeley®. Married (1856) Randolph Latimer, b. 1821; d. Dec. 24, 1903.
III. Katharine Prescott Wormeley®, never married.
IV. James Preble Wormeley®, d. 1851, aged 26 years of age.
Mary Elizabeth Wormeley® (Ralph Randolph5, Ariana+, John8, John2, William1), author, b. London, England, July 26, 1822; d. January 4, 1904. Married (July 14, 1856) Randolph Brandt Latimer, b. 1821; d. December 24, 1903, daughter of Rear Admiral Wormeley of the English Navy. She was educated at home. Published her first novel in England, then wrote two others, and did magazine work until 1856. After her marriage she ceased writing for the press for twenty years. Mrs. Latimer wrote the following: "Annabel," "Our Cousin Veronica," "Sal- vage," "My Wife and My Wife's Sister," "Princess Amelie," "A Chain of Errors," "France in the XIXth Century," "Russia and Turkey in the 19th Century," "England in the 19th Century," "Europe and Africa in the XIXth Century," "Italy in the 19th Century," "Spain in the XIXth Century." I met Mrs. Latimer, at the Woman's Literary Club, Baltimore, Md., during the winter of 1902-3; at one of the meetings Mrs. Latimer read a beautiful poem, written by her several years ago. It was quite an honor to become acquainted with such a literary lady.
Mr. and Mrs. Latimer had following issue:
I. Randolph Wallace Latimer7, d. infant, 1857.
II. Caroline Latimer7, b. 1859.
III. Ralph Randolph Wormeley Latimer7, b. 1862.
IV. James Brandt Latimer7, b. 1865. Married Anne Wise Mayo, Nov. 29, 1904.
Katharine Prescott Wormeley® (Ralph Randolph5, Ariana+, John3, John2, William1), b. Ipswich, England, January 14, 1830 (living) ; came to the United States in girlhood, and took active
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interest in relief of Union soldiers during the war; connected with United State Sanitary Commission. She wrote following books : "The U. S. Sanitary Commission," "The Cruel Side of War," "Life of Balzac," etc., etc., etc. She translated the works of Honoré de Balzac, Molière and Duc de Saint Simon. Her address is Jackson, New Hampshire.
Charlotte Randolph Taylor" (Susan Randolph", Edmund+, John3, John2, William1), daughter of Jolin Bennett and Susan Beverley (Randolph) Taylor, of Frederick Co., Va., and grand- daughter of Captain Taylor of Southampton Co., Va., and of the Continental Line. Married (February 2, 1835) Moncure Robin- son, of Philadelphia, Pa., b. in Richmond, Va., February 2, 1802; d. 1890, son. of John Robinson® (Anthony5, Anthony+, John3, Anthony2, John1) and Agnes Conway Moncure, daughter of John2 and Ann (Conway) Moncure, of "Clermont," Stafford Co., Va. Issue :
. I. John Moncure Robinson™, b. -; C. S. A. Married Champe Conway, daugliter of Dr. James P. and Ellen (Bradfute) Conway.
II. Edmund Randolph Robinson7, b. -. Married Augusta Jay, daughter of Hon. John Jay, New York.
III. Susan Conway Robinson7, d. infant.
IV. Agnes Conway Robinson", b. -. Married Charles Chauncey, U. S. A. 1861-5, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Small) Chauncey, of Philadelphia, Pa.
V. Beverley Robinson?, M. D., b. -. Married Anna Foster, of New York.
VI. Charlotte Robinson™, b. -; d. infant.
VII. Conway Robinson7, b. -; d. infant.
VIII. Charlotte Meigs Robinson7, b. -.
IX. Moncure Robinson7, b. - Married Lydia Biddle, daughter of Col. Henry J. and Mary D. (Baird) Biddle, U. S. A., 1861-5. Issue: Mona M. Robinson.
X. Nathalie Chauncey Robinson7, b. -. Married
XI. Frances Brown Robinson7, b. - -. Married Algernon Sidney Biddle, son of George Washington and Maria (McMurtrie) Biddle, of Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jolın Moncure Robinson7, b. -. Married Champe Conway. He was educated at V. M. I. and Harvard; graduate B. S. Har- vard University, 1856; Captain and Col. Engineer Corps, C. S. A .; President Baltimore Steam Packet Co., Seaboard and Roanoke R. R., Raleigh and Gabon R. R., Raleigh and Augusta Air Line R. R., Fredericksburg and Potomac R. R. Mr. Robinson died August 16, 1895.
John Moncure Robinson and Champe Conway, his wife, had issue :
I. Charlotte Robinson8.
II. Ellen C. Robinson8.
III. Champe Moneure Robinson8.
IV. Moneure Robinson8.
V. Florence C. Robinson8. Married J. E. McShane.
VI. Agnes C. Robinson8.
VII. John R. Robinson8.
VIII. Mary M. Robinson8.
Edmund Robinson7 (Charlotte R. T.", Susan Randolph5, Ed- mund4, John3, John2, William1). Married Augusta Jay, daughter of Hon. John Jay, of New York. Mr. Robinson grad- uated A. B. University of Pa. 1855; Harvard University 1856; M. A. 1858 and 1859; LL. B., Harvard, 1860.
Mr. Edmund Robinson and Augusta Jay, his wife, have issue :
I. C. Robinson8.
II. Moneure Robinson8.
III. Augusta Robinson8.
Dr. Beverly Robinson7 (Charlotte R. T.", Susan Randolph5, Edmund+, John3, John2, William1), son of Moneure Robinson, of Philadelphia and Charlotte Randolph Taylor, his wife. Mar- ried Anna Foster, of New York. He graduated A. B. University of Pa., 1862; A. M. 1865; M. D. University of Paris, 1872; Fellow N. Y. Academy of Medicine; Leeturer on Laryngoseope, Bellevue Hospital; Medical College, New York, 1880.
Dr. Beverly Robinson and Anna Foster, his wife, have issue:
I. Beverley Robinson8.
II. Sterman Robinson8.
III. Pauline Robinson8.
IV. Anna Robinson8.
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Nathalie Chauncey Robinson7 (Charlotte R. T.", Susan Ran- dolph5, Edmund4, John3, John2, William1), daughter of Moncure Robinson and Charlotte Randolph Taylor, his wife. Married Henry G. Boyer. Issue :
I. Frances Boyer8.
II. Sidney Boyer8.
Elizabeth R. Preston" (Edmonia Randolph5, Edmund4, John3, John2, William1), daughter of John L. Preston and Edmonia Randolph, his wife. Married William A. Cocke, of Oakland. Issue :
I. William Cocke™.
II. Edmund Randolph Cocke7. Married, first, Phoebe Prc- ton ; second, Lucie Harrison.
Issue by first wife :
I. Sally Cocke8.
Issuc by second wife :
II. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke8.
III. Armistead Cocke8.
IV. Edmonia Cocke8.
V. Katherine Cocke8.
VI. Nelson P. Cocke8.
III. Thomas Cocke7.
IV. Preston Cocke7.
William Cocke, of Bremo, married Jane Armistead, parents of William Armistead Cocke, who married Elizabeth Randolph Preston. (See Armistead, Chapter XIX.)
Major John L. Preston® (Edmonia Randolph5, Edmund4, Jolın3, John2, William1), son of Edmonia Randolph and John L. Preston. Marricd, first, Sarah Caruthers; second, Margaret Junken ( Beech- enbrook ).
Issue by first marriage :
I. Rev. Thomas Preston7. Married Miss Waddill.
II. Phoebe Preston7. Married Edmund Cocke.
III. Frank Preston7.
IV. William Preston1. Married Randolph.
V. Eliza Preston™.
VI. John Preston7.
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Issue by second marriage :
VI. Rev. George W. Preston7, of Carrollton, Ill.
VII. Herbert Preston ?.
Thomas Cocke7 (Elizabeth Preston", Edmonia Randolph", Ed- mund4, John3, John2, William1), son of Elizabeth Preston and William Armistead Cocke. Married, first, Lucy Lewis; second, Mary B. Custis.
Issue by first marriage :
I. Elizabeth R. Cocke8.
Issue by second marriage :
II. William F. Cocke8.
III. Harriet T. Cocke8.
IV. Charles C. Cocke8.
V. Maria Cocke8.
VI. Randolph P. Cocke8.
Preston Cocke7 (Elizabeth Preston", Edmonia Randolph5, Ed- mund+, John3, John2,. William1), son of Elizabeth Preston and William Armistead Cocke. Married Betty Meredith. Issue :
I. Ella M. Cocke8.
II. Sarah B. Cocke8.
III. Elizabeth P. Cocke8.
II. Richard Randolph, of "Curls Neck," on James River, Henrico County, Va., fifth son of Col. William Randolph of Tur- key Island and progenitor of the Randolphs of Virginia, and Mary Isham, his wife, b. 1695. He married (1714) Jane Bolling, of Cobbs, Chesterfield Co., Va., daughter of John Bolling and Mary Kennon, his wife. Jane Bolling was of the fourth generation from Pocahontas. Issuc-four children :
(1) Richard Randolph, Jr., b. at "Curl's Neck," 1715. Mar- ried (1750) Ann, daughter of David Meade, of Nanse- mond Co., Va., and had issuc. His son Ryland Ran- dolph crected a tombstone to his parents. In 1874 Mrs. Charles Carter, nee Nelson, daughter-in-law of Hill Carter, of Shirley on James River, copied the following inscription from it: "This monument is erected by Ryland Randolph, in memory of his Parents, Richard and Ann Randolph, of Curls. The former
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died the 6th of June, 1786, aged 71 years, and the latter Dec. 1814, aged 83 years." When Mrs. Carter made this copy, it was the only tombstone at Curls that bore a legible inscription.
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JOHN RANDOLPHI Of "Roanoke," Charlotte Co., Va.
(2) Mary Randolph, b. at Curls Neck, 1727. Married (May 31, 1744) Col. Archibald Cary, of Ampthill, Chester- field Co., Va. Their daughter, Mary Cary (called Polly), married Maj. Carter Page, of the Fork, Cumber- land Co., Va., and was his first wife.
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(3) Jane Randolph, b. 1729. Married (1750) Anthony Walke, of Princess Anne Co., Va. Issuc-one son, Rev. Anthony Walke.
(4) John Randolph, b. at Curls Neck, Henrico Co., Va., 1737, removed to Roanoke, Charlotte Co., Va., and married 1769) Frances Bland, daughter of Theodcrick Bland. Issue-four children :
a. Richard Randolph, of Bizarre, b. 1770. Married (1790) his cousin, Judith Randolph, daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph, of Tuckahoe.
b. Theoderick Bland Randolph, b. 1771; d. 1792, unmarried.
c. John Randolph, of Roanoke, Charlotte Co., Va., b. June 3, 1773; d. unmarried in Philadelphia, May 24, 1833. He was buried at his residence, Roanoke, in Charlotte Co., but his remains have since been removed to Holly- wood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
d. Jane Randolph.
· Judge Roger Prior, of New York City, has in his possession a little book, which once belonged to the talented and eccentric John Randolph, of Roanoke, entitled, "Petit Dictionaire de la Langue Française." In it is an impression of a book plate on which was engraved the Randolph coat of arms, with two mottoes-"Nil admirari" (Wonder at nothing), at the top, and "Fair qui sentiat" (Do what is right), at the bottom. The arms are de- scribed as follows: "Gules (red) on a cross or bearing three stars on a field." Crest-"Antelope's head erased, or holding a bâton in his mouth." This description of the Randolph coat of arms corresponds with that given by other branches of the family, and that given in "The Dictionary of Heraldry."
This short sketch of Col. William Randolph, of Turkey Island, progenitor of the Randolph family in Virginia, gives something of each of his eight children who left descendants. His ninth son never married, and died in England. These notes are taken principally from Dr. Channing Page's History of the Page Family, p. 298. Some additions have been made, also corrections. (For further information regarding the Randolph family, look in "The
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History of Bristol Parish," p. 214, by Rev. Dr. Philip Slaughter; Records of John Randolph, of Roanoke; "Old Churches and Families of Virginia," by Bishop William Meade.)
The children of Mary Buckner Thornton Magill, b. 1809; d. 1890, and Robert Lee Randolph, of "Eastern View," son of Col. Robert Randolph and Elizabeth Carter, of Shirley, who was a sister of Anne Carter, mother of the illustrious Gen. Robert E. Lee. Issue-five children :
(1) William Fitzhugh Randolph. Married his cousin, Nanny Carter.
(2) Mary Thurston Randolph (called Mittie). Married her cousin, Edward C. Turner, of Montrose, Fauquier Co., Va., son of Maj. Thomas Turner, of Kinloch, and Eliza Randolph. They had three children. Sally, the eldest, married Mr. Janney, of Baltimore, Md., a great-great- grandson of Col. Edward Smith. of Smithfield, a brother of Gen. John Smith, of Hackwood Park.
(3) Alfred Magill Randolph, b. 1836, in Winchester, Va. Graduated at William and Mary College in 1858. Studied for orders in the Prot. Epis. Church at the Theological Seminary near Alexandria and was ordained Priest, 1860. Rector of St. George's Church, Fredericks- burg, Va., from 1860 to 1865; Rector of Christ Church, Alexandria, Va., from 1865 to 1867; Rector of Emanuel Church, Baltimore, from 1867 to 1883; Coadjutor Bishop of Virginia from 1883 to 1892, when he was elected Bishop of Southern Virginia. He resides in Norfolk, Va. Rt. Rev. Alfred Magill Randolph mar- ried Sarah Hoxton, of Alexandria, Va. Issue :
a. Robert Lee Randolph, M. D .; is a leading oculist in Balti- more. Married Phoebe Elliott, of South Carolina, a niece of Rev. Dr. Elliott, long a rector of Ascension Church, Washington, D. C. Issue-six children :
1. Alfred Magill Randolph, the third.
2. Ann Stuart Randolph.
3. Robert Lee Randolph, Jr.
4. Phobe Elliott Randolph.
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ɔ̃. Dorothea Winston Randolph.
6. M. Elliott Randolph.
b. Eliza Turner Randolph, daughter of Rt. Rev. Alfred M. Randolph. Married Dr. James Murray Mason Ambler, son of Rev. John Ambler, of Fauquier Co., Va., and Anna Mason, of Winehester, Va. They reside in Balti- more and have several children. (See Ambler reeord, Volume I.)
e. Alfred Magill Randolph, Jr., second son of Rt. Rev. Alfred M. Randolph.
d. Eva B. Randolph, daughter of Rt. Rev. Alfred M. Ran- dolph.
e. Eleanor C. Randolph, daughter of Rt. Rev. Alfred M. Randolph.
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