Isham Randolph sometimes referred to as Isham Randolph of Dungeness, was the maternal grandfather of United States President

President of the United States

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 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

. Randolph was a planter, a merchant, a public official, and a shipmaster.

The third son of William Randolph

William Randolph

William Randolph was a colonist and land owner who played an important role in the history and government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He moved to Virginia sometime between 1669 and 1673, and married Mary Isham a few years later...

 and Mary Isham, he was born on the Turkey Island plantation in Henrico County, Virginia

Henrico County, Virginia

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. In 1717, Randolph married Jane Lilburne Susan Rogers in London

London

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 at St. Paul's Church in the Shadwell

Shadwell

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 parish (today east London). Isham and Jane Randolph moved to Virginia

Virginia

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Descendants

Isham Randolph had nine children and was familially connected to many other prominent individuals:

• Jane Randolph
  Jane Randolph Jefferson
  Jane Randolph Jefferson, née Jane Randolph was the wife of Peter Jefferson and the mother of president Thomas Jefferson. Born February 9, 1721 in Shadwell Parish, Tower Hamlets, London, she was the daughter of Isham Randolph and Jane Rogers, and a cousin of Peyton Randolph.There is almost no...
  
   (born ~1720) married Peter Jefferson
  Peter Jefferson
  Peter Jefferson was the father of American President Thomas Jefferson . A surveyor and cartographer, his Fry-Jefferson Map of 1751 accurately depicted the Allegheny Mountains for the first time and showed the route of "The Great Road from the Yadkin River thro Virginia to Philadelphia distant 455...
  
   and had nine children, including Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.
• Mary Randolph (born ~1723) married Colonel Charles Lewis of Buck Island and had eight children, including Charles Lilburn Lewis
  Charles Lilburn Lewis
  Charles Lilburn Lewis , sometimes referred to as Charles Lilburn Lewis of Monteagle, was one of the founders of Milton, Virginia, as well as one of the signers of Albemarle County, Virginia's Declaration of Independence in 1779....
  
  , one of the founders of Milton, Virginia
  Milton, Virginia
  Milton is an unincorporated community in Charles City County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...
  
  .
• Isham Randolph (born ~1725)
• William Randolph (born ~1727)
• Thomas Randolph (born ~1728) married Jane Cary, the daughter of Archibald Cary
  Archibald Cary
  Archibald Cary was a public figure from the colony of Virginia.-Life:Cary was a member of the House of Burgesses from 1756 to 1776...
  
  , in 1768.
• Elizabeth Randolph (born ~1730)
• Dorothea Randolph (born ~1732)
• Ann Randolph (born ~1735) had four children in three marriages. She was the mother of James Pleasants, Jr.
  James Pleasants
  James Pleasants, Jr. was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822 and was the 22nd Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825. Pleasants was born at “Cold Comfort,” in Powhatan County, Virginia, October 24, 1769. He pursued classical studies and graduated from the College...
  
  , the 22nd Governor of Virginia, via her last marriage to James Pleasants, Sr.
• Susannah Randolph (born September 25, 1738) married Carter Henry Harrison I
  Carter Henry Harrison I
  Carter Henry Harrison I , also known as Carter Henry Harrison of Clifton, was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates...
  
   (the brother of Benjamin Harrison V
  Benjamin Harrison V
  Benjamin Harrison V was an American planter and revolutionary leader from Charles City County, Virginia. He earned his higher education at the College of William and Mary, and he was perhaps the first figure in the Harrison family to gain national attention...
  
  , the son of Benjamin Harrison IV
  Benjamin Harrison IV
  Benjamin Harrison IV was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the son of Benjamin Harrison III, and the father of Benjamin Harrison V, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the fifth Governor of Virginia...
  
  , and the grandson of Benjamin Harrison III
  Benjamin Harrison III
  Benjamin Harrison III was an early member of the Harrison Family of Virginia, serving as the colony's Attorney General, Treasurer, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses.-Biography:...
  
   and Robert "King" Carter) and had six children. She was the great-grandmother of Carter Henry Harrison III
  Carter Harrison, Sr.
  Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 but was assassinated before completing his term. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives...
  
  , a five-time mayor of Chicago
  Chicago
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