Richard Randolph
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Richard Randolph sometimes referred to as Richard Randolph of Curles Neck, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and a Treasurer
State Treasurer
In the state governments of the United States, 49 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer. Texas abolished the position of Texas State Treasurer in 1996....

 for the Colony of Virginia. Randolph was the fifth 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, as well as the grandfather of John Randolph of Roanoke
John Randolph of Roanoke
John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

.

He died in Bath, Somerset, England.

Through his marriage to Jane Bolling, his children were lineal descendants of Thomas Rolfe
Thomas Rolfe
Thomas Rolfe was the only child of Pocahontas by her English husband, John Rolfe. His maternal grandfather was Wahunsunacock, the chief of Powhatan tribe in Virginia.-Early Life:Thomas Rolfe was born in Virginia...

, Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Pocahontas was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the head of a network of tributary tribal nations in Tidewater Virginia...

 and John Rolfe
John Rolfe
John Rolfe was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia and is known as the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the chief of the Powhatan Confederacy.In 1961, the Jamestown...

's son.

Biography and family

Randolph was born on the Turkey Island Plantation along the James River
James River
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 in Henrico County, Virginia
Henrico County, Virginia
Henrico is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. As of 2010, Henrico was home to 306,935 people. It is located in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 around 1695. He married Jane Bolling, Major John Bolling
John Bolling
Major John Fairfax Bolling was a colonist, farmer, and politician in the Virginia Colony. He was the son of Colonel Robert Bolling and Jane Bolling...

's daughter, around 1714 and the couple had six children who reached adulthood:
  • Richard Randolph II (born 1715) married Anne/Nancy Meade and had eleven children.
  • Mary Randolph
    Mary Randolph
    Mary Randolph wrote The Virginia House-Wife , one of the most influential housekeeping and cook books of the nineteenth century...

     (born ~1727) married 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...

     on May 31, 1744.
  • Jane Randolph (born ~1729) married Anthony Walke
    Ferry Plantation House
    -External links:* - official site****...

     around 1750.
  • Brett Randolph (born 1732) married Mary Scott.
  • John Randolph (born ~1737) married Frances Bland around 1769 and had four children, including Congressman
    United States Congress
    The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

     John Randolph of Roanoke
    John Randolph of Roanoke
    John Randolph , known as John Randolph of Roanoke, was a planter and a Congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives , the Senate , and also as Minister to Russia...

    .
  • Elizabeth Randolph married Richard Kidder Meade.


Randolph inherited the Curles Neck Plantation
Curles Neck Plantation
Curles Neck Plantation is located between State Route 5 and the north bank of the James River in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia...

 that adjoined the Turkey Island Plantation.

Randolph was a great-uncle 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...

.

Richard II and Anne/Nancy Meade's son, Richard III married Maria Beverley (1764-1824) of Blandfield
Essex County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,989 people, 3,995 households, and 2,740 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile . There were 4,926 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...

 on December 1, 1785. Her parents were Robert Beverley and Maria Carter. Robert was Colonel William Beverley (1696-1756) and Elizabeth Bland's son.

His brother, Brett married Maria's sister, Lucy (1771-1854) on November 21, 1789. They had ten children. All of them moved to Oakleigh, Greensboro, Alabama
Greensboro, Alabama
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. One of their children, Edward Brett Randolph (1792-1898) married Bland Beverley. Edward died in Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...

. Their son, Robert Carter Randolph (1793-1854) married Anne Tayloe Beverley (1808-1889), daughter of Carter Beverley and Jane Wormeley on June 12, 1826 in Mississippi. Robert and Anne's daughter, Lucy Beverley Randolph married John William Tayloe (1831-1904). He was buried in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
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's Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)
Oak Hill Cemetery, located just north of downtown, is Birmingham, Alabama's oldest cemetery. Originally on the estate of James M. Ware, it was already a burial ground by April 1869 when it served as the resting place for the infant daughter of future mayor Robert H. Henley...

.

Richard Randolph III and Maria Beverley's son, Robert Beverley Randolph (1790-1869) married Eglantine Maria Beverley on March 23, 1834. Her parents were Peter Randolph Beverley and Lovely St Martin.

Ancestry

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