Isham of PytchleyA documentary genealogy

Generation XV

Colonel Isham Randolph

1685–1742

Life

Isham Randolph was born on 24 February 1685 at Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia, the son of Colonel William Randolph and Mary Isham.1,2 On 25 July 1717 he married Jane Rogers at Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London.3,4 He was a planter, merchant, and public official in Virginia.1,5

His will, written in 1741 and proved in December 1742, left his estate to his wife Jane, his daughters, and his sons, and appointed guardians for his children.6,7 He died on 2 November 1742 at Dungeness in Goochland County.1,7 A memorial inscription described him as adjutant general of the colony and recorded his age as fifty-seven.5

  1. Legacy NFS Source: Isham Randolph - birth-name: Isham Randolph
  2. Isham Randolph, 'GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index' on MyHeritage
  3. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
  4. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  5. Isham Randolph
  6. an image of the will of Isham Randolph, written 6 April 1741, proved 21 December 1742
  7. The Sons of Isham Randolph of Dungeness - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 45, No. 4 (Oct., 1937), pp. 383-386 (4 pages)

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Records

  1. 1685
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    Isham Randolph 1685

  2. 1685
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  3. 1685
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    Isham Randolph

  4. 1685
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    Isham Randolph

  5. 1685
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    birth-name: Isham Randolph

  6. 1707
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    Isham Randolph

  7. 1717
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    Isham Randolph

  8. 1717
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    London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

  9. 1717
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    Identifies Isham Randolph of Dungeness and Jane Rogers as having married in 1717 in London, England

  10. 1724
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    This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

  11. 1724
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  12. 1724
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  13. 1738
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  14. 1741
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    Heirs are his "very affectionate and virtuous wife Jane", his daughters and his three sons. Peter Jefferson is mentioned as his daughter Jane's intended. One daughter is called Mary. One son is called William. He mentions his sister Mary Stith and his brother William Randolph. He appoints William Randolph, Col. Ri…

  15. 1760
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  16. 1760
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  17. 1893
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