Isham of PytchleyA documentary genealogy

Generation XVI

Cpt Thomas Isham Randolph Sr

1736–1791

Life

Thomas Randolph was the youngest son of Isham Randolph of Dungeness in Henrico County, Virginia, and his wife Jane Rogers.1,2 He married Jane Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary and Mary Randolph, in 1768.1,3 Issue of Thomas and Jane included Archibald Cary, Thomas, Isham, and Mary.4

Thomas Randolph should not be confused with his brothers Isham and William Randolph, or with other men of the same name; their mother Jane Rogers Randolph identified all three sons in her will proved on 1 July 1761.1,3 Thomas Randolph appears as Thomas I Randolph in Revolutionary War rosters of 1776.5

Further reading on the sons of Isham Randolph of Dungeness appears in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 45 (1937).

  1. 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)
  2. Isham Randolph of Dungeness From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  3. A history of Bristol Parish, Va. : with genealogies of families connected therewith, and historical illustrations by Slaughter, Philip,
  4. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine, Vol. 8, no. 4 (Apr 1900), p. 263.
  5. Thomas I Randolph, "United States, Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1966"

Life sketch as written on the FamilySearch Family Tree. Footnotes link each statement to the attached source that supports it; they were matched by machine against the source summaries and should be read as a guide, not a verification.

Records

  1. 1687
    Secondary

    Isham Randolph (February 24, 1687 – November 2, 1742), was the maternal grandfather of United States President Thomas Jefferson. Randolph was a planter, a merchant, a public official, and a shipmaster.

  2. 1717
    Secondary

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

  3. 1771
    Index
  4. 1771
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    This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

  5. 1773
    Secondary

    Pages 216-217

  6. 1776
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  7. 1777
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  8. 1790
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  9. 1790
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  10. 1790
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  11. 1790
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  12. 1812
    Secondary

    Page 263

  13. 1899
    Secondary

    Page 122