William Randolph II

William Randolph II of Wilton (November 1681 – October 19, 1741), also known as William Randolph, Jr. or Councillor Randolph, was the Treasurer of Virginia and the oldest child of William Randolph and Mary Isham.[1][2][3]

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Biography and family

Randolph was born on the Turkey Island Plantation along the James River in Henrico County, Virginia in 1681 and resided there his entire life.[2] He married Elizabeth Beverley (the daughter of Peter Beverley, a Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of Virginia) around 1705 and the couple had five children that reached adulthood:[1][2][4][nb 1]

Randolph was a great-uncle of United States President Thomas Jefferson.

His brother, Richard Randolph married Major John Bolling's daughter, Jane Bolling, also a lineal descendant of Pocahontas. They had six children.

Ancestry

Westham, Virginia

The town of Westham, Virginia was established on land that had been owned by Randolph.[7] When Randolph died, his son Beverley, inherited Westham Plantation and planned to create the town of Westham on part of it to facilitate trade in the Piedmont region of Virginia.[7] After Beverley's sudden death, Peter Randolph inherited his brother's land and completed work on the project - renaming the town "Beverley" in honor of his older brother- with help from William Cabell and Peter Jefferson.[7] Jefferson was one of a number of important Virginians, including Carter Braxton, Joshua Fry, John Hunter, Robert Rose, and William Stith. who purchased lots in the new town.[7] Peter Randolph eventually sold Westham Plantation to his younger brother, William, who in turn sold the property to William Byrd III.[7]

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Notes

  1. ^ William Randolph II had seven children. Two of his earliest children, Beverely and William, died very young and their names were given to older children.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Page, Richard Channing Moore (1893) "Randolph Family" Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia (2 ed.) New York: Press of the Publishers Printing Co. pp. 249–272 http://books.google.com/books?id=cOBBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  2. ^ a b c Glenn, Thomas Allen, ed. (1898) "The Randolphs: Randolph Genealogy" Some Colonial Mansions: And Those Who Lived In Them : With Genealogies Of The Various Families Mentioned 1 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Henry T. Coates & Company pp. 430–459 http://books.google.com/books?id=iQkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA433#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  3. ^ Byrd, William (1942) Woodfin, Maude Howlett ed. Another Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1739-1741: With Letters & Literary Exercises, 1696-1726 Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Press p. 57 
  4. ^ Standard, W.G. (1895) "Major Robert Beverley and His Descendants" in Bruce, Philip A. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography III Richmond, Virginia: The Virginia Historical Society pp. 169–170 http://books.google.com/books?id=cUf3xngIgoYC&pg=PA169#v=onepage&q&f=false 
  5. ^ a b Randolph, Wassell (1949) William Randolph I of Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia: And His Immediate Descendants Seebode Mimeo Service; distributed by Cossitt Library p. 39 
  6. ^ a b Randolph, Robert Isham (1936) (PDF) The Randolphs of Virginia: A Compilation of the Descendants of William Randolph of Turkey Island and His Wife Mary Isham Of Bermuda Hundred http://randolpharchives.org/books/Randolphs_of_Virginia_001-052.pdf 
  7. ^ a b c d e Hendricks, Christopher E. (2006) "The Piedmont" The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press pp. 40–44 ISBN 1572335432, 9781572335431 http://books.google.com/books?id=9af3Sm3hUpAC&lpg=PA20&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false 

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