Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe explained

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Thomas Randolph (June 1683  - 1729),^[1] also known as Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe, was the first European settler at Tuckahoe, a member of the House of Burgesses, and the second child of William Randolph and Mary Isham,^{[2] [3]} daughter of Henry Isham and Katherine Isham (Banks).

Early life

Randolph was born in June 1683 on the Turkey Island Plantation along the James River in Henrico County, Virginia.^{[4] [5]} He was the son of the English immigrant William Randolph who established Turkey Island along the James River, and Mary Royall Isham, the daughter of Henry Isham. They descend from Ishams of Northamptonshire in England.^[6] Children born to the Randolphs were William, Thomas, Isham, Richard, Henry of Longfield, Edward, Mary, John, and Elizabeth. Randolph studied at the College of William & Mary.^[7]

William Randolph acquired land probably used as outlying quarter plantations during his lifetime. He died in 1711 and left property to each son, along with enslaved people to work the land.

Career

Planter

William Byrd hired Randolph to oversee his Westover around March 6, 1712. Thomas inherited land from his father and purchased additional adjoining acreage on September 4, 1714, from his brother John for £90 sterling, the total of which became the Tuckahoe plantation.^[8] He owned 3,256 acres of land on which Randolph likely built a modest wood-frame house so that he could focus his energy on establishing and operating the plantation. The first church in the area Dover Church was built in 1720 by Thomas, who covered the cost with 54,990 pounds of tobacco. Until 1728, the area was mostly wilderness with just a few homesteads. Rev. William Douglass, the first permanent resident minister for the church, was not established in Northam of St. James Parish until 1750. Randolph's estate was in the part of Henrico County that later became Goochland County.^[9]

Politician

He was the Henrico county's justice in 1713.^{[10] [11]} Randolph and his brother William Randolph II were the two representatives from Henrico in the House of Burgesses for the 1720 to 1722 session.^[9] Goochland was set apart from Henrico County in 1727. A year later, he was the county lieutenant for Goochland.^[9]

Personal life

Thomas Randolph of Henrico County married Judith Fleming on October 16, 1712. Judith, born about 1689, was the daughter of Susanna Tarleton and Charles Fleming of New Kent County and the sister of John and Tarleton Fleming.

The Randolphs had three children:^{[2] [3]}

• William Randolph III^[12] (born 1712 or 1713) married Maria Judith, the daughter of Mann Page,^[2] and had four children, including their only son Thomas Mann Randolph Sr.
• Judith Randolph (born ~1724) married her first cousin William Stith, 3rd President of the College of William and Mary, and had three children.^{[2] [13]} Stith was the son of her Captain John Stith and Mary Randolph, her aunt.^[2]
• Mary Randolph (born ~1726) married Rev. James Keith and had eight children.^[14] Their daughter Mary Randolph Keith was the mother of John Marshall, a United States Secretary of State and 4th Chief Justice of the United States.^[14]

Thomas died in 1729 or 1730. Judith married Nicolas Davies, an immigrant from Wales, on December 24, 1733.^[15]

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

See also

• First Families of Virginia
• Randolph family of Virginia

Notes and References

1. Book: Randolph. Robert Isham. The Randolphs of Virginia: A Compilation of the Descendants of William Randolph of Turkey Island and His Wife Mary Isham Of Bermuda, Hundred. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727200930/http://randolpharchives.org/books/Randolphs_of_Virginia_001-052.pdf. 2011-07-27. 1936. dead.
2. Book: Page . Richard Channing Moore . Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia . 2 . 1893 . Press of the Publishers Printing Co. . New York . 249–272 . Randolph Family . https://books.google.com/books?id=cOBBAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247 .
3. Book: Thomas Allen . Glenn . Some Colonial Mansions: And Those Who Lived In Them : With Genealogies Of The Various Families Mentioned . 1 . 1898 . Henry T. Coates & Company . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 430–459 . The Randolphs: Randolph Genealogy . https://books.google.com/books?id=iQkpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA433 .
4. Web site: House History . 2021-05-03 . history.house.virginia.gov.
5. Anderson . Jefferson Randolph . 1937 . Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs . Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society . 35 . 110 . 41 . 23371542 . 2328-8183.
6. Anderson . Jefferson Randolph . 1937 . Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs . Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society . 35 . 110 . 32–38 . 23371542 . 2328-8183.
7. Krusen . Jessie Thompson . 1976 . Tuckahoe Plantation . 2021-05-04 . Winterthur Portfolio . 11 . 103, 105. 10.1086/495843 . 1180592 . 225084024 .
8. Anderson . Jefferson Randolph . 1937 . Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs . Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society . 35 . 110 . 29–32 . 23371542 . 2328-8183.
9. Book: Sorley . Merrow Egerton . Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family . 2000 . 1935 . Genealogical Publishing Co. . Baltimore, Maryland . 9780806308319 . 832 . Chapter 33: Families Related to the Lewis Family . https://books.google.com/books?id=wCowEcMe3BcC&pg=PA832 .
10. Book: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner . Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography . 1915 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 311 . en.
11. Anderson . Jefferson Randolph . 1937 . Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs . Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society . 35 . 110 . 43 . 23371542 . 2328-8183.
12. Book: Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society. May 1918. Kentucky State Historical Society. Frankfort, KY. 64. Vol 16 No 47. 28 February 2018. "... Thomas of Tuckahoe had three children, viz.: William Randolph III, Mary Isham Randolph, and Judith Randolph. William Randolph III married Maria Judith Page and inherited the Tuckahoe Estate, which in turn was inherited by his son Col. Thomas Mann Randolph.".
13. Book: Gordon . Armistead C . Armistead C. Gordon . Lyon G. . Tyler . Lyon Gardiner Tyler . William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine . XXII . 1914 . Whittet & Shepperson . Richmond, Virginia . 44 . The Stith Family . https://books.google.com/books?id=YNYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA44 .
14. Book: Connelley . William Elsey . Coulter . E.M. . Charles . Kerr . History of Kentucky . III . 1922 . The American Historical Society . New York . 122 . Capt. Pendleton Farmer De Weese Keith . 9780598572981 . https://books.google.com/books?id=7DMVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA122 .
15. Anderson . Jefferson Randolph . 1937 . Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs . Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society . 35 . 110 . 35, 37 . 23371542 . 2328-8183.