Jane Kennon (Bolling) Randolph (1698 - bef. 1767)

Born 23 Jul 1698 in Cobbs, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Randolph — married 17 Dec 1715 in Turkey Island, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before Jun 1767 before age 68 in Curles, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Jane (Bolling) Randolph is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

Jane Bolling was born on 23 July 1698, in Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia. Her parents were John Bolling and Mary Kennon.^{[citation needed]}

She married Richard Randolph on 17 December 1715.^{[citation needed]}

Jane passed away before 1 June 1767, presumably in Curles, Henrico County, Virginia.^[1][2]

Will & Death

Last Will and Testament of Jane Randolph^[1]
Curles, Henrico County, Virginia.
2 March 1766.
June 1767 (proved).

In her Will, Jane names the following persons, in the following order:

1. my Son Richard Randolph
2. my son Ryland
3. my son John
4. my Daughter in Law Anne Randolph
5. my Niece Jane Eldridge
6. my Daughter Elizabeth
7. my three sons Richard, Ryland, & John, and the eldest surviving son of my deceased son Brett

Signed: Jane Ralph.
Witnesses: Elizabeth Gay, Anne Murray.
Executors: Richard Randolph, Ryland Randolph.

At a Court held for Henrico County on Monday the 1st day of June 1764. This Will was presented by Rich'd [Richard] Randolph & Ry: [Ryland] Randloph Exe'rs on Oath and proved by the Oath of Ann Murray a Witness thereto and Ordered to be Recorded.^[1]

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At a Court held for Henrico County, Virginia, June 1767. The Last Will and Testament of Jane Randolph Deceased was offered for Proof by Richard Randoph and Ryland Randolph the Execturors therein named and was Proved by the oath of the said Ann Murray … [?] … and ordered to be Recorded, and on … [?] … of the said Richard and Ryland a Certificate was granted them on … [?] … Estate … [?] …^[2]

Children

Together they had 8 children:

1. Mary Randolph^{[citation needed]}
2. John Randolph^[1]
3. Brett Randolph^[1]
4. Elizabeth Randolph^{[citation needed]}
5. Jane Randolph^{[citation needed]}
6. Richard Randolph^[1]
7. Ryland Randolph^[1]
8. Elizabeth Randolph^[1]

Enslaved Persons

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Her Will bequeaths several named persons to her heirs:^[1]

1. Jenny the Daughter of Joan [?], Hannah & Esther the Daughters of Cate

Jenny, Stump [?], Seneca & Jemmy the son of Bob [?]

1. old Jenny, old Dinah, Nelly, Ben, Sue the Daughter of Jenny, York, Hannibal, & Pompey, Baley & Jenny, the children of Sue
2. Jacob, Isaac, Bounshire, Jacob, & Cate, Joan, & her son Thompson, and Jenny the Daughter Phillis, and Nelly, Bob, & Jenny the children of Sue
3. Woman Sally, with her sons Jimmy & Nat

Research Notes

Vital Statistics

Death
Two alternate, unsourced death dates are listed in the Biography: 4 March or 4 May 1766.

She died on 4 March 1766 in Curles, Henrico, Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

Jane Bolling Randolph died either 4 May or 4 March 1766.^{[citation needed]}

Children

Children need to be sorted out--some born before mother.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} County Court, Henrico County, Virginia, Court orders and minutes and miscellaneous court records, 1650-1807, Misc. Court Records 1650-1807; database with images, FamilySearch (images 152-154).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} County Court, Henrico County, Virginia, Court orders and minutes and miscellaneous court records, 1650-1807, Court Orders 1763-1769; database with images, FamilySearch (image 322).

See also:

• Bolling, Robert (1764): Memoir of the Bolling Family, ed. Thomas H. Wynne (1868), p4. The annotation "My father's mother" was interlined in the translation by John Randolph of Roanoke.
• The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy; Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Husband, Child mentioned, without source, on p446.
• Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 4b.
• "The Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe", in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan 1914), p106, and no. 4 (Oct 1914), p441. Includes abstract of will.
• Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p32 (gen 4), p33 (children), p57 (sketch).
• Anderson, J.R. "Tuckahoe and the Tuckahoe Randolphs", in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 45, no. 1 (Jan 1937), p83.

See also - other family trees:

• FamilySearch Person: LRXS-P21 for Jane Bolling (1696–1766). [many sources]