Jane (Randolph) Cheek (1694 - 1745)

Born 21 Feb 1694 in Hinton Waldrist, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Cheek Sr — married about 1720 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1745 at age 51 in Beaufort, Warren, Province of North Carolina

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Biography

Biography

Note: There is serious doubt Jane Randle was a daughter of William and Mary Randolph. She does not appear in Douglas Richardson's Royal Ancestry.

Jane was possibly born on 21 Feb 1694 in Hinton, Berkshire, England to parents Thomas Randolph and Jane ___. (England Select Births and Christenings) It has been thought that Jane is possibly the child of William Randolph and Mary Isham.

"Richard's wife Jane is often identified as Jane RANDLE or RANDOLPH. According to an unpublished manuscript at the North Carolina Archives by Cecil E. Burney, dated Mar. 1, 1967, "While it has not been established, some genealogists believed that Mrs. Richard Cheek had been a Randolph of Virginia and that she named [her son Randolph] for her family." Researcher Larry Cates thinks Jane might have been a daughter of John Randle, Sr. of New Kent County, VA, and a sister of Josiah and John Randle of King William County. John Randle may be the person who was imported by Thomas Glascock (Glasscock) for land on the north side of the Rappahannock on Morattico Creek prior to 1662. There is one entry for his daughter Elizabeth, recorded in St. Peter’s Parish (New Kent, James City Co., VA), who was baptized June 13, 1686. There is also an Alexander RANDLE (Randol, Randall) who lived on the Tar River near the Cheeks in North Carolina."^[1]

Jane Randolph married first Richard Cheek in 1720 in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Children: Randolph, Richard, Elizabeth, Jane, Robert Isaiah, Ann, William, James, John. After Richard died in 1743 she married second Peter Jefferson in 1739 in Virginia. She died on 30 Apr 1745 in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Sources

• England Select Births and Christenings, parents Thomas and Jane Randolph

• Virginia Land Marriage and Probate Records, Jane Cheek, 7 Jan 1729 and 1 Feb 1729, land in Spotsylvania, Virginia sold to John Miller

• North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 1, p 194, lists family of Richard Cheek: "Wife Jane, son Randolph, daughter Ann, son William, Sons James, John, Robert and Richard, daughter Elizabeth Burney."

Jane Cheek

Date: 1 Feb 1729

Location: Spotsylvania Co., VA

Property: 70 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.

Richard Cheek of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to John Miller of St. Mary's Par., Caroline Co. 4000 weight of tobacco, 70 a. of land in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co.-part of a pat. granted John Quarles Sept. 3, 1723. Rec. Feby. 3, 1729-30. Jane Cheek acknowledge.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ R.L. Moon. (2004-2009) Richard Cheek, Sr., of Beaufort County, NC, Retrieved on 26 December 2015 from The Cheek Family of Alleghany County, NC
2. ↑ Entered by Lynda Hull.

Devon, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 View record Record details Name Jane Cheke Spouse Richard Cheke Child John Cheke

Family Data Collection - Births View record Record details Name James Cheek Father Richard Cheek Mother Jane Birth Date 1733 County Spottsylvania State VA Country USA

London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 View image View record Record details Name Jane Randolph Gender Female Record Type Baptism Baptism Date 25 Feb 1720 Baptism Place St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England Father Isham Randolph Mother Jane Randolph

North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790 View record Record details Name Richard Cheek Location Beaufort County Will Date 29 Sep 1743 Probate Date 30 Apr 1745 Will Sons: Randolph ("plantation I now live on"), William (150 acres land), James (140 acres of land), John (150 acres land), Robert (150 acres of land). Daughters: Elizabeth Burney, Jane Cheek, Ann Cheek. Wife: Jane. Executors: Wm. Cheek, Richard Cheek, Jr., and John Burney. Witnesses: Wm. Hix, John Thigpen, Robt. Cheek. Will proven before E. Moseley, Chief Justice. Clerk of the Court: John Forbes.

North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 View image View record Record details Name Jane Cheek Gender Female Probate Date 30 Apr 1745 Relationship Wife Item Description Wills, Vol 4-6, Bor-Col Household membersName Age Richd Cheek Randolph Cheek Jane Cheek

This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Lynda Hull for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Lynda and others.