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Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Fitz Randolph (1782 - 1862)

Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Fitz Randolph formerly Davis
Born in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 9 Nov 1798 (to 9 Mar 1853) in Salem, Harrison, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 80 in Salem, Harrison, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mary was born in 1782 in Shrewsbury in the New Jersey colony , the daughter of William 'Greenbrier Billy' Davis and Elizabeth Johnston. In the late 1780s, early 1790s, her family joined the move west by a number of family in the Seventh Day Baptist church community, settling in Harrison County in northwestern Virginia. In 1798, Mary married Jonathan Fitz Randolph, a member of one of founding families of the village of Salem and a veteran of the Indian wars in Ohio. They remained in the Salem area to farm and bring up ten children together. They were active in the New Salem Seventh Day Baptist church over the years. Jonathan passed away in 1853. Mary continued to live in Salem with her son William's family. She died there in 1862 and was buried with her husband probably in the Seventh Day Baptist cemetery in Salem.

Children:

  1. Rhulanah, 1799-1836; m. Phineas Davis, 1816
  2. William, 1800-1861; m1. Mary Bond Davis, 1823; m2. Rachael Bond, 1855
  3. Peter, 1801-1883; m. Mariah McVicker, 1831
  4. Phineas, 1804-1896; m. Marvel Maxson, 1823
  5. Samuel Preston, 1807-1863; m. Hannah Davis, 1827
  6. Esther 'Hester', 1810-1894; m1. John S. Davis, 1827; m2. William Kennedy, 1873
  7. Elizabeth, 1812-1878; m. Hugh Tate, 1831
  8. Jepthah, 1814-1879; m. Deborah Sutton, 1836
  9. Davis, 1819-1820
  10. Isaac, 1821-1905; m1. Harriet Hutson, 1840; m2. Ruth Ann Norris née Pile, 1888

Sources


Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1950). Fitz Randolph Genealogy: The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom: 1630-1950. 222 pp. Entry 174, p. 49.

Name: Jonathan Fitz Randolph
Parents: Samuel Fitz Randolph; Margaret Fitz Randolph (1st cousins)
Birth: 20 May 1775, New Salem, W. Va [corrected in Supplement to N.J.].
Death: 8 Mar 1858, New Salem, W. Va [corrected in Supplement to Salem, W. Va]
Marriage: 1798.
Spouse: Mary Davis
Spouse birth: 3 Mar 1782, W.Va
Spouse Death: 16 Jun 1862, New Salem, W. Va
Spouse parents: William 'Greenbrier Billy' Davis, Elizabeth Johnson
Children:
  1. Rhulanah, b. 16 Apr 1799; m. ___ Davis
  2. William, b. 19 Dec 1800
  3. Peter, b. 18 Nov 1802
  4. Phineas, b. 7 Aug 1804
  5. Samuel Preston, b. 25 Jan 1807
  6. Hester, b. 31 Oct 1810; d. 5 Feb 1894; m. 12 Apr 1827, John S. Davis (b. 10 Feb 1804; d. 5 Jul 1885, Clark Co., Mo.); nine children
  7. Elizabeth, b. 8 Nov 1812; m. Hugh Tate
  8. Jeptha [corrected in Supplement to Jepthah], b. 18 Nov 1814
  9. David [corrected in Supplement to Davis], b. 9 Jul 1819; d. 27 Oct, 1820, New Salem
  10. Isaac, b. 3 Jun 1821

Oris H. F. Randolph. 1976. Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy 860-1976, Second edition, 1980. Printed by Edwards Brothers Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; Entry no. 21; pages 8-9

Name: Jonathan Fitz Randolph
Parents: Samuel Fitz Randolph; Margaret Fitz Randolph (1st cousins)
Birth: 20 May 1775, N.J.
Death: 8 Mar 1858, New Salem, W. Va.
Marriage: 9 Nov 1798
Spouse: Mary Davis
Spouse birth: 3 Mar 1782, W.Va
Spouse Death: 16 Jun, New Salem, W. Va
Spouse parents: William 'Greenbrier Billy' Davis, Elizabeth Johnson
Note: Jonathan and James Hill m. sisters
Children, FITZ RANDOLPH:
  1. Rhulanah, b. 16 Apr 1799; bur. north of Mechanicsburg, Ohio; m. Phineas Davis; and had sons Franklin, Josias and Isaac
  2. William, b. 19 Dec 1800; m1. 1823, Mary Bond Davis
  3. Peter, b. 18 Nov 1802; m. 1831, Mariah McVicker
  4. Phineas, b. 7 Aug 1804; m. 1823, Marvel Maxson
  5. Samuel Preston, b. 25 Jan 1807; m. 1827, Hannah Davis
  6. Hester, b. 31 Oct 1810; m. 1827, John S. Davis
  7. Elizabeth, b. 8 Nov 1812; m. 1836, Hugh Tate
  8. Jepttha, b. 18 Nov 1814; m. 1836, Deborah Sutton
  9. Davis, b. 9 Jul 1819; d. 27 Oct, 1820
  10. Isaac, b. 3 Jun 1821; m. 1840, Harriet Hutson

Corliss Fitz Randolph. (1905). A History of the Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia including the Woodbridgetown and Salemville churches in Pennsylvania and the Shrewsbury church in New Jersey. The American Sabbath Tract Society, Planfield, NJ. This book can be viewed online or downloaded at Archive.org, accessed 30 Oct 2014.

p. 418: Jonathan married Mary Davis, the daughter of William ("Greenbrier Billy") Davis and Elisabeth Davis. Jonathan's son William was the farther of Rev. Lewis F. Randolph, and the grandfather of Rev. William L. Burdick.
18 Nov 1819: p. 101. Fast Days. After the removal of the church to New Salem, the following records appear concerning fast days:-- November 18, 1819. The church appointed the following Third Day of the week as a day of fasting and prayer, the meeting to be held at the home of Jonathan F. Randolph.
1829-1830: p. 129: Jonathan Fitz Randolph, Senior and Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, listed among those received into the New Salem Church from the Quarterly Meeting, Nov 1829 until the February Quarterly Meeting, 1830.
8 Mar 1858; p. 442: Inscription on gravestone in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, West Virginia: Jonathan F. Randolph, born March 20th, 1778; died March 8th, 1858; also: Mary E., widow of Jonathan F. Randolph, died June 16, 1862, aged 80 y, 2 m. 10 d.
  • Roger Randolph Ritter, Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1, (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #0663, Date of Import: May 4, 1998. 1995, Date of Import: Sep 16, 1998.

Marriage

Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997

Name: Jonathan Fitz Randolph
Spouse: Mary Davis
Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1798
Marriage Location: Harrison County, Virginia
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.

Residence in Virginia (West Virginia from 1863)

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-J55 : accessed 19 April 2020), Jonathan Fitz Randolph, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 959, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429.

Name: Jonathan Fitz Randolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1810
Event Place: Harrison, Virginia, United States
Page: 959
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [Jonathan]
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 [Mary]
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 2
NOTE: possible candidate record, but adults are 20 years too old and missing children

1820 Census?

"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-WFK : 17 August 2017), Jonathan Ftzrandolph, Western District, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing 365, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 190; FHL microfilm 29,669.

Name: Jonathan Ftzrandolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1830
Event Place: Western District, Harrison, Virginia, United States
Page: 365
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 [Isaac]
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 [Davis]
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 [Jonathan]
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 [Hester, Elizabeth]
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Mary]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 6
Note: listed near brother Jesse Fitzrandolph

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB9-MNB : 20 August 2017), Johnathan Fitzrandolph, Harrison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 73, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 562; FHL microfilm 29,687.

Name: Johnathan Fitzrandolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1840
Event Place: Harrison, Virginia, United States
Page: 73
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 [Jonathan]
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 [Mary]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2
Note: listed next door to son Isaac household, near William B. Davis, Peter and John L Fitz Randolph households

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88B-B7B : 9 November 2014), Mary F Randolph in household of William F Randolph, Doddridge county, Doddridge, Virginia, United States; citing family 258, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Name: Mary Randolph
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 23 Sep 1850
Event Place: Harrison county, part of, Harrison, Virginia, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 68
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1782
Birthplace: New Jersey
House Number: 910

Household (Role Sex Age Birthplace):

Johnathan Randolph, M, 75, Farmer, Real estate value: 2000; New Jersey
Mary Randolph, F, 68, New Jersey;
Nancy Strauther, F, 15, Virginia;
Living next to John and Harriet Fitz Randolph household, near Peter and Phineas Fitz Randolph households

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41V-GPJ : 30 December 2015), Mary Randolph in entry for Wm F Randolph, 1860.

Name: Mary Randolph
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 30 Jun 1860
Event Place: Doddridge, Virginia, United States
Event Place (Original): [Blank], Doddridge, Virginia, United States
Post office: West Union
Gender: Female
Age: 78
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1782
Birthplace: New Jersey
Page: 74
Record Number: 20694

Household (Role Sex Age Birthplace):

Wm F Randolph, M, 60, Farmer, Real estate value: 6000; Personal estate: 1200; Virginia;
Racheal Randolph, F, 63, Maryland;
Silas Randolph, M, 27, Teacher Com Schools, Virginia;
Judson Randolph, M, 25, Farm laborer, Virginia;
Lewis Randolph, M, 19, Farm laborer, Virginia; attended school
O E Randolph, F, 16, Virginia; attended school
Mary Randolph, F, 78, New Jersey;

Death

Untriangulated DNA Match

Researcher Randolph-1145 has identified an autosomal DNA segment which may have passed from William 'Greenbrier Billy' Davis, and from William to his daughter Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Fitz Randolph, and from Mary to her son Jepthah Fitz Randolph: Thomas Fitz Randolph (GED kit M011134) and Forrest Fitz Randolph (GED kit A817547) share a 13.9 cM segment on chromosome 11 from 123,444,417 to 130,519,957 (GEDmatch analysis, 28 Nov 2015). Common ancestors for the match have been tentatively identified as:

  1. Samuel Fitz Randolph (1738-1825) and Margaret Fitz Randolph
  2. Thomas William Davis (1719-1795) and Tacy Crandall (1721-1795)
  3. David Fitz Randolph (1690-1773) and Sarah Molleson (1695-1738).




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