Jonathan Fitz Randolph (1691 - abt. 1783)

Born 12 Jan 1691 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey

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Descendants

Died about May 1783 at about age 92 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey

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Biography

Jonathan Fitz Randolph was born January 12, 1691 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, the son of Thomas Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Manning. About 1715, he married Mary Bonham (b. 1691, she died before her husband's will dated February 25,1779); they had eleven known children.

He died between July 1782, when he was taxed in Piscataway, and 05 June 1783 when his will was proved.^[1]

It is assumed that he died in May 1783 and was buried in the St James Episcopal cemeter in Edison where his parents and other family members are buried.^[2]

Children

The children of Jonathan and Mary (Bonham) Fitzrandolph were born at Piscataway. Since Mary was born 1791, the last few children may be by a second wife although there is no evidence of another wife. Many of these children were not named in their father's will and may have died young:^[1]

1. Abel Fitz Randolph b. Sep 01, 1716; d. 1815
2. Malachi Fitz Randolph b. Apr 05, 1718; d. 1776; m. 1746 Sarah Bonham
3. Keziah Fitz Randolph b. Jun 18, 1720; d. 1770; m. 1742 Jonathan Dunham, Jr. (1721-1778)
4. Jonathan Fitz Randolph b. Oct 22, 1722; d. 1799; 1m. abt. 1742 Elizabeth Smalley ( abt. 1722- bef. 1772); 2m. 1772 Rachel Smith (1757-1806)
5. Lawrence Fitz Randolph b. Jun 03, 1725
6. Hugh Fitz Randolph b. Jun 22, 1727
7. Martha Fitz Randolph b. May 25, 1729
8. Elizabeth Fitz Randolph b. Nov 18, 1731
9. Mary Fitz Randolph b. Apr 03, 1734
10. Susannah Fitz Randolph b. ca. 1736. Mentioned in father's will as widow of Patrick Boyd
11. Samuel Fitz Randolph Oct. 1738; d. 1825; m. 1761 Margaret née Fitz Randolph (1738-1832) first cousins.
12. Phineas, b. ca. 1740. Mentioned in father's will, 1779.

Name: Jonathan Fitz Randolph,

Gender: M (Male),

State: New Jersey,

County: Middlesex County,

Residence Year: 1740,

Name on petition, 11 Jun 1740, to the House of Representatives of New Jersey Province from “Freeholders Inhabitants of the County of Middlesex” seeking for a duty to be assessed upon any commodities ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} MacGunnigle, Bruce Campbell. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Four. Third Edition. Family of Edward Fuller. (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.) pp. 139-140. AmericanAncestors.org (by $ubscription).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187035358/jonathon-fitzrandolph: accessed April 30, 2024), memorial page for Jonathon Fitzrandolph (12 Jan 1691–May 1783), Find A Grave: Memorial #187035358, citing Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Shirley I Shawver Nees (contributor 47311329). (NO gravestone.)
3. ↑ Document: Manuscript Collection - Legislative Records [New Jersey State Archives]; Call Number: Box 1-12, Folder 13; Page Number: 3; Family Number: 55. Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.

• Daniel Fitz Randolph: His Ancestry and Descendents [sic], An American Branch of the Fitz Randolph Family, by Oris H. Fitz Randolph, 1959. pp. 2-5.

• The New Salem Church, A History of Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia, by Corliss Fitz Randolph. The American Sabbath Tract Society, Plainfield, New Jersey: 1905.

• History of the First Baptist Church of Piscataway, by George Drake. Stelton, New Jersey: 1889, https://archive.org/details/historyoffirstba00drak

• Document: Manuscript Collection - Legislative Records [New Jersey State Archives]; Call Number: Box 1-12, Folder 13; Page Number: 3; Family Number: 55. Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187035358/jonathon-fitzrandolph: accessed April 30, 2024), memorial page for Jonathon [sic] Fitzrandolph (12 Jan 1691–May 1783), Find a Grave Memorial ID 187035358, citing Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Shirley I Shawver Nees (contributor 47311329).