Margaret (Randolph) Traylor (1657 - 1726)

Born 25 Feb 1657 in Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England

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Died 4 Apr 1726 at age 69 in Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia

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Biography

Margaret Randolph was born on 25 February 1656/7 (1657 in modern reckoning) in Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England, the youngest of seven known children and four daughters of Richard and Elizabeth Ryland Randolph. ^[1]

She married Edward Traylor and bore him two known children, both sons:

1. William Traylor
2. Edward Traylor.

On 4 April 1726, when she was sixty-one, she died on Turkey Island in Henrico County, Virginia.

The Traylors in Henrico County, Virginia

Edward Traylor, of Hampton Parish, England, came to Virginia in 1663. He, with his wife, Martha Randolph, and three children, were living in Henrico county when he died, in 1677. His widow married Porter, about 1680, and was again a widow as her will showed when probated at Henrico Courthouse in 1682. This document left her estate to her daughter, Mrs. William Hankins, and her two sons, Edward, and William.

William Traylor married Dec. 5, 1695, to Judith, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Harris Archer, son of George Archer, who was born in 1650, and lived on his land grant on Tunstall Creek, in Henrico county. His grandson-in-law, William Traylor, lived on a grant of improved lands on Mooning Creek in the same county. The first of this family was Gabriel Archer, whose name is the only one accompanying that of Capt. John Smith on a monument at the head of the oldest residential street in Richmond, Va. It is in a small park on the James River, and commemorates their landing in 1607. The name Archer is Norman-English and claims descent from Baron Archer, whose name is found in Battle Abbey on the Battle of Hastings.

The children of William and Judith Archer Traylor were Joseph, John, and Humphrey. The latter inherited his estate by will probated in 1753.

Humphrey Traylor, Jr. married in 1736, and lived all his life on his estate in Henrico County, where he died in 1790. His children were as follows: George, Humphrey, Marjory, and Frederick. They inherited the estate by order of court, April 1791.

Humphrey Traylor, Jr. married in 1770, Sarah the daughter of John Cousins, son of Charles and Marjory Cousins, who came to Virginia from Lancastershire, England, where they owned valuable lands. Their children were as follows: James who married a Sutherlin: Elizabeth who married a McDonald; Frances who married George Pegram; Martha who married Joseph Davis; Robert, not married; James who married a Cardwell, … the narrative ends at this point.^[2]

Genealogy Notes

Provided by: Robert Salzman, e-familytree.net.

Family Sheet

HUSBAND:

Name: Richard Randolph Note. Born: 21 Feb 1621 at Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Married: Bef 1650 at , Yorkshire, England; Died: 2 May 1678 at Dublin, Ireland

Father: Henry Randolph

Mother: Unknown

WIFE:

Name: Elizabeth Ryland; Born: 1625 at Of, Morton Morell, Warwickshire, England; Died:

Father: Richard Ryland

Mother: Unknown

CHILDREN:

1. Name: Dorothy Randolph; Born: 3 Mar 1647 at, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died:
2. Name: Mary Randolph; Born: 7 Oct 1648 at , Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died:
3. Name: Richard Randolph Jr.; Born: 1649 at Of Moreton Hall, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died: England
4. Name: Col. William Randolph Of Turkey Island; Born: 7 Nov 1650 at England; Died: 21 Apr 1711 at Turkey Island, Henrico, Virginia; Wife: Mary Isham
5. Name: Thomas Randolph; Born: 3 Feb 1652 at Of Moreton Hall, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died:
6. Name: John Randolph; Born: 20 Jul 1653 at , Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died:
7. Name: Elizabeth Randolph; Born: 8 Dec 1655 at , Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died:
8. Name: Margaret Randolph; Born: 25 Feb 1657 at Moreton Hall, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire, England; Died:

NOTES:

1). A Gentleman from Warwickshire, England.^[3]

Research Notes

Sources

1. ↑ “'The Visitation of the County of Northampton in the Year 1681'"; edited and annotated by Rev. Henry Isham Longden. Vol. 87 (1935). Online at HathiTrust pages 173-177. (The last 2 daughters are added by the editor). An extensive pedigree chart, mostly not from the Visitation, but compiled by the editor from wills and registers.
2. ↑ History of Henry County, Virginia, pg. 278.
3. ↑ Source: http://www.e-familytree.net/F248/F248554.htm?print=true

• The Visitation of the County of Northampton in the Year 1681; edited and annotated by Rev. Henry Isham Longden. Vol. 87 (1935). Online at HathiTrust pages 173-177. (The last 2 daughters are added by the editor). An extensive pedigree chart, mostly not from the Visitation, but compiled by the editor from wills and registers.

• Ancestral Family Trees View Individual Member Trees

• Family Data Collection - Deaths: Name: Martha Randolph; Death Date: 1725; City: Henrico; State: VA; Country: USA

• Manes/Traylor Family Tree by jeffrey63_1 within http://www.ancestry.com

• Millennium File: Name: Margaret Randolph; Birth Date: 1663; Birth Place: Moreton Morrell, Warwicks, England; Father: Richard Randolph; Mother: Elizabeth Ryland

• Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

• Franklin Randolph, "A Compendium to the Martha Randolph Confusion," Genealogy.com Record added 3 Feb 2003. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/traylor/523/ Accessed 29 Mar 2019. (A discussion of sources and why her marriage to Edward Traylor is correct.)

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Name: Martha Randolph; Spouse: Edward Edouard Traylor; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 1673; City: Henrico Co; State: VA

Name: Martha Randolph; Spouse: Edouard Trouiller; Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 1660; City: Hampton

Acknowledgments

• Unknown imported the data for Margaret (Randolph) Traylor (1665-1726) from Pioneer Stock.GED on 31 Oct 2010.

• This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Martin_O_Daniels_Lorentz_Toale.ged.

• WikiTree profile Randolph-363 created through the import of 20110709 FredYeatts.GED on Jul 9, 2011 by Anonymous Anonymous.

• WikiTree profile Randolph-732 created through the import of Ancestors Martha Mills.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Kim Myers.