John Fitz Randolph (abt. 1650 - abt. 1650)

Born about 2 Jan 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died about 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Fitz Randolph was a second generation Fitz Randolph in America.

John Fitz Randolph; Baptism: 7 Oct 1653, Barnstable, Mass.; Death: 1727, Belvedere, NJ; Admr. granted: 9 Jun 1727; Parents: Edward Fitz Randolph 1607-ca. 1684-5, Elizabeth Blossom 1620-1713; Marriage: 1 Oct 1681, Piscataway, NJ; Spouse: Sarah Bonham; Spouse birth: 16 Feb 1664/5, Barnstable, Mass; Spouse death: 1737/8, Belvedere, NJ; Admr. granted: 16 Jan 1738; Spouse parents: Nicholas Bonham, Sara Fuller (daughter of Samuel Fuller, who came on the Mayflower); Authors' Note: John Fitz Randolph was one of the 17 original members of the Old First Day Church, Seventh Day Baptists, in 1686/9. Children, all born in Piscataway, NJ

1. Sarah, b. 25 Apr 1682 (authors' note: Often said to have married Jonathan Smalley, but an old Bible record shows he married Sarah Bird)
2. Elizabeth, b. 18 Feb 1683/4; d. before 1707, Piscataway, NJ
3. Francis, d. before 1687, Piscataway, NJ
4. Temperance, b. 20 Nov 1685; d. 27 Dec 1685, Piscataway, NJ
5. Temperance, b. 15 Jun 1687
6. John, b. 2 Nov 1693
7. Edward, b. 25 May 1698;

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His father, Edward Fitz Randolph, of Nottinghamshire, England, ^[2] came to this country with the Winthrop Fleet and settled in Massachusetts in 1630, first in Scituate, ^[3]

May 10, 1637 -- Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom married at Scituate, Plymouth Colony. ^[4]

1639 -- They moved from Scituate to Barnstable, Barnstable County, Plymouth Colony. ^[5]

January 2, 1651/52 -- John was born at Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, and died soon thereafter as an infant. ^{[6] [7]} It was common practice at the time to use necronyms, and so the next son born to Edward and Elizabeth 7 Oct 1653 was also named John. ^[6]

Surname note

This surname had many different spellings, including Fitzrandle, Fittsrendolfe, or Fittsrandolfe^[8], with FitzRandolph or Fitz Randolph emerging as the most common. Fitz Randolph is being recommended as the standard, recognizing, that in later years, Fitz was sometimes used as a middle name for sons and optional for daughters. In this Fitz Randolph family, Fitz appears to have been used by all family members as part of their surname. Records of the time use different variants, including 'Fitts Randle'. The current consensus for now is to use the surname Fitz Randolph.

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph, page 5.
2. ↑ Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph, page 5.
3. ↑ Descendants, page 5.
4. ↑ Descendants, page 5.
5. ↑ Descendants, page 5.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1}
7. ↑ Oris H. F. Randolph, (1976), Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy 860-1976, page 1. Printed by Edwards Brothers Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
8. ↑ Savage reference

• Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. Fitz Randolph Genealogy: The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom. p. 7.

• (1955). Supplement to the Fitz Randolph Genealogy with addition and corrections. Edward Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI, 44 pp. Correction to Authors' Note: John Fitz Randolph was one of the 17 original members of the Old First Day Church who formed the Seventh Day Baptists in 1705 (not 1686/9).

• Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy, 860-1976. Edwards Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI. 694 pp Entry 1, p. 1. Name: John Fitz Randolph; Baptism: 7 Oct 1653; married Sarah Bonham, 1681.

• Ancestry.com. Ancestry

• Louise Aymar Christian. The descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950. database on-line. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. (East Orange, N.J.?: unknown, 1984), page 5, [index pp 192-193] citing English and Dutch Pilgrims by Dexter, Genealogical Dictionary of New England, by Savage, NEHGR, Barnstable, Massachusetts Vital Records, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, by Amos Otis.