Mary (Isham) Randolph (1659 - 1735)

Born 10 Oct 1659 in Bermuda Hundred, Chesterfield, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William Randolph — married before 13 Nov 1678 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1735 at age 76 in Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia

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Biography

GrGrandmother of Thomas Jefferson 3rd US President

Mary Isham

Birth: 1659, Bermuda Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia.

Marriage: 13 November 1678, Henrico County, Virginia.

Death: 29 Dec 1735 Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia^[1]

Along with Mary's husband, William Randolph, they made up what genealogists call the Adam and Eve of Virginia.

Note: The Virginia Dynasties by Clifford Dowdy states about Mary Isham, "....This charming young lady, known to play a musical instrument called a cittern, was the much sought after daughter of Henry Isham, the community social leader and a friend of Captain James Crews and Nathaniel Bacon."

Mary's Parents and Siblings

Marriage 1659, Henrico, Virginia

Henry Isham

Katherine Banks

Child: Mary Isham

Child: Henry Isham

Child: Anne Isham

Child: Henry Isham

Child: Phoebe Isham

Child: Ann Isham

Child: Katherine Isham Royall

Child: Phobe Royall

Child: Katherine Royall

Child: Susannah Isham

Gravestone for Mary Isham Randolph, 1659-1735

From Findagrave.com

Mary Isham Randolph

Birth: 1659 Henrico County, Virginia; Death: 29 Dec 1735 Henrico County, Virginia,; Burial: Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle, Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Find A Grave: Memorial #16714348.

Bio: "Here Lies Mary Isham Randolph. Wife of Col. William Randolf. 1659-1735." Virginia Conservation Com. 1946. Mary Isham was born circa 1658 at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., VA. She died on 29 Dec 1735 at 'Turkey Island', Henrico Co., VA.Known children of Col. William6 Randolph and Mary Isham were as follows:

i. Edward7 Randolph married Elizabeth Graves. 7. ii. Elizabeth Randolph, born 1680; married Richard Bland. 8. iii. Col. William Randolph Jr., born 6 Nov 1681 at 'Turkey Island', Henrico Co., VA; married Elizabeth Beverley. 9. iv. Thomas Randolph, born Jun 1683; married Judith Fleming. 10. v. Isham Randolph, born Dec 1684; married Jane Rogers. vi. Henry Randolph was born circa 1687. He died; no issue. 11. vii. Col. Richard Randolph, born 1690; married Jane Bolling. viii. Mary Randolph was born in 1692. She married John Stith. 12. ix. Sir John Randolph, born Apr 1693 at 'Turkey Island', Henrico Co., VA; married Susanna Beverley. Great Uncle Sir Edward Brett 's will was proved 17 Mar 1683. Having no children and his wife predeceasing him, he left a bequest of 20/ to his church, and in a codicil also left bequests to the descendants his sister Mary Brett(1604-1682), wife of William Isham (1587-1627). Most notably, to the two surviving offspring of Mary and William's deceased son Henry Isham, Sr. who had removed to the Virginia Colony and there married Katherine Banks, widow of Joseph Royall. The two living children of Henry & Katherine who inherited were Anne (wife of Frances Eppes) and Mary (wife of William Randolph 'the immigrant')". Through these two females descendants are related to some of the most influential founding families in America: Byrd, Carter, Harrison, Lee, Nelson, Page, Washington, and Jefferson.

Family Members:

Parents:

Henry Isham (1628-1670),

Katherine Banks Royall Isham (1627-1686);

Siblings:

1. Anne Fitzhugh Isham Epes (1665-1740);
   
   Half Siblings:
2. Katherine Royall Perrin (1642-1686),
3. Joseph Royall (1646-1732),
4. Phoebe Isham Belcher (1648-1735);

Spouse: William Randolph (1651-1711);

Children:

1. Richard Randolph (Birth and death dates unknown),
2. Elizabeth Randolph Bland (1680-1720),
3. William Randolph (1681-1742),
4. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729),
5. Elizabeth Randolph (1685-1685),
6. Isham Randolph (1685-1742),
7. Mary Randolph Stith (1686-1742),
8. Edward Randolph (1690-1737),
9. John Randolph (1693-1737).^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Page 156 (p. 162 of 226) in  accessed 13 Dec 2014; no longer available as of 24 Feb 2018: "Mrs. Mary Randolph died Dec. 29, 1735 (33). NOTE 33. Mrs. Mary Randolph, the wife of William, the first of the name who settled in Virginia. The date of her death was unknown to that indefatigable genealogist, her brilliant descendant, John Randolph, of Roanoke, and it has been obliterated by the ravages of time from her monument at Turkey Island."
2. ↑ Kaaren Crail Vining (11705756), "Mary Isham Randolph," Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Nov 2006, Find A Grave: Memorial #16714348. Accessed 28 January 2018

• Source: Mary Isham Randolph Headstone in Turkey Island Cemetery;
• Source: US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900;
• Source: Family Data Collection - Deaths;
• Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index;
• Source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania;
• Source: Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
• Find A Grave: Memorial #16714348; Kaaren Crail Vining (11705756), "Mary Isham Randolph," Findagrave.com. Record added 19 Nov 2006. Accessed 28 January 2018
• Henrico County Cemetery Records: Randolph Graveyard - “Mrs. Mary Randolph his wife dyed Dec. 29, 1735. She was the daughter of Mr. Hen: Isham by Katherin his wife: He was of Northampton Shire but late of Virginia Gen’l.”.

See Also:

• Genealogies of Virginia Families: from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, Claiborne-Fitzhugh, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1981), 13, 52.
• Genealogies of Virginia Families: from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, Randolph-Zouch, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (1981), 1-13, 914.
• American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, Fall 1988, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, Page 195.
• Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 199.
• Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 7th Ed., Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2000), 533.
• Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004),pages 331 and 861.
• Glenn, Thomas Allen, ed., Some Colonial Mansions: and Those Who Lived in Them, Vol. 1, Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Company (1898), 456.
• Laidley, W. S., ed., The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly, Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, 1902, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 51.
• Paxton, William McClung, The Marshall Family: Or A Genealogical Chart of the Descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham . . ., Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co. (1885), 26.
• Pecdquet du Bellet, Louise, Some Prominent Virginia Families. Volume II, Lynchburg, VA: J. P. Bell Company (1907), 131-132.
• Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 208.
• Woodson, Henry Morton, comp., Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and their Connections, Memphis, Tennessee: Henry Morton Woodson (1915), 46-47.

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to those who contributed to the improvement of this profile: Angela Montgomery. Janice Hardin, Kim Myers, Richard Draper, Duane Hearrell, Lynda Hull.
• WikiTree profile Isham-182 was created through the import of My Tree.ged on Aug 10, 2012 by Jennifer Justice.