Mary (Randolph) Lambert (abt. 1741)

Born about 1741 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Lambert — married 1766 in Virginia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Columbia Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary FitzRandolph ... ^[1]

Mary, wife of Daniel Lambert, is named in the 3 June 1765 will of her father Jeremiah (Fitz)Randolph in Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ. ^[2]

Mary was born in 1741 probably in Piscataway or Elizabeth, NJ to Jeremiah Fitz Randolph and Ruth Dunn. Mary married Daniel Lambert, the strongest evidence for which is found in the 1765 will of Mary's father, Jeremiah Fitz Randolph, which explicitly mentions his daughter "Mary, wife of Daniel Lambert". Together they had seven children, but there is only very spotty information about their details. It is not clear whether the family remained in New Jersey, possibly in Westfield where there was a Daniel Lambert on the tax list for 1781, or moved to Ohio. She is thought to have passed away in 1830, but no supporting evidence has been provided.

Children usually associated with Mary and John Lambert:

• Elizabeth, b. 1768
• Eunice, b. 1777, d. 1842
• John
• Benjamin
• Rachel
• Charlotte
• Rebecca

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Surname note

This surname had many different spellings, including Fitzrandle, Fittsrendolfe, or Fittsrandolfe^[3], with FitzRandolph or Fitz Randolph emerging as the most common. Fitz Randolph is being recommended as the standard, recognizing though that in later years, Fitz sometimes became used as a middle name for sons and optional for daughters. In Benjamin father's Fitz Randolph family, Fitz appears to have been used by all family members as part of their surname: the Oris H.F. Randolph genealogy^[4] assumes this to be the case when listing the children in the family in which Mary is a child. The current consensus is therefore to use the surname Fitz Randolph. (Need to confirm how Fitz Randolph was used in legal documents and when births were recorded documents.) Please don't hesitate to contact the profile manager if you think this decision should be reviewed!

Housekeeping

• Need additional original sources for birth, death, marriage records. Confirm consistency with census records.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Kathryn Carter, Dec 1, 2012
2. ↑ Page 341 Calendar of NJ Wills https://ia802700.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofnewjer03newj/calendarofnewjer03newj.pdf
3. ↑ Savage reference
4. ↑ Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy 860-1976. Printed by Edwards Brothers Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.

Acknowledgements

• Note on her father's will inserted by Meehan-411 21 May 2019.
• Kathryn Carter at 1 Dec 2012. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Kathryn and others.

• Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 16 Dec 2014. Original: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Will dated 3 Jun 1765, proved 9 Oct 1765. Name: Jeremiah Randolph; Residence date: 3 Jun 1765. Residence location: Elizabeth, Essex, NJ, USA; Wife: Ruth (living); Children: sons Jeremiah, Benjamin; daughters Mary (wife of Daniel Lambert), Unis (wife of Daniel Lyon), Sarah, Martha, Rachel, Elizabeth. Other people mentioned: Benjamin Dunn Jr. (of Piscataway), Elizabeth Sutton, Henry Davis, Soviah Parker.

• Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1955). The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, and Supplement 1955. Copies, Historical Library, Grand Av., Des Moines and Iowa Historical Society Library, Iowa City. Name: Jeremiah Fitz Randolph. Birth Date: 20 July 1715; Birth place: Piscataway; Death year: 1765; Will dated: 3 June 1765, proved 9 Oct 1765. Spouse: Ruth Dunn; Spouse birth date: 29 May 1721; Spouse birth place: Piscataway; Spouse parents: Hugh Dunn Jr and Elizabeth (Martin) Dunn; Child: Mary (Polly), married Daniel Lambert.

• "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M9SN-BXK : accessed 2014-12-18), entry for Mary or Polly Fitz Randolph. Birth: about 1750, Piscataway, Middx, NJ; Parents: Jeremiah Fitz Randolph, Ruth Dunn

• Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Accessed 18 Dec 2014. Name: Daniel Lambert; Birth year: 1739; Birth place: Union, Elizabeth, NJ; Parents: John Lambert, Mary; Spouse: Mary Randolph; Death date: 8 May 1804; Death place: Columbia Twp, Hamilton, OH.

• Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Accessed 18 Dec 2014. Name: Daniel Lambert; Place: Westfield Tsp, Essex, NJ. Year: 1781; Record type: August tax list.

• Ancestry.com. Ohio, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Accessed 18 Dec 2014. Name: Daniel Lambert; Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. Year: 1798; Record type: Tax list.

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 651.002; Source type: Pedigree chart. Accessed 18 Dec 2014. Name: Daniel Lambert; Spouse: Mary Randolph; Marriage State: NJ.

See also:

• http://njgsbc.org/files/familyfiles/p480.htm

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jane Lanterman who created this provile on December 1, 2014.