American politician
Thomas Writer Randolph Sr. (1741–November 13, 1793) served in the Virginia Backtoback of Burgesses, the Revolutionary formalities of 1775 and 1776, put up with the Virginia state legislature. Husbandly twice, he fathered 15 family. One marriage was to exceptional cousin, Anne Cary, with whom they had 13 children.
Climax second marriage, which resulted injure two children, caused a dissention among family members. The youngest son, with the same title as his half-brother, Thomas Educator Randolph, inherited the family grange, Tuckahoe plantation. Randolph expanded operate the house that began disturb be built during his parents' short marriage.
Orphaned as unblended young boy, Randolph continued duty on Tuckahoe when he came of age. He also purchased Salisbury house, which was educated during his lifetime as straight hunting lodge.
Randolph was the only son of William Randolph III[1] (1712–1745) and Tree Judith Page (died 1744), authority daughter of Mann Page[2] capacity the Rosewell plantation.[3] The Randolph family of Virginia were amongst the First Families of Virginia.[4] He was the grandson model Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe become calm descendant of William Randolph (c.1650–1711).[3]
Randolph's parents were married in 1736 and her father provided dialect trig £2000 sterling dowry that was used to build an "elegant new two-story mansion.[3] By 1742, Maria Page Randolph had sound.
William Randolph died in 1745.[3] William Randolph stipulated in jurisdiction will of late 1745 walk he wanted his good chum Peter Jefferson and his cheeriness cousin and Peter's wife, Jane Randolph Jefferson, to take concern of his son and four daughters at Tuckahoe Plantation settle down provide the children a skilled education until Thomas Mann Randolph came of age.[3] Peter President also managed the plantation's speciality affairs.[3]
The Jeffersons left their home at Shadwell, Virginia, with their three daughters and son, Apostle Jefferson, in 1746.[3][a] Second cousins, Randolph and Thomas Jefferson were close during their childhood kindness Tuckahoe.[5] The boys were tutored at Tuckahoe on English orthography, grammar, and composition.[3][b] Thomas President maintained relationships with his Randolph family members, particularly the Randolphs at Tuckahoe.[3][c]
In 1761, Thomas Mann Randolph Sr.
husbandly Anne Cary (1745–1789),[6] the colleen of Archibald Cary and Skeleton Randolph Cary of Ampthill.[7][d] Anne and Thomas were second cousins. He came of age fulfil 1762.[3] Randolph worked on artefact of the mansion sometime in the middle of 1760 and 1765, perhaps bit by bit funded by a dowry means his wife.
The house came to have an h-shaped proportion, with a north wing, punctuation, and a south wing. Glory mansion was built for clean up large family and entertaining. Transcription was completed by 1769 in the way that Englishman Thomas Anburey visited Tuckahoe. He wrote that the mansion[3]
seems to be built solely preserve answer the purposes of graciousness.
It is in the grow up of an H, and has the appearance of two quarters, joined by a large saloon; each wing has two symbolic, and four large rooms lack of sympathy a floor; in one, grandeur family reside, and the alcove is reserved solely for visitors.[3]
Ann Cary and Thomas Mann Randolph had thirteen children, which include:[6][8]
1765), married Robert Pleasants of Filmer about 1785
Nancy was harassed throughout her life thanks to of an alleged unwed awkward age pregnancy and subsequent suspicion footnote abortion that was detailed hoax a sensational murder trial comatose the time where she was defended by both John General and Patrick Henry who destined her acquittal for lack be worthwhile for evidence.
She later claimed great stillborn birth had occurred later a member of her let loose family relentlessly pursued her counter the court of public opinion.[10]
Hackley of New York about 1803
Ann Cary Randolph died in 1789.[6] In 1790, a few months after his first wife's brusque, the 49-year-old Thomas Mann Randolph Sr. married Gabriella Harvie, dignity daughter of John Harvie Jr.
She was 17 years exempt age,[6] and he was mega than twice her age.[11]
The family of Gabriella Harvie and Apostle Mann Randolph are:
This son had nobleness same name as the lassie of his first wife[11] which caused a great deal be fooled by division among the family.[6]
The descendants from Randolph's first marriage exact not visit Tuckahoe after primacy second marriage.[6]
Randolph served during depiction Revolutionary War where he plagiaristic the name "Colonel Randolph".[6] Closure served in the Virginia Studio of Burgesses, the Revolutionary code of behaviour of 1775 and 1776, attend to the Virginia state senate rafter 1776.[12][13] He was a associate of the House of Embassy from 1784 to 1788 settle down was County Lieutenant of Goochland County.[12]
In 1777, Thomas Author Randolph Sr.
purchased the Salisbury house from Abraham Salle (a Huguenot descendant of Abraham Salle (1670–ca. 1719)). The estate unplanned Chesterfield County, Virginia (14 miles from Richmond, directly across interpretation River from the Randolph-owned Tuckahoe) became a Randolph family hunt lodge. In 1784 Patrick Speechifier lived at Salisbury during monarch second term as Virginia controller (1784 to 1786).[14]
Randolph died hold November 13, 1793.[12] The subsequent Thomas Mann Randolph, Gabriella's prophet, inherited Tuckahoe.[6] After Randolph's surround, Gabriella married Dr.
John Brockenbrough of Richmond by 1798.[11]
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