Tag Archives: Piscataway New Jersey

Jesse Fitz Randolph

April 20, 2009

Jesse Fitz Randolph, born May 21, 1768 in Piscataway, NJ and died June 30, 1863 in New Salem, West Virginia.  He married Delilah LaForge soon after coming to Salem with the church in 1792.  After Delilah died, he married Elizabeth Gillis on March 23, 1826.  Elizabeth was born March 11, 1792 in Belfast Ireland to protestant parents and died March 23, 1866.

Jesse was a teenager when his family moved to Salem, West Virginia.  Salem was on the stage coach line to the Ohio River, and Jesse kept a tavern that was a popular stage coach stop.  He was a lifelong member of the Salem Seventh Day Baptist Church, and is buried in the churchyard.

Children of Jesse Fitz Randolph and Delilah LaForge Fitz Randolph, all born in Salem, WV:

1.          Samuel Fitz Randolph, born 1799, married Zipporah Davis in 1818

2.          John LaForge Fitz Randolph, born October 23, 1802, married 1) Experience Brown

3.          Margaret Fitz Randolph, married George Williams in 1823

4.          Sarah Fitz Randolph

5.          David Fitz Randolph, born 1895, twin, died young

6.          Jonathan Fitz Randolph, born 1805, twin, married Jane Maxson in 1827 (Jonathan’s son Jesse b 1/29/1841 was the first President of the Salem College Board of Directors, serving in that capacity from 1888-1892 and again from 1894 – 1906.  He served on the board from 1888 – 1918.  He died in 1928 and is buried in the Salem Seventh Day Baptist churchyard.)

Child #2, John LaForge Fitz Randolph, is my ancestor.

Children of Jesse Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Gillis Fitz Randolph, all born in Salem, WV:

7.          Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, born 1827, married Rev. Samuel D. Davis in 1862

8.          Mary Fitz Randolph, married Amaziah Flint

9.          Alexander Fitz Randolph, died young

10.      Nancy Fitz Randolph, born August 12, 1830, married Randolph Davis

11.      Lloyd Fitz Randolph, born April 14, 1833, married Elizabeth Davis in 1858

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Samuel Fitz Randolph

April 20, 2009

Samuel Fitz Randolph was born October 1738 in Piscataway, NJ and died February 25, 1825 in New Salem, Virginia (now West Virginia) On March 25, 1761 the Reverend Jonathan Dunham, pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Piscataway, NJ, married Samuel and his cousin Margaret Fitz Randolph.

We know these facts about Samuel:

  • He was an officer in the War of the Revolution, mustering in on May 16, 1777 as an Ensign in the Company of Militia, Second Regiment, Sussex County, New Jersey. His descendents are entitled to membership in DAR/SAR.
  • He purchased 300 acres of land in Yellow Creek, Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania April 16, 1785
  • He moved to Fayette County, PA between Nov 21, 1785 and Nov 26, 1790
  • He purchased over 800 acres of land Nov 21, 1795 from Robert Martin
  • He purchased 256 acres of land in Harrison County, WV (where the present town of Salem was laid out) on Nov 26, 1790 from Catherine Swearingen for the sum of 132 pounds, 10 shillings, 5 pence Virginia money
  • He moved to Salem after May 10, 1792

Children of Samuel and Margaret, all born in Piscataway, NJ:

1.          Mary Fitz Randolph, born October 16, 1761, married James Hill in 1795

2.          Sarah Fitz Randolph, born November 8, 1763, married 1) Daniel Sharpneck, 2)John Rice, 3) George Murdock

3.          Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, born May 13, 1766, married William Brand

4.          Jesse Fitz Randolph, born May 21, 1768, married 1) Delilah LaForge, 2) Elizabeth Gillis

5.          David Fitz Randolph, born June 23, 1770, married 1) Mary Richardson

6.          Rhulanah Fitz Randolph, born March 13, 1773, married John Bonnell

7.          Jonathan Fitz Randolph, born May 20, 1775, married Mary Davis in 1798

8.          Margaret Fitz Randolph, born February 4, 1777, married William Clayton in 1798

9.          Nancy Fitz Randolph, born February 19, 1781, married Stephen C. Davis

Their fourth child, Jesse, is my ancestor.

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Jonathan and David Fitz Randolph

April 20, 2009

Jonathan Fitz Randolph was born Jan 12 1692/3 in Piscataway, New Jersey and died there in 1793.  In 1715 he married Mary Bonham who was born Oct 4, 1691 in Piscataway, New Jersey.  Mary was the daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Dunn) Bonham.  Mary Bonham is recognized by the Mayflower Society as a descendent of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower, thus making descendents of Jonathan and Mary Fitz Randolph eligible to become members of the Mayflower Society.

Jonathan and Mary had eleven children, all born in Piscataway, NJ:

1.          Abel Fitz Randolph, born Sept 1, 1716, no further information

2.          Malachi Fitz Randolph, born April 5, 1718, married cousin Sarah Bonham in 1746

3.          Keziah Fitz Randolph, born June 18, 1720, married Jonathan Dunham in 1752

4.          Jonathan Fitz Randolph, born Oct 22, 1722, no further information

5.          Lawrence Fitz Randolph, born June 3, 1725, no further information

6.          Hugh Fitz Randolph, born June 22, 1727, no further information

7.          Martha Fitz Randolph, born May 25, 1729, no further information

8.          Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, born Nov 18, 1731, no further information

9.          Samuel Fitz Randolph, born October 1738, married cousin Margaret Fitz Randolph in 1761

10.      Phineas Fitz Randolph, born ~ 1742, married Rebecca Dunn 1763

11.      Susanna Fitz Randolph, birth date unknown, mentioned in will as widow of Patrick Boyle

Samuel, #9, was my ancestor.

David Fitz Randolph was born Jan 1, 1690/1 in Piscataway, New Jersey and died there in 1773.  In 1712 he married Sarah Molleson, born August 22, 1695 to John and Sarah (Howell) Molleson.

They had ten children, all born in Piscataway:

1.          James Fitz Randolph, born March 8, 1713 and first married to an Ayres

2.          Anna Fitz Randolph, born Aug 28, 1714, married John Smalley

3.          Molleson Fitz Randolph, born Jan 10, 1616/7, married Hannah Smalley in 1738

4.          Bathseba Fitz Randolph, born Dec 17, 1718, married Elijah Pound

5.          Reuben Fitz Randolph, born ~ 1720, married woman named Rosannah ~ 1750

6.          Barzilla Fitz Randolph, died young

7.          Thomas Fitz Randolph, no further information

8.          Margaret Fitz Randolph, born Nov 1730, married cousin Samuel Fitz Randolph in 1761

9.          David Fitz Randolph, born ~ 1730, no further information

10.      Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, birth date unknown, married Peter Wooden

Margaret was also my ancestor

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Thomas Fitz Randolph

April 20, 2009

Thomas Fitz Randolph was born August 16, 1659 in Barnstable, Massachussets and died in 1745 in Piscataway, New Jersey.  On Nov 23, 1686 he married Elizabeth Manning who was born ~ 1669 to Jeffrey and Hepzibah (Andrews) Manning and died March 1, 1732 in Piscataway and was buried at St James.

Thomas was a weaver, deputy to the General Assembly 1693-94, member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, and was patented 90 acres of land in Piscataway, NJ.

Thomas and Elizabeth had seven children:

1.          Thomas Fitz Randolph, born July 20, 1687, married woman named Margaret, no further information

2.          Elizabeth Fitz Randolph, born 1689, died 1732 of smallpox

3.          David Fitz Randolph, born Jan 1, 1690, married in 1712 to Sarah Molleson

4.          Jonathan Fitz Randolph, born Jan 12 1692/3, married Mary Bonham in 1715

5.          Bathseba Fitz Randolph, born Sept 24, 1695, no further information

6.          Dinah Fitz Randolph, born July 10, 1700, married Edmund Dunham in 1717

7.          Luranah Fitz Randolph, born Feb 19, 1703/4, married a Whitehead, no further information

I am descended from a son of their fourth child, Jonathan, who married a daughter of their third child, David.

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Edward Fitz Randolph – My Emigrant Ancestor

April 17, 2009

Edward Fitz Randolph was baptized July 5, 1607 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England.  (A copy of a parish record showing Edward Fitzrandolph’s baptism at the church of St Mary Magdalene in Sutton in Ashfield in July 1607 is still held in the town’s library with the original at the Nottinghamshire county archive.)  Edward died between 1675 and 1676 and was buried in the St. James churchyard (now Stelton or Edison), Middlesex County,  New Jersey.  His tombstone is thought to have been destroyed when the British built fortifications there.

Edward married Elizabeth Blossom who was born in 1620 in Leyden, The Netherlands and died in 1713 in Woodbridge or Piscataway, New Jersey and is buried beside Edward.

The passenger record entry in “The Great Emigration” of 1630 in the Winthrop Fleet lists “Edward Fitz Randolph of Sutton-inAshfield, Notts, Scituate”  He came from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England and settled in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.  He is said to have built the 38th house in Scituate in 1636.  On May 10, 1637 he married Elizabeth Blossom, daughter of “Elder”  Thomas Blossom and his wife Ann Heilson.  He is called in deeds a yeoman or farmer and does not appear to have held any public office.  He moved to Barnstable on Cape Cod in 1639, was juryman 1641, appears in the list of those able to bear arms in New Plymouth in 1643, sold his home in June 1649 and moved his family to West Barnstable, and finally moved his family to Piscataway, NJ in 1669 because the New England patriotism and religion were too restrictive.

Edward and Elizabeth had seven sons and five daughters:

  • Nathaniel -born and died 1640
  • Nathaniel -baptized May 15, 1642, married Mary Holley
  • Mary -1644 – 1649
  • Hannah – baptized April 23, 1648, married Jasper Taylor in 1669
  • Mary -born June 2, 1650, married Samuel Hinckley Jan 15, 1669
  • John – born and died 1652
  • John -baptized Oct 7, 1653, married Sarah Bonham in 1681
  • Joseph – born Aug 16, 1655, married Joanna Conger in 1687
  • Elizabeth – born 1657, married Andrew Wooden in 1676
  • Thomas – born Aug 16, 1659, married Elizabeth Manning in 1686
  • Hope – born April 2, 1661, married Ezekial Bloomfield in 1680
  • Benjamin – born 1663, first marriage to Sarah Dennis

Their tenth child, Thomas, was my ancestor

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