Richard Randolph

Richard Randolph (c.1691 – 1749), also known as Richard Randolph of Curles, was a planter, merchant and politician in colonial Virginia. Richard served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1727 until his death. Randolph was the fifth son of William Randolph and Mary Isham, as well as the Grandfather of John Randolph of Roanoke. He was also recommended for appointment to the Governor's Council of Virginia four times but never received an appointment and through his marriage to Jane Bolling, his children were lineal descendants of Pocahontas. Biography and family Randolph was born on the Turkey Island Plantation along the James River in Henrico County, Virginia around 1691. He married Jane Bolling (1703–1766), John Bolling's daughter, in 1724 and the couple had seven children who reached adulthood: Richard Randolph II (born c.1725), a slave trader and planter-merchant, married Anne Meade, the daughter of David Meade of Nansemond and had ten children. One child, Susanna, married Benjamin Harrison VI, son of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mary Randolph (born ~1727) married Archibald Cary on May 31, 1744. Jane Bolling Randolph (born ~1729) married Anthony Walke around 1750. Brett Randolph (born 1732) married Mary Scott. Ryland Randolph (1738-1784) John Randolph of Mattoax (born ~1737) married Frances Bland around 1769 and had four children, including Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke. Elizabeth Randolph married Richard Kidder Meade. Randolph inherited the Curles Neck Plantation that adjoined the Turkey Island Plantation.