Overview
William Randolph (1713 or 1714-1745) was American politician and county clerk. He was the son of Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe in Goochland County, Virginia. He built the elegant two-story residence for Tuckahoe. Randolph held the positions of Clerk and Justice in Goochland County and he represented the county as a member of the House of Burgesses. He was the first Clerk of Albemarle County.
He was a good friend of Peter Jefferson, whose wife Jane Randolph Jefferson was Randolph's first cousin. The Jeffersons raised Randolph's children after his wife's death in 1743 and his death in 1745.
Early life
William was born in 1712 or 1713. Named after his grandfather William Randolph of Turkey Island, he was the son of Thomas Randolph and Judith Fleming Randolph. who was the daughter of Susanna Tarleton and Charles Fleming of New Kent County. William had two sisters, Maria Judith and Mary Isham.
Thomas founded Tuckahoe after he purchased land on September 4, 1714 from his brother John. The first church in the area Dover Church was built by his father in 1720 in exchange for 54,990 pounds of tobacco. Until 1728, the area was mostly wilderness with just a few homesteads. Thomas died in 1730. Judith married Nicolas Davies, an immigrant from Wales, on December 24, 1733.
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