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Mary Fitz Randolph

Female 1710 - Abt 1780  (69 years)


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  • Name Mary Fitz Randolph 
    Birth 24 May 1710  Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Abt 1780  Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I794  Parlett-Stancliff
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

    Father Edward Fitz Randolph,   b. Abt 1672   d. 23 Feb 1760 (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Katherine Hartshorne,   b. Abt 2 May 1682   d. Abt 13 Aug 1759 (Age 77 years) 
    Family ID F854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marmaduke Horseman,   b. 1675, Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1748, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 16 Mar 1744  New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2023 

  • Notes 
    • == Biography ==
      Mary Fitz Randolph was born on May 24, 1710,<ref>The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011; Page number 334, Volume Number 097</ref><ref>U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935; Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births 1705-1901 Deaths -1705-1908 Marriages, 1712-1885; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:660</ref> the fourth child of Edward Fitz Randolph (1672-1760) and Katherine Hartshorne (1682-1759). She was probably born in Woodbridge, NJ where the family had settled. She first married [[Thorne-758|William Penn Thorne]] in 1729. The couple had five children together before William died in 1735. Mary remarried reportedly to her second cousin Joseph Fitz Randolph, with whom she had three more children. Her second husband died before 1744 when Mary married a third time to [[Horseman-13|Marmaduke Horseman]] in 1744. He died in 1748/49. Mary married a fourth time to [[Jackson-2790|James Jackson Jr]] in 1749. James died the following year in 1750. Mary then married a fifth and last time to [[Fitz Randolph-xx|Jacob Fitz Randolph]]. No death date is given for Mary.

      Mary was born about 1710. She passed away about 1744.

      == Sources ==
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      Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1950). Fitz Randolph Genealogy: The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom: 1630-1950. 222 pp. Entry 46, pp 20-21.
      :Name: Mary Fitz Randolph
      :Birth: 2 May 1768, Salem, WV 24 May 1710, Woodbridge, N.J.:Parents: Edward Fitz Randolph 1672-1760; Katherine Hartshorne 1682-1759:Marriage1: 1728/29 (1st intentions published Rahway and Plainfield Meeting, 12 mo., 1728/29; 2nd intentions 1 mo. 20 1728/29
      :Spouse1: William Thorne
      :Spouse1 birth: 5 mo, 15, 1706, Flushing, N.Y.
      :Spouse1 parents: Joseph Thorne, Martha Johanna Bowne
      :Spouse1 death: 1735
      :Children with William
      #Edward, b. 11 mo. 3, 1729
      #Thomas, b. 1 mo. 28, 1731#William, b. 9 mo. 19, 1732; m. Margaret Smith, dau of Shubal Smith and Prudence Fitz Randolph
      #Katherine, b. 7 mo. 4, 1734
      #Joseph (posthumous), b. 10 o. 23, 1735:Spouse2: 2nd cousin, surname Fitz Randolph (possibly Joseph Fitz Randolph)
      :Children with second husband (Fitz Randolph)
      #Mary, m1. Samuel Coddington, 1756; m2. Gabriel Compton
      #unknown, but mentioned in grandfather's will
      #unknown, but mentioned in grandfather's will
      :Marriage3: 16 Mar 1744
      :Spouse3: Marmaduke Horseman
      :Marriage4 license date: 26 May 1749
      :Spouse4: James Jackson
      :Spouse4 birth: 4 Jun 1704
      :Spouse4 death: 1750
      :Spouse5: Jacob Fitz Randolph
      Oris H. F. Randolph. (1976). Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry: A Family Genealogy, 860-1976. Edwards Brothers Inc.: Ann Arbor, MI. 694 pp. Entry 6, p. 3.
      :Name: Edward Fitz Randolph
      :Spouse: Katherine Hartshorne
      :Children:
      :4. Mary, b. 24 May 1710; m. prob. 5 times
      * U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; SAR Membership 45454
      Ambrose Milton Shotwell, 1895. Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants: Or, Our Quaker Forefathers and Their Posterity* "JLD1952 We Are All Connected Family Tree" @ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16372964/person/1788286765/facts
      Author: Sandra Pounds