Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
Spouses
1Mary Isham 
, F
, FBirthabt 1659, Henrico County, Virginia209
Death29 Dec 1735, “Turkey Island”, Henrico County, Virginia209
BurialRandolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle, Henrico County, Virginia774
FlagsVolume 1
Marriage1675/1679, Virginia
Research notes for William Randolph
^PARENTS: Richard Randolph and Elizabeth Ryland.
^OF Turkey Island
^NOTES: "Curles Neck" was on Turkey Island, an island in the James now called Presque Isle. In 1951 it was made into a bird refuge. Here is an account of the Randolph family and its Turkey Island home from "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia," by Bishop William Meade, 1857: "We are informed, by one of the descendants, that Mr. William Randolph bought at one time the whole of Sir Thomas Dale’s settlement, amounting to five thousand acres of land, and as much more of other persons, reaching down to Four-Mile Creek, on the James River. The two settlements of Varina and Curls, so long the property and abodes of the Randolphs, were on this estate. The estate of [Nathaniel] Bacon, the rebel, once formed a part of this tract, and there are still some remains of the fort which he erected when contending with the Indians. The estate called Varina, which continued longest in possession of the Randolphs, was so called from a place of that name in Spain, because the tobacco raided at both places so resembled each other in flavour..."
^OF Turkey Island
^NOTES: "Curles Neck" was on Turkey Island, an island in the James now called Presque Isle. In 1951 it was made into a bird refuge. Here is an account of the Randolph family and its Turkey Island home from "Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia," by Bishop William Meade, 1857: "We are informed, by one of the descendants, that Mr. William Randolph bought at one time the whole of Sir Thomas Dale’s settlement, amounting to five thousand acres of land, and as much more of other persons, reaching down to Four-Mile Creek, on the James River. The two settlements of Varina and Curls, so long the property and abodes of the Randolphs, were on this estate. The estate of [Nathaniel] Bacon, the rebel, once formed a part of this tract, and there are still some remains of the fort which he erected when contending with the Indians. The estate called Varina, which continued longest in possession of the Randolphs, was so called from a place of that name in Spain, because the tobacco raided at both places so resembled each other in flavour..."
Research notes for Mary (Spouse 1)
^PARENTS: Henry Isham and Catherine BANKS.
^OF Bermuda Hundred
^OF Bermuda Hundred
Children notes for William & Mary (Family)
William and Mary were the parents of seven sons and two daughters, who became progenitors of a widespread and numerous race, embracing the most wealthy families, and many of the most distinguished names in Virginia history. 772
Children: Elizabeth (1680–1720), William (1681–1742), Thomas (1683–1730), Isham (1685–1742), Richard (1690–1748), John (1693–1737), Henry, Edward, and Mary.