Rebecca Clarkson

The Descendants of E D W A R D F I TZ R A N D O L P H and E L I Z A B E T H B L O S S O M

1630 - 1950

By

Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph

112a. REBECCA5 FITZ RANDOLPH (45), born Woodbridge, Feb. 2, 1736/7; died there Dec. 11, 1813 [34, m i n t e r r e d Friends' Burial Ground, Plainfield, N. J.; married by license dated Aug. 7, 1758 f34, 371, ROBERT4 CLARKSON [son of John3 ( ~ a m e ~s a~r n e s lC) larkson and Bethia3 Fitz Randolph, NO. 231, b. Woodbridge ab. 1735, d. there shortly before Nov. 9, 1782, when letters of administration were issued to his widow Rebecca [ I 11 1. Children, all born at Woodbridge (Clarkson): i. Phebe, b. Sept. 17, 1759; d. Meadville, Pa., Sept. 14, 1808; m. 1, Mar. 24, 1778, BENJAMIN WILSON, who died in 1782; m. 2, before 1786, Alexander Freeman, b. Woodbridge, 1763, son of Alexander Freeman and Grace5 Fitz Randolph, NO. 97a. Her eldest child by her f i r s t husband was Elizabeth Wilson, who married Edward6 Fitz Randolph, No. 207 [ill, 1131. ii. Child, died in infancy in 1761. iii. Mary (Polly), b. Aug. 10, 1762; mar. license Feb. 27, 1781, Manning Shotwell, b. Woodbridge, Apr. 14, 1758, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Manning) Shotwell. They had six children. Their oldest child, Robert, b. July 25, 1784, rn. Feb. 22, 1812, Martha7 Fitz Randolph, No. EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH 3 5 230:i; and their third child, Elizabeth, married James Fitz Randolph, who has not been identified in this genealogy [ i l l ] . iv. Mercy, b. 1764; d. young. v. Margaret, b. June 27, 1766; d. near Rahway, N. J. Mar. 29, 1838; m. Apr. 11, 1788, Benjamin Vail, b. 3 of 8th mo. (Oct.) 1820, son of John and Margaret (Laing) Vail. Ten children. vi. Rebecca, b. 1768; d. young. vii. Abel, b. 1769. Innkeeper at Woodbridge; m. Piscataway, Mar. 11, 1798, Sarah Langstaff, b. 1766, dau. of John and Charity (Stelle) Langstaff. At least two children [ill]. viii. Bethia, b. July 3, 1770; d. Woodbridge, Dec. 30, 1770. ix. Catherine, b. 1771; d. Woodbridge, Aug. 8, 1780. x. Christiana, b. Jan. 13, 1774; m. a s his 2nd wife, William Vail, 1767/1837, son of David and Phebe (Jackson) Vail. xi. Experience, b. Sept. 20, 1776; m. Crowell Moore, son of Samuel and Rachel (Stone) Moore. xii. Robert, b. Nov. 18, 1778; d. Uniontown, Woodbridge Twnshp., Middlesex Co., N. J., May 10, 1836 (tombstone) or May 17, 1836 (N. J. Eagle). He m. 1804, Elizabeth Morris, b. Woodbridge, Dec. 27, 1784, d. Uniontown, May 30, 1878, dau. of Freeman and Ruth (Brecount) Morris. -113. EDWARD5 FJTZ RANDOLPH