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Elizabeth Randolph (Eppes)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
Death: April 20, 1777 (88)
Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Colonel Francis Eppes, III and Anne Eppes
Wife of Henry Randolph, III
Mother of Sarah Archer; Henry Randolph IV; Mourning Randolph; Grief Randolph; Anne Randolph and 5 others
Sister of William Epes; Colonel Francis Eppes, IV; Llewellyn Isham Eppes, Sr.; Martha Tucker; Anne ‘Nancy’ Collier and 4 others

Managed by: Wilbur Elliott Gravley
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Randolph

Not the wife of William Mitchell Murphy


Wassell Randolph reports that Elizabeth Randolph (maiden name: Eppes) is a descendant of David I, King of Scotland.



Married Henry Randolph III on March 29, 1714.

https://archive.org/details/virginiamagazine03bruc/page/n855

https://archive.org/details/williammarycolle04tyle/page/n275

31 RANDOLPH, Henry III of Henrico, b. 1/1/1689, d. 8/1/1726 (will dated 8/27/1726, prob. 1/2/1727, Hen. Rec. 1725-37, p. 78); Captain of Militia; Magistrate 1713-1720; Sheriff 1723;? m. 3/29/1714 Elizabeth Eppes (b. l/6/l7_, d. 1777, daughter Col. Francis Eppes III and Ann Isham, his wife) 8 .

Issue: l) Sarah; 2) Anne; 3) Henry; 4) Francis; 5) Grief; 6) Mourning.9

In his will dated Aug. 27, 1726 he named his first four children. 10 His last two children were posthumous twins, which accounts for their unusual names, Grief (male) and Mourning (female) and for their not being named in his will. 1

His widow never remarried and died Apr. , 1777» In her will dated 4/30/1775, prob. 1778 TChes. W. B. 3, p. 209) she named her living children and some of her grandchildren.


According to this source, twins Grief and Mourning Randolph (b.1726) were the children of Henry Randolph III:

https://archive.org/details/williammarycolle04tyle/page/n275



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References

  • "Descendants of Henry Randolph." The William and Mary Quarterly 4, no. 2 (1895): 125-27. Accessed February 14, 2020. doi:10.2307/1915057
  • Pedigree of the descendants of Henry Randolph I (1623-1673) of Henrico County, Virginia. Page 8 < FamilySearch >
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Elizabeth Randolph's Timeline

1689
January 6, 1689
Bermuda Hundred, Henrico, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
1715
October 10, 1715
Barro Plantation, Appomattox, Virginia, USA
October 10, 1715
Barro Plantation, Appomattox County, Virginia
1717
December 31, 1717
Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia, United States
1721
February 11, 1721
Henrico County, Virginia, United States
1724
June 19, 1724
Henrico, Virginia, USA
1727
March 26, 1727
Henrico, Virginia, United States
March 26, 1727
Barro Plantation, Henrico, Province of Virginia