Hope Bloomfield

'The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630 - 1950

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• 1. EDWARD1 FITZ RANDOLPH, baptised at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, July 5, 1607; emigrated in 1630 to Scituate, Mass.; died in Piscataway, N. J. about 1684-5. He married May 10 1637 [1,2], ELIZABETH BLOSSOM, born in Leyden, the Netherlands, in 1620. She married second June 30, 1685, Capt. JOHN PIKE, and died in Woodbridge or Piscataway in 1713.
• Children, born in Barnstable, Mass.:
  • i. NATHANIEL,2 bap. Aug. 9, 1640 [2,8,9]; died in Barnstable Dec. 10, 1640 and was buried in the Calf's Pasture there.
  • 2. ii. NATHANIEL, bap. May 15, 1642 [2,8,9].
  • 2. NATHANIEL2 FITZ RANDOLPH, bap. May 15, 1642 at Barnstable, Mass.; died in Woodbridge, N. J. Nov. 21, 1713 [14]. He married first, in Barnstable or Sandwich, Mass., in November, 1662 [2,10], MARY HOLLEY (Holloway, Holway), born in Sandwich, died in Woodbridge, N. J., July 12 1703, daughter of Joseph and Rose (Allen) Holley of Sandwich. Her mother Rose (Allen) Holley, married second May 19, 1648, William Newlands, a Quaker. Nathan Fitz Randolph married second, at the Haddonfield Meeting, Haddonfield, N. J., Apr. 12 1706, as her third husband, JANE (CURTIS-OGBORNE) HAMPTON, born at Bugbrooke, co. Northampton, England, 11th of 2nd month (April), 1661 [111], and died in Buckingham Township, Bucks Co., Pa. [13] in 1731. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane Curtis, and widow of Samuel Ogborne and John Hampton, whose executrix she was Dec. 8, 1694. As the widow of Nathaniel Fitz Randolph she married as her fourth husband, John Sharp of Burlington, N. J. Her own will, as Jane Sharp, of Buckingham Township, Bucks Co., Pa., was dated 8th of 6 mo. (Aug.) 1729, and was proved Nov. 13, 1731, and mentions her sons Samuel Ogborne, Joseph Hampton, Benjamin Fitzrandall, and daughters Mary, wife of Jonas Kemble, and Sarah, wife of Edmond Kinsey. The executor was her son-in-law Edmond Kinsey.
  • Nathaniel Fitz Randolph was one of the four who first asked for religious tolerance for the Friends in New England. In 1677 he, having joined the Quakers years before, and had in consequence suffered much persecution from the Plymouth Government, exchanged his house in Barnstable for land in Woodbridge, N. J. and in the years afterwards, 1678-9, moved with his family to New Jersey. He served as associate justice of Middlesex County, N. J., in 1688, 1692 and 1698; and in 1693-5 he represented Woodbridge in the Provisional Assembly. In 1683, on the death of James Bollen, first Secretary of the Province, he was one of the two guardians of his children, and, on the etablishment of the Woodbridge Monthly Meeting of Friends in 1706, he became a prominent member of the Society, and for seven years the Meeting was held in his house, until the completion of the Meeting House in 1713, two months before his death.
  • iii. MARY, bap. Oct. 6, 1644 [2,8,9,10]; died in infancy about 1649.
  • 3. iv. HANNAH, bap. Apr. 23, 1648 [2,8,9,10].
  • 3. HANNAH FITZ RANDOLPH (1), bap. Apr. 23, 1648 at Barnstable, Mass.; died Apr. 13, 1705 at Yarmouth, Mass.; mar. at Barnstable Nov. 6, 1668, JASPER TAYLOR.
  • 4. v. MARY, born June 2, 1650.
  • 4. MARY2 FITZ RANDOLPH (1), born June 2, 1650 at Barnstable, Mass.; died Jan. 4, 1738 at West Barnstable; mar. Jan. 15, 1688/9 [10] to SAMUEL HINCKLEY, as his second wife. He was born at Barnstable July 24, 1642, and died at West Barstable Jan. 2, 1727. He was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Soule) Hinckley.
  • vi. JOHN, born Jan. 2, 1651-2 [2,8,9,10]; died in infancy.
  • 5. vii. JOHN, born Oct. 7, 1563 [2,8,9,10].
  • 5. JOHN FITZ RANDOLPH (1), bap. Oct. 7, 1653 at Barnstable, Mass.; died 1727 at Belvedere, N. J.; admr. granted June 9, 1727. He married at Piscataway, N. J., Oct. 1, 1681, SARAH BONHAM born Feb. 16, 1664/5 at Barnstable, died 1737/8 at Belvedere. She was a daughter of Nicholas and Sarah (Ruller) Bonham, and a granddaughter of Samuel Fuller who came over on the Mayflower. Administration on her estate was granted Jan. 16, 1738.
  • John Fitz Randolph was on of the 17 original members of the "Old First Day Church," Seventh Day Baptists, in 1688/9.
  • 6. viii. JOSEPH, born Mar. 1, 1655/6 [2,8,9,10].
  • 6. JOSEPH2 FITZ RANDOLPH (1), born Mar. 1, 1655/6 at Barnstable, Mass.; died about 1726 at Piscataway N. J.; will dated Mar. 1, 1719/20, and proved Jan. 18, 1726/7; mar. at Woodbridge, N. J., Jan. 16, 1687/8, JOANNA CONGER, born at Woodbridge in Aug., 1670, daughter of John and Mary (Kelley) Conger.
  • 7. ix. ELIZABETH, born in 1657.
  • 7. ELIZABETH2 FITZ RANDOLPH (1), b. in 1657 at Barnstable, Mass.; mar. Aug. 26, 1676 [7], ANDREW WOODEN, born about 1662, died at Piscataway about 1702, sone of John Wooden.
  • Children, first child illegitimate, child of John Langstaff:
  • 8. x. THOMAS, born Aug. 16, 1659 [2,8,9,10].
  • 8. THOMAS2 FITZ RANDOLPH (1), born Aug. 16, 1659 at Barnstable, Mass.; died in 1745 in Piscataway, N. J.; will dated July 24, 1745 and proved Oct. 25, 1745; mar. in Piscataway Nov. 23, 1686, ELIZABETH MANNING, born about 1669, died Mar. 1, 1731, aged 63, at Piscataway, int. St. James; dau. of Jeffrey and Hepzibah (Andrews) Manning. Thomas Fitz Randolph was a weaver.
  • '9. xi. HOPE, born April 2, 1661 [2,8,9,10].
  • '9. HOPE2 FITZ RANDOLPH (1), b. Apr. 2, 1661 at Barnstable, Mass.; mar. at Piscataway, N. J., Dec. 22, 1680, EZEKIEL BLOOMFIELD, b. at Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 1, 1653; d. at Woodbridge, N. J., Feb. 15, 1703, son of Thomas and Mary Bloomfield. His will was dated Jan. 12, 1703, and proved Feb. 25, 1703.
  • 10. xii. BENJAMIN, born in 1663.
  • 10. BENJAMIN2 FITZ RANDOLPH (1), born 1663 at Barnstable, Mass.; died Oct. 5, 1746 at Stoney Brook, N. J.; will dated July 13, 1793, proved Nov. 27, 1746; married first at Piscataway, N. J., July 1, 1689, SARAH DENNIS, born July 18, 1673 at Piscataway, died Nov. 22, 1732 at Stoney Brook, dau. of John and Sara (Bloomfield) Dennis; mar. second March 14, 1733, MARGARET ROBINSON.
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