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- [S007837] Headstone, Randolph Family Cemetery Presque Isle, Henrico, Virginia.
Transcription by Shelley J. Armstrong and provided to USGenWeb Archives at http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/henrico/cemeteries/turkyisl.txt
Here lieth the Honourable
WILLIAM RANDOLPH Efq. Eldeft Son
of Col. WILLIAM RANDOLPH of this Place
And of MARY his wife
who was of the Ancient & Eminent Family
of the ISHAMS of Northamptonfhire
Having been Introduced early into Bufinefs
And praised through many of the (interior)
Offices of Government with great
Reputation and Eminent Capacity.
He was at laft
By his Majesty happy here
and the univerfal Approbation of his Country
Advanced to the Council
His Experience in men and bufinefs
the native Gravity and Dignity
of his Person and behaviour
his Attachment to the Interefts of his Country
Knowledge of the Laws in general
and of the Laws & Constitution
of his Colony in particular
his Integrity above all calumny or Sufpicion
The Acutenefs of his parts
and the Extenfivenefs of his Genius
together with that Solidity of Senfe & Judgement
which was ever predominant in all he said or did
Rendred him not only equal,
but an Ornament to the high Office he bore
and have made him Univerfally lamented.
As a moft able & Impartial Judge.
and as an upright and useful Magiftrate
in all other Respects.
Neither was he lefs conficuous
for a certain Majestic plainnefs
of Senfe and honour which carried him
through all parts of private life
with an equal Dignity & Reputation
And deservedly obtained in the character
of a just good man.
in all the several dutys & Relations of life
Natus Nov. 1681
Mortuus Oct. 19, 1742
Anno Aetaris Gr.
(at the end was a stone)
HERE LIES
WILLIAM RANDOLPH
ELDEST SON OF COL. WM. RANDOLPH
NOV 1681-OCT. 1742
VIRGINIA CONSERVATION COM. 1946"
- [S400] Colonial Families of the United States of America (7 vols.), (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995), 5: 427.
- [S285] Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia, Richard Channing Moore Page, (New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893), 251.
- [S404] Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Merrow Egerton Sorley, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1935), 832.
- [S285] Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia, Richard Channing Moore Page, (New York: Press of the Publishers' Printing Co., 1893), 251.
"Here lies the HONOURABLE WILLIAM RANDOLPH Esqr.
oldest son of Colonel William Randolph of this
place, and of Mary his wife, who was of the
ancient and estimable family of Ishams of
Northamptonshire; having been easily introduced
into business, and passed through many inferior
offices of Government, with great reputation and
eminent capacity. He was at last, by his Majesty's
happy choice and the universal approbation of his
Country, advanced to the Council. His experience
in men and business, the native gravity of his
person and behaviour, his attachment to the interests
of his Country, knowledge of the laws in general,
and of the laws and constitution of his Colony in
particular, his integrity above all calumny or
suspicion, the acuteness of his parts and the
extensiveness of his genius together with the solidity
of sense and judgment in all he said or did,
rendered him not only equal but an ornament
to the high office he bore, and have made him
universally lamented as a most able and impartial
Judge and as an upright and useful magistrate in
all other respects. Neither was he less conspicuous
for a certain majestic plainness of sense and
honour which carried him through all parts of
private life with an equal dignity of reputation;
and deservedly obtained him the character of
the just good man in all the several duties
and relations of life-Natus November 1681
Mortuns Oct. 19"' 1741
Anno iEtatis 61.
The foregoing inscription was copied September 5th, 1874, for Dr. Robert C. Randolph, of. Newmarket, Clarke Co., Va., by Mrs. Charles Nelson Carter, of Shirley, on James River. The stone is a slab near that of the father, Col. William Randolph, the first of the Randolph Family in Virginia. The brick house, which for a long time was the only part of the original Turkey Island mansion left, does not now exist."
- [S284] The Randolphs of Virginia: A Compilation of the Descendants of William Randolph of Turkey Island and His Wife Mary Isham Of Bermuda Hundred, Robert Isham Randolph, (Chicago: Robert Isham Randolph), 11.
- [S404] Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, Merrow Egerton Sorley, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1935), 831.
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