Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.^[1]

1768 - 1828  (59 years)

• Name	Thomas Mann Randolph
  	Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (October 1, 1768 ? June 20, 1828) was a planter, soldier, and politician from Virginia. He served as a member of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, a Representative in the U.S. Congress, and as the 21st Governor of Virginia, from 1819-1822. He married Martha Jefferson, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States. They had eleven children who survived childhood. As an adult, Randolph developed alcoholism, and he and his wife separated for some time before his death.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1 Oct 1768
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jun 1828
  Person ID	I547451401	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Mann Randolph,   b. 1741, Tuckahoe, Virginia ,   d. 1793, Tuckahoe, Virginia  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Anne Cary,   b. 1745,   d. 1790, Goochland Co., Virginia  (Age 45 years)
  Married	1761
  Family ID	F1882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha "Patsy" Jefferson,   b. 27 Sep 1772, Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Oct 1836, Edgehill Estate, Albemarle County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2013
  Family ID	F518495488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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  Documents		Thomas Mann Randolph-Death Notice Western Carolinian-Salisbury NC Jul 8, 1828
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  Histories

  Thomas Jefferson Family Greensboro Daily News Jul 12, 1914

  
  

• Notes

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann_Randolph,_Jr. The Randolphs were among the First Families of Virginia. Born at Tuckahoe Plantation in Goochland County, Virginia, Thomas was the first son of Thomas Mann Randolph (1741?1793), William Randolph's great-grandson and Anne Cary (1745?1789), Archibald Cary's daughter. They were both of the elite planter class. Randolph was a lineal descendant of Pocahontas. Randolph received his early education from his mother and private tutors, as was customary in many planter families. He attended the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1785-1788. His sisters included Mary Randolph, author of The Virginia House-Wife (1824), and Virginia Randolph Cary, author of Letters on Female Character (1828). At the end of 1790, their widower father Thomas Randolph, Sr., at the age of 50, married Gabriella Harvie, who was seventeen and the daughter of a neighboring planter. They had two children, a daughter who died in infancy, and a son they named Thomas Mann Randolph, as if "erasing his first son from his prior marriage."[1] Portrait of Governor Randolph 21st Governor of Virginia In office December 1, 1819 ? December 1, 1822 Preceded by James Patton Preston Succeeded by James Pleasants Personal details Born October 1, 1768 Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia Died June 20, 1828 (aged 59) Monticello, Charlottesville Virginia Political party Democratic-Republican Spouse(s) Martha Jefferson Randolph Alma mater College of William and Mary, University of Edinburgh Profession Planter, soldier and politician Marriage and family In 1790, Randolph married Martha Washington Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. They were parents to twelve children, eleven of whom survived to adulthood: Anne Cary Randolph (1791?1826). Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792?1875). Ellen Wayles Randolph (1794?1795). Ellen Wayles Randolph (1796?1876). Named after deceased older sister. Cornelia Jefferson Randolph (1799?1871). Virginia Jefferson Randolph (1801?1882). Mary Jefferson Randolph (1803?1876). James Madison Randolph (1806?1834). Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1808?1871). Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810?1837). Septimia Anne Randolph (1814?1887). George W. Randolph (1816?1867). Political and military career Randolph served in the Virginia State Senate in 1793 and 1794; and was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth US Congresses (March 4, 1803 ? March 3, 1807). During the War of 1812, he was a colonel of the Twentieth Infantry. He was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, in 1819, 1820, and 1823?1825. He was elected and served as Governor of Virginia, 1819?1822. He was the first son-in-law of a Virginia Governor to be elected governor in his own right. Randolph and his wife became estranged after he became an alcoholic, as he became violent and abusive when drinking. Martha took her children to live at Monticello with her father for extended periods of time without her husband. After Jefferson's death, Martha Randolph moved with her two youngest children to Boston to gain distance from her husband.[2] He lived apart from his family for the next few years.[3] He and his wife were reconciled shortly before his death, and he was cared for at Monticello. Randolph died there and was interred in the Jefferson family burial ground.[3] References Annette Gordon-Reed, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2008, p. 427 Priscilla Hart, "The Madhouse of Colonial Williamsburg: An Interview With Shomer Zwelling", History News Network, 5 October 2009, George Mason University, accessed 7 March 2011 "Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson", National First Ladies Library, 2009, accessed 7 March 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Ancestry Link, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26808201/person/26097129723. Mary Randolph, d/o Richard and Jane Bolling Randolph married Archibald Cary (1721-1787)Daughter, Anne Cary married Thomas Mann Randolph (1741-1793); Issue of Anne Cary and Thomas Mann Randolph 2) Ann Cary Randolph (1760-?), 3) Mary Randolph 1762-1828); 4) Thomas Mann Randolph (1768-1828); 5) Harriett Randolph 1783-?) and 6) Virginia Randolph 1786-1852)