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Randolphs of Early Virginia

Henry Randolph and William Randolph were gateway ancestors (descend from royalty) who arrived in Virginia in the mid-seventeenth century. Virginia was a populous colony and then state. Surely one of your lines links up to them. They and their descendants left behind excellent records to sort out relationships.

This post uses primary sources and goes from 1678 to 1806.

These records are uninterpreted, and mainly those that reveal family relationship or interesting data are included. You can have the fun of sorting out family connections.

Ages at Depositions

2 Dec 1678

William Randolph, 28 (Court Order Book 1678-1693, p. 65)

1 Feb 1678

Henry Randolph, 13 (1677-1692 Will and Deed Book, p. 71)

1 Aug 1689

William Randolph, 38 (1688-1697 Wills and Deeds Books p. 74)

1 Aug 1690

William Randolph, 39 (Wills and Deeds 1688-1697, p. 146)

1 Sept 1691

Henry Randolph, 25 (ditto p. 228)

Main Records

2 Apr 1678

William Randolph to William Robins, planter, 591 acres on north side of Appomattox R and north side of Swift Cr.; (written on back of a patent for same, rec. 1 Oct 1674, wit. Richard Cock, Sr. and Thos. Charles); wit: Anthony Tall and Thos. Charles; Mary, wife of Randolph, relinquishes her dower rights (Wills, Deeds, etc. 1677-1692, p. 37)

1 Sep 1678

Judith Randolph, widow and relict of Henry Randolph, decd. is in debt to her son Henry Randolph 6471 pounds of tobacco given to my son by the General Assembly, being a debt to the public from estate of my husband due to my son; for affection to my son I bind myself to give him 5529 pounds of tobacco when my son is 21; wit: Wm Randolph, George Worsham; signed Judith Randolph; I appoint my cousin William Randolph my attorney to acknowledge same at court; wit: George Worsham; signed Judith Randolph (Court Orders 1678-1693, p. 59)

12 Nov 1678

Will of Henry Isham

To half brother Joseph Royal £40 in goods;

To Richard Kennon’s wife, John Wilkinson’s wife, William Byrd’s wife, to each a gold ring at 12 shillings;

To honorable mother, Mrs. Katherine Isham, 1/3 of my personal effects, both in Virginia and in England;

To loving sister Anne Isham, 1/3 part of my estate;

I bequeath my plantation, commonly known by name of Doggams, to be equally divided by my two sisters Mrs. Mary Randolph and Mrs. Anne Isham;

To Mr. William Randolph, all the rest of my estate in Virginia and England and to be executor;

Wit: Ja. Tubb, John Wynn, Wilbert Daniel, Hugh Davis’

Proved 1 Feb 1678 by oaths of Tubb, Wynn, and Daniel (Wills and Administrations, Part I, 1677-1692, Will and Deed Book p. 71)

31 May 1682

Mary Randolph appoints friend Mr. Thomas Cock attorney to relinquish dower rights in Martin’s Swamp; wit: James Cocke; signed Mary Randolph (Wills, Deeds, etc. 1677-1692, p. 216)

1 Oct 1687

Mr. Henry Randolph, late of Henrico Co., decd. took up patent 21 Sep 1671, formerly deserted by John William as by patent 1673 he assigned patent to Margery Gilliam, relict of John, 16 July 1673, but died before it was recorded. I Henry Randolph the son and heir do confirm his gift to said Margery Briggs, late the relict of John Gilliam, a parcel in Bristol, Charles City Co. on south side of Appomattox R. wit: Wm Glover James Cocke; signed Hen. Randolph; rec. 1687 (Wills and Deeds 1677-1692, p. 462)

10 Oct 1686

Will of Katherine Isham

To grandson William Randolph, £20

To grandson Henry Randolph £5

To granddaughter Mary Randolph and Elizabeth Randolph, each £ (sic)

All such money is now in hands of son-in-law William Randolph;

Residue of money in hands of my son-in-law William Randolph to go to my daughters Mary Randolph and Ann Epes, equally;

The above two daughters to be divided what is on my trunk and each to have two silver salt cellars;

To Mary Randolph, my wedding ring, best feather bed, my best silver tankard, and 15 shillings to buy mourning ring;

To grandson Joseph Royal, one servant named John Townes, for the time he has to serve and my small silver tankard;

To every child of my son Royal, two silver spoons;

To my loving son Joseph Royal, my best tankard;

To my grandson Richard Denis, one of best cows and 2 silver spoons;

To grandson Isham Epes, my negro man Dick;

To grandson Frances Epes, my best silver tankard but one;

To child daughter Anne Epes now goes with, my largest silver porringer and great cup, my sealed ring, great hoop ring, pair of silver clasps, and silver bodkin to daughter Anne Epes;

To grandson Richard Perrin, 1 feather bed and furniture

To granddaughter Sarah Royal, 1 yearling heifer;

To granddaughters Katherine Farrar, Mary, Sarah, and Anne Perrin, each 2 silver spoons;

To Katherine Farrar 1 Guinea

To Anne Perrin, one silver porringer

To granddaughter Sarah Dennis, 2 silver spoons and 1 pair of dowlass sheets;

To 2 daughters Sarah Wilkinson and Katherine Perrin, all my wearing clothes;

To my loving friend Mary Parker, 6 ells of best dowlas and as much of the finest serge to make a gown and petticoat;

To grandson Maiden Marshall, 1 heifer, two years old;

To my son Joseph Royal all my land;

All my crop of corn to executors, except enough to buy 2 gravestones, one to cover me and other my dear decd. husband;

All the rest to be divided between my four children: Sarah Wilkinson, Joseph Royal, Katherine Perrin, And Anne Epes, and to each 15 shillings for mourning rings;

Executors: son Joseph Royal and son-in-law Francis Epes;

My body to be buried near my dead husband on my own plantation;

Wit: John Worsham, Nathaniel Hill, Littlebury Epes;

Probated 1 Dec 1686

(1677-1692 Will and Deed Book, p. 392-301)

29 Nov 1687

Henry Randolph wrote a will and bequeathed to his daughter Judith 323 acres on south side of Swift Cr., but Judith died in her minority, so Henry Jr. only brother and lawful heir of Judith sell property to John Wilson for £40 (Wills and Deeds, etc. 1677-1692, pp. 473-77)

1 Aug 1689

Judith Field makes her loving son Henry Randolph her attorney to relinquish her dower right in land sold by my husband Peter Field to James Franling; wit: Rich. Kennon J. Griffin (?); signed Judith Field; rec. 1 Aug 1689 (Will and Deeds Book 1688-1697, p. 73)

1 Apr 1693

Inventory of Henry Randolph by court order, appraised 20 May 1693, valued at £125/12, taken by Richard Kennon, Fra. Epes, John Worsham; rec. 1 June 1693 (Book £3 Wills and Deeds 1688-1697, p. 427)

31 May 1693

I appoint my friend John Soane my attorney to relinquish my dower right in land sold by my husband Henry Randolph, decd. to James Hill; signed Sarah Randolph; rec. 1 June 1693 (Will and Deeds Book 1688-1697, p. 422)

20 Aug to 2 Sep 1695

It is ordered that Capt. Giles Webb who married the relict of Capt. Henry Randolph, late of this county, decd., be summoned to the next court to give security for the orphans’ estate (Orphans Court Order, p. 38)

20 Aug 1707

Capt. John Worsham and Capt. Joseph Royall enter themselves securities for the estate belonging to the orphans of Capt. Henry Randolph, decd. in the room [place] of Maj. Peter Field, dec., and have accordingly given bond (Orphans Court Order, p. 48)

6 Mar 17__ (probably 1710-1713)

Will of William Randolph, Gentleman

Turkey Island, County and Parish of Henrico

Being in 60th year of my age (pages missing)

To my wife Mary, for life, plantation, 400 acres, part of 1000 acres called Turkey Is. and at her death to my son William; also to her rest of land in VA, except land already disposed of; also to her land on Martin’s Swamp and an acre in Town of Bermuda Hundred;

To sons Thomas and Isham, 750 acres to be equally divided, my son Thomas to have his choice;

To sons Richard and John, 3 tracts I purchased of John Woodson, Samuel Knibb and John ____; 900 acres to be divided; to Richard the upper part and to John the lower part.

To son Edward all the tract in Chickahominy Swamp, between lands given to son William above Westham upper Cr and Tuckahoe Cr, being 3256 acres, purchased of Edmund Jennings, Esq., to be equally divided between sons Isham, Thomas, Richard, John and Edward. Son Isham to have the lower part adj. son William and then Thomas, Richard, John and Edward;

To son Isham half of lower island above Westham;

Land on north side of James R. above Turkey Is. To son Edward; …

Daughters Stith and Bland, each a ring;

Executors wife and sons William, Henry and Thomas

Wit: illegible

Rec. 1 June 1713

(Wills and Deeds 1710-1714, pp. 215-18)

30 Oct 1706

William Randolph to William Randolph the younger, son to said William, for love and affection, tract lately purchased of Samuel Woodward of New England, mariner, 167 acres, joining land of said William Randolph the younger and Mr. John Pleasants, lying on Turkey Cr. Island; wit: Wm Henshaw; Hen. Randolph; rec. 1 Nov 1706 (Deeds 1706-1709, p. 3)

1 Nov 1706

William Randolph to Henry Randolph, son of said William for love and affection, tract called Curles with Long Field and all marshes and swamps, land lately belonging to Nathaniel Bacon, Esq.; wit: William Randolph, Jr. and Wm Henshaw; signed Wm Randolph; rec. 1 Nov 1706 (Deeds 1706-1709)

31 Aug 1710

William Randolph, Jr. to Robert Mumford, Henry Cary, Jr. Isham Randolph and Thomas Eldridge, 4 acres on north side of James R. above falls on north end of tract given me by my father, to be equally divided between them; (Wills and Deeds 1710-1714, p. 25)

14 Oct 1710

Will of Allenson Clarke

To servant boy Joseph, on condition he married with white woman, 100 acres land at Coats,

To Col. William Randolph and William Randolph, Jr. all my lands and houses and all servants and slaves and personal estate, and they to be executors; wit: William Finney, John Randolph Edward Randolph (both Randolphs refused to be executors); rec. Jan Court 1710 (Wills and Deeds 1710-1714, p. 34)

5 Feb 1710

Henry Randolph Jr., son and heir of Henry Randolph, late of Bristol Parish, decd. for £100 to John Pleasants, 175 acres and 2 mills in Bristol Parish on Swift Cr., descended to me from my father, patentee and builder of Mills, next to John Archer and Thomas Jefferson; wit: Richard Ligon and Will Kennon; signed Henry Randolph, Jr. rec. 1st Mon in 1710 (Wills and Deeds 1710-1714, p. 36)

20 July 1712

Isham Randolph to William Randolph for £25, 2 tracts, 580 acres; one of 500 acres on Westham Cr. on north side of James R., next to lands of said William; the other of 80 acres, known as Lower Tuckahoe Island; said land was devised to said Isham by will of his father William Randolph, decd.; wit William Finney, Jos. Royall, Jr. Thomas Randolph, Richard Randolph, Henry Randolph, Jr. John Randolph; signed Isham Randolph; rec. 3 Aug 1713 (Wills and Deeds 1710-1714, p. 221)

5 Nov 1716

Henry Randolph to my brother Richard, 147 acres at a place called Newcombs with ½ of Curles Swamp, bounded by Henry, John Lester and said Richard; if I die without heirs of my body, then land goes to said Richard; wit: Franc’s Epes, Jr. and C. Evans; signed Henry Randolph; rec. 5 Nov 1716 (Deeds 1714-1718, p. 118)

10 Nov 1716

Mary Randolph, widow, and Francis Epes and Anne his wife, to Joseph Royall, Jr. for £30 land on south side of James R. at bottom of Bermuda Hundred, next to swamp; 74 acres bounded by patent to Henry Isham 24 Sept 1661, next to Royall and Gurgaine’s landing; wit: Richard Randolph, John Ewert, John Wilkinson, Rene LaForce; Thos. Eldridge, Will Kennon; signed Mary Randolph, Fran. Epes, Anne Epes; rec. 3 June 1717 (Deeds 1714-1718, p. 170)

1 July 1717

William Randolph to John Bolling, Gent., for £22, land on south side of James R. bounded by land of Henry Lound, John Bowman, Jr., being 150 acres, which Henry Gee sold to Giles Webb, Gent., decd. and by him devised to his brother Thomas Webb of city of Gloucester, Esq., and by him sold to William Randolph; wit: Will Kennon, Jos. Royall, Jr.; Elizabeth, wife of Randolph, relinquishes her dower rights; rec. 1 July 1717 (Deeds 1714-1718, p. 186)

12 Aug 1718

Will of Margaret Cocke, widow, Henrico Parish;

Many names, but in this post, Mrs. Mary Randolph is to get a mulatto (Miscellaneous Court Records, p. 433)

April 1724 Court

Thomas Randolph to Robert Carter, deed; Judith, wife of Thomas, relinquishes her dower rights (Court Order Book 1719-1224, p. 332)

27 Aug 1726

Will of Henry Randolph of Bristol Parish

To daughter Sarah Randolph, a tract on Ashen Swamp in Henrico Co., 750 acres, formerly granted to Samuel Fowler by patent 21 Oct 1687, and certain negroes;

To daughter Anne Randolph 550 acres in Henrico on south side of Swift Cr. and negroes;

To son Henry, negroes and £20

To son Francis a tract in Prince George Co. and Bever Dam Branch, 1053 acres, negroes, and £20

Sons Henry and Francis under 21;

To wife Elizabeth Randolph for widowhood the land bounded by Back Cr. and Swift Cr. and to executrix;

Wit: Will Kennon, Richard Kennon, John Wilson; rec. 2 Jan 1726

(Wills and Deeds 1725-1737, pp. 78-79)

9 Apr 1727

Will of John Bolling of Bristol Parish

Wife Mary; Mr. John Fleming who lately m. daughter Mary; Elizabeth Bolling; daughters Martha and Ann Bolling; grandson Richard Randolph; son John; John and Richard Randolph and John Fleming to be executors; wit: William Happer, Thomas White, Joseph Wilkinson; rec. Aug 1729 (Wills and Deeds 1725-1737, pp. 242-43)

6 Oct 1729

Field Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson’s uncle) of County and Parish of Henrico to William Cheatham of same, for £35, 375 acres in Bristol Parish on north side of Swift Cr., next to Hatcher’s Run and Cross Swamp, Elizabeth Randolph, Mrs. Judith Randolph (alias Field), and Pickanockey branch; wits: Tarlton Woodson, John Anderson, Josiah Woodson; signed: Field Jefferson; Francis his wife, relinquished her dower right; rec. 1st Mon Oct 1729 (Wills and Deeds 1725-1737, p. 248)

5 July 1731

Frances Epes and Richard Randolph, Gent., to William Randolph, Esq., as trustees of Bermuda Hundred, sell for 530 lbs of tobacco, two lots in town; the two lots were originally granted to Wm Randolph, decd. to whom said William is son and heir-at-law and by him lapsed; wit: John Nash, Bowler Cocke; signed Fran’s Epes, Richard Randolph; rec. 1st Mon in July 1731 (Wills and Deeds 1725-1737, p. 310)

7 July 1735 (recorded date)

William Randolph, Esq., for love and affection to my son Beverly Randolph, a tract known as Green Quarter on back of tract where I live, 900 acres, which was purchased by me of my brothers John and Thomas Randolph; no wit; signed William Randolph; (Wills and Deeds 1725-1737, p. 496)

October 1740 Court

Mary Randolph, one of the orphans of William Randolph, Gent., decd. chooses Dr. James Thompson as her guardian, John Robertson, Gent. security (Court Orders 1737-1746, p. 126)

July 1743 Court

Elizabeth Randolph to her son Henry, deed (Court Orders 1737-1744 p. 224)

Same date

Henry Randolph to his mother Elizabeth Randolph, deed (Court Orders 1737-1744 p. 224)

Same date

Elizabeth Randolph to Thomas Wells, deed (Court Orders 1737-1744 p. 224)

Mar 1746

Will of James Thompson of Dale Parish

Wife Mary; daughter Anne, wife and son-in-law Isham Randolph to be executors; wit: Field Archer, Elizabeth Archer, Kath. Mail; rec. Nov. 1747 (Wills and Deeds 1744-1748, p. 314)

2 Nov 1747

Bond of Richard Randolph, Jr. to Richard Eppes and William Eppes, for £550. Amos Lass has obtained a decree in General Court against Eppeses for 1000 acres, part of 6500 acres granted tp Francis Eppes, their late father, 28 Sep 1730, which said Amos has since sold to said Randolph, without any deed from Eppeses; Randolph shall indemnify them from any claim; wit: Littlebury Royall, Peter Eppes; signed Richard Randolph, Jr. rec. 1st Mon May 1749 (p. 1744-1748 Book p. 382)

18 Nov 1747

Will of Richard Randolph

Wife Jane, land and plantation at Curls;

Daughter Mary

Daughters Jane and Elizabeth

Son Brett, under age;

Son Ryland, under age;

Son John under age;

Son Richard;

Granddaughters Ann Cary and Mary Cary;

Peyton Randolph, Esq., Peter Randolph, William Stith, clerk, and Richard Bland to settle disputes that might rise;

Executors: wife, son Richard, Col. Peter Randolph, Col. Richard Bland; Mr. Archibald Cary; and the executors, along with Peyton Randolph, Esq., and William Stith, Clerk, to be guardians to children;

Wit: Richard Wilkinson, Richard Hooper, Stephen Childers; rec. June 1749

(1737-1746, Court Order Book, p. 112-14)

12 Aug 1748

Richard Randolph the elder of County and Parish of Henrico to Richard Randolph the younger, eldest son of said Richard, for love and affection, land called Tuckaho in counties of Henrico and Goochland, 2250 acres, now in possession of Richard the younger; wit: J. Bolling, Joseph Randolph, John Fleming, Jr.; signed Richard Randolph; rec. 1st Mon. in Dec. 1748 (1748-1750 Book, p. 58)

6 Sep 1748

Henry Randolph of Dale Parish to William Poythress of Bristol Parish, Prince George Co. for £50, 447 ½ acres in Dale Parish, bounded by George Cousins, James Franklin and Charles Burton, being part of tract of 1790 acres granted said Randolph by patent 12 Jan 1747; wit: Chr. Martin, Field Archer, Drury Ragsdale; signed Henry Randolph; rec. 1st Mon. in Dec 1748 (1748-1750 Book, p. 59)

1 May 1748

Henry Randolph, Jr., of Dale Parish to George Cousins, for £40, 447 acres in Dale Parish, next to Field Archer, George Cousins, Gills, widow Franklin, Col. Poythress, and Isham Randolph and is part of 1790 acres patented to Col. Francis Eppes, grandfather of said Randolph, but lapsed and was granted to said Randolph; no wit; signed Henry Randolph; rec. 1st Mon. May 1749; (1748-1750, p. 99)

3 Apr 1750

Articles of Agreement between Jane Randolph, widow to Richard Randolph, Gent. her son, in which she agrees to convey in lawful writing to said Richard when required to do so, all of her right in land and plantation known as Curls, except dwelling house, kitchen, dairies, meat house and smoke house and slaves: Betty, Cate, Joan Phillis, Jenny, Sukey, Nelly, Rhoda, Hannibal, Boumshire, Jamy, George, devised to her by her husband’s will, late of Curls, which she reserves to her own use, but that Boumshire, the tailor, shall make all the clothes for all the Negroes belonging to the said Richard; wit: Richard Bland, Robert Pleasants, John Lancaster; signed Jane Randolph, Richard Randolph; rec. 1st Mon in Oct. 1750 (DB 1750-1767 p. 31)

22 Sept 1750

Will of Beverly Randolph

Wife Elizabeth; brother Peter Randolph; brother William Randolph; cousin Thomas Randolph, son of my uncle Isham Randolph; nieces Elizabeth, Susanne, and Mary Chiswell; nephew John Price; executors wife and brothers William and Peter; wit: Bowler Cocke, John Goner, J. Wayles; rec. Dec. 1750 (Wills and Deeds, 1748-1750, pp. 42-52)

17 Jan 1753

William Randolph, Gent. to William Byrd of Charles City Co., for £2500, 5000 acres known as Westham, being part of the entire tract lately purchased by the said William from his brother Hon. Peter Randolph, Esq., to whom the same was delivered by his late father Hon. William Randolph and his brother Beverly Randolph, decd. but agreement for Randolph’s slaves to be suffered to continue on the within lands until 20 Oct next, ensuing to finish their crop; wit: Peyton Randolph, Charles Carter, Bowler Cocke, Jr. John Wayles; signed William Randolph; rec. 3 Apr 1753 (DB 1750-1767, p. 224)

18 Oct 1753

John Hanbury, London merchant to Col. Richard Randolph of James R. colony of Virginia, Esq., one of the executors of his father, Richard Randolph, decd. for 25 shillings and for divers other good causes, the assignment of a mortgage and all interest and all collateral thereunder. The estate of the elder Randolph assumed the liability of a debt incurred by an indenture of a mortgage of 19 Nov 1748 between John Randolph, Gent., formerly of Bruton Parish, York Co. VA but then of Middle Temple, London and said John Hanbury in which said John Randolph was to pay £1200 by the first of June next ensuing but he defaulted by will of his father, the late Sir John Randolph of Virginia; wit: William Tudman of the Parish of St. Edmund, by deposition taken before the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Crisp Gascoyne; signed John Hanbury; rec. 6 May 1754 (DB 1750-1767 p. 318)

16 Sep 1754

Agreement between Elizabeth Randolph, widow of Beverly Randolph, Esq., decd. and Hon. Peter Randolph, Esq., elder brother and heir-at-law of the said Beverly Randolph, decd. and remainder under the will of said decedent, in consideration of 200 pounds sterling annually, with the first payment to be made 1 Apr 1756 and on first of April every year afterwards for said willingness (sic) of Elizabeth Randolph to release lands, slaves and personal estate to the said Peter by 25 Dec, next, which she is entitled to for life under the said will of her late husband;

Said Peter further agree that on or before 25 Dec he will sell to Elizabeth all his right in the following slaves: Rachel and her five children Sally, Gabriel, Robert, Sam and Sukey; and Agnes and her three children Johnny, Absalom and Frank, which slaves belonged to the said Elizabeth before her marriage with Beverly;

And Peter will further permit Elizabeth to possess Ary and a boy named Malo for her life and then said slaves and their increase to be returned to Peter and those claiming under him;

And he will also give by 25 Dec next a silver teapot, coffee pot, milk pot, marrow spoon, punch strainer and silver cup intended for her by direction of her grandmother, and table linens and sheets, two feather beds with blankets and quilts belonging to them; and a chariot and horse used by her; wit: Phil Watson, Philip Roots, Jr. Thomas Aselby; signed Elizabeth Randolph, Peter Randolph; rec. 5 Feb 1770 (DB 1767-1774, p. 201)

27 Feb 1760

Col. Richard Randolph, Gent., and Ann his wife to Capt. John Ellis for £58/1/2. 105 acres on both sides of Tuckaho Cr., adj said Ellis’s tract, land whereon he now lives and part of tract of 945 acres belonging to said Richard Randolph, known as Windsor Forrest; wit: Henry Ellis, Charles Jordan, Benjamin Clark; signed Richard Randolph and Ann Randolph; rec. 5 May 1760 (DB 1750-1767, p. 626)

Note: Three other deeds, dated closely, from Richard and Ann Randolph go to Henry Ellis, Thomas Ellis, and William Ellis.

July 1762 Court

Will of William Randolph presented by Anne Randolph, the executrix and Archibald Cary, Gent., the executor and proved by John Pleasants, Jr. a Quaker; Anne Randolph, Peter Randolph, Peyton Randolph, Richard Randolph, Ryland Randolph, and Archibald Cary, Gent. entered into bond together (Court Order Book 1755-1762, p. 613)

May 1763 Court

Beverly Randolph, orphan of Peter Randolph, Esq., decd. chooses Mrs. Lucy Randolph and Richard Randolph, his guardians; George Cox, security (Court Order Book for 1767-1769, p. 237)

10 July 1765

Thomas Mann Randolph of Tuckahoe Goochland Co. to Archibald Cary of Ampthill, Chesterfield Co. for £25, 150 acres … Wit: Thomas Randolph, James Murray, Mary Eldridge; signed Thos. M. Randolph; rec. 5 Sep 1768 (DB 1767-1774, p. 83)

2 Mar 1766

Will of Jane Randolph

Son Richard Randolph; son Ryland Randolph; daughter-in-law Anne Randolph; Sons Brett, Ryland, John Randolph; daughter Elizabeth; niece Jane Eldridge; son John; unnamed eldest son of Brett; Richard, Ryland and Col. Archibald Cary to be executors; Wit: Elizabeth Gay and Anne Murray; rec. 1 June 1767 (Miscellaneous Court Records 1650-1800, vol. 6, pp. 1995-2001)

24 Apr 1766

Power of attorney from Samuel Sedgley, Esq., William Heilhouse (sic) and William Randolph, merchants and partners all of the City of Bristol to Randolph, Esq., of James Rover, Colony of Virginia to sue for, recover, and receive debts due; wit: Henry Bengsugh, Daniel Burgess; acknowledged before Isaac Baugh, Esq., mayor of City of Bristol; signed Sam’l Sedgeley, William Helhous (sic), William Randolph; rec. 5 Sep 1768 (DB 1767-1774, p. 84)

4 May 1767

Will of Peter Randolph

Wife Lucy; son William; son Beverly; son Robert; executors Col. Archibald Cary, Col. Richard Randolph, John Wayles and Seth Ward, Sr.; wit: Carter Braxton, John Sylton, Anthony Hay (From Probate Registry of Perogative Court of Canterbury, Somerset House, Londson; Book Seker (p. 393)

June 1767 Court

Will of Jane Randolph presented by Richard Randolph and Ryland Randolph, the executors; John Wayles, security (Court Order Book for 1767-1769, p. 4)

Aug 1767 Court

Will of Hon. Peter Randolph, Esq. was presented by Archibald Cary, Richard Randolph, John Hayles (Wayles), Seth Ward, Sr., Gent. (Court Order Book for 1767-1769, pp. 98-120)

Sept 1767 Court

William Randolph, orphan of Peter Randolph, chooses Richard Randolph, Gent., his guardian (Court Order Book for 1767-1769, p. 137)

6 June 1768

Thomas Man Randolph, Gent. of Goochland Co. to Samuel Shephard of Henrico Co. for £87/10, 175 acres on Deep Run, part of greater tract belonging to Thomas Man Randolph … (a line reestablished by Odadian (sic) Smith for damages done by Thomas Randolph’s Mill Pond unto David Hall and Joseph Brown’s line; wit (none; signed Thos. M. Randolph (DB 1767-1774, p. 62)

5 Aug 1771

Ann Randolph, widow and relict of William Randolph, decd. to Peter Randolph son of said Ann, for 5 shillings, her interest in 100 acres on main road from Warwick to Four Mile Cr. where the back of the tract known as Wilton crosses the said road near a place called Cox’s Old Field, thence along the road towards Varina Ferry, thence to a slash, thence along to Burton, thence north to the road that leads from Warwick Ferry to Four Mile Cr. Wit: Robert Walker, Parrobe Boswell, Archibald Cary, Thomas Fleming; signed Ann Randolph; rec. 5 Aug 1771; (DB 1767-1774, p. 282)

20 Sep 1695

Giles Webb and (unnamed) widow of Henry Randolph, Orphans Court, 1677-1739, p. 38)

Feb. 1701

Richard Blande and Elizabeth Randolph (Deeds, Wills, etc. 1697-1704, p. 279)

7 May 1782

Brett Randolph and Ann Randolph, daughter of Richard Randolph, who consents; sur. St. George Tucker (p. 81)

20 Mar 1787

Joseph Latil and Lucy Randolph; sur. Beverly Randolph (p. 57)

8 Oct 1788

Anthony Singleton and Lucy Randolph, who consents; sur. John Groves; wits: John Scruggs, W. Philex, John Hopewell, Thos. Speers (p. 88)

26 Feb 1789

David Meade, Jr. and Elizabeth Randolph, daughter of Col. Richard Randolph; sur. Richard Randolph; wit. Edm. Randolph (p. 62)

30 Dec 1789

Richard Randolph and Judith Randolph, daughter of Thomas M. Randolph who consents; sur. Archibald Randolph; wit: H. Randolph (p. 81)

11 Sep 1790

Thomas M. Randolph and Gabriella Harvie, daughter of John Harvie who consents; sur. Harry Heath (p. 81)

17 Apr 1797

John Brockenborough and Mrs. Gabriella Randolph; sur. Spence Roane (p. 11)

23 Feb 1798

William Bolling and Mary Randolph of lawful age; daughter of Richard Randolph, decd; sur. Thomas Bolling, father of William (p. 9)

12 June 1806

Thomas Lewis Preston and Edmonia Madison Randolph, daughter of Edmund Randolph of the City of Richmond; sur. James Breckenridge (p. 76)

Goochland grew out of Henrico in 1728.

Main Records

Nowel (Noel) Burton of St. James Parish to Thomas Randolph £123.10.10, plantation where Noel Burton dwells, 322 acres in same parish, also six slaves: Tom, Frank, Mary, Ned, Peter, and Bess, as security until debt is paid, unless paid by 18 Nov 1734; wits: John Fleming, John Woodson, Henry Wood; rec. 19 Nov 1728 (Wills and Deeds 1728-1734, p. 45; see deed dated 14 Aug 1730)

20 May 1729

James Holman of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., planter to Thomas Randolph, John Wood, William Mayo, Daniel Stoner, George Paine, William Womack, Robert Adams, Noel Burton, Leonard Ballew, Tarlton Fleming, and Henry Wood, vestrymen of St. James Parish, for £100., for a Glebe for use of the parish, 400 acres on north side of James R., bounded by Deer Pen Br., Evans’s line, Russell’s and Clark’s line; no wits; rec. 20 May 1729; Sarah, wife of Holman, relinquishes her dower rights (Wills and Deeds 1728-1734, p. 76)

19 Aug 1729

Bouth (Booth) Napier of St. James Parish, planter, to Col. Thomas Randolph, gent., for £30, 150 acres in same parish, on lower side of William Hoggatt and upper side of William Towns, being part of a patent to said Napier 11 July 1719 for 497 acres; wits: Thos. Prosser, John Ruin, Thos. Dickins; signed Bouth Napier; Sarah, wife of Napier, relinquishes her dower rights; rec. 29 Aug 1729 (Wills and Deeds 1728-1734, p. 115)

14 Aug 1730

We subscribers, three executors of will of Thomas Randolph, decd., have acknowledged that for £123.10.10 for security of within mortgage has been paid the decd. in his lifetime and his executrix since his decease; signed William Randolph, John Fleming, Richard Randolph; above receipt acknowledged by John Fleming and on motion of Noel Burton is to be recorded; refers to deed on p. 45 (Wills and Deeds 1728-1734, p. 219)

15 June 1731

William Mayo, Gent., to William Randolph, son and heir of Thomas Randolph, late of this county, decd., Gent., 1600 acres on south side of James R., bounded by John Redford, William Allen, Matthew Ligon, William Randolph, Esq. and William Mayo; wits: Henry Wood, Thos, Prosser; signed William Mayo; rec. 15 June 17321 (Wills and Deeds 1728-1734, p. 256)

21 Jan 1734

William Randolph Jr. to Isham Randolph, Gent., 400 acres on south side of James R. in St. James Parish, as by patent 9 Feb 1727 to Thos. Randolph, decd. whose son and heir William is; not wits.; signed Will’m Randolph; Mary, wife of William relinquishes her dower rights; rec. 21 Jan 1734 (DB 2, p. 41)

30 June 1736

John Newland, cordwainer, an indentured servant of Isham Randolph for four years 8 Apr 1737 … [words missing] satisfaction for time of servitude due from said Newland, he did ___ to make for said Randolph 250 pairs of men’s, women’s, children’s and negroes’ shoes and mend shoes, horse harness for chariot and cart, as occasion should require, till the shoes above mentioned should be made and the said Newland to be set free; signed Isham Randolph, John Newland; rec. 16 Nov 1736 (DB 2, p. 259)

30 Nov 1736

George Dudley, laborer, a servant to Isham Randolph, for 4 years 4 Feb 1737/8 in satisfaction for his servitude does agree to make Randolph 100,000 bricks for use to outline a garden, with a double ditch of 300 feet square, to pave with pebble a stone coach house, hen house, mill house and well house and to make for Richard Randolph 14,000 bricks and then to be set free; signed Isham Randolph, George Dudley; rec. 16 Nov 1736 (DB 2, p. 259)

16 July 1738

Bouth (Booth) Napier to John Carter, Esq., and Isham Randolph, Gent., £20, 100 acres on both sides of Tuckahoe Cr., bounded by Aniho. (sic) Hoggatt, Capt. Rene Laforce, and Capt. Henry Wood; no wits; signed Booth Napier (DB 3, p. 148)

16 Sep 1740

William Randolph, Jr., Gent., son and heir of Thomas Randolph, Gent., decd. to Hon. John Carter, Esq. of Charles City Co., for £130, land in St. James Parish, bounded by Bouth (Booth) Napier, 4 acres with a water grist mill on Tukahoe Cr., which 4 acres was conveyed to said Thos. Randolph, decd. by Anthony Hoggatt and Edward Scott, 19 Nov 1728; no wits; signed Will’m Randolph; rec. 17 Mar 1740 (DB 3, 403)

6 Apr 1741

Will of Isham Randolph

To prevent my creditor John Hanbury of London, Merchant, from being put to any difficulty in recovering money I owe him;

To enable my executrix to discharge and pay my promise to Peter Jefferson upon his marriage to my daughter Jane, £200 after Hanbury is paid;

My wife is to give my unmarried daus £200 each; she may well sell some land and give money to my unmarried daughters and my three sons;

To my wife Jane all my land in Goochland Co. and Amelia Co. and all my slaves;

I have in my possession in right of my wife certain leasehold estates of yearly value and am entitled to certain sums of money jointly with her by decree in chancery chargeable on Kenton, the estate of William Lilburn, Esq., decd., in the Bishopric of Durham;

Also one other sum of money, the legacy of Elizabeth Lilburn, to be my executors when estate of Kenton is sold;

I confirm my wife my right therein;

William Randolph, Esq., Col. Richard Randolph, William Randolph, Jr., Beverly Randolph, and Peter Jackson to be guardians to my children;

Exec: my wife

Wits: Tarlton Fleming, William Redford, Hannah Fleming;

Signed Isham Randolph

Codicil: Negro Phyllis was given to my dau Mary by my sister Mary Stith, and negro girl Hannah was purchased by me with money given by Sir John Randolph, knight, for my dau; also 1 negro boy Slatee was given to my son William by my brother William Randolph, Esq. (same wits)

Rec. 21 Dec 1742

DB 4, 110 (addendum)

17 Oct 1742

Will of William Randolph of Henrico County

To daughter Mary £800 sterling and £100 current money, with new chaise, harness, and six horses, which I have sent and 6 of her own choosing;

To son Peter, all my land at Westham with 16 negroes, also my tact at Letalone in Goochland Co., 900 acres, with 7 negroes; also my land at fork of Appomattox on north side of the river, not given before his brother Beverly, with 7 negroes; 2 negroes Jemmy and Flora;

To son William, all my land on branches of Fighting Cr. in Goochland Co., 7000 acres with all negroes; also 2 negroes Hercules and Isaac; all my plates, household goods and plantation where I live in Goochland Co.

To Sarah Cobb, for use of her daughter, £100 and to her dau. Sarah Stagg, all my land on south side of Appomattox R.; 5 negroes, Pedriff, Affegg, Bagwell, Jack, Phibby;

All of the rest of my estate to my son Beverly, except to my daughter Mary, 5 negroes: Phibby, Mirtilla, Phillys, and her three children;

The £200 owing from my son-in-law John Chiswell, to his daus. Elizabeth and Susannah

Execs: my three sons Beverly, Peter, William;

Dated 17 Oct 1742

Wits: Wm Mayo, Sam’l Cobb, and John (X) Scruggs;

Signed William Randolph

Rec. 16 Nov 1742

Wills 1742-1745, pp. 100-06

2 Mar 1745

Will of William Randolph of Tuckahoe, St. James Parish

To dau Judith Randolph, £1200 at 21 or marriage, with £200 of it at age 16 for her use in such trinkets as her guardians see fit; also to her all gold rings and other trinkets which belonged to her mother, my dear deceased wife, and three negro girls;

Dau Mary Randolph £1200 (£100 at 21 or marriage and £200 at 16 for trinkets, etc.); also 3 negro girls;

Monuments are to be erected to memory of Thomas Randolph, my ever-honored father and dear and loving mother of my dear and ever-loving wife Mary Randolph;

To my son Thomas Mann Randolph, all rest of my estate; he shall not be educated sat College of William and Mary or sent to England, but by private tutor;

My two daus to be educated suitable to their quality and circumstances;

If all my children die under 21, then all my estate to be divided between children of Rev. William Stith of Henrico Co., by his present wife Judith, my beloved sister;

My friends of John Lewis of Gloucester Co. and William Bassett of New Kewnt Co. to be guardians to my two daughters and William Stith guardian to my son;

Execs: friends William Bassett, Beverly Randolph, Peter Randolph, Rev. William Stith, and Peter Jefferson;

Codicil: Execs are to be Beverly Randolph, Peter Randolph, Rev. William Stith and Peter Jefferson of Albemarle Co. Peter Randolph and Rev. Wm Stith to be guardians to my son; Col. John Lewis of Gloucester Co. and my brother-in-law Mann Page of Rosewell, in Gloucester Co. to be guardians to my daughters;

Execs are to pay my faithful man (valet) Robert Harding, £50;

Execs are to confirm agreement between Col. Lunsford Lomax and myself re exchange made by us of some lands at Wart Mtn. and Nassau;

My desire is that my dear friend Peter Jefferson move down with his family to my Tuckahoe house and remain there till my son comes of age, with whom my dear son and his sisters shall live;

Execs are not to put my mulatto coachman William Merchant to any hard service, but he shall be kept to wait in the house;

Dated 20 July 1745

Wits: William Allison, William Walker, William Fitzhugh

Rec. 20 May 1746

DB 5, 1745-1749, pp. 73

5 Dec 1760

Will of Jane Randolph

Son Isham Randolph, land called Dungeness

Son William Randolph

Thomas Randolph

Dau Elizabeth Raley

Dau Dorothea Woodson

Dau Anne Pleasants

Dau Susanna Randolph

To Rewv. Wm Douglas, sum of five guineas

Execs: None

Wits: Henry Patillo, William Britt

Proved 21 July 1761

DB 8, 168-69

Marriage Records

19 Dec 1733

Nicholas Davis m. Judith Randolph; sur. Middleton Shaw (p. 1)

17 May 1738

William Stith m. Judith Randolph; sur. Nicholas Davies; wit: William Randolph (p. 263)

3 Oct 1739

Peter Jefferson m. Jane Randolph; sur. Arthur Hopkins; wit: H. Wood (p. 1)

15 July 1746

Charles Lewis Jr. m. Mary Randolph; sur. Valentine Wood (p. 3)

25 Oct 1751

John Woodson m. Dorothea Randolph; sur. Tarlton Woodson, Jr. (p. 8)

26 Nov 1751

Daniel Scott m. Anna Randolph; sur. John Woodson; wit: Valentine Wood (p. 264)

7 Nov 1760

Carter Henry Harrison m. Susanna Randolph, dau. of Isham Randolph, decd.; sur. William Meriwether; wit: Nicholas Meriwether (p. 8)

11 Dec 1780

David Randolph m. Mary Randolph, dau. of Thomas M. Randolph; sur. Brett Randolph; wit: Joseph Woodson; David “was 21 years of age last month” (p. 271)

15 Oct 1784

Robert Pleasants, Jr. and Elizabeth Randolph, dau of Thomas M. Randolph; sur. George Payne; wit: Matthew Page and Jesse Redd; Robert Pleasants Jr. is of Henrico Co. (p. 274)

15 Mar 1790

Randolph Harrison m. Mary Randolph, dau. of Thomas Randolph; sur. Arch’d Randolph; wit: John L. Harris (p. 12)

18 Apr 1797

John Brockenbrough m. Gabriella Randolph; married by Rev. Charles Hopkins; Goochalnd Co. Ministers’ Return (p. 341)

It grew out of Goochland in 1749.

Main Records

29 Sep 1757

To William Randolph and Richard Randolph of the County of Henrico, Gent. greeting: Whereas John Kendall of the County of Cumberland and Elizabeth his wife by deed dated 4 Dec 1755 have conveyed to Alexander Spears , merchant in Great Britain, the fee simple estate of 200 acres of land lying in county aforesaid; and whereas said Elizabeth cannot conveniently travel to our said court of Cumberland to make acknowledgement of the said conveyances, therefore we do give you power to receive her acknowledgement; signed 4 Oct in 30th year of our reign; Thompson Swann, clerk of court; Elizabeth Kendall was examined separate and aaprt from her husband and she does relinquish her dower rights; William Randolph, Richard Randolph (DB 2, p. 394)

Marriage Records

29 Jan 1750 (bond)

John Railey and Elizabeth Randolph; sur: Stephen Hughes

14 June 1759 (married)

John Pleasants and Ann Randolph, married by Rev. William Douglas; John Pleasants of Cumberland Co.; Ann Randolph of Goochland Co.

9 Nov 1760 (married)

Carter Henry Harrison and Susannah Randolph, married by Rev. William Douglas; Susannah, daughter of Isham Randolph, decd.; bond 7 Nov 1760—Goochland Co.; Carter Henry Harrison of Cumberland Co.; Susannah Randolph of Goochland Co.

11 Dec 1805

Richard Hackley and Harriet Randolph; sur: William Randolph; wit: Peyton Randolph; admin. of Gov. John Page 12/29/1805 to 12/11/1805

10 Sep 1817 (bond)

William F. Randolph and Jane C. Harrison, Jane Cary Harrison, daughter of Randolph Harrison; sur: John W. Nash

27 Oct 1825 (bond)

William S. Jones and Ann C. Randolph; sur: Thos. Hobson

This county was formed in 1749 out of the part of Henrico that is south of the James River.

6 Sep 1751

Mary Thompson, mother of Isham Randolph, decd. having relinquished her right to administer estate, same is granted to Burwell green as greatest creditor; William Pride and Edward Hill, security (OB 1, p. 138)

25 Oct 1751

Inventory of Isham Randolph’s estate valued at £102/5/6, Burrell Green, Adm’r; appraised by Thomas Dance, John Rowlett, John Gibbs (WB 1, p. 207)

May Court 1756

Accounts of Mr. Isham Randolph, by Burrell Green, Adm’r., sworn in court (WB 1, p. 206)

1 Oct 1761

Peter Randolph, Esq., of Henrico Co. to Jordan Anderson of Chesterfield Co. for £120, 200 acres bounded by Henry Clay, Bass, Gordon, being tract Randolph purchased of Joseph Tanner; wits: Robt. Goode, Matt’w Branch, Francis Moseley; signed Peter Randolph; rec. 5 Feb 1762 (DB 5, p. 180)

31 July 1766

Elizabeth Randolph and Greif Randolph of Dale Parish to Archibald Cary, Esq., and John Archer Sr., for £142.6.8, paid by John Archer Sr. and £300 to be advanced by John Archer, Sr. and Archibald Cary, 300 acres in same parish on south side of Timsbery Swamp, bounded by Henry Randolph and Charles Featherstone, but if all money repaid by 31 July 1772, deed is void; signed Eliz’a Randolph, Grief Randolph; wits: Richard Covington, r’d Jackson, Thomas Covington, John (I) Ratcliff; rec. 1 Aug 1766 (DB 5, p. 442)

17 June 1769

Will of Henry Randolph

To son John, land called the Old Plantation, 1000 acres, where I live;

To son William, my land called Rich Neck

All my lands in Amelia Co. divided equally between my sons Peter and Thomas;

Slaves and personal estate among my sons;

To sons Robert and Richard, £500, each;

Executors wife and son John, Maj. Peter Poythress, John Gilliam, Sr. and John Gilliam, Jr.; wit: Henry Featherstone, William Dyson, John Ratlief (WB 2, p. 6)

6 Nov 1773

Tabitha Randolph is appointed guardian to Robert and Richard Randolph, orphans (OB 5 1771-1774, p. 176)

Same date

William Randolph chooses John Ruffin as his guardian (OB 5, 1771-1774, p. 189)

2 July 1773

Will of Henry Randolph, formerly administered by John Randolph, to be administered by John Archer; John Randolph is to make up an account of his executorship before Thomas Bolling, Joseph Bass, Ben Branch, and James Turner, Gent. (OB 3 1771-1774, p. 294)

25 July 1774

Will of John Randolph of Cumberland County

Son Richard; son Theodorick Bland, tract on Stanton R. below mouth of Little Roanok in Charlotte Co., if he does not let it get into hands of one Paul Carrington or any of his agents children, etc. (who cheated my brother Ryland out of lot #570 in a deal for 310 acres of low ground on opposite side of Little Roanok) “to this day I feel, and all my children feel the villainy of Paul Carrington”; to son John; wife to divide estate to our children as she thinks proper; unable to make brother Ryland and brother Richard my executor for various reasons; slaves to be divided between sons Richard, Theodorick Blank, and John, and Richard when he is of age; my wife to spend what is necessary to educate my children; exec: Col. Theodorick Bland, Dr. Thomas Bland and Col. John Banister; no wit; exec. added: friend Thomas Randolph; wit: Elizabeth Banister, Neil Buchanan, Sr., Polly Buchanan (WB 2, p. 328)

13 Apr 1775

Will of Elizabeth Randolph

To dau Ann Leonard, 2 negroes, silver and items

To grandson Henry Randolph, 1 negro;

To granddau Elizabeth Wormeley Randolph, 1 negro;

To granddau Elizabeth Sherwin, 1 mourning ring;

To granddau Ann Randolph Watson, 1 plain gold ring;

To grandson John Archer, 1 negro and spoons marked FEA and 40 acres adj. land sold to Jesse Cogbill, which is short of deed of 300 acres from Henry Randolph and now in possession of John Randolph; rest of negroes to be divided among my son Grief Randolph’s children now living; exec: grandson John Archer; dated 13 Apr 1775; wits: Henry Archer, William Rowland (WB 3, p. 208)

3 Nov 1775

Will of John Randolph presented by Theodore Bland, Theo. Bland, Jr. and Thomas Randolph, execs, and proved by Neil Buchanan and James Fairlie and the codicil proved by Neil and Polly Buchanan and Elizabeth Bannister. Robert Kennon, George Robertson, Parker Hare, and David Holt to appraise estate in this county. Peter Johns, Philip Holcomb, Charles Archer and James Allen to appraise estate in Prince Edward and Cumberland Cos. Walter and Isaac Coles, Isaac Read and Joseph Morton to appraise estate in Charlotte Co. (OB 6, p. 90)

7 Sep 1778

Mary Rind, orphan of William bind chooses Frances Randolph as her guardian (OB 6, p. 185)

3 July 1778

Richard Randolph, orphan of Henry Randolph, chooses Peter Randolph as his guardian (OB 6, p. 179)

12 Feb 1787

Will of Archibald Cary of Ampthill

Son-in-law Archibald Bolling and wife Jane land and plantation they live on in Buckingham Co. called Red Oak, 1000 acres, with remainder to grandson Archibald Cary Bolling, if he lives to 21;

To dau Anne Randolph, negroes;

To son-in-law Carter Page and his wife Mary land in Buckingham Co., 2700 acresd and then to their son if helives to 21; and if two sons then to 2nd, 800 acres at lower end of tract;

To dau Mary Page, negroes;

To my executors, a tract in Buckingham Co.; in trust for my dau Betty for life and at her death to her first son then living who should reach 21;

To son-in-law Thomas Randolph, negroes;

To grandau Mary Randolph, dau of Thomas, £300 and 1 negro;

To son-in-law Carter Page, houses Archibald is building for him, £400 to finish them;

Rest to my execs in fee simple to sell and remainder to my dau. Anne Randolph, and if sheis dead to my grandson Archibald Cary Randolph; and if she is dead to my grandson Archibald Cary Randolph; and if he is dead to his brothers Isham and Thomas; and if they are dead to their sister Mary Randolph, my grandson Archibald Cary Bolling, my dau Betty and my dau Mary Page;

My dau Betty’s share is to be in control of my trustees and free from control of Robert Kincaid if he should become her husband; but if she m. someone else or becomes a widow, then estate to her own use and control;

Ececs: sons-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Randolph, and Carter Page; wits: Roderick Frayser, Jesse Vaughn, M. Randolph;

Codicil: one of negroes given to my son-in-law Thomas Randolph of Dungenys to go to my dau Mary Page;

To nephew Henry Bell, 70 acres if he pay execs £70;

To dau anne Randolph, negroes;

To son-in-law Thomas Randolph, negroes I have given him or my deceased dau Jane;

Dau Elizabeth, furniture

Granddau Anne Randolph, a mulatto girl;

I alos appoint David Ross one of my executors; wits: William Fleming, Roderick Frayser, and Jesse Vaughn; dated 19 Feb 1787

Second coldicil, land left to Mary Page and husband, 2700 acres is left to my execs to be sold and slaves bought for my dau Mary Page and dau Elizabeth Cary, for life;

To son-in-law Carter Page and dau Mary Page, a moiety of land devised in my will to use of my dau Betty for life; other part of land to my execs in trust for my dau betty;

As my estate is complicated, I give my execs 5% of what they get from my debts, sales, etc.; Wits Robert Goode, John Leitch, Wm Fleming; dated 21 Feb 1787

WB 4, p. 20-28

The Randolphs grew into a very prominent family in Virginia. There are too many records to search throughout all of Virginia. But I hope this post can get you started.

Happy researching!

Peter Jefferson’s Last Will and Testament

Henrico County

Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis and Gary Murdock Williams, Henrico County, Virginia Deeds, 1750-1774 (Westminster, MD: Heritage, 2007)

Joyce H. Lindsay, Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical P, 1983, 1985 1960).

Pauline Pearce Warner, Orphans Court Book, 1677-1738, of Henrico County, Virginia: An Accurate Transliteration with Index and Explanatory Information (Tappahannock, Virginia, privately published, 1963).

Benjamin B. Weisiger, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial Deeds: 1706-1737 (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1995 [orig. Richmond, VA, 1985]).

—, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial Deeds: 1677-1705 (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1996 [orig. Richmond, VA, 1986])

—. Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia: Part One 1677-1737 (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1998)

—, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial Deeds, 1737-1750 (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1995 [orig. 1988]).

—, Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part Two, 1737-1781, with Addenda (revised), (Athens, GA Iberian, 1995 [reprinted from 1977 and several reprinting]).

—, Henrico County, Virginia, Colonial Wills and Deeds, 1677-1737 (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1998 [orig. 1976]).

Goochland County

Margaret V. Henley, Abstracts of Wills from Goochland County, Virginia, 1727-1777, (Goochland County Historical Society)

Kathleen Booth Williams, Marriages of Goochland County, Virginia, 1733-1815 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1979 1986, orig. 1960)

Cumberland County

Cumberland County, Virginia Deeds 1749-1752 (Miami: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1990)

Cumberland County, Virginia, Deed Book no. 2, 1752-1760 (Miami: T.L.C. Genealogy, 2000

Cumberland County, Virginia, Will Book 1, 1749-1769 (Miami: T.L.C. Genealogy, 2000)

Chesterfield County

Benjamin Weisiger, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Wills, 1774-1802, rev. ed. (Athens, GA: Iberian, 1992 [1979, 1982])

—, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Deeds 1749-1756 (privately published 1986, rpr. 1991)

—, Chesterfield County, Virginia, Deeds, 1756-1764 (privately published, 1989)

—, Chesterfield County, Virginia Wills, 1749-1774 (privately published, 1979, rpr. 1988)

—, Chesterfield County, Virginia Deed Book #5, 1764-1768 (Athens, GA Iberian, 1995)

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Steven Del Rizzo (many genres)

I come from Toronto and started writing songs in 2000 to lift people up and offer another perspective. I am a singer/guitarist/composer/sitarist who performs mostly originals and covers. I am influenced by Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains, Jeff Buckley, Soundgarden, Nick Drake, Bob Marley, The Doors, The Who, Led Z... more info
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Moving dance floors all across Vancouver Island with his mixed varieties of Drum n’ Bass and Break Beats. Starting his DJ career in 2004, Spoon has quickly rose to be one of the “Next Up and Comers”, affiliated with some of the larger Break Beat promotion crews, Breakbeat Island, 4the Music, 420 Kru and DB mint. Your not gonna know what this boy is gonna throw at you next, he is not one to be missed!

Chris 'Okibi' Wakefield is an innovative and sometimes unconventional DJ, producer, and live performance artist from Victoria, BC. With an early beginning in drum and bass and dubstep, and mentoring from some of Canada’s finest, Okibi has exploded on to the broken-beat scene, opening for acts such as Capital J, RCola, ill.Gates, and Soulhunter. He brings a diverse selection of beats and styles to every set. From rolling liquid funk, to dubwise exclusives, bangin’ jump up, and glitched out dubstep, Okibi utilizes everything from vinyl, to CDs, and MIDI controllers. In late 2006 he founded Union Sound System, a steadily growing network of avant-garde artists. Okibi stays true to the old school sound, while pioneering future vibes.

Exploding onto the west coast drum and bass scene Matt 'Dezine' has been bringing a soulful fusion of sexy dark funk to dance floors all over Vancouver Island. Making his start behind the scenes with sound and lighting tech, Dezine found that no one was bringing any heart to drum and bass. Something had to be done!

In just under a year he has opened for the likes of Freaky Flow, DJ Sw@t, CronikAl, and dominated the beaches at last summers Soundwave festival. Dezine has also been deep in the studio banging out his own brand of self produced tracks. Expect to see some full releases from this beat designer early next year.

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Poached Egg with Spinach and Mushrooms on Giraffe Bread

I’ve finally worked out how to make the perfect poached egg, and it’s all down to the brilliant Jamie Oliver!!

Basically all you need is an egg, some clingfilm, some olive oil, a pan of boiling water and a spoon.

To make the perfect poached egg you make a little pouch with the clingfilm (deep enough to accommodate the egg), then you drizzle a little olive oil into the pouch, crack the egg into it, close the pouch up around it, twirl the ends of the clingfilm into a ‘rope’, wrap it round the wooden spoon, then plonk it in the water and rest the spoon on the top of the pan so that the egg pouch doesn’t drift off and unfurl.

And now that you can do that, here’s a recipe to go with your perfect poached egg:

What you’ll need:

A handful of spinach
A couple of mushrooms, sliced
1-2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
3 spring onions, chopped
1 egg, poached
2 slices of giraffe bread, toasted

What to do:

1. Poach your egg (method detailed above)
2. Next, with a splash of olive oil, add your spring onions and garlic to a pan and fry for a couple of minutes.
3. Then add your mushrooms, stir frequently
4. When your mushrooms are almost done throw in the spinach and let it wilt
5. Toast your bread
6. When everything is ready, pile the fried goods on top of your toast and plonk the poached egg on top

One healthy, flavoursome and minimal fuss breakfast or lunch option all piled up on the one plate…. did I mention that it’s also extremely cheap? Yep, student living to the max

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Forest and Woodland

Forest and woodland are important and widespread habitat in the area. The forests are dominated by oak species, usually Sessile Oak Quercus petraea on more acidic soils, Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur on neutral soils, with significant  pockets of Hornbeam Carpinus betulus, Hazel Corylus avellana and Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa. Mixed in with these is some Ash Fraxinus excelsior, Beech Fagus sylvatica, Silver Birch Betula pendula and Aspen Populus tremula, as well as many smaller species such as Wild Service Tree Sorbus torminalis, Wild Cherry Prunus avium, Field Maple Acer campestre, Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus and Rowan Sorbus aucuparia. All are managed for some combination of lumber, fuel, leisure and hunting. The management approach is generally light and biodiversity friendly, but ancient trees are rare. Fortunately the trees in many forests get old enough to have dead horizontal branches, a niche that is important for many insects and their predators, such as Middle Spotted Woodpecker. Although these broadleaf deciduous forests have been managed for centuries the species mix reflects the natural order. The forests are criss-crossed by tracks with mown verges, which are a surprisingly important part of the habitat matrix. The grass on the verge is flower rich and home to many butterfly species, including a number of Fritillaries. In the old Ash stands you might be lucky enough to encounter the Rosalia Longhorn beetle, and in areas with old Oak trees you can find the Great Capricorn longhorn beetle. Both these big beetles are very rare now.

A Hornbeam parcel in the Forêt de Preuilly (perfect habitat for the edible fungus Horn of Plenty Craterellus cornucopiodes).
Black Alder Alnus glutinosa, Ash, Poplar Populus spp and Birch are more common where the soil is wet. Downy Oak Quercus pubescens replaces the bigger commercial species on hot calcareous sites. Beech is uncommon, as it is too hot and dry.

Coniferous forests dominate in the Sologne. These are plantations, primarily of Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris, but also Austrian Pine, originating in the 19th century to 'improve' the natural heathland on the sandy soil here. The understorey in these pine forests is dominated by Bell Heather .

The forests provide habitat for a number of notable species -- birds such as woodpeckers (especially Green Picus viridus, Black Dryocopus martius, Middle Spotted Dendrocopus medius and Grey-headed Picus canus); mammals such as Pine Marten Martes martes; beetles such as Great Capricorn Cerambyx cerdo and Stag Lucanus cervus; shade loving plants such as Bastard Balm Mellitus mellisophyllum; as well as hundreds of fungi.

Mixed Beech and Sessile Oak woodland in the Forest of Loches.

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I’m Not Going To Try It. YOU Try It!

The human female has gone to some sort of fancy reception on campus.  Someone retired or got an award or was executed or something.  I don’t particularly care.  I do care that she brought back some goodies from the reception.  She has left this rectangular comestible in plain view.

Sigyn is excited.  I’m…  Let’s say I’m giving it the good old Jotun side-eye.

(poke, poke, poke)  On the one hand, it might be some sort of sweet shortcrust pastry full of luscious cheesecake and topped with lovely pastel pink chocolate curls.

On the other hand, it could just as easily be pizza crust, full of yummy mashed potatoes and topped with little bits of savory ham…

Or cardboard, full of caulk and topped with rolled up snippets of band-aid.

It’s outsourced campus food services so, really, the odds are about even…

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Still In The Throes of Gaming

Some of these games have definite possibilities.

For example, this one looks like it might be right up my alley:

And this one, which involved destroying skyscrapers with monsters could be a lot of fun.

And I have fallen in love with this majestic ship.

Come, my beloved!  Let us sail over to the food table and see if any new goodies have appeared today.

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Mischief Update: Here We Go Again

It’s been quite some time, I believe, since I have enlightened my readers as to my progress in making the human female’s life a nightmare.  Let me rectify that!

I was not idle over the Yule holiday.  I managed to manipulate both space and time. Something the human female ordered on December 12 was tracked to Hutchins, Texas on December 13.  On the 14th, she was told it was in Ocala, Florida on the 13th and was in Hutchins, Texas at 1:00 p.m., even though it was then only 9:00 a.m.  I like to watch that vein in her forehead bulge.

Two Yule gifts that people said they were sending to the human female have yet to arrive.  She does not know whether the gifts were, in fact, sent; whether Unrepentant Package Squashers or Usually Smashes Packages Significantly has made some grievous error; or whether I have been holed up somewhere, secretly eating chocolate, reading botany books, and drawing mustaches on photos of the grand-nieces and -nephews.

My gift to the male was a nasty cold.  Generous soul that he is, he shared with the human female, so that they both hacked and snorted their way through the holiday.  The female is still coughing, so I’m getting some good mileage out of a few microbes!  It’s called Thrift.

Of course, the fact that record cold has been followed by record heat, then rain, then fog, then wind, then cold again so that no one knows what to wear hasn’t helped.  Thor’s not the only one who can fiddle with the weather!

Following my recommendation, the local utility company has instituted a monthy “road improvement” fee to be assessed on all households.  Ostensibly, this is for Road Improvement, but it is actually the “Loki Roadtrip Improvement” fee.  By spring break, Sigyn and I will be able to go someplace really nice.

On the work front, I continue to be quite busy.  The new semester has started, which means the usual chaos of out-of-department teaching assistants, computer users who manage to delete their entire mailboxes, multiple conflicting versions of each syllabus, malfunctioning thermostats, and no-shows at critical meetings.

BAMN, my beloved purchasing software system, that which has caused the human female so much grief, is being phased out.  That is all right.  I have wrung about as much mayhem out of it as I can.  I will be able to confound her with just vendors and shippers and bookkeeping!  Why, already this semester, the Purveyor of Squiggly Things has shipped termites on the wrong day, increased all their prices, and lost the human-female-approves-all-shipping-charges-so-please-do-not-call-on-every-order note that was hanging in their shipping office.  There’s no fear anyone will forget BAMN, though, because there will long remain that open commitment with the Purveyor of Dead Things for that last order of stiff kitties.  It will remain on the books for-ev-er.

She is also haunted by the Ghosts of Piglets Past.  The Landfill Guardians have decreed that the preserved porcine cadavers are too much all at once.  The female must PAY the University’s Vet School to pick them up and incinerate them.  The good news is that she finally made contact with the people who can make this happen.  The bad news is that all the little piggies have to be unbagged before they will take them. File under “eew.”

The human female produced a small spate of actual useful activity in re-organizing the Biology Image Library, a vasty collection of images and review questions which the students may use (but mostly don’t) for study. Responding to numerous student requests, she sorted the images in each review set by lab.  Wanting to keep her occupied and out of my hair for as long as possible, I tinkered with the underlying code so that the images in each set display in alphabetical order by file name–no exceptions.  The only way to accomplish the sorting was to save each image, rename it with a name beginning with the name of the lab, and re-upload it.  Repeat for each review set.  Lest she become too complacent and file the sorted gallery as “completed business,” I deleted the script that alerted her to new faculty users requesting faculty access to the library, so now each new user will have to email her so that she can log in and enable them.  And then mail the new user back to let them know they can access the library.

I have engendered a war betwixt the human female and the main office copier-printer.  She was unable to print to it, getting only the message that the printer was offline due to a document “stuck” in the print queue.  When she tried to delete the document, she discovered that it was not one of hers.  It belonged to the IT tech who last set up user access to the printer–so she couldn’t delete it!  The IT tech was able to remotely log-in and delete it, but I guess his finger slipped (innocent whistling), because then the human female’s computer couldn’t see the printer at all.

I have also had my wicked way with the Department’s back-up server, with its array of hard drives.  I have had the drives fail one after the other, usually during a major backup session or an array rebuild, and at the most inconvenient times!  Such as last thing on the last day before the Yule holiday.  And on weekends.  And when the humans were out of town.  The human male does not often indulge in profanity, but he has learned some new words!

Astute readers will recall that the human female had a teensy little tiff with one of my hymenopterous associates back in October.  Since then, her swollen knuckle and advancing avoirdupois have kept her from wearing her engagement-wedding ring combination.  After determining that the swollen joint was not going to return to its accustomed size any time in the near future, she took the ring to a local jeweler for re-sizing.  They kept the ring for a few weeks, then reported that they could not do the job without separating the rings from one another, nor would they do the work unless she agreed to re-tipping all the prongs and having some additional work done, to the merry tune of $400.00+.   She asked them to return the ring to her, saying she will seek aid elsewhere.  So now she has it back and has added “find a different jeweler” to her ever-increasing to-do list.  The longer it sits about, off her hand, the more time I have to shove it down the sofa or feed it to the cat, so by all means, mortal, procrastinate away!

The humans and the feline continue to rely on various prescriptions for their continued miserable existence.  I have had had some fun with the mail-order pharmacy, Pills-R-Us, before.  They  used to think 11 pills was an 11-day supply and so not count it as eligible for autoship. Well, now they think that 9 pills is an 11-day supply.  I’m going for seven next month.  Meanwhile, the pharmacy that compounds the feline’s nostrums continues to invisibly under-fill every syringe of transdermally-applied medicine  (they look full), with the result that estimating what is left in any given syringe is indeed a crapshoot.

Let me think….  What else?

I made a funny smell in Room 313, prompting a round of everyone’s favorite game, “Hunt the Stench.”  The consensus was “mouse,” and I scattered a few dry droppings about, so the past week has involved traps, peanut butter, and a sort of rodentiferous paranoia. Except no one has caught anything.  Except perhaps hantavirus, but eh, Frost Giants are immune, so who really cares?

I made a steam leak in the autoclave, such that the resulting cloud set off the fire alarms and the whole building had to be evacuated.  On the first day of the semester.  In the rain.

The fridge made a puddle.

The feline made a puddle.  I have also taught her to lick the leather sofa, so now there’s a light, very smooth patch in her favorite spot.  Well, actually the middle of the dining room table is her favorite spot, because that’s where all the good sun is, of course.

My favorite spot is anywhere Sigyn is, about four inches to the left.

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Science on the Outcrop (Sigyn Speaks)

I just love botany! When the other botanists arrived, it was time to get down to work. Loki made himself scarce, but I eagerly joined the hunt for a rare plant called Prairie False Foxglove. Loki says that is a ridiculous name. I looked up the slanty name: Agalinis navasotensis, which is quite a mouthful.

The pink flowers in this picture are one of its much-more-common cousins, while the yellow flowers are something the botanists called Broomweed.

This is a somewhat better photo of the not-rare Agalinis. The human female knows all about the rare one–she discovered it! It has longer flower stalks and much thinner leaves, giving it a more open aspect and making it nearly impossible to photograph against surrounding vegetation, as well as practically invisible when out of flower. This is why they come out to count it in the fall, when it flowers.

This one of only two places in the whole world where this plant grows, so we were very glad to count over 400 of them.

After we counted plants, we did what the botanists called "transects." We sampled the plants by laying out a long tape measure and identifying the different species at fixed intervals. We made Loki hold the end of the tape measure, which he did with rather a lot of grumbling.

I was in charge of reading out the distances. Here at 30 cm from the start, we have a small, yellow-flowered plant called Horseweed. Loki, you should like this one!

It was good of Loki to help, even though he was bored and didn’t enjoy the sciency bits of the day as much as I did. He perked up noticeably after we were all done and the botanists began discussing setting fire to the outcrop some time next year.* Something about the glint in his eye tells me the human female should leave him at home that day…

I wish I could play with plants ALL THE TIME! You can read more about the outcrop and its plants at this virtual field trip.

* A controlled fire now and then helps the plants grow and keeps the brush and non-native species down.


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Chinese Calcium Carbonate Industry Reshapes and Continues to Fuel Global Demand

LONDON, July 7, 2016

Global demand for ground calcium carbonate (GCC) is growing, driven by the paper industry in China, where use of filler grade calcium carbonate is forecast to grow by an average of 1.9%py to 2020. The paper and plastics industries are the largest markets, accounting for around 39% and 27% respectively of estimated global consumption in 2015.

In 2015, consumption in paper slowed to its lowest level for two decades as increases in Asian production were offset by declines elsewhere. Paper loadings also tend to be higher in China because of the use of the most modern production technologies. In China, paper loadings of 40-50% are common and in some mills can be 55% or higher. The China Paper-Making Industry Association has reported a clear trend towards greater use of calcium carbonate at the expense of kaolin or other filler minerals because of its availability and lower price.

The plastics industry mainly uses calcium carbonate in rigid PVC as a filler. PVC use depends on the level of construction activity, which until recently has been concentrated in China. Construction activity in North America continues to recover but European levels are generally static at best. In paint, calcium carbonate is the main extender mineral used to reduce consumption of higher cost pigments, such as titanium dioxide. The most important market is in architectural coatings, use of which is again closely related to activity in construction, particularly housing. GCC is more commonly used than precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) because of its lower price and greater availability, with the exception of China. The two other major end uses comprise rubber and adhesives/sealants, which are concentrated in Asia

GCC and PCC capacity is estimated to exceed 115Mtpy, of which over 80% is GCC. This also includes at least 5Mtpy of undifferentiated capacity located mostly in China. GCC capacity is highest in China, followed by the USA, Spain, and Norway. Around 60% of PCC capacity is sited in China with another 12% in the USA. A high proportion of PCC capacity is located at satellite plants supplying paper mills.

Twelve companies control around half of global capacity, with the three leading producers (Omya, Imerys and MTI) together controlling over 40% of GCC capacity and over 35% of PCC capacity. Omya of Switzerland operates over 100 plants with both GCC and PCC capacity. MTI of the USA, which developed PCC satellite plant technology, is the largest producer of PCC worldwide, also has substantial GCC capacity in the USA. Nearly all MTI’s PCC capacity is operated on a satellite basis through joint ventures with paper mills. The Chinese calcium carbonate industry has traditionally comprised a very large number of small-scale producers. The industry is undergoing rationalisation and all plants with capacity of over 20,000tpy were to be closed during the 12th Five Year Plan of 2010 to 2015 to raise productivity and reduce pollution. Hundreds of producers remain in operation.

Overall calcium carbonate production in China rose to 27Mt in 2015 when GCC accounted nearly 60% of the total. GCC production did not really start in large volumes in China until the 1990s but its share of total calcium carbonate output is forecast to rise to over 70% by 2020. The use of PCC was historically higher in China than elsewhere as GCC only became widely available over the last 20 years.

Calcium carbonate tends to be a low-value and high-bulk commodity, which tends to makes shipment over long distances uneconomic. The majority of GCC trade takes place within Europe and is chiefly paper grade slurry from Norway. The amount of PCC traded internationally is much smaller than that of GCC because over 40% of capacity is located at satellite plants. Some higher value PCC grades are shipped worldwide as they can absorb higher freight rates. Marble and limestone chippings for GCC production are also shipped internationally, often between operations of the major multinational producers. A high proportion of this is also within Europe but material from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam is shipped to China and Japan.

Quoted GCC prices are related to particle size, colour, chemical purity and surface treatment of the raw material. PCC prices tend to be higher than those for similar grades of GCC because of higher production costs. Higher grade products, such as nano or pharmaceutical grades, command a substantial price premium. Paper grade PCC prices tend to show little change as consumers have long-term supply contracts.

Going forward, China will continue to dominate growth in demand for GCC, while its domestic industry reshapes in terms of consolidation and supply. PCC will continue to play an important role in the paper and plastics industries, linked in many cases by adjacent satellite mills and utilised for specific characteristics.


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Sunday Sevens #10

Another round of Sunday Sevens as hosted by Threads and Bobbins. It’s been a crazy week, and I’m really trying to get this remodeling job done.

wpid-img_20141116_0856482.jpg.jpegReplaced a shower curtain rod—after it fell, again. At least it wasn’t in the middle of the night this time.

wpid-img_20141117_0830312.jpg.jpegFirst real snow of the year!

wpid-img_20141123_1631532.jpg.jpegNew shoes, and they’re heels!!! Really, heels!!! Wolky brand shoes—Zulily had them on discount. Arch support, memory foam, heel support, and butter soft leather promise to hopefully relieve my numerous foot issues. And they’re heels and I can walk across the room in them!!!

No picture. Minor family drama, but after a long day of work it consumed the whole evening.

wpid-img_20141123_1629002.jpg.jpegWell, it’s a bad picture, but corn nuts came! The local stores have stopped carrying them, and they are a must have for party mix!! Yum!

wpid-img_20141123_1633142.jpg.jpegNew clothes, which is kinda fun and kinda aggravating. A new pantsuit I tried on, which has the jacket and the pants in the same size, was especially annoying. Why would the waist in the pants be too large, and the waist in the jacket almost too tight, when they are both the same size and by the same manufacturer, and designed to be worn together? Why?

wpid-img_20141123_1510502.jpg.jpegPainted the trim and one coat on the lower wall. I will finish the closet and do touchups tomorrow.

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Beware of False Prophets

30 May

How Pennies Helped Reveal the Truth about A False Prophet!

Acts 2:17

In March of 2006 pennies starting coming up out of the ground in my backyard, two months before Sammy (my daughter’s boyfriend) took his life, I found a total of 43 pennies and that is how I learned about the false prophet my daughter and Sammy were sending money to. The final day when I found 5 pennies was the night my daughter saw a vision of Sammy (a deceptive spirit) standing at the sliding glass door that lead to the back yard.  She was wide awake when  she saw the vision and it scared her, I even laid my hand on her chest and could feel her heart pounding. She quickly grabbed her bible and opened it. That is when she said mom “LOOK What it Says!

Deuteronomy 18:9-22
Detestable Practices

9 “When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10 “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 “For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. 13 “You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 “For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
15 “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. 16 “This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’ 17 “The LORD said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 18 ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 ‘It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. 20 ‘But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 “You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?’ 22 “When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him

After reading it my daughter told me how her and Sammy had been getting letters from a prophet. I learned his name was Prophet Peter Popoff who I had never heard of at the time. I wanted to know more. I learned her and Sammy were sending him money. She told me she had some of his letters out in her car. I started checking this guy out on the Internet and the Lord was quickly letting me know this guy was No prophet of God as he claimed. Many people are being deceived. In his letters he would tell them to do certain things in order to bring forth miracles. Now you may be wondering where the pennies come into play.  The very first letter I saw had 5 pennies drawn at the top of the page with a penny he sent that he claimed was anointed with Holy Prayer. He gives instructions on what to do with each coin. He told them to say certain words out loud. Another letter described how to  receive the 3 trinity gifts saying for the Father to pay $107.00, for the son pay  $77.00 and  for the Holy Spirit pay $67.00. I found this outrageous that he takes advantage of those hurting for his financial gain.
Now my daughter and Sammy fell victim into believing he was a man of God and followed the directions given to them with the pennies.  I pray by sharing this story others won’t fall victim to his scams and the scams of other deceivers. I will show examples of his letters and this is not all of them.
The pages are not in order but you will get an idea what they consisted of and how some people fall for this. The actually letters come with all the blue writing to make them look  personal.
I can only say Peter Popoff is a false prophet who Profits off others. We all need to pray for him!
I do not know how the pennies got in the ground and no one in my family knows. But the timing of them coming up is what is significant.
It was the Lord perfect timing!
Lord Jesus Saves

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“Her godparents or whoever wished it on to her should have been guillotined!”

(Elinor M. Brent-Dyer, Jo to the Rescue, 1945)

“There’s such a vogue for fancy names nowadays [1890s]. All your Cuthberts and Wilfreds and Percivals. Perhaps I am merely being perverse, but I feel a desire for something absolutely plain for him. I imagine him in a few years’ time when he’s a sturdy boy running about, and I can’t imagine myself calling out ‘Clarence!’ or ‘Algernon!’ or ‘Phineas!’ . . . . Jack. That’s a nice, plain, manly name.”

(Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Homecoming, 2001)

There’s a lot you can do with a name like Amelia. You can play with it, sure, is what you think I’m going to say. Make it cute (Amy), or cuter (Millie), complaining (Meelie), or French, I guess, like the movie (Amelie). You can step right into that name, is what I mean, and walk around. Swim with it or spill it on your shirt. Whisper it over like a sad, soft ache, or bark it out aloud like a mad, manic message: camellia, come heee-re, a-million, ah murder you, ye-ah.

(Jaclyn Moriarty, Dreaming of Amelia, Macmillan, 2010)

If you say “Alicia” quickly it sounds just like a well-behaved sneeze.

(Diana Wynne Jones, The Merlin conspiracy, Collins, 2003)

Agatha Mary Clarissa was named after her mother and grandmother, the name of Agatha, she believed, being added by Clara … as a result of a suggestion made on the way to the christening. (One of Clara’s favourite novels was, moreover, Miss Mulock’s Agatha’s Husband.)

…. As her publisher told her in 1920, it was an unusual and therefore memorable name.

(Janet Morgan, Agatha Christie, 1985)

“What a fine name the hero of that story had,” she said aloud. “If I were a man I would wish my parents had called me that.”

(1001 Arabian Nights adapted by Geraldine McCaughrean.)

He always signed his name “Henery” – strenuously insisting upon that spelling, and if any passing schoolmaster ventured to remark that the second ‘e’ was superfluous and old-fashioned, he received the reply that ‘H-e-n-e-r-y’ was the name he was christened and the name he would stick to – in the tone of to whom orthographical differences were matters which had a great deal to do with personal character.

(Thomas Hardy, Far from the madding crowd, 1874)

Virtue Names

Hope or Charity. One of those sorts of name, if you know what I mean. Used to be used a lot in Victorian times but you don’t hear them so much nowadays.”

(Agatha Christie – Nemesis, 1971)

Priss felt in awe of a person who could fasten a name like that onto a baby. “Aren’t you afraid he’ll be called ‘Icky’ in school?”

(Mary McCarthy, The group, 1963)

What a dreadful name!

(William Haggard, The high Wire, 1963)

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Courtney Force races into the history books in 4.148 seconds

Courtney Force is officially the 100th female winner in the history of the National Hot Rod Association. Courtney Force beat Dale Creasy Jr., Jeff Arend, Tommy Johnson Jr., and Cruz Pedregon.

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Courtney Force celebrates the championship run that gave her the 100th victory by a female driver in NHRA history, at the NHRA Kansas Nationals drag races on Sunday, May 25, at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan. The trophy reads, '100 Pro Wins for Women'.

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Courtney Force raced to the 100th victory by a female driver in NHRA history Sunday in the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.

In her second attempt to earn the landmark victory in two weeks, the 25-year-old Force outran Cruz Pedregon in the final round for her first Funny Car victory of the season and fourth of her career. The No. 1 qualifier Saturday, she finished in 4.148 seconds at 306.46 mph in her Traxxas-sponsored Ford Mustang.

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''There's just a lot of emotion right now,'' said Force, the youngest daughter of 16-time season champion John Force. ''It's been a long weekend. I'm so proud of my guys and I am happy to win this for all of the girls who have won races in NHRA over the years. They know how to win. This win is for them.''

Force is one of 14 female winners in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, a list that started with Shirley Muldowney in Top Fuel in 1976.

''She's the one who really paved the way,'' Force said. ''It all started with her.''

The 65-year-old John Force, eliminated in the first round, hugged the winner after the race.

''I am just so proud of her,'' he said. ''She battles like me. People say she looks like her mom and she races like me. I saw her jump in there against Cruz and then she got the win. I gave her a big hug at the finish line and I just said I loved her and was so proud. I know she was disappointed last week and I just told her to have fun and race hard today. She is a competitor just like her sisters, Ashley and Brittany, and her brother-in-law, Robert Hight. I hope she remembers this feeling because history doesn't happen every day.''

Courtney Force nearly accomplished the feat last weekend in Georgia, but lost a close final-round race to John Force Racing teammate Hight.

''I thought I missed my chance,'' Force said. ''To go all the way through to the final and let it slip through my fingers it was very emotional.... I was pretty much crushed.''

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Force is one of three women who have won races this season, joining fellow Funny Car racer Alexis DeJoria, a two-time winner this season, and Pro Stock points leader Erica Enders-Stevens, also a two-time winner. On Saturday, Force and sister Brittany, a Top Fuel driver, were both No. 1 qualifiers.

''All of the women run so well, it could have many any one of us,'' Force said. ''But we were finally able to do it. I am just so proud to do it for all the girls out there.''

She beat Dale Creasy Jr., Jeff Arend, and Tommy Johnson Jr. to reach the final.

''All day I was just trying not to think about it,'' Force said.

In the final, Pedregon's Toyota Camry slowed near the finish in a 4.225 at 250.60.

''I grew up watching my dad battle with Cruz and there he was lined up in the lane next to me,'' Force said. ''My nerves were really going. I screwed up trying to get the car staged. Luckily, I got it together.''

Ashley Force Hood, Courtney's older sister, was the first female Funny Car winner in 2008.

''To start with when Brittany and Courtney both went to No. 1, I knew this was already a special weekend,'' Force Hood said. ''I thought it could be a really good race for both of them since their race cars were running so well. They were both going rounds today and I started to get excited because sometimes you just have the magic. I had a feeling that maybe this would be the day. It is pretty cool. I watched it on my computer with Autumn, Jacob, and Noah. I actually made a video. The kids were jumping up and down we were all really excited.''

Spencer Massey won in Top Fuel, and Allen Johnson in Pro Stock.

Massey raced to his second victory in a row and second at Topeka, beating defending series champion Shawn Langdon in the final with a 3.871 at 314.02.

Massey topped Brittany Force in the semifinals.

Johnson won for the third time this season and the third time at Topeka, outrunning teammate Jeg Coughlin in the final. Johnson powered his Dodge Dart to a 6.663 at 207.81.


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Christmas cheer

Be of good cheer, comrades, whatever ghosts you worship, or don't worship, at this time of year. True, the economy stinks; we've got a pack of fools in Lansing doing their best to ruin our state, and various other horrors too numerous to mention.

And yet there is good news most of us are overlooking. We have gotten through this year, or just about; bruised and battered, true; facing worse economic news to come, yes.

But in some key ways, we are better off than a year or two ago. Nationally, we are actually about to have some form of universal health care, imperfect, but far better than nothing.

And in our state and our town, the good news is that we've sobered up. Detroit and the auto industry have mostly dropped their delusions and are increasingly facing reality. Remember: One year ago the no-longer-big three, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, were tottering on the brink of extinction. Not just bankruptcy, extinction. Southern Republican senators like Alabama's Richard Shelby, were against giving them a penny.

Had Chrysler and GM been forced to declare bankruptcy then, it might have provoked a panic that would have plunged the already shaky stock market into something like what happened in 1929. The impact would have crippled suppliers too.

Many of them supply the entire industry, and that might well have sent Ford into bankruptcy too. We could have been going through a second Great Depression, right now. Yet we avoided that. President George W. Bush, of all people, did us a favor by throwing a few billion at Chrysler and General Motors, if for no other reason than to avoid their collapse on his watch. Then, President Obama continued life support. When the sick two finally declared bankruptcy, everyone was ready for it, and the markets barely quivered.

What's more, the machinery was in place to get them into and out of bankruptcy as quickly as possible. Naturally, none of us knows if they will survive long-term. But they aren't dead yet.

When the nation elected Barack Obama on Nov. 4, 2008, it was a sign it was willing to sober up too, after our disastrous eight-year wallow in crackbrained fantasyland, in which the nation tied itself to Bush and his dangerously crazy puppet master, Dick Cheney, and thereby ruined itself financially, morally and in nearly every way you can imagine.

Detroit went through a similar, though different binge on pretty much the same timetable, electing a vulgar, self-indulgent man-child mayor not once, but twice.

A year ago, Kwame Kilpatrick was still in jail, and the equally repellent Monica Conyers was still on City Council, disgracing Detroit daily. Now, four elections later, we have a mayor who is, regardless of how you feel about his policies, a sensible and responsible grown-up. Dave Bing is trying to find a way for the city to survive, avoid bankruptcy and have a future.

That's not easy, and he knows it. Fortunately, Kilpatrick, who was mumbling about a comeback a year ago, has continued to publicly disgrace himself, increasing the odds that nobody will ever feel nostalgia for him or what he represents.

Monica C. is a convicted felon, and other council embarrassments, such as Barbara-Rose Collins, Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, and the flatlining Martha Reeves, are gone too.

Meanwhile, Robert Bobb and his staff got another year to try to save the wretchedly used and abused Detroit Public Schools. Vast and difficult work lies ahead.

Success is far from certain, but rational, sensible men and women are trying. What we have to do individually is harder. Here's the present we all need to give ourselves: We can have a future — you, me, Detroit, maybe even those of us who want to make cars. But we have to create it ourselves.

Two years ago, you could still find shop rats and engineers who thought the auto industry would roar back, and again provide good-paying mindless jobs for hundreds of thousands. Now, pretty much everybody realizes that's over. Instead, there is a new delusion; people waiting for the next big industry to arrive and put us all back to work at high-paying secure jobs making condoms or search engines or something.

Not going to happen. To be sure, some wonderful thing might come about; nobody saw Henry Ford and Bill Gates on the horizon before they showed up and created new industries. But we can't sit around waiting for that.

We're doing our best to settle accounts with our mistakes in the past. Now, we're going to have to build a future. That means all of us. We have to take responsibility for this state, both for ourselves and for all of us. Karl Gregory, a distinguished professor emeritus from Oakland University and one of the wisest men I know, likes to quote Jackie Robinson:

"Life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives." They don't get that in Lansing yet, where a bunch of narrow-minded ideologues intend to allow higher education and the cities to be destroyed next year, rather than pay for them.

We'll talk more about that in the future. Meanwhile, enjoy the holiday and accentuate the positive, as they used to say. We've lost a lot this year, but that includes stupid illusions, Bush and Cheney. And that ain't all bad.

Need a last-minute gift? Reading books — real books you can hold in your paws — is an idea so out, so retro, that I predict it will come back in. You may think I am a dinosaur, but consider this. Leave your laptop, your Kindle or even your Blackberry on the bus, and you are out big bucks. Lose a portable paper book, like that dog-eared Sue Grafton mystery you are reading, and you probably can still make the rent. Plus, you can write in a book, stick notes and recipes and pieces of paper in it.

If you know someone interested in the sort of stuff I write about — history, , politics and Michigan — here are three paperbacks I'd recommend. (Coincidentally, all were published by the University of Michigan Press this year.)

Bath Massacre, by Arnie Bernstein ($18.95), is the story of America's first school mass murder, right outside Lansing in 1927. A bizarre and mysterious farmer named Andrew Kehoe meticulously packed and wired explosives into the walls of the town school, killing dozens, for reasons nobody to this day understands.

The Toledo War, by Don Faber ($24.95), is a fascinating and funny look at the 1835 "war" between Ohio and Michigan, in which we got cheated out of Toledo as a result of presidential power politics (some things never change). There's also a lot of interesting stuff about what Michigan was like back then.

Finally, there's a brand-new book that nobody, but nobody, should ever be without: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Almanac, by Yoopers Ron Jolly and Karl Bohnak. For a mere $27.95 you can learn everything there is about what's on top of the mitten. Did you know that the nation's longest-running talk show is on WIKB in Iron River? Do you know about the Gitchee Gumee Agate and History Museum? Been to the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival?

Go get this book, now, ya, for sure. Seriously, I'm having a hard time putting it down.

Jack Lessenberry opines weekly for Metro Times. Contact him at


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Final members selected for Red Wings arena Neighborhood Advisory Council

Richard Etue, seen here, was one of 12 members elected to the Neighborhood Advisory Council on Wednesday, April 23. (Ryan Felton/Metro Times)

Unfortunately, we were unable to attend last night's Neighborhood Advisory Council, which, in case you were unaware, is a 16-member board established to weigh in on the new Red Wings arena near downtown.

About three dozen residents and property owners cast ballots by the 8 p.m. deadline on Wednesday inside the Block at Cass Park, The Detroit News reports. It's the culmination of a handful of community meetings which began weeks ago. Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda Lopez facilitated the meetings, but emphasized at previous meetings that it's up to the community to conduct business.

According to the News, the 12 candidates selected include: Michael Boettcher, Richard Etue, Jason Gapa, Francis Grunow, Steve Guether, Paul Hughes, Ray Litt, Warner Doyle McBryde, Karen McLeod, Delphia Simmons, Melissa Thomas and Anthony Zander. Joel Landy, a land owner in the area, lost his bid. The City Council appointed four candidates last month.

As we reported in this week's issue, the Neighborhood Advisory Committee was negotiated after Olympia Development of Michigan, Detroit Red Wing's owner Mike Ilitch's real estate arm, balked on a proposed community benefits agreement.  The committee is charged with the task of offering input on the arena's design, parking security and more.