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Isham Randolph (February 24, 1687 – November 2, 1742) was an American planter, merchant, public official, and shipmaster. He was the maternal grandfather of United States President Thomas Jefferson.
25 de may. de 2023 · Isham Randolph, sometimes referred to as Isham Randolph of Dungeness, was the maternal grandfather of United States President Thomas Jefferson. Randolph was a planter, a merchant, a public official, and a shipmaster.
Isham Randolph (March 25, 1848 in Clarke County, Virginia – August 5, 1920) was an American civil engineer who is best known as the chief engineer of the Sanitary District of Chicago during the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
20 de sept. de 2023 · Son of Col. Wm. Randolph and Mary (Isham) Randolph who built up a large estate near tidewater of James River, and became one of the most influential political leaders of his generation. By the time of the father's death in 1711, he had established a leading dynasty and was able to bequeath thousands of acres of land to his children.
When Col. Isham Randolph was born on 24 February 1685, in Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, COL William Randolph I, was 34 and his mother, Mary Anne Isham, was 25. He married Jane Rogers on 25 July 1717, in England.
As owners of tens of thousands of acres of land worked by hundreds of enslaved people, and serving as well as merchants and shipowners, the Randolphs—unified like a modern business conglomerate—affected the economic affairs of the colony. They also influenced the administration of government.
Because of their numerous progeny, William Randolph and his wife, Mary Isham Randolph, have been referred to as "the Adam and Eve of Virginia". The Randolph family was the wealthiest and most powerful family in 18th-century Virginia.
