Re: THOMAS JEFFERSON/RANDOLPH FAMILY-Tuckahoe Photos
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Re: THOMAS JEFFERSON/RANDOLPH FAMILY-Tuckahoe Photos
C.Jones 12/05/08
To C.Jones
Hello,
I am also a descendant of William Randolph and Mary Isham (daughter of Henry Isham and Katherine Royal). According to our records, William had 9 children: William II, Thomas (who is my ancestor), Isham, Henry, Richard, Mary, John, Edward and Elizabeth. Isham was the father of Jane Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's mother. So, William I and Mary are the great-grandparents of Thomas Jefferson, and probably namesakes of William and Mary college, where Jefferson went to school. Their daughter Mary (sibling of above mentioned kids)I believe married John Stith, and had a son William who became President of William and Mary college. But no, Jefferson was not descended from young Mary, he was descended fromher brother Isham.