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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.
When Col. Isham Randolph was born on 24 February 1685, in Chesterfield, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Randolph I, was 34 and his mother, Mary Anne Isham, was 25. He married Jane Rogers on 25 July 1717, in Bishopsgate, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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.
William Randolph I (bapt. 7 November 1650 – 21 April 1711) was an English-born planter, merchant and politician in colonial Virginia who played an important role in the development of the colony.
William Randolph, settled at Turkey Island in the early 1680s, near the head of the Tidewater on the James River, built up a large estate, and became one of the most influential political leaders of his generation.
