Randolph family of Virginia

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The Randolph family of Virginia is a prominent political family, whose members contributed to the politics of Colonial Virginia, and after the American Revolutionary War, the state of Virginia. They are descended from the Randolphs of Morton Morrell, in Warwickshire, England. The first Randolph in America was Edward Fitz Randolph, who settled in colonial Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. His nephew, William Randolph, later came to Virginia as an orphan in 1669. He made his home at Turkey Island along the James River. 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.

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