![]() Born 1738 at VA, died May 18, 1794 at VA, USA, 55 or 56 years Prominent Families of VA Vol 1-4 2. Peyton Randolph, b. 1738. Married (1763) his cousin, Lucy Harrison. They had three children: Betty Randolph, Kidder Randolph and Peyton Randolph, who married Anne, daughter of James Innes, Atty. Gen. of Va. His only son, James Innes Randolph, married Susan, daughter of Capt. Addison Armistead, U. S. Army. Married his cousin Peyton Randolph of Wilton, c. 1773 Attributed to Matthew Pratt (1734ā1805) Oil on canvas Gift of Kate Brander Mayo Skipwith (subsequently Mrs. Berkeley Williams), 1927.13 Named for an uncle who as speaker of the House of Burgesses had become one of the most beloved and accomplished public figures in the colony, Peyton Randolph of Wilton (early 1750sā1784) faced great expectations. Though he perceived himself as a member of the English nobility, and so recorded here, this Wilton heir nonetheless became an ardent patriot, rejecting British colonial policy of the 1760s and 1770s that he felt threatened his social status. It was presumably Randolph's impassioned political stance that caused his loyalist brother-in-law "English Lewis" Burwell to knife him at the dinner table in 1775. Both survived the altercation. Married 1763 (30 or 31 years married) to: ![]() Born 1755 at Berkley, Charles City, VA, USA, died 1809 at Staunton, Augusta, VA, USA, 53 or 54 years Married her cousin Children: 1. ![]() Born Feb 2, 1778 at Wilton, Henrico, VA, USA, died Sep 6, 1837, 59 years 2. ![]() Born 1781 at NC, USA, died 1849 at Young, 67 or 68 years 3. ![]() Born 1783 at Wilton, Henrico, VA, USA, died 1853 at Washington, DC, USA, 69 or 70 years 4. ![]() Born 1779 at Wilton, Henrico, VA, USA, died UNKNOWN at Young |