Randall Family Line

Randall Family Line

Amasa Bates

Birthdate: ca.1754

Birthplace: Cummington, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Baptism: 1758 in Province of Massachusetts Bay

Denomination: (possibly) Puritan, Congregationalist or, Baptist

Death: 1834 in Massachusetts

Burial:

Occupation:

Military Service: Revolutionary War Veteran

Immediate Family:

Son of Ebenezer Bates and Sarah Gaines

See: Bates Family Line

Children:

1. Randall Bates 1779-1836

2. Mehitable Bates 1782-1784

3. William Randall Bates 1784-1841

4. Horace Bates 1791-1840

5. Jacob Nelson Bates 1803-

About Jemima Randall

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2SK-7L7

https://www.myheritage.com/names/jemima_randall

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Nana's 4x Great-Grandfather:

My 6x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 7x Great-Grandfather:

Jonathan Randall (1724 - )

Birthdate: 1724

Birthplace: (probably) Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Denomination: (possibly) Puritan / Congregationalist

Death: [date unknown] in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Parents:

Jonathan Randall

1688-1724

Bethia Howard

1691-1746

Family

Spouse:

Abigail Allen

1730-

Abigail Randall

Birthdate: December 5, 1730

Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Denomination: (possibly) Puritan / Congregationalist

Date of Marriage: July 27, 1749

Place of Marriage: Brockton, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Death: [date unknown] [place unknown]

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Captain Jacob Allen and Abigail Kingman

See: Allen Family Line

Children:

1. Bethia Randall 1750–

2. Susanna Randall 1755–

3. Jemima Randall 1760–1840

4. Abigail Randall 1763–

5. Mehitable Randall 1765–1837

6. Zebulon Randall 1771–1824

About Jonathan Randall

Sources:

Mayflower Families Vol. 15 p. 84

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZBY-WZ2

https://www.geni.com/people/Jonathan-Randall/6000000003940163862

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-3121

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Nana's 5x Great-Grandfather:

My 7x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 8x Great-Grandfather:

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Randall/6000000003938419798

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MM3J-P7F

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-250

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167439898/william-randall

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Nana's 7x Great-Grandfather:

My 9x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

William Randall (1609 - 1693)

William “the Immigrant” Randall

Birthdate: ca. 1609

Birthplace: Southampton, Hampshire, England

Denomination: (possibly) Puritan / Congregationalist

Arrival: Arrived to New England on the ship 'Expectation' in 1635

Death: October 13, 1693 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Burial: Second Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Occupation: Shoemaker

Parents:

Simon Randall

1574-1627

Jane Stephens

1578-1612

Family

Spouse:

Elizabeth Carver

1618-1672

Elizabeth Randall

Also known (incorrectly) as: "Elizabeth Barstow"

Birthdate: October 15, 1618

Birthplace: Flegg Parish, Filby, Norfolk, England

Denomination: (possibly) Puritan / Congregationalist

Date of Marriage: ca. 1640

Place of Marriage: Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Death: December 24, 1672 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Burial: Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Carver, of Watertown and Margaret Skurrie

Children:

1. Sarah Randall 1625–1693

2. Joseph Randall 1642–1713

3. Hannah Randall 1644–1714

4. Mary Randall 1645–1711

5. William Randall 1647–1712

6. John Randall 1650–1712

7. Elizabeth Randall 1652–1693

8. Job Randall 1654–1727

9. Benjamin Randall 1657–1692

10.Isaac Randall 1658–1759

11. John Randall 1660–1728

About William Randall

William Randall migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Second Parish Cemetery

Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

PLOT This site was only used for 27 years; from 1680 to 1707.The name reflects the history of the town. The area was once the South Parish of Scituate. It is related in the Randall and Allied Families book that Many Randall's are buried in South Parish Cemetery, in that part of Scituate that is now Norwell.

MEMORIAL ID 141551707

"16 Aprilis 1635

Theis pties herafter expressed are to be transported to the Island of Providence imbarqued in the Expectation Cornelius Billinge Mr, having taken the Ooaths of Allegeance & Supremacie: As likewise being conformable to the Church of England; whereof they brought testimonie from the Ministers & Justices of Peace, of their Abodes."

https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/expectation.htm

Biography

The first known mention of a William Randall in the New World comes from the passenger list of the Expectacion, Ship's Master Cornelius Billinge, which sailed from London to the Island of Providence on 24 April 1635. The Island of Providence was off the coast of Central America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Povidence_Island_colony

There appear to have been two sets of passengers: men, women and children comprised the majority of the passengers, taking the oath on April 16; a group of ten men took the oath on the date of sailing. William, age 26, was in this latter group. It has been suggested these were prisoners being 'reassigned' away from England. A look at William's biography below suggests this is supported by his observed temperament.

Early Confusions Regarding William

An early history mistakenly added 'Rhode Island' to the destination of the Expectation, the cause of a great many family trees trying to place Wm. in Rhode Island in 1635.

There is no evidence yet put forth to justify assigning parents or place of origin to William.

His wife was Elizabeth Carver, not Elizabeth Barstow.

Life in Plymouth Colony

By 1637, possibly a year earlier, Wm. was in Marshfield, Massachusetts. By 1640 he had married Elizabeth and was living in Scituate which adjoins Marshfield on the north. At Scituate he seems to have occupied a respectable position. He was a man of strong opinions and was ready to maintain his rights, as a result of which he developed a litigious reputation, spending some time in court as a defendant. Many of the plaintiffs were related to him by marriage or to some member of his family.

William and Elizabeth were often in disuptes about boundary lines. In 1660 he was fined "for striking Edward Wanton", and in 1664 "for breaking the King's peace by poaking Jeremiah Hatch with a hopole" and was fined 3s. 4d. In some of the causes that he lost, William Randall paid the damages in "shooes", notably in the case of Joanna Kempton, from which it has been inferred that he was a cordwainer, or shoemaker. William and Elizabeth were of the party that gained much strength from 1630 to 1670, which held it unlawful to pay religious teachers. His goods were occasionally taken by the constable. On one of these occasions in 1654 Elizabeth Randall was "fined for abusing the Constable, Walter Hatch."

After these troubles, they both settled down to be quiet members of Mr. Witherell's church. William Randall became a freeman on 6 June 1654 and at various times he was Constable, Surveyor of Highways and on lists of those "able to bear arms".[1]

Controversies and Disputed Origin

In 1943, Frank Randall published the genealogical compendium Randall and Allied Families (RAAF)[2], based on research of his father Samuel, and further on an earlier 1889 book by Pardon Randall, William Randall and His Descendants.

RAAF is well sourced from both primary sources, and familiar secondary sources, such as Savage and Hotten, and serves as our primary reference for research into William Randall and his descendants. This source is not without error, however, and the biggest error appears right away, with the choice of Elizabeth Barstow as William's spouse. R.C. Anderson, in his Great Migration reference, convinces us that William married Elizabeth Carver.

Another RAAF confusion is a likely misinterpretation of Hotten's documentation of a William Randall's arrival in the Colonies. Hotten notes a William Randall came on the Expectacon, arriving at the Island of Providence from London in 1635. (The Island of Providence was a contemporaneous Puritan destination, but off the coast of Central America.) The original settlement, at Providence, RI, is not on an island, and was not founded until 1636. RAAF copies Hotten, but adds (R. I.) to the Providence Island destination, an apparently false clarification. Further, William's estimated age comes from this passenger list. (Checking names of other passengers on the Expectacon, one does not find them in FamilySearch indices for Providence or Plymouth.) There is no known documentation as yet regarding the arrival of our William Randall at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.

RAAF has been transliterated into an online tree, unfortunately of similar name, creating confusion and borrowing authenticity. This tree resides on RootsWeb/Ancestry and its creators made some further erroneous elaborations of the Randall line; perhaps most egregious is the assigning of fictitious parents for William. These have been copied widely by other family trees and so have compromised the tree at WT as well. Note again that RAAF mentions no known ancestors of William, and R. C. Anderson states that William's parents are, as yet, unknown. Since the online tree above offers no sources in support, it appears to be just a guess, based on similar name and time frame. Therefore, everything in this online Randall tree should be ignored unless a source is presented. Use RAAF instead.

A Simon Randall and Jone (Stephens) Randall had a William Randall bpt. 16 Mar 1600 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

If one searches the Community indexed IGI for William Randall b. in England between 1600 and 1620, one gets over 40 results fitting the parameters.

There needs to be more evidence to assign any one set of parents to William the immigrant. Simon Randall and Jone (Stephens) Randall have been disconnected.

After 1637, William Randall settled in Marshfield, Massachusetts. By 1640 he was settled in Scituate, Massachusetts where he married Elizabeth Carver. He was listed as a cordwainer. "Original Lists of Persons of Quality 1600-1700", by Hotten, pg. 69 (R929.3, ORI).

His farm was on the brook that falls into Till's or Dwelly's creek: His house was in the valley, twenty rods north of the brook on the west side of the way, where stands [1831] the mansion of Elisha Foster, sen. late deceased. No record of his marriage is found here: perhaps he married in Marshfield, where he seems to have been 1637.

He was an enterprising and useful man in many respects; but unfortunately for himself, appears to have been litigious. There are several disputes on the Colony records, which he prosecuted with his neighbors about bounds of lands, and when the causes were decided against him, he seems not to have submitted very quietly. He was fined 1660, 'for striking Edward Wanton,' in one of these disputes: and in 1664, 'for breaking the King's peace by poakeing Jeremiah Hatch with a ho-pole, was fined 3s. 4d.' Colony Records. He, with his wife were of the party that gained much strength from 1650 to 1670, which held it unlawful to pay religious teachers. His goods were occasionally taken by the constable. On one of these occasions, '1654 William Randall's wife fined for abusing the Constable, Walter Hatch.' Colony Records. After these troubles, they both settled down to quiet members of Mr Witherell's church." "History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831", Samuel Deane

"Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850"; NEHGS Register; Boston, Massachusetts, 1909 (SCGS)

"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants", by Frank Alfred Randall, C.E.; pg. 34; Revert-Weber Printing Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943 (929.2 R188-4 LAPL)

Children of WILLIAM RANDALL and ELIZABETH CARVER are:

i. SARAH3 RANDALL, b. 1640, Scituate (Plymouth) Masasachusetts; d. Aft. 1693; m. JOHN PALMER, 1664, Scituate (Plymouth) Masasachusetts; b. 1640, Hingham (Hingham) Massachusetts; d. 1669.

Notes for SARAH RANDALL:

"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England", by James Savage

Sarah Randall was baptized on November 23, 1645 in Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

Marriage Notes for SARAH RANDALL and JOHN PALMER:

(RootsWeb WorldConnect)

2. ii. JOSEPH (1) RANDALL, b. March 16, 1641/42, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. February 21, 1722/23, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

iii. HANNAH RANDALL, b. March 1643/44, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. August 23, 1714, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; m. DANIEL TURNER, June 20, 1665, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; b. 1641, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. 1699, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

Notes for HANNAH RANDALL:

Hannah Randall was baptized in First Parish Church, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts on November 23, 1645. "Vital Records of Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts to the Year 1850"; NEHGS Register; Boston, Massachusetts; 1909

"American Marriage Records Before 1699", by Clements, pg. 180 (974.0)

"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants", by Frank Alfred Randall, C.E.; pg. 38-9; Revert-Weber Printing Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943 (929.2 R188-4 LAPL))

Notes for DANIEL TURNER:

Daniel and Hannah (Randall) Turner removed to Barstow's Bridge since called "North River Bridge", ...with his family he had 80 acres granted to his father by the freemen of Scituate in 1636 at Union Bridge on west side of North River which remains in possession of his descendants for many generations. "Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants", by Frank Alfred Randall, C.E.; pg. 38; Revert-Weber Printing Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943 (SR) (929.2 R188-4 LAPL)

"Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families", pg. 269

"Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers", IV:349

"The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633"; by Robert Charles Anderson; New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; 1995

Daniel removed to Barstow's (now North river) bridge". Lazarus died in Phip's expedition to Canada. "History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831", Samuel Deane

Marriage Notes for HANNAH RANDALL and DANIEL TURNER:

"American Marriage Records Before 1699", William Montgomery Clemens, pg. 181, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1975 (SCGS)

"Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families", pg. 269 (SR)

"Genealogy of William Dorcus Fallass of Boston, Massachusetts", compiled and published by Lura F. Alexander; pg. 156; Kansas City, Missouri; 1929 (929.2 F194 LAPL))

"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants", by Frank Alfred Randall, C.E.; pg. 38-9; Revert-Weber Printing Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943 (929.2 R188-4 LAPL)

3. iv. WILLIAM (1-2) RANDALL, JR., b. December 1647, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. April 11, 1712, Scituate (Providence) Rhode Island.

4. v. JOHN (3) RANDALL, b. April 28, 1650, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. July 1728, Rochester (Bristol) Massachusetts.

vi. ELIZABETH RANDALL, b. October 17, 1652, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. November 03, 1693, Boston (Norfolk) Massachusetts; m. JAMES DAVIS, 1673, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; b. 1650, Charleston (Sullolk) Massachusetts; d. 1718, Boston (Suffolk) Massachusetts.

Notes for ELIZABETH RANDALL:

"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Families of New England", III:505-7 (974.0 NEa, SCGS)

Notes for JAMES DAVIS:

James and Elizabeth removed to Boston following their marriage. "Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers", II:24

5. vii. JOB (1) RANDALL, b. February 08, 1653/54, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. September 19, 1727, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

viii. BENJAMIN RANDALL, b. Bef. November 08, 1656, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. October 13, 1692.

Notes for BENJAMIN RANDALL:

"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Families of New England", III:505-7 (974.0 NEa)

Benjamin Randall was baptized in Second Church of Scituate on 8 Nov 8, 1657. "Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850"; NEHGS Register; Boston, Massachusetts; 1909

6. ix. ISAAC (1) RANDALL, b. January 01, 1657/58, Scituate (Plymouth) Massachusetts; d. July 10, 1759, Pembroke (Plymouth) Massachusetts.

Removed Non-factual Notes

Notes for ELIZABETH BARSTOW: "American Presidential Families", by Charles, Compiler Mosley, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, Maxwell MacMillan; Toronto, Canada; 1993

"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Families of New England", III:505-7 (974.0 NEa)

"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants", by Frank Alfred Randall, C.E.; pg. 34; Revert-Weber Printing Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943 (929.2 R188-4 LAPL)

Marriage Notes for WILLIAM RANDALL and ELIZABETH BARSTOW:

"The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton", by Dean Crawford South

"New England Marriages Prior to 1700", compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey, pg. 611, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa, SCGS)

"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants", by Frank Alfred Randall, C.E.; pg. 34; Revert-Weber Printing Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943 (929.2 R188-4 LAPL)

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of the Farmer's Register"; by James Savage, II:24; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1981,1986, 1990

Sources

↑ Miner Descent William Randall

↑ Randall, Frank; Randall and Allied Families, 1943;, available via FamilySearch at https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE47111

According to this he wasn't even on the ship:

https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/expectation.htm

References:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-8

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Randall/6000000006728026757

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZ9B-M5G

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141551707/william-randall

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Nana's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

Parents:

Abraham Randall

1536-

Elizabeth Kibby

1530-1600

Family

Spouse:

Jane Abraham

1553-1665

Jane Randall

Birthdate: February 1553

Birthplace: Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire, England

Christening: March 5, 1553 at Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Puritan

Date of Marriage: 1573

Place of Marriage: Allington, Dorset, England

Death: [unknown]

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Abraham and Margaret Caroless

Children:

1. Simon Randall 1574–1627

2. Samuel Randell 1575–1631

3. Philip Randall 1576–1662

About Goodman Randall

Birth: ABT 1550 in Allington, Dorset, England

Father: Philip Randall b: ABT 1520 in Allington, Dorset, England

Marriage 1 Spouse: Unknown

Children:

Simon Randall b: ABT 1574 in Allington, Dorset, England;

Philip Randall b: ABT 1576 in Allington, Dorset, England;

Goodman Randall b: ABT 1578 in Allington, Dorset, England.

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9V1K-H32

https://www.geni.com/people/Goodman-Randall/6000000083206057467

https://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Randall/6000000000618980717

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-1386

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Nana's 10x Great-Grandfather:

My 12x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

Abraham Randall (1536 - )

Birthdate: 1536

Birthplace: Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Death: [unknown]

Parents:

William Randall

1499-1559

Alice Belknap

1510-

Family

Spouse:

Elizabeth Kibby

1530-1600

Elizabeth Randall

Birthdate: 1530

Birthplace: Waterford, County Waterford, Munster, Ireland

Date of Marriage: ca.1550

Place of Marriage: Dorsetshire, England

Death: ca. 1600 in England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Nicholas Kirby and Lady Joan Crawford

Children:

1. Goodman Randall 1551–1632

About Abraham Randall

Biography

Abraham was born about 1536.

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZ7L-QN2

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Randall-1386

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Origins of the Randall Family

The surname Randall was first found in the parish of Ladock in Cornwall. "Hay, which was formerly deemed a genteel residence, was successively a seat of the families of Randyll, Tregain, and Bone."

Randall Spelling Variations

Randall has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Many variations of the name Randall have been found, including Randall, Rendle, Randal, Rendel, Rendell and others.

Randall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Philip Randall, his wife and their three children, who arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1633

Philip Randall, who arrived in New England in 1634

John Randall, who arrived in Virginia in 1635

Abraham Randall, who arrived in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1636

Thomas Randall, who landed in Virginia in 1636

Randall Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Isaac Randall, who arrived in Virginia in 1701