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Goochland County is a county located in the Piedmont of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its southern border is formed by the James River. As of the 2020 census,the population was 24,727. Its county seat is Goochland.
Isham Randolph was an American planter,merchant,public official,and shipmaster. He was the maternal grandfather of United States President Thomas Jefferson.
Peter Jefferson was a planter,cartographer and politician in colonial Virginia best known for being the father of the third president of the United States,Thomas Jefferson. The "Fry-Jefferson Map",created by Peter in collaboration with Joshua Fry in 1757,accurately charted the Allegheny Mountains for the first time and showed the route of "The Great Road from the Yadkin River through Virginia to Philadelphia distant 455 Miles"—what would later come to be known as the Great Wagon Road. Likewise,it indicates the route of the Trading Path from Petersburg to Old Hawfields,North Carolina and beyond.
William Randolph I was an English-born planter,merchant and politician in colonial Virginia who played an important role in the development of the colony. Born in Moreton Morrell,Warwickshire,Randolph moved to the colony of Virginia sometime between 1669 and 1673,and married Mary Isham a few years later. His descendants include many prominent individuals including Thomas Jefferson,John Marshall,Paschal Beverly Randolph,Robert E. Lee,Peyton Randolph,Edmund Randolph,John Randolph of Roanoke,George W. Randolph,and Edmund Ruffin. Due to his and Mary's many progeny and marital alliances,they have been referred to as "the Adam and Eve of Virginia".
Jane Randolph Jefferson was the wife of Peter Jefferson and the mother of US president Thomas Jefferson. Born in the parish of Shadwell,near London,she was the daughter of Isham Randolph,a ship's captain and a planter. Jefferson was proud of her heritage and brought customs of aristocracy to her family. Jefferson was revered within her family's household and positively influenced her son,Thomas Jefferson.
Wilton House Museum is a museum in a historic house located in Richmond,Virginia. Wilton was constructed c. 1753 by William Randolph III,son of William Randolph II,of Turkey Island. Wilton was originally the manor house on a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) tobacco plantation known as "World's End" located on the north bank of the James River several miles east of the city of Richmond. Between 1747 and 1759,William III acquired more than a dozen contiguous tracts of land. About 1753,Randolph completed building a Georgian manor house,which he named "Wilton," on a site overlooking the river.
The Randolph family of Virginia is a prominent political family,whose members contributed to the politics of Colonial Virginia and Virginia after statehood. They are descended from the Randolphs of Morton Morrell,Warwickshire,England. The first Randolph in America was Edward Fitz Randolph,who settled in Massachusetts 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.
Col. Archibald Cary was a Virginia planter,soldier,politician,and major landowner. He was a political figure from the colony of Virginia.
Paul Carrington was a Virginia planter,lawyer,judge and politician. He served in the House of Burgesses after the creation of Charlotte County and through the Virginia Revolutionary Conventions,then represented Charlotte County,as well as neighboring Halifax and Prince Edward Counties in the Virginia Senate after the conflict before legislators elected him as a justice of the Virginia Court of Appeals. He was a delegate to the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788 and cast his vote for ratification of the United States Constitution,although his son George Carrington,who represented Halifax County,voted against ratification.
John Robinson,Jr. was an American politician and landowner in the colony of Virginia. Robinson served as Speaker of the House of Burgesses from 1738 until his death,the longest tenure in the history of that office.
Tuckahoe,also known as Tuckahoe Plantation,or Historic Tuckahoe is located in Tuckahoe,Virginia on Route 650 near Manakin Sabot,Virginia,overlapping both Goochland and Henrico counties,six miles from the town of the same name. Built in the first half of the 18th century,it is a well-preserved example of a colonial plantation house and is particularly distinctive as a colonial prodigy house. Thomas Jefferson is also recorded as having spent some of his childhood here. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1969.
Henry Soane (1622–1661) was a Virginia politician,real estate investor and landowner who served in the House of Burgesses 1652–55,1658,and 1660–61,and was its Speaker in 1661.
William Randolph II,also known as William Randolph Jr. or Councillor Randolph,was an American planter and politician. He was the Treasurer of Virginia and the oldest child of William Randolph and Mary Isham.
Thomas Randolph,also known as Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe,was the first European settler at Tuckahoe,a member of the House of Burgesses,and the second child of William Randolph and Mary Isham,daughter of Henry Isham and Katherine Isham (Banks).
Sir John Randolph was an American politician. He was a Speaker of the House of Burgesses,an Attorney General for the Colony of Virginia,and the youngest son of William Randolph and Mary Isham.
Henry Corbin was an emigrant from England who became a tobacco planter in the Virginia colony and served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly,in the House of Burgesses representing Lancaster County before the creation of Middlesex County on Virginia's Middle Neck,then on the Governor's Council.
William Randolph was an American politician and county clerk. He was the son of Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe in Goochland County,Virginia. He built the elegant two-story residence for Tuckahoe. Randolph held the positions of Clerk and Justice in Goochland County and he represented the county as a member of the House of Burgesses. He was the first Clerk of Albemarle County.
Colonel Thomas Lygon III was a Colonial Virginian statesman,militia officer,and landowner. Born into a genteel family in England,Lygon emigrated to the Virginia Colony in the early 1640s. He served in the House of Burgesses,representing Henrico County,and was a justice of the peace for Charles City County. Lygon owned large parcels of land along the Appomattox River,and worked as a surveyor until his death in 1675. He was the patriarch of the American branch of the Lygon family.
John Farrar was a Virginia planter and politician.
William Farrar Jr. was a Virginia planter and politician who represented Henrico County in the House of Burgesses (1660-1676).