Jacob Fitz Randolph (1708-1779) is #476 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #477 --?-- --?-- (about 1710- before 1764) in about 1730 in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
I am descended through:
* their son, #238 Samuel Fitz Randolph (1730-????), married #239 Martha Gach (1730-????) in about 1750.
* their daughter, #119 Tabitha Randolph (1752-1841) married#118 Stephen Cutter (1745-1823), in about 1769.
* their daughter #59 Sarah Cutter (1785-1878), married #58 William Knapp (1775-1856) in about 1804.
* their daughter, #29 Sarah Knapp (1818-1904), married #28 David Auble (1817-1894) in 1844.
* their son #14 Charles Auble (1849-1916), married #15 Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952) in 1898.
* their daughter #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977), married #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in 1918.
* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Jacob Fitz Randolph1–4
* Sex: Male
* Father: Samuel Fitz Randolph (1668-1754)
* Mother: Mary Jones (1672-1760)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 23 March 1708, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[1–3]
* Will: 15 February 1779 (age 70), will written; Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[4]
* Death: before 9 August 1779 (before age 71), inventory taken; Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[4]
* Probate: 27 April 1782 (age 74), will proved; Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[4]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: --?-- --?-- (1710-1764)
* Marriage 1: before 1730 (before about age 22), probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[1-3]
* Child 1: Samuel Fitz Randolph (1730- )
* Child 2: Isaac Fitz Randolph (1731-1768)
* Child 3: Reuben Fitz Randolph (1733-1784)
* Child 4: Jacob Fitz Randolph (1737-1779)
* Child 5: Jotham Fitz Randolph (1740-1782)
* Child 6: Joseph Fitz Randolph (1743-1782)
* Child 7: Mary Fitz Randolph (1745-1784)
* Child 8: Johannah Fitz Randolph (1747- )
* Child 9: Elizabeth Fitz Randolph (1749- )
* Spouse 2: Mary Fitz Randolph (1710- )
* Marriage 2: about 1764 (about age 56) Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States[1-3]
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Information on Jacob Fitz Randolph was obtained from:
Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom, 1630-1950, published 1950[1].
Louise Aymar Christian, "Nathaniel Fitz Randolph of Woodbridge, N.J., Quaker, and his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 97, Number 3 (July 1943), pages 275-280; Volume 97, Number 4 (October 1943), pages 330-340; Volume 98, Number 1 (January 1944), pages 42-54; Volume 98, Number 2 (April 1944), pages 124-130; Volume 98, Number 3 (July 1944), pages 227-234[2]
Oris H. F. Randolph, Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry, A Family Genealogy, 860-1976, published 1976[3].
Jacob Fitz Randolph was born 23 March 1708 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, the son of Samuel and Mary (Jones) Fitz Randolph[1-3].
Jacob Fitz Randolph probably lived most of his married life in Blazing Star, New Jersey, which is now called Carteret, a borough to the north of Woodbridge and south of the Rahway River.
The name of the first wife of Jacob Fitz Randolph is unknown. She was born in about 1710, and died in about 1764. She is probably the mother of all his children, all born in Blazing Star, New Jersey[1-3].
* Samuel Fitz Randolph (1730-???), married 1750 to Martha Gach (1730-????)
* Isaac Fitz Randolph (1731-1768), married 1753 to Catherine Hoff (1735-????).
* Reuben Fitz Randolph (1733-1784), married 1754 to Elizabeth Moores (1734-1817).
* Jacob Fitz Randolph (1737-before 1779), married before 1760 to Abigail --?-- (1737-1779).
* Jotham Fitz Randolph (1740-1782)
* Joseph Fitz Randolph (1743-1782), married 1772 Abigail Ludlam (1747-????).
* Mary Fitz Randolph (1745-1784), married 1760 to Gabriel Compton (1735-1784).
* Johannah Fitz Randolph (1747-????), married 1769 to Jacob Thorne (1734-1786).
* Elizabeth Fitz Randolph (1749-????),. married to Samuel Moore (1751-????).
Jacob's second wife was almost certainly his much-married cousin, Mary (Fitz Randolph) (Thorne) (Fitz Randolph) (Horseman) Jackson, daughter of Edward and Katherine (Hartshorne) Fitz Randolph, as her fifth husband. They married at Woodbridge in about 1764, and had no children[1-3].
Jacob Fitz Randolph died before 9 August 1779 when his inventory was taken by his son, James Fitz Randolph and Joseph D'Camp[1-4].
The abstract of the will of Jacob Fitz Randolph is in Volume XXXV of the New Jersey Calendar of Wills[4]. The abstract says:
1779, Feb. 15. Fitz Randolph, Jacob, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.: will of.
Wife, Mary 100 pounds. Son, Reuben, 50 acres which I bought of John Noe. Son Jotham, and my grandson Jacob Fitz Randolph, the part of my place which is on the north side of the road. Son Joseph, and my grandson Jacob Fitz Randolph, rest of the place. Daughter Joannah Thorn, and my grandson Samuel Fitz Randolph, son of my son Jacob, 42 acres which I bought of John Noe Sr, and 32 acres which I bought of the Sheriff, and was formerly the property of Jonathan Coddington. Daughter, Mary Coddington, 50 pounds. Grand-daughter Zipporah Fitz Randolph, 20 pounds. To the surviving children of my son, Jacob, deceased, 100 pounds. Granddaughter Tobitha Jones, 50 pounds. To the surviving children of my daughter Elizabeth Moore, deceased, 100 pounds. Executor's -- my sister's son, William Smith; my son-in-law Jacob Thorn; and my grandson Jacob Fitz Randolph. Witnesses -- James Cromell, Joseph Cromell, Joseph D'Camp. Proved Nov. 20, 1782.
1779, August 9. Inventory, 1,785 pounds, 8s, 9d. made by Joseph D'Camp and James Fitz Randolph. (Lib. 24, p. 268).
No burial site has been found for Jacob Fitz Randolph or for either of his wives.
5. SOURCES
1. Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph, The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom, 1630-1950 (n.l.: n.p.,1950), page 19, Jacob Fitz Randolph family sketch.
2. Louise Aymar Christian, "Nathaniel Fitz Randolph of Woodbridge, N.J., Quaker, and his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 97, Number 3 (July 1943), pages 275-280; Volume 97, Number 4 (October 1943), pages 330-340; Volume 98, Number 1 (January 1944), pages 42-54; Volume 98, Number 2 (April 1944), pages 124-130; Volume 98, Number 3 (July 1944), pages 227-234., Volume 97, No. 4, pages 335-6, Jacob Fitz Randolph family sketch.
3. Oris F.H. Randolph, Edward Fitz Randolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English Norman Ancestry, A Family Genealogy, 860-1976 (n.l. : the author, 1976), Jacob Fitz Randolph family sketch, page 52.
4. Elmer T. Hutchinson, editor and indexer, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey:: First Series -- Volume XXXV: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc., Volume VI - 1781-1785 (Trenton, N.J.: McCrellish & Quigley Co., 1939), page 146, Jacob Fitz Randolph will abstract, 1779, 1782; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 June 2019.
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