Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph
(1753-1810)
BIRTH
1753
PLACE
Gloucester, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia
NAME
Elizabeth Nicholas
DEATH
1810
PLACE
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, United States
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Edmund Randolph
(1753-1813)
HOMES
NICKNAMES
Betsey
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph (1753–1810) was the daughter of Virginia treasurer Robert Carter Nicholas. She and Edmund Randolph grew up in Williamsburg and married in August 1776, as announced in a contemporary newspaper. Their son Peyton became governor of Virginia. Edmund’s recollection describes their shared childhood schooling and affectionate marriage. Her biography rests on family correspondence and records rather than a separate public career.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph died in 1810, in Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth Nicholas Randolph was the daughter of Virginia treasurer Robert Carter Nicholas. She and Edmund Randolph grew up in Williamsburg and married in August 1776, as announced in a contemporary newspaper. Their son Peyton became governor of Virginia. Edmund’s recollection describes their shared childhood schooling and affectionate marriage. Her biography rests on family correspondence and records rather than a separate public career. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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