Elizabeth Randolph Bland
(1685-1719)
BIRTH
1685
PLACE
Turkey Island, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia
DEATH
1719
PLACE
Jordan's Point Plantation, Prince George County, Colony of Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER
William Randolph
(1650-1711)
MOTHER
Mary Isham
(1660-1735)
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RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Elizabeth Randolph Bland was a daughter of William Randolph and Mary Isham of Turkey Island, Virginia. She married planter Richard Bland in February 1701/1702 and became the mother of Mary Bland Lee and Richard Bland, the Revolutionary politician. Virginia’s legislative history gives her death as January 22, 1719/1720, reflecting the old calendar. It also gives a 1680 birth, while this record says 1685. Her family is identified, but that birth discrepancy remains unresolved.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Randolph was born 1685. The external genealogical record identifies William Randolph and Mary Isham as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Randolph is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Elizabeth Randolph died 1719. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Randolph died in 1719, in Jordan's Point Plantation, Prince George County, Colony of Virginia. Elizabeth Randolph Bland was a daughter of William Randolph and Mary Isham of Turkey Island, Virginia. She married planter Richard Bland in February 1701/1702 and became the mother of Mary Bland Lee and Richard Bland, the Revolutionary politician. Virginia’s legislative history gives her death as January 22, 1719/1720, reflecting the old calendar. It also gives a 1680 birth, while this record says 1685. Her family is identified, but that birth discrepancy remains unresolved. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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