Thomas Eston Randolph (1767–1842) was the son of Thomas Jefferson's uncle William Randolph and thus was a first cousin of the President. He was married May 11, 1795 in Chesterfield County, Virginia to Jane Cary Randolph, a sister of Thomas Jefferson’s son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Thomas Eston Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph, was married in 1822 to Thomas Jefferson’s grandson, Francis Eppes.
Randolph moved his family to Florida and became a federal marshal there in 1831. His daughters started the first school for girls in Tallahassee.
Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg (1859), pages 190-194 (public domain), contains an interesting sketch of Thomas Eston Randolph.
THOMAS ESTON RANDOLPH.
"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart V—Psalm XV.
Thomas Eston Randolph was a native of Bristol, England, descended from the poet Thomas Randolph. He was also nearly connected with the family of Gifford, a name well known in the literary circles of Great Britain and America.
Mr. Randolph was a wealthy English gentleman, one of those merchant-princes who plough the main, bringing to our shores the luxuries of the old world, carrying in return the materials from which the skill of the Britons produce those beautiful textures, which, for so many years, was the sole dress of the Americans. Whilst in Virginia, after one of his voyages, he visited the different members of the Randolph family, and, during a sojourn at the hospitable mansion of Thomas Randolph, of Tuckahoe, captivated by the beauty and loveliness of Jane Randolph, a daughter of that gentleman, he determined to settle in the Old Dominion, after having made seventeen voyages across the Atlantic. A gentleman of great worth and piety, Virginia may justly be proud of this her adopted son, who was shortly after married to Jane Randolph. Removing to a splendid estate, he there resided for a number of years in affluence and elegance, practising all the hospitality and living in all the ease and comfort of a wealthy planter and slaveholder.
At the time of her marriage, Mrs. Jane Randolph was a very beautiful woman; and, though remembered by the younger members of her family, only as a pale, feeble invalid, still her appearance, even at this time, was very lovely, and through all those years of sickness, she was the mainspring of the family—its order, comfort and happiness, depending on her. Though confined to her chamber six months of every year, yet from that spot emanated an influence gentle, yet so strong—practical, yet so beautiful—that its results are seen and felt now, and eternity will reveal the whole. To her daughters, she set an example of all a woman and Christian should be, showing woman's true place and teaching them to love it and its duties, because its lot was appointed by a Heavenly Father. She taught them to desire the love of God above all other things—and she was, herself, a living example of Christ, where all might read the beauty of holiness and the power of vital piety.
A sudden reverse depriving Mr. Randolph of nearly the whole of his estate, it was at this period that the grace of God was found sufficient to support, under trying circumstances, those who put their trust in Him. Cheerfully relinquishing his elegant mansion, with all the comforts and luxuries to which they had been accustomed, and retaining only a small number of his faithful servants, he bade adieu to the beloved homestead, which had to him been the scene of unalloyed happiness. For a short time this family resided in New London, but in the autumn of 1827 they moved to Lynchburg, taking possession of the house formerly occupied by Robert Morriss, Esq., but recently the residence of Chiswell Dabney, Esq.
Sweet, indeed, are the uses of adversity! Such latent qualities it developes—such hidden good it brings to light! The daughters of this family, then in the full tide of youth and beauty, availed themselves of their talents, proving the superiority of their education, by now coming forward to aid those parents who in infancy and childhood had so kindly nurtured them. They immediately established a boarding-school of the very first order, and procuring a music teacher, the success of this youthful trio was unprecedented in Lynchburg, and the establishment of this institution was the dawning of a new era in the town; for with the usual school routine, there was excited in the scholar a taste for literature and a desire for mental cultivation. After continuing about eighteen months, the school was broken up by the removal of the family to Florida, where it was thought the health of Mrs. Randolph would improve, whilst breathing the mild, genial atmosphere of this sunny land. The first year after their removal to Florida, a decided improvement appeared to take place, but soon again she failed, and gradually, through patiently borne suffering, with words of love and counsel to each child, she passed away from earth.
Mr. Randolph survived his excellent wife for many years, his health and comfort being the especial care of his beloved youngest daughter. Beautiful was his old age!—so fervent and earnest in his devotions, so gentle and loving to all around him—patient under the failure of strength and hearing and all the powers of life. He was only confined to his bed a few days, and then he fell asleep, like an infant on his mother's bosom, on the clay he attained the age of seventy-five; and, as a shock of wheat, fully ripe, is gathered into the garner, so was he called to the mansions prepared for him.
Of the members of this family, there survive Mrs. Lucy Parkhill and Mary Page Randolph, who reside in the vicinity of Tallahassee, Florida; Dr. James Randolph and Arthur Randolph, Esq., of the same place. Elizabeth Randolph, the oldest daughter, was singularly lovely in character and appearance. She became the wife of Francis Eppes, Esq., of Poplar Forest, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Emigrating with her husband and family to Florida, she survived only a few years after their establishment in the South. Harriet, the second daughter, was also a very beautiful woman, endowed with every grace and accomplishment which could add a lustre to a well-cultivated mind and noble heart. During her residence in Lynchburg, she exercised a great sway and influence over the circle in which she moved, giving a tone to society, and embellishing it by her queenly appearance. Soon after their removal to Florida, she was married to Dr. Willis, but surviving only one year this event, her untimely death cast over her friends a dark shadow, which time, with its healing balm, cannot wholly dispel.
Randolph moved his family to Florida and became a federal marshal there in 1831. His daughters started the first school for girls in Tallahassee.
Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg (1859), pages 190-194 (public domain), contains an interesting sketch of Thomas Eston Randolph.
THOMAS ESTON RANDOLPH.
"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart V—Psalm XV.
Thomas Eston Randolph was a native of Bristol, England, descended from the poet Thomas Randolph. He was also nearly connected with the family of Gifford, a name well known in the literary circles of Great Britain and America.
Mr. Randolph was a wealthy English gentleman, one of those merchant-princes who plough the main, bringing to our shores the luxuries of the old world, carrying in return the materials from which the skill of the Britons produce those beautiful textures, which, for so many years, was the sole dress of the Americans. Whilst in Virginia, after one of his voyages, he visited the different members of the Randolph family, and, during a sojourn at the hospitable mansion of Thomas Randolph, of Tuckahoe, captivated by the beauty and loveliness of Jane Randolph, a daughter of that gentleman, he determined to settle in the Old Dominion, after having made seventeen voyages across the Atlantic. A gentleman of great worth and piety, Virginia may justly be proud of this her adopted son, who was shortly after married to Jane Randolph. Removing to a splendid estate, he there resided for a number of years in affluence and elegance, practising all the hospitality and living in all the ease and comfort of a wealthy planter and slaveholder.
At the time of her marriage, Mrs. Jane Randolph was a very beautiful woman; and, though remembered by the younger members of her family, only as a pale, feeble invalid, still her appearance, even at this time, was very lovely, and through all those years of sickness, she was the mainspring of the family—its order, comfort and happiness, depending on her. Though confined to her chamber six months of every year, yet from that spot emanated an influence gentle, yet so strong—practical, yet so beautiful—that its results are seen and felt now, and eternity will reveal the whole. To her daughters, she set an example of all a woman and Christian should be, showing woman's true place and teaching them to love it and its duties, because its lot was appointed by a Heavenly Father. She taught them to desire the love of God above all other things—and she was, herself, a living example of Christ, where all might read the beauty of holiness and the power of vital piety.
A sudden reverse depriving Mr. Randolph of nearly the whole of his estate, it was at this period that the grace of God was found sufficient to support, under trying circumstances, those who put their trust in Him. Cheerfully relinquishing his elegant mansion, with all the comforts and luxuries to which they had been accustomed, and retaining only a small number of his faithful servants, he bade adieu to the beloved homestead, which had to him been the scene of unalloyed happiness. For a short time this family resided in New London, but in the autumn of 1827 they moved to Lynchburg, taking possession of the house formerly occupied by Robert Morriss, Esq., but recently the residence of Chiswell Dabney, Esq.
Sweet, indeed, are the uses of adversity! Such latent qualities it developes—such hidden good it brings to light! The daughters of this family, then in the full tide of youth and beauty, availed themselves of their talents, proving the superiority of their education, by now coming forward to aid those parents who in infancy and childhood had so kindly nurtured them. They immediately established a boarding-school of the very first order, and procuring a music teacher, the success of this youthful trio was unprecedented in Lynchburg, and the establishment of this institution was the dawning of a new era in the town; for with the usual school routine, there was excited in the scholar a taste for literature and a desire for mental cultivation. After continuing about eighteen months, the school was broken up by the removal of the family to Florida, where it was thought the health of Mrs. Randolph would improve, whilst breathing the mild, genial atmosphere of this sunny land. The first year after their removal to Florida, a decided improvement appeared to take place, but soon again she failed, and gradually, through patiently borne suffering, with words of love and counsel to each child, she passed away from earth.
Mr. Randolph survived his excellent wife for many years, his health and comfort being the especial care of his beloved youngest daughter. Beautiful was his old age!—so fervent and earnest in his devotions, so gentle and loving to all around him—patient under the failure of strength and hearing and all the powers of life. He was only confined to his bed a few days, and then he fell asleep, like an infant on his mother's bosom, on the clay he attained the age of seventy-five; and, as a shock of wheat, fully ripe, is gathered into the garner, so was he called to the mansions prepared for him.
Of the members of this family, there survive Mrs. Lucy Parkhill and Mary Page Randolph, who reside in the vicinity of Tallahassee, Florida; Dr. James Randolph and Arthur Randolph, Esq., of the same place. Elizabeth Randolph, the oldest daughter, was singularly lovely in character and appearance. She became the wife of Francis Eppes, Esq., of Poplar Forest, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Emigrating with her husband and family to Florida, she survived only a few years after their establishment in the South. Harriet, the second daughter, was also a very beautiful woman, endowed with every grace and accomplishment which could add a lustre to a well-cultivated mind and noble heart. During her residence in Lynchburg, she exercised a great sway and influence over the circle in which she moved, giving a tone to society, and embellishing it by her queenly appearance. Soon after their removal to Florida, she was married to Dr. Willis, but surviving only one year this event, her untimely death cast over her friends a dark shadow, which time, with its healing balm, cannot wholly dispel.
Thomas Eston Randolph (1767–1842) was the son of Thomas Jefferson's uncle William Randolph and thus was a first cousin of the President. He was married May 11, 1795 in Chesterfield County, Virginia to Jane Cary Randolph, a sister of Thomas Jefferson’s son-in-law, Thomas Mann Randolph. Thomas Eston Randolph's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph, was married in 1822 to Thomas Jefferson’s grandson, Francis Eppes.
Randolph moved his family to Florida and became a federal marshal there in 1831. His daughters started the first school for girls in Tallahassee.
Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg (1859), pages 190-194 (public domain), contains an interesting sketch of Thomas Eston Randolph.
THOMAS ESTON RANDOLPH.
"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart V—Psalm XV.
Thomas Eston Randolph was a native of Bristol, England, descended from the poet Thomas Randolph. He was also nearly connected with the family of Gifford, a name well known in the literary circles of Great Britain and America.
Mr. Randolph was a wealthy English gentleman, one of those merchant-princes who plough the main, bringing to our shores the luxuries of the old world, carrying in return the materials from which the skill of the Britons produce those beautiful textures, which, for so many years, was the sole dress of the Americans. Whilst in Virginia, after one of his voyages, he visited the different members of the Randolph family, and, during a sojourn at the hospitable mansion of Thomas Randolph, of Tuckahoe, captivated by the beauty and loveliness of Jane Randolph, a daughter of that gentleman, he determined to settle in the Old Dominion, after having made seventeen voyages across the Atlantic. A gentleman of great worth and piety, Virginia may justly be proud of this her adopted son, who was shortly after married to Jane Randolph. Removing to a splendid estate, he there resided for a number of years in affluence and elegance, practising all the hospitality and living in all the ease and comfort of a wealthy planter and slaveholder.
At the time of her marriage, Mrs. Jane Randolph was a very beautiful woman; and, though remembered by the younger members of her family, only as a pale, feeble invalid, still her appearance, even at this time, was very lovely, and through all those years of sickness, she was the mainspring of the family—its order, comfort and happiness, depending on her. Though confined to her chamber six months of every year, yet from that spot emanated an influence gentle, yet so strong—practical, yet so beautiful—that its results are seen and felt now, and eternity will reveal the whole. To her daughters, she set an example of all a woman and Christian should be, showing woman's true place and teaching them to love it and its duties, because its lot was appointed by a Heavenly Father. She taught them to desire the love of God above all other things—and she was, herself, a living example of Christ, where all might read the beauty of holiness and the power of vital piety.
A sudden reverse depriving Mr. Randolph of nearly the whole of his estate, it was at this period that the grace of God was found sufficient to support, under trying circumstances, those who put their trust in Him. Cheerfully relinquishing his elegant mansion, with all the comforts and luxuries to which they had been accustomed, and retaining only a small number of his faithful servants, he bade adieu to the beloved homestead, which had to him been the scene of unalloyed happiness. For a short time this family resided in New London, but in the autumn of 1827 they moved to Lynchburg, taking possession of the house formerly occupied by Robert Morriss, Esq., but recently the residence of Chiswell Dabney, Esq.
Sweet, indeed, are the uses of adversity! Such latent qualities it developes—such hidden good it brings to light! The daughters of this family, then in the full tide of youth and beauty, availed themselves of their talents, proving the superiority of their education, by now coming forward to aid those parents who in infancy and childhood had so kindly nurtured them. They immediately established a boarding-school of the very first order, and procuring a music teacher, the success of this youthful trio was unprecedented in Lynchburg, and the establishment of this institution was the dawning of a new era in the town; for with the usual school routine, there was excited in the scholar a taste for literature and a desire for mental cultivation. After continuing about eighteen months, the school was broken up by the removal of the family to Florida, where it was thought the health of Mrs. Randolph would improve, whilst breathing the mild, genial atmosphere of this sunny land. The first year after their removal to Florida, a decided improvement appeared to take place, but soon again she failed, and gradually, through patiently borne suffering, with words of love and counsel to each child, she passed away from earth.
Mr. Randolph survived his excellent wife for many years, his health and comfort being the especial care of his beloved youngest daughter. Beautiful was his old age!—so fervent and earnest in his devotions, so gentle and loving to all around him—patient under the failure of strength and hearing and all the powers of life. He was only confined to his bed a few days, and then he fell asleep, like an infant on his mother's bosom, on the clay he attained the age of seventy-five; and, as a shock of wheat, fully ripe, is gathered into the garner, so was he called to the mansions prepared for him.
Of the members of this family, there survive Mrs. Lucy Parkhill and Mary Page Randolph, who reside in the vicinity of Tallahassee, Florida; Dr. James Randolph and Arthur Randolph, Esq., of the same place. Elizabeth Randolph, the oldest daughter, was singularly lovely in character and appearance. She became the wife of Francis Eppes, Esq., of Poplar Forest, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Emigrating with her husband and family to Florida, she survived only a few years after their establishment in the South. Harriet, the second daughter, was also a very beautiful woman, endowed with every grace and accomplishment which could add a lustre to a well-cultivated mind and noble heart. During her residence in Lynchburg, she exercised a great sway and influence over the circle in which she moved, giving a tone to society, and embellishing it by her queenly appearance. Soon after their removal to Florida, she was married to Dr. Willis, but surviving only one year this event, her untimely death cast over her friends a dark shadow, which time, with its healing balm, cannot wholly dispel.
Randolph moved his family to Florida and became a federal marshal there in 1831. His daughters started the first school for girls in Tallahassee.
Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg (1859), pages 190-194 (public domain), contains an interesting sketch of Thomas Eston Randolph.
THOMAS ESTON RANDOLPH.
"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart V—Psalm XV.
Thomas Eston Randolph was a native of Bristol, England, descended from the poet Thomas Randolph. He was also nearly connected with the family of Gifford, a name well known in the literary circles of Great Britain and America.
Mr. Randolph was a wealthy English gentleman, one of those merchant-princes who plough the main, bringing to our shores the luxuries of the old world, carrying in return the materials from which the skill of the Britons produce those beautiful textures, which, for so many years, was the sole dress of the Americans. Whilst in Virginia, after one of his voyages, he visited the different members of the Randolph family, and, during a sojourn at the hospitable mansion of Thomas Randolph, of Tuckahoe, captivated by the beauty and loveliness of Jane Randolph, a daughter of that gentleman, he determined to settle in the Old Dominion, after having made seventeen voyages across the Atlantic. A gentleman of great worth and piety, Virginia may justly be proud of this her adopted son, who was shortly after married to Jane Randolph. Removing to a splendid estate, he there resided for a number of years in affluence and elegance, practising all the hospitality and living in all the ease and comfort of a wealthy planter and slaveholder.
At the time of her marriage, Mrs. Jane Randolph was a very beautiful woman; and, though remembered by the younger members of her family, only as a pale, feeble invalid, still her appearance, even at this time, was very lovely, and through all those years of sickness, she was the mainspring of the family—its order, comfort and happiness, depending on her. Though confined to her chamber six months of every year, yet from that spot emanated an influence gentle, yet so strong—practical, yet so beautiful—that its results are seen and felt now, and eternity will reveal the whole. To her daughters, she set an example of all a woman and Christian should be, showing woman's true place and teaching them to love it and its duties, because its lot was appointed by a Heavenly Father. She taught them to desire the love of God above all other things—and she was, herself, a living example of Christ, where all might read the beauty of holiness and the power of vital piety.
A sudden reverse depriving Mr. Randolph of nearly the whole of his estate, it was at this period that the grace of God was found sufficient to support, under trying circumstances, those who put their trust in Him. Cheerfully relinquishing his elegant mansion, with all the comforts and luxuries to which they had been accustomed, and retaining only a small number of his faithful servants, he bade adieu to the beloved homestead, which had to him been the scene of unalloyed happiness. For a short time this family resided in New London, but in the autumn of 1827 they moved to Lynchburg, taking possession of the house formerly occupied by Robert Morriss, Esq., but recently the residence of Chiswell Dabney, Esq.
Sweet, indeed, are the uses of adversity! Such latent qualities it developes—such hidden good it brings to light! The daughters of this family, then in the full tide of youth and beauty, availed themselves of their talents, proving the superiority of their education, by now coming forward to aid those parents who in infancy and childhood had so kindly nurtured them. They immediately established a boarding-school of the very first order, and procuring a music teacher, the success of this youthful trio was unprecedented in Lynchburg, and the establishment of this institution was the dawning of a new era in the town; for with the usual school routine, there was excited in the scholar a taste for literature and a desire for mental cultivation. After continuing about eighteen months, the school was broken up by the removal of the family to Florida, where it was thought the health of Mrs. Randolph would improve, whilst breathing the mild, genial atmosphere of this sunny land. The first year after their removal to Florida, a decided improvement appeared to take place, but soon again she failed, and gradually, through patiently borne suffering, with words of love and counsel to each child, she passed away from earth.
Mr. Randolph survived his excellent wife for many years, his health and comfort being the especial care of his beloved youngest daughter. Beautiful was his old age!—so fervent and earnest in his devotions, so gentle and loving to all around him—patient under the failure of strength and hearing and all the powers of life. He was only confined to his bed a few days, and then he fell asleep, like an infant on his mother's bosom, on the clay he attained the age of seventy-five; and, as a shock of wheat, fully ripe, is gathered into the garner, so was he called to the mansions prepared for him.
Of the members of this family, there survive Mrs. Lucy Parkhill and Mary Page Randolph, who reside in the vicinity of Tallahassee, Florida; Dr. James Randolph and Arthur Randolph, Esq., of the same place. Elizabeth Randolph, the oldest daughter, was singularly lovely in character and appearance. She became the wife of Francis Eppes, Esq., of Poplar Forest, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson. Emigrating with her husband and family to Florida, she survived only a few years after their establishment in the South. Harriet, the second daughter, was also a very beautiful woman, endowed with every grace and accomplishment which could add a lustre to a well-cultivated mind and noble heart. During her residence in Lynchburg, she exercised a great sway and influence over the circle in which she moved, giving a tone to society, and embellishing it by her queenly appearance. Soon after their removal to Florida, she was married to Dr. Willis, but surviving only one year this event, her untimely death cast over her friends a dark shadow, which time, with its healing balm, cannot wholly dispel.
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