Look at the meaning of the word "FITZ" you will find the connection in the old countrys "FITZ" means "basterd son of" Larry At 08:33 PM 1/29/02 -0500, rodopat@juno.com wrote: >Hi Jerry, >The Fitz Randolphs and the VA Randolphs were two separate lines, but may >be connected back >in England some how. Some one with more research in that area could tell >us. >I do know that my research has shown that the Fitz Randolphs of NJ did >migrate to the VA, WV, NC and >GA. President Woodrow Wilson's wife was from GA. She's a descendent of >the NJ Randolphs through >the female line. My mother always said that she was a cousin but I >haven't been able to find any connection. >Pat of NYS > >On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:31:21 -0600 "Jerry Dwyer" <rootdiggin@msn.com> >writes: >> Excuse me for butting in, but do you mean that the Fitz Randolphs >> were from the same line as the Randolphs of Virginia? >> I have a Miriam Randolph born either Dec. or Jan of 1785. She >> married a Jeptha Billingsley in TN. Don't know who her parents are >> yet. Can't seem to find anything sold saying who they are. >> Jerry >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: rodopat@juno.com >> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:48 PM >> To: RANDOLPH-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: Yancey Co., NC Randolphs >> >> Hello Jan, >> The Fitz Randolphs first went to MA, then to NJ--the first and >> second >> generations migrated to NJ from Ma. >> Several generations later they migrated to VA (which later became >> WV) >> with their church group "The >> Seventh Day Baptist." The Seventh Day Baptist originated in NJ as >> far as >> I can find out. Some of the NJ >> Fitz Randolphs later dropped the Fitz. They also migrated of NC and >> into >> western PA. >> There were also Randolphs who landed in VA. from England. The first >> one >> was Henry who was later >> followed by his nephew, William, from whom all the politically >> active >> Randolphs descended from. >> These are the two lines that I know about. Maybe there was another >> that >> I don't know about. >> I looked up the names of William and Nancy but I did not have >> anything on >> them. I hope >> that someone else can help you out. After 4 years I still have a >> brick >> wall with my Randolphs >> and can't seem to get over it, or around , or under it. Once in >> awhile I >> think I a loosen a brick but >> then the mortar doesn't want to give. >> Good luck with your hunt. >> Pat of NYS >> >> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:32:00 -0500 "Jan Patton" <jpatton@ij.net> >> writes: >> > Hello everyone. My ggggrandparents were William Randolph and >> Nancy >> > Pearl Reed through their son, Anderson Bird Randolph. A DNA test >> of >> > one of the male descendants show our line to be from the Yancey >> Co. >> > NC. Randolphs. But I do not know who the Yancey Co. Randolphs >> are. >> > Can anyone tell me who might be the parents of William? I've been >> > told that it was Peyton or Samuel Peyton Randolph and Nancy Payne. >> > I can't seem to get a difinitive answer. The Yancey Co. Randolphs >> > didn't just start in NC. Where did they come from? >> > >> > Jan Patton >> > jpatton@ij.net >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> > records, go to: >> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >> records, go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get >> more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : >> http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >