Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811)
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This white person has 15 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-00030
- Given Name
- Samuel
- Family Name
- Fitz Randolph
- Alternate Name
- Samuel Randolph
- Birth Date
- 1741
- Death Date
- 1811
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Legal
- Biographical Description
- Samuel Fitz Randolph (1741-1811) was a prominent landowner and magistrate in Piscataway. He served as the Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County in the early 19th century. He manumitted two enslaved persons upon his death, and his will stipulated that a third man named Charles should be manumitted upon reaching age 30.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- government official
- Places
- Piscataway
- Child of
- Joseph Fitz Randolph (1721-1782)
- Parent of
- Deborah Randolph Lewis
- Phebe Fitz Randolph Dunn (b. 1763)
- Margaret Fitz Randolph Smalley (1765-1848)
- Spouse of
- Rachel Stelle Fitz Randolph
- Sarah Drake Fitz Randolph
- References
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Hutchinson, Elmer T., ed. Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1st series. Vol. 41. Calendar of Wills, Vol. 12, 1810–1813. Bayonne, NJ: Jersey Printing Co., 1949. Page 305. https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer00unse_6.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fitz_Randolph-156 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Sources
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Author:
- Certificate of Abandonment for Simeon, by Samuel Randolph (Certificate of Abandonment for Simeon, by Samuel Randolph, September 26, 1805. Archival location: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. Piscataway Township Records, 1682–1954 (MC 1359). Folder: Certificates of abandonment for negro children born of slave parents, 1805-1807, Ac. 1635 (physical location: BL drawer on-site at Alexander Library).)
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Additional Participant in:
- 1800-02-11 Manumission: Peter Randolph (Role: Judge)
- 1802-08-06 Manumission: Shelote (Role: Judge)
- 1804-08-27 Manumission: Cuff (Role: Judge)
- 1804-09-28 Birth: Simeon (Role: Enslaver)
- 1805-04-10 Manumission: William (Role: Judge)
- 1805-09-26 Abandonment: Simeon (Role: Enslaver)
- 1807-06-03 Manumission: Margaret (Role: Judge)
- 1807-12-26 Manumission: Thomas (Role: Judge)
- 1808-05-04 Manumission: Tom (Role: Judge)
- 1808-05-04 Manumission: All (Role: Judge)
- 1808-08-08 Manumission: Abigail (Role: Judge)
- 1809-04-17 Manumission: Frank Suydam (Role: Judge)
- 1809-12-21 Manumission: Philis (Role: Judge)
- 1811-05-07 Manumission: Primus (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)
- 1811-05-07 Manumission: Sesor (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)
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