August 1730, Rhode Island

August 1, 1730- Christopher Sherman is born to Thomas Shearman & Sarah Sisson in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

August 4, 1730- My sixth great grandfather, John Randall, is born in Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island. There is an issue with the research here. Most family trees list his parents as Henry & Susanna Randall. This is highly unlikely, as Susanna was born in 1674. This does not seem possible, and throws much of my earlier Randall associations into question. I'm working on it.
One possibility is that he is the child of John Randall & Martha Williams, but I have not found verification.
Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Record for John Randall lists his father as Captain John Randall. 
The American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) lists his birthdate as 1730, in the rolls of Connecticut men who served in the French and Indian War. This would account for his also being referred to as "Captain."


(Christopher Sherman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

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March 1730, Rhode Island

March 23, 1730- My eighth great grandmother, Rebecca Fowler, dies at the age of 74 in Providence, Rhode Island. Rebecca was born in Providence to Henry Fowler & Rebecca Newell.
At the age of 18, she became the wife of William Randall, Jr., a miller who ran a grist mill and a small saw mill on the west side of the Pochasset River.
William was the son of William and Elizabeth Randall of Providence. William and Rebecca had seven children.
On August 3rd, this inventory was recorded: Rebecca Randall, widow. Administration to her son William. Inventory Ð125, viz: wearing apparel and silver money 3s. 3d.paper bills of credit Ðl2-04-00, due on land Ð19-09-00, due on account Ð5. Lace, Mohair, Silk, Feather Bed, Pewter Spectacles, New Sash, 2 Spinning Wheels, 3 Carts, Deers Leather, etc.
"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants" by Frank Alfred Randall; pp. 34 and 39; Revert-WeberPrinting Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943
I have also found sources that show Rebecca's daughter, Mary Randall, wife of Zacharia Rhodes, dying five days earlier on March 23.

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1730 Rhode Island

1730- Mary Lawton is born to Benjamin Lawton & Penelope Gardner in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Her sister, Rebecca, was born at about the same time. They may have been twins, or Rebecca may have been born later that year.

Mary Randall is born to Joseph Randall & Lydia Williams in Providence, Rhode Island.

(Mary Randall is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall, Jr. & Rebecca Fowler. 
Mary and Rebecca Lawton are my second cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

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November 1729, Massachusetts

November 15, 1729- Samuel Randall is born to Nehemiah Randall & Ruth Stetson in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

(Samuel Randall is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Barstow.)

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October 1729, Massachusetts

October 3, 1729- Abiel Macomber is born to William J. Macomber & Lydia Tripp in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Abiel Macomber is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Barstow.)

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April 1728, Massachusetts

April 2, 1728- William J. Macomber marries Lydia Tripp in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(William J. Macomber is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Barstow.)

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1728, Rhode Island

1728- Joseph Randall is born to William Randall & Mercy Williams at Knightsville Village, Providence colony, Rhode Island.

( Joseph Randall is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Rebecca Fowler.)

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September 1727, Massachusetts

 Headstone of Job Randall, Second Church Cemetary, Nowell, Massachusetts

Inscription:
HERE LYES YE
INTERRED BODY
OF MR JOB RAN
DALL WHO DYED
SEPTEMBER THE
19TH 1727 & AGED
ABOUT 73 YEARES

 September 19, 1727- Job Randall dies at the age of 73 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Job was born in 1654 in Scituate. At the age of 25 he married Elizabeth Doty, daughter of James and Lydia (Turner) Doty and a granddaughter of Edward Doty of the 'Mayflower'; the marriage produced six children.
Job was a shipwright and a very respectable and useful man. He lived a quarter mile south of Herring Brook Hill and worked at the Chittenden Yard on the Norwell side of the river. He built ships for Samuel Lillie and Andrew Belcher of Boston. Many of Belcher's ships were privateers used in the French war. In 1675 he served in King Philip's War under General James Cudworth.
Job Randall lies buried in the Second Church Cemetary in Nowell, Massachusetts.

Source: Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831.

(Job Randall is my eighth great granduncle. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Barstow.)

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March 1726, Rhode Island

March 17, 1726- Joseph Randall marries Lydia Williams, daughter of Joseph Williams and Lydia Herenden, in Providence, Rhode Island. They are married by Richard Waterman, Justice. They would soon give birth to their first son, Joseph.

(Joseph Randall is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall, Jr. & Rebecca Fowler.)

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December 1725, Massachusetts

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December 17, 1725- Mercy Randall dies at the age of 41 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mercy was born to Joseph Randall & Hannah Macomber on March 10, 1684. Mercy was the granddaughter of the pioneer, William Randall. In 1709, she married Benjamin Barstow in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

(Mercy Randall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

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August 1725, Rhode Island

August 10, 1725- Matthew Macomber and Elizabeth Manchester are married in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Matthew Macomber is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

1725, Massachusetts

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1725- Joseph Macomber and Mary Tripp have married in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. The date of marriage is uncertain, but their first child, Sarah, would be born on March 2nd. They would go on to have seven children.

(Joseph Macomber  is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

October 1724, Rhode Island

October 7, 1724- Jonathan Randall dies at the age of 36 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. His young daughter would die two weeks later.
An epidemic of Small Pox is known to have began in Plymouth Colony in August of 1724 and raged through the area until June of 1725. This may have caused these two untimely deaths.
A 1724 account of the epidemic.
Jonathan Randall was a physician. His wife, Bethiah Howard, absented herself and refused administration of his will and it was given to William Harris, a principal creditor. He was  buried at the North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.

October 24, 1724- Jonathan's daughter, Mary Randall, dies at the age of 7 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

(Jonathan Randall is my seventh great granduncle. Mary Randall is his daughter. Mary Randall is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall, Jr. & Rebecca Fowler.)

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1724 Rhode Island

1724- Rachel Sisson is born to Thomas Sisson & Jane Freeman in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.

Jonathan Randall is born to Jonathan Randall & Bethiah Howard in Providence, Rhode Island.

John Randall and Martha Williams are married in Providence, Rhode Island. Martha is the sister of Mercy and Lydia who married John’s older brothers.

(Rachel Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Jonathan Randall and John Randall are my first cousins 8 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are William Randall, Jr. & Rebecca Fowler.)

February 1723, Massachusetts

February 21, 1723- Joseph Randall dies at the age of 80 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Joseph was an ancestor of US President Millard Fillmore.

History of Scituate, Massachusetts

(Joseph Randall is my eighth great granduncle. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

April 1720, Rhode Island

April 14, 1720- William Randall, son of William and Abiah Randall, marries Mercy Williams in Providence, Rhode Island. Mercy is the daughter of Joseph and Lydia Hearnden Williams, and great granddaughter of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island at Providence.
William and Mercy Randall would have four children.

"Randall and Allied Families: William Randall of Scituate and His Descendants" by Frank Alfred Randall; pp. 40 and 48; Revert-WeberPrinting Company; Chicago, Illinois; 1943
 
(William Randall is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Rebecca Fowler.)

1709, Massachusetts

December 19, 1709- Nehemiah Randall and Mercy Stockbridge are married in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

(Nehemiah Randall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

1710 Massachusetts

1710- Deborah Palmer is born to Elnathan Palmer & Marcy Clark in Scituate, Massachusetts.

(Deborah Palmer is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

April 1712, Rhode Island

April 11, 1712- William Randall dies at the age of 64 in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island.

(William Randall is my eighth great grandfather.)

Randall Family in Minnesota

This photograph was sent to me by my distant cousin, Jerry Sanner of Hawaii. It belonged to the Randall family in Minnesota. Estella Lucinda Randall is my maternal great grandmother. Any help in identifying these people would be greatly appreciated.