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The 'Randolph family' was an important Virginia political family, whose members contributed to the politics of Colonial Virginia and Virginia after it gained its statehood. They are descended from the Randolphs of Morton Moreton, Warwickshire, England. The first Randolph to come to America was Henry Randolph in 1643. His nephew, William Randolph later came to Virginia as an orphan in 1669. He made his home at Turkey Island along the James River.
Randolph family of Virginia married with members of the Lee, Washington, and Harrison families, and included notable members such as President Thomas Jefferson, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, First Continental Congress president Peyton Randolph, and Confederate General Robert E. Lee.