Bladen County, NC - Benjamin FitzRandolph Family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Benjamin FitzRandolph born 24 Apr 1699 Stoney Brook,NJ died Jan 1758 Princeton, NJ He was the son of Benjamin FitzRandolph & Sarah Dennis. Benjamin married 10 Mar 1827 Princeton, Mercer, NJ Elizabeth Pridemore b a 1710 Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. She was the dtr. of Benjamin John & Hannah Anne Mellot. Benjamin received a land grant in Bladen Co NC on the Cape Fear in 1735. He moved with his family to Bladen, shortly after, and spent a good many years there. Children of this couple: Saarah 22 Nov 1728 Ann 15 Aug 1731 Mary 29 Dec 1732-died Bladen married Joseph Singletary son of Jonathan They had Wm. Randolph,Sarah,Joseph,Josiah,Jonathan, Benjamin & Snowden Carolina Ann born 1740 Cape Fear, Bladen married 1755 Ithamar Singletary son of Richard & Susannah Sara Stewart They had Ithamar,John, Mary Eliz., Deborah Elizabeth married 1748 Bladen Richard Cheshire- They had William A,Randolph, Nicholas, Richard-see Bio Benjamin born 25 Dec 1742 Cape Fear, Bladen, NC-1819 same married 1767 Bladen Mary Jones dtr. of Isaac & Susannah. They had Benj., Susan,Mary, Ruth,Gainor,and Edward. Will names Heirs..written Apr 23, 1818 Bladen Co. NC Proof: Memoirs of Joseph R Kemp , Bladen Co Hist Soc Elizabethtown, NC Will of Isaac Jones, Bladen Co ; NC Deeds, Wills 1743- Jul 13- New Jersey Colonial Documents --Calendar of Wills 1730 -1750. FitzRandolph "Book of Records", Princeton Univ Archives. Southern Hist. Collections. Univ of NC, Oris H F FitzRandolph 1976, Edward FitzRandolph Branch Lines, Allied Families and English and Norman Ancestry, Edwards Bros, Ann Arbor, Mich. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Gerry Hill - gerryinga@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________