Display Patriot - P-275480 - Edmund Jennings RANDOLPH

Edmund Jennings RANDOLPH

SAR Patriot #: P-275480

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A094169

Birth: 10 Aug 1753 Tazewell Hall / Williamsburg / VA
Death: 12 Sep 1813 Carter Hall / Frederick / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Aide-de-Camp to General Washington
  2. NSDAR cites: a member of the Virginia Convention and a member of Congress

Additional References:

J.H. Gwathmey, Hist Reg VA in the Rev, 1775-1783, 1938, pg 649


Spouse: Elizabeth Carter Nicholas
Children: Edmonia; Lucy; Susan; Peyton; Mary;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1973-01-22 PA Unassigned Henry Fries Shaffner II (104235) Edmonia   
1999-01-12 VA 2778 Jackson Lee Fray III (151300) Edmonia   
Burial:
Old Chapel (aka Burwell) Cemetery (C-0371782)
Location:
Millwood / Clarke / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
51518
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.106810 / -78.014202
Find A Grave Memorial #:
20977
Marker Type:
Vertical Monument with Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
03 Nov 2012

Comments:
  • GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
  • Photos provided by courtesy of Josh Wilberger


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Mr. Joshua Shawn Wilberger
Son of John & (----) Randolph.  Was Governor of Virgin 1786, member of Continental Congress 1779. Attended Constitutional Convention 1787.  First Attorney General of the United States in 1789.  Served as Secretary of State in 1794.  Elected Grand Master of Masons in Virginia 1786, served 1787-1788.  Richmond Randolph Lodge No. 19, in historic Richmond's Masons' Hall, received its charter during his Grand Mastership.  It took the Richmond-Randolph to honor Randolph who also served as Governor of Virginia at the time.  Randolph's Mother Lodge, where he was made a Mason, was Williamsburg Lodge No. 456 (English Charter).
 
Col./Patriot, Served as Aide-de-Camp to General Washington after Bunker Hill 1775; first Virginia Attorney General in 1775; Continental Congress 1779; Signed Virginia Declaration of Rights
 
Note regarding original stone:
 
Anno Lucis is Latin for "Year of Light".  It is a derivation of Anno Mundi, used by Jewish Congregations.  It is Latin for "Year of the World".  Whereas Anno Mundi adds 4004 to the current year, Anno Lucis adds 4000.  That is why 5786 is the same as 1786.
 
Most Worshipful is the title, with roots in Middle English wors(c)hipe, by which a Mason addresses the Grand Master.  It means "Most Respectful".  The president of a Lodge is known as the Worshipful Master (Respectful); the District Deputy Grand Master, Right Worshipful (Right Respectful).  The Grand Master in a given a U.S. state is the highest presiding officer.  There is no national Grand Master of the United States.
 
DAR A094169; Gwathmey, J.H. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution 1775-1783".  Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1938, P. 649
 

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