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William Sheldon (2), and Catherine Frances. James Sclater, father of James Sclater, was born in York county, Virginia. He supported the Confederate cause in the field during the war between the states, and was thrice married. his children by his second wife. Jane Hoskins, being: Lemuel, Mary Jane, William Sheldon (3), John M, Francis Howard, James, of whom further, and Laura Virginia.
James Sclater was born December 8, 1851. died July 14, 1900. He was educated in the schools of Hampton and at other places in Elizabeth City county, as a young man becoming associated in business with his brother, Lemuel Hoskins, in drug dealings. Their first establishment was at the location on North Queen street now occupied by the Lee-Patterson Hardware Company, and they were subsequently situated at the present site of the Booker Hardware establishment. A line of hardware was in time added to the drug business conducted by them, and a pleasant and profitable association was continued until the retirement of the elder partner in 1892. James Sclater was a director of the Merchants' Bank of Hampton, and occupied a position among the reliable, substantial business men of the city. He was a communicant of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, a man of upright character. good works, and recognized high standing.
He married, May 11, 1904. Mollie Marable. born December 8. 1881. daughter of Isaac Christian Marable. The Marable family has been long in Virginia, one of its early members belonging to the Virginia house of burgesses, and Isaac Christian Marable was a son of Major Marable and his wife. Christiana (Taylor) Marable. Isaac Christian Marable was born in 1853. and was a farmer of Charles City county, Virginia. He married, in 1875. Elizabeth James Davis, daughter of Archibald and Mary Ann Davis, of Charles City county, and had issue: Beulah, married Clinton Simonson, and has Wise, Winnie, Pearl and Elizabeth: Pearl: Mollie, of previous mention, married James Sclater, and now resides in Hampton, Virginia Davis, married Leone Powell, and has Edward and Aubrey; Alma; Samuel.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Alfred Magill Randolph. No family belongs more distinctively to Virginia than does that of Randolph, for the records of the Old Dominion, whether they be of church or state. bear testimony to careers of brilliance and usefulness credited to those of the name, descendants of Colonel William Randolph, of Turkey Island, in the james river. Henrico county, Virginia. Rt. Rev. Alfred Magill Randolph, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, belongs to this line, and is one of two of the four sons of Robert Lee Randolph, of "Eastern View," who entered the ministry of the Episcopal church, the other bring Rev. Buckner Magill Randolph. More than half a century has passed since Bishop Randolph's entrance into ecclesiastical circles, and in that time, whether as rector of a parish, chaplain in the army, or diocesan official. he has given of his best to the cause of the church. to the glory of God and the realization of His kingdom.
Colonel William Randolph, American ancestor of the family, was a son of Richard Randolph, born February 22, 1627, died in Dublin, Ireland, in 1671, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Ryland, and set- tled at "Morton Hall." Warwickshire, Eng. land; grandson of William Randolph, born in 1572, died in 1660, married (second) Dorothy Lane; and great-grandson of Robert Randolph, of Hams. county Sussex. England, Gent., married Rose Roberts, of Hawkhurst, county Kent England. The arms that belonged to the family in its English home were: Gules, a cross fleury, argent, bearing five mullets pierced. sable. Crest An antelope erased holding in the mouth a baton. Motto-"Fari quae sențiat (To speak what he thinks)."
Colonel William Randolph was born in Yorkshire, England. about 1651, moved to Warwickshire, and from there came to the province of Virginia in 1674. He was clerk of Henrico county, Virginia, from 1683 to 1711. member of the house of burgesses from 1685 to 1699 and from 1703 to 1705 and again in 1710. speaker of the house in 1690, clerk of the house in 1702, attorney general in 1696, and member of the Royal Council. His death occurred April 11, 1711. He married. in March, 1680. Mary Isham. daughter of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, and his wife, Catherine, and was the father of nine children.
The line continues through his son, William (2) Randolph, known as Councillor Randolph, born at Turkey Island. Henrico