Randolph, born July 27, 1832, married December 17, 1863, Frances Dimick, daughter of General Justin Dimick, United States Army; Ruth Ely, born October 20, 1833, and died April 12, 1852; Richard Randolph, born in Philadelphia, and married Ellen L. Read, of Maine; Margaret, born October 30, 1837, died June 5, 1841; George Randolph, M.D., born in Philadelphia, and married Elizabeth Van Etten, of New York State; Mary Randolph, born in Philadelphia, and married Joseph Gibbons Richardson, M.D., of Philadelphia; Emma Randolph, born in Philadelphia, and married William Jolliffe, of Virginia; Oliver Paxson, born June 20, 1846, and died December 13, 1852; Helen Randolph, born in Philadelphia, married Thomas Marsh Smith, of Baltimore, Maryland. Oliver Parry was a large land-owner, and his name appears upon the records of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, oftener, perhaps, than that of any other person of his day. A part of his property was the large tract of land, the "Bush Hill Estate," long the residence of Governor Andrew Hamilton, which he, conjointly with his nephew, Nathaniel Randolph, purchased and improved, converting its broad acres into handsome streets which extended to the Schuylkill River. He died at his town residence in Philadelphia, February 20, 1874, in his eightieth year, and was buried at "Solebury BuryingGround," Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Here also was buried Rachel Randolph, his wife, who died at the old Parry home in New Hope, Bucks County (their summer home), September 9, 1866, aged sixty-two years. Oliver Parry and his wife were life-long members of the Society of Friends. He had retired from the busy walks of life long before his death, but was in his day a most active and useful citizen, going through life with a singleness and direct honesty of purpose which made the name of Oliver Parry synonymous with truth and honor. Emma Randolph Parry, the tenth child of Oliver Parry and Rachel Randolph, his wife, was born in Philadelphia, and married William Jolliffe, of Virginia, at Friends' Meeting-House, Twelfth Street, Philadelphia, November 26, 1873. They had three children, namely, William Parry Jolliffe, born at Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia, August 29, 1874; Parry Jolliffe, born in Buchanan, Botetourt County, Virginia, October 25, 1877, and died at the house of his great-aunt, Elizabeth J. Sharpless, in Philadelphia (while on a visit), February 26, 1879; Elizabeth Neill Jolliffe, born in Buchanan, Virginia, December 30, 1880. Her home since her marriage has been Buchanan, Virginia, excepting four years' residence in Lexington, Virginia. 1. Geoffrey Parry, of North Wales, and Margaret Hughes. 2. Love Parry, Esq., of North Wales, and Ellen Wynn. 3. Thomas Parry and Jane Morris. 4. John Parry and Margaret Tyson. 5. Benjamin Parry and Jane Paxson. 6. Oliver Parry and Rachel Randolph. 7. Emma Randolph Parry and William Jolliffe. "THE Fitz Randolphs are descended from the Lords of Middleham, who have held property near the Castle of Middleham, and Langton Hall, or Westwood, in Nottinghamshire, England, since the days of William the Conqueror. Middleham Castle was built in 1190 by Robert Fitz Randolph; it was a favorite home of Richard Neville, the great Earl of Warwick, called King-maker, who was himself descended from the Fitz Randolphs, Lords of Middleham, on his mother's side, through the Neville family, Earls of Salisbury. It was at Middleham that Edward VI. of the House of York, cousin of Warwick, was held a prisoner by this bold baron. Here the King's brother, the Duke of Clarence, wooed and won Isabel Neville for his bride, and here the Duke of Gloucester, who was afterwards King Richard, met Warwick's daughter Annie, who denied his suit and married Edward of Lancaster, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry VI. After his death she married Gloucester. "Robert Fitz Randolph, first Lord of Middleham, built Beauchief Abbey, A.D. 1183, in expiation for the killing of Thomas à Becket. Ralph Fitz Randolph, second Lord of Middleham, built Coverham Abbey, A.D. 1215. 66 "Ralph Fitz Randolph, third Lord of Middleham, built Richmond Abbey, A.D. 1258." Edward Fitz Randolph was born in Nottinghamshire, England, about the year 1615. He came to Scituate, Massachusetts, about the year 1630; and in 1634, under the title of " young master Edward Fitz Randolph," is spoken of as owning a house and lot. He married, May 10, 1637, Elizabeth Blossom, who was born in Leyden, Holland, in the year 1620. She was the daughter of Thomas Blossom, who left England for Leyden on account of religious persecutions; he was one of those who sailed in the “ Speedwell" in 1620, but the vessel returned to Leyden on account of its leaky condition. While there his daughter Elizabeth was born. He came over to Plymouth in 1629 with a number of others. "Thomas Blossom died the summer of 1633, and on the 17th of October of that year his widow, Ann Blossom, married Henry Rowley." Edward Fitz Randolph, four days after his marriage, May 14, 1637, joined the church at Scituate. In 1639 he removed to Barnstable, where he and his wife had ten children, namely, |