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WILLIAM RANDALL (c. 1608–1693)

ELIZABETH CARVER (bp. 1618–aft. 1693), daughter of Richard Carver and Margaret Skurrie

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William Randall was probably born about 1608. He died on 13 October 1693 in Scituate. [1]

Elizabeth Carver, the daughter of Richard Carver and Margaret Skurrie, was baptized on 15 October 1618 in Filby, county Norfolk. [2]

William is probably the William Randall, age 26 (although the ages in these records are not reliable), who is on a 24 April 1635 list of those to be transported to Providence on the Expectation. [3]

Randall suggests that the Captain Benjamin Randall who died on 9 March 1704, age 76, in Scituate might have been a younger brother of William's. [1][4]

William moved to Marshfield in 1637 and to adjoining Marshfield three years later. [4]

William is in the Scituate section of the 1643 list of those able to bear arms in New Plymouth. [5, 191]

William Randall of Scituate was presented to the court on 8 June 1651 for lending a gun to an Indian. [6, 2: 170]

William was propounded as a freeman on 7 June 1653; he was admitted a freeman on 6 June 1654. [6, 3: 31, 48] He took the oath of fidelity in 1657 in Scituate. [5, 180]

William was probably a shoemaker as he often paid in shoes. [4]

Deane says of William: [7, 329]

William and Elizabeth feuded with others, apparently often over land. On 7 March 1653/4 Elizabeth Randall of Scituate was presented to the court for telling a lie to the detriment of Gowin White. [6, 3: 47]

William Randall and his wife Elizabeth, of Scituate, were presented at the 6 March 1654/5 court for verbally abusing constable Walter Hatch. Elizabeth tore the "destresse" out of Walter's hand, causing his hand to bleed. [6, 3: 75] On 5 March 1656 William was presented for affronting the constable of Scituate and "speaking opprobriously of the Lord Protector." He was fined 40 shillings and ordered to make a public acknowledgment of his fault, which he did. [6, 3: 223]

On 4 March 1661/2, William was fined for telling a lie. [6, 4: 9] On 7 May 1661, William was ordered to procure Lieutenant Torrey to lay out his lands so that others might not be damnified by his neglect. [6, 3: 213] On 3 October 1662, William was presented for defaming John Bryant. [6, 4: 29] On 7 March 1664/5, the court ordered Captain James Cudworth and Mr. Joseph Tilden to lay out William's land at North River with the aim of ending the suits, contentions, and controversies. [6, 4: 82] On 7 March 1664/5, William was presented for breaking the King's peace by poking or striking Jeremiah Hatch with a "ho pole," and ordered to pay three shillings and four pence. [6, 4: 83] On 9 June 1665, Thomas Southworth asked the court to appoint someone to lay out William's land and restore the peace. [6, 4: 100]

William was appointed a surveyor of the highways in Scituate on 2 June 1657, 1 June 1658, 9 June 1683, and 2 June 1685. [6, 3: 116, 136; 6: 111, 116]

William, Sr. of Scituate was fined five pounds for speeches vilifying the government on 5 July 1669. [6, 5: 25] On 7 June 1670, John Rogers of Marshfield was ordered to pay William 20 shillings and six pence for taking his oxen without leave. [6, 5: 39] On 3 June 1674, William was fined three shillings and four pence for striking Edward Wanton. [6, 5: 148]

William and his wife were members of a group that held it unlawful to pay religious teachers. [4] On 7 June 1670, William was complained about for not paying his tax to support the ministry. Hastily paying, he was freed from paying double. [6, 5: 40] In 1680 he and others signed a petition protesting against paying taxes for a church in which they did not worship. [4]

William of Scituate, "being Aged and Weakly in Body," made his will on 13 October 1692; it was proved on 3 November 1693. He left his estate to his wife Elizabeth for life. He noted that his son Joseph had already received a considerable amount and left him a fifth of his land in Narragansett county. He left his son William a fifth of this land, his Negro servant Peter, and a pair of oxen. He left his sons John and Job each a fifth of the Narragansett land and half of his land at Sippican. He also left Job his land in Swansea and ten acres at Wild Cat Hill in Scituate. He left his son Isaac, to whom he had already deeded his home lot, his Indian girl Joan and two tables. He left his daughter Sarah Palmer ten pounds in cattle and a great brass kettle. He left her youngest sons Bezaliel and Samuel a fifth of the Narragansett land. He left his daughter Elizabeth Davis ten pounds in leather and his daughter Hannah Turner ten pounds. The legacies were to be paid after his wife's death. Also after her death, his land in Hingham was to be sold and the proceeds and the residual were to be divided equally among his children, except Joseph was only to have ten shillings. [8]

Joseph and Isaac Randall of Scituate, executors of their father's estate, posted bond and made oath to his inventory on 3 November 1693. Inventory had been taken the previous day and included "Peter negro," three Indians, and unvalued real estate. [9]

Children of William Randall and Elizabeth Carver:

i. Sarah Randall was baptized on 23 November 1645 in Scituate. [1] She married John Palmer, Jr. [4]

ii. Joseph Randall was born in March 1642 in Scituate. [1] He was baptized there on 23 November 1645. [1] He died between 17 November 1720 and 17 March 1720/1. He married Hannah Maycumber of Marshfield in October 1672 in Scituate. [1] Hannah was the daughter of William Maycumber. [4]

On 7 July 1681, Hannah Linnett was ordered to be whipped or fined for her "light behaviour" with Joseph Randall at Barnstable. [6, 6: 71]

Joseph of Scituate made his will on 17 November 1720; it was proved on 17 March 1720/1. He mentioned his wife Hannah and various children. Inventory was taken on his estate on 16 March 1720[/1?]; it amounted to £1,968-05-10.

iii. Hannah Randall was born in March 1644 in Scituate. She was baptized on 23 November 1645 in Scituate. She married Daniel Turner.

iv. William Randall was born in December 1647 in Scituate. [1] He died on 11 April 1712. [4] He married Rebecca, the daughter of Henry Fowler of Providence. [4] She died on 23 March 1730. [4]

William moved to Providence in 1674. [4]

v. John Randall was born in April 1650 in Scituate. [1] He died before 12 July 1728 in Rochester. [4] He married Patience Parker. [4] Patience was the daughter of William Parker of Scituate and his first wife Mary Rawlins. [7, 320][RFT] She was baptized in February 1648/9 in Scituate and died on 23 February 1711/2 in Rochester. [4]

On 7 July 1681, John Randall was fined ten shillings for reviling the minister at Scituate and "swearing by his Maker." [5, 158][6, 6: 94]

vi. Elizabeth Randall was born in October 1652 in Scituate. [1] She married James Davis in 1673. [4]

James and Elizabeth moved to Boston. [4]

vii. Job Randall was born on 8 February 1654 in Scituate. [1] He died there on 19 September 1727. [1] He married first Elizabeth Doty, the daughter of James and Lydia (Turner) Doty, and granddaughter of Mayflower passenger Edward Doty. [4] At the time of his death he had a wife Mary.

Deane calls Job, "a very respectable and useful man." [7, 329]

Job Randall was a soldier in King Philip's War and was wounded. "His arme broken with a shott, which disabled him from work for a time." [7, 401] He petitioned for relief. On 1 June 1680, the court awarded him ten pounds. [6, 6: 40]

Job Randall, shipwright of Scituate, made his will on 15 April 1727; it was proved on 30 September 1727. He mentioned his wife Mary and various children and grandchildren. He was an affluent man; his untotaled inventory included £2,840-08-01 in bills of credit, land worth £3,000, and two Negroes. His son Nehemiah took oath to the inventory on 19 August 1728. [9]

viii. Benjamin Randall was baptized on 8 November 1657 in Scituate. [1] He probably died before 13 October 1692, when he was not mentioned in his father's will. [4]

ix. Isaac Randall was baptized on 9 January 1658 in Scituate. [1] He died on 10 July 1759, age 102. [4] He married first Susanna Berstow on 9 November 1684 in Scituate. [1] She died there on 16 February 1691/2. [1] He married second Deborah Buck on 29 November 1692 in Scituate. [1]

References:

1. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909).

2. Robert Charles Anderson, "The Wives of Michael Barstow and Richard Carver of Watertown, Massachusetts and the Identity of the Wives of William Randall of Scituate and William Perry of Marshfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 146 (1992): 230–4.

3. John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600–1700, reprinted (New York: Empire State Book Co., n.d.), 69.

4. Frank Alfred Randall, Randall and Allied Families (Chicago: Raveret-Weber, 1943).

5. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, Miscellaneous Records, 1633–1689 (Boston: William White, 1857).

6. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, vol. 1, 1633–1640, vol. 2, 1641–1651, vol. 3, 1651–1661, vol. 4, 1661–1668, vol. 5, 1668–1678, vol. 6, 1678–1691 (Boston: William White, 1855, 1866).

7. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate (Boston: James Loring, 1831).

8. The Genealogical Advertiser. (Cambridge, MA: Lucy Hall Greenlaw, 1896-1901): 3: 110.

9. "Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686–1881," database with images,  AmericanAncestors.org.

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Last revised: 18-Feb-2024