Rachel Fitzrandolph: Robin's Roots

1743 - 1829 (86 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

1. Rachel Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Jan 1742/43 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ (daughter of Nathaniel Fitzrandolph and Rebekah Mershon); died on 31 Mar 1829 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Generation: 2

Nathaniel Fitzrandolph was born on 11 Nov 1703 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ (son of Benjamin Fitzrandolph and Sarah Dennis); died in 1786 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Holder Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Possessions: 25 Jan 1753, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; Donated 4 1/2 acres to the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), on which the college was to be (and was) built.
Residence: 1778, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Residence: 1779, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=75001641; Photo of the engraved stone plaque in Holder Hall noting that he is buried there. Excerpt from his account "Of the College at Princeton, New Jersey." He was instrumental in the founding of the College.

Nathaniel married Rebekah Mershon
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on 20 Oct 1729 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. Rebekah (daughter of Henry Mershon and Ann Houghton) was born on 10 Mar 1711 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ; died in 1786 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebekah Mershon was born on 10 Mar 1711 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ (daughter of Henry Mershon and Ann Houghton); died in 1786 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1895, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=117179497; photo of Holder Hall at Princeton University where she and her husband Nathaniel FitzRandoph are buried. The construction of the building uncovered their graves

Children:

Eunice Fitzrandolph was born on 10 Nov 1730 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 28 Mar 1759 in Yadkin River, Yadkin, NC.
Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 26 Apr 1732 in Sassafras River, Kent, MD; died on 3 Apr 1759 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Ann Fitzrandolph was born on 7 May 1734 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died in Apr 1798 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Ruth Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Jan 1735 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died in 1781 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Job Fitzrandolph was born on 6 Nov 1737 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 11 Apr 1760 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Abigail Fitzrandolph was born on 18 Oct 1739 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died about 1767 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Samuel Fitzrandolph was born on 2 May 1741 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 25 Feb 1825 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
1. Rachel Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Jan 1742/43 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 31 Mar 1829 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Hannah Fitzrandolph was born on 20 Jan 1744 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 7 Oct 1846 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Hannah FitzRandolph was born on 5 Jan 1746/47 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 11 Jun 1835 in Redoak, Brown, OH; was buried in Redoak, Brown, OH.
John Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Apr 1749 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died before 8 Feb 1815 in Washington Co, PA.
Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 19 Jan 1751 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 1 Jul 1812 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Rebecca FitzRandloph was born in 1752 in Mercer Co, NJ; died on 1 Jul 1812 in Mercer Co, NJ; was buried in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hightstown, Mercer, NJ.
Nathaniel Fitzradolph, Jr was born on 24 May 1753 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 16 Sep 1757 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Elizabeth Fitzrandolph was born on 15 Feb 1757 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 6 Sep 1757 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Generation: 3

Benjamin Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Apr 1663 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA (son of Edward Fitzrandolph and Elizabeth Blossom); died on 5 Oct 1746 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1669, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=45758241; photo of cemetery, not of stone

Benjamin married Sarah Dennis in Jul 1689 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ. Sarah (daughter of John Dennis and Sara Bloomfield) was born on 18 Jul 1673 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; died on 22 Nov 1732 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Dennis was born on 18 Jul 1673 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ (daughter of John Dennis and Sara Bloomfield); died on 22 Nov 1732 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=45758284; no photos, no bio

Children:

Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 14 Apr 1691 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; died on 28 Apr 1691 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
Grace Fitzrandolph was born on 25 Jan 1692 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; died in 1705 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ.
Ruth Fitzrandolph was born on 8 Apr 1695 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; died on 25 Sep 1780 in Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Presbyterian Churchyard, Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ.
Hope Fitzrandolph was born on 12 Feb 1697 in Stoney Brook, Mercer, NJ; died in Aug 1741 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Benjamin Fitzrandolph, Jr was born on 24 Apr 1699 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ; died in Jan 1758 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Isaac Fitzrandolph was born on 10 Apr 1701 in Middlesex Co, NJ; died on 13 May 1750 in Freehold, Monmouth, NJ; was buried in Holmdel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Holmdel, Monmouth, NJ.
2. Nathaniel Fitzrandolph was born on 11 Nov 1703 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ; died in 1786 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Holder Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Elizabeth Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Dec 1708 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; died on 4 Oct 1785 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Grace Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Dec 1708 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 26 Feb 1786 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Presbyterian Churchyard, Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ.

Henry Mershon was born in 1672 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (son of Henri Marchand); died on 20 Sep 1738 in Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Arrival: 1685, Long Island, New York, USA
Residence: Abt 1690, Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA
Residence: Aft 1700, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Possessions: 1708, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Plantation of 323 acres between Maidenhead and Trenton.
Possessions: 1713, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Another 210 acres in Maidenhead, adjoining James Price on the east. His sons Henry III and Peter lived here.
Residence: 19 Jul 1738, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Date of will. Living on 110 acres on the north side of the Princeton-Lawrenceville Rod, adjoining the Provinceline, the old 1687 line of demarcation between east and west Jersey. This land was inherited by his son Houghton

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=11094993; Sturdy fieldstone w/ embedded stone tablet from 1925. Original inscription: "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF HENRY HERSHON WHO DE-PARTED THIS LIFE THE 20th SEPT 1738". Also info about wife and inlaws.

Henry married Ann Houghton in 1698. Ann was born on 1 Jan 1679 in Long Island City, Queens, NY; died on 20 Oct 1738 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann Houghton was born on 1 Jan 1679 in Long Island City, Queens, NY; died on 20 Oct 1738 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

Notes:

NAME: Some say the name Houghton is inferred from her son's first name. Note that daughter XXX also married a Houghton.

Children:

Henry Mershon, III was born in 1698 in Newtown, Queens, NY; died on 7 Mar 1777 in Hunterdon Co, NJ.
Mary Mershon was born about 1703 in Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ.
Anna Mershon was born in 1706 in Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ; died on 12 Jan 1785 in Mercer Co, NJ; was buried in Hunt Farm Burial Ground, Hopewell, Mercer, NJ.
Andrew Mershon was born on 6 Aug 1706 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 5 Jul 1793 in Hopewell, Mercer, NJ.
Peter Mershon was born in 1707 in Maidenhead, Hunterdon, NJ; died on 6 Jul 1744.
3. Rebekah Mershon was born on 10 Mar 1711 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ; died in 1786 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Princeton, Mercer, NJ.
Elizabeth Mershon was born on 22 Jun 1714 in New Jersey; died on 12 Mar 1784.
Sarah Mershon was born about 1717 in New Jersey.
Houghton Mershon was born on 19 Jul 1717 in Coxs Corner, Mercer, NJ; died on 13 Jul 1798 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ.

Generation: 4

Edward Fitzrandolph was born on 5 Jul 1607 in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died in 1684 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Arrival: 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1630, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1639, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1 Jun 1649, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1669, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; in 1669, with his wife and six of his children, he sought a new home in Piscatway, New Jersey

Notes:

Ancestor of Barack Obama, through son Nathaniel and grandson Samuel

Birth:
(baptism)

Buried:
GRid=45704155; headstone did not survive the Revolutionary War

Edward married Elizabeth Blossom on 10 May 1637 in Scituate, Plymouth, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Blossom and Ann Heldsen) was born on 2 Jun 1620 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died on 21 Nov 1713 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Blossom was born on 2 Jun 1620 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (daughter of Thomas Blossom and Ann Heldsen); died on 21 Nov 1713 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1639, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Residence: 1669, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA; "in 1669, with his wife and six of his children, he [Edward] sought a new home in Piscatway, New Jersey"
Residence: 1680, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=45704257; with short bio & grave info. Stone destroyed during Revolutionary war

Children:

Nathaniel FitzRandolph was born on 10 Dec 1642 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 21 Nov 1713 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in Friends Meeting House Burial Ground, Shrewsbury (Long Branch), Monmouth, NJ.
Mary FitzRandolph was born on 6 Oct 1644 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died before 1650.
Hannah FitzRandolph was born on 23 Apr 1649 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 13 Apr 1705 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA.
Mary FitzRandolph was born on 2 Jun 1650 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 4 Jan 1737/38 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; was buried in West Barnstable Cemetery, Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.
John FitzRandolph was born on 7 Oct 1653 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died in UNKNOWN.
Thomas FitzRandolph was born on 16 Aug 1654 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 25 Oct 1745 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex, NJ.
Joseph FitzRandolph was born on 1 Mar 1655 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 10 Jan 1726 in Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in St James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Edison, Middlesex, NJ.
Hope FitzRandolph was born on 2 Apr 1661 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 15 Feb 1702 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ.
4. Benjamin Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Apr 1663 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA; died on 5 Oct 1746 in Stony Brook, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

10.

John Dennis was born in 1640 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ (son of Robert Dennis and Mary Island); died on 8 May 1689 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1696, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=48435163; no photo

John married Sara Bloomfield on 18 Dec 1668. Sara (daughter of Thomas Bloomfield and Mary Withers) was born on 30 Dec 1643 in Newbury, Essex, MA; died on 5 May 1689 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Sara Bloomfield was born on 30 Dec 1643 in Newbury, Essex, MA (daughter of Thomas Bloomfield and Mary Withers); died on 5 May 1689 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ.

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=48435236 Sarah Bloomfield Dennis

Died:
GRid=48435236

Notes:

Married:
see Woodbridge & Vic. by Rev John Dolly

Children:

5. Sarah Dennis was born on 18 Jul 1673 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ; died on 22 Nov 1732 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Stony Brook Quaker Meeting House Burial Ground, Princeton, Mercer, NJ.

12.

Henri Marchand was born in 1649 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (son of Living and Living); died about 1690 in Atlantic Ocean.

Other Events and Attributes:

Name: Henri Marchand
Birth: 13 Oct 1647, Reims, Saint-Timothee
Arrival: 1685, Long Island, New York, USA; It is generally reported that he migrated with his son Henry to escape persecution of (Protestant) Huguenots in France. But one source says that he arrived with his wife and children.

Notes:

Died:
Went back to France to pick up the rest of his family, but never returned. His ship may have been lost, or he may have run into the very persecution he was trying to escape.

Children:

6. Henry Mershon was born in 1672 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 20 Sep 1738 in Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ; was buried in Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Mercer, NJ.


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