Notes for Dorothea (Dolly) RANDOLPH

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Notes for Dorothea (Dolly) RANDOLPH

Dolly and her Brother James Haggard were descendants of Pocahontas and "Near Relatives" of John Randolph of Roanoke.

Notes for Henry Hazelrigg Haggard:
>From THE FINAL IRONY by Katherine Lane Nichols
Continued;

More About Henry Hazelrigg Haggard:
Occupation: Baptist Reverend; started French Broad Baptist Church near Dandridge, Tennessee, in 1786 and after he moved to Bibb County, Alabama, he helped organize the Baptit Church of Cahaba Valley in 1818 and was the minister there from 1818 - 1828
Religion: Baptist

Notes for Dorothy (Dolly) Randolph:
Dolly and her husband, Henry Hazelrigg Haggard, along with James, her brother, and his in-laws moved to Tennessee.

The infant son of Pocahontas, Thomas Rolfe, bereft of a mother's care was left at Plymouth, his father judging it inexpedient to remove him to Virginia. His early education was directed by Sir Lewis Stukey, but as that gentleman was soon after beggared and disgraced by the treacherous part he took in the proceedings against Sir Walter Raleigh, young Rolfe was transferred to the care of his uncle Henry Rolfe of London. He afterwards settled in Virginia where he had inherited a large tract of land which had belonged to Powhatan and where he attained to fortune and eminence. The extreme intricacy of the various branches and family connections render it impossible to present a complete genealogical table however one remarkable man was able to trace back his descent through six generations to the peerless daughter of Powhatan:

1. Pocahontas married John Rolfe, Jamestown, VA, their only son:
2. Thomas Rolfe, married in Virginia, Miss Polythress, their only daughter:
3. Jane Rolfe married Col. Robert Bolling, and had their only son:
4. Maj. John Bolling, married in Virginia, Mary Keenan and had one son and six daughters:
51. Col. John Bolling married Miss Blair, of Williamsburg.
61. Daughter Bolling married William Bolling, each fifth generation from Pocahontas.
52. Daughter Bolling married Col. Fleming.
53. Daughter Bolling married Dr. William Gay.
54. Daughter Bolling married Thomas Eldridge.
55. Daughter Bolling married James Murray.
56. Jane Bolling, was born 1703, died 2 March 1766, daughter of John l
William and Mary (Keenan) Bolling married ca. 1724, Col. Richard Randolph, son of Col. William and Mary (Isham) Randolph, born 1695, Williamsburg, Henrico, VA, married 1748. They had seven children:

57. John Randolph, son of Col. Richard and Anne (Meade) Randolph, was born 26 June 1742, Prince George County, VA, married ca. 1762, Frances Bland and had four sons. (only one identified):

61. John Randolph of Roanoke, son of John and Frances (Bland) Randolph, was born 2 June 1763, Prince George County, VA, died 24 May 1833, Philadelphia, PA, married Miss Blair. He distinguished himself from a distant relative (grand-uncle) of the same name by taking the title John Randolph of Roanoke, where he established his home in 1810. He was an American statesman, and claimed descent from Pocahontas, the Indian Princess. In 1789 he was elected to Congress, where he became the acknowledged leader of the administration party. His opposition to the War of 1812 caused his defeat in the following election but he was re-elected to Congress in 1814 where remained until retiring in 1827. He was a defender of State's Rights.

NOTE BY C.R.H.: In a letter by Rev. Noah Haggard, son of Rev. Henry and Dolly (Randolph) Haggard and son-in-law of James and Sarah (Gentry) Randolph, Rev. Noah Haggard noted James Randolph was a near relative of John Randolph of Roanoke. If a "distant relative" was a "grand uncle" then a "near relative" should be a "sibling or cousin." John and Frances (Bland) Randolph were not old enough to be the parents of James and Dolly Randolph, so they couldn't be siblings of John Randolph of Roanoke. Col. Richard Randolph named his children in his will so it is unlikely there would be another son.

Unidentified Randolph, born ca. 1720, VA, married ca. 1742, and had at least two children:
1. Dorothy "Dolly" Randolph, born ca. 1745, died 1813, married ca. 1765, Rev. Henry Haggard, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Haggard.
2. Henry or Thomas Randolph, born ca. 1747.
(Probably several children in between.)
3. James Randolph, born ca. 1758, died 1796, Jefferson County, TN, married Sarah Gentry, daughter of Robert and Judith (Joyner) Gentry.
(Robert Gentry and Elizabeth Gentry were children of Nicholas Gentry, II, and Mary Brooks.)

JEFFERSON COUNTY TENNESSEE MARRIAGES

October 6, 1797, Henry Haggard and Lucy Randolph.
January 28, 1807, Noah Haggard and Sallie Randolph. (I assume Sallie to be the same as Sarah.)

Also the following is a quotation from a letter from a professional researcher to one of my correspondents: "There were two Henry Haggards in the Revolutionary War, who were cousins and both were born in Albemarle County, VA, and their records get mixed. One Henry Haggard (son of Gray Haggard) was born in 1759 and died in 1838, Rockcastle County, KY. He went to Washington County, VA - probably the area which was close to Surray County, NC, where the Gentry family stopped on the way to Tennessee - then to Sullivan County and on to Hawkins County, TN. The other Henry Haggard (son of Nathaniel Haggard) was born in 1745 and settled in Jefferson County, TN, later migrating to Bibb County, AL, where he was in the 1840 Census of Revolutionary War veterans.

More About Dorothy (Dolly) Randolph:
Burial: Jefferson, Tennessee
Nickname: Dolly is usually the name found in searches but she is sometimes referred to as Dorothy and therefore Dolly could be a nickname for Dorothy

More About Henry Haggard and Dorothy Randolph:
Marriage: Abt. 1766, Albermarle, Virginia
Buried: Jefferson, Tenessee

Generation No. 2

2. Nathaniel Haggard, born November 21, 1723 in Albermarle County, Virginia; died August 21, 1806 in Boonsborough, Kentucky. He was the son of 4. James Haggard and 5. Elizabeth Gentry. He married 3. Elizabeth Gentry Abt. 1744 in Albermarle, Virginia.
3. Elizabeth Gentry, born October 14, 1731 in Albermarle County, Virginia; died July 28, 1830 in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of 6. Nicholas Gentry, Jr. and 7. Elizabeth Stringer.

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