1738 - 1825 (86 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Samuel Fitz Randolph was born on 17 Oct 1738 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA; died on 25 Feb 1825 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. Notes:
SAMUEL FITZ RANDOLPH
Samuel Fitz Randolph (1738 - 1825) and his wife, Margaret, lie buried in the Seventh-Day Baptist Cemetery at Salem, West Virginia. They were the founders of the town. Edward Fuller, a passenger on the Mayflower, was one of Samuel's ancestors, aas were early immigrants, Thomas Blossom, Rev. John Lothrop and Edward Fitz Randolph. Margaret shared much of her husband's heritage because she and Samuel were first cousins. The practice of marrying one's cousin was not uncommon in 18th century America. Samuel and Margaret were married on March 25, 1761 at the Seventh-Day Baptist Church in Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. They were both born at Piscataway. Samuel was the son of Jonathan Fitz Randolph and Margaret, the daughter of Jonathan's brother, David Fitz Randolph. The Seventh-Day Baptist Church in America is not a large denomination compared to some others. However, in some sections of the nation, it is quite active. The Seventh-Day Baptist Church was an early offshoot from the English Baptists and came about, principally, because of their belief in the biblical Sabbath, which the Hebrews kept on the last day of the week. Samuel Fitz Randolph was a soldier in the War for American Independence. He served as Ensign in the Second Regiment of the Sussex County, New Jersey Militia.
After the war, Samuel Fitz Randolph prospered. Probably in the hope of speculation, in 1785, he bought eleven hundred acres of land in Pennsylvania. Eight hundred acres was a tract of virgin forest in Northumberland County. The remaining three hundred acres was a farm in the southwestern part of the state. By the year 1789, he and Margaret were living there. The Woodbridgetown Seventh-Day Baptist Church was formed on George's Creek, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on June 6, 1790. Most of the church members had come from Piscataway, New Jersey. Among the constituent membership were Samuel and Margaret Fitz Randolph. The same year, on November 26, Samuel purchased from Catherine Swearingen two hundred and fifty-six acres. That tract was located in northwestern Virginia along Ten Mile Creek, a tributary of the West Fork of the Monongahela. The purchase price was 132 pounds, 10 shillings and 5 pence, Virginia money. Previously, that land, which included much of the present town of Salem, West Virginia, had belonged to Nicholas Carpenter, an early resident of Clarksburg. He had established a camp there from which he hunted the plentiful wild game. He also used it as a way station in his journeys to the Ohio to buy and sell cattle. Unfortunately, it was on one of those trips to Marietta, with a herd of cattle, that Carpenter and his son were ambushed and murdered by Indians. That atrocity occurred the year after Samuel bought the land.
The years of the Revolution were particularly difficult for the Seventh-Day Baptist Church at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Several male members enlisted in the patriot cause and marched off to war. Some became Tories and were unwelcome in the churchh. A few were excommunicated for the awful sin of taking communion with members of the Church of England. The Battle of Monmouth was fought less than ten miles away from their church. And so it was, for whatever the reason, the congregation voted to sell their meetinghouse, in 1789, and join the migration to the west. The church record states that ten families left Shrewsbury. It is thought that others joined them on the way. The Seventh-Day Baptists settled on White Day Creek in Mononongalia County, northwestern Virginia. There they remained for two years. However, they were not pleased with their lands. The Woodbridgetown Church was not far from their settlement on White Day Creek. Samuel Fitz Randolph interested them in hihis tract on Ten Mile Creek about fifty miles away. They removed there and bought lots in the town that Samuel laid out. They also bought farms on adjacent lands. They built a log meeting house for church services and, remembering the fate of the Carpenters, nearby they built a blockhouse for protection from the Indians.
The town of New Salem was established by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on December 19, 1794. The name of "New Salem" as a post office became "Salem," by order of the Post Office Department, in March 1884. Samuel and Margaret Fitz Randolph expired there and were buried on the hill behind their church. Some of their descendants still attend the Seventh-Day Baptist Church of Salem, West Virginia.
KINSHIP: 1st cousin of wife.
RESIDENCE: Of Piscataway, N.J. {Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey}.
RESIDENCE: Of Salem W. Va. {Salem, Roanoke, West Virginia}.
BURIAL: Gravestone> Salem, W. Va. {Salem, Roanoke, West Virginia}.
Samuel married Margaret Fitz Randolph on 25 Mar 1761 in Seventh Day Baptist Church, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. Margaret (daughter of David Fitz Randolph and Sarah Molleson) was born in Nov 1739 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA; died on 29 Feb 1832 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Jonathan Fitz Randolph
was born on 20 Mar 1775 in , , New Jersey, USA; died on 8 Mar 1853 in New Milton, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 3. Nancy Fitz Randolph
was born on 19 Feb 1781 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA; died on 18 Jul 1871 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 2
2. | Jonathan Fitz Randolph (1.Samuel1) was born on 20 Mar 1775 in , , New Jersey, USA; died on 8 Mar 1853 in New Milton, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. |
3. | Nancy Fitz Randolph (1.Samuel1) was born on 19 Feb 1781 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA; died on 18 Jul 1871 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. Nancy married Stephen C Davis on 14 Apr 1802 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA. Stephen (son of Nathan Davis and Annie Gifford) was born on 30 Sep 1781 in , , New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Aug 1869 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Rulana Davis
was born on 4 Aug 1820 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 26 Feb 1867 in , Harris, Georgia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 3
4. | Rulana Davis (3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 4 Aug 1820 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 26 Feb 1867 in , Harris, Georgia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. Rulana married Albert H Ford on 10 Mar 1837. Albert (son of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Dye) was born on 4 Aug 1817 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 27 Sep 1888 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
5. | George Washington Ford (4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 16 Mar 1857 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died in 1949. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head
- Residence: 1910, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head
Family/Spouse: Margaret Virginia Maxwell. Margaret (daughter of Nathaniel T Maxwell and Clementine Davis) was born on 14 Feb 1860 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died in 1921 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Dell O Fultz
was born in Dec 1882 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 7. Matey L Ford
was born in Oct 1887 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 8. Clyde M Ford
was born in Aug 1889 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 9. Mona A Ford
was born in Oct 1891 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 10. James C Ford
was born in Jun 1892 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 11. Kitty B Ford
was born in Jul 1896 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 12. Lettie Viola Ford
was born on 21 May 1899 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 13 Jun 1946 in Keys Cemetery, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 5
6. | Dell O Fultz (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in Dec 1882 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Step Son; Relation to Head of House: Stepson
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7. | Matey L Ford (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in Oct 1887 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
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8. | Clyde M Ford (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in Aug 1889 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son
- Residence: 1910, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son
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9. | Mona A Ford (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in Oct 1891 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
- Residence: 1910, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
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10. | James C Ford (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in Jun 1892 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son
- Residence: 1910, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son
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11. | Kitty B Ford (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in Jul 1896 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
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12. | Lettie Viola Ford (5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 21 May 1899 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jun 1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 13 Jun 1946 in Keys Cemetery, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1900, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
- Residence: 1910, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
- Residence: 1920, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1930, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1935, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife
Family/Spouse: Q V Baker. Q (son of Hanson R Baker and Ida Annice Kester) was born on 4 Apr 1892 in Big Flint, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 27 Nov 1978 in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 13. Cleola A Baker
was born on 26 Nov 1916 in Big Flint, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 29 Oct 1966 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 1 Nov 1966 in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
- 14. W. Baker
- 15. L. Baker
- 16. L. Baker
- 17. C.C. Baker
- 18. Oma Jean Baker
was born on 20 Nov 1926 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 2018 in Centerville, Greene, Ohio, USA.
- 19. I.J. Baker
- 20. F.M. Baker
- 21. M.J. Baker
- 22. Q.V. Baker, Junior
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Generation: 6
13. | Cleola A Baker (12.Lettie5, 5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 26 Nov 1916 in Big Flint, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 29 Oct 1966 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried on 1 Nov 1966 in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1920, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1930, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
- Residence: 1935, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Wife
Cleola married Virgil Dale Herrod on 8 Sep 1935 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Virgil was born on 28 Dec 1916 in , , West Virginia, USA; died on 22 Dec 1983. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 23. Nellie Marie Herrod
was born in 1937 in , , West Virginia, USA; died on 7 Apr 1958.
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18. | Oma Jean Baker (12.Lettie5, 5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born on 20 Nov 1926 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 2018 in Centerville, Greene, Ohio, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1930, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
- Residence: 1935, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
Oma married Earle Paige Moore on 18 Oct 1952 in Big Flint, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. Earle (son of Caleb Judson Moore and Mary Louise Echols) was born on 4 Feb 1923 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Oct 2008 in Dayton, Greene, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 7
23. | Nellie Marie Herrod (13.Cleola6, 12.Lettie5, 5.George4, 4.Rulana3, 3.Nancy2, 1.Samuel1) was born in 1937 in , , West Virginia, USA; died on 7 Apr 1958. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
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Generation: 8
Generation: 9
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