John Randall II1,2,3,4,5

M, b. circa 1666
FatherJohn Randall b. b 20 Jan 1639/40, d. 1685
MotherElizabeth Torrey b. c 1646, d. a 1685
     John was born circa 1666 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. John married Abigail Billings in 1695 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut. He purchased a large tract of land and prepared it for cultivation. He was a land proprietor at Stonington. John's wife, Abigail, died on 23 December 1705 in Stonington leaving him a widower.6 John married 2nd Mary Baldwin, daughter of John Baldwin and Rebecca Palmer, on 25 November 1706 in Stonington. They were married by Nehemiah Palmer.7 John departed this life in Stonington. It is said he died at an honored old age.

Family 1

Abigail Billings b. b 1 Jul 1677, d. 23 Dec 1705
Children

Family 2

Mary Baldwin b. 24 Feb 1675
Children

Citations

  1. [S445] Jr. J. D. Champlin, Early Settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island, John Randall - On the records, at Stonington, appears the following: John Randall and Mary Baldwin, m. Nov. 25, 1706. Children of John Randall; Elizabeth, b.July 4,1696; Mary, Dec. 16, 1698; John, Dec. 2, 1702; Dorothy, Dec. 7, 1703; Abigail, Dec. 4, 1705; John and Mary Baldwin m. as above and had 7 or 8 more children.
  2. [S446] Perry Streeter, The Billings Family Connection, Abigail, daughter of William Billings & Mary, b. 1 July 1677, d. 1705 - doubless the Abigail who married at Stonington John Randall II of John I, b. 1666 [see mention in her father's will, of her four daughters & in her mother's will of Elizabeth & Mary Randall]. Will of William Billings 3 October 1712 & mentions granddaughters - four daughters of Abigail - will of Mary Billings declared in fall of 1713 [nuncupative will] & probated 8 July 1718 mentions granddaughters: Elizabeth & Mary Randall.
  3. [S447] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, page 546 - John Randall lived with his father in Westerly, on land purchased by Thomas Bell of Stonington until he reached manhood, when he came to Stonington and bought large tracts of land, which was intersected by the society line, that divided the town of Stonington into two religious societies in 1721. Mr. Randall was a farmer by occupation and as such reduced his land grants to cultivation, which he industriously and successfully improved during the remainder of his life. He m. 1st at Stonington, Abigail ____, whose family name and birth date does not appear on record. He m. 2d, Mary Baldwin, granddaughter of the first Walter Palmer, Nov. 25, 1706. He d. in Stonington at an honored old age. Children: [first marriage] - Elizabeth b. July 4, 1696, m. James Brown May 65, 1718; Mary, b. Dec. 16, 1698, m. Stephen Wilcox; John, b. Dec. 2, 1701, m. Dorothy Cottrell, Mrs. Mary [Holmes] Palmer; Dorothy, b. Dec. 7, 1703; Abigail, b. Dec. 4, 1705, m. John Brown, Oct. 16, 1729. [Second Marriage] - Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1707, d. 1812 Stonington; Nathan, b. July 7, 1709, m. Mary Cottrell, 2nd Eleanor Cottrell; Ichabod, b. Oct. 21, 1711, d. Havanna, Cuba 1700's, Sarah, b. Mar. 12, 1714, d. Sept. 6, 1714; Joseph, b. June 2, 1715, d. June 22, 1715; Benjamin, twin, b. June 2, 1715, m. at Stonington 1733 Ruth Brown, they settled at Colchester, Connecticut, admitted freeman there Dec. 6, 1763, but probably he was there several years before this date, he is represented as possessing great physical powere & enjurance, d. June 15, 1811; Rebecca, b. June 31, 1717; Joseph, b. July 17, 1720.
  4. [S444] Albert Rathbone, Colonel William Rice & Wealthy Cottrell, His Wife: A Record Of Their Descendants & Notes Regarding Their Ancestors, page 28.
  5. [S1190] Marilynn Randall Landry, British Background of the Randalls of Westerly, R.I. & Stonington, Conn.
  6. [S2194] John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, pages 157-158.
  7. [S138] Charles Candee Baldwin, The Baldwin Genealody from 1500-1881, page 240 - Mary Baldwin m. Nov. 25, 1706. John Randall, of Stonington, as his 2nd wife.